Content guide
Preview first — about 10+
Bob's Burgers S12 E17, “The Spider House Rules”, scores 3/5 for violence, 2/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 3/5 — Preview first — about 10+. Louise befriends a house spider and hides it in her room after Linda and Bob tell her to remove it from the apartment. Meanwhile, Bob tries to make a friend outside of the people that come to the restaurant.
Across the episode we counted 8 flagged moments in 4 themes: Sex & hookups (1); Nudity & bodies (1); Violence & injury (3); Alcohol & drugs (3). Every moment below is either a direct quote from the episode transcript or a short description of what happens on screen, so you can decide before you press play.
Parents need to know
Age 10+Violence, sex talk, drinking in animation.
Parents need to know that Bob's Burgers S12 E17, "The Spider House Rules", is a animation episode. Sits in the gray area mainly on violence & injury (explicit, in dialogue). Violence includes Does this make us accomplices to murder? Now I'll never be able to run for Congress!…. Sexual content is mild but includes Any chance you guys enjoy sleeping with spiders over your head? No? Okay. Phoebe,…; I don't know about you, but I'm about to start wearing my bathing suit bottoms for…. Some mild language appears in the dialogue. Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — Hi. I'll take a beer. Every flagged moment below is a direct quote from the transcript or a short description of what happens on screen.
Watch for — every moment, theme by theme
Sex & hookups 1 moment
How Sex & hookups shows up in Bob's Burgers S12 E17:
- Any chance you guys enjoy sleeping with spiders over your head? No? Okay. Phoebe, Charlotte's Web time.
Nudity & bodies 1 moment
How Nudity & bodies shows up in Bob's Burgers S12 E17:
- I don't know about you, but I'm about to start wearing my bathing suit bottoms for underwear.
Violence & injury 3 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Bob's Burgers S12 E17:
- Does this make us accomplices to murder? Now I'll never be able to run for Congress! You've been getting so many text messages your little phone's gonna be sore.
of bugs for you to murder.
- He says, "I'm sorry. The sandwich was a disaster. " There was blood everywhere.
Alcohol & drugs 3 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Bob's Burgers S12 E17:
- Hi. I'll take a beer.
- Louise, no. We-we don't give her beer.
- A bottle of wine would be a nice send-off gesture.
Watch With The Kids · Your kids — your rules! · Informal parent guidance, not an official rating.