Tickety Toc: Chime Time Adventure
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Detailed parental analysis
Tickety Toc: Chime Time Adventure is an animated series for very young children, colourful, rhythmic and resolutely joyful, with no dark or anxiety-inducing tone whatsoever. The plot follows two small characters living inside a clock who must accomplish their mission of chiming the hours whilst managing the unexpected events of daily life. The intended audience is clearly preschool-age children, between two and six years old.
Underlying Values
The narrative structures each episode around a simple and healthy tension: the characters want to play, but they also have a responsibility to honour, that of chiming the hour on time. This repeated mechanism naturally establishes notions of time management, reliability and commitment to a collective task. The resolution consistently comes through cooperation and trial-and-error rather than competition or individual performance, which makes it a framework of values particularly coherent for the age group in question.
Strengths
The series draws its strength from its predictable and reassuring structure, which corresponds precisely to the cognitive needs of children aged two to six: the repetition of rituals, the clear resolution of problems and the return to order at the end of each episode create a secure framework. The implicit introduction of the notion of time and responsibility is achieved without heavy-handed didacticism, through action rather than explanation. This is content that can easily serve as a starting point for discussing with a child what it means to keep one's commitments.
Age recommendation and discussion points
The content is suitable from age two and is appropriate without reservation until around age six. After viewing, you can ask the child what would have happened if the characters had not chimed the hour, and why it is important to do what you have promised even when you would prefer to play.
Synopsis
The Very First Collection from the New Hit Series Where Madcap Adventures Happen Quickety Tickety! Set in an extraordinary world behind the Tickety Toc Clock, Chime Time Adventures follows comedic heroes Tommy and Tallulah as they race to chime the time in Tickety Town…but, as every hour passes and the clock springs to life, things don't always run so smoothly! In these six exciting episodes, the twins and their adorable friends will embark on wild storybook shenanigans, daring circus acts and amazing magic tricks. There's also a giant game of Tickety-Tag and a marvelously messy photo day! With the help of their Tickety Town friends, including Pufferty, McCoggins, Hopparoo, Madame Au Lait, Battersby, Chikidee and Tooteroo, your own preschoolers will learn the importance of teamwork, community and social responsibility. In this very first TICKETY TOC collection, every second counts!
About this title
- Format
- Feature film
- Year
- 2013
- Countries
- South Korea, United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
- Studios
- FunnyFlux Entertainment, The Foundation, Zodiak Media Group, Zodiak Kids
Content barometer
- Violence0/5None
- Fear0/5None
- Sexuality0/5None
- Language0/5None
- Narrative complexity0/5Simple
- Adult themes0/5None
Values conveyed
- Friendship
- Perseverance
- Loyalty
- Autonomy
- helpfulness
- teamwork
- responsibility