Lynn Elber
Associated Press
If thereâs a missing necklace, an AWOL baby penguin or a herd of on-the-loose caribou, Ridley Jones is your go-to guy. Or make that your girl.
The 6-year-old title character of Netflixâs new animated series has the pluck and daring of classic screen heroes who were routinely male, a stubborn trope that âRidley Jonesâ creator Chris Nee is eager to vanquish for TV s youngest viewers.
âGirls have not really gotten to be the action-adventure leads of showsâ aimed at preschoolers, she said. âIt felt really different to give Ridley that journey.â
Nee counts herself a âhuge fan of 1970s and â80s thrill-ride movies including âGoonies, âStar Warsâ and âIndiana Jonesâ â with the latter getting a tip of the fedora from Ridley s own headgear in the six-episode series debuting July 13.
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