Little Einsteins

Little Einsteins is an American interactive animated children's television series on Disney Junior. The educational children series was developed for television by Douglas Wood who created the concept and characters, and a subsequent team headed by Emmy Award-winning director Olexa Hewryk and JoJo's Circus co-creator Eric Weiner, and produced by Curious Pictures and The Baby Einstein Company. This series is aimed for children ages two to five years old.

Plot
Four adventurous kids, Leo, Quincy, June, and Annie blast off in their versatile ship, Rocket, for missions all over the world. Fueled by classical music, well-known works of art and their own creativity, the Little Einsteins travel on unforgettable journeys while learning to appreciate the power of great music.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The voice acting may be somewhat mediocre.
 * 2) Some people find the repetition of a few notes of a classical piece cheesy.
 * 3) The classical pieces are shoehorned by the childish lyrics made up by the Little Einsteins.
 * 4) Some geographical inaccuracies here there. For example, in "The Great Sky Race Rematch", Rocket instantly reaches the Altai Mountains after swimming across the Pacific Ocean, then he bounces to the Sahara Desert, which lies at the foothills of the Altai Mountains. The Altai Mountains are in Central Asia while the Sahara Desert is in North Africa.
 * 5) The fact that other humans besides the Little Einsteins or simply characters who can talk with words rather than music are not ever shown can be seen as rather weird.
 * 6) The lackluster content of characters as the Little Einsteins themselves and Rocket are the only characters that are present, with bare minimum to the supporting characters.
 * 7) The Little Einsteins mostly act like the problems they encounter are a big deal when they aren't.
 * 8) Despite being likable, the Little Einsteins talk down to their audience and break the fourth wall too much. Like the narrators and puppets from Baby Einstein (which is part of the franchise), Leo, Annie, June, and Quincy treat the audience like how Dora from Dora the Explorer, Diego from Go, Diego, Go!, the Teletubbies, the Tweenies, Blue from Blue's Room, Joe from the the later seasons of Blue's Clues, the Sesame Street Muppets (such as Elmo and Abby Cadabby) who are given the most screen time on Sesame Street (including Elmo in Elmo's World), Barney the Dinosaur, JoJo from JoJo's Circus, Special Agent Oso, the Sensational Six from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Darby from My Friends Tigger & Pooh, and mh:besttvshows:Pinky Dinky Doo do.
 * 9) Misleading Title: The show is called Little Einsteins, yet the person they are named after (Albert Einstein) was known for science. This show is about music and arts, unlike Baby Einstein which also focuses on science other than music and art.
 * 10) The producers had to pay royalties in behalf of Albert Einstein's estate for legal purposes.
 * 11) Annoying theme song, despite that it’s catchy.
 * 12) Pluto is referred to in "A Galactic Goodnight" as one of the planets. This is no longer correct, as Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006, even though the episode came before Pluto was renamed.

Good Qualities

 * 1) The animation is decent.
 * 2) There's a surprising number of real world shots in an animated show like this, and they're almost all beautiful.
 * 3) Rocket can be the most tolerable main character.
 * 4) Very educational, as it teaches viewers about classical music and works of art.
 * 5) A clever and mischievous villain by the name of Big Jet.
 * 6) The episode The Great Sky Race Rematch has a good moral about never giving up.
 * 7) Season 2 added some segments that can be nice:
 * 8) *Annie's outfit changes color in Season 2.
 * 9) *The "Super Fast" segment is the most likable element.
 * 10) *The "That's Silly" Segments can be hilarious (Depending on your point of view).
 * 11) The show omits most of the problems from the Baby Einstein videos (e.g. little to no dialogue, general nonsense, babbling and animal noises instead of proper speaking), even though the characters still treat the audience the same way as the Baby Einstein puppets and narrators.

Reception
Little Einsteins received mixed reviews and currently holds a 6.2/10 on IMDb.

Trivia

 * Little Einsteins was introduced at MIPTV in April 2005 to prospective broadcasters and investors as consisting of 67 twenty-four-minute episodes.
 * The series was then presented at the 2005 Cartoons on the Bay Film Festival as running for 67 twenty-four-minute episodes as well.

Comments
some of the bad qualities make no sense.

"3. The classical pieces are ruined by the childish lyrics made up by the Little Einsteins."

Because it's a show.. for preschoolers. Do you expect them to sing dramatically??

"12. Pluto is referred to in "A Galactic Goodnight" as one of the planets. This is no longer correct, as Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006, even though the episode came before Pluto was renamed."

How is this a "bad" quality??

"1. The voice acting may be somewhat mediocre."

Because the people voicing them are kids, what do you expect??

-- WhippyTippyTooToo 02:54, 20 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Though this isn't really a bad show nor an insult to Baby Einstein, it's still not too faithful to Albert Einstein, as Little Einsteins focuses the most on music and arts, and less on science and nature. And the thought on "The voice acting may be somewhat mediocre" is that I find this show more like Baby Einstein meets Dora.

NostalgicABao (talk) 13:44, 20 May 2023 (UTC)