The Pineapple Incident
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How I Met Your Mother

Is How I Met Your Mother S1 E10 OK for kids?

The Pineapple Incident

After Ted overdoes it during a night out on the town, his friends help him to put together the pieces of his antics the next morning.

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Netflix, HBO or Disney+ — catalogs differ by country.

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Content guide

👊 Violence
💋 Sex
🙊 Language
⭐ Overall

Preview first — about 12+

How I Met Your Mother S1 E10, “The Pineapple Incident”, scores 2/5 for violence, 1/5 for sex and 3/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 3/5 — Preview first — about 12+. After Ted overdoes it during a night out on the town, his friends help him to put together the pieces of his antics the next morning.

Across the episode we counted 14 flagged moments in 4 themes: Nudity & bodies (2); Violence & injury (2); Swearing (6); Alcohol & drugs (4). 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.

Watch for — every moment, theme by theme

Nudity & bodies 2 moments

How Nudity & bodies shows up in How I Met Your Mother S1 E10:

  • She's like half boob.
  • It happened with half boob.

Violence & injury 2 moments

How Violence & injury shows up in How I Met Your Mother S1 E10:

  • These look kind of like blood.
  • After I hosed you down with the beverage gun, I brought you back here.

Swearing 6 moments

How Swearing shows up in How I Met Your Mother S1 E10:

  • And how'd you guys like the shots? - I drank all five, bitch! - I love drunk Ted.
  • What the hell happened last night? You really don't remember, super brain? So, Uncle Marshall and Aunt Lily filled me in.
  • No dibs! (STUTTERING) No Oh, damn it! How quickly you all forget! I haven't puked since high school.
  • What the hell happened to my jacket? - Whoa.
  • Crap! Wait, this is killing me.
  • Damn it, Trudy! What about the pineapple? Sorry, sorry, sorry.

Alcohol & drugs 4 moments

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in How I Met Your Mother S1 E10:

  • That's the whole point of getting drunk.
  • (SINGING) I love everyone in this bar! And we love you, drunk Ted! Ted? Well, that explains the ankle.
  • We're drunk.
  • You turn off your brain for a night, and all you're left with the next day is a bad hangover, a sprained ankle and a pineapple.

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