# PAW Patrol (2013)

> Ryder, a tech-savvy 10-year-old, leads a team of rescue puppies who answer every call for help in their town.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/51502

## Facts

- Seasons: 14
- Episodes: 578
- Episode runtime: 12 min
- Status: Returning Series
- Genres: animation, family
- Created by: Keith Chapman
- Network: Nickelodeon
- Cast: Joey Nijem, Elijha Hammill, Jaxon Mercey, Owen Mason, Beckett Hipkiss, Max Calinescu, Tristan Samuel, Kai Harris
- TMDB rating: 6.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3121722/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: none
- Tone: cheerful, wholesome, upbeat, comforting, playful

## What critics say

Audiences rate the series negatively overall, with early seasons scored lower than the later ones.

## Synopsis

PAW Patrol (2013-present) is an American preschool animated series created by Keith Chapman for Nickelodeon. Ryder, a tech-savvy 10-year-old boy voiced by a rotating cast of young actors, leads a team of rescue puppies including Marshall, Rocky, Rubble, Zuma and Skye, each equipped with specialized vehicles and gadgets. Their engine is simple and reassuring: a call for help comes in, and the pups race to the scene to rescue whoever is stuck, lost or in trouble around their town. Each episode is a self-contained mission built on that pattern, so the show works as a case-of-the-week format that small children can follow without tracking any larger story. The series runs across fourteen seasons and well over five hundred episodes, with a bright 3D animated look and a warm, upbeat tone that foregrounds teamwork, kindness and problem solving. Its setting is an invented, cheerful small town with a lookout tower and a playful, storybook atmosphere. Fans of Bluey, Team Umizoomi and Blaze and the Monster Machines will find the same gentle energy and rescue-based fun.

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