Spidey & friends not suitable for Cbeebies

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Saw the advert and I'm not impressed. They look too weird and scary for young toddlers. The eyes are WEIRD

Oh god I had forgotten about that one 😱

DD used to be afraid of elephants, if we watched an episode of Peppa when Emily or Edmund Elephant trumpeted she would howl in terror. Somebody bought us one of those big books you press buttons for sounds to match the story, it was a jungle themed one and had an elephant sound, had to hide the book in the airing cupboard.

My nearly three year old loves it and has never found it creepy. It’s kids vs kids, with very low stakes (it’s nearly always “the park is in trouble!”) and no one ever gets hurt.

Honestly, a lot of the kid stuff CBeebies make themselves is much more objectively creepy - just sit and watch a few episodes of In The Night Garden.

Seen it All on disney plus there is literally nothing concerning about it
Have you ever seen baby Jake? Now that's terrifying

My DS hates school of roars because the orange monster that pops up mid episode and shouts roar scares him.

We simply just don't watch it...

I don't think Spider-Man scares most kids though.

My 5 year old is and always has been scared of Peter rabbit however he wants to watch any starwars that I’ll allow. He’s not scared by them! 3 year old has been scared by Dennis the meanace but that’s all. Who knows what your kid will find scary just switch it off won’t do them any harm not watching!

It's got a banging theme tune though. Whoooah whoah whoah ah ah!

My nearly 5yo is terrified of Peter Rabbit especially Tommy Brock and Mr McGregor, she often watches it from behind a cushion. No one complains about that.

Seconded for the banging fall out boy theme tune

It's basically rebadged PJ masks. GG/doc oc are children doing watered down bad guy things with a 'lesson' every episode and it's all very much toddler friendly.
My 2yo loves it, he watched an episode earlier then broke out his spidey and friends duplo. As far as I can tell he's not traumatised by the big eyes

Have you seen the episode of In the Night Garden where the Tombliboos get hammered on the special pinky ponk juice? That is definitely not for children!

yep! He also looked pissed as almost fell when he turned around 😂

Spiderman has been popular for years and their faces aren't that different so I'd say they are fine for Cbeebies.

My son was terrified of the statues in the zingzillas. He'd freak out when they were on. I can't say I was too keen on them myself.

Wow, never thought Cbeebies would show a Marvel programme! I haven't seen it but will check it out to form an opinion on the suitability. Sounds like there'll be lots of diversity - Ms Marvel (South Asian) and Black Panther (African) are listed as allies on the Wikipedia page.

My 3 year old begs to watch Goosebumps and the anime show Haunted House, so Spidey on Cbeebies is the least of my worries.

My 2 year old loves it. It’s much more appropriate than the regular spiderman cartoons

Don't put it on for your child then. Choose another channel

Crikey nothing could be worse than Moon Baby! The Collywobble thing and Sleepy Dildo or whatever it is. It's nightmarish!

Never mind the kids, I found the Numberjacks baddies terrifying!

One of mine loved ITNG. Until the episode where Mr Pontipine's moustache flew off. For some reason it absolutely terrified him and he would scream whenever he saw ITNG again. Including when he saw the toys I'd bought him. Which was great.

God yeah and that little lambkin thing jumping randomly and stiffly into the air.

and the creepy ‘Pepppeeyyy nannnnnna’ to summon them all!

Mr onion….onion, onion…… <shudder>

My 4 year old also loves Spidey and friends. His favourite is Ghost Spider (the female one).

It's the toddler friendly version! Not violent and 'friendlier' versions of the characters. My 4 year old loves it.
It is nothing like the usual Spider-Man, and they all go home to Spidey's mum at the end! 😆
It's no different to plenty of other children's programs.
I know which version I'd rather my child watch.

My daughter was terrified of the pinky ponk and the big balloons on Night Garden when she was little. Would run out if the room if they came on. You can’t always predict what toddlers will get freaked out by!

As soon as I heard this was coming to cbeebies I knew there would be an outraged thread on MN

We're the mean parents who restrict to cbeebies so my four year old is delighted. I can't see the problem.

My 2 year old loves it! Nothing is as scary as in the night garden, makes me feel like I've taken drugs watching that show.

Turn off the tv if you consider it "too scary" 🙄