Littlest Pet Shop (2012– )

A girl who works at a pet shop has the ability to talk to animals.

Stars:

Ashleigh Ball, Sam Vincent, Tabitha St. Germain

Cast

Series cast summary:
Ashleigh Ball	...	Blythe Baxter (26 episodes, 2012-2013)
Sam Vincent	...	Russell Ferguson (26 episodes, 2012-2013)
Tabitha St. Germain	...	Pepper Clark (26 episodes, 2012-2013)
Kira Tozer	...	Minka Mark (26 episodes, 2012-2013)
Nicole Oliver	...	Zoe Trent (26 episodes, 2012-2013)
Peter New	...	Sunil Nevla (26 episodes, 2012-2013)
Kyle Rideout	...	Vinnie Terrio (25 episodes, 2012-2013)
Jocelyne Loewen	...	Penny Ling (25 episodes, 2012-2013)
Kathleen Barr	...	Mrs. Anna Twombly (21 episodes, 2012-2013)
Shannon Chan-Kent	...	Brittany Biskit (18 episodes, 2012-2013)
Michael Kopsa	...	Roger Baxter (16 episodes, 2012-2013)

Storyline

A girl who works at a pet shop has the ability to talk to animals.

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Plot Keywords:

talking to an animal | mongoose | twins | skunk | dog | 

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Family

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Details

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 November 2012 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

DHX Media, Hasbro Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

22 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Some of the voice cast who worked on this latest incarnation of the Littlest Pet Shop also worked on the previous 1995 cartoon incarnation as well.

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Connections

Remake of Littlest Pet Shop (1995)

User Reviews

A surprisingly fun and well made animated show. Definitely worth watching.

First things first, do not compare this to My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic! It is completely different, believe it or not. Anyone who has watched more than just the first two episodes will see this. I am a huge animation fan and a fan of Hasbro's other show: 'My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic' - I went into Littlest Pet Shop trying to be as open-minded as possible, because MLP had shown me that you can't just cast a show aside because of what it looks like and I have to say that I was delightfully surprised. Sure, this show bears similarities to My Little Pony. For example, a purple dog that shares Twilight Sparkle's hair do, but you soon find that this dog, Zoe, has much, much different characteristics and is all in all, a good character. See, this is why you shouldn't compare this show to MLP.

Anywho, moving along. This show shines in terms of characters. I'll admit, the first two episodes didn't do great when it comes to the characters. A couple of the pets had only one or two lines and they were all introduced in a 2 minute song. But, I have to say that the first two episodes aren't that great in general in comparison to what the show has become over the past couple of months. The characters have now had time to develop, and they have done so excellently. There is still much room for improvement, but it's done pretty great so far. The voice work is all fantastic and the writing (bar the occasional annoying acronym from the show's teenage protagonist, Blythe) is very well done and in some episodes, there tends to be several story lines in one episode, that are usually all resolved in the end and are all somehow linked, which works better than you'd expect.

The music is top-notch with Daniel Ingram working on the songs of the show, which, I might go as far as saying, are some of the catchiest songs I've heard in a cartoon in a while. Daniel Ingram also worked on My Little Pony's songs, which are also incredibly catchy. It also has an amazing musical score to match.

You can tell that since the pilot, the animation has gotten better, the animation and art style of the show have really grown on me; they are both really awesome!

All in all, Littlest Pet Shop is an amazing animated show, that deserves a little more attention, but I feel that it may not get that, because of people thinking that it is just a My Little Pony clone, trying to make Hasbro more money.

Animation: 8/10 -- Music: 10/10 -- Writing: 8/10 -- Voice Acting: 9/10 -- Characters: 8/10

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8/10

Very Good