Parents' Guide to The Guava Juice Show

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Common Sense Media Review

Stephanie Morgan By Stephanie Morgan , based on child development research. How do we rate?

age 7+

Funny quests feature smarts, kindness, the multiverse.

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Why Age 7+?

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age 7+

Based on 3 parent reviews

What's the Story?

THE GUAVA JUICE SHOW follows the adventures of 14-year-old Roi (Roi Fabito) and his best friends, fearless fellow teen Jenny (Bethany Brown) and cautious personified fruit Guava (Adrian Petriw). The trio works at a mysterious curio shop and travels throughout the multiverse partaking in Indian Jones-esque adventures in Roi's magical bathtub.

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say ( 3 ):
Kids say : Not yet rated

This animated adventure series is refreshingly focused on confident, kind characters and pleasingly devoid of the usual drawbacks of most cartoons. Unlike many of its counterparts, The Guava Juice Show doesn't save its lessons for the last few minutes; instead it serves up themes of teamwork, perseverance, and kindness throughout its episodes. Humor is used throughout the show to keep engagement levels high and tensions low. The pace is fast so episodes do lack the type of singular central lesson that's easiest for younger viewers to grasp. The series is also threaded with subliminal plugs for the creator's YouTube channel via the characters repeated participation in challenges (e.g., the ice bucket challenge, a dance challenge, the hottest pepper challenge). Overall, though, this is a show parents will appreciate for its enduring positivity as well as its appeal to siblings of various ages.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about why the series features so many "challenges." Why would the creator want kids to be interested in doing challenges? How does it benefit him and his other YouTube channel?

  • How do Roi and Jenny use communication and empathy to deal with villains? What is the result?

  • Other movies and shows like Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse also refer to the multiverse. What is the multiverse? What do real scientists have to say about it?

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