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Calico Critters & Maple Town: The Coziest 90s Obsession

Andrea Shapiro and Ryan Wright Season 4 Episode 5

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Before there were influencer houses, there were fully furnished woodland homes in Maple Town. This week, Andrea and Ryan revisit Calico Critters and the animated series that made small-town animal life feel aspirational.

We talk nostalgia, merchandising, the gentle moral lessons, and why those tiny flocked figures still hold a strangely powerful place in our hearts. Turns out, the treehouse was never the only real estate we wanted.

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