Should I sit with them?

Plan to sit with them at least until 5. After that, many families can watch with a grown-up nearby rather than on the couch. The notes above say what happens. You know your child. This is not medical advice.

TV special -- 2020 -- Netflix

Octonauts & the Great Barrier Reef

Musical special, not the weekday episodes. Captain Barnacles, a polar bear, takes the crew to the Great Barrier Reef. Corey is a tiny coral polyp looking for a place to settle. Crown-of-thorns starfish arrive in a swarm to eat the coral. Songs, slime, pirate pies. The reef is the home they might have to leave.

Notes are based on public reviews and published descriptions.

Age

Not suitable
Parental guidance
Ok

GentleGuide scale for sensitive kids. Not an ACCM or Classification Board rating.

About this title

Classification: G
Length: 47 minutes

What to watch for

Moment: Corey, a tiny coral polyp, is looking for a place to settle on the Great Barrier Reef
Loud Noises: Barnacles sounds the Octo Alert
Scary Imagery: An army of crown-of-thorns starfish, spiky and poisonous, sings Tasty Reef -- they will eat the coral tonight
Peril: The crew holds the swarm: bubble filters, ink, snot sea cucumbers, pirate pies with coral slime so the starfish eat decoys instead

Timestamps

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00:08:00mild

Corey, a tiny coral polyp, is looking for a place to settle on the Great Barrier Reef. He is small beside everything. Captain Barnacles, a polar bear who leads the Octonauts, and the crew show him around.

Theme. A baby with no spot yet is a belonging story. Kids who hate not having a seat may lean in.

What to say. You might say: 'He is a baby coral looking for a home. They are going to help. We can skip if being tiny in a huge reef feels a lot.'

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