TV series -- 2020 -- Netflix
Trash Truck
Glen Keane's series follows six-year-old Hank and his best friend: a giant talking trash truck. The first episode is about friendship and wanting to fly. Loud vehicle sounds and the truck's size are the main load. Netflix AU may list this as Giant Jack in some views; we keep the title Trash Truck.
Parental guidance to 5 (loud truck sounds); ok from 6.
- Not suitable
- Parental guidance
- Ok
GentleGuide scale for sensitive kids. Not an ACCM or Classification Board rating.
About this title
- Classification
- G
- Length
- About 12 min per episode
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Before you press play
Warm, hand-drawn friendship between a small boy and a huge, gentle truck. The first episode is about wishing you could do something you were not built for. The load is engine noise, scale, and a short 'what if we fall' try -- not meanness.
- A giant vehicle friend
- Wanting to fly
- Loud truck sounds
- Friends helping
What may feel big
The truck fills the frame. Engines, beeps, and metal sounds can startle. Learning he cannot fly is a real let-down. The flying try has a brief lift-and-drop. Night and getting lost show up more in later episodes; this one is sound, size, and disappointment.
4-6. Preview with volume down if real trucks are already a lot. Sit together for the size and the sad 'I cannot fly' beat.
7-9. Usually easy. The engine can still be sharp; the feelings are familiar rather than scary.
10-12. Fine as a younger-sibling watch. Nothing here is meant to linger at bedtime besides a loud vehicle memory.
Triggers in this guide
Counts are how often that theme shows up in the notes -- not when it happens.
- Sadness 1
- Separation 1
- Scary Imagery 1
- Loud Noises 1