Bedtime Stories
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How I Met Your Mother

Is How I Met Your Mother S9 E11 OK for kids?

Bedtime Stories

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.

📺 Where to watch

Netflix, HBO or Disney+ — catalogs differ by country.

🛒 Where to buy

Digital seasons or a box set to keep.

Content guide

👊 Violence
💋 Sex
🙊 Language
⭐ Overall

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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