PAW Patrol

PAW Patrol is a preschool animated series created by Spin Master that airs on Nick Jr. and Treehouse. Ever since the show premiered in 2013, it has grown to become one of the biggest preschool animated series of today's generation. The show revolves around a boy named Ryder and his six rescue pups, whose mission is to keep the city of Adventure Bay in good hands, as Ryder believes that "No job is too big, no pup is too small."

The six original rescue dogs include Marshall the Dalmatian, Zuma the Chocolate Lab, Rubble the Bulldog, Rocky the mixed-breed dog, Chase the German Shepherd and Skye the Cocker Spaniel. Later additions to the team include Everest the Husky, Tracker the Chihuahua, Rex the Burmese Mountain Dog and Liberty the Dachshund, with the latter being added to the cast of rescue dogs in PAW Patrol: The Movie.

## History with the Parade

Because of the success of the franchise, the parade team worked with Spin Master, the show's creators, to design a PAW Patrol float for the 2015 parade. The first float was simple, as it featured a giant replica of Chase, standing proud in front of the lookout tower. This would just be the beginning of PAW Patrol's involvement in the parade.

In 2016, the float received a major overhaul, now taking place in a snowy environment as it was part of the winter section in that year's parade. The new float still had the lookout tower from the previous float, except it now featured a new Chase, now joined by Rubble and Everest as they cleared the roads, and it was ironic because it snowed in the parade that year, but not as much as previous years. The float was escorted by a walk-around version of Chase, just like most floats at the time.

That same year, Marshall was featured on IndigoKids' The Joy Of Reading float, which also featured Peppa Pig and the Grinch. The original version of the float featured the three characters reading Christmas books. As for Marshall, he was reading what else? PAW Patrol: The Pups Save Christmas!

In 2017, Chase was joined by some unexpected guests. In addition to PAW Patrol, 2017's float from Spin Master also highlighted their new (At the time) series, Rusty Rivets. Chase from 2016's float remained, now being joined by Rusty Rivets himself, along with Ruby Ramirez and their own creation, Botosaurus. That doesn't mean Rusty got more attention than Chase, as more walk-around versions of the rescue dogs escorted the floats in golf karts, as Chase was now joined by Marshall, Rubble and Skye in her parade debut. Marshall also returned on the IndigoKids float along with Rubble and Everest.

In 2018, the only representation PAW Patrol got that year was when a new sculpt of Skye was on Nick Jr's Girl Power float. The other pups were removed from the floats, but Marshall's head-turning mechanism was reused for an Untamed Raptor.

From 2019 to 2021, PAW Patrol would only be represented on one float. In 2019, Chase, Everest and Skye returned on the new IndigoKids float. In 2020, a new sculpt of Chase was made for Canadian Tire's Nordic Bright Toys float. In 2021, 2016 Chase, 2016 Rubble and 2018 Skye all returned, now popping out of presents.

In 2022, Spin Master would finally get back to sponsoring their own floats with a brand-new PAW Patrol float in preparation for the franchise's 10th anniversary in 2023 along with PAW: Patrol: The Mighty Movie. This new float featured even bigger sculpts of Chase and Rubble sledding down the snowy hills of Adventure Bay. This new float also added a 3D affect as if they are really sledding.