Caillou (Seasons 4-5)

Caillou is a Canadian animated educational children's television series that was first shown on Télétoon and Teletoon, with its first episode airing on the former channel in 2004; the show later moved to Treehouse TV, with its final episode being shown on that channel on October 3, 2010. The series is based on the books by Hélène Desputeaux. It centers on a 4-year-old boy named Caillou who is fascinated by the world around him.

Why It Is Mixed

 * 1) This show has been hated by parents and critics alike from the first three seasons but there were some okay moments in the last two seasons.

Why Each Day It Still Won't Grow Enough

 * 1) Starting with Season 4, the puppet segments were dropped.
 * 2) Julie, Caillou's former babysitter, disappeared without explanation, even though Caillou's grandparents take over as caregivers to Caillou, but it looks like Julie was retconned from the show as if she didn't exist in the first place.
 * 3) Caillou, despite being significantly better-behaved (as mentioned above), can be bland and a huge Gary Stu.
 * 4) The animation took a nose-dive as it switched to Flash animation from traditional animation, most likely to cut corners and save money. The Flash animation itself looks very horrendous, stilted, and lazy in comparison to the hand-drawn animation in the first three seasons.
 * 5) The morals are often shoved down the viewers' throats.
 * 6) Even though the theme song can be catchy (as mentioned above), it still is annoying and cringe-inducing.
 * 7) The plots are extremely clichéd and stale as the series went on to these seasons.
 * 8) The characters are still generic and bland.
 * 9) Most people still find Caillou's voice annoying.
 * 10) There are still times when Caillou was selfish because of Rosie. Here are some examples:
 * 11) * Caillou takes a book from Rosie and ends up ripping one of the pages in "Caillou the Librarian".
 * 12) * Or when Caillou was taking back his toys from Rosie and never letting her play with them again, just because Rosie scratched Caillou's bike by accident in "That's Mine!".

Good Qualities That Help Grow Some More

 * 1) Caillou, despite his Gary-Stu-like behavior, is better behaved, making him a less unlikable character.
 * 2) Some likable characters:
 * 3) * Andy and Alan are interesting characters, being a good representation of autistic kids and kids with Down Syndrome respectively, but are sadly wasted.
 * 4) * Gilbert is a great and adorable character.
 * 5) The theme song, while still annoying and cringe-inducing, is surprisingly and admittedly catchy.
 * 6) While not much, Seasons 3-5 are a slight improvement over the first two due to Caillou's tantrums phasing out.
 * 7) The concept about a four-year-old boy who is obsessed with the world around him is pretty good for a children’s show despite the poor execution here.

Comments
People believe his show got canceled in 2021 from PBS Kids, but actually, it got canceled in 2010, meaning that the PBS airings of that show were just reruns. They need to know the difference between canceled and taken off the air, now that many people are confused about when Caillou got canceled.

-- 20:40, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

Caillou was cancelled in 2010

-- 22:15, 3 June 2022 (UTC)