{"id":2186,"date":"2025-01-11T04:49:15","date_gmt":"2025-01-11T11:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/?p=2186"},"modified":"2025-01-20T14:58:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T21:58:48","slug":"stugo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/2025\/stugo\/","title":{"rendered":"StuGo * Truly Went Above And Beyond My Expectations With Great Animation And Fun Characters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2191\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Stugo.poster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Stugo.poster.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Stugo.poster-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/>Follows six overambitious middle schoolers tricked into attending a fake academic summer camp by a mad scientist. Now they&#8217;re stuck for three months on a wild tropical island with mind-reading manatees, giant fighting fungi and fashion-forward mutants, less academia than they&#8217;d hoped for but a lot more adventure.<\/p>\n<p>KIDS FIRST! Film Critic Jackson N. comments, \u201cThe upcoming series <em>StuGo<\/em> went above and beyond my expectations. The animation style really compliments the story and the fun nature of the characters, while still keeping a serious tone to certain characters, such as Dr. Lullah and Mr. Okay, making it fun for kids and families.\u201d See his full review below.<\/p>\n<p>StuGo<br \/>\nBy Jackson N., KIDS FIRST! Film Critic, age 11<\/p>\n<p>The upcoming series <em>StuGo<\/em> went above and beyond my expectations. The animation style really compliments the story and the fun nature of the characters, while still keeping a serious tone to certain characters, such as Dr. Lullah and Mr. Okay, making it fun for kids and families.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jackson N. reviews the upcoming Disney series, StuGo\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5PIJN0COgHA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2190 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Stugo.a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Stugo.a.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Stugo.a-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Stugo.a-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Stugo.a-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>StuGo <\/em>follows six genius middle schoolers, Pliny (Tania Gunadi), Chip Manhands (Zach Reino), Merian (Zosia Mamet), Francis (Gabourey Sidibe), Larry (Charlyne Yi), and Sara (Deborah Baker Jr.) \u00a0who are heading to \u201cDr. Lullah\u2019s Legitimate Summer Camp\u201d until things go quite differently than expected.<\/p>\n<p>The quality of this show makes it clear how much time and effort Disney put into it and it pays off. The series has great classic humor, such as the character Francis, who is an iconic silent type who brings hilarious deadpan reactions to the show.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2189\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Stugo.b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Stugo.b.jpg 686w, https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Stugo.b-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/>Another great character is the Nannytee (episode 2) a Manatee that Dr. Lullah uses to get the kids out of her hair. Over the course of this episode we see a story arc for Dr. Lullah, from wanting to get away from the kids to risking the thing she spent all day working on for them. This episode also has a witty, cautionary tale of what might happen if you could actually attract an asteroid to Earth with your fingers. Pliny teaches Larry how to \u201cnoodle,\u201d which is the art of fishing with your fingers, and Larry lets a little too loose. We see the characters grow and become new versions of themselves, because each character has their own story arc, even in the three episodes I watched.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2187 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Stugo.d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Stugo.d.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Stugo.d-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Stugo.d-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Stugo.d-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/>This show has many good messages, including the importance of friendship and the idea that you can have fun while still being careful. Each message is pushed naturally and sinks into your mind very well, subtly teaching great lessons. However, if your child has a fear of suspenseful themes and some odd looking mutated characters; you may want to review the show before letting them watch it.<\/p>\n<p>I give <em>StuGo<\/em> 5 out of 5 and recommend it for ages 8 to 18. The series launches on Disney Plus and the Disney Channel on January 11, 2025.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"StuGo First Full Episode | NEW SHOW | S1 E1 | Legitimate Summer Camp \/ Dog Eat Dog | @disneychannel\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FPZqtkifYH4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Follows six overambitious middle schoolers tricked into attending a fake academic summer camp by a mad scientist. Now they&#8217;re stuck for three months on a wild tropical island with mind-reading manatees, giant fighting fungi and fashion-forward mutants, less academia than they&#8217;d hoped for but a lot more adventure.<\/p>\n<p>KIDS FIRST! Film Critic Jackson N. comments, \u201cThe upcoming series StuGo went above and beyond my expectations. The animation style really compliments the story and the fun nature of the characters, while still keeping a serious tone to certain characters, such as Dr. Lullah and Mr. Okay, making it fun for kids and families.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[2369,372,305,278,2360,373,2361,67,420,327,2364,2362,450,671,1551,2359,2368,2371,2363,2366,220,2370,2365,2356,2106,2367,2357,2358],"class_list":["post-2186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-film-critics-blog","tag-academia","tag-adventure","tag-animation","tag-by-kids-for-kids","tag-charlyne-yi","tag-comedy","tag-deborah-baker-jr","tag-disney","tag-disney-channel","tag-disney-plus","tag-dr-lullah","tag-dr-lullahs-legitimate-summer-camp","tag-family","tag-fantasy","tag-friendship","tag-gabourey-sidibe","tag-island","tag-kids-and-family","tag-manatee","tag-middle-school","tag-movie-reviews","tag-scientist","tag-short","tag-stugo","tag-tania-gunadi","tag-tropical-island","tag-zach-reino","tag-zosia-mamet"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2186"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2192,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2186\/revisions\/2192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/juror\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}