Content guide
Skip for under 13
How I Met Your Mother S8 E4, “4. Who Wants to Be a Godparent?”, scores 1/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 13. When Lily and Marshall can't decide on godparents for Marvin, they put the gang to the test to see who would make the best one.
Across the episode we counted 10 flagged moments in 4 themes: Sex & hookups (2); Nudity & bodies (4); Swearing (3); Slut-shaming (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.
Watch for — every moment, theme by theme
Sex & hookups 2 moments
How Sex & hookups shows up in How I Met Your Mother S8 E4:
…themselves in the ladies' ova! Break it down! (beatboxing) I'm sorry, don't you need to actually have had sex in order to explain it?
Oh, come on, if Ted raises him, the poor kid's still gonna be a virgin when he's 13.
Nudity & bodies 4 moments
How Nudity & bodies shows up in How I Met Your Mother S8 E4:
- Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue.
How may I direct my penis? TED: Oh, geez.
If you want him to be raised by his underwear on a flagpole, Ted's your guy.
If you want him pulling the chord on some other nerd's panties, (clicks tongue) I'm your guy.
Swearing 3 moments
How Swearing shows up in How I Met Your Mother S8 E4:
But not that bitch's window.
I packed up all my crap; I said, "See ya" to Sarah and the kids; and I finally got my dream job as a mixologist down here at Carnalism 2.
Hey, look, as the only one of us packing a vag, I got a natural instinct for nurturing and crap like that.
Slut-shaming 1 moment
How Slut-shaming shows up in How I Met Your Mother S8 E4:
…With a hot chick here and a dumb chick there Huh? Huh? Bro, bro, bro your broat Gently to the bar Hit on sluts, then do ten shots and Huh?
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