Brennan, my almost five year old son, for whatever reason has discovered and fallen in love with Strawberry Shortcake. Watching him enjoying movies and TV shows that I loved as a child has been so much fun, however, I have a big bone to pick with all of these updated characters.
Let's look at the Strawberry Shortcake that I knew and loved. I loved her so much that I bought my mom a Strawberry Shortcake video tape for her birthday when I was four years old. (Okay when I say, "I bought" I meant my dad bought.) Now, she's "updated" and, well, really pretty! What about the younger looking Strawberry who was more like me as I was a child? I don't have any qualms with bringing back classic TV characters but why do we have to update them? Then, I found My Little Pony on our Netflix queue. I loved My Little Pony so much! The fun hair, that pony smell the toys had when you opened their package; ah I loved everything about them. The updated version looks so different! I'm not even sure what the premise is for the show now and to be honest I didn't really know what the original My Little Pony story was because I was more into the toys than the TV show.

My favorite characters from childhood have been remade time and time again, and I have never really liked the “updates”. I was more of a tomboy when Iwas younger so I liked shows that weren’t as “pretty”. I was in love with X-men and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Oh, and Power Rangers. I have seen new cartoons and movies for all of these and always feel some type of way with each.
We must be of a similar age, because I loved Strawberry shortcake and My Little Pony as a kid, but can’t stand what they have done to these characters now. Why does every character need to have a skinny little waist and hair that falls just so? I swear, if they touch a Rainbow Brite it’s all over, lol.
I loved Barney as a very young child… he hasn’t really changed much. But even Scooby has changed and not for the better!
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