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Littlest Pet Shop (2012 TV series)

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Littlest Pet Shop is a Flash-animated musical television series produced by DHX Media and Hasbro Studios for Discovery Family. The series is based on the Littlest Pet Shop and Blythe toyline by Hasbro. It centers on Blythe Baxter, a girl who, after moving into an apartment in a city named Downtown City, gains the ability to communicate with animals.[1] Located below her apartment is the eponymous pet store where Blythe works and talks to a group of pets who regularly reside at a daycare in the shop. Worried that a corrupt rival business might drive their shop out of business, it is up to Blythe to drive business into the store with her pet fashion designs.

Littlest Pet Shop
Developed by
Directed by
  • Joel Dickie (S1-3)
  • Steve Garcia (S4)
  • Mike Myhre (S4)
Voices ofSee cast
Theme music composer
  • Daniel Ingram
Composers
Country of origin
  • United States
  • Canada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes104 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Julie McNally Cahill
  • Tim Cahill
  • Chris Bartleman
  • Kirsten Newlands
  • Stephen Davis
Producers
  • Chantal Hennessey (S1-3)
  • Lesley Jenner (S3-4)
Running time22 minutes
Production companies
DistributorHasbro Studios
Release
Original networkDiscovery Family
Original releaseNovember 10, 2012 (2012-11-10) –
June 4, 2016 (2016-06-04)
Chronology
RelatedLittlest Pet Shop (1995)
Littlest Pet Shop: A World of Our Own (2018)

The series first aired on The Hub on November 10, 2012 (which was renamed Discovery Family on October 13, 2014). The completion of a single episode took roughly one year with several in production at once. Although it mostly received praise from reviewers for its writing and characters, it was criticized for its embedded marketing. Several crew members additionally received accolades for their work on the series. The series was part of the company's franchise reboot. Hasbro released a new line of Littlest Pet Shop toys designed to more closely resemble the characters on the series. A mobile game and comic book adaptation were also made.

On May 30, 2016, The Hub cancelled the series after four seasons. The series finale aired on June 4, 2016.

Plot

The series follows Blythe Baxter, a young girl living with her airplane pilot father, Roger. Forced to move out from her suburban hometown following her father's promotion, she moves into an apartment located in a people's city. Their complex is located above the eponymous Littlest Pet Shop—a pet shop that also serves as a day camp for numerous pets—where Blythe works as a fashion designer. Her adventure begins when she discovers that she alone can miraculously understand and talk to the pets that regularly stay at the shop, in addition to most other animals on the planet. As she and the pets spend time together, they find the pet shop jeopardized by a larger pet store managed by Fisher Biskit and his snotty twin daughters Brittany and Whittany Biskit. To avoid being dispersed, the pets convince Blythe to remain an employee.

The pets who reside in the day camp of the shop are Pepper Clark, a wisecracking striped skunk who is passionate about comedy; Minka Mark, a bouncy spider monkey with a love for painting and visual arts; Penny Ling, a sensitive giant panda interested in rhythmic gymnastics; Russell Ferguson, a hedgehog who is often the self-appointed leader of his animal bunkmates; Sunil Nevla, an Indian mongoose and hopeful magician; Vinnie Terrio, a clumsy gecko obsessed with dancing; and Zoe Trent, a diva-like cavalier king charles spaniel with a talent for singing. Other human characters include Mrs. Anna Twombly, owner of the shop and Blythe's boss; and Youngmee Song, Jasper Jones, and Sue Patterson; Blythe's friends.[2]

Episodes

Main article: List of Littlest Pet Shop episodes
SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast airedNetwork
126November 10, 2012 (2012-11-10)April 27, 2013 (2013-04-27)The Hub/Hub Network
226November 2, 2013 (2013-11-02)April 12, 2014 (2014-04-12)
32613May 31, 2014 (2014-05-31)August 23, 2014 (2014-08-23)
13December 13, 2014 (2014-12-13)March 7, 2015 (2015-03-07)Discovery Family
426November 7, 2015 (2015-11-07)June 4, 2016 (2016-06-04)

Characters

Main article: List of Littlest Pet Shop (2012 TV series) characters

Cast

Principal cast

Additional cast

Origin

 
The developers Cahills joined Hasbro Studios (headquarters pictured) in 2011
Main articles: Blythe (doll) and Littlest Pet Shop

Hasbro owns the rights of both Blythe and Littlest Pet Shop, toy lines respectively introduced in 1972 and 1992.[3] Both lines were originally manufactured by Cincinnati-based Kenner Products. Kenner became a part of Hasbro when the Pawtucket-based company acquired Tonka (the parent company of Kenner back then) in 1991. Hasbro sold Littlest Pet Shop toys under the name of this division until they closed down Kenner's original Cincinnati headquarters in 2000.[4] Claster Television, Hasbro's television arm at the time, had produced an earlier animated show based on Littlest Pet Shop in 1995 for Hasbro,[5] but the 2012 Littlest Pet Shop series marked the first adaptation of the Blythe doll to a character on television. A prior incarnation of such a character is the protagonist of Littlest Pet Shop Presents, an unrelated animated miniseries produced by Cosmic Toast Studios and released by Hasbro exclusively on the internet.[6]

Julie McNally-Cahill and Tim Cahill, the creators of Cartoon Network's My Gym Partner's a Monkey, developed Littlest Pet Shop upon joining Hasbro Studios in September 2011.[7] The two serve as both executive producers and story editors on the show; also working as executive producers are Chris Bartleman and Kirsten Newman.[7] The show was announced in March 2011,[8] based on Hasbro's 2010 introduction of the Blythe Loves Littlest Pet Shop toy line.[9] Margaret Loesch, then-CEO of the Hub Network—a network partly owned by Hasbro and Discovery Communications—commissioned the series.[10]

Production

Given Hasbro's framework for Littlest Pet Shop, the Cahills pitched their adaptation of the property. Hasbro originally felt discouraged over having the show set at the pet store, finding the exchange of animals they thought would come from that disconcerting. The Cahills saw the studio's definition of such stores as antiquated, convincing them that most modern locations provide grooming and daycare services as opposed to merely selling pets. Production followed quickly, to their surprise.[7]

The studio defined only Blythe and the pets as characters, so the Cahills sought to expand the human character's fictional universe, designing Blythe's friends, Mrs. Twombly and the Biskit twins.[7] Julie explained that she and her husband's preference for quirky comedy inspired that of the show. While the show is aimed at a demographic of young girls,[a] Julie explain that she and the writers attempt to cater to boys of the same age and parent viewers simultaneously.[12] Original music for the show is accomplished by film and television composers Daniel Ingram and Steffan Andrews.[7] Ingram wrote that the urban setting of Littlest Pet Shop prompted the use of a modern style of music. The score incorporates pop and different cultural influences for the same reason.[13] Ingram found Hasbro's pushing of the limitations for music in daytime television a source of pride.[14]

Each 22-minute episode takes approximately a year to complete; three to four episodes are produced simultaneously. Storyboard artists depict scenes using SketchBook Pro. Adapting these boards to limited animation, studio DHX Media handles the designs, poses, and keyframes of movement for each character appearing in a given scene for an episode, as well as background art. DHX hands these assets to a separate studio, where the remaining animation is finished using Adobe Flash. The speed of production is throttled slightly by Blythe having two unique outfits per episode, according to director Joel Dickie.[7] Supervising director Dallas Parker similarly explained that the variety of assets created for each episode challenged the process of Flash animation in reusing movements.[12]

Release

Broadcast

The Hub aired the first two episodes of Littlest Pet Shop in succession on November 10, 2012.[2] The network scheduled these episodes to succeed the third season premiere of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, based on the My Little Pony toy line which is also owned by Hasbro.[15] The network ordered 26 episodes for its first season, concluding it on April 27, 2013.[16] A second season, also of 26 episodes, premiered on November 2, 2013, and concluded on April 12, 2014.[17] A third season of the same number of episodes aired from May 31, 2014, to March 7, 2015.[18] During this season, the network shifted management and was renamed to Discovery Family.[19] A fourth and final season was aired beginning November 7, 2015.[20]

Home media and streaming services

Shout! Factory has acquired North American distribution rights for programs broadcast by The Hub, releasing several DVD sets for Littlest Pet Shop.[21] Clear Vision, a distributor located in the United Kingdom, obtained the rights for its first two seasons for most of European regions and the Middle East.[22] Beyond Home Entertainment handles distribution in Australia.[23] On April 11, 2013, Hasbro announced that it would add Littlest Pet Shop to the Netflix streaming service.[24] The show was added in the summer of that year.[24]

Reception

Littlest Pet Shop became one of the Hub Network's top programs in 2013.[26] Both the show and My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic were outperforming shows aimed at similar demographics internationally, according to Stephen Davis, president of Hasbro Studios.[27] Hasbro rebooted their toy line in accordance with the show; newer collections features customizable sets for fans to "create, decorate and personalize their own scenes" inspired by episodes.[28]

Writing for the parent-focused organization Common Sense Media, Emily Ashby found the show unimpressive. She praised Blythe as a model of "integrity, self-confidence, loyalty, and creativity" but found fault with product placement and the "run-of-the-mill" pet characters.[11] Mercedes Milligan of Animation Magazine, however, described the varied personalities of the pet characters as the most endearing trait of the show.[12] Writing in Entertainment Weekly, Hillary Busis found the Biskit twins amusing as characters.[15] Busis praised the twenty-first episode of the first season in particular, which contains a parody of both Toddlers & Tiaras and the Christopher Guest–directed film Best in Show.[29] An homage to Star Trek was singled out by Hanh Nguyen in TV Guide.[30]

Tori Michel of About Entertainment gave praise to a DVD set containing five episodes of the first season. She wrote that despite the intended demographic, older children in elementary and middle school would find the writing humorous, while girls would find the pet characters entertaining the most.[31] The Dove Foundation member Donna Rolfe gave the same set a full five stars.[32]

The show was nominated at the 40th Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards for the song "If You're a Guy" in 2013, but it lost this to 3rd & Bird.[33] Oliver's portrayal of Zoe won her an award from ACTRA and the Union of British Columbia Performers.[34] New, who voices Sunil, was nominated for this but lost to Oliver.[35] Ingram and Andrews were nominated for Leo Awards for their work as composers of the episode "Lights, Camera, Mongoose!" in 2014. The duo later won this nomination in common.[36]

Related products

Mobile game

Littlest Pet Shop
Developer(s)Gameloft
Publisher(s)Hasbro
Platform(s)
Release
  • WW: November 22, 2012 (2012-11-22)
Genre(s)City-building

As part of a contractual agreement with Hasbro, Gameloft developed a mobile game based on the show.[37] Released in the same year the show premiered, on November 22, the game is of the city-building genre. The game, Littlest Pet Shop, is freemium software—microtransactions allows users to speed up the progression of the game. The game provides over 150 animal companions for users to collect; minigames allow players to take care of these pets.[38] Its initial release was for the iOS platform. An Android port was released shortly afterwards.[37]

Writing in TouchArcade, Jared Nelson wrote that the game is unexceptional for players who are not fans of the toy line.[38] While in the United Kingdom the game was subject of controversy concerning its incorporation of in-app purchases, the Advertising Standards Authority deemed it acceptable. The organization found that the instructions detailing purchases did not coerce players to make such purchases.[39]

Comic book

IDW Publishing was commissioned to adapt Littlest Pet Shop to a comic book.[40] An adaptation made up of five issues, released from May 7 to September 17, 2014,[41] was written by Georgia Ball and Matt Anderson and illustrated by Nico Peña and Antonio Campo.[40] Anderson had worked on the shorter, contained stories, while Ball had scripted the remainder of each issue.[42]

Different from the other Hasbro properties Ball had worked on, she explained that Hasbro wanted the comic to entertain readers rather than be morally didactic. She likened this to the principle of "no hugging, no learning" coined on the set of Seinfeld. Apart from that, the studio gave Ball a license to give Blythe hobbies not depicted on the show.[40] Ball focused on writing stories that would appeal to readers transitioning from primary to secondary education. She described the structure of the comic as a daily drama, while Anderson thought of it as slice of life.[42]

Notes

  1. ^ Under the TV Parental Guidelines, the show is rated TV-Y, indicating a program appropriate for all children. In specific, Common Sense Media assessed the show as appropriate for ages four and up.[11]

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Littlest Pet Shop is a Flash animated musical television series produced by DHX Media and Hasbro Studios for Discovery Family The series is based on the Littlest Pet Shop and Blythe toyline by Hasbro It centers on Blythe Baxter a girl who after moving into an apartment in a city named Downtown City gains the ability to communicate with animals 1 Located below her apartment is the eponymous pet store where Blythe works and talks to a group of pets who regularly reside at a daycare in the shop Worried that a corrupt rival business might drive their shop out of business it is up to Blythe to drive business into the store with her pet fashion designs Littlest Pet ShopDeveloped byJulie McNally CahillTim CahillDirected byJoel Dickie S1 3 Steve Garcia S4 Mike Myhre S4 Voices ofSee castTheme music composerDaniel IngramComposersDaniel Ingram Steffan Andrews Simon WoodgateCountry of originUnited StatesCanadaOriginal languageEnglishNo of seasons4No of episodes104 list of episodes ProductionExecutive producersJulie McNally CahillTim CahillChris BartlemanKirsten NewlandsStephen DavisProducersChantal Hennessey S1 3 Lesley Jenner S3 4 Running time22 minutesProduction companiesHasbro StudiosDHX MediaDistributorHasbro StudiosReleaseOriginal networkDiscovery FamilyOriginal releaseNovember 10 2012 2012 11 10 June 4 2016 2016 06 04 ChronologyRelatedLittlest Pet Shop 1995 Littlest Pet Shop A World of Our Own 2018 The series first aired on The Hub on November 10 2012 which was renamed Discovery Family on October 13 2014 The completion of a single episode took roughly one year with several in production at once Although it mostly received praise from reviewers for its writing and characters it was criticized for its embedded marketing Several crew members additionally received accolades for their work on the series The series was part of the company s franchise reboot Hasbro released a new line of Littlest Pet Shop toys designed to more closely resemble the characters on the series A mobile game and comic book adaptation were also made On May 30 2016 The Hub cancelled the series after four seasons The series finale aired on June 4 2016 Contents 1 Plot 2 Episodes 3 Characters 4 Cast 4 1 Principal cast 4 2 Additional cast 5 Origin 6 Production 7 Release 7 1 Broadcast 7 2 Home media and streaming services 8 Reception 9 Related products 9 1 Mobile game 9 2 Comic book 10 Notes 11 References 12 External linksPlot EditThe series follows Blythe Baxter a young girl living with her airplane pilot father Roger Forced to move out from her suburban hometown following her father s promotion she moves into an apartment located in a people s city Their complex is located above the eponymous Littlest Pet Shop a pet shop that also serves as a day camp for numerous pets where Blythe works as a fashion designer Her adventure begins when she discovers that she alone can miraculously understand and talk to the pets that regularly stay at the shop in addition to most other animals on the planet As she and the pets spend time together they find the pet shop jeopardized by a larger pet store managed by Fisher Biskit and his snotty twin daughters Brittany and Whittany Biskit To avoid being dispersed the pets convince Blythe to remain an employee The pets who reside in the day camp of the shop are Pepper Clark a wisecracking striped skunk who is passionate about comedy Minka Mark a bouncy spider monkey with a love for painting and visual arts Penny Ling a sensitive giant panda interested in rhythmic gymnastics Russell Ferguson a hedgehog who is often the self appointed leader of his animal bunkmates Sunil Nevla an Indian mongoose and hopeful magician Vinnie Terrio a clumsy gecko obsessed with dancing and Zoe Trent a diva like cavalier king charles spaniel with a talent for singing Other human characters include Mrs Anna Twombly owner of the shop and Blythe s boss and Youngmee Song Jasper Jones and Sue Patterson Blythe s friends 2 Episodes EditMain article List of Littlest Pet Shop episodes SeasonEpisodesOriginally airedFirst airedLast airedNetwork126November 10 2012 2012 11 10 April 27 2013 2013 04 27 The Hub Hub Network226November 2 2013 2013 11 02 April 12 2014 2014 04 12 32613May 31 2014 2014 05 31 August 23 2014 2014 08 23 13December 13 2014 2014 12 13 March 7 2015 2015 03 07 Discovery Family426November 7 2015 2015 11 07 June 4 2016 2016 06 04 Characters EditMain article List of Littlest Pet Shop 2012 TV series charactersCast EditPrincipal cast Edit Ashleigh Ball Blythe Baxter Shea Butter Lemonface Hubble Baa Baa Lou Sunshine Sweetness Mitzi Fluffy Lighting Cindeanna Mellon Alice Sam Vincent Russell Ferguson Esteban Banderas Sam U L Sunil s Dad Steve Sweet Cheeks Canine Cop Captain Cuddles Panda Elder Speedy Shellberg Weasel Whiskers Fisher Biskit Morgan Payne Josh Sharp Mr Bromidic Mr Banks Sherman Mr Sawdust Peter New Sunil Nevla Mary Frances 3DGB Digby Joey Featherton Otto Von Fuzzlebutt Whiskers Dodger Weber Basil Big Al Harold Winston Ivan Vlad Tenzing Norgert Francois LeGrande Christopher Lyedecker Riley Robinson Fred Littlest Pat John Trent Kyle Rideout Vinnie Terrio Tabitha St Germain Pepper Clark Gail Trent Sunil s Mom Cairo Mushroom Delilah Barnsley Parker Nutmeg Dash Philippa McKenna Nicole Finola Frumt Mona Autumn Stephanie Hart Tess McSavage Clarissa Trent Kira Tozer Minka Mark Olive Shellstein Christie Sue Patterson Tanya Twitchel Ginny Hues Nicole Oliver Zoe Trent Genghis Tiger Cashmere Biskit Velvet Biskit Scarletta Redd Clover Fields Mrs Mondt Jocelyne Loewen Penny Ling Meow Meow Kathleen Barr Anna Twombly Madame Pom Poppy Pawsley Scout Kerry Dolores Fleur le Moose Jasper Jones Henrietta Twombly Vi Tannabruzzo Robinnia Amster Shannon Chan Kent Brittany Biskit Whittany Biskit Youngmee Song Madison Brittman Biskit Whittman Biskit Phoebe Strum Basso Michael Kopsa Roger Baxter Chef Henri Cathy Weseluck Buttercream Sundae Jane Judi Jo JamesonAdditional cast Edit Brian Drummond Fuzzy Gumbopaws Shivers Shahrukh L Zard Ollie Arms Desi Jerry Ferguson Shakespeare Lord Twigg Colin Murdock Ramon Tangier Wiggles McSunbask Cheep Cheep Twist Bob Flemingheimer Oliver St Oliver Kelly Metzger Sugar Sprinkles Brooke Goldner Emma Hart Peachy Fluffton Terry Klassen Dr Handsomeface Princess Stori Jameson Casey Wilson Felina Meow Heidi Klum Heidi Dan Sioui Jason 1 Anne Yoo Jebbie Lee Tockar SideburnsOrigin Edit The developers Cahills joined Hasbro Studios headquarters pictured in 2011 Main articles Blythe doll and Littlest Pet Shop Hasbro owns the rights of both Blythe and Littlest Pet Shop toy lines respectively introduced in 1972 and 1992 3 Both lines were originally manufactured by Cincinnati based Kenner Products Kenner became a part of Hasbro when the Pawtucket based company acquired Tonka the parent company of Kenner back then in 1991 Hasbro sold Littlest Pet Shop toys under the name of this division until they closed down Kenner s original Cincinnati headquarters in 2000 4 Claster Television Hasbro s television arm at the time had produced an earlier animated show based on Littlest Pet Shop in 1995 for Hasbro 5 but the 2012 Littlest Pet Shop series marked the first adaptation of the Blythe doll to a character on television A prior incarnation of such a character is the protagonist of Littlest Pet Shop Presents an unrelated animated miniseries produced by Cosmic Toast Studios and released by Hasbro exclusively on the internet 6 Julie McNally Cahill and Tim Cahill the creators of Cartoon Network s My Gym Partner s a Monkey developed Littlest Pet Shop upon joining Hasbro Studios in September 2011 7 The two serve as both executive producers and story editors on the show also working as executive producers are Chris Bartleman and Kirsten Newman 7 The show was announced in March 2011 8 based on Hasbro s 2010 introduction of the Blythe Loves Littlest Pet Shop toy line 9 Margaret Loesch then CEO of the Hub Network a network partly owned by Hasbro and Discovery Communications commissioned the series 10 Production EditGiven Hasbro s framework for Littlest Pet Shop the Cahills pitched their adaptation of the property Hasbro originally felt discouraged over having the show set at the pet store finding the exchange of animals they thought would come from that disconcerting The Cahills saw the studio s definition of such stores as antiquated convincing them that most modern locations provide grooming and daycare services as opposed to merely selling pets Production followed quickly to their surprise 7 The studio defined only Blythe and the pets as characters so the Cahills sought to expand the human character s fictional universe designing Blythe s friends Mrs Twombly and the Biskit twins 7 Julie explained that she and her husband s preference for quirky comedy inspired that of the show While the show is aimed at a demographic of young girls a Julie explain that she and the writers attempt to cater to boys of the same age and parent viewers simultaneously 12 Original music for the show is accomplished by film and television composers Daniel Ingram and Steffan Andrews 7 Ingram wrote that the urban setting of Littlest Pet Shop prompted the use of a modern style of music The score incorporates pop and different cultural influences for the same reason 13 Ingram found Hasbro s pushing of the limitations for music in daytime television a source of pride 14 Each 22 minute episode takes approximately a year to complete three to four episodes are produced simultaneously Storyboard artists depict scenes using SketchBook Pro Adapting these boards to limited animation studio DHX Media handles the designs poses and keyframes of movement for each character appearing in a given scene for an episode as well as background art DHX hands these assets to a separate studio where the remaining animation is finished using Adobe Flash The speed of production is throttled slightly by Blythe having two unique outfits per episode according to director Joel Dickie 7 Supervising director Dallas Parker similarly explained that the variety of assets created for each episode challenged the process of Flash animation in reusing movements 12 Release EditBroadcast Edit The Hub aired the first two episodes of Littlest Pet Shop in succession on November 10 2012 2 The network scheduled these episodes to succeed the third season premiere of My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic based on the My Little Pony toy line which is also owned by Hasbro 15 The network ordered 26 episodes for its first season concluding it on April 27 2013 16 A second season also of 26 episodes premiered on November 2 2013 and concluded on April 12 2014 17 A third season of the same number of episodes aired from May 31 2014 to March 7 2015 18 During this season the network shifted management and was renamed to Discovery Family 19 A fourth and final season was aired beginning November 7 2015 20 Home media and streaming services Edit Shout Factory has acquired North American distribution rights for programs broadcast by The Hub releasing several DVD sets for Littlest Pet Shop 21 Clear Vision a distributor located in the United Kingdom obtained the rights for its first two seasons for most of European regions and the Middle East 22 Beyond Home Entertainment handles distribution in Australia 23 On April 11 2013 Hasbro announced that it would add Littlest Pet Shop to the Netflix streaming service 24 The show was added in the summer of that year 24 Region 1 DVD title Season s Episode count Release date ASINLittle Pets Big Adventures 1 5 January 15 2013 B009INAMA8Sweetest Pets June 4 2013 B00BNAE6LKPet acular Escapades October 1 2013 B00DOZNIHULights Camera Fashion December 17 2013 B00EVDZT94Strike a Pose 1 2 June 3 2014 B00HRUQBLIPassport to Fashion 2 September 23 2014 B00KTFJ6HEPet Shop Pals 1 2 March 17 2015 B00QJN33DSPaws for Applause 1 3 June 16 2015 B00UART8AGHalloween Fest September 1 2015 B00YT9IVZERegion 2 DVD title Season s Episode count Release date ASINLittle Pets Big Adventures 1 5 August 3 2015 B00X110K1OLights Camera Mongoose 6 October 19 2015 B013HYQETQRegion 4 DVD title Season s Episode count Release date 25 Blythe s Big Adventure 1 5 November 6 2013Sweetest PetsPet acular Escapades February 2 2014Lights Camera Fashion April 28 2014Reception EditLittlest Pet Shop became one of the Hub Network s top programs in 2013 26 Both the show and My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic were outperforming shows aimed at similar demographics internationally according to Stephen Davis president of Hasbro Studios 27 Hasbro rebooted their toy line in accordance with the show newer collections features customizable sets for fans to create decorate and personalize their own scenes inspired by episodes 28 Writing for the parent focused organization Common Sense Media Emily Ashby found the show unimpressive She praised Blythe as a model of integrity self confidence loyalty and creativity but found fault with product placement and the run of the mill pet characters 11 Mercedes Milligan of Animation Magazine however described the varied personalities of the pet characters as the most endearing trait of the show 12 Writing in Entertainment Weekly Hillary Busis found the Biskit twins amusing as characters 15 Busis praised the twenty first episode of the first season in particular which contains a parody of both Toddlers amp Tiaras and the Christopher Guest directed film Best in Show 29 An homage to Star Trek was singled out by Hanh Nguyen in TV Guide 30 Tori Michel of About Entertainment gave praise to a DVD set containing five episodes of the first season She wrote that despite the intended demographic older children in elementary and middle school would find the writing humorous while girls would find the pet characters entertaining the most 31 The Dove Foundation member Donna Rolfe gave the same set a full five stars 32 The show was nominated at the 40th Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards for the song If You re a Guy in 2013 but it lost this to 3rd amp Bird 33 Oliver s portrayal of Zoe won her an award from ACTRA and the Union of British Columbia Performers 34 New who voices Sunil was nominated for this but lost to Oliver 35 Ingram and Andrews were nominated for Leo Awards for their work as composers of the episode Lights Camera Mongoose in 2014 The duo later won this nomination in common 36 Related products EditMobile game Edit Littlest Pet ShopDeveloper s GameloftPublisher s HasbroPlatform s iOSAndroidReleaseWW November 22 2012 2012 11 22 Genre s City buildingAs part of a contractual agreement with Hasbro Gameloft developed a mobile game based on the show 37 Released in the same year the show premiered on November 22 the game is of the city building genre The game Littlest Pet Shop is freemium software microtransactions allows users to speed up the progression of the game The game provides over 150 animal companions for users to collect minigames allow players to take care of these pets 38 Its initial release was for the iOS platform An Android port was released shortly afterwards 37 Writing in TouchArcade Jared Nelson wrote that the game is unexceptional for players who are not fans of the toy line 38 While in the United Kingdom the game was subject of controversy concerning its incorporation of in app purchases the Advertising Standards Authority deemed it acceptable The organization found that the instructions detailing purchases did not coerce players to make such purchases 39 Comic book Edit IDW Publishing was commissioned to adapt Littlest Pet Shop to a comic book 40 An adaptation made up of five issues released from May 7 to September 17 2014 41 was written by Georgia Ball and Matt Anderson and illustrated by Nico Pena and Antonio Campo 40 Anderson had worked on the shorter contained stories while Ball had scripted the remainder of each issue 42 Different from the other Hasbro properties Ball had worked on she explained that Hasbro wanted the comic to entertain readers rather than be morally didactic She likened this to the principle of no hugging no learning coined on the set of Seinfeld Apart from that the studio gave Ball a license to give Blythe hobbies not depicted on the show 40 Ball focused on writing stories that would appeal to readers transitioning from primary to secondary education She described the structure of the comic as a daily drama while Anderson thought of it as slice of life 42 Notes Edit Under the TV Parental Guidelines the show is rated TV Y indicating a program appropriate for all children In specific Common Sense Media assessed the show as appropriate for ages four and up 11 References Edit Perlmutter David 2018 The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows Rowman amp Littlefield p 367 ISBN 978 1538103739 a b Littlest Pet Shop Cast and Details TV Guide CBS Interactive Archived from the original on January 8 2015 Retrieved October 12 2015 Hasbro s Little Cash Cows Bloomberg Businessweek Bloomberg L P 4061 4065 66 December 12 2007 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