Growing Pains introduces new perspectives on the young apes’ emotional development, as they navigate the stages of growing up. The orangutan students must master all survival skills while on their journey through the curriculum, and that’s on top of the awkwardness of puberty. Dilla’s future changes unexpectedly when she falls pregnant, jeopardising the progress she had made. Meanwhile, Clara and her daughter Clarita face the ultimate transition, a release into the wild. Big Boy Beni struggles with his own ‘growing pains’ as he’s put on an urgent diet.