Caillou (2024)

Caillou
The return of the brat... again... surprisingly more tolerable, but still has its flaws
Genre: Slice-of-life Country: Canada Release Date: July 10, 2022 (Specials) February 15, 2024 (Series) Network(s): Family Jr. (Canada) Peacock (United States) Previous show: Caillou's New Adventures

Caillou is a reboot of the original 1997 series of the same name, it had 5 CGI specials since July 2022. It premiered on February 15, 2024, on Peacock and Family Jr.

Qualities That Still Can't Grow Some More

1. First off, rebooting a highly infamous series is not necessarily a good idea. Besides, Caillou's New Adventures is still running.
   • Granted, this series has a split audience, one side would be younger kids who like watching CNA, so there's no doubt why this reboot happened, because of the popularity among young children.
2. It doesn't exactly improve anything over the original show or New Adventures as it still retains its flaws. The only exception is Caillou acts way more tolerable (despite being a worse Gary-Stu).
3. Poor, rough, and cheap CGI animation that looks like it came from a modern Kroger commercial, Thunderbirds Are Go!, The Dragon Prince or Bubble Guppies.
4. The characters are still mediocre or generic.
   1. Caillou has gone back into being a Gary-Stu, but worse than Season 4-5.
   2. Rosie has been flanderized to being more of a brat than she was in the original starting with the CGI special "Rosie the Giant".
5. Average to mediocre specials and episodes like "Rosie the Giant" (which started this series of specials on a mediocre note).
6. The voice acting (despite being decent) can still sound annoying and dull at times.

Qualities That Can Grow Some More

1. At least the morals are good and aren't shoved into our throats like in the original series.
   • There are even songs about the moral in the specials, which was also a nice touch.
2. The voice acting is decent, despite what the good quality #6 says:
3. Caillou (despite being a worse Gary-Stu) is still surprisingly well-behaved in this reboot and more tolerable than he was in the original series or New Adventures, meaning he could be a better role model to children.
   1. His new voice actor is a bit better, as he's finally been voiced by an actual child and boy, which is Logan Nicholson, despite still being loud and obnoxious.
   2. There are even times when he isn't acting like a Gary Stu as he tends to suffer through some problems that he has to solve on his own.
   3. Caillou learns his lesson at times, like when he finally shares his toys with Rosie in "Rosie the Giant".
4. Rosie, despite being flanderized, can be likable at times, and sympathetic sometimes, like how she figured out the clues in "The Pirate Captain's Treasure".
5. The animation (despite the CGI being poorly done) can be decent at times.
6. Some good and decent specials and episodes here and there, like "The Pirate Captain's Treasure".

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