6.7
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Peter Potamus Show (1964)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
Rating: 6.7
Overview
Peter Potamus is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera. The main segment featuring Peter Potamus and his diminutive sidekick So-So the monkey. Peter is big, purple, and friendly, dressed in a safari jacket and hat. Episodes generally consisted of Peter and So-So exploring the world in his hot air balloon, which was capable of time travel at the spin of a dial. When faced with a precarious situation, Peter uses his Hippo Hurricane Holler to blow away his opponents. The second segment, Breezly and Sneezly, featured a polar bear named Breezly Bruin and his friend Sneezly the Seal who used various schemes to break into an army camp in the frozen north, while trying to stay one step ahead of the camp's leader Colonel Fuzzby. The final segment, Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey, featured three dogs named Yippee, Yappee, and Yahooey who work for the King, a short, complaining ruler who is often on the receiving end of their antics.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Overview
Peter Potamus is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera. The main segment featuring Peter Potamus and his diminutive sidekick So-So the monkey. Peter is big, purple, and friendly, dressed in a safari jacket and hat. Episodes generally consisted of Peter and So-So exploring the world in his hot air balloon, which was capable of time travel at the spin of a dial. When faced with a precarious situation, Peter uses his Hippo Hurricane Holler to blow away his opponents. The second segment, Breezly and Sneezly, featured a polar bear named Breezly Bruin and his friend Sneezly the Seal who used various schemes to break into an army camp in the frozen north, while trying to stay one step ahead of the camp's leader Colonel Fuzzby. The final segment, Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey, featured three dogs named Yippee, Yappee, and Yahooey who work for the King, a short, complaining ruler who is often on the receiving end of their antics.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The show's primary objective is lighthearted, apolitical entertainment, focusing on adventure and comedy without engaging with political or social ideologies, leading to a neutral rating.
This animated series from the 1960s features anthropomorphic animal characters, which means traditional human casting and diversity metrics are not applicable. The narrative is a classic adventure-comedy, which does not contain explicit critiques of traditional identities or strong DEI themes.
Secondary
The Peter Potamus Show, a children's cartoon from the 1960s, does not include any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The series focuses on the adventures of a hippopotamus and his monkey sidekick, consistent with the typical content of animated shows from its era, which did not address such topics.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The Peter Potamus Show introduced original characters like Peter Potamus and So-So, who were consistently portrayed as male. There is no prior source material or established canon where these characters existed as a different gender.
The Peter Potamus Show features anthropomorphic animal characters whose 'race' in human terms is not applicable. The concept of a race swap, as defined, does not apply to these characters.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.3
7.1
Critic Ratings
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