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Skip for under 13
How I Met Your Mother S7 E24, “The Magician's Code (2)”, scores 3/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 3/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 13. On Barney's future wedding day, when his wife is finally revealed, the gang reminisces about the time they encouraged Ted to follow his heart and go after the one that got away.
Across the episode we counted 19 flagged moments in 5 themes: Nudity & bodies (3); Porn / strippers / sex work (4); Violence & injury (2); Swearing (7); 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 3 moments
How Nudity & bodies shows up in How I Met Your Mother S7 E24:
- Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue.
I decided the place was a bit too "American Psycho" for me, so while you were gone, I hired a decorator and I asked him, "What would the inside of Tinkerbell's vagina look like?" And the kid just ran with it!
Sir! May I please have the silk handkerchief in your top left breast pocket? Well I don't have (chuckles) (clears throat) Sim salabi ma sim salabi ma (gasps) Relax, relax, it's part of the trick.
Porn / strippers / sex work 4 moments
How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in How I Met Your Mother S7 E24:
- Stripper or strip-club material shows up in the plot.
- SON
Was it a cheerleading convention? NARRATOR: No, it was a porn convention.
What the hell am I coming home to? Let's have an eight-way with my six hottest stripper friends.
Sir, I'll tell you her occupation: stripper.
Violence & injury 2 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in How I Met Your Mother S7 E24:
Flanagan's wife shot him before he could ever tell me what the trick was.
Always good to tell a long story while people are aiming guns at you.
Swearing 7 moments
How Swearing shows up in How I Met Your Mother S7 E24:
Gun it, bitches! (engine revs) NARRATOR: That girl's a mom! (engine revving) (phone chimes) Okay, so I met this girl on the train, and I texted her, "What's up"" She texted, "Hey," exclamation point.
Dad, wait, no, not Damn it, Ted.
Lily! If you don't push, I will shove that baby up your throat and pull it out of your mouth! (screaming) Where the hell is Marshall?!
You scared the crap out of me.
How the hell did we get there? I love the name Marvin.
Because as your friend, I have to tell you: You're full of crap! You say you want a family, you say you want to meet "The One," but you are always chasing the wrong women.
Canada sucks.
Alcohol & drugs 3 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in How I Met Your Mother S7 E24:
1 NARRATOR: Kids, when Aunt Lily went into labor, Marshall was somewhere slightly inconvenient, in Atlantic City with Uncle Barney, and drunk to the point of talking like Yoda.
But he still considers getting up these two steps when he was this drunk to be the hardest one of all.
Four shots of tequila.
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