 | ON: Content is age-appropriate for kids this age. |
 | PAUSE: Know your child; some content may not be right for some kids. |
 | OFF: Not age-appropriate for kids this age. |
 | NOT FOR KIDS: Not appropriate for kids any age. |
Trollz
- UPN
- Genre: Kids' Animation
Common Sense Media says
Vapid kids' cartoon is trolling for toy buyers.
Parents say
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that the main characters of this vapid cartoon series are five teenage girl trolls who spend most of their time battling evil and obsessing about boy trolls. There are few, if any, positive social messages here, with the exception of valuing friendship. Negative words like "dumb" and "loser" are use frequently.
What's the story?
Set in a magical-yet-contemporary world of fairy-tale creatures, TROLLZ follows the adventures of five teenage troll girls. Ruby, Amethyst, Sapphire, Topaz, and Onyx are the BFFL crew (Best Friends for Life). They spend their days in Trollzopolis hanging out at the mall and "kicking evil butt" with their magical Troll Gems. Their nemesis, Simon (a gremlin), wants to capture the BFFL's magic powers so that he can take over Trollzopolis. Battles ensue, but not before the gals deal with their own teen challenges, including crushes, pimples, popularity, and, oh yeah -- school.
Is it any good?
It's difficult to find any redeeming qualities in Trollz. Not only does it seem to exist purely to market a toy line, but it also lacks any educational or meaningful substance. Outside of maintaining their friendship, the only real concerns these Trollz have are hanging out, shopping, and obsessing over boys. Their language is also noticeably negative. Peppered among all of the slang are a lot of words like "loser" and "freak."
Even though it's not violent or scary, Trollz, like Bratz, isn't recommended for kids under 8. It's obviously targeting young children's natural aspirations to be older, then "fulfilling" that desire through shallow teen characters who only exist to sell products.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about what the series' agenda is. Since the whole show is based on a toy line, this might be a good opportunity for parents to educate their kids about how some series are pretty much just product marketing vehicles. What is this show trying to suggest to viewers? What methods are they using to sell their products? How does this program compare to other kids' shows?
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Why does everyone hate it?
Geeze, I didn't know this show was bad enough for even common sense media to put it as OFF, I've seen MUCH worse shows that are still in the green zone. I think its cute and I personally like the show, I highly doubt it would affect a child at all, its not that horrible. Although I'd suggest clothes that aren't tang-tops and mini skirts, but nothing is revealing, what is there to reveal? They're pretty much flatchested.
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I don't know why everybody hates it!!!! I love it! There are some outfit's that other parent's might think are not okay, but nothing too sexy. There are some scary scenes with magic, but for kids over 9, that's not a problem! I rate it iffy, because there are alot of parents that don't like stuff like Bratz, but I have no problem with my kid's watching it! We have a Trollz doll too! I also love the positive message of friendship!!!
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Kid, 12 years old
March 19, 2011
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LOL u said trolling
TROLLING TROLLING TROLLING
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Kid, 12 years old
October 27, 2010
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A Funny Show For Young Girls!
iffy for kids under 3.
A troll is someone who posts inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room, or blog, with the primary intent of provoking other users into a desired emotional response[1] or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion.[2] In addition to the offending poster, the noun troll can also refer to the provocative message itself, as in "that was an excellent troll you posted". While the term troll and its associated action trolling are primarily associated with Internet discourse, media attention in recent years has made such labels highly subjective, with trolling being used to describe intentionally provocative actions outside of an online context. For example, recent media accounts have used the term troll to describe "a person who defaces internet tribute sites with the aim of causing grief to families."[3][4] or circulate and move around
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off- under 9 iffy- 9-18 on- 19 and older
UPN is where to watch this show
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Kid, 12 years old
July 9, 2010
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Trollz the Show is not for kids 9 and under and the Site is the worst.
the word "dic" is showing. like "dic here" for an example bad word instead of "click here". The Shortname for '"Richard" is "dic(and the word should not be used)". it is now rated PG-13.
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Kid, 1 year old
July 4, 2010
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Parents need to know
Parents need to know that this have forgotton a TV-PG rating, it features it's not TV-Y7 or TV-G, which CSM doesn't recommend for kids under 9. 18 is ok.
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i might have lost 8 IQ points watching this
i am a boy. yes i am. i am 10. but i think girls should not watch this.
the show is about these 5 little girls AKA:"trolls" who love going to the mall. and have really big hair. the hair is okay. but the show is just a big long advertisement for trollz dolls and going to the shopping mall like most stereotypical girls. but..is it any good?? no.
its boring stereotypical and just..not good to watch.
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Fashion, Fun, Friendship and Fantasy = the Trollz
The basis is a group of young teen Troll girls who go through normal teen issues while also going through the trials and tribulations of being magical creatures who fight the "dark side" with their magic. Each of the main girls has a very different personality and therefore lots of social situations can be explored. My daughter decided that being the "bossy, self-absorbed Ruby" was not who she wanted to be...she really identifies with Amythist who is more serious/studious.
Although this show could give examples of how to behave inappropriately, it is really about learning to deal with individual personalities in friendships.
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blah blah blah
not to be rude i just want to say this one thing this show is so like bratz
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| Topics: | magic and fantasy |
| TV rating: | TV-Y7 |
| Network: | UPN |
| Cast: | Alexandra Carter, Jesse Moss, Mike Antonakos |
| Genre: | Kids' Animation |
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