ABE Toons (http://abetoons.com)
common sense media says
Hilarious but edgy animated shorts mix funny and iffy stuff.
parents & educators say
What parents need to know
Parents need to know that as the site itself warns, ABE Toons contains some pretty twisted stuff. Some of the animated shorts collected here make Starz Media's best-known creation, The Simpsons, look like child's play. In fact, the least offensive cartoons, a series by animator Jennifer Shiman called 30-Second Bunnies, depicts sex scenes from Borat and decapitations from 30 Days of Night. Adult fans will find it hilarious. Kids will need an adult chaperone.
Educational value:
The site challenges young animators to enter a 2- to six-minute video in the ABE Toons Talent Search, a cartooning contest that will close Aug. 9, 2009. The grand prize winner will get $4,000 and a chance to produce a network cartoon series.
Violence:
Not all of the site's animated shorts are violent. However, more than a few feature significant carnage, ranging from the heavy comic-book-style fighting of Hellboy to Monty Pythonesque amputated limbs to shocking Itchy and Scratchy-like decapitations and spurting blood. Child abuse is hinted at and in one bizarre segment, a cartoon Adam Sandler gives another character an unwanted circumcision.
Sex:
Sex is a frequent theme, especially in the space spoof Tripping the Rift, which features the gay planet Fabulous Heaven. Suggestive shadow puppetry with a sausage, mice having sex with hand puppets, bunnies reenacting Brokeback Mountain and brief full-frontal female nudity also make an appearance.
Language:
Most of the harsh language occurs in The Pitch, a series of shorts in which a producer and various cartoon celebrities pepper their conversations with "Jesus Christ" and "motherf--king".
Consumerism:
Fairly ad heavy -- most pages have one or two flashing banners at the top, down the side or along the bottom -- with some adult themes. One dating site ad features a busty blonde. Most annoying: a persistent 15-second pop-out video ad for the Coraline DVD.
Drinking, drugs, & smoking:
Not romanticized, but present. One of the few drug references is a naked woman on all fours with a strategically inserted hose who is smoking crack, literally.
Privacy & safety:
Registration’s not necessary to watch any of the animations. However, kids who want to enter the ABEToons Talent Search contest must be at least 13 years old and provide an email address.
There are no controls for parents.
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justin bohannon
teen, 17 years old
teen, 17 years old
It is alright but their is a bunch of things that 14 and 15 year old's should not see or here so I would say it would be alright if only 18 and up cause they are more mutur and won't over do it or get carryed away and go say things that will get them in trouble at school or do things that will get them in trouble at school. That the way it should be.
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