What If? Best Shows and Episodes: Nelson and the Gerbils

Nelson and The Gerbils is a Canadian comedy young teens television series which aired on Adult Swim, with its first episode airing on July 1st, 2022; it later moved to YouTube with its final episode being shown on that channel on October 3, 2024. It was an animated reboot of the original Caillou produced by WildBrain subsidiary WildBrain Spark Studios and premiered on TBA. The series, based on Caillou by Hélène Desputeaux, focuses on all of the Caillou characters from both canon and Vyond. The series is based on Caillou by Hélène Desputeaux and the original Awful Life of Modern Caillou by African Vulture.

Plot
Retelling the original Caillous series series, Caillou Perkyshitz lives with his mother Doris, father Boris, and younger sister, Rosie. However, his ill temper causes his global reputation to be tarnished by the internet, and he becomes victims of users of a website named GoAnimate fans where he is in videos where his family abuses him, prompting Boris to take on a demonic persona and gain the trust of three singing gerbils (Nelson, Sneaky, and Bangadore) who quickly enter the spotlight.

Why It Grows UNCONTROLLABLY

 * 1) Spot on animation.
 * 2) The concept about three popular musical gerbils and a four-year-old boy who is obsessed with the world around him is pretty good for a children’s show despite being executed poorly here.
 * 3) Most of the voice acting is passable at the very least.
 * 4) * Some one-liners are unintentionally funny like "Your mommy's gone!"
 * 5) Some episodes are decent, such as the first episode "The GoTeam", and the series finale, "We Really Are the Gerbils" (which surprisingly ended the series on a heartwarming note)
 * 6) * The movie was great.
 * 7) The whole show is a slight improvement over the previous two.
 * 8) Some likable characters:
 * 9) * Obviously we have the The Gerbils (Nelson, Sneaky, and Banagadore) and are AWESOME. They are perhaps the best characters in Caillou history EVER. Nelson is a heroic troublemaker, Sneaky knows everything, and Bangadore just wants to be funny. Ana Sani executed their voices PERFECTLY despite the gerbils being male.
 * 10) * Andy and Alan are interesting characters, being a good representation for autistic kids and kids with Down Syndrome respectively, but are sadly wasted.
 * 11) * Gilbert is a great and adorable character. He is also shown to be smart and mature in the puppet segments.
 * 12) * Sarah is very likable and charismatic, serving as a great big sister figure for Caillou and being wiser and more mature than him.
 * 13) * While Rosie can be annoying, she can also be treated with sympathy due to how mean Caillou can be to her. (Big Brother Caillou is a good example) Plus her crying is justified due to the fact that she's only 2.
 * 14) Caillou's design is pretty cute, but his personality is poorly executed. Starting in season four, Caillou, despite his Gary-Stu like behavior, is better behaved. His yellow shirt from Season 2 onward makes his design less bland compared to the beige/grey shirt version.
 * 15) The theme song, is a BANGER.
 * 16) It brought all elements from all the Vyond Caillou clones.
 * 17) Doris got character development and she's way more likable in the remake than in the original show.
 * 18) Boris: "NELSONNN!!!" (Nelson: "OKAY!")

Bad Qualities

 * 1) (Excluding the Gerbils) Everyone, including Caillou, is at his worst.
 * 2) * Speaking of Rosie, although not as bad as Caillou, she is also annoying and hated.
 * 3) * Boris and Doris abuse all of their kids.
 * 4) * Everyone has their horrible personalities from Vyond.
 * 5) Nelson cracks some insulting jokes such as Yo Mama jokes with disabled people in place of the moms.