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The Adventures of Dawdle the Donkey

1996 · 3 seasons

A gentle, cheerful cartoon where lost animal friends find each other and make a cozy home together.

Genres
Animation
Starring
David Jason, Josie Lawrence, Gary Martin
Overview
Dawdle is lost in the city and is looking for somewhere to live and she bumps into Rola Polar Bear and Archie the Cat. The others are homeless too, so they decide to find a place to share together.

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Genres
Animation
Starring
David Jason, Josie Lawrence, Gary Martin
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • found family
  • friendship
  • isolation
  • healing
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
kids
Form
  • animated
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour5
Realism3
Romance0
Tension1
Darkness1
Complexity1
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
animation
Starring
David Jason, Josie Lawrence, Gary Martin
Length
3 seasons, 33 episodes

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