Content guide
Skip for under 13
How I Met Your Mother S8 E7, “The Stamp Tramp”, scores 1/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 3/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 13.
Across the episode we counted 19 flagged moments in 5 themes: Nudity & bodies (4); Porn / strippers / sex work (6); Swearing (4); Alcohol & drugs (2); Sexual insults (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.
Parents need to know
Age 13+Strip-club and porn references, nudity, language in live-action sitcom.
Parents need to know that How I Met Your Mother S8 E7, "The Stamp Tramp", 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. Sexual content is explicit — for example, Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue; Stripper or strip-club material shows up in the plot. Language isn't constant, but you can expect swearing — for example, Aren't they out of the running? Yeah, but those old bitches don't need to know that. This episode includes sexual insults — for example, Why shouldn't I give him the old Marshall Eriksen Stamp of Approval? Marshall, you're a…. Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — (bell dings) I'm drinking this beer because she recommended it. 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
Nudity & bodies 4 moments
How Nudity & bodies shows up in How I Met Your Mother S8 E7:
- Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue.
But Barney Stinson has to do what's right for Barney Stinson's penis.
(bell dings) I'm even wearing this bra because of a lingerie store Lily told me about.
Sticky's even sent me a boob-shaped hand-sanitizer dispenser.
Porn / strippers / sex work 6 moments
How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in How I Met Your Mother S8 E7:
- Stripper or strip-club material shows up in the plot.
Since Quinn and I broke up, she's gone back to dancing at The Lusty Leopard, and it's just really tough because 'Cause you have to find a new strip club?
Stinson, we might not have the best strippers at Moneyballs, but we use sabermetrics to get you a stripper with a five body, sure, and another with a…
Especially from that strip club, Fur Coats.
They bribed you! Why else would you pick a place where the strippers say they're trying to put their grandkids through college?! Please leave! Barney, I can explain, okay? Please leave.
Hey, look, wherever you end up, can I have the dubious honor of buying you your first lap dance? It's a date.
Swearing 4 moments
How Swearing shows up in How I Met Your Mother S8 E7:
Aren't they out of the running? Yeah, but those old bitches don't need to know that.
It's-It's what I love about you, but it's also why your stamps are total crap.
How about when you turned your boss into a fountain of bodily fluids? You guys like it? I'll be waiting for you in hell, Eriksen.
Damn it! So? Bottom line, Vito: a lot of strip clubs are into my client.
Alcohol & drugs 2 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in How I Met Your Mother S8 E7:
(bell dings) I'm drinking this beer because she recommended it.
They're sending me T-shirts, beer cozies.
Sexual insults 3 moments
How Sexual insults shows up in How I Met Your Mother S8 E7:
Why shouldn't I give him the old Marshall Eriksen Stamp of Approval? Marshall, you're a stamp tramp.
Stamp tramp.
Oh (voice breaks): I have nothing but the utmost respect for you skanks.
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