Zak Storm

Parents need to know that Zak Storm is about a teen boy who is accidentally hurled into a supernatural realm where he's a hero facing villains with magical powers. Viewers' chief concern will be the frequency and intensity of the cartoonish violence. There are talking skeletons that shoot laser guns, gigantic sea creatures with sharp teeth, and a living skeleton three times the size of our hero who fights with a sharp metal hook. Zak rides on a surfboard that flies through the air, dodging laser streams with ease, never falling off -- or, if he does, he's caught safely and not injured. He also has a talking magic sword and invulnerable armor; they allow him to win almost every fight. There's no sex (though talking sword Calabrass does emit the occasional mild innuendo), no drinking, and no cursing. There is a fair amount of rude language, like when one character gives a villain a "fart attack." Zak and the other heroic characters also frequently insult the show's villain's, calling them "mean and ugly," "a bag of bones," and "numbskull." Zak himself is charming and rather humble (he calls himself a "surf rat and internet wannabe") but he also lives in an almost entirely male world where the other characters frequently tell him how special and brave he is, despite the fact that his powers are bestowed by a magical amulet, not arising from any special qualities Zak has.