7.8Summary
Pre-school animation exploring ideas and promoting thinking skills, encouraging viewers to make up their own minds. Because philosophy is too important to leave to grown-ups!
Good for
- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Kids
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Not for tears, scares or brutality.
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- Written by
- Myles McLeod
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Facts
August 21, 2015 · August 21, 2015 · Still running
- First aired
- August 21, 2015
- Latest episode
- August 21, 2015
- Status
- Still running
- Length
- 3 seasons · 104 episodes
- Genres
- Animation, Kids
- Original language
- English
- Also spoken
- French
- Made in
- France
- Available in
- 7 countries
Tropes
Appeal to Authority, Interactive Narrator, Ambiguous Ending +8
Q&A
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Questions about What's the Big Idea?
Quick answers from GoodWatch data.
Is What's the Big Idea? worth watching?
Mostly, it's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 79 (IMDb 7.8).
Is What's the Big Idea? okay for kids?
Yes: the viewing guide lists it for kids.
How long does it take to watch What's the Big Idea??
9 h
About 9 hours: 104 episodes in 3 seasons of about 5 minutes each since 2015, and it's still in production.
Will I feel good after watching What's the Big Idea??
Yes, it's an uplifting series: the title analysis rates it 9 of 10 for wholesome and 8 for hopefulness.
Is What's the Big Idea? plot-driven or character-driven?
Mostly character-driven: it leans on dialogue centrality (8 of 10) and character depth (5 of 10) more than on its plot.