CoComelon

CoComelon Behold, one of the worst examples of YouTube Kids Cartoons next to Elsagate! Genre: "Education" Preschool Running Time: Varies by episode Country: United States Release Date: September 1, 2006 – present Network(s): YouTube Netflix Universal Kids Created by: Jay Jeon Distributed by: Treasure Studio Starring: Ava Madison Gray Hannah An Kristen Princiotta Brody Yun Brittany Taylor Alice Cho Jake Turner Seasons: 10 Episodes: 1,000

CoComelon (formerly known as ABC Kids TV until 2018) is an American YouTube channel and content farm owned by the British company, Moonbug Entertainment, and maintained by the American company, Treasure Studio. It first aired on September 1, 2006. CoComelon specializes in 3D animation videos, of both traditional nursery rhymes, and their own original children's songs.

Why It's a Nursery Crime

1. The main problem is that the farm is hyper-stimulating, due to its constant, and often unfitting fast pacing, and it can cause many children to be addicted as the result. It's also likely to cause behavioral problems, and attention disorders.
   • A terrible example of this is in its version of "Baby Shark" where it's so unfittingly fast that it outright beats a literal fight scene from Arcane. We are not joking.
2. This is even arguably one of, if not the worst "It's made for kids" excuses after Dhar Mann and Elsagate.
3. Another main problem with CoComelon is that it's mostly just a sing-a-long show, with no plot, follow through or cohesion. There's also barely any moments of characters specking in normal dialogue in the show beside mostly making grunts, laughs and shouting "hooray!", despite the show HAVING Voice Actors.
   1. Now true, there HAVE been shows that have characters be silent and/or rarely talk at all (E.G Tom & Jerry, Wile E. Coyote and Mr. Bean(both the live-action and animated version (Despite a Good Series)), but those shows were still able to have the characters express themselves in uneck ways that gives them a fun charm, and also does not rely on musical numbers.
4. Terrible and lackluster CGI animation, though not as abysmal as A Car's Life: Sparky's Big Adventure, which came out two months later, even for YouTube standards, especially for YouTube Kids. In fact, sometimes the animation can make the characters look creepy, not only that, but in 2006, there was much better CGI animation for a show, such as Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.
5. Quantity Over Quality: Like with Ridiculousness, Teen Titans Go!, and Alvin and the Chipmunks (2015), it lasted for way too long, despite the overall reception, with a total of 10 seasons, 1,000 episodes, and a lifespan of 18 years so far, with the show only lasting this long, because it's popular with kids, even though kids deserve way better than this, and the farm stays exactly the same, and does not improve at all, which comes to show how blind the creators are to the criticism of this show.
6. The songs are absolutely annoying to listen to, with many annoying voice acting for the baby, and the songs in general are extremely badly written, even for a kid show, this is unacceptable, since even some kids shows such as Doraemon, Horrid Henry, Ojamajo Doremi, Crazy Frog, despite not really being a cartoon and are rather music videos, but still better than this, or even Caillou have better songs than that, especially Doraemon, Horrid Henry, and Ojamajo Doremi, the other, while generic, are also decent, but not as good as these three shows in term of songs, even if Crazy Frog is hated by some people. Hell, even Dora the Explorer had better songs, despite them being repeated in almost every episode of said show, and that came out on August 14, 2000, six years before this mess came out!
7. While the characters aren't bad, they are pretty much the same exact characters and are completely one dimensional and soulless, so much that they can hardly be considered as characters.
8. When there IS voice acting, it's very annoying and atrocious, with it being one of the worst voice acting in any shows ever, with the voices being so high pitched that it makes Crazy Frog having phenomenal voice acting, in comparison of this show.
9. Much like Teen Titans Go!, the colors are so unnecessarily bright, as an attempt to appeal to its young kid audience, but here it is even worse than that said show, since it looks very off, and considering how terrible the animation is, it make this problem much worse.
10. Many of the episodes usually play out the exact same, with zero differences, to distinguish each other, making the series extremely repetitive and boring, since there are multiple rehashed elements from other episodes, and the series never changes its formula, to stay fresh, and instead, refuses to evolve, likely due to its success with children, under the age of 5, which, again, doesn't mean anything, since there are other kids shows that have superior material than what this show has to offer, and have good messages for them unlike CoComelon or any of its clones.
11. Very confusing on what style of genre that CoComelon wants to be, from a perspective, it looks like it's gonna be a slice-of-life style show, like Arthur, Hey Arnold!, and the Non Non Biyori series, but on a few occasions, it will have fantasy elements, with animals being able to walk on hind legs like humans, and more.
12. Its terrible animated Netflix spin-off series, CoComelon Lane, is as bad, if not worst than this, not to mention that it was absolutely unnecessary to make this show, as the original was already abysmal, and had no words to describe how awful it is.
13. Misleading Title: The title of this show, CoComelon, gives off an impression that it would be about a Melon, when in truth its about humans (sort-of)going about their every-day lives, which makes zero sense when the title is CoComelon.
14. It even aired in multiple channels for kids around the world, such as Universal Kids and Cartoon Network's "Cartoonito" block. Considering it is one of the worst kid shows ever made, and airing it on channels with kids shows, despite CoComelon being one of them, it's still inappropriate to air it on non-music channels, and airing it on a music channel would be more appropriate.
    • However, fortunately, this show might have not aired in some countries.
    • It's even available on Netflix, at least not in all countries.
15. Some of the songs are even inappropriate at times, like the "Potty Training Song".
16. It's extremely boring and frustrating to watch, likely due to poor writing, and childish nature when compared to other kids shows, since it's so childish, that it prevents any enjoyment being had with the series, especially when there are other kids shows that act less childish, and are more self-aware, by teaching kids valuable lessons, instead random stuff, for no reason, like CoComelon does.
    • Not to mention that even a 6 years old would probably already hate the show due to how childish and abysmal this show is.
17. Even worse, despite being an abysmal show, the channel on YouTube had one of the biggest numbers of subscribers, having in total over 171 million subscribers, Which just shows that some of the worst shows of all time, can be some of the most popular shows ever.
    • It even has a Nintendo Switch game, and then for mobile (Netflix Games only). Unsurprisingly, these games were extremely terrible, and possibly some of the worst games of all time.
18. Like Peppa Pig, this show could cause children to act the same way, and having a much worse behavior, this problem here is almost, if not worse than in Caillou too.
19. The logo is awful and extremely generic, bland and poorly designed overall, even though this is a baby show but still.
20. While in some other shows, it's not really a bad point, the songs are so abysmal, that they could easily being stuck in your head, for a very long time, and due to how annoying those songs are, good luck to get them off.
21. There is also CoComelon merchandise on the shelves in lots of stores, which shows that the web series evolved into something more.
22. The logo is wholly ironic, due to showing a watermelon-styled CRT TV set, when in reality, this show is a web series, rather than a traditional TV series.
    • ABC Kid TV and That's Me on TV, the former names of the channel, also used the CRT TV set in their logos.
23. Overall, This gave nursery rhymes a bad reputation.

Redeeming Qualities

1. It wasn't this abysmal from 2006-2018, during the ABC Kids TV era, until 2018 when "Bath Song" reached over a million views and started the tragedy.
2. The designs for the adults are alright.
3. At least it teaches children to play, and sing, despite how repetitive it is.
4. Despite the show being bad, the characters aren't unlikable at all, despite all being very bland and one dimensional.

Reception

CoComelon received overwhelmingly negative reviews, by critics and YouTubers alike, with some saying that it's one of the worst kids shows ever made.

How To Stop Your Child from Watching CoComelon

1. First of all, the idea of not letting children on YouTube, or the internet in general, until they're at least 13. It's easy for them to get addicted, and forsake other entertainment like TV shows and toys.
2. Make a playlist of videos that you’ll approve for your children. That way, your kids can watch cartoons that don’t have this type of content.
   • There are plenty of official channels, that offer authentic episodes and clips; including WildBrain, Kabillion, Disney, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., CBeebies, Cartoonito, Nicktoons, NickRewind, PBS Kids, WB Kids, Akili Kids! TV, Treehouse Direct, Retro Rerun, Keep It Weird, Kids TV English, Throwback Toons, BRB Internacional, ZooMoo, Pinkfong, DreamWorks, Cartoon Network, Peacock Jr., Netflix Jr., Peacock Kids, Prime Video Kids, HBO Max Family, Animated Cartoons for Children for Universal/DreamWorks cartoons, Hasbro, Mattel, Animakids and Boomerang. Of course, check for equivalent channels on your territory, if you're not from the USA.
   • A few TV shows even have their own official channels, including Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh, Thomas & Friends, SpongeBob SquarePants, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Fairly OddParents!, Curious George, Arthur, Cyberchase, Super Why, The Smurfs, Peppa Pig, Pocoyo, Pokémon, My Little Pony, Strawberry Shortcake, The Amazing World of Gumball, Adventure Time, Dexter's Laboratory, Johnny Test, Woody Woodpecker, Casper the Friendly Ghost, Maisy Mouse, Peter Rabbit (2012), Mofy, Miffy, Hello Kitty, Fireman Sam, Postman Pat, Pingu, Noddy, Musti, LazyTown, Pinkfong, The Backyardigans, Yo Gabba Gabba, Franklin, Little Bear, Blue’s Clues & You!, Barney & Friends, Sesame Street, The Muppets, Gummibar, Bob the Builder, Fifi and The Flowertots, Roary the Racing Car, The Powerpuff Girls, Garfield, Chuggington, The Berenstain Bears, Olivia the Pig, Ben 10, Kid vs Kat, Toopy and Binoo, VeggieTales, Peanuts, Trulli Tales, Storybots, Jelly Jamm, Superbook (both 1981 and 2011 versions), Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, Let's Go Luna, Molly of Denali, Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum, Steven Universe, The Loud House, The Casagrandes, Caillou, and Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!. Some shows, like The Owl House, The Ghost and Molly McGee, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, Nature Cat and Ready Jet Go, don't have their own YouTube channels, but you can still find clips, or full episodes of them on Disney Channel, Peacock Kids, PBS Kids, and more respectively.
   • Or, if your family wanted to watch something they want, you could also buy the official (VHS/DVD/Blu-Ray/iTunes/Amazon etc.) releases of the shows.
3. Click the “Not Interested” button if any of these videos show up on a video that is not related to these cartoons.
4. If these videos keep appearing on the related videos section, go to your watch history and remove the Cocomelon Videos from your history by hovering over the video and clicking on the X button.
5. Leave auto-play turned off on YouTube, as the auto-play feature is incredibly useless, because it plays random videos, until you turn it off.
6. If you can, get the safe-vision app. It will ask for your child's age, and it will give a good list of videos for your child to watch. You can even go to parent mode, to select some good videos, that are blocked to be unblocked.
7. Inspect element can help as well, as it can remove these videos from recommended, but please note that it isn't permanent.
8. If possible, download the YouTube Go app. You can save approved videos and watch them offline. However, if you have an iPhone, then you can't get the app, as it's not available on iOS yet.
9. If you don't have cable, or satellite television, but have YouTube, and your kids want to watch cartoons, try finding some DVDs and/or Blu-Rays, if you have a DVD or a Blu-Ray player, at retailers such as Walmart, Target, Best Buy, or any store, that stocks cartoon DVDs, or Blu-Rays. If you can't find any, then you can find some on online stores, like eBay (beware of scalpers and scammers though) or mostly on Amazon.
10. If you want, find children's videos on YouTube, but the ones that really want to teach something to children, that they can give them something productive and useful for their life, and if it can be something beyond the colors, such as alphabet, math, multiplication tables, animals, shapes, or even a foreign language as well, such as Spanish.
11. People without cable or satellite can tune in to their local PBS Kids 24/7 station for their little kids

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