Totally Spies - TV-Y7
Scooby-Doo meets Beverly Hills 90210.
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- TV Rating: TV-Y7
- Network: Cartoon Network
- Cast: Jennifer Hale, Andrea Baker, Katie Griffin
- Genre: Children, Cartoons, & Animation
- >Available On: DVD,Download
Parents need to know
Parents need to know that there are no obvious redeeming features about this series. It does make for fun enough sleepover material, and there are hints of travel and cultural exploration; but in terms of everyday viewing, there are much better shows for tweens to view.
Families can talk about the use of slang, such as "totally," "so not," "like," "you know," and other filler words found on this show. Do adults find it hard to take kids seriously when they use these words? How can language affect how people are viewed? Are the girls actually clever, or just lucky to have the stuff that they have? Do real teens look like these girls?
Families can talk about the use of slang, such as "totally," "so not," "like," "you know," and other filler words found on this show. Do adults find it hard to take kids seriously when they use these words? How can language affect how people are viewed? Are the girls actually clever, or just lucky to have the stuff that they have? Do real teens look like these girls?
Message
Social Behavior:
Girls are the powerful, sometimes clever creatures here. However, they act in stereotypical ways.
Consumerism:
Clothes are so totally important (duh!).
Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco:
Violence
There is action fighting, though the brutality is not as gruesome as other action shows.
Sex
Girls wear tight or skimpy clothes.
Language
Valley girl speak can be, like, totally irritating to adults.
Common Sense says
What's the story?
Reviewed by Joly Herman
Scooby-Doo meets Beverly Hills, 90210 in cotton candy cartoon TOTALLY SPIES. The action takes place at Beverly Hills High School, but the girls are so often whisked away from school that being at school is so not even the point. What makes this series catchy as a pop song has to do with the mysteries that the girls must solve -- often they find themselves in Madrid or the Alps, which gives the show the slightest bit of international cred. Much like Velma and Daphne of the Scooby series, the girls have to use their ingenuity to solve the mysteries.
Is it any good?
Totally Spies was first introduced on ABC in 2001, and, to its credit, it's garnered some staying power. Perhaps it's the manga-style animation, or the cool spy gadgets that viewers enjoy. But there is something charming about Totally Spies lying under the shallow façade. Whether viewers should subject themselves to the annoying dialogue to find the deeper stuff is up to their discretion. We think it's a decent show to catch once in a while, but anything more regular might give viewers the like, slightest headache.
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Posted on 08/12/07 by Anonymous Kid contributor, age 11
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Posted on 08/12/07 by Anonymous Kid contributor, age 11
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