Tayo the Little Bus (seasons 4 & 5)

Tayo the Little Bus (Korean: 꼬마버스 타요; RR: Kkoma-beoseu Tayo) is a South Korean computer-animated television series created by Iconix Entertainment, Educational Broadcasting System and the Metropolitan Government of Seoul. The show was produced with the help of Seoul mayor Oh Se-hoon's administration. It began airing in South Korea on EBS in 2010 and an English-dubbed version of the series began airing on Disney Junior (Asia) in 2012, with Disney Junior (Australia and New Zealand) following in 2013. In the United States, Hulu is the exclusive distributor of the series, though the third and fourth seasons are on Netflix. In Indonesia, the series is distributed by RTV.

While the first three seasons were mostly well-received, and the series eventually improved by Season 6, the series took a nosedive in quality during Seasons 4 and 5.

Why We Disagree With These Seasons

 * 1) The main problem with these seasons is that they predominantly lack the charm, wit, and cleverness of the first three seasons, and to a lesser extent, the sixth season, On top of that, the writing downgraded from being very creative and interesting to being formulaic, dull, and mostly unfunny.
 * 2) Because of the lackluster writing, these seasons ended up having a really large amount of average/mediocre/bad episodes, such as:
 * 3) *"Please Believe Me"
 * 4) *"Who Is The Real Tayo"
 * 5) *"Chris Wants Recognition"
 * 6) *"Rogi's Junk Treasure"
 * 7) *"Tayo Becomes A Police Officer"
 * 8) *"Who Is Cooler?" (which started Tayo and Rogi's flanderization)
 * 9) *"Peanut's Misunderstanding"
 * 10) *"Asura the Little Wizard"
 * 11) *"The Best Detective"
 * 12) *"We Are All Friends"
 * 13) *"Thank You, Ms. Teach"
 * 14) *"A Day With Booba" (depending on your view)
 * 15) *"Duri's Homework"
 * 16) *"Kinder's Visit To The Farm"
 * 17) *"Tayo's Bird Friend"
 * 18) *"You Can Do It, Tony"
 * 19) *"Heart's Secret"
 * 20) *"The Little Buses Go To America 1"
 * 21) *"The Little Buses Go Camping"
 * 22) *"Heart Has Grown Bigger"
 * 23) *"Trammy's Wish"
 * 24) *"Lani's Present"
 * 25) *"Jay And Iracha"
 * 26) Most of the characters in these seasons were flanderized badly, to the point of becoming unlikable and lacking the charm they previously (or usually) have.
 * 27) *Tayo himself has gone from a playful and sometimes mischievous, yet lovable bus to a selfish and reckless jerk who usually scornfully taunts his friends, is dishonest to his friends at times.
 * 28) *Rogi has gone from a hyperactive and mischievous scamp, yet a good bus to an immature, stubborn, sulky, and obnoxious moron who constantly bothers Tayo and calls him a fraud.
 * 29) *Speed and Shine have gone from cool racing cars to heartless idiots, like when they laughed at Diesel in the mh:besttvshows:Titipo Titipo episode "Fix and Lift's Music Battle".
 * 30) The humor in these seasons is pretty awful and cringe-worthy in comparison to the first three seasons, with most of them consisting of fart jokes, toilet humor, and gross-out humor, which became common traits in these seasons.
 * 31) Sometimes, there are episodes where a character treats someone like a Butt-Monkey for their actions, such as "Who Is The Real Tayo" where Rogi, Gani, Lani, and Star Tayo treat Tayo Like a Butt-Monkey.
 * 32) In Season 5, they got rid of Met, the subway train, due to the characters from its sister series, mh:besttvshows:Titipo Titipo replacing him.
 * 33) The voice acting in the English dub (in season 5) is also mediocre for the most part, as some of the characters sound rather flat compared to their original Korean voices.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) These seasons still have their fair share of good episodes, such as:
 * 2) *"Nice To Meet You, Peanut" (which started the fourth season on a high note)
 * 3) *"You Are Special"
 * 4) *"Trammy's First Day At Work"
 * 5) *"The New Emergency Center"
 * 6) *"Trammy's Secret" (despite the nonsensical ending where Hana chases Tayo, Rogi, Gani, and Lani)
 * 7) *"We Love Fairy Tales"
 * 8) *"Give Me Courage"
 * 9) *"Tayo Goes To The Countryside"
 * 10) *"Kinder's Field Trip"
 * 11) *"Citu's Secret Playground"
 * 12) *"A Present For Hana"
 * 13) *"The Little Buses' Play" (which ended the fourth season on a high note)
 * 14) *"Emergency Dispatch! Tayo and Gani" (which started the fifth season on a high note)
 * 15) *"Rogi's Extraordinary Challenge"
 * 16) *"The Cello's Owner"
 * 17) *"A Fantastic Pair" (depending on your view)
 * 18) *"Tayo and Titipo's Race"
 * 19) *"New Rescuer, Jay"
 * 20) *"The Secret Playground"
 * 21) *"Surprise Gift For Duri"
 * 22) *"Joy's Magic Show"
 * 23) *"Thanks, Gani"
 * 24) *"The Little Buses Go To America 2"
 * 25) *"Rogi and the Lucky Genie"
 * 26) *"Lolly, The New City Tour Bus"
 * 27) *"Booba's Vacation"
 * 28) *"The Little Dinosaur Friend 1"
 * 29) *"The Little Dinosaur Friend 2" (which ended the fifth season on a high note)
 * 30) The CGI animation noticeably improved during these seasons, especially in the fifth season as the textures became more polished and cleaner and the lightning has gotten better than it did in the previous seasons.
 * 31) There are still a few characters that haven't been flanderized and remain their likable personalities, such as:
 * 32) *Tayo (despite his flanderization)
 * 33) *Rogi (despite his flanderization)
 * 34) *Lani
 * 35) *Gani
 * 36) *Hana
 * 37) *Citu
 * 38) *Heart
 * 39) *Nuri
 * 40) *Rookie
 * 41) *Pat
 * 42) *Toto
 * 43) *Air
 * 44) *Bong Bong
 * 45) *Oli
 * 46) *Carry
 * 47) *Champ
 * 48) *Cooku
 * 49) *Tony
 * 50) *Alice
 * 51) *Frank
 * 52) *Big
 * 53) *Billy
 * 54) *Poco
 * 55) *Chris
 * 56) *Max
 * 57) *Met (despite not appearing in Season 5)
 * 58) *Nana
 * 59) *Ractor
 * 60) *Rubby
 * 61) *Iracha
 * 62) *Booba
 * 63) *Ms. Teach
 * 64) *Duri
 * 65) *Joy
 * 66) *Andy
 * 67) These seasons did introduce some new likable characters, such as Trammy, Sky, Peanut, Kinder, Jay, Jimmy, Jenny, Miley, Black and Lolly.
 * 68) In Season 5, the characters from the show's sister series, mh:besttvshows:Titipo Titipo, started making appearances in some episodes.
 * 69) The voice acting is still decent, especially in the original Korean version and the English dub of the fourth season (for the most part).
 * 70) The first 3 seasons and season 6 are still good, with better humor, plots and episodes, and a lot more charm.

Episodes With Their Own Pages

 * Who Is The Real Tayo