Content guide
Heavy — skip for under 16
Invincible S1 E5, “That Actually Hurt”, scores 3/5 for violence, 1/5 for sex and 5/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 5/5 — Heavy — skip for under 16. Feeling confident in his new abilities, Mark risks a team-up with a local villain to take down a crime lord, while simultaneously juggling school and a new relationship.
Across the episode we counted 23 flagged moments in 4 themes: Affairs / cheating (1); Violence & injury (8); Swearing (12); Alcohol & drugs (2). 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 16+Language, violence, affairs and cheating in adult animation.
Parents need to know that Invincible S1 E5, "That Actually Hurt", is a adult animation episode. The series is known for tV-MA. Rated here so you know which episodes are roughest, not because it is kids TV. Driven by swearing (explicit, in dialogue), with violence & injury alongside it. Violence includes We wanted Nolan off planet so we could investigate him for the murders without arousing…. Sexual content is mild but includes But now that you're not even part of a team Rex cheated on me! Teen Team broke up. Language includes strong swearing — for example, What the fuck?. Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — Who wants a beer? There are no alcoholic beverages in Guardian Headquarters. 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
Affairs / cheating 1 moment
How Affairs / cheating shows up in Invincible S1 E5:
- But now that you're not even part of a team Rex cheated on me! Teen Team broke up.
Violence & injury 8 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Invincible S1 E5:
- We wanted Nolan off planet so we could investigate him for the murders without arousing his suspicion.
- You murdered seven people.
- Murder! These! Assholes! Dupli-Kate, Monster Girl is in trouble.
your guns in the air,
- If you had cloned the perimeter around King Lizard here, you could've held him back while Shrinking Rae took care of his snake gun, or whatever the hell he called it.
- He's losing too much blood.
- Huh? He's losing way too much blood.
punch your way out of this?
Swearing 12 moments
How Swearing shows up in Invincible S1 E5:
What the fuck?
- It was one fucking time.
until I say you're fucking done!
- Get the fuck out of here! Get your stupid I wanna sit with you.
- Oh, shit This time, I'm ready! I surrender I surrender Yo, roll that back.
- You get shit done.
six individual assholes
- Guys are dicks but Mark's one of the good ones.
- There's a whole team of ex-military assholes patrolling the place, packing the latest shit, too.
- Who the hell are you? Where are you going? You know, it's desert-y.
- Behind you! What? Oh, crap.
- I said -Shut the hell up! Yeah, yeah, sometimes, you let people live when they need to die, but, man, you make an impact.
Alcohol & drugs 2 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Invincible S1 E5:
- Who wants a beer? There are no alcoholic beverages in Guardian Headquarters.
- If you have a sec, could you pick up a few things for dinner? Well, I was thinking some tagliatelle from that restaurant in Rome, and maybe that wine from Provence, the rosé.
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