feature of BrainPop's movies is their brevity: "just enough to capture and engage children." After budgetary cuts caused the cancellation of a Michigan school's subscription to BrainPop in 2014, teachers raised money from students to bring it back in 2015. The educational site connexions.org wrote: "I recommend this site to teachers who want to inform and entertain their students. The videos are a unique educational tool with loveable characters. … BrainPop will not only enliven the classroom, but the site is dependable with lessons following state and grade-level standards." Teach Magazine noted, "Tim and Moby … illustrate often difficult concepts in a fun format uniquely suited for the 21st-century learner." In 2011, Canada's TEACH Magazine wrote that the movies are presented "in a fun format uniquely suited for the 21st-century learner. … BrainPop movies are ideal for both group and one-on-one settings and can be used to introduce new lessons or topics or to illustrate complex themes as review before a test. In 2015, Yahoo! Tech selected BrainPop for its list of "Eleven Great Digital Homework Helpers for Your Kids", and SheKnows Media listed it among its top educational sites for kids. In 2010, The New York Times wrote of the company's free smartphone and tablet application: "BrainPop is a worthy app, featuring a new brief educational cartoon every day. The cartoon is followed by a quick quiz that will at times challenge even a grown-up." The Epoch Times featured the application as its "iPhone App of the Week" and called the movies "usually funny, if somewhat corny, and always engaging". Explore Knowledge Academy, the first public charter i-school in Nevada, has recommended BrainPop's phone and tablet application, as has ChannelproSMB, Family Circle, Common Sense Media Cool mother Tech and The Educator's Room. ADDitude Magazine selected the app as one of three apps to "sharpen reading skills". BrainPop characters Tim and Moby are the main characters in most BrainPop movies. Tim Tim is a teenager and does most of the talking in, and narrates, the movies. He understands what Moby says. The design on his shirt usually matches the topic being covered. At the beginning of each video, Tim reads a letter from a student asking about the topic. Often at the end of the movies, Moby will humorously annoy Tim, or vice versa. Moby Moby is an orange robot who communicates in beeping noises. The three lights on his