Littlest Pet Shop (2012–2022) User Reviews

Decent enough

[davidbc133 · 6/10 · 12 December 2014]

LPS is just good enough to be watchable. Many of the characters have interesting personalities, quirks, or behaviors while others are just annoying, bland, or stereotypical. For example I found Sunil and Vinne grating to watch while Russel, Minka, and Pepper were interesting and fun. The plots and musical numbers fall into a similar catch or miss territory as well. I found myself skipping entire scenes or episodes but laughing at and replaying others. If you are interested in watching it as a test run I would recommend watching S1 EP15 (Topped with Buttercream), S1 EP23 (Door Jammed), and S2 EP18(Grounded).

Most episodes contain two parallel stories which alternate usually focusing on both Blythe and the Pet-shop pets. They follow a slice of life format with the occasional minor antagonist like the Biskit twins or a new guest at the pet-shop. Most problems are usually a result of someone blowing something way out of proportions and resolved with relatively little struggle. This show does fall into many overdone tropes but they are relatively painless in most cases. Overall it's a decent show with a issue or two but nothing bad enough to ruin it.

Rough Start,but it only went uphill.

[rambodash · 7/10 · 24 July 2013]

What can I say about this show? I love this show, and I have my reasons.

I watched the first two episodes about over half a year ago, and it wasn't very good. Anybody who thinks that it was intentionally a few month slap together to try to attract bronies are wrong.

The animation is inconsistent, although it at average is good, it can be plain stiff and unnatural at times, mostly the humans. The artwork isn't the best, but it's better than what I can come up with for this show.

Think it's all girly and about fashion? Watch past the first two episodes. The quality has easily doubled, or more. And while there is some romance, it barely is what the show is about.

The voice acting, is actually good. I dare say that it's more expressive than MLP.

Overall, this is a good show with flaws, but most of the gaping ones have been patched up.

It's Okay at Best

[amykutzler · 5/10 · 29 May 2016]

Since this show is coming to a close I thought I might as well put in my two cents. First, the characters. This show has a very odd tendency of giving only some of the characters depth. The only characters I can really find myself relating to are Blythe, Zoey, and Russel, but the rest are pretty bland most of the time. Vinnie is stupid, Sunil is scared of everything, Minka is crazy, Pepper is supposedly funny, the list goes on and on. The show is seems to try to pander to the teenage demographic with the Internet crazes, crushes, and middle school problems, but also seems to try to entertain small children, so what is this show's target audience? i will give this show credit, though. The plots are easy to follow yet can be very entertaining (not all of the episodes are like this, however) and many of the songs are really good. So overall, I'll give this show five stars for the music, plots, and some of the characters.

One Of My Favorite 2010s Cartoons

[blytheandferb · 10/10 · 15 September 2015]

The new incarnation of Littlest Pet Shop is the creation of spouses Julie McNally Cahill and Tim Cahill, creators of Cartoon Network's "My Gym Partner's A Monkey" and former Warner Brothers executives. The show centers on a girl named Blythe Baxter who moves to Downtown City with her father, and gains the ability to speak to animals when she goes down a dumbwaiter into the pet shop. As the title implies, this is one of my favorite cartoons of the 2010s. It's in my top 3. The show isn't perfect, but its good outweighs the bad. Blythe is a well rounded protagonist in that she's ambitious in her dreams, but knows when to scale back. She's intelligent, kind to animals, and is a great person to be with. The pets all have their comedic moments, and have traits that make them something other than comic relief. Roger manages to be funny without crossing the line, and a good father. The Biskits are a bit annoying, but they're comedic too. Mrs. Twombly is just hilarious with her door knob obsession and strange antics, but she can be a good guardian of sorts to Blythe, and I think they have a special connection. While Sue and Jasper could be more developed, I think they're fine, and Youngmee is the best of Blythe's friends. She can cook, think, likes boy bands like Blythe, and is the only one of Blythe's friends that knows she can talk to animals. The show isn't as focused on morality, making for some meh episodes sometimes, but the show can still provide good laughs, great songs from Daniel Ingram, and plenty of genuine heart ad emotion to go along with good morals.

My Grade: 9.5/10 (A)(I rounded up for my score up there.

Underrated but not good

[mariaraluca-19590 · 4/10 · 1 November 2020]

I feel like this show isnt talked about as much as it should be. i find myself enjoying not many episodes but some are there

This is my favourite show! I love it! It is too underrated

[Gamaroc · 10/10 · 5 October 2016]

This is my favourite show! I love it! I think this show is too underrated. Before I liked it, I found this show airing on a TV channel and just decided to give it a try. And now, this show is honestly my favourite. It really is an amazing show. The characters in this show are original, amusing, and very entertaining with different personalities. Not to mention the pet characters are adorable. They are very enjoyable when they go on different kinds of fun and exciting adventure with each other. And the jokes they make in the show really make me laugh, and these are really good jokes too! I've never gotten tired of this show, even though I've watched it many times. I find the story absolutely brilliant as it is very exciting and intriguing. When a major event happens in it, it really does deliver the suspense perfectly and I'd be dying to know what happens. The plot is original, very interesting and amazing. The songs sung by the characters are very catchy and original; you might even end up singing these songs in your head sometimes as they are memorable. There are so many fun adventures in the show and I've enjoyed every single one of them. I used to like MLP: FiM, but as I watched LPS, I actually ended up liking LPS a lot more. I found it so much more enjoyable as I liked the characters and plot more, and pretty much everything else about the show. I'd never want this show to end. I would love so many more seasons of this amazing show! I can't wait for many more seasons to come! You should give the show a try, like me when I first saw it. It's one of those shows that you'll never see the true value of, until you actually give it a try.

Sorely disappointed with a show which is sure to fall into the 'discarded' category

[therobotbuilder · 10 November 2012]

After watching the premiere, I was disappointed with a clear view of the show. (you may skip to Tl;DR to skip details)

Because I wanted to bring everything to you, I watched through all of it, even though my mind had labeled it garbage at 13 minutes, but I watched both part one and two of the premiere. I tried to keep my personal opinions out of this.

It is (for the most part) a cheap ripoff of my little pony (styles, characters, words, etc.).

The dialog is strange; if you listen carefully it actually sounds like people recording in a room, not in the environments they are in.

Another thing I didn't like was the extreme suspension of disbelief. Many scenes were just so far out - it was way too extreme and made the rest of the show like a bad taste in the mouth; like when you throw up a little bit.

Also I noticed people were rude and had bad attitudes against each other. The high amount of conflict really makes me feel bad, and was the major factor which made it nearly impossible for me to continue watching.

The music and some major sound effects are poorly coordinated with the scenes with bad tempo, volume and/or timing with what is going on (even worse than the 'home made' videos I have recently been watching on YouTube!). It really made my ears bleed, if you will. The words of the songs are on the extreme side of lame, having nearly no meaning - basically they could be sentences chanted and mean the same thing: "I AM ON AN ADVENTURE. I AM ON AN ADVENTURE. I AM ON AN ADVENTURE...".

The characters used a lot of slang. There were some adult terminology used which would go right over a child's head (maybe under 11?), and I thought this was really strange.

After the first show, I literally could let the entire show fall out of my mind. I don't want to bring bias information into this, but relatively speaking, I cannot forget episodes from My Little Pony; the messages and ideas are very clear cut, educational and real.

Even though the words are clear, the sentences are so wordy or something - maybe it is the bad voice filters I mentioned earlier? This makes it hard to watch and follow the story (the, er, - fragmented - story line which barely exists. Maybe just the premiere is like this? Let me make a new sentence for this...). So since I am not listing this as a spoiler, I won't go into details, but the first show had fragments of 4 stories, and the second had fragments of 6 stories. This fragmentation is so disorderly that it was hard to follow; most of it was absent from my memory when I was writing this, so I had to go watch the recording.

=TL;DR= Overall it seems like a lot of garbage was thrown together - random ideas were chosen, then handed to the appropriate person(s). It lacks any valuable amount of creation, imagination, entertainment or education: all things which are good for the mind. I don't know who approved this show for how far it has come, but as the Hub's chairman, I would cancel next weeks episode, without hesitation. I do want to add that my main problem is the _extreme_ amount of hostility and conflict.

I do not recommend wasting your time watching this, and hope you haven't already wasted any of your life on this.

I do feel bad for leaving such a bad review, but I am trying to be non-bias about it :(

p.s: Because of my background in my profession, I did notice an extreme pattern in this show. It appears to me that the show may have a minor focus on 13-35 year old males - who turn content over into 'R rated' material. There was an extreme amount of material in the premiere alone, which was an immediate red light for me. I thought I should add this in here, as a warning to parents and guardians who might have children who may accidentally come across this, 'R rated' material online, while browsing harmless information about the show. The normal viewer may not see this pattern at all, but it is very clear to me.

One of the worst cartoons I have ever seen.

[lpskrazykittehs · 1/10 · 24 August 2014]

*Warning: This Review Is Biased

The littlest pet shop videos (made by 5-20 year olds) on YouTube are so much better. This show is basically twenty-two minutes of clichés and stereotypes. The characters have personalities that are obviously ripped off of another Hasbro/Hub show (My Little Pony). Plus, the music is absolutely awful. To be honest, I couldn't be paid to like this show. Also, in my opinion, the animals are outrageously skinny but this is just a cartoon. I don't know if that would be fair judgement for a cartoon but it's true. Like I said, the many series on YouTube is better because they have creative plots and realistic and likable characters/personality. Of course, they don't have good voices because it's just one voice actors but it's still amazing for their own standards unlike Littlest Pet Shop. All in all, Littlest Pet Shop is poorly written and you shouldn't be wasting time watching it.

Actually it's not all that bad

[asaloverboy7 · 10/10 · 20 July 2014]

I don't know why everyone is comparing Littlest Pet Shop to My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. It's like comparing apples to oranges. They have two different shows, different characters and stories, etc. Just because they look the same does not mean they are. It only appears that way because Hasbro makes both shows. Besides, Littlest Pet Shop is not as bad as people think it is. Many of the talents in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic do double-dip in this series and it's what made me watch it in the first place. The stories are good, the characters are well rounded, I don't see anything wrong with it. I think many fans who loved My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and Pound Puppies should give this one a try.

A very underrated show.

[evilmonkeysnamedjoar-909-461795 · 10/10 · 26 March 2014]

This show is probably one of the best that I've seen from the hub its just a shame that most people wont see it cause first the title and then BRONIES always compare this show to My Little Pony and call it a "Knock off" or "Rip Off show."Having the majority of the same cast, producers, animators, and music by Daniel Ingram this show should have more love.

Another show based on a Hasbro toy line the Littlest Pet Shop. We follow Bylthe Baxter as her dad gets a promotion in his job. They move to Downtown City (which looks a lot like New York City) where we meet our main characters the pets Minka,Pepper,Zoey,Russell,Sunil,Vinnie,and Mrs. Twombly. We follow the pets with Blythe in their everyday lives and adventures as simple as it may be. I really love the character and songs in this show and with Daniel being the composer most of the songs are really and while one or two are not that great most of them are pretty fantastic and catchy as heck. I don't want to spoil things for new watchers so I'll leave it at that.

Voice Acting: 10/10 Characters:10/10 Music:10/10 Writing:9.5/10 Rewatch: 10/10 Overall:9.8/10

I LOVE this show

[fly-to-your-heart-towhoy · 10/10 · 17 March 2014]

I LOVE this show. It's one of the many entertaining sitcoms. I don't see how anyone can dislike it. It's amazing. It shouldn't matter if such animals as pandas and monkeys can't really do in real-life the things the characters do (such as painting and making things). Otherwise, why are there shows that involve a family of wizards, such as Disney's "Wizards of Waverly Place"? People love My Little Pony (I do too), but even *that* show has characters who do stuff that horses/ponies can't do in real-life: riding on a scooter, building a barn, making pies, etc. Both shows are super awesome. I hope that they never end. I hope I'll get to see Season 16 (LPS is going to its 3rd season, MLP is going into its 5th season). A 16th season is beyond what any sitcom in the entire world has done, and can never do unless the show has that extraordinary touch.

The S3 cometh

[rbn_lrk-1 · 10/10 · 20 May 2014]

It's hard to have cartoons on The Hub with so many forgotten shows.

Unlike channels like Cartoon Network that had hit after hit, or lesser known ones that became cult among the critic.

FiM is one of the main drives among the likes of classic superhero shows, and new shows like Teenage Fairytale.

Well, here is the new LPS from The Hub based on the endless row of classic toys.

Toys that ranks from doll, electronic games and more.

In this update we follow Blythe a girl that can understand the pets in her shop.

Along the way we meet other random animals like a cat with sprinkles on her head.

There are also the butler, and his two evil twins.

The songs ranks from upbeat to sad, exotic and thrilling.

Despite LPS does not seems to have any known big meet ups and Cons like MLP it sure have a lot of Youtbe hits, and lots of talk on forums.

If you like some light cartoon entertainment I recommended this show.

10/10

Genius writing and designs for a premise this difficult.

[LordNuggets · 9/10 · 28 June 2014]

The premise of the show: a group of exotic pets in a day-care/pet shop and a teenage girl that goes Dr.Dolittle-mode that cares for them. You might think 'how more stupid can it get?' and yet, they pulled it off ingeniously.

To understand why this series is so good, you have to read between the lines. Then you can see that this series in fact heavily (and subtly) borrows Alice in Wonderland-themes. Not just by the fact that the dumbwaiter is the rabbit hole, but also because of the villains of the show; they are two rich high school girls by the names of Whitney and Britney who are in fact a combination of Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dumb characters with the evil queen of hearts. The best element, however, is that they used literary nonsense in the series, and it worked out amazing. Here is a link if you want to read more about that: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literary_nonsense

So, when it comes down to it, comparing this series to My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is absurd. It would be like comparing Narnia to Alice in Wonderland.

The characters are also nicely written. The main character Blythe Baxter, who for unknown reasons can talk to animals, is a well- defined characters that loves fashion and has her own faults, failings and habits. The same goes for every single pet in the pet shop.

That does not mean, however, that this series is without failings. It is never discussed where Blythe's mother is or even if she is still alive. Then there is the fact that nobody ever develops its character, despite the fact that the series gave them many reasons to. This especially goes for Whitney and Britney. It makes the conflicts in the series lose their value.

But other than that, I conclude here that this is the best series at the moment that DHX Media produces. This is 1) because MLP has gone downhill rapidly over the course of 2013 and 2014 with season 4 and that incredibly painful and destructive Equestria Girls movie and 2) because Pound Puppies as is, despite being a nice series, is still weaker than this show.

So, I really recommend for you to let your child watch this. It's a nice series with interesting stories and meaningful characters.

A pity though that, as with a lot of Hasbro's toys, the toys of course have nothing to do with the series.