ChalkZone - TV-Y

Imagination gone wild -- TOO wild for some kids.

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Common Sense rates it
3
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  • TV Rating: TV-Y
  • Network: Nickelodeon
  • Cast: Elizabeth Daily, Candi Milo, Hynden Walch
  • Genre: Children, Cartoons, & Animation

Parents need to know

Parents need to know that the main character is a kid with an active imagination. Although the show is wildly creative, some of its situations and creatures can be creepy, scary, or disgusting. No parents or adults are around to make sure that everything turns out all right; the main character (a child) is the one in control.

Families can talk about how kids like to use their own imagination. How does it feel to venture as deeply into the imagination as Rudy does? Can a person come back to reality so easily? What is Rudy missing in the real world when he goes to the Zone? Why don't his parents know about it? What problems might arise from too much fantasy and too few boundaries?

Message

Social Behavior:

Promotes imagination, but also raises the question: Is it better to check out of reality than to be involved?

Consumerism:

Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco:

Violence

Cartoon violence and combat with scary monsters.

Sex

Language

Common Sense says

What's the story?

Reviewed by Joly Herman

CHALKZONE centers on a young boy, Rudy Tabootie, and his active imagination. He can enter a secret portal through his chalkboard -- a world where children's erased drawings go to live. With a piece of magical chalk, Rudy navigates his way through this secret world, drawing whatever tools he may need. Friends also come in handy for the hero. For example, Rudy's friend Snap, whom he once drew in the ChalkZone, helps him with a quirky toughness that provides comic relief, and Rudy's real-world friend, Penny, is smart and quick on the draw (no pun intended).

Is it any good?

3

What makes this show interesting is that it acknowledges that worlds of imagination are available to all of us. But while it's true that we love to get lost in a story, for the young child, getting as lost in a world as Rudy does can be scary. At times, ChalkZone can feel like a nightmare -- the creatures and monsters are surreal and often unstoppable. And it's usually up to Rudy to foil their plans, which he generally seems capable of. However, rather than having a soothing effect on the child viewer, Rudy's confidence might be misleading -- if only because he depends on that magic piece of chalk.

The Tabootie parents seem to value family time with their son but are oblivious to his secret life. This premise might seem innocent enough, but the level of stress and trouble that it causes Rudy gives reason for pause.

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Parents and kids say

All Reviews

There are 14 reviews.

2


Posted on 08/02/07 by the_terminator Kid contributor, age 10
5


Posted on 07/02/07 by MikaylaLovesEdwardCullen Kid contributor, age 12

THIS SHOW IS SOOOOOO COOL!!!!
4

Posted on 09/08/06 by Anonymous Kid contributor, age 11

okay...

I think this show is okay.
5


Posted on 06/24/06 by CelticBoy Kid contributor, age 10

Jeez

What's wrong with you! Theres nothing wrong with this show at all!
1

Posted on 06/06/06 by Anonymous Kid contributor, age 11

BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD

It burns! dont get a concussion from watching this. Dont let it get to youre head. IT is deadly
5


Posted on 01/18/06 by Adult contributor

Very goooood!

This show mooooved me! It's very gooooood for active children, and the imaginative! It doesn't talk dooooown to children either. Watch this good mooooovie!
0

Posted on 01/09/06 by Anonymous Kid contributor, age 13

Dump

DONT waste your time on this JUNK
5

Posted on 07/10/05 by Anonymous Adult contributor

5

Posted on 03/29/05 by Anonymous Adult contributor

5

Posted on 02/17/05 by Anonymous Adult contributor

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Adult Reviews

There are 6 reviews.

5


Posted on 01/18/06 by Adult contributor

Very goooood!

This show mooooved me! It's very gooooood for active children, and the imaginative! It doesn't talk dooooown to children either. Watch this good mooooovie!
5

Posted on 07/10/05 by Anonymous Adult contributor

5

Posted on 03/29/05 by Anonymous Adult contributor

5

Posted on 02/17/05 by Anonymous Adult contributor

5

Posted on 01/25/05 by Anonymous Adult contributor

3


Posted on 12/25/04 by kurra Adult contributor

Kids Reviews

There are 8 reviews.

2


Posted on 08/02/07 by the_terminator Kid contributor, age 10
5


Posted on 07/02/07 by MikaylaLovesEdwardCullen Kid contributor, age 12

THIS SHOW IS SOOOOOO COOL!!!!
4

Posted on 09/08/06 by Anonymous Kid contributor, age 11

okay...

I think this show is okay.
5


Posted on 06/24/06 by CelticBoy Kid contributor, age 10

Jeez

What's wrong with you! Theres nothing wrong with this show at all!
1

Posted on 06/06/06 by Anonymous Kid contributor, age 11

BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD

It burns! dont get a concussion from watching this. Dont let it get to youre head. IT is deadly
0

Posted on 01/09/06 by Anonymous Kid contributor, age 13

Dump

DONT waste your time on this JUNK
0


Posted on 12/05/04 by punk_butters Kid contributor, age 15

Brainless!!!

This show has no structure what so ever! It is the lamest show on TV. If you're my age & entertained by it, boy do you have some issues. <p>IT IS STUPID! How could it get 3 stars?
0


Posted on 09/06/04 by KirbyMeister Kid contributor, age 14

Antisocial

I've got two words for kids raised on this crud: ANTI SOCIAL. IMITATIBLE BEHAVIOR. HOSPITALIZED FOR ATTEMPTING TO RUN INTO CHALKBOARD. I GUESS THAT WAS MORE THAN TWO WORDS.<p>But seriously, the writing is very bad even for a kids show. While other shows deriving from the "Oh Yeah! Cartoons" show - such as Fairly Oddparents or My Life As A Teenage Robot - have good jokes, good writing, and basically don't make you wanna throw up, this show does the exact opposite. Rudy Tabootie acts very antisocial. Danny Phantom never spent half his life in Ghost Zone, but Rudy spends every ****ing minute in Chalk Zone.... Man, this series is too... stupid. GET IT AWAY! GET IT AWAY!
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