Analysis of Gender in Children’s Television Spend an hour viewing a children’s television program and analyze the characters and content. Answer the following questions. (Please type answers) Handy Manny What gender roles are displayed? Manuel “Manny” Garcia Gumball’s father is a mostly out-of-touc.. Was there gender role stereotypes? if so, what were they? What careers, chores, and activities were depicted for men/women and girls/boys? Main human characters * Manuel “Manny” Garcia (voiced by Wilmer Valderrama) — The bilingual Hispanic/Mexican handyman, and the handiest handyman in all of Sheetrock Hills.
He has a boxful of anthropomorphic tools, each with their own unique quirk, which he takes with him to do his repairs. He has a reputation for helping everyone, and was awarded with the “Good Citizens Award” last season, after unknowingly repairing his own prize, a trophy. He is Abuelito’s grandson and is the brother of Lola. Also uncle to two boys named Pepe and Chico. He has never been seen without his hat on. Sometimes he plays Soccer with his tools and encourageing them to play outside more. * Lenard Francis Lopart, usually called Mr. Lopart (voiced by Tom Kenny) — The owner of a candy store next to Manny’s workshop.
He is a single middle aged man who lives happily with his cat Fluffy. There hasn’t been a reference to him ever being in a romantic relationship, although he does have an excellent relationship with his mother. Mr. Lopart’s know-it-all unusually high level of self confidence, attitude and refusal of Manny’s assistance often lands him in trouble, usually resulting in his falling on the floor or on the objects he lifts. It should be pointed out that Mr. Lopart has accepted help from Abuelito on occasion which suggests the issue he has is actually receiving help from someone his senior.
In the episode “Bingo Night” Fluffy throws all of the Bingo pieces on the floor and Abuelito offers to lend a hand. Mr. Lopart accepts his offer. Actually, Manny and the tools did help Mr. Lopart in the “A Very Handy Holiday” special and it’s probably the first and last time he will do so. His mother is Mrs. Lopart and he has twin nephews named Lyle and Leland. It was also mentioned once that a relative of his, Aloyius Lopart, was known to have painted the Gift Shop in the Sheetrock Hills Art Museum. He shown as a mamma’s boy. * Mrs.
Portillo (voiced by Shelley Morrison) – She owns a Bakery shop and shes one of Manny’s good neighbors and She has two grandchildren. Her husband has never been seen on the show. She has a dog named Carlos. * Kelly (voiced by Nancy Truman) — owner of a hardware store frequented by Manny and his tools. She also seems to know and have anything and everything Manny needs for his work. It is hinted that she has an obvious crush on Manny. In the episode “A Day at the Beach”, we find out that Kelly is an excellent windsurfer. [edit] Tools Turner (voiced by Dee Bradley Baker) – is a flat-head screwdriver who appears to be sarcastic and cynical, who often fights with Felipe whom he considers a rival usually going against Felipe’s over confidence. He appears to have a secret soft spot for Babies and animals (including birds, kittens, and butterflies) and for dancing, although he loudly denies it. * Pat (voiced by Tom Kenny) – is a hammer who is talkative, clumsy, and not so intelligent, though he does have flashes of cleverness from time to time. He sometimes finds it hard to control his strength.
His catchphrase is “I’m a hammer”. He is obsessed with nails. * Rusty (voiced by Fred Stoller) – is a monkey wrench (though drawn as a pipe wrench) who is not very brave and is a worrywart, generally being afraid of pretty much anything. Most of the time he needs reassurance from his fellow tools and Manny. * Squeeze (voiced by Nika Futterman (Julianna Rose Mauriello in 3 early episodes)) – is a pair of pliers. She loves to lend a helping hand, and is sometimes impatient to fix something (usually repairs that involve bolts).
She also appears to be giggly, girly, and preppy. * Stretch (voiced by Nika Futterman) – is a tape measure who loves to measure things. He can speak out accurate measurements, has a very mathematical mind, has a good memory, especially for numbers and measurements and can use his tape as an extendable hand. * Dusty is a hand saw who is very smart and gives good advice. She acts as the big sister of the group and is very good with detective work. * Felipe (voiced by Carlos Alazraqui) – is a Phillips screwdriver who always considers himself a very important tool.
He is always over confident about himself. He sometimes thinks of himself as a super hero. Sometimes, his ideas make a problem worse. He provides a lot of the Spanish language content in the show, translating for the other tools. He also loves to sing but is not very good at it. * Flicker (voiced by Grey DeLisle) – Manny’s youngest tool (first appearing in season 2) is a flashlight who speaks Spanish and is still learning English, slowly picking up more of the language throughout season 3.
He flashes his light whenever he feels excited. In Handy Manny’s School for Tools, he seems to be fully bilingual. * Beamer (A laser level introduced in the season 3 episode The Art Show. He is found in Kelly’s shop and later adopted by Manny’s artist friend Carmella. He first appeared in Handy Manny’s School for Tools. What partner choices were evident in the media piece? Was there an assumption about heterosexism? What was the level of violence evidenced? Who was the perpetrator of the violence? Not Applicable
