Brandy and Mr. Whiskers - TV-Y

A good premise, but tedious characters -- kids OK.

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Common Sense rates it
2
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  • TV Rating: TV-Y
  • Network: Disney Channel
  • Cast: Jennifer Hale, Kaley Cuoco, Charles Adler
  • Genre: Children, Cartoons, & Animation

Parents need to know

Parents need to know that even though there's no violence in this series, there's no learning about being a strong, kind member of a community, either. Despite its popularity with school-aged kids, it offers little educational content. Although the main characters meet an eclectic collection of animals, opportunities to address social issues pertinent to school-aged child development are ignored in favor of channeling characters into stereotypical personalities that are predictable and tedious.

Families can talk about how their kids get along with people who are different from them. Are the characters stereotyped? What social issues could have been addressed in the series that aren't?

Message

Social Behavior:

Characters lie and trick friends for their own self-benefit.

Consumerism:

Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco:

Violence

Sex

Language

Common Sense says

What's the story?

Reviewed by Pam Gelman

In BRANDY AND MR. WHISKERS, two characters who would never typically be paired together are forced to not only interact with one another, but also to rely on each other for survival. Self-involved Brandy, a pompous pooch, continually tricks and patronizes her partner, oddball rabbit Mr. Whiskers, and, pathetically, Mr. Whiskers jumps to her commands. Each episode is about some strange mishap taken by this mismatched pair and their ensuing adventure to set things straight. Brandy wears platform thongs and skimpy baby-doll tee shirts and likes to talk about clothes and how good she looks, while Mr. Whiskers is silly and awkward, in both his voice and his movements. A slew of sassy Amazon friends round out each of the two fifteen-minute segments in each episode, including Lola Boa, twin Toucan sisters Cheryl and Meryl, river otter Ed, and self-proclaimed leader of the jungle, Gaspar L. Gecko.

Is it any good?

2

Despite all of the opportunity for interesting adventures provided by the colorful Amazon setting, Brandy and Mr. Whiskers plays on the same joke -- she's a snob, and he's a hapless sidekick. The story has been done before and with much more success.

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Parents and kids say

All Reviews

There are 11 reviews.

4


Posted on 10/27/07 by DexterSmith Adult contributor

Brandy and Mr. Whiskers

Sexual Content (Not an Issue): Some skimpy outfits and flirting. Violence (Not an Issue): Some slapstick. Language (Not an Issue): None. Social Behavior (Pause): Characters lie and cheat. Commercialism (Not an Issue): None. Drug/Alcohol/Tobacco (Not an Issue): None.
5

Posted on 07/02/07 by Anonymous Adult contributor

5


Posted on 11/17/06 by moneera Kid contributor, age 11
5


Posted on 07/28/06 by MikaylaLovesEdwardCullen Kid contributor, age 11
1

Posted on 11/06/05 by Anonymous Adult contributor

Can't stand this show.

I refuse to let my daughter see this show. No 5-year-old needs to watch this rabbit do everything that we should teach is wrong and have it presented in such a lighthearted way.
3


Posted on 06/29/05 by icefire22 Kid contributor, age 12
1

Posted on 06/14/05 by Anonymous Adult contributor

5


Posted on 05/28/05 by Ki-too Kid contributor, age 17
5

Posted on 05/20/05 by Anonymous Adult contributor

4

Posted on 04/29/05 by Anonymous Kid contributor, age 11

very funny!

this show is very very funny. I laughed alot! there is no trash talk or bad stuff just halarious things. kids love it!

See all 11 reviews >

Adult Reviews

There are 6 reviews.

4


Posted on 10/27/07 by DexterSmith Adult contributor

Brandy and Mr. Whiskers

Sexual Content (Not an Issue): Some skimpy outfits and flirting. Violence (Not an Issue): Some slapstick. Language (Not an Issue): None. Social Behavior (Pause): Characters lie and cheat. Commercialism (Not an Issue): None. Drug/Alcohol/Tobacco (Not an Issue): None.
5

Posted on 07/02/07 by Anonymous Adult contributor

1

Posted on 11/06/05 by Anonymous Adult contributor

Can't stand this show.

I refuse to let my daughter see this show. No 5-year-old needs to watch this rabbit do everything that we should teach is wrong and have it presented in such a lighthearted way.
1

Posted on 06/14/05 by Anonymous Adult contributor

5

Posted on 05/20/05 by Anonymous Adult contributor

1


Posted on 04/29/05 by mictamali Adult contributor

Filler TV

This show has little to no redeeming qualities. The title character Brandy is snobbish and always thinking of ways to ditch and/or humiliate Mr. Whiskers. Mr. Whiskers is annoying and clingy. He is way too eager to jump to anything that Brandy orders him to do. Children may come away with the message that being rich and attractive is everything and that it is acceptable to boss others around at their whim.

Kids Reviews

There are 5 reviews.

5


Posted on 11/17/06 by moneera Kid contributor, age 11
5


Posted on 07/28/06 by MikaylaLovesEdwardCullen Kid contributor, age 11
3


Posted on 06/29/05 by icefire22 Kid contributor, age 12
5


Posted on 05/28/05 by Ki-too Kid contributor, age 17
4

Posted on 04/29/05 by Anonymous Kid contributor, age 11

very funny!

this show is very very funny. I laughed alot! there is no trash talk or bad stuff just halarious things. kids love it!
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