I Want My Potty! (Little Princess)

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At the end of "I Don't Want a Cold", the Princess recovers from her cold and everyone tries to have the picnic again. However, when the adults all sneeze, the Princess immediately assumes they've caught her cold and cancels the picnic. It's left unclear whether the adults really have caught her cold. Calling Your Bathroom Breaks: Princess does this frequently. One story is even called "I Want My Potty". New Baby Episode: In "I Want a Sister", the Princess learns that the Queen is pregnant. She wants a sister, because she thinks brothers are smelly, but when she gets a brother, she thinks he's a cute baby. In "I Want Baked Beans", the Princess wants to have baked beans for lunch instead of the pasta that's on offer. The King tries getting her to eat it by pretending the spoon is a plane, but she says, "I'm too old for that game." Scary Shadow Fakeout: The Princess thinks she sees the shadow of a monster in "I Don't Want to Go to Bed" but it turns out to just be that of a tree.

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. 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. Illness Blanket: Downplayed in "I Don't Want a Cold". When the Princess catches a cold and Puss mistakenly thinks he has the same cold, neither of them are wrapped in a blanket outside of bed. However, when Princess thinks the adults have colds towards the end of the episode, she wraps the Chef and General in blankets (but only the Chef and General). His first book was published in 1976 and as well as his own, he has illustrated over 1000 books for authors such as Roald Dahl, David Walliams, Paula Danziger and Michael Palin, which are published all over the world. His series of books written with Jeanne Willis featuring the extra terrestrial teacher, Dr Xargle, has established a huge following of fans. As has his fantastic and fun illustrations in the Horrid Henry series.A TVadaptation of his much-loved Little Princess series is currently showing on Channel 5’sMilkshake.Surreal Theme Tune: The Theme Tune would like you to know that she's a Little Princess and nothing else. And it veers straight into Disney Acid Sequence territory after trying to stay sane for the first five seconds. Quite appropriate given the setting and characters though... Sleepyhead: Downplayed for the King and Puss, who do take a lot of naps, but they don't seem to always be tired. In "I Want to Be Good", the Princess uses her mashed potato to make a fake man similar to a snowman.

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. At the beginning of "I Want Baked Beans", the Princess thinks she will not like the baked beans, but she eventually loves them.

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In "I Want Baked Beans", the Princess thinks that her baked beans look like rabbit droppings, then wonders if maybe they are rabbit droppings and the rabbits climbed through the window. They both scream in "I Don't Want to Comb My Hair" when they see a mouse, due to thinking it's a rat and fearing that rats will nest in the Princess's hair if she doesn't comb it.

Silence of Sadness: In "I Want to Go to the Fair", the Princess is sulking about not being able to go to the fair due to her injured foot. Until she cheers up, she doesn't say much beyond "[activity the Queen suggested] is boring" and one-word sentences. In "I Want to Play in the Rain", all the adults and Puss think that the rain will be too wet or cold, but learn to like it. Pass the Popcorn: As Scruff gets a bath in "Maid's Day Off?", Puss sits on a chair giggling, holding a tub of popcorn and a cup with a straw in it. He gets his when Scruff splashes him and his treats with bubbles, then Princess concludes he needs a bath too, forcing him to run off to escape.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.” In "I Want to Be Good", the Princess makes fake snow out of torn paper and tries to decorate for Christmas. The Maid, however, sees the decorations as nothing but a mess and this (along with playing with her food and later using a makeshift sleigh indoors) gets the Princess sent to the Naughty Step. Age-Appropriate Angst: Little Princess makes a big deal out of things, but lots of preschoolers do. I Don't Want Nits" ends with Puss and several of the adults scratching themselves. It's unclear whether the humans caught the Princess's lice and Puss caught Scruff's fleas, or if they're imagining an itch due to their already-established fear of the insects. At the end, it's rendered moot, since they get shampooed anyway.