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Do people (on Tumblr) think paw patrol is intentional propaganda? I would think it's much more likely that they just made a show with cute dogs with jobs that kids understand. Actually, does propaganda need to be intentional?
I believe the prevailing opinion is that it is subtly intentional but has more impact than intended because it is a reflection of the indoctrination of the writers, but I may be mistaken.
It may be created to intentionally teach children not to fear police and to obey the rules of society. Which sounds good on paper but can be really problematic.
It's not just Paw Patrol. It's every cop show that has messages of the cops always being on the side of "good". There are many many many articles and academic papers about "copaganda" that explain it better than I can.
I think it's more in the line of no public services is totally fine, the city hands over police, firefighting and other services to this kid and his dogs. The mayor is barely competent to do her job without the kid's assistance. Which may also include racial stereotypes as she's black. Look at the show, there is no services. Every crisis is solved by a genius 10 year old and his bunch of dogs. Why do we need public services if everythung can be done by... Child labour?
There's definitely racial stereotypes; mayor Humdinger, a blonde haired blue eyed white man, spends all of his time trying to to appropriate Adventure Bay's resources and stake claim to its governance. My dude even seized the means of government over a metropolis and proceeded to speedrun bad governance. The only way they could have leaned harder into the white stereotype is by putting him in socks and sandals and having him remind people that he's 1/32nd native american and has black friends.
Not that I'm complaining, mind you. Anyway, it's not exactly like Paw Patrol are bashing fash when they stop Humdinger, they're just keeping control over Adventure Bay's resources rather than ceding them to his. It's Saturday morning nationalism.
So it shows the elected officials as being corrupt to the point of having broken the process, and the answer to the evil mayor is the authoritative police. How often are corporations the bad guys?
I am still convinced the show takes place after WW3. Most of the 18-50 year old adults are gone. (The movies don’t count, ridiculous fan fiction) There is a spare population and not a lot of kids, and the ones we do see are being raised by their grandparent, are running a dog grooming business, and Ryder.
Ryder’s parents were likely involved in the dog augmentation weapons program at CalTech with a massive grant from Lockheed. Since his parents are dead, he took over the remains of the program after the war and started the Paw Patrol.
Also Mayor Humdinger is not a real mayor. Foggy Bottom was annihilated and he is the only one left, so he took charge. The derivative kitty augmentation was housed there, and they are all that is left. Why he keeps coming to adventure bay, dude is really lonely.
Okay, now I'm into that theory. Is there more anywhere?
No, I made it up while watching my 1,000th episode because my kids were so hung up on the show for several years. It was an awful time.