Caillou (also stylized as "Kayloo") is one of the main characters in many GoAnimate channels. He is based of the PBS character with the same name from the titular series.
In the original and most-popular depiction, Caillou is most often represented as a troublemaker, in which he would scheme to cause trouble until he gets caught and is grounded by one of his parents, usually by his father, Boris. This can encompass everything from misbehaving at school or a restaurant to causing the end of the world.
In more recent depictions, Caillou is often portrayed as a well-behaved kid, and as a result, is often rewarded or ungrounded. This typically includes him helping a family member or friend, behaving at school or a restaurant, or getting a good card in behavior card day videos.
Appearance
Caillou's appearance can vary across many different GoAnimators' series, with each having their own unique "design," but he is most often seen sporting a yellow T-shirt with red trims, navy blue shorts, white socks, and red shoes. His head is ovular and bald (though some videos depict him with hair).
Caillou's age tends to vary between videos, ranging from a 4 year old child as in the PBS cartoon, to a teenager, to an adult that currently is enrolled in college.
Regardless, there is no set/canonical age for GoAnimate Caillou, as each individual user can morph his character to their liking and to fit the particular video/series.
Personality
Caillou's personality greatly varies as it is dependent on the creator and their content. In most Caillou Gets Grounded videos, he is a bratty troublemaker who often antagonizes those around him, sometimes to the extreme. He rarely seems to show remorse for those actions and hardly ever learns his lesson. Caillou often has anger issues as he will throw temper tantrums over minor things.
In Caillou Gets Ungrounded videos, his personality is shown to be the opposite of how he is depicted in the grounded videos. He is a well-behaved child and is typically praised among those around him, and rarely having something bad happen to him.
A consistent trait among most incarnations of the character is having an obsession with the entertainment restaurant chain, Chuck E. Cheese's. In many Caillou Gets Grounded videos, he will often ditch a place, usually school, to go there. Whenever the restaurant is closed, Caillou usually responds by destroying the restaurant. Caillou often despises Peter Piper Pizza, which is Rosie's favorite restaurant.
Relationships
Caillou's relationship with others heavily depends on which series the GoAnimator is inserting him into. In some series, he is a troublemaker who has an abusive family, while in others he is a well-behaved child with a seemingly perfect family.
Boris
In the Caillou Gets Grounded series, his relationship with his father, Boris, is rocky. Boris regularly grounds Caillou for his misbehavior and will give him punishment days when Caillou goes far enough. Boris shows little to no care on what he is doing to his son and will not hesitate to kill him. Due to Boris' behavior, Caillou will often try to stop him in order to attempt to get away with his bad deeds, which usually is unsuccessful and will get Caillou grounded as a result.
In some videos, Boris is shown to have a softer side, as there are some instances where he cares about his son, to the point where he will defend him if someone is giving Caillou punishments that even he wouldn't do to him.
Doris
Doris is the mother of Caillou, and his relationship is more-so like with Boris, but he often favors her over Boris. Doris will still ground Caillou and give some sort of punishment, but never to the extent that Boris punishes Caillou, in most videos.
In other videos she can match her husband's energy and even go beyond that, or she is this hero that Caillou needs in his life such as RichieToonz's 'Life Without Doris'.
Rosie
Rosie, Caillou's sister, is the most frequent target of Caillou's schemes. Caillou regularly abuses her and sometimes ends up getting Rosie killed as a result. In earlier videos, she would be oblivious to Caillou's schemes and would fall for them. In more recent videos, she would snitch on Caillou whenever she catches him.
A few videos will depict her troublemaking alongside her brother.
Caillou Gets Ungrounded
- Main article: Caillou Gets Ungrounded
Boris
In the Caillou Gets Ungrounded series, his relationship Boris can still be mixed. In some videos, Boris is an abusive and psychopathic father who punishes Caillou for seemingly no reason, often with extreme punishments, despite Caillou being a well-behaved child. In other videos, Boris is a well-rounded father who encourages Caillou to behave and rewards or ungrounds him for doing so.
Doris
Doris's relationship with Caillou in the Ungrounded series is almost always positive. She is a caring mother figure who will often protect, reward and unground Caillou.
Rosie
Rosie is often depicted as a troublemaker who will attempt to abuse or disrupt Caillou's life in the Caillou Gets Ungrounded series. This is the inverse of their relationship in the Caillou Gets Grounded series.
Dora
Dora's relationship with Caillou varies depending on the creator. The most common depiction is that Dora is the love interest of Caillou, and thus is often in a romantic relationship. Others opt this and make her one of Caillou's best friends and regularly misbehave together. In other videos, especially ungrounded videos, their relationship is more to the negative side, as Dora will often try to get Caillou into trouble. Commonly in other videos, the two engage in a toxic romantic relationship, but sometimes as a friend. in Roku Kun