User Reviews

What an amazing and wonderful display and huge kudos to Disney and the Funhouse team for portraying such a unique culture that rarely gets highlighted or even mentioned, the Armenians.

The Vardavar episode highlights the Armenian summer holiday of Vardavar which is essentially a holiday where people spray each other with water in a fun and friendly manner.

The episode focuses on Minnie who decides to wear the wrong outfit to the holiday and is not able to enjoy the festivities. Mickey and his friends meet Astghik, which means little star in Armenian. She helps Minnie find a more favorable outfit, an Armenian Taraz so she can get in on the fun!

The entire episode has such great references to Armenian culture and is very well done.

The greatest moment for any young Armenian is to hear the Armenian language and see Astghik represented and embraced by Disney. It is so inspirational for Disney to go all in on this episode and this writer hopes to see more representation and diversity in Disney's cartoons moving forward. Truly a pivotal and historic moment!

Such a beautiful, fantastic episode! I watched it so many times with my loved ones! From the cultural costumes to the traditional holiday celebrations, the writer did such a superb job at representing Armenians.

Amazing characters, amazing story and amazing animation! Love, love, love this so much!

The writer is clearly a natural born talent! Sarnelli-Kapukchyan turned a cultural holiday into a cultural moment and it takes talent, depth and a strong sense of awareness to do that. Truly hope we see more epodes from her. Great to see Disney giving young, female authors a chance to shine, and shine she did!