Let me set the stage: I am not the target audience for this show. My favourite music genre is rock, my favourite songs are about dark concepts with a heavy guitar. I love Olivia Rodrigo, Maretu, artists like that. Some of my favourite games are Omori, Doki Doki Literature Club, and Dark Deception. One of my favourite shows is Madoka Magica. Heck, I write dark and extremely angsty stories for a somewhat sadistic reason. And I freaking LOVE this show.
It's so good! It's basically a show about a team of cats- Ginny(the leader), Sparks(the tech guy), Buddy(the strong one), and Bitsy(the speedster)- who run around and save animals in trouble in Kittydale from the antagonist of the week. Either being Cat Burglar, a theif who steals items and who's extremely fast and agile, Mr. Puppypaws, a pampered and very cheeky dog who has a stroll with amazing capabilities, Zsa-Zsa, a self-absorbed cockatoo with a squad of budgies who uses purfumes and other such substances to create "potions" to get her way, and Lab Rat, a self-proclaimed genius with a partner named Otto, who is an octopus.
The connections between the problem of the week, how the superkitties deal with the problem, and how the antagonists deal with the problem, is super well done! It shows kids how, often, the right way to deal with a problem is to consider how they would feel if someone did something negative to them. Many of the antagonists are misunderstood, they're often acting out because they're not sure what else to do. It takes the superkitties in order to steer them in the right direction!
The stories are fantastic! The characters are great, the music hits every time, and the characters suddenly bursting into song never feels unwaranted or uneeded, and it happens so unfrequently, you kind of start to miss the random musical numbers. I love how non-quickly everything gets resolved, because people, especially adults without experience with kids, often forget that kids see a small problem as something big. The show takes its time to understand that these are big problems to children, and to show them tools useful to help them deal with those problems. I never felt like the show was talking down to its audience, as even the little "what did we learn today?" segments from Bitsy are more like "just in case you missed the sublety" rather than "DO YOU GET IT THIS IS THE MESSAGE WEE WOO GIANT SIREN GOING OFF BANGING POTS MESSAGE TIME DO YOU UNDERSTAND" and I love that!
I love the characters! My favourite is Sparks, he just sticks out to me the most, and Otto comes in a close second. I do think everyone is well-written and sympathetic, and you come to learn how the antagonist's brains function over the course of the show, which adds to their personalities. The characters are written to not have that much depth to them, which although is a general complaint in any other show, the way this show does it is expertful. This is not the writers' first rodeo, so they trick your brain into thinking these characters are deeper than they actually are, which is brilliant!
If I had any "complaint", it's that I wish that the show was much less episodic. We have plot lines with Bitsy and the birds, Buddy and Sparks and how they manage the perils of brotherhood, Cat Burglar and his grandma Caterina, and Lab Rat and Otto's friendship, however that's about it. But I personally prefer plot-driven shows, so this is less of a complaint and more of personal taste.
I will unabashedly admit that this show nearly made me cry two times. THAT is how you know this is something special. As a cat lover who also is into anthropormorphism, super hero stuff, and plots with well-written misunderstood antagonists, this show checks all those boxes! I wish I had this show while growing up, I'm kind of jealous of kids these days!
This show is setting a new standard for shows between the 3-7 age range. Dynamic characters, well-structured plots, great writing that borders on amazing most days, a great score with some dang good singing, and much more! Representation can be found everywhere, and what's better is that it's not in your face. When people say we need better representation, THIS is what they're talking about. Mentioned once, it's apart of the regular world, now let's save some animals! It puts a smile to my face.
If I had kids, I'd totally watch this show with them. People get things wrong when they say it's a "kid's show". Sure, the age demographic is 3-7, but, in reality, it's for everybody. Superkitties is a FAMILY show, and that is its biggest strength. It's a family show for cat lovers, animal lovers, super hero lovers, and everybody in between! We've never gotten a family show where the focus was cats before, so this is a treat! That one Puss in Boots show on Netflix doesn't count. There's something here for everyone! Kids can watch it for the cool colours, great messages, and investing episodic plots. Teenagers can watch it for comfort value, a great way to see cats doing cute things, and can even take something out of it. Adults can watch it for wholesome simplicity, awesome teachings and messages, and great animation.
This show is incredible. I'm giving it a 10/10, and am firm in my opinion that this is the show that you need to show your kids. And I'm going to take these messages to heart.
It's so good! It's basically a show about a team of cats- Ginny(the leader), Sparks(the tech guy), Buddy(the strong one), and Bitsy(the speedster)- who run around and save animals in trouble in Kittydale from the antagonist of the week. Either being Cat Burglar, a theif who steals items and who's extremely fast and agile, Mr. Puppypaws, a pampered and very cheeky dog who has a stroll with amazing capabilities, Zsa-Zsa, a self-absorbed cockatoo with a squad of budgies who uses purfumes and other such substances to create "potions" to get her way, and Lab Rat, a self-proclaimed genius with a partner named Otto, who is an octopus.
The connections between the problem of the week, how the superkitties deal with the problem, and how the antagonists deal with the problem, is super well done! It shows kids how, often, the right way to deal with a problem is to consider how they would feel if someone did something negative to them. Many of the antagonists are misunderstood, they're often acting out because they're not sure what else to do. It takes the superkitties in order to steer them in the right direction!
The stories are fantastic! The characters are great, the music hits every time, and the characters suddenly bursting into song never feels unwaranted or uneeded, and it happens so unfrequently, you kind of start to miss the random musical numbers. I love how non-quickly everything gets resolved, because people, especially adults without experience with kids, often forget that kids see a small problem as something big. The show takes its time to understand that these are big problems to children, and to show them tools useful to help them deal with those problems. I never felt like the show was talking down to its audience, as even the little "what did we learn today?" segments from Bitsy are more like "just in case you missed the sublety" rather than "DO YOU GET IT THIS IS THE MESSAGE WEE WOO GIANT SIREN GOING OFF BANGING POTS MESSAGE TIME DO YOU UNDERSTAND" and I love that!
I love the characters! My favourite is Sparks, he just sticks out to me the most, and Otto comes in a close second. I do think everyone is well-written and sympathetic, and you come to learn how the antagonist's brains function over the course of the show, which adds to their personalities. The characters are written to not have that much depth to them, which although is a general complaint in any other show, the way this show does it is expertful. This is not the writers' first rodeo, so they trick your brain into thinking these characters are deeper than they actually are, which is brilliant!
If I had any "complaint", it's that I wish that the show was much less episodic. We have plot lines with Bitsy and the birds, Buddy and Sparks and how they manage the perils of brotherhood, Cat Burglar and his grandma Caterina, and Lab Rat and Otto's friendship, however that's about it. But I personally prefer plot-driven shows, so this is less of a complaint and more of personal taste.
I will unabashedly admit that this show nearly made me cry two times. THAT is how you know this is something special. As a cat lover who also is into anthropormorphism, super hero stuff, and plots with well-written misunderstood antagonists, this show checks all those boxes! I wish I had this show while growing up, I'm kind of jealous of kids these days!
This show is setting a new standard for shows between the 3-7 age range. Dynamic characters, well-structured plots, great writing that borders on amazing most days, a great score with some dang good singing, and much more! Representation can be found everywhere, and what's better is that it's not in your face. When people say we need better representation, THIS is what they're talking about. Mentioned once, it's apart of the regular world, now let's save some animals! It puts a smile to my face.
If I had kids, I'd totally watch this show with them. People get things wrong when they say it's a "kid's show". Sure, the age demographic is 3-7, but, in reality, it's for everybody. Superkitties is a FAMILY show, and that is its biggest strength. It's a family show for cat lovers, animal lovers, super hero lovers, and everybody in between! We've never gotten a family show where the focus was cats before, so this is a treat! That one Puss in Boots show on Netflix doesn't count. There's something here for everyone! Kids can watch it for the cool colours, great messages, and investing episodic plots. Teenagers can watch it for comfort value, a great way to see cats doing cute things, and can even take something out of it. Adults can watch it for wholesome simplicity, awesome teachings and messages, and great animation.
This show is incredible. I'm giving it a 10/10, and am firm in my opinion that this is the show that you need to show your kids. And I'm going to take these messages to heart.