Has one ever wondered what the world used to be like when one was born or a baby? Nothing is the same as it used to be. The music we listen to, the food we eat, the books we read, the way we dress, the television shows we watch, and everything else has changed from the times we were born to now. I was born in March of 1996, and the most popular children’s television show was Rugrats. Now in 2014, the most popular children’s television show is SpongeBob SquarePants. A lot has changed over the years, like the most popular television shows, but a lot has also stayed the same. Rugrats and SpongeBob SquarePants have many traits in common, but they also have several differences.
The television show Rugrats is and American animated television series on the Nickelodeon network. It is categorized in the Adventure/Comedy genre and targets all ages and genders of audience. Rugrats’ country of origin is the United States,
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and its original language in English. Rugrats is a television series about a group of friends that go on adventures together. Like most television shows and movies, Rugrats does have an antagonist, Angelica, in its episodes. There are nine seasons of Rugrats, which have all been aired on television. Each episode aired has a running time of twenty-two to twenty-three minutes. In 1996, Rugrats was the number one children’s show on television. It was also nominated for and won the Kids’ Choice Awards Favorite Cartoon of 1996 for the first of six times. Rugrats first premiered on August 11, 1991. The group of friends in this television series is actually a group of toddlers that use common life experiences to become adventures in babies’ imaginations. The main characters are toddlers: Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, Lil, and Tommy’s older, teenage cousin Angelica. Angelica is a negative influence to the toddlers in Rugrats, and she tries to get them in trouble. All 172 episodes of Rugrats take place at Tommy’s house in California. Every episode also has a moral lesson that the toddlers learn through each adventure. The popularity of Rugrats in 1996 was outrageous. Each week, the show received, on average, a total of 26.7 million views. Of those views, 14.7 million views were from children aged two to eleven, 3.2 million were from teenagers aged twelve to seventeen, and 8.8 million were from adults aged eighteen and over. Like Rugrats, SpongeBob SquarePants is also an American animated television series.
SpongeBob SquarePants is categorized in the Adventure/Comedy genre, as well as Rugrats. Its target audience along with Rugrats’ varies all ages and genders. The country in which SpongeBob SquarePants originated is the United States. SpongeBob SquarePants’, similar to Rugrats’, original language is English. SpongeBob SquarePants is a television series about a group of friends that go on adventures together, alike Rugrats. There is an antagonist, Plankton, in each episode of SpongeBob SquarePants. As Rugrats has nine seasons, SpongeBob SquarePants also has nine aired seasons. Each episode that has been aired on television has a running time of twenty-two to thirty minutes. This year, 2014, SpongeBob SquarePants is the number one children’s show aired on television. SpongeBob SquarePants’ first nomination for the Kids’ Choice Awards Favorite Cartoon was won in 2003, and it has won every year until 2008. It was nominated again in 2009 and has won every year from 2009 to
2014. SpongeBob SquarePants first premiered on July 17, 1999. The group of friends in this television series is actually sea creatures such as a sponge, snail, starfish, squid, crab, squirrel, and even a copepod. The main characters are SpongeBob SquarePants, Gary the Snail, Patrick Star, Squidward Tentacles, Mr. Krabs, Sandy Cheeks, and Sheldon Plankton. Plankton is the enemy, or antagonist, that always tries to steal Mr. Krabs’ Krabby Patty formula and rule the town of Bikini Bottom. SpongeBob SqaurePants has aired 189 episodes in nine seasons. They all take place in the Pacific Ocean beneath the tropical isle of Bikini Atoll, hence the town’s name, Bikini Bottom. Nearly forty percent of SpongeBob SquarePants’ viewers each week, 2.2 million people, are aged eighteen to thirty-four.
Charles “Chuckie” Finster, the orange-haired, bespectacled freckled face, buck teeth toddler in the Nickelodeon Series, “The Rugrats” was often known as a pessimist, scaredy cat who always approached situations with full awareness and attentiveness. He was always seen with his bulky pair of purple-framed glasses, a blue shirt with the planet Saturn on it, his green shorts with light green squiggles, yellow-orange socks and his red shoes that were always partially untied. Chuckie was raised by a single parent, Chas Finster, and just when he was three months old, his mother, Melinda passed away from an illness. Chuckie and his friends, including Tommy, Angelica, and the twins Lillian and Phillip embarked on day-to-day adventures unfolding the
Being who you are is easier said than done. We all have heard this lesson before, but it is much harder to actually do this in front of friends, and relatives. In “Fish Cheeks” by Amy Tan, and “Taco Head” by Viola Canales, both narrators face the struggle to fit in. They come from smaller cultures rather than the larger American culture. In the end, both girls learn a valuable lesson to be independent, and to be proud of who you are. In “Fish Cheeks” and “Taco Head” the similar lessons the narrators learn is, to be proud of who you are. However, the stories are different because in “Fish Cheeks” being American on the outside is okay, but you must remain Chinese on the inside. In “Taco Head” the lesson teaches that
Technology has become a ubiquitous presence in today’s society. Media plays a considerable role in influencing elementary aged students view on culture, acceptable behaviors, and gender roles. The two TV series, Jessie and Lab Rats are examples of popular shows that elementary students enjoy watching. Both shows target ages 9-16 and air on the popular Disney Channel. This paper will discuss the culture and stereotypes present in each of these shows.
Popular culture is the artistic and creative expression in entertainment and style that appeals to society as whole. It includes music, film, sports, painting, sculpture, and even photography. It can be diffused in many ways, but one of the most powerful and effective ways to address society is through film and television. Broadcasting, radio and television are the primary means by which information and entertainment are delivered to the public in virtually every nation around the world, and they have become a crucial instrument of modern social and political organization. Most of today’s television programming genres are derived from earlier media such as stage, cinema and radio. In the area of comedy, sitcoms have proven the most durable and popular of American broadcasting genres. The sitcom’s success depends on the audience’s familiarity with the habitual characters and the situations
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Egypt and Mesopotamia; two different civilizations that were similar in some ways, as well as different. They had their difference of their geographical location, as well as their different aspects of life. Even though they had their different life aspects, they had also had several similarities between each other.
When seeing any movie, there is a special message behind each film that the creators want the viewers to notice. DreamWorks and Pixar are two respectable studios that created many successful films throughout the years that sends a positive message to its audience. In the films of “Megamind” and “Wreck it Ralph” the main theme shown throughout the film was the transformation of character from a villain to a hero. The two films focus on the theme of redemption because each main character towards the end of film showed their true character. The films have a story of origin on how they were established as villains, desire to fit into society and showing how they became true hero’s in the films.
90’s television shows commonly centered on the urban life of children. Few shows give a relatable example of the world children in this decade saw outside of their televisions sets. Hey Arnold! (1994) was unique in that way. The Nickelodeon cartoon pressed the bounds of children’s shows by displaying every aspect of urban life; the good, the bad and the ugly. The creators shunned the cookie-cutter storyline and painted a diverse cast with vibrant palette of characters from different races and religions, and fought gender stereotypes.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Parks and Recreation created by Michael Schur and Dan Goor are award-winning television comedies. However, while Parks and Recreation and Brooklyn Nine-Nine are both mockumentary styled comedies, they differ in a variety of aspects. To begin, Parks and Recreation and Brooklyn Nine-Nine share similar character dynamics but differ in job requirements. Similarly, Parks and Recreation and Brooklyn Nine-Nine carries an optimistic outlook, yet utilize different comedic devices. Despite both series having similar settings the editing is strikingly different. In spite of Parks and Recreation and Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s common co-creators, the shows are not the same.
Spongebob Squarepants revolves around an optimistic yellow sponge who goes on nonsensical adventures with his fellow undersea friends. He approaches life’s everyday challenges in an
For example, in one episode I cried when Spongebob and Patrick were about to die because they had no water and while watching others episodes, I laughed joyfully whenever Spongebob would fail his driving tests and crash cars. Whenever I think of Spongebob, it always reminds me of my childhood when I had time for a life that was more simple, fun and relaxed compared to my life today. Spongebob Squarepants is an ideal choice of an artifact from our culture to analyze for this assignment because it was and still is a highly popular tv show created in Hollywood that children view across
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Since the introduction of Disney films into our society, there has been a sea change
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The Disney Channel from the early 2000s had story lines which were a lot more connected to our real life situations. That helped us relate to them a lot more. They were normal kids, just like us. With the new programming, it is hard to relate because all of the actresses and actors have society’s “dream image,” and almost all of the new characters are rich, famous and fake. This stresses the idea that kids should wear cool clothes and be rich and famous, but it really isn’t fair because it is extremely hard to reach those expectations. Unfortunately, kids shouldn't be worrying about things like that. “Girl Meets World” is a prime example of my argument. While the concept was good, being a spinoff of “Boy Meets World” it’s execution was terrible. The actors are not nearly as talented as they should be and every episode consists of boring situations with some sort of unusable life lesson at the end and not to forget the expensive wardrobe and brattiness of the actors. In my opinion, shows like this on the new Disney Channel cause premature insecurity. My personal favorite show was “Lizzie Miguire.” Lizzie played by Hilary Duff, was always dealing with school bullies, fashion problems, crushes and family issues. It was the most real show there was. These days the shows lack that excitement while being filled with un-relatable situations and