I Want My Potty! (Little Princess)

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Real After All: In "I Want My Light On", the adults insist that ghosts don't exist, but at the end, two ghosts are seen at the top of the castle. In "I Don't Want to Go to Bed", the Princess mistakes the shadow of a tree for a monster in her bedroom and has her parents search for it. The next morning, when the Maid sees that the Princess is in her bed, she (wrongly) thinks the monster has taken her. The Diaper Change: The Queen changes the Princess's cousin's diaper in "I Want a Best Friend", although we don't see it happen. He also gets a diaper change in "I Want to Be a Baby". Trademark Favorite Food: Chocolate for the Queen and Princess, chocolate eclairs for the General, fish for Puss, and bones for Scruff. Princess also really likes mashed potatoes, but only with tomato sauce. These foods are downplayed examples, the characters' appetites for them are significant, but they're not obsessed with them.

First Day of School Episode: "I Don't Want to Go to School" focuses on Princess's first day of preschool. Everyone Knew Already: In "I Want to Play Hide and Seek," Princess is highly impressed at herself for finding a dusty, cobwebby storage closet and nobody thinking to look in there to find her. She's so impressed that she decides she's going to make it into her special "secret room." It later turns out that pretty much everyone in the castle already did know about the room, it's just that they didn't think to look for her there the first time because they didn't think she would want to hide in such a dismal, dusty room. Whether you'd like your child to use a potty, tie up their shoelaces or get themselves dressed, how about using a fun story to encourage and show them how? Relax-o-Vision: In "I Want to Recycle," Princess drops a lollipop on the grass after a fly lands on it, but declares she's still going to eat it because to not do so would be wasteful. She tells the narrator, however, that he doesn't have to watch. He replies that he won't and the "camera" pans to a view of a bluebird splashing in a birdbath with relaxing music playing until Princess is all done.

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Bedsheet Ghost: This is the King's costume in "I Want to Dress Up." The Queen grumbles that she hopes it's not one of the good bedsheets. Goo Goo Getup: In "I Want to Be a Baby", the Princess is jealous of her baby cousin and so wants to be a baby herself. She wears a pink baby bonnet. In "I Want My Crayons", Princess's crayons go missing and she suspects all the adults, who get offended. Speaking of the very familiar inspiration behind Little Princess, Tony Ross has said, “Cleanliness was secondary to enjoyment of life for my daughter, and for Little Princess. When she wasborn, my little daughter Alex was Little Princess. She behaved like her, even looked like her, although shehates to be reminded of that, now she is in her forties. So, I was simply drawing what I knew, and loved.” Rhyme Theme Naming: The book "I Want to Make a Friend" features three mean kids: two girls and a boy. The girls are named Molly and Polly.

In "I Want My Treehouse", the Princess and Algernon make treehouses, but the adults keep trying to one-up one another by adding more and more furniture to the treehouses. The kids hate this, to the point where neither wants their treehouse anymore. One-Episode Fear: In "I Want to Be Queen", the Queen climbs a tree and is apparently surprised to discover she's scared of heights. When the Princess tells her the fear will go away, it does. At the end of "I Don't Want a Cold", the Princess is happy, yet the adults might have caught her cold and the picnic is off. Literal-Minded: When the Princess is told she's in charge of combing, she thinks that she's in charge of combing everyone's hair.I had learnt to talk, walk and read before I had been potty-trained and I think my parents gave me this in hopes of me understanding why I was to use the potty. Born in 1938 in Wandsworth, South London, Tony Ross never though about a career in art, but says he fell into it after his dream of being a cowboy disintegrated when a letter he wrote to John Wayne was never replied to.

In "I Didn't Do It", the Princess spills some water on the ground. The adults see it and think Scruff peed on the floor. Age-Appropriate Angst: Little Princess makes a big deal out of things, but lots of preschoolers do.Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": Amusingly enough, the only regular characters that have actual names are Little Princess's pets, the dog Scruff and the cat Puss. The title character is called either "Princess" or "the Princess" on the show itself. There's also the King, the Queen, the Chef, the Prime Minister, the Admiral, the gardener and the general. Some of the later guest characters, such as Great Uncle Walter and Maid's nephew, Algie, also have names.

Miss 3 and I like to explore different books and authors at the library, sometimes around particular topics or themes. We try to get different ones out every week or so; it's fun for both of us to have the variety and to look at a mix of new & favourite authors. Friendly Pirate: In "I Want to Be a Pirate", the Princess becomes a pirate and is just as genial as normal, if a bit mischievous. Funny Photo Phrase: In "I Want My Tooth", everyone is having a group photo and they say, "Cheese!", except for the French-accented Chef, who says, " Fromage!". Injured Limb Episode: In "I Want to Go to the Fair", the Princess is not allowed to go to the fair because she sprained her ankle, so the Queen makes a pretend fair. Standard Snippet: Puss plays a bit of the opening of Vivaldi's "Spring" towards the opening of "I Want My Treehouse."Animal Lover: The Princess has never met an animal she didn't like. In fact, in "I Want a Sister", she initially wants another dog (specifically a puppy) instead of a sibling. The Princess never draws with one particular set of crayons, instead she plays with them like toys. When the Princess steals a cake in "I Can Keep a Secret", she says it's for Gilbert. Later discussed with "I could say it wasn't me [who told the secret], but I'm the only one who knew".