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Jake and the Never Land Pirates
- Disney Channel
- Genre: Kids' Animation
Common Sense Media says
Fun-filled series teaches social lessons to young mateys.
Parents say
QUALITY
Kids say
QUALITY
What parents need to know
Parents need to know that preschoolers will love this colorful, fun, adventurous cartoon, and the fact that it’s packed with positive social messages about solving problems, being a good friend, and appreciating individuality makes it a great choice for this age group. Basic academic skills like counting and sorting are included in the content, and the show’s style encourages kids’ involvement throughout, and its use of music and humor will keep kids entertained.
What's the story?
The tropical paradise of Pirate Island is the perfect place for the adventures of young scallywags like Jake (voiced by Colin Ford), Izzy (Madison Pettis), and Cubby (Jonathan Morgan Heit), who embark on fun-filled escapades on their trusty ship, Bucky. Unfortunately their travels bring them into the path of Captain Hook (Corey Burton) and his sidekick, Mr. Smee (Jeff Bennett), and the troublesome pair never lacks ideas for disrupting the kids’ plans and capturing their treasures. It takes the kids' ingenuity and teamwork to outwit their rivals and return safely to their secret hideout on the island, but this quick-thinking trio -- along with their parrot friend, Skully (David Arquette) -- is up to the challenge.
Is it any good?
Preschoolers will be drawn to JAKE AND THE NEVER LAND PIRATES because of its colorful characters and sense of adventure, and the show’s humor and interactive style will sweep them away on imaginative journeys along with Jake and his gang. For parents, the real treasure can be found in how the show blends positive social messages about getting along with others and solving problems into the stories. No interaction -- not even those between the kids and the meddlesome Captain Hook -- is wasted, as each one exemplifies respect and kindness, and the importance of teamwork to achieve a goal is the dominant theme.
What’s more, kids are encouraged to take an active role in each story, from singing along with the pirate band to tallying the doubloons the characters earn with each problem solved. They’re made to feel part of the team, complete with a sense of accomplishment about a job well done at the end -- and you’ll feel good knowing that the messages they’re getting from this show are happy ones.
Explore, discuss, enjoy
Families can talk about friendship. How do Jake, Izzy, and Cubby treat each other? How can you tell that they’re friends? Do they act differently around Captain Hook? Why or why not? How do these characters compare to those you see in other series?
How did the pirates demonstrate teamwork? What talents or skills does each friend bring to the group? What are your special talents? How do they set you apart from your friends? What talents do you admire in your friends?
Kids: What do you treasure? Why are these things important to you? Besides tangible objects, what do you love? How would you feel if you lost a precious item?
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Parent of 3 and 4 year old
April 26, 2011
AGE
Some questionable themes but not horrible.
A few concerns with this show -- first of all, what is Disney's obsession with Pirates? For some reason it's princesses for girls and pirates for boys. Strange. Pirates are horrible role models to begin with. My boys like Peter Pan though, and are a bit confused with how this show relates to the movie. We have only watched it a few times since we don't have Disney channel, but aside from the Pirate concerns, I did not like how it was focused on money, ie the 'Dabloons'. My kids picked up on that right away and were incorporating it into their play. I found that a bit disconcerting. It's not a horrible show, but I would not watch this regularly. We are going to Disney World this year, but I do not want to reinforce Pirates as role models.
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Parent of 4 year old
April 9, 2011
AGE
I read the last two messages. Were these people ever children, that watched Tom and Jerry or Road Runner and Cyote? These are classics that don't teach us, but make us smile or laugh. Sometimes kids need just a fun cartoon. We as parents sometimes read to much into things, yes if they were cutting heads off and all that it would be different.
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Parent
June 15, 2011
AGE
Blinded while being too critical?
My almost 3 year old son loves this show and gets plenty of good laughs from it. He recognized the characters from Peter Pan and that instantly drew him in. There are times that I get to be Captain Hook and he is Jake, but more often than that we have to be on a pirate team together. We go out on nature walks with our treasure map and he loves counting the team's gold doubloons one by one which he was not at all good at when we first started watching. This, amongst other shows, is a show that I could be overly critical of but my son proves time and time again that being so critical blinds me to the valuable lessons that he notices and then shares with me. "...Jake and the Neverland pirates and... Oliver!" =)
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Kid, 10 years old
March 23, 2011
AGE
Nothing good about this show!
LAME!!! Pirate shows are sussposed to be boring and bad role models, and does anybody realize those bad guy pirates are from peter pan!!!
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Teen, 13 years old
April 30, 2011
AGE
This is the most coolest show ever!
I never did watch this show much. Just saw the ads and a little bit of an episode. Though I love tropical islands and pirates and a show about all this now makes me want to watch it. I know its for preschoolers,but I like this stuff so I will think of watching an episode. I never knew that a show about pirates would come and I can't wait to watch it!
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Parent of 3 and 4 year old
February 16, 2011
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Not positive message-especially for girls
Not a good show. Watched one episode where Jake and friends find a skateboard. Jake hogs use of skateboard making Izzy and Cubby sad, voicing they "wish they could get a turn!" Instead of any message/comment that Jake is not being nice and should let his friends have a turn, Captain Hook steals skateboard, it is retrieved, and THEN the other kids get a turn (no mention of Jake's hogging). Strange-as a lesson was there to be taught and it wasn't. The rest of the time is spent with Jake telling his friends what to do and. . . they do what he says. Nice role model and message for my girls (NOT). The tallest boy is the leader and girls (and the little round faced boy) obey the leader.
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Kid, 11 years old
October 10, 2011
AGE
NO GOOD
My little sister and cousin love this show.I don't really like it.They say things like,"Yay Hay Hooray!".There was this one episode with a singing dancing flower. Same story line EVERY time! Captain Hook and Smee steal an item from them and they get it back.And since when have pirates been good role models?Never as far as I know.I would definitely not recommend this.
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Kid, 10 years old
April 17, 2011
AGE
It's...
sometimes pointless, but I will say, it cans ometimes teach you to not be selfish and be nice to your friends. Peter pan is mentioned, and Caption Hook and Smee are from Peter Pan. :33 So consumerism is involved. More intended to entertain then educate, but it had positive role models.
But the pirates scared my cousin, so in a way it might be scary to young kids
I think the "Gold Dabloons" thing wasn't needed and is annoying. "We got __ got dabloons! Lets GRAB EM AND GO!"
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Parent of 3 year old
February 24, 2011
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Show needs to be canceled
This show is terrible. My kids are sick and tired of pirate shows. Pirates are not good role models. There is no educational value. Show needs to be canceled.
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Teen, 13 years old
October 28, 2011
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Read
Change Rated: TV-Y7 FV for pratfalls and swords but not extreme
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| Topics: | adventures, friendship, great boy role models, great girl role models, music and sing-along, pirates |
| TV rating: | TV-Y |
| Network: | Disney Channel |
| Cast: | Colin Ford, Corey Burton, Madison Pettis |
| Genre: | Kids' Animation |
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