Also, I thought at the end there would be some reassurance for her for not managing to wait for the potty but it just ended with her looking sweetly embarrassed - I felt for the reader it needed something more to teach them to feel okay if they didn't make it. First Day of School Episode: "I Don't Want to Go to School" focuses on Princess's first day of preschool. Injured Limb Episode: In "I Want to Go to the Fair", the Princess is not allowed to go to the fair because she sprained her ankle, so the Queen makes a pretend fair. Pan from the Sky" Beginning: One episode begins in the sky with a closeup of the flag and the narrator notes, "The flag's up; that means the family is at home".

Iris Out: This is the standard ending for all episodes, generally holding to show what it's focused in on for about two seconds before going to black entirely and going to the credits. From a potty training perspective it's good since it goes through the steps of getting used to the potty, then enjoying it, but whole last half of the book is a big hoopla to get the princess her potty chair, but then they don't get it to her in time and she pees on the floor. Denied Food as Punishment: When the Princess gets Puss to get her a cookie, the Chef sees and says, "Bad cat! Politicians Kiss Babies: The Prime Minister claims he sometimes kisses babies and when the Princess wants to take his job, he shows her how by kissing Gilbert. Some of the later guest characters, such as Great Uncle Walter and Maid's nephew, Algie, also have names.

In "I Want To Play in the Rain", the Princess flashes back to a time when she changed her mind, by saying she was going to let Gilbert eat the last biscuit and then eating it herself. Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Puss can be quite mean to Scruff at times, but still seems to like him on the whole. Hollywood Mirage: Never "actually" happens but the Scruff does have an Imagine Spot of himself and Puss in a desert, hallucinating water and plants.

Creative Closing Credits: In "I Want to be a Cavegirl," the instrumental of the show theme used in the closing credits has the cavegirl drumbeat heard within the episode mixed into it. A TVadaptation of his much-loved Little Princess series is currently showing on Channel 5’sMilkshake. Jar Potty: After the General hands the Princess a bucket instead of her potty in "I Want My Voice Back", she uses it. Rhyme Theme Naming: The book "I Want to Make a Friend" features three mean kids: two girls and a boy. However, at the end, a mother and son ghost are seen and the mother ghosts said there's no such thing as little girls in particular but she never said anything about humans in general not existing, and it's kind of odd that she'd disbelieve in little girls because if she's the ghost of an adult woman, then surely she used to be one herself.In both cases, the King, Queen and Little Princess, all of which are sitting at the table, either don't notice or aren't bothered by the unusual activity going on. 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.