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Skip for under 13
How I Met Your Mother S3 E17, “The Goat”, scores 2/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 13. When a guilt-ridden Barney breaks the "Bro Code," he struggles with the ramifications of his misstep.
Across the episode we counted 9 flagged moments in 4 themes: Sex & hookups (2); Porn / strippers / sex work (2); Violence & injury (2); 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.
Watch for — every moment, theme by theme
Sex & hookups 2 moments
How Sex & hookups shows up in How I Met Your Mother S3 E17:
Is he all smooth down there? Three billion women on the planet! Three billion! And you have to sleep with the one that I dated for a year!
I feel bad because the Bro Code clearly states "No sex with your bro's ex.
Porn / strippers / sex work 2 moments
How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in How I Met Your Mother S3 E17:
- Stripper or strip-club material shows up in the plot.
But, Ted seriously, this suite at the Bellagio I am not going to Vegas with you! I'm not going to blow off my friends and my girlfriend, and spend my 30th birthday in a strip club.
Violence & injury 2 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in How I Met Your Mother S3 E17:
And they're going to take a great big knife And Frank went on to traumatize Lily's entire class with a graphic explanation of where meat comes from.
Who punches someone in the groin? Okay.
Alcohol & drugs 3 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in How I Met Your Mother S3 E17:
I just wish we had some wine.
I wish we had some wine, too.
They want you to spend your 30th standing around drinking flat beer ten feet above your living room.
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