9. Slap Bet
🎞️ S2 E9 🚫 Hard pass

How I Met Your Mother

Is How I Met Your Mother S2 E9 OK for kids?

9. Slap Bet

Barney uncovers Robin's secret past and the real reason behind her strong aversion to malls.

📺 Where to watch

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

🛒 Where to buy

Digital seasons or a box set to keep.

Content guide

👊 Violence
💋 Sex
🙊 Language
⭐ Overall

Heavy — skip for under 16

How I Met Your Mother S2 E9, “9. Slap Bet”, scores 1/5 for violence, 5/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 5/5 — Heavy — skip for under 16. Barney uncovers Robin's secret past and the real reason behind her strong aversion to malls.

Across the episode we counted 10 flagged moments in 5 themes: Sex & hookups (2); Nudity & bodies (3); Porn / strippers / sex work (2); Violence & injury (2); Alcohol & drugs (1). 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

Sex & hookups 2 moments

How Sex & hookups shows up in How I Met Your Mother S2 E9:

  • She does have the fake orgasm noises down.
  • I made a pact with God to stay a virgin till I'm married.

Nudity & bodies 3 moments

How Nudity & bodies shows up in How I Met Your Mother S2 E9:

  • Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue.
  • Yeah, well, what'd you expect? You've seen my penis.
  • Trust me when I tell you their universal health care system doesn't cover breast implants.

Porn / strippers / sex work 2 moments

How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in How I Met Your Mother S2 E9:

  • Our friend Robin used to do porn, wait for it ography.
  • 'Cause it's porn.

Violence & injury 2 moments

How Violence & injury shows up in How I Met Your Mother S2 E9:

  • " And your tombstone will read "Got slapped by Marshall, so hard he died.
  • Three? One because you lied and two for being prematurely slapped.

Alcohol & drugs 1 moment

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in How I Met Your Mother S2 E9:

  • I need another beer.

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