There are plenty where every one of the characters are 2d idiots. Google Horseland for confirmation. There are also plenty that have little or no female characters, Dilweed and Fungus, ‘Dude, that’s my ghost’ and ‘Breadwinners’ being prim examples all of which grace our screens at present. Even the great SpongeBob Squarepants was almost all male, with a token female presence.
Unbelievably, In an awesome, Kevlike twist, I had a conversation on friday with a cartoon producer based in Dublin about the amount of roles there were for female actors. Fuckall and pretty much none for actors over the age of about 35 as all the roles are for kids was her response.
I don’t recognise a single one of those. Are they all on the BBC? Disney junior is for an American audience even though a good number of them are produced in Ireland, the likes of brown bag etc.
What about Postman Pat? The vulgar show off is driving around with personalised plates on his delivery van. I wonder how many giros he nicked to be able to afford them.
Paw Patrol is the one with the gang of pups who go on different rescue missions each episode.
Results in me having to manufacture a story a half hour later about “the time I got stuck up the tree and Marshall, no no chase, no no skye had to come and save me” in an effort to get them to go to sleep