PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie

Story

Ryder (Finn Lee-Epp) and his band of superhero pups, including Skye (Mckenna Grace), Chase (Christian Convery) Marshall (Christian Corrao) and Liberty (Marsai Martin), are busy doing what they do best: protecting the citizens of Adventure City. But when a mad, meteor-obsessed scientist called Victoria Vance (Taraji P. Henson) steals a magnet to help her machine bring meteors to Earth, things get out of hand and PAW Patrol Headquarters is destroyed.

Skye soon discovers that the meteor contains remarkable crystals that give her super strength as well as the ability to fly. The other pups all gain individual superpowers too, except for Liberty who can’t seem to work out what her superpower is.

Meanwhile, Victoria is taken to jail where she encounters former Mayor Humdinger (Ron Pardo) and they hatch a plot to break out of jail and steal the crystals in order to gain ultimate power for themselves.

When Skye’s crystal is stolen, she struggles with feelings of inadequacy and takes matters into her own hands, losing more than she ever imagined in the process. Will the pups be able to work together to foil Victoria’s evil plot or will Adventure City pay the price for her selfish ways? Will Liberty ever find her superpower? And will Skye, the smallest pup, ever find a way to make a big difference?

Themes

Feeling insignificant and small; animal abandonment; selfishness

Violence

PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie has some violence. For example:

Victoria steals a large machine with a 10-ton electric magnet from a wrecking yard, rolling over cars, destroying property and causing numerous explosions in the process.
Victoria locks a couple in their office while fires burn around them. They are saved by the PAW Patrol.
Water cannons blast out of a fire truck, hitting the fire and putting it out, while Skye water bombs a trailer where a couple is briefly trapped.
A lock is broken off a door and hits one of the pups in the head. He says that he’s OK because he always wears a hard hat.
One character says, ‘If she had picked me up, I would have hit her’.
Victoria attempts to pull a meteor out of the sky with a machine she’s invented. The machine struggles to maintain the pull, catches fire and breaks down, leaving the meteor heading straight for Adventure City.
A meteor hits PAW Patrol headquarters and nearly kills Skye. Ryder pushes her out of the way just in time.
PAW Patrol headquarters is destroyed and much of the city is damaged.
A runaway car nearly crushes an old man and a dog.
Three puppies blast backwards off a treadmill and knock into Liberty.
Victoria smacks into Humdinger.
Victoria purposefully damages a train.
Victoria steals Skye’s crystal and leaves her on a burning plane. She and Humdinger fly to safety as Skye struggles to crash-land the plane and in the process, nearly hits Chase.
Victoria slaps Humdinger.
Victoria uses her newfound power to control electricity to send powerful charges towards Humdinger.
Skye chases Victoria, trying to get her crystal back, and Victoria traps her in a force-field, taking the rest of the crystals away.
Humdinger turns into a giant and nearly crushes Chase. He attempts to step on and destroy all of the PAW Patrol. He nearly crushes a poodle and repeatedly tries to crush Liberty. He destroys an ice cream van and has the PAW Patrol cornered before he’s taken by surprise and knocked into a building. Marshall goes to retrieve the crystal from Humdinger but is captured and held in Humdinger’s hand. He uses his superpowers to burn the mayor so he can escape.
Marshall blasts fireballs at Victoria.
A PAW Patrol member save 3 puppies when Victoria tries to crush them with her vehicle.
Chase is hit and flies backwards off a cliff. Liberty helps him get back onto solid ground.
The PAW Patrol destroys Victoria’s magnetic machine but not before she manages to change the course of countless meteors and direct them towards Adventure City.
Skye blasts meteors out of the sky until her jet is hit and she must leave it.
Skye uses her superpowers to fly directly at the meteors, punching them so that they explode into smaller, harmless pieces.
The last meteor appears to be even bigger than the city itself. Skye blasts into it, against the advice of Ryder who just wants her to be safe, and she falls unconscious into the water.

Sexual references

There are no sexual references in PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie.

Alcohol, drugs and other substances

There’s no substance use in PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie.

Nudity and sexual activity

There’s no nudity and sexual activity in PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie.

Product placement

PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie has some product placement. For example:

Prior to the start of the movie, there’s a commercial for PAW Patrol merchandise.
There’s also a comment in the movie saying that with new powers come new merchandise and a dog hat with fluffy ears is shown.

Coarse language

PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie has some coarse language. For example, ‘mangy mutts’.

Ideas to discuss with your children

PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie, a sequel to PAW Patrol: The Movie, is an animated adventure, suitable for everyone but the youngest of viewers. Featuring lots of action and positive messages about the importance of family and doing the right thing, the movie will be best enjoyed by children aged 5-8 years as well as fans of the popular franchise.

These are the main messages from PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie:

Always try to do what’s right.
Stop at nothing to keep the world safe.
Even the smallest pup can make a big difference.

Values in PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie that you could reinforce with your children are teamwork, sharing, persistence, courage and patience.

PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie could also give you the chance to talk with your children about the real-life consequences of things like these:

Trying to do everything on your own.
Going off without telling others what you’re up to.
Thinking only of yourself and not the damage you’re causing.
Believing you’re insignificant or unable to make a difference.