Kipper

Kipper is a British animated children's television series based on the characters from Mick Inkpen's Kipper the Dog picture book series, It ran from 1997 to 2000.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) The show is very faithful to the original books, as it keeps the same charm and retains the same character designs as the original books.
 * 2) *In addition to this, there are some episodes that are adapted from some of the specific books, and they manage to be pretty faithful for the most part.
 * 3) *The idea of a talking dog making animal friends is so pure original.
 * 4) *The animation is also very faithful to the illustrations in the original books too, with the characters having almost the exact same designs as their counterparts in the book series and the backgrounds trying to retain the simplicity of the ones in the book.
 * 5) Kipper himself is a likable and enjoyable protagonist.
 * 6) The voice acting is great and is pleasant to listen to, especially Martin Clunes as his performance for Kipper.
 * 7) Aside from Kipper himself, many of the characters in the show are likeable, memorable and relatable, including Tiger, Arnold, Jake and Pig.
 * 8) Much like Postman Pat, it has an excellent slice-of-life feel to it, as it tries to create a bit of a calming and relaxing feel when watching an episode.
 * 9) With that being said, many of the episodes of the show are memorable and enjoyable, including:
 * 10) *"The Visitor"
 * 11) *"The Seaside"
 * 12) *"The Costume Party"
 * 13) *"The Magic Lamp"
 * 14) The musical score by Bob Heatlie is wonderful to listen to.
 * 15) The theme song is very catchy and awesome to listen to.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) While the music is great, it can get a bit repetitive at times.
 * 2) Pig can be selfish and dumb sometimes:
 * 3) *In "The Picnic", he invited himself and Arnold to Kipper and Tiger’s picnic and eats their remaining food.
 * 4) *In "Clay Time", Pig came over to Kipper’s house and he thought Kipper and Tiger’s clay were cookies and accidentally eats one of them.
 * 5) *He also can be too bossy to Arnold sometimes in some episodes.
 * 6) Some episodes can have some scary imagery, for example, one episode called "The Magic Lamp" had a scene where Kipper and Tiger end up in an unknown and mysterious planet-like land where a dragon resides. The dragon's design looked a bit creepy, so it would be possible that it scared children who watched the episode. This episode could've been banned from television for that aforementioned reason.
 * 7) The show has very little educational content. It also lacks common logic at times. One example is in the episode "Buried Treasure", where Kipper and Tiger eat fudge treats and feed some to ducks. Since Kipper and Tiger are dogs, fudge is sometimes made of chocolate, which could poison or kill dogs. Same thing for the ducks since chocolate is bad for ducks as well.
 * 8) *Nevertheless, Kipper and Tiger are anthropomorphic characters acting like humans, so they wouldn't have been poisoned.
 * 9) There are less female characters than there are in the books. The mouse that lives in Kippers house who appeared in 6 episodes is one example. However, in the original books, there was this character named Holly, who appeared in the book version of "Pigs Present", as well all some of the other original books, but was mentioned in the episode adaption of the aforementioned book and made no physical appearance.