Handy Handy Manny Analysis

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For my ages 0-5 show, I selected Handy Manny - a show about a handyman who shares his talents with his community. In this episode he takes his tools out to see to whale watch. They notice that fog is approaching and the harbor fog light is broken. Manny and his tools get to work fast, fixing the light and allowing the boats to be guided safely to shore. I would feel comfortable with my children watching Handy Manny because it teaches a message of serving our neighbor. The way Manny selflessly offers his talents for the benefit of those less fortunate give a positive message to all who watch the show. There were seven Kind/Prosocial acts in this episode. Those are listed below. ● He is helping people build things during the intro. ● Volunteer …show more content…

● They make amends and spongebob accepts squidward's apology. There were nine Mean/Antisocial acts in this episode. Those are listed below. ● Squidward is not grateful of his neighbor ● Call spongebob a moron ● He calls a pipe stupid ● Squidward is being rude to customers, Mr. Krabs reprimands him ● Wasting time on his job, complaining about working for customers ● Laments the duties of his job and can't find a reason to be thankful. ● Mr. Krabs tries to kill his employees, grandma comes randomly to reprimand Mr. Krabs ● Citizens are angry at their mayor when volcano erupts ● Citizens volunteer to sacrifice squidward to stop the angry volcano. Diversity In Handy Manny, these is a wide diversity of hispanics, asians, and white people. In spongebob, there is a wide diversity of age groups, as there is an old lady. Racial diversity isn't as much of a factor in spongebob since they are fish, not human. The commercials demonstrated the following qualities: ● For the show, “Wheely bad falls halloween’ a mean girl poking guy in the eye ● In an advertisement for the cartoon “Pocoyo Boy,” he plays a loud trumpet into a duck's ear. ● Commercial show a boy being determined to fix himself his dream