I AM GROOT Season Two
Cute five-minute vignettes of a curious little tree.
Should You Watch It?
Here's the decision. This is a short, sweet Marvel diversion — five vignettes of about five minutes each, following Young Groot alone aboard the Guardians' spaceship as his childlike wonder gets him into one funny scrape after another. It's aimed squarely at children, and on its own small terms it works beautifully.
The caution is mild but real. Some episodes keep the "dark" humor of the Guardians movies: Groot causes property damage, a baby bird leaves colorful messes, and Groot even urinates off-screen in an alien temple. There's slapstick throughout. Nothing here is heavy, but the youngest viewers may pick up habits you'd rather they didn't.
So: if your family enjoys the Guardians and you'd like a bite-sized, largely gentle bit of animation, this is worth watching — just keep an eye on the little ones.
The Story
NO SPOILERS — WE KEEP THE SURPRISESSet between Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and Vol. 3, this second season leaves Young Groot — the beloved tree hero as a bipedal child — alone aboard the Guardians' spaceship while the rest of the team is nowhere in sight.
Across five short adventures, Groot travels the galaxy and meets strange alien creatures. He encounters alien birds, builds a snowman out of spacecraft metal, and experiences the sensation of smell for the first time. His curiosity, of course, tends to end in comical chaos.
Is It Any Good?
Three stars, and on the technical side this earns them handily. Unlike the PG-13 movies, I Am Groot is built to entertain young children, and it succeeds: the visuals are colorful, the slapstick comedy lands, and Young Groot's animation is genuinely charming. As a piece of craft, the review calls it a slam dunk.
What holds it back from higher marks isn't execution but scope. These are brief vignettes, diversions rather than a full story, and the moral weight is faint. Enjoy it for what it is — a well-made, good-natured trifle — and it delivers exactly what it promises.
The Worldview
This is a light diversion, and its moral worldview is faint rather than absent. Young Groot is curious but frequently acts out of self-interest — at one point he destroys a flying space ice cream truck just to grab a single ice cream bar. That impulse runs through much of his misbehavior.
But there are real slivers of goodness. In one episode Groot cares for an alien baby bird, teaches it to survive, and says goodbye as it returns to its flock — a tender, almost father-son bond and the season's warmest note. In the fifth episode, a powerful fifth-dimensional being called "the Watcher" tries to guide Groot through a dangerous pagan temple; Groot doesn't recognize him, but the Watcher's care guides him safely through the quest.
The series also carries pagan trappings — that alien temple and its prophecy — and keeps some of the "dark" humor of its source, including scatological gags and untold property damage. None of it is weighty, but it's worth naming.
Beneath the play sits a simple, good longing: to care for a small, helpless creature and set it free. Scripture points to the God who does the same for us: "Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father" (Matthew 10:29).
The Content Guide
The specifics — spoilers included by nature — so you can judge for your own family.
Dominant Worldview and Other Worldview Content/Elements
Light moral worldview stresses redemptive ideals when the title character creates an emotional bond with a baby alien bird that has a father-son dynamic, but the title character often acts out of self-interest and a powerful fifth dimensional space being guides the main character out of a perilous prophecy in a pagan alien temple
Foul Language
No foul language, but a baby bird emits colorful globs of bird feces, which the title character sometimes steps on
Violence
Light slapstick violence throughout, such as the title character scares off a flock of alien birds, the title character creates a killer snowman robot by accident, the title character shoots a space ice cream truck into pieces and gets arrested, the title character sweeps a cup of hot chocolate off a table because it’s too hot, and another character is heard off screen saying ouch, and the title character survives an ancient temple collapsing in on itself
Sex
No sex
Nudity
No nudity
Alcohol Use
No alcohol use
Smoking and/or Drug Use and Abuse
No smoking or drugs;
Miscellaneous Immorality
The title character wrecks a claw machine, takes some coins from the claw machine, vandalizes an ancient alien mural in a pagan temple, and urinates off screen in the temple.
Talk About It
Questions for the drive home, the dinner table, or the youth group.
Groot often acts to please himself — even destroying a whole ice cream truck for one treat. When has your own "just this once" cost more than you meant it to?
Philippians 2:3–4Groot cares for a baby bird, teaches it, and then lets it go home to its flock. What does it look like to love something well enough to release it?
Matthew 10:29–31The Watcher guides Groot safely even though Groot never recognizes him. How does God guide and protect us in ways we don't always notice?
Psalm 32:8Groot leaves messes and damage wherever he goes without much thought. Why does it matter how we treat other people's things and places?
Luke 16:10The Final Word
This is a charming little bite of Marvel animation — colorful, funny, and good-natured, with just enough warmth to matter. It also keeps some potty humor and slapstick from its rowdier source, so keep the youngest viewers close. Our answer stands: worth watching — a sweet few minutes for families who already love the Guardians.
