Content guide
Skip for under 13
How I Met Your Mother S1 E20, “Best Prom Ever”, scores 1/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 13.
Across the episode we counted 11 flagged moments in 4 themes: Sex & hookups (2); Porn / strippers / sex work (3); Alcohol & drugs (3); Sexual insults (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 13+Strip-club and porn references, sexual insults, sex talk in live-action sitcom.
Parents need to know that How I Met Your Mother S1 E20, "Best Prom Ever", is a live-action sitcom episode. The series is known for built around casual sex and bar life more than any show on this shelf. Driven by porn / strippers / sex work (explicit, in dialogue), with sexual insults alongside it. Sexual content is explicit — for example, At the wedding, do not sleep with anyone even remotely related to me; Stripper or strip-club material shows up in the plot. Some mild language appears in the dialogue. This episode includes sexual insults — for example, …(SHUSHING) Sweetie, just focus on one thing at a time, okay? Right now, you just have…. Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — Once you're married, if we go out, and you get so drunk you throw up, it'll be sad, but…. 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 2 moments
How Sex & hookups shows up in How I Met Your Mother S1 E20:
At the wedding, do not sleep with anyone even remotely related to me.
What'd she say? What'd she say? He lied and told me he broke up with his girlfriend to try to hook up with me.
Porn / strippers / sex work 3 moments
How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in How I Met Your Mother S1 E20:
- Stripper or strip-club material shows up in the plot.
Have you seen how the kids are dressing these days, with the Ashlee and the Lindsay and the Paris? They all dress like strippers.
And that, my friends, is why you don't get your money's worth when you wear jeans to a strip club.
Alcohol & drugs 3 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in How I Met Your Mother S1 E20:
Once you're married, if we go out, and you get so drunk you throw up, it'll be sad, but if we do it tonight, it'll be less sad.
…and what kind of wedding band would you be if you couldn't play our song, right? Right? Look, I'm kind of wasted right now, so I didn't understand any of that.
I hated my dress, my date got wasted and puked on me, there was a huge fight, and I kissed a girl.
Sexual insults 3 moments
How Sexual insults shows up in How I Met Your Mother S1 E20:
…(SHUSHING) Sweetie, just focus on one thing at a time, okay? Right now, you just have to dress like a whore and that's it.
Now, ladies, slut up.
They grow up into skanks so fast, don't they, Ted? - So, what, we ready for tonight? - Yeah.
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