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Wolverine and the X-Men

  • Is it age appropriate?

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 5, age appropriate for kids over 8; suggested age 8.
  • Is it any good?

    4.0
  • Common Sense says

    Fun action series for kids has enough depth for older fans.

Themes in this show include:   revenge

Why We Rated This on for Ages 8 and Up

The good stuff

  • Educational value:

    The series is designed to entertain, not educate.
  • Messages:

    Fairly complex messages for a kids' cartoon, touching on issues including injustice and discrimination. The government has declared mutants a menace and is hunting them down; those who've managed to avoid being imprisoned are living underground or in exile. While the X-Men hope to find a way for humans and mutants to peacefully coexist, other mutants have taken a much more confrontational approach -- particularly the Brotherhood, which advocates terrorist-style attacks against both anti-mutant government officials and the Mutant Response Division, a military unit charged with capturing people with super powers.
  • Role models:

    While the heroic X-Men are clearly the good guys, the "bad" mutants are a less easily defined bunch -- they conduct terrorist-style attacks, but they think they're doing it for the right reasons.
 

What to watch out for

  • Violence & scariness:

    Lots of animated action featuring blasters, super-powered fistfights, energy beams, and other weapons. Buildings, vehicles, and other objects are often destroyed, but people are rarely injured.
  • Sexy stuff:

    No sex or nudity, though some of the female heroes wear revealing/tight costumes.
  • Language:

    Not an issue.
  • Consumerism:

    No commercial content within the series, but there's plenty of X-Men merchandise available for fans to purchase.
  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    Not an issue.
 

What Parents Need to Know

About Wolverine and the X-Men

Parents need to know that this chapter in the popular X-Men saga focuses specifically on the conflict between mutants -- people who've developed superpowers -- and the humans who fear them. Though it's aimed at kids and is age-appropriate for tweens overall, the series has a lot of depth and covers some fairly complex, adult themes (injustice, discrimination, fear of those who are different, etc.). Expect plenty of cartoon violence -- although, as in most animated shows, hardly anyone actually gets hurt.

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Families Can Talk About

  • Families can talk about whether cartoon violence has the same impact as live-action violence. Why or why not? 
  • In the show, mutants have been declared criminals simply because they're mutants. Is that fair? Are the show's anti-mutant laws similar to any real-life laws -- either now or in the past?
  • Some of the mutants actually are criminals; do you think that's because of the laws against them? Or do some mutants choose to become criminals just as some regular people do?

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  1. I rate this title iffy for age 3 and give it 4.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence

    • My highlights are:
    • Educational
    • Positive messages
    • Good role models

    awesome show ok it has a little violence that might upset little kids but nothing so bad that young ones cant watch it

  2. Kid Reviewer Age 12
    Lives in Washington
    I rate this title on for age 5 and give it 5.0

    the best Xmen show

    great xmen show

  3. Kid Reviewer Age 11
    Lives in Tennessee
    I rate this title on for age 6 and give it 4.0

    the best x-men show

    i'e wached every ( or alomost) every episode i loved them all a bit of villence such as super power fights gun fire the x-men fight mutants, mrd, and robots no one is ever killed

  4. Kid Reviewer Age 10
    Lives in New York
    I rate this title on for age 3 and give it 5.0

    Great show.

    Truly entertaining, plus it teaches kids about the horror of racism.

  5. Teen Reviewer Age 15
    Lives in New York
    I rate this title on for age 8 and give it 4.0

    Okay animation.

    In my opinion, although not as good as X-men Evolution, it IS better than the iriginal. Plus, Emma appears.

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