Max and Ruby

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Nickelodeon (ended 2009)
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In creator Rosemary Wells's own words, she explains the show's goal:

"Max and Ruby celebrates the relationship between Ruby and her younger brother, Max, and the universal nature of sibling relationships. It's as common an experience to many childhoods as Band-aids and birthdays. And what makes the relationship in the series compelling is that I've added salt and pepper to it, instead of sugar."

The residents of the show's universe are all rabbits which children (and even adults!) will find quite adorable. The superb animation appears to have been done on computer (not three dimensional, though) and the artwork itself is very, very well done. The characters' expressions, especially Max's mischievous look, and behaviors are worth watching!

Interestingly, we never see the parents of Max and Ruby, making it look like they live by themselves in a big house. This has come under criticism by many parents. However, their neighbor-grandmother and other adults do make frequent appearances.

Rosemary Wells has created many books and shows, such as Timothy Goes to School among others.

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Max. An enthusiastic and determined three-year-old who speaks no more than a few words each show. Often at odds with his sister mainly because she doesn't understand him or doesn't want him to do some certain things (such as making noises). He tends to get things his way at the end, though!

Ruby. Max's seven-year-old sister, a very smart, goal-oriented and responsible (albeit bossy) young lady. Almost in every episode, Ruby is frustrated by Max getting into messes or disobeying her, but she displays a tremendous amount of patience while she tries to set him straight.

Grandma. Grandmother of Max and Ruby, she lives next-door and often pays them a visit, or vice versa. A c grandmother both in personality and appearance: kind-hearted, generous, crow's feet, and a sweet smile.

Louise. Best friend of Ruby's, they have a lot of things in common, including being related to curious little boys. Louise is in Bunny Scouts along with Ruby and Valerie.

Morris. Louise's cousin who is a year or so younger than Max. Appears in very few episodes. (Thanks, Kerry & her daughter for pointing out that Morris is a cousin, not a brother of Louise's.)

Valerie. Another friend of Ruby's as well as Louise's. She wears glasses and is an intelligent, funny girl. She's also in the Bunny Scouts.

Martha. One of Ruby's friends and a Bunny Scout, although she appeared in only two episodes or so. Didn't speak much.

Roger Piazza. Even though the only words he utters are "uh-huh" and "nuh-uh", he is perceived as the cool kid by Ruby and her friends. The "jock" type of boy, he's several months older than Ruby. ("He's seven and a half years old!" gushes Ruby in an episode.)

The Huffington Family. The family is composed of sweet-tooth Mr. Huffington, friendly Mrs. Huffington, and their adorable kid Baby Huffington. They're well-known locals/neighbors, and Mrs. Huffington often asks Ruby to babysit Baby Huffington.

Candi. She runs a local candy store and is very generous with candies.

Rosalinda. The owner of the town's gift shop. Always willing to lend a paw.

Bunny Scout Leader. (Anyone know her name?) The Bunny Scout Leader guides the girls through the activities to earn their badges. Yes, it's the bunny version of the Girls Scout.

Mr. Piazza. Roger's father. He owns and runs the grocery store which Roger sometimes helps out at.

Katie. Owner of a restaurant; she's also the waitress. Not a frequent character and played a role in Ruby's Surprise Party episode.moreless
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  • How the hell did this get renewed for another season?

    1.0
    "Abysmal"
    By Movienerd213, Apr 12, 2012
    Nick JR has gone downhill over the years. It originally had good shows like Little Bill,Little Bear,Blue's Clues and Oswald. But now,it's educational shows are teaching kids to be braindead. Max and Ruby is a huge example of that,and a huge example of repetition. The show is about two bunnies who go through adventures through life. And now,let's get to the main problem itself:where the hell are the parents? They are never mentioned,and all they have is the grandma. The two main characters are even worse. Max is a annoying little kid who says like 5 words an episode,while Ruby is even worse. She's always bossing Max around saying no to what he's doing,and forces him to move his toys. And to top the icing on the cake,Max never listens at all,and still does what Ruby tells him not to do. And guess what? That's the entire show. I mean,there are barley any episodes focused on that. Once in a lifetime does it happen. And the show has no educational value whatsoever. It just teaches kids to act worse,and boss around people. The animation is ok,but everything is so stiff,and it moves so slowly. Overall,this education show fails at whats it doing,and should be canned. What was Nick JR doing renewing this? Are they braindead? Please don't let toddlers watch this show.moreless

  • Very Dissappointed

    4.0
    "Poor"
    By SherryVarano, Mar 22, 2012
    I agree fully with MovieNerd, however I do not like his use of curse words to get his point across. I am 21 years young and I have been watching Nick and Nick Jr. my entire life. In my youth, Blue, the screen face, was a wonderfully fun narrator through the commercials. They got rid of Blue and now our kids are force fed toy commercials and more terrible show promos. I remember a time when people fought to ensure the cartoons our kid's were watching were good for them. WHAT HAPPENED TO RICHARD SCARRY'S BUSYTOWN? What happened to Eurika's Castle?? What happened to Rupert? Even Blues Clues was a fun, innovative, and interesting show to keep our children's minds active. MAX AND RUBY IS A DISGRACE! It isn't a HORRIBLE show, but MovieNerd IS correct about a LOT of things. 1. The parents are never there. Apparently their grandmother raises them, and she is never home. 2. Max is never listening and he is doing whatever he wants. 3. He gets REWARDED for doing BAD things at the end of each episode, by the grandmother. EVERY EPISODE! (OK, I can see if he was doing harmless things, exercising his CREATIVITY.. YES, this IS the case for SOME episodes. But NOT ALL of them. SOME episodes, Max is indeed actually just breaking real rules, like getting OUT of the TUB... and he is REWARDED for this behavior. 5. Ruby is a VERY bossy sister, whom pays NO attention to max. No WONDER max is acting out so much. Hes got NO adult male figure in his life, and he is left alone for the entire day. I hope to GOD he is enrolled in a well-off nursery school. :(

    Finally, and this is my NUMBER ONE PROBLEM WITH THIS SHOW... If you will take notice, of ruby's "BUNNY SCOUTS OUTFIT" There is CLEARLY.. CLEARLY a BLUE PENIS on her hat and all over the outfit. This is OUTRIGHT DISGUSTING BEHAVIOR for an animation team. Granted, upon further pondering, I see that it slightly resembles a bunny's head.. But there is NO REASON why the animation team had ANY MERIT to choose this symbol, A BLATANT PENIS for the "bunny-scouting" patches and symbol. DISGUSTING BEHAVIOR that is potentially putting THE SUBLIMINAL IMAGE OF A BLUE PENIS IN ALL OF OUR CHILDREN'S MINDS! DISGUSTING, DISGUSTING BEHAVIOR. This NEEDS to CHANGE! :(

    Now, I am watching the NEW Franklin series. The original Franklin series was very entertaining and nice for children. THIS is a travesty. I literally just watched Franklin's mother tell Franklin "Sometimes, you have to be rude!" While showing him that he needs to spit the watermelon seeds onto the ground, if he wants them to grow in the garden. She literally, blatantly says "Sometimes, you have to be rude!" WHAT THE? THIS IS HORRIBLE!!

    AND ANOTHER THING.. I won't even ALLOW my children to watch Nick if shows like I-Carly keep showing up. Are you KIDDING ME? The show is CONSTANTLY making fun of different characters. CONSTANTLY poking fun of characters. "SAM" is VIOLENT, RUDE, and downright MEAN to Frankie. There is a ROMANCE in the show? Are you KIDDING ME? DRIBBLE. This is mindless DRIBBLE Nick. While I commend you for pushing the envelope... While I enjoy Carley's brothers artistic side.. The rest of this show is downright destructive to a young person's reering. Constant violence, bullying, episodes about breaking into houses, stealing, prisoners busting out of jail, hurting "weird" characters feelings, manic i-carley fans with mental illnesses.. I mean, some of these can slide through, but BULLYING? VIOLENCE? PRISONERS BREAKING OUT OF PRISON? EMOTIONAL ABUSIVE BEHAVIOR? I want to say "get real" Nick, but I can't.. Because, all of this IS real, IS in our children's lives, BECAUSE OF SHOWS LIKE THIS.

    Why don't we skip the next 20 years and just plop our children down in front of the TV for some Jersey Shore? I'm sure we will be there in 20 years at this rate. End Rant.moreless

  • A Boring dumb animated show

    1.5
    "Abysmal"
    By zuperduper, Nov 11, 2011
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    The shows animation is horrible. Brightly colored Flash animated charaters over a ststic background. I mean this looks like someone took $100 and bought stuff for the show. You can see the moving parts!

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    Just repetitive all I hear is bossy sister ruby going no max no max no max. Max messes up anything and has no parents. The show has no educational value and they keep renewing it! Its boring 2 bunnys sometimes bring freinds over run around a house. anywhere else? The 10 episodes they do go out the fair,the town,shopping, the grand mas,their freinds house, the beach, sking ruby bosses max around most of the time the are in the house. This is something that they air during Nap time to Help kids go to sleep. It has a negitive impact max gets his way. It just came out wrong!moreless

  • kinda boring...

    3.0
    "Bad"
    By CF3689, Nov 08, 2011
    max and ruby is kinda lame. what annoys me is that max only says ONE word throughout the entire ep. ruby is kinda bossy too. she's always telling max to go play with his toys while she does something else. plus, where in the heck are their parents?! max and ruby are too young to be by themselves! the animation really weird as well. the theme song could be a lot better. i would only watch max and ruby when nothing else is on tv. the plots for the eps are lame! to me, this show's nothing special. avoid this show if you dont wanna be bored outta your mind.moreless

  • How is this educational at all?

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    By That_TV_Dude, Oct 23, 2011
    Whenever a children book series is turned into a show, there are mixed results. On one hand Arthur is a brilliant show based on a book seris. On the other hand, there are shows like this that prove that not every children book series should be turned into a show. Max and Ruby is about two rabbit siblings who live together and have adventures with their friends and family, and try to teach kids lessons of life. It doesn't sound too bad at first, but it's executed horribly. Despite the show being called "educational", I have yet to see what's so educational about this show at all. There is not a single moral or educational thing in this show at all. So how this show teaches lessons for kids is anyone's guess. The characters on this show are also annoying. The grandma is fine and the only likable character on this show. Ruby's friends are annoying. The Huffingtons are idiots and are just as annoying as the friends. Max is very annoying and constantly disobeys everyone and is always causing trouble and the fact that he constantly says the same word in each episode is annoying. Ruby is no better at all, and I think she's the worst character on this show. She's always bossing everyone around. She constantly tells Max no this or no that. She never lets Max do anything fun and always wants things to go her way. I can see now why Max disobeys everyone, for he is constantly being suppressed by Ruby. Ruby is also very rude to her friends and seems to treat them just as bad as Max. There is also a constant question in this show and in the books. Where in the world are the parents?! They are never mentioned at all in this show or referenced to. Seriously, everyone else has parents, but not Max and Ruby. They never explain it to us, we are just supposed to accept it with no questions asked. The artwork looks OK, but everything from the characters, to the set designs, and colors look bland and unoriginal. The animation is even worse. It's so stiff and nobody has any real movement to heir body parts at all, nobody moves or does anything normal and they act like they have arthritis. The plots are boring and unoriginal as well. It's just Ruby being her selfish self who wants things perfect for something and tells Max not to do anything fun, but ends up messing things up. Everything in this show is just horrendous and completely stupid. There are no morals at all in this show and no educational value at all. I was glad this show got canceled but now it's coming back. Why? This show only teaches kids to disobey older people or be rude to their friends and young siblings and be bossy. But I haven't heard about new episodes yet, so hopefully a new season will never come for this abomination. Parents are advised to keep their children away from this show unless they want their child to become as bad as these so called educational models.moreless
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