Franklin and the Turtle Lake Treasure

However, the aunts god-daughter character got under my skin in a MASSIVE way, as well as the adult turtles lack of disciplining her bad behavior. She was very blatantly rude to Franklin numerous times. Franklin set reasonable healthy boundaries with her based on her behavior toward him and was chastised for it repeatedly while none of the adults had a sit down with HER and reminded HER of what acceptable behavior looks like. It was like all the adults acted as her narcissistic flying monkeys and decided that outright gaslighting Franklin regarding her was the best way to handle the situation. Just as children's movies can set good examples for kids- they also have the opportunity to set good examples for adults. Bluey does an amazing job of this with the parents on that show. This Franklin movie fell very short in that regard. Putting a check on bullying behavior is adults' responsibility. The attitude of "suck it up and accept the bully and be nice to them regardless of how they treat you" is NOT a good message for adults or children. The lazy approach of "let the kids sort it out on thier own" has very serious real world consequences. So for what it's worth- that's my hot take on this animated feature.