Because of that, the animation is stilted and stiff most of the time.
The character designs and animation (while both simplistic), despite not being openly bad, are lazily drawn, looking like that they were made in Microsoft Paint.Even though John Sparkes is a great actor and has done wonderful performances in other kids shows like Fireman Sam and Shaun the Sheep, his narration in Peppa Pig isn't exactly one of them. The narrator is repetitive and obnoxious as well, because he constantly states the obvious, and never allows viewers to observe the information and take it in themselves.In real life, zebras don't make that sound. Not to mention that in "Teddy's Day Out", Zoë Zebra made a "neigh" like a horse.For example, the sheep noises sound more like nervous laughter than what an actual sheep sounds like, while Pedro Pony only says "neigh" and Rebecca Rabbit only says "squeak". Some of the animal noises don't even sound like their real-life counterparts.Some of the voice acting and most of the animal noises are both very annoying to listen to.Edmond Elephant is a clichéd and one-dimensional smart kid and a know-it-all Gary Stu, he is basically just a preschool version of Lisa Simpson but with a blander personality.She always tells people what to do, yet always criticizes Peppa for this, which is a sign of hypocrisy. In addition, as PhantomStrider mentions, as far as we know, he's the most fit out of the whole family! He's the only one who can swim underwater, run in marathons, etc.That said, even if Daddy Pig is fat and should do some exercise, it's really hypocritical on his family's part to fat shame him for this, because all male adults in the show have the same body.
He's like a preschool version of Homer Simpson with none of the same charm, while also being the butt monkey and chew toy of the family.
In fact, sometimes she even forces George to play with her own games and even refuses to let him play his own way, which is notable in "Richard Rabbit Comes to Play", where she and Susie forcefully make George and Richard play their own games and they refuse to let them play the games that they want, it's even to the point where they both make George and Richard cry.