You're Not Miss Martin! (Caillou)

"You're Not Miss Martin! (Caillou)"
Finally, we have a good Caillou episode and a good finale as well.
Part of Season: 5 Episode Number: 26c Air Date: October 3, 2010 Previous episode: Soccer Trouble Next episode: Caillou at the Market (Caillou's New Adventures)

"You're Not Miss Martin!" is episode 26c of Season 5, and the final episode of Season 5, and the series finale overall.

Plot

Caillou isn't too happy when Miss Martin is away, and his preschool class has a substitute teacher - Mrs. Shelley. She does everything differently and isn't familiar with the usual routines. When Caillou tries to see things from Mrs. Shelley's perspective, he decides to give her another chance... only to realize how wonderful Mrs. Shelley really is... even if she isn't Miss Martin.

Why It Proves Caillou REALLY Grows Some More

1. Like the other Season 4 and 5 episodes (and some late-Season 3 episodes), Caillou doesn't whine or throw any tantrums, so he's not nearly as annoying as before.
   • Addition to that, Caillou surprisingly doesn't act like a Gary Stu in this episode.
2. Unlike most of the rest of the series, this episode actually teaches the viewers! They teach two things about a substitute teacher, similar to "Lisa's Substitute" from The Simpsons.
   • A substitute teacher can be good, even if they are not like your own teacher.
   • Substitute teachers do become unfamiliar with names. Which is true because it's their first time seeing you. Addition to that, you can help your substitute help you with memorizing names.
3. Caillou is at his absolute best in this episode as he surprisingly does smart things here. He knows that he and his class has music after recess. He also knows how to open the music cupboard. He even knows that Mrs. Shelley gets some things wrong, mainly due to the fact that she is a substitute teacher.
4. Mrs. Shelley is actually a good example of a substitute teacher for viewers as she doesn't remember Caillou's name well and calls him "Kyle", she then understood Caillou's real name better.
5. Decent animation as usual with a good plot.
6. The ending was pretty decent.
7. Regardless of how bad Caillou was as a show, this was actually a good way to end an otherwise horrible TV series, or in this case, an okay series for this season.

The Only Bad Quality That Still Can't Grow Some More

1. When Caillou was called "Kyle", everyone started laughing at him, which is kind of like teasing.

Trivia

• Despite her name in the title, Miss Martin does not appear in the episode, though she is mentioned.
• Alyson Court, the actress who voiced Miss Shelley, starred in the TV show The Big Comfy Couch with Bob Stutt.
• Alyson would later star in Grojband with Caillou’s first actress, Bryn McAuley.

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