# Paw Patrol questions

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**Created:** [June 16, 2025, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paw-patrol-questions/1019714 "2025-06-16T19:09:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2025, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paw-patrol-questions/1019714/1 "2025-06-16T19:09:24Z")

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I’m visiting family this week and one result of this is I’m watching a lot more Paw Patrol than I normally would be. And I have questions.

What’s the deal with Mayor Humdinger? He’s called a mayor but I’ve seen that he lives in a cave with a bunch of cats. Is there a city he’s mayor of? Has this city been seen in the show? Or is he claiming to be the mayor of Adventure City instead of Mayor Goodway?

Second question. I’ve seen several cats in this show. Some cats can talk and use technology. Some cats can use technology but only meow like regular cats. And some cats act completely like regular cats. Have these various types of cats ever interacted? Is there a similar division among dogs? Have the Paw Patrol ever encountered regular dogs that bark instead of talking and can’t drive cars around?

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**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2025, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paw-patrol-questions/1019714/2 "2025-06-16T19:17:49Z")

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> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> Is there a city he’s mayor of?

Foggy Bottom.

> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> Has this city been seen in the show?

I think so, but I don’t remember for sure.

> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> Or is he claiming to be the mayor of Adventure City instead of Mayor Goodway?

The city in the show is Adventure _Bay_, not Adventure City. Foggy Bottom is nearby and a rival town.

Adventure _City_ is the big New York City analogue from the movies. Mayor Humdinger becomes Mayor of Adventure City and then bans dogs in the movie.

I can’t answer all of your cat related questions because my daughter is only on Season 2.

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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2025, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paw-patrol-questions/1019714/3 "2025-06-17T04:58:57Z")

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No answer to your questions but Malcolm Gladwell, on a recent episode of _Revisionist History_, featured [In Defense of PAW Patrol](https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/revisionist-history/in-defense-of-paw-patrol). He tries to explain why he and his daughter watch it despite things like the Reddit thread [Paw Patrol has ruined my child’s brain](https://www.reddit.com/r/daddit/comments/ytx6nm/paw_patrol_has_ruined_my_childs_brain/).