G1 season 3 suitability for my 5 yr old

[Gofigure]

Just after some info on those who have seen S3 onwards. I didn't as a kid and am currently nearing the end of the S2 run with my boy

At his age I'm skipping the 86 movie; he has a pretty strong attachment to prime and ironhide. I'm not going to sugar coat the world for him too much as he grows but I'm pretty reticent to have him see a parental type figure killed on his fave cartoon

In any case, what's season 3 like? Are there many references to the dead autobots? How is primes resurrection handled etc?

[Paulbot]

Dark Awakening, an episode set on the Autobot's graveyard complete with dead robot bodies falling out of coffins, and zombie Optimus might be a bit much. And there's several episodes where Starscream's ghost is the villain. Optimus' second resurrection is easier. You see him "die" at the start (heroic sacrifice and not as bad/obvious as TFTM) and then he comes back within 10 mins or so.

Otherwise it doesn't come up too much, apart from Rodimus living in the shadow of a great former leader. But is set in the future so there's new people in the jobs the characters he knows used to do.

But I don't have kids so can't give a full answer. I also don't think much of the season overall so it's been a long time since I watched it.

[GoktimusPrime]

My daughter's seen G1 eps since birth. Before she knew what death was, I used to explain it as "hurting," so when she saw Optimus Prime being killed off, I told her that he was in a lot of pain and couldn't get up. Now whenever she hears the "Death of Optimus Prime" music she refers to it as "Optimus Prime's hurt" music.

Rescue Bots is a great cartoon for young kids. No violence but still has reasonably good stories (considering the target audience) -- character developments and complication-resolutions.

[Skript]

I don't have kids, so I'll pass judgement on if it's ok or not but remember Flint Dilles commentary about the kid who locked himself in his bedroom after tftm.
Flint laughed and said Prime will be back, then killed, then back again..

[Paul Agnew]

Flint laughed and said Prime will be back, then killed, then back again..

....And then killed yet again in Headmasters. Poor Prime never did seem to catch a break.

[Sinnertwin]

....And then killed yet again in Headmasters. Poor Prime never did seem to catch a break.

And not once, but twice.
Once during a flashback from Four warriors come out of the sky & again in the episode the birth of the fantastic double convoy

[BigTransformerTrev]

Don't let your child watch the S3 ep 'Carnage in C-Minor'


There aren't any deaths, it's just a slaggin' awful episode!

[Sinnertwin]

Galvatron & Soundwave holding hands while they're flying is just the tip of the iceberg.
Trev's right, just skip it.

[Skript]

think next week I'm going to sit through season 3.
from my childhood, all I can remember is Springer riding Razorclaw with Razor mocking, "Careful Springer".

To me, thats Season 3...

[Paul Agnew]

And not once, but twice.
Once during a flashback from Four warriors come out of the sky & again in the episode the birth of the fantastic double convoy

What made his death all the more ironic during the flashback was that nobody else seemed to notice (let alone care) he was shot, turned blue-grey and simply stood there.