George Catches a Cold (Peppa Pig)

George Catches a Cold is a 24th episode of the second season for Peppa Pig.

Plot
George takes his rain hat off and ends up catching a cold, so he has to stay in bed in order to relieve it.

"Why?" It's Bad

 * 1) The episode's premise is very unrealistic and nonsensical; being in the rain without a rainhat will not make you catch a cold. You can only catch a cold by catching a virus that causes you to have a cold (e.g. Rhinovirus).
 * 2) *Speaking of unrealism, this episode does not portray colds realistically
 * 3) George is only in the rain for a short amount of time, yet somehow catches a cold, which makes no sense, though it could be the fact that George easily catches a cold.
 * 4) Peppa is so overly mean to George throughout this episode, she thinks George is faking the whole thing for attention when he isn't. If George was faking illness for attention, that would have made sense and it would show kids why you should not fib about being ill. But in this case, it's just her being mean to him for no other reason.
 * 5) Lots of gross-out humor is played in this episode, such as George sneezing on Peppa and coughing in a very disturbing manner, and the coughing sounds like he's about to throw up.
 * 6) The only recurring joke in the episode is George repeatedly saying "Why?", which is really annoying and will get on your nerves fast because he would know some things by now. Even Peppa got annoyed by this at the end.
 * 7) It teaches kids that rain can cause sickness (which also insults the intelligence of the audience) when in reality it cannot. Sure, there are some places out causes sick by air pollution or forest fires, but they still don't count.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) Aside from the very bad moral, there is even a good one: catching a cold is actually bad.
 * 2) The end of the episode is actually pretty good, because the next day, George wears a rainhat on a hot day because he doesn't want to catch another cold. Mummy Pig says that he doesn't need to wear a hat, so that's a sign that George has learned a lesson, which is rare example of character development in Peppa Pig.