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Skip for under 13
How I Met Your Mother S5 E22, “Robots vs. Wrestlers”, scores 2/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 3/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 13. When Ted, Marshall, Lily and Barney crash a highfalutin party at a swanky New York apartment, Ted gets the chance to mingle with the snooty guests and show off his intellectual side.
Across the episode we counted 15 flagged moments in 5 themes: Nudity & bodies (3); Porn / strippers / sex work (2); Violence & injury (2); Swearing (4); 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 3 moments
How Nudity & bodies shows up in How I Met Your Mother S5 E22:
Face, boobs, describe.
Start with boobs.
Four, no breast-feeding in front of me.
Porn / strippers / sex work 2 moments
How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in How I Met Your Mother S5 E22:
- Stripper or strip-club material shows up in the plot.
And, of course, Stripper Lily.
Violence & injury 2 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in How I Met Your Mother S5 E22:
"A ruddy drop of manly blood The surging sea outweighs" (BARNEY MAKES FARTING NOISE) (BOTH LAUGHING) OLDER TED: That's how it had always been for me with the gang.
"A ruddy drop of manly blood The surging sea outweighs "The world uncertain comes and goes" (MAKES FARTING NOISE) I'm sorry.
Swearing 4 moments
How Swearing shows up in How I Met Your Mother S5 E22:
- ROBOT
Is that all you got, bitch? But can you at least promise me that you won't get pregnant for another year? Can't make that promise.
Hey, Zsa Zsa Gabor is still looking pretty hot, but otherwise, this party sucks.
(WRESTLER GRUNTING) (LILY GASPING) - Holy crap! - I don't believe it! (EX CLAIMING) Well, of course, hell is an interesting concept, isn't it? I've always loved to imagine it as Dante did in The Divine Comedy.
But no matter what, to this day, come hell or high water, we still all get together every year for Robots vs.
Alcohol & drugs 4 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in How I Met Your Mother S5 E22:
Free booze at Marissa Heller's party, then Robots vs.
There's free food, free booze.
You don't decant white wine.
(DRUNKENLY) Rule number 83, if anything that comes out of that baby gets on one of my suits, I get to touch Lily's boobs.
Watch With The Kids · You kids — your rules! · Informal parent guidance, not an official rating.