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El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera

(Rated TV-Y7, Children, cartoons, & animation, Starring Carlos Alazraqui, Grey DeLisle, Alanna Ubach, Where to watch: Nickelodeon, Online)
  • Is it age appropriate?

    About our ratings

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 5, age appropriate for kids over 7; suggested age 7.
  • Is it any good?

    3.0
  • Common Sense says

    Kid hero wrestles with questionable influences.

Why We Rated This on for Ages 7 and Up

What to watch out for

  • Messages:

    A grandfather encourages a boy to become a villain, while his upstanding father pushes him toward a more respectable life path. The boy's main influence is a friend who prompts him to lie, steal, and cheat, even when he acknowledges the right thing to do.
  • Violence & scariness:

    Cartoon violence includes falls from great heights, crashes into walls, and characters beating up on others -- very little of which results in lasting injury.
  • Sexy stuff:

    Not an issue.
  • Language:

    "Dang" is infrequent.
  • Consumerism:

    Not an issue.
  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    Not an issue.
 

What Parents Need to Know

About El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera

Parents need to know that a young female character often encourages her friend to ignore his conscience and lie, cheat, or steal. The two main adult characters offer inconsistent influence over an impressionable boy -- the devoted, upstanding father wants his son to be just like him, but the villainous grandfather hopes his protégé will follow in his evil footsteps. Although after much soul-searching, Manny usually follows his instincts and makes amends for any wrongdoing, in this show, life lessons mostly take a backseat to mischievous fun. Make sure young tweens understand that in real life, iffy behavior has more definite repercussions.

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Families Can Talk About

  • Families can talk about strong role models. Tweens: Who are some of your role models? What do you most admire about them? How do you try to be like them? Parents and kids can also discuss how to make good decisions. How do you handle making a difficult decision? Who do you turn to for help? What kinds of tough decisions have you made? What factors played into your choice? Finally, don't forget to talk about peer pressure. How would you feel if your friends wanted you to do something you knew wasn't right? Would it be difficult to say no to them? Could you do it?

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  1. Teen Reviewer Age 13
    Lives in Florida
    I rate this title on for age 7 and give it 3.0

    A pretty great show. But not for young children

    My twin sister likes this. Not a bad show. But it's still bad for young children. This show has a bad influence on young children and might send them iffy messages. Plus it's pretty violent.

  2. Kid Reviewer Age 12
    Lives in Arizona
    I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 5.0

    a great show!

    i love this show!

  3. Teen Reviewer Age 13
    Lives in Arizona
    I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 2.0

    talk about stupid!

    this show sucks!

  4. Kid Reviewer Age 11
    Lives in Arizona
    I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it 3.0

    an OK show.

    this show is not good or bad.its just a ok show oh,and this will only have like 2 seasons.

  5. Kid Reviewer Age 11
    Lives in Arizona
    I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 4.0

    el tigre rocks!

    i dont know why people hate this show,well if your reading this dont hate it!this show is funny well not that funny as spongebob but still quite good.

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