Animated DC villains drink, swear, and wreak bloody mayhem.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 15+?
Any Positive Content?
Violence & Scariness
a lot
Tons of cartoon blood and gore. Bodies are blown apart with lasers, guts fly everywhere. A character has two heads and one of them is grey and rotting. Golden Glider cuts people up with her ice skates, and blood spurts all over the place. There's a lot of violence but it's goofy, surreal, and played for laughs. Weapons shown include machine guns, along with more fantastical inventions like crackling whips that battle enormous kittens.
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A ton of explicit language: "hell," "damn," f--k" and its variants, "bitch," "s--t," and more. Characters flip each other the bird; someone tells Lex Luthor he looks like a "shaved ball sack."
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The series takes place in a bar, so there's a lot of drinking and some characters overdo it with their booze intake. A two-headed character is constantly seen chomping on a cigar.
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DC is a huge comics conglomerate with movies, toys, and lots of other merchandise available for purchase. Some brand names are mentioned here and there.
Diverse Representations
some
Several people of color make up the voice cast, including Janelle James as Queen of Fables and Stephanie Hsu as Golden Glider. Women are shown in positions of power. Same-sex relationships are treated matter-of-factly.
Unexpectedly sweet and tender moments among friends. Loyalty is a valued quality.
Positive Role Models
very little
Kite Man and Golden Glider may be aspiring villains, but they treat each other respectfully and have a lot of heart.
Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that Kite Man: Hell Yeah! is an over-the-top animated series about DC villains and a spin-off from the franchise's popular Harley Quinn show. Expect a lot of off-color humor, packed with foul language ("hell," "damn," f--k" and its variants, "bitch," "s--t," more) and sexual innuendo. The show is about supervillains, and fights break out often—they get extremely bloody and gross. The impact of the gore is somewhat lessened by being unrealistic cartoon violence intended to be funny, not scary.
There isn't many animated shows I actually wait for the day of the week to watch them. Kiteman hits alot of great points across the series. BANE absolutely hilarious. Loved the addition of Mal it was nice to a see a new rendition of something older from comics. All in all a great show lots of smiles. Love shooting for the underdog.
What's the Story?
KITE MAN: HELL YEAH!, a spin-off of DC's popular Harley Quinn animated series, gathers together D-list supervillains and throws them into a Cheers-inspired sitcom setting where hijinks ensue. Kite Man (Matt Oberg, Veep) is a fledgling villain with no actual superpowers, just a kite affixed to his shoulders, and a snappy sense of humor that's earned him a place hanging out with more naturally talented villains. These include his girlfriend, Golden Glider (Stephanie Hsu,The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), who dices folks up with her ice skates when she's not floating in the air exploding adversaries with her mind. The series follows the unlikely yet oddly cute couple as they try to keep their recently acquired dive bar afloat, an effort often resulting in felony-level crimes. They're surrounded by wacky customers and coworkers like the Queen of Fables (Janelle James, Abbott Elementary) and Malice Vunderbar (Natasha Demetriou, What We Do in the Shadows), while regularly fielding intrusions by more effective supervillains like Lex Luthor (Lance Reddick, The Wire).
While not for little ones, this zany, goofy, (cartoon) gore-blasted offbeat workplace comedy is an amusing watch. The animation style is pleasant and colorful, in line with what we've seen before in the Harley Quinn series that preceded it, and the voice cast is absolutely stellar. James Adomian in particular is a total crack-up as Bane, doing his best and silliest Tom Hardy-style pontificating as he sucks up to Kite Man for a job as the bar's bouncer. It's bloody and violent in the most ridiculous way, with risqué jokes and F-bombs flying around like the Man of Steel himself. It won't be for everyone, but Kite Man: Hell Yeah! is great fun for anyone into watching deeply weird underdogs having ill-advised adventures.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about the way this show portrays violence. Does the way violence is depicted change its impact on a viewer? Would the scenes included in this show come across differently if filmed in live-action rather than in cartoon form? Why do you think that is?
What do you think about the relationships depicted in this series? Is it really possible to be a villain but also a good friend to others? What draws Kite Man and Golden Glider together as a couple?
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