The Magic Fingerfellows

**The Magic Fingerfellows** is an American children's television series that airs on The Kiddie Channel. The show was created by Dorling Kindersley and premiered on Kiddie in January 2021. Each season has 10 episodes. It makes use of comedic devices such as slapstick comedy, as per Kiddie's many previous shows. The show's aim is to educate children about problem-solving skills in conjunction with basic concepts, science observations, and environmental wellness, as well as teach kids small ways to make big impacts.

## Plot

The series is a satirical depiction of Kiddie's imagination, epitomized by three students-in-training from Sunnyshimmer Elementary School. Their names are Righty-Tighty, Lefty-Loosy, and Whistle-Tristle. The show is set in the fictional world of Bugaboo City and parodies a wide variety of popular culture, society, television, franchises and more.

## Why This Show Sucks

* First off, the show's premise has been poorly executed, as well as many characters.
* The backgrounds are a bit of an eyesore, due to the colors being too bright and them looking very weird.
* The title cards, despite looking cool, have a very weird choppy looking art style to them which can sometimes look pretty uncanny. A few are also misleading as well.
* In almost each episode, this show tries *way too hard* to appeal to children. For example, it parodies a wide variety of popular culture, society, television, franchises and more. This is usually overdone to the point where the show becomes ***completely unwatchable!***
	+ In fact, the overuse of pop culture references, especially to cartoons and characters, is often used in a bad way.
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* While there are some likable characters, there are a few unlikable, insufferable, or just plain loathsome characters:
	1. Righty Tighty takes everything *way* too seriously. What’s not helping is that he is also treated as a butt-monkey at times since his subordinates often act disrespectful to him, even when he's in the right.
	2. Lefty Loosy is not only an immature party animal, but also a lazy couch potato who is also shown to be the butt-monkey at times, as he is often attacked by the team.
	3. Whistle Tristle is also portrayed as an annoying, childish slacker, though she manages to be more likable than the others one way or another.
	4. Lidderbean, despite being interesting, is a young girl in kindergarten class, who obsesses over the Fingerfellows *anytime she is seen onscreen*.
	5. Ms. Noodlenoddy, while completely likable, acts as a dominant and a severely paranoid arrogant jerk, especially towards her students, rather than being a badass school teacher.
	6. On top of that, all of their names are downright laughable and nonsensical. Not to mention that their voices are a bit too overly squeaky.
* Not to mention the Fingerfellows are supposed to be portrayed as heroes but end up behaving more like villains sometimes. Here are some examples:
	+ In "", the Fingerfellows continuously torment the villains, even though the latter just wanted a day off and no one in the said group was doing anything wrong in said episode.
	+ In "", the Fingerfellows deliberately and harshly kick the villains out of their apartment homes.
	+ In "", Dr. Light considers redeeming himself and being good, but the Fingerfellows refuse to accept this and instead beat him up mercilessly.
	+ The Fingerfellows are constantly fighting for Righty Tighty's position as leader to near-Starscream levels.
	+ The Fingerfellows cause more collateral damage to Bugaboo City than any of the villains, treating it as though it is their playground and acting disrespectful towards others, intentionally creating enemies through ridiculous insults and inflicting harm on others.
* The voice acting, while great, can also get rather annoying at times since the characters are very loud, which can get a bit irritating at certain points in the show.
* Some episodes tend to have filler, such as a brief montage of the Fingerfellows riding in their Enchantopedia book.
* The background music sounds painful to listen.
* There is so much noise that never stops nor ends.
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## Redeeming Qualities

* The show has some funny moments.
* The animation is quite redeemable, fluid, and colorful. This can be noticeable in the second season.
* The background music can sound goofy, funny, enjoyable, and endearing at times.
* Many of the title cards look kind of cool, despite the choppy-looking art style to them.
* Most of the character designs are passable. Speaking of the character designs, they kind of do look cartoony and Looney Tunes-esque.
* There are some good/decent episodes here and there, such as "Inside Your Emotions" which boils down to the basics of how emotions work, whenever you feel happy, sad, angry, scared, disgusted, etc., as told by Ms. Noodlenoddy at the end of this episode.

## Reception

*The Magic Fingerfellows* has received generally positive reviews from television critics and parents of young children. One person wrote, "Funny, clever, and sooo creative!", while another person writes about "simple literacy ideas that are usually explained well, and woven throughout the stories in a fun and interesting way".