Caillou (Seasons 4-5)

Caillou (Seasons 4-5) 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 that last two seasons.

Why It Only Grows A Little

 * 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 for 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 actually surprisingly and admittedly catchy.
 * 6) While not much, Seasons 4-5 are a slight improvement over the first three 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 being no so great executing here.

Why It Still Doesn't Grow Some More

 * 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' throat.
 * 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 taking 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!".