Common Sense Media Review
By Melissa Camacho
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YouTube stars voice pugs in bathroom-humor heavy show.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 9+?
Any Positive Content?
Where to Watch
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Pugatory
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What's the Story?
PUGATORY is a six-episode animated Web series created and voiced by Marzia Bisognin and Felix Kjellberg, aka CutiePieMarzia and PewDiePie, as Maya and Edgar, two adopted pugs who find themselves going on an unexpected and dark adventure. Each of the approximately four-minute episodes features the dogs making their way through through a purgatory-like setting in hopes of getting back to their beloved owner, Marzia.
Is It Any Good?
This quirky Web series offers a mildly creepy story (pugs in purgatory!), with characters based on Kjellberg and Bisognin's real-life pugs companions. The overall series serves as a marketing tool for Bisognin and Kjellberg's YouTube videos, which are known for their quirky (and pug-heavy) humor. Each short installment offers enough weirdness to keep the narrative interesting enough for viewers to follow the characters into the next one, but it's probably going to be most enjoyed by folks who are already fans of the duo's banter.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about animal-themed shows. If you had a chance to create a series starring your favorite dog, cat, or lizard, what kind of show would it be? What would the animals look like? Sound like? What kinds of personalities would they have?
What kind of work goes into creating an online series? What kind of skill set do you need to have to produce it? What's the benefit of producing something to stream online rather than airing on TV?
TV Details
- Premiere date : October 31, 2015
- Cast : Marzia Bisognin , Felix Kjellberg
- Network : Online
- Genre : Drama
- TV rating :
- Last updated : October 13, 2022
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