Content guide
Preview first — about 12+
How I Met Your Mother S9 E11, “Bedtime Stories”, scores 1/5 for violence, 1/5 for sex and 3/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 3/5 — Preview first — about 12+. Marshall tries to get Marvin to sleep by reciting three rhyming bedtime tales about his friends as they wind down their epic cross-country journey.
Across the episode we counted 11 flagged moments in 3 themes: Nudity & bodies (1); Swearing (5); Alcohol & drugs (5). 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 1 moment
How Nudity & bodies shows up in How I Met Your Mother S9 E11:
So many great things 'bout this girl: her boobs, her rack, her chest.
Swearing 5 moments
How Swearing shows up in How I Met Your Mother S9 E11:
And as she tried to stammer some excuse to get away, Simon said: Our wedding cake is pretty bitchin', eh? And so was born the worst idea poor Robin's ever had.
Now, what shall we read? Oh, crap, I left his book in the car! (crying) That blows.
How about blackened miso cod? TED: Is it Joe Girardi? Holy crap, is it A-Rod?! Okay, Ted, calm down.
But Canada, damn it, ask any man on the planet and watch their stammerin' stamina as they clamor and cram it into the…
As I departed, having bid this busty babe buh-bye, I stopped and looked around, and wondered: Where the hell am I?
Alcohol & drugs 5 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in How I Met Your Mother S9 E11:
Forgive me, but before you got here, did you smoke a joint? You don't tell kids a tale that crass! NARRATOR: I guess he had a point.
It's easier to-- I don't know-- get drunk and try to climb a bull.
She ordered up a beer.
She's sipping Chardonnay, not pounding cherry-flavored booze.
Carlotta, some champagne.
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