NFL Rush Zone
- Network: Nicktoons
- Genre: Kids' Animation
Common Sense Media says
Positive messages, but markets NFL and teams to kids.
- Network: Nicktoons
- Genre: Kids' Animation
What parents need to know
Educational value
Positive role models
Violence & scariness
Sexy stuff
Language
Consumerism
Drinking, drugs, & smoking
Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that NFL Rush Zone is heavily laden in advertising for the National Football League, its teams, and its star players, some of whom lend their voices to animated versions of themselves. The characters wear team jerseys and hang team posters in their rooms, they visit various stadiums to thwart villains who break in, and star players like John Harbaugh and Drew Brees lend their likenesses and their voices to the cast. What's more, each episode also includes a lengthy highlight reel for each player guest, contributing the commercial-like feel of the NFL-sponsored show. Expect some cartoon violence (blasters, robot dismemberment, sound wave manipulation, etc.) in clashes between the robot villains and the young heroes, with no ill effects on the teens' side. Each episode also touts positive character traits like responsibility and consideration of others' feelings.
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What's the story?
NFL RUSH ZONE is an animated series about Ish (voiced by Malachi Cohen), a football fan who's endowed with the special powers of a guardian and tasked with protecting items sacred to the NFL and its teams. The first season centered on Ish's efforts to safeguard team shards from a villain named Sudden Death; the second saw an older Ish team up with new guardians to stop Wild Card (Troy Baker) from claiming power sources called Megacores from each of the NFL's stadiums. Joining Ish are Marty (Andy Aragon), Troy (Johnny Bosch), Tua (Ogie Banks), and a former adversary, Ash (Nika Futterman). Together these teens are the first line of defense between the Megacores and Wild Card's diabolical scheme to control them.
Is it any good?
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NFL Rush Zone is a joint project between the NFL and Nickelodeon, a pairing unexpected enough that it begs questions about the purpose behind it and the products it manufactures. The show is geared toward kids, some of whom may already know their way around a football game and a favorite NFL team, but plenty others of whom probably don't. If NFL and Nickelodeon have anything to do with it, though, that will change, and the show will inspire not so much an affection for the game as a burning desire to lay claim to the colorful brand logos on parade throughout the series.
Of course, kids who are already fans of the league and its teams will really enjoy how the show incorporates its guest stars, and the good news is that they play a big role in illustrating some worthwhile messages about relationships and personal responsibility. But the real kicker? The show devotes too much time to pushing the NFL brand that the actual storyline gets lost in the shuffle.
Families can talk about...
Families can talk about how the media influences our buying and viewing habits. Kids: Are you more inclined to watch the NFL after seeing this show? What products do you see promoted in commercials? How do they make them seem desirable?
Kids: How would you define a hero? Which people in your life are your role models? What characteristics do you particularly admire in them?
TV details
| Cast: | Malachi Cohen, Ogie Banks, Troy Baker |
| Network: | Nicktoons |
| Genre: | Kids' Animation |
| Topics: | Sports and martial arts, Superheroes |
| TV rating: | TV-Y7-FV |
| Available on: | Streaming |
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Nicktoons could do better....
I hated everything about the show! The story is pathetic, even though it is totally fiction, since when did football teams ever get their "Power" from Megacores? And the fate of the world rests on the shoulders of KIDS!! And "Wild Card" just wants to destroy the sport because he was never good at it? Talk about BABY! Can't he just put his past behind him and JUST GET OVER IT?! In MY opinion, there were people who lived long and happy lives without football, so I don't really see why the guardians have to defend it, and technically, How could you destroy football anyway? So... In conclusion, NFL Rush Zone is simply an offense against fans of the sport.
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gay and bad!
Vistor - (looks at NFL Rush Zone poster) Very good Nicktoons! You have created one of the worst shows i have ever seen! Can i help you with taking this show off the air?
Nicktoons President - No.
What other families should know
Too much violence
Too much consumerism
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Plainly weird
It's just crazy weird. The animation is creepy, the villain is such a whiny baby, and the heroes... aren't even real heroes. COME ON NICKELODEON! LOOK BACK TO ALL YOUR AWESOME SHOWS AND MAKE ONE AS AWESOME AS SPONGEBOB! WE NEED ONE RIGHT HERE IN THE UPCOMING YEAR OF 2015! DON'T DISAPPOINT US AND MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE YOU MADE IN 2014!
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Too much consumerism
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