I Want My Potty! (Little Princess)

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Idiosyncratic Episode Naming: The episode titles are usually in first person POV. For example, "I Want My Potty". The show seems to favor this a bit less the longer it goes on. The first episode to break format is the eighteenth, "What's Wrong with Gilbert?" This is followed with "Maid's Day Off?" as the twenty-second episode and "Can I Keep It?" as the twenty-third. Puss is a cat. Cats are sometimes called "puss" and variations of that word, as in "Who's a lovely puss-cat?" and "Here, puss, puss, puss". The baby messing his diaper in "I Want A Best Friend" and "I Want to Be a Baby". The former also has a fart joke in it. Funny Photo Phrase: In "I Want My Tooth", everyone is having a group photo and they say, "Cheese!", except for the French-accented Chef, who says, " Fromage!". New Baby Episode: In "I Want a Sister", the Princess learns that the Queen is pregnant. She wants a sister, because she thinks brothers are smelly, but when she gets a brother, she thinks he's a cute baby.

In "I Didn't Do It", the Princess spills some water on the ground. The adults see it and think Scruff peed on the floor.Butt-Monkey: Poor Puss is clearly a cat that is not cut out for life with a Little Princess. Whether it's being drafted as a replacement for her favourite teddy bear or getting sneezed on when she has a cold, he can't catch a break. What potentially keeps him from descending into Woobie territory is that he seems to revel in any indignities that might happen to the show's dog, Scruff. Armistice Day: A Collection of Remembrance - Spark Interest and Educate Children about Historical Moments

Trademark Favorite Food: Chocolate for the Queen and Princess, chocolate eclairs for the General, fish for Puss, and bones for Scruff. Princess also really likes mashed potatoes, but only with tomato sauce. These foods are downplayed examples, the characters' appetites for them are significant, but they're not obsessed with them. Serious Business: The Princess takes everything she dislikes (new shoes, dance class etc) very seriously. In 2020 Tony Ross’ creation helped children and families through the COVID19 pandemic, in I Don’t Wantto Wash My Hands, first published in 2001, Little Princess learns all about the hidden, invisible nasties thatcan cause illnesses that live on our hands, and how the simple act of washing those hands removes them;there couldn’t be a more prescient message!Disease-Prevention Aesop: In "I Don't Want to Wash My Hands", the Maid tells the Princess to wash her hands at certain intervals because of "germs and nasties", which she claims live "in the dirties and on the animals and in the sneezes". In "I Want to Be Good", the Princess uses her mashed potato to make a fake man similar to a snowman. I would recommend this story to read to any child around potty training age, as it eases them into the concept of not using a nappy. From an adults perspective,one might argue that the fact that she wets on the floor is not sending a good message, and maybe there should have been more reference in the story to the idea that it was an accident and it does not matter. Having said this, I think that children would not analyse this in depth, and simply would enjoy the story. There are many amusing aspects to it, such as the tantrum that the princess has, and the look of panic in the bright and colourful illustrations of all the adults in the story who are rushing around in a frenzy trying the locate the potty! General (opens the door and comes to the princess, his hand over his mouth): I did not wet the bed.

Transformation at the Speed of Plot: In "Can I Keep It?", Little Princess's tadpole is shown to have transformed into a frog overnight and visually in the space of about 10-15 seconds. When Little Princess awakes, she believes that the awful creature, which she doesn't recognize as a frog, has eaten her "Taddy." In real life, tadpoles slowly grow legs and gain frog-like features. First Day of School Episode: "I Don't Want to Go to School" focuses on Princess's first day of preschool. Stereo Fibbing: When the adults don't know where the Princess is, they each tell a different lie about her location. In "I Want My Crayons", Princess's crayons go missing and she suspects all the adults, who get offended.Inelegant Blubbering: Whenever the Princess or her baby cousin cries, they'll usually be sobbing and have loud, impeded speech, although occasionally, the Princess cries silently when she's in a more sulky mood. Getting Ready for Bed" Plot: Despite the title, "I Don't Want to Go to Bed" is not an example of the trope because it focuses more on the Princess when she's already in bed. There are, however, two stories that play this trope straight. Eek, a Mouse!!: In "I Want a Sleepover" when the "dragon" that Algie and Little Princess discover actually turns out to be a family of mice, Maid screams as if there actually is a dragon. Puss also seems to be startled when the mice pull funny faces.