[brendamn]

I have a theory that someone found a bunch of cheap generic toys (vehicles, dogs, etc) and realised they could sell a lot of them if they slapped a logo on the side and made a cheap, below average cartoon that showed them to kids.

I’m almost certain that there are other examples of this too.

[despideme]

This is exactly what Transformers were in the 1980s: pre-existing Japanese toys whose existence had nothing to do with the retconned “Autobots vs. Decepticons” cartoon plot. That was invented to drive the toys into the American market.

[justsomehnguy]

> PAW Patrol is a Canadian computer-animated children's television series created by Keith Chapman and produced by Spin Master Entertainment, with animation provided by Guru Studio

> Spin Master Corp. is a Canadian multinational children's toy and entertainment company

Sorry, but in this case they are designed in concert: shitty toys and a cartoon to advert^W sell these shitty toys.