Parents' Guide to

Chowder

By Emily Ashby, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 7+

Quirky 'toon serves up silly fun and potty humor.

TV Cartoon Network Kids' Animation 2007
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A Lot or a Little?

What you will—and won't—find in this TV show.

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Based on 23 parent reviews

Thecrust
Thecrust Adult
July 19, 2019
age 10+

Chowdah

My childhood was during the golden age of Cartoon Network and chowder was a highlight of my Thursday nights. Sure it has some gross out humor but you can look past it because it’s for kids and it’s funny. It’s nice to look back and watch it as an adult!

This title has:

Great messages
Great role models
danny800
danny800 Adult
April 5, 2019
age 14+

chowder is not for little kids

i think chowder is a amazing show but its not for little kids because it has lots of adult jokes like mung says we got to get it in the pucker hole and then theirs a rope with a bean attached it going into a black hole and the narrator tooth says now i know what youre thinking well stop it and pay attention to the story sickos and theirs episode where the tooth police are going to give chowder and mung a cavity search and snitzel makes a joke and mung gets aroused and chowder doesent get the joke and mung tells him youll understand when youre older chowder is stalked in a alley by the letter R chowder talks to a ice cream cone and says i like youre thinking mr cone and the cone says tell that to my wife and chowder and mung visit a place called the no tell motel and theirs some dark episodes like chowder thinking that gazpacho is a murderer and in the episode words like murder and killing are used and gazpacho cuts a tomato and leaves it on the screen to see the red dripping from it and miss endive thinks she killed mung by dropping a giant pie on him and tries to hide from the police and theirs a episode where gazpacho thinks he accidently killed chowder and he makes a new chowder out of meat and worries that mung and truffles will find out that he killed chowder and the meat chowder says oh theyll know with that being said i dont reccomend chowder for anyone under the age of 14

This title has:

Too much violence
Too much sex
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What's the Story?

CHOWDER follows the misadventures of a young chef's apprentice whose enthusiasm for his work can't overcome his obvious ineptitude for the job. A resident of the colorful and bizarre city of Marzipan, Chowder (voiced by Nicky Jones) is living out his dream, working under the watchful eye of master chef Mung Daal (Dwight Schultz) at his bustling catering company. It's Chowder's excitement that stands in the way of culinary success; he tends to get ahead of himself -- and Mung's instructions -- and often ends up cooking up more trouble than food. From accidentally poisoning a popular dish to leading himself and Mung into unfamiliar territory on a delivery run, there's no shortage of misadventure when young Chowder is around.

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say (23):
Kids say (69):

While Chowder offers plenty of tween-friendly silliness in its fantastical setting, outlandish characters, and surreal scenarios, it's clear that it aims strictly to entertain, not educate. Kids might not notice that there's little of substance here, but parents certainly will. The characters are shallow, the situations are unlikely, and there's impossibly little consequence to Chowder's constantly sub-par job performance. Plus, one young female character has an obsessive crush, and there's occasionally icky potty humor (body odor, vomiting, and the like).

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about the importance of doing a job well. Kids: What do you think of Chowder's performance in the kitchen? What often gets in the way of his doing a good job?

  • How does Chowder's mentor react when things get messed up? Does his reaction seem realistic?

  • Do any of the characters in this series act responsibly? Who are some of the most reliable people in your life? How does it feel to be able to rely on them?

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