"You like to have fun in the sun
You and LPS
You're just like one
Who are you?
What ya wanna do?
There's a Littlest Pet Shop perfect for you..."
You and LPS
You're just like one
Who are you?
What ya wanna do?
There's a Littlest Pet Shop perfect for you..."
— Opening theme
Littlest Pet Shop Presents is the second animated series based on the Littlest Pet Shop toys, released in 2011 on both the official website and YouTube, consisting of seven webisodes.
The series focuses on Blythe's pets, usually consisting of a cat, a French Bulldog, a monkey, a bunny, and any pet that was featured around the time the particular webisode was released (such as the centipede from the Sparkle series and the hamster from the Hamster Playground playset) as they take themselves on small adventures while Blythe is away.
This series always features LPS, both major and minor characters, that have also been released physically as figurines, some even earlier than when the series was created.
This series contains examples of the following tropes:
- Animated Adaptation: Of the Littlest Pet Shop toyline.
- Ambiguous Gender:
- Subverted for the French Bulldog. Though pronouns are rarely used for the characters let alone the main ones, he has a more raspy and slightly lower voice compared to the other characters and has shown to wear more boyish garb in his Imagine Spot in the episode "Rock Band".
- Many minor characters, especially those who do not have speaking roles, also have their genders unclear.
- Chase Scene: The cat and dachshund go on a long chase throughout the park to catch the hamster while getting into a few mishaps in the mix in "Hamster Playground".
- Continuity Cameo: In webisode "Blythe and Bunny", several pets who resemble LPS released back in 2009 (when the "symbol typing" was still used for LPS and before the logo change the following year) make an appearance as recurring characters who help the bunny bake treats to take to the party she and Blythe will attend.
- A Dog Named "Dog": All the pets are referred to by their species name, or none at all.
- Female Feline, Male Mutt: Played straight with the cat, kitten, and French Bulldog, averted with the corgi and dachshund.
- Free-Range Pets: The pets go on their own adventures in each webisode while Blythe is away, though they don't stray out too far.
- Fun Size: All of the pets are small enough to easily be picked up by Blythe, with some pets even smaller.
- Imagine Spot: The pets all have these when imagining themselves as musicians in "Rock Band", with them constantly being interrupted by another pet and eventually, Blythe.
- Merchandise-Driven: Justified, as each webisode is typically made to promote the series of LPS that was out during the time. Specific examples are "Meow Manor" and "Hamster Playground" for the eponymous playsets, "Blythe's Scooter Adventure" for the scooter playset that included both a Blythe doll and corgi LPS, "Centipede Photo Shoot" for both the Sparkle Pet range and the special edition centipede LPS, and "Pets on the Go" for the namesake range. These webisodes were also used to help promote the Pet Sitters Club that launched early in 2011.
- No Antagonist: None of the episodes included a notable antagonist.
- No Name Given: None of the pets have any known names, only being referred to by the name of their species.
- One-Shot Character: The dachshund and hamster in "Hamster Playground", centipede and dragonfly in "Centipede Photo Shoot", kitten in "Meow Manor", and the chihuahua, sugar glider, cow, kangaroo, and cockatoo in "Blythe and Bunny" all make up this.
- Recurring Character: The cat, monkey, corgi, French Bulldog, and bunny make up this cast of characters.
- Slice of Life: The webisodes all revolve around realistic situations, though there are some spins to them.
- Sugar Bowl: Adorable pets in their own little world doing their own little adventures without their owner noticing… what's not to love?
- Sword Fight: In "Blythe and Bunny", the monkey and bunny get involved in this when debating on whether to bake banana muffins or a carrot cake, but with a banana and carrot, respectively.
- The Voiceless: Many minor characters do not talk in the series.
