It’s a kid’s show on Nick, and I can’t stand it. Max and Ruby is a show about two bunnies, brother and sister. Max is 3 and Ruby is 7. Max is always trying to get away with stuff and Ruby is always trying to make him behave.
What bugs me the most about this show is the complete lack of parents. A 7-year old apparently takes care of a 3-year old all by herself. She makes all the decisions on what to do and when to do it. She gets after Max when he’s bad. Before I knew the background of the show, I was starting to think she was a teenage un-wed single mother to Max, which would explain why she seemed so young and yet was completely on her own in raising him
Another problem, Max is always trying to get away with something. Ruby tells him to stop and he just ends up sneaking around and doing it anyway. Of course, in typical liberal cartoon fashion, even though the child breaks the rules, everything turns out good in the end so there’s no reprocussions for doing wrong.
Overall it’s typical Nick fare. Kids on their own, no need for parents since the kids are so worldly themselves. Do yourself and your kids a favor – don’t watch it.
Agreed. I couldn’t have said it better myself. I don’t like it that the parents are never there. Max never gets disciplined for any of his mischievousness and it pretty much justifies breaking the rules. “It’s okay to do it if you feel like it. There will be no consequences.” Plus it is tiresome to sit there and watch Max get hen-pecked episode after episode by bossy, whiny Ruby. It contributes to the sissification and feminization of young males in this country.
I do NOT let my children watch this show!!! Every episode that I have seen always shows the same thing, Max is always doing things he is not supposed to and getting away with it. He is being raised by his young sister and hardly ever see any guardianship. This show teaches children that it is ok to break the rules.
I want to choke Max. Poor Ruby always tries to teach that little dummy the correct way to do things but he always screws it up! If Max were in my house he would not be pulling half of those pranks.
You all need to get a life….it’s a cartoon. Would you rather they beat on each other or blow each other up? I take it none of you watched The Peanuts cartoons? There was never a parent on the show..only horn blowing. Let’s just say kids watch way too much TV…no matter what the show is!
Yeah, the Peanuts was horrible as well. Was that thing supposed to be funny at one point?
I agree, but where i disagree is with Max breaking the rules. Max basically lives in a communist China. “WHAT!??!? YOU WANT TO PLAY WITH YOUR TOYS!??!?! NEVER!!!!” I mean Ruby treats max like everything he does screws up her day. she can’t take a day off to actually pay attention to him and let him for once play outside and get a little dirty
I wonder sometimes if Ruby is really Max’s unweb teenage mother. That would explain why she’s so bossy at times and yet so childlike at others. She’s such a terrible parent because she never had anyone to learn from.
I hate this show too. Max needs a big kick in the ass, if not worse. Ruby is annoying too but she has alot of patience. If it were me watching Max I would have lost it long ago.
I hate people look for the communists and liberals in everything. Please get a life, it’s a nice kids show. p.s. my kids are watching max and ruby now.
You are SO naive. Liberals and communists ARE infiltrating everything!
Gah! Max makes me wanna stab him so much he tries to get away with stuff, and ruby tells him no max you can’t play with that and he ends up getting! That bunny needs to be made into stew! Or spanked hard!
Max is hardly stupid. Doesn’t he always get what he wants in the end?
What show are you all watching? Max is the problem solver! He is always solving problems for everyone in a very innovative way. Maybe Ruby should chill out and give him a little more credit and stop breaking Max’s shoes all the time.
I just want to strangle Ruby. What a little bitch. If I was Max I would literally kick her teeth in. My daughter likes this show and just can’t stand to watch it because I’m afraid she’s learning to be a nagging little busy body. My son is 8 weeks old and God help him if his sister learns from this show. We’re cutting it out of our Tivo record schedule.
My son has done the same thing before and started talking like Max. I’m all for cartoons and television shows embracing the diversity of the american family but EVERY child needs a guardian (and not another child!) It’s really just not a great show. I watch kids shows all the time with my sons and I can tolerate the silly and even stupid but this show is unbearable.
You people that think Max is bad are insane. Ruby is so bossy. Max is a basic child that is just trying to have fun. He never wants to do anything insane, he just wants to do kid stuff. On the other hand you have Ruby who kisses her grandmothers ass so much and is such a looser. She acts and dresses like its 1924. I hate her and her looser friends and idiot bunny scout leader.
I’m so glad I found this site and Jason, you have taken the words right out of my mouth! I always wondered where the parents were.. why Ruby was always taking care of her little brother, and if there were no parents why is the grandmother living somewhere else. The biggest thing of all that I can’t stand though is that Ruby will tell Max over and over again not to do something yet he does it anyway. I hate the comment above this one. “..Max is a basic child that is just trying to have fun.” Well children need to be taught right from wrong. All this show teaches you is that if you keep doing what you want even though you’re told not to, something good might end up happening in the end.. like you said it all works out anyway. He gets what he wants! Grr!! I hate that so much!!! Who’s the idiot that came up with this show? Obviously they aren’t a parent..or if they are they are not a very good one!!! I promise you for as long as we own a t.v. my child is NOT EVER going to watch Max and Ruby! GET IT OFF AIR ALREADY!
My problem with the show is that my 3 yr old has started talking like Max (just saying one word). After she walked up to me tonight and just said, “thirsty!”, I decided to cut out all Max and Ruby effective immediately!
I hate Ruby! WE are currently watching it and Ruby is telling Max he can not play in the yard because he is in the way of Rubys soccer game. I can’t stand her! She is never wanting to interact with him she is always trying to do other things and making him play alone. I guess the show plays good self interaction for children without siblings, but Ruby needs to stop being such a bossy little bitch! I wonder if the creators ever stop and think about how they potray these characters to the children.
yes!! ruby is such a bossy bitch!! uggggh!!!!! “no max you can’t play in the water we have to water the vegetables.” aahhhh!! shut the hell up and let the kid play! he doesnt want to do your snooty activities i hate this show so much!!
lol i feel much better now that i got that off my chest hahaha
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how do we get this show off the air? I am with you all, I run a daycare and I can only handle so much of dora or diego, the kids like the new show team umizoomi, but since spring break Nick has been running pre teen shows like icarly which is ok, but not for toddlers. I cant stand max and ruby, because max needs a good spanking and now I hear the 3-4 year olds saying they hate max too because he always breaks the rules and never gets corrected. children have a very keen sense of justice and even they see something is wrong. so now I use the show as a learning in why its wrong to break the rules, you dont want to be like max.
Hmmm, never really thought about it that way. I grew up with some of the max and ruby books and I remember them being appealing because max was really clever. It never really instilled in me the desire to disregard the rules… after all, max is no Bart simpson. However, given that I’m more familiar with the books; maybe the show is adapted differently.