[quote="Timon the great"][quote="Marizzle"]Just like Julie said, children don't exactly need to see "realism" on TV to know the real way of things. Animals also do not talk, and, yet, cartoons very often picture them speaking and every child knows it's simply fictional.[/quote]
If this was entirely true, then there wouldn't be any kids out there believing that Santa Clause is real.[/quote]
Santa Claus is a bit different. The only reason kids believe in him because their parents tell them he exists, not because they see him on a TV show. I saw images of Santa Claus a lot as a kid (like everyone else), but my parents told me from a young age that he was just a gimmick made up by the adults so they could hide presents under the tree for the kids, so I never actually believed in him even though I had much of the same exposure to him via holiday shopping, movies, the media, etc.
That said, I find it highly unlikely that any kid asking about any obviously-fictional element of this TV show (ie, the blue badger) is going to be met with a response that verifies his existence. I would think that any normal parent would tell their kids that something like that doesn't exist in real life, if they even asked. Many kids would probably figure it out on their own, unless they were really young.
Think about it. When you were a kid, what shows did you watch? Did you think they were real? Probably not. It's like your reflection in a mirror - after a short while you quickly learn that you can't interact with what's happening on the TV, and again, any normal parent is likely to back this up and say that whatever is on there simply isn't real.
So I agree with Julie. Blue badger? Weird, but not that big of a deal, really.