Content guide
Heavy — skip for under 16
How I Met Your Mother S6 E12, “False Positive”, 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.
Across the episode we counted 12 flagged moments in 5 themes: Sex & hookups (2); Nudity & bodies (3); Porn / strippers / sex work (5); Violence & injury (1); 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.
Parents need to know
Age 16+Strip-club and porn references, nudity, sex talk in live-action sitcom.
Parents need to know that How I Met Your Mother S6 E12, "False Positive", 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 nudity & bodies alongside it. Violence is mild but includes And I just don't think you have what it takes to get that get that soldier to pick up…. Sexual content is explicit — for example, I frequently sleep with sixes, chubsters, over-thirties I am the bill and Melinda gates…; Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue. Some mild language appears in the dialogue. Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — I want to be cool aunt Robin, the respected journalist Who gives her beer. 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 S6 E12:
I frequently sleep with sixes, chubsters, over-thirties I am the bill and Melinda gates of the sympathy bang.
Okay, I also said I would never make out with a garbage man.
Nudity & bodies 3 moments
How Nudity & bodies shows up in How I Met Your Mother S6 E12:
- Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue.
And I'm freaking out, too! There's an alien growing in my stomach that's gonna explode out of my vagina!
Unacceptable! You're gonna turn around, you're gonna go home, get naked, lie together as man and wife until Lily is great with child.
Porn / strippers / sex work 5 moments
How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in How I Met Your Mother S6 E12:
- Stripper or strip-club material shows up in the plot.
Remote control helicopters! Condoms! And last but not least There is a fleet of limos outside waiting to take us to A strip club!
No! I cannot go back to that strip club.
Is that the name of the stripper you've been e-mailing me about? You got to take me off that list, Barney.
And I don't mean that stripper you keep e-mailing us about, even though we beg you to take us off that list.
Violence & injury 1 moment
How Violence & injury shows up in How I Met Your Mother S6 E12:
And I just don't think you have what it takes to get that get that soldier to pick up his rifle and charge up the hill.
Alcohol & drugs 1 moment
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in How I Met Your Mother S6 E12:
I want to be cool aunt Robin, the respected journalist Who gives her beer.
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