Exploding Kittens
Exploding Kittens
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What this film brings
Content barometer
Violence
2/5
Moderate
Fear
1/5
Mild
Sexuality
2/5
Mild
Language
2/5
Moderate
Narrative complexity
1/5
Accessible
Adult themes
1/5
Mild
Expert review
Exploding Kittens is a 2024 Netflix animated series adapted from the popular card game, offering an absurd and surrealist comedy in which God and a spawn of Satan are sent to Earth as talking cats forced to cohabit with an ordinary human family. The story constantly plays on the cosmic conflict between good and evil, with religious references handled in a parodic way and recurring adult humor including innuendos, grotesque situations and occasionally crude language. These sensitive elements appear regularly throughout the series and form the very core of its comedic register, making it unsuitable for a young child audience despite its cartoonish appearance. Parents are encouraged to watch a few episodes beforehand to assess compatibility with their child's sensibility, and to reserve this series for teenagers who can appreciate offbeat humor that disrespects religious conventions and is consistently irreverent.
Synopsis
It's the ultimate fight between good and evil when God and his nemesis, the spawn of Satan, are sent to Earth to live with humans — as talking cats.
Difficult scenes
Throughout the series, God is depicted as a capricious, vain and sometimes incompetent character, while the spawn of Satan is often presented as charming or likeable. This inversion of religious conventions, treated in an absurd comedy style, may unsettle or shock children with a religious upbringing, or simply those who do not yet have the tools to decode parodic irony. The humor in the series frequently relies on sexual innuendos and implicitly risqué situations embedded in seemingly innocuous dialogue. These allusions are not made explicit visually but are present enough for teenagers to perceive them clearly, confirming that the register targets a more mature audience than it initially appears. Some episodes include scenes of heightened cartoon violence, with characters being launched, exploded or severely roughed up in an exaggerated burlesque style. While this violence remains stylized and without real narrative consequences, its frequency and intensity go beyond the innocent slapstick of early childhood and may surprise younger viewers. The language used by certain secondary characters or in comedic situations can include insults or inappropriate terms that, even without reaching extreme vulgarity, are clearly aimed at a teenage audience and do not meet the expectations of content intended for children.
Where to watch
Availability checked on Apr 03, 2026
About this title
- Format
- TV series
- Year
- 2024
- Countries
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
- Directed by
- Shane Kosakowski, Matthew Inman
- Main cast
- Tom Ellis, Ally Maki, Mark Proksch, Sasheer Zamata, Suzy Nakamura, Kenny Yates, Tom Kenny
- Studios
- Bandera Entertainment, Chernin Entertainment, Exploding Kittens, Chomp City
Content barometer
Violence
2/5
Moderate
Fear
1/5
Mild
Sexuality
2/5
Mild
Language
2/5
Moderate
Narrative complexity
1/5
Accessible
Adult themes
1/5
Mild
Expert review
Exploding Kittens is a 2024 Netflix animated series adapted from the popular card game, offering an absurd and surrealist comedy in which God and a spawn of Satan are sent to Earth as talking cats forced to cohabit with an ordinary human family. The story constantly plays on the cosmic conflict between good and evil, with religious references handled in a parodic way and recurring adult humor including innuendos, grotesque situations and occasionally crude language. These sensitive elements appear regularly throughout the series and form the very core of its comedic register, making it unsuitable for a young child audience despite its cartoonish appearance. Parents are encouraged to watch a few episodes beforehand to assess compatibility with their child's sensibility, and to reserve this series for teenagers who can appreciate offbeat humor that disrespects religious conventions and is consistently irreverent.
Synopsis
It's the ultimate fight between good and evil when God and his nemesis, the spawn of Satan, are sent to Earth to live with humans — as talking cats.
Difficult scenes
Throughout the series, God is depicted as a capricious, vain and sometimes incompetent character, while the spawn of Satan is often presented as charming or likeable. This inversion of religious conventions, treated in an absurd comedy style, may unsettle or shock children with a religious upbringing, or simply those who do not yet have the tools to decode parodic irony. The humor in the series frequently relies on sexual innuendos and implicitly risqué situations embedded in seemingly innocuous dialogue. These allusions are not made explicit visually but are present enough for teenagers to perceive them clearly, confirming that the register targets a more mature audience than it initially appears. Some episodes include scenes of heightened cartoon violence, with characters being launched, exploded or severely roughed up in an exaggerated burlesque style. While this violence remains stylized and without real narrative consequences, its frequency and intensity go beyond the innocent slapstick of early childhood and may surprise younger viewers. The language used by certain secondary characters or in comedic situations can include insults or inappropriate terms that, even without reaching extreme vulgarity, are clearly aimed at a teenage audience and do not meet the expectations of content intended for children.