5. Duel Citizenship
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How I Met Your Mother

Is How I Met Your Mother S5 E5 OK for kids?

5. Duel Citizenship

While Barney tries to convince Robin to become an American citizen, Ted and Marshall's fabled road trip takes a wrong turn when Marshall invites Lily.

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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

Preview first — about 12+

How I Met Your Mother S5 E5, “5. Duel Citizenship”, scores 1/5 for violence, 1/5 for sex and 3/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 3/5 — Preview first — about 12+. While Barney tries to convince Robin to become an American citizen, Ted and Marshall's fabled road trip takes a wrong turn when Marshall invites Lily.

Across the episode we counted 12 flagged moments in 4 themes: Nudity & bodies (1); Violence & injury (2); Swearing (6); 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

Nudity & bodies 1 moment

How Nudity & bodies shows up in How I Met Your Mother S5 E5:

  • You didn't even let me put on underwear! We never used to put on underwear! That was the fun of a bros' trip to Gazzola's! We left everything and everyone behind.

Violence & injury 2 moments

How Violence & injury shows up in How I Met Your Mother S5 E5:

  • Not only are you wrong, but you are belligerently sticking to your guns, and insulting me in the process.
  • We'll pass a state trooper! - Punch buggy yellow! - (EX CLAIMS IN PAIN) Yellow, that reminds me.

Swearing 6 moments

How Swearing shows up in How I Met Your Mother S5 E5:

  • Road trip! - (MARSHALL CHUCKLES) So, you guys want to talk about bitches? I'm kidding.
  • Oh, my God, that sucks! - Yeah.
  • What the hell is this? - Oh, Curling.
  • How am I supposed to have fun? (BOTH SINGING ALONG) And I would walk 500 miles And I would walk 500 more Hey, you really think Lily's pissed? If she's pissed, she's pissed.
  • …her? I'm planting my flag in her, if you know what I mean, which you probably don't, and getting her the hell out of here.
  • God, my stomach! Damn you, Gazzola's! (GROANS) It's like a hot ball of lead! Baby, cut it out of me.

Alcohol & drugs 3 moments

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in How I Met Your Mother S5 E5:

  • Well, I could go in for just one beer.
  • (SHUSHING) You want to go to the store and get some beer? (SOFT CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING) Lily is asleep.
  • God, you're still drunk.

Watch With The Kids · You kids — your rules! · Informal parent guidance, not an official rating.