Spidey and His Amazing Friends – WISE Score & Parent Review | Screenwise

Spidey and His Amazing Friends

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show2021

62%

WISE Score

Preschool Spider-Man with training wheels—safe, wholesome, and about as exciting as watching paint dry in a Marvel costume.

Spidey and His Amazing Friends

show

TV-Y, 2021

62%

WISE Score

Preschool Spider-Man with training wheels—safe, wholesome, and about as exciting as watching paint dry in a Marvel costume.

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Screenwise Verdict

Look, if you've got a preschooler who's obsessed with Spider-Man, this exists and it won't rot their brain or give them nightmares. It's safe, it's wholesome, and it beats a lot of the YouTube garbage out there.

But let's be real: this is aggressively mediocre television. The 5.8 IMDb rating tells you everything—parents are suffering through this, not enjoying it. It's the TV equivalent of plain oatmeal: nutritious enough, but nobody's excited about it.

The teamwork messaging is fine, the characters are fine, the animation is fine. Everything is fine. And that's the problem—there's zero spark, zero creativity, zero reason for anyone over age 6 to engage with this. Even preschoolers might zone out.

If your kid demands it, sure, it's harmless. But don't feel bad about steering them toward literally anything else with a bit more imagination or entertainment value. This is Disney Junior checkbox content, nothing more.

Age Fit

Squarely aimed at 3-5 year olds who are obsessed with superheroes but too young for actual Marvel content. By age 6-7, most kids will have moved on to more complex superhero stories, and frankly, they should.

WISE Breakdown

Wholesome

Explicitly emphasizes teamwork, cooperation, and friendship as core themes. Age-appropriate superhero action for preschoolers with positive role models working together. Pacing is designed for young attention spans without being overly chaotic. Models problem-solving through collaboration rather than solo heroics.

Imaginative

Takes familiar Marvel characters and adapts them for preschoolers, which is a creative pivot, but the execution is formulaic Disney Junior fare. Episode structures are predictable and don't invite much creative thinking or exploration beyond passive viewing. It's superhero play-pretend packaged as a show rather than something that sparks genuine imagination or curiosity.

Safe

Common Sense Media rates it for age 4, and it's housed on Disney+ with kids mode available. Superhero action is extremely mild and cartoonish with no real peril, violence, or scary content. No inappropriate themes, and the preschool-targeted tone means everything is sanitized and predictable. IMDb 5.8 suggests it's bland rather than problematic.

Enriching

Heavy-handed lessons about teamwork and cooperation, but delivered with all the subtlety of a sledgehammer. Limited cognitive challenge or meaningful character development. It's educational in the most basic 'share with your friends' sense, but doesn't build skills, encourage critical thinking, or offer much beyond surface-level moral lessons. Entertainment value is middling—the 5.8 IMDb rating tells the story of parents enduring rather than enjoying.

Parent Info

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Why It Might Be Great

Introduces iconic Marvel characters in a genuinely age-appropriate way for the youngest superhero fans (ages 3-5)
Strong emphasis on teamwork, cooperation, and friendship without the usual preschool show condescension
Safe and predictable enough that you can zone out while they watch—no surprise scares or inappropriate content
Available on Disney+ with kids mode, so you're not worried about autoplay taking them somewhere weird

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What to Watch For

Extremely formulaic episodes that will test your sanity after the third viewing—kids love repetition, parents... not so much
The 5.8 IMDb rating isn't a typo—this is background noise television that even preschoolers might find boring
Zero creative spark or imagination required, just passive consumption of the same teamwork lesson 47 times

Conversation Starters

"How did Spidey and his friends work together to solve that problem? Could you do something like that with your friends?"
"Which superpower would you want if you could pick one? What would you use it for?"
"Why do you think they needed to be a team instead of doing it alone?"

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