Camp Lakebottom

Lots of exchanges between campers that cast fighting in a funny light. One boy uses an arsenal of shooters that hurl tennis balls, rolls of toilet paper, and mud clumps at his rivals. Electrocution, crashes, punching, and other physical contact is meant to be funny. There are some surprises and creepy characters, including a zombie whose appendages fall off and a sea leech who controls a victim's brain.

Name-calling like "pea brain" and "loser." Also, a main character's name is "Buttsquat," so you'll hear that a lot.

Parents need to know that Camp Lakebottom is set in a summer camp where monsters are in charge and there are few codes of conduct governing the campers, so there's little reality to be had in the stories. Kids will see campers pulling pranks on each other (itching powder, mud attacks, etc.), even among friends, and seeking out potentially worrisome adventures, all without consequences. Expect some surprises that might frighten very young kids, lots of bathroom humor, and cartoon violence in the forms of crashes, electrocution, and peltings from guns that shoot balls, toilet paper, and other unorthodox ammunition. Name-calling ("pea brain," "loser") is common, as are references to a character named "Buttsquat."