Is it because he's searching for V'ger? Is it because he's not what you think he is? Is he the King of Siam? Or is it, like I suspect, a dermatological condition?
Well, according to Chouette Publishing (Birthplace of Caillou!) it's because he's every kid.
My kid loves this show. I've watched it frequently. Caillou is not every kid. In fact, he's unlike any kid I've ever seen. He seems emotionally damaged, unable to handle most simple situations and his interchangeable 70s-style parents (they look seconds away from heading off to a key party) have never once told him the truth about his lineage. (Come on, Rosie looks like the parents. Caillou looks like the bastard son of Jean-Luc Picard and Sinead O'Connor).
But, deep down, Caillou knows. That is why in every frame of his world, the edges are disintegrating, fading into white. Because Caillou knows his life is a lie, that his parents aren't being honest. So he just allows the world to slowly melt away, until he's left inside his own mind to deal with his own personal demons.
That's my theory at least. Don't tell Gert I was making fun of Caillou. She'd go ninja on my ass.
don't even get me started on Dora and her football shaped head.
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