Content guide
Heavy — skip for under 16
Rick and Morty S2 E8, “Interdimensional Cable 2: Tempting Fate”, scores 3/5 for violence, 5/5 for sex and 4/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 5/5 — Heavy — skip for under 16.
Across the episode we counted 19 flagged moments in 6 themes: Sex & hookups (2); Nudity & bodies (4); Porn / strippers / sex work (1); Violence & injury (3); Swearing (7); 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+Nudity, violence, drinking in adult animation.
Parents need to know that Rick and Morty S2 E8, "Interdimensional Cable 2: Tempting Fate", 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 nudity & bodies (explicit, in dialogue), with violence & injury alongside it. Violence includes It'll stain if it gets on your clothes, and it'll send you into a murderous rage if it…. Sexual content is explicit — for example, Smith? Uh, yeah, just masturbating! I forgot to mention, there are extensive medical…; Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue. Language includes strong swearing — for example, If that guy catches you with a box of his eyeholes, he comes bursting in through a…. Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — …been learning about his accomplishments, from his march on flirk blirk square to his…. 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
Sex & hookups 2 moments
How Sex & hookups shows up in Rick and Morty S2 E8:
Smith? Uh, yeah, just masturbating! I forgot to mention, there are extensive medical records open on my desktop, and I trust you to confine your activities - to the purely pornographic.
So, we'll be detaching your sexual organ at the base by making incisions here, here, and here.
Nudity & bodies 4 moments
How Nudity & bodies shows up in Rick and Morty S2 E8:
- Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue.
Smith, shrimply pibbles' life can be saved if we replace his heart with your human penis.
…the delicate asymmetry of what you call your balls, and with relatively few adjustments, your genitals can be molded into a functioning heart for the most important man in the universe.
I've got such-and-such for a penis.
Porn / strippers / sex work 1 moment
How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in Rick and Morty S2 E8:
Here's some porn.
Violence & injury 3 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Rick and Morty S2 E8:
It'll stain if it gets on your clothes, and it'll send you into a murderous rage if it gets in your eyes and mouth.
Do it! Do it! Remove my penis! Sir, put the gun down and step away from Mr.
Where did he get a gun? Who gave him a gun? That's not a gun.
Swearing 7 moments
How Swearing shows up in Rick and Morty S2 E8:
If that guy catches you with a box of his eyeholes, he comes bursting in through a window and just starts kicking the shit out of you.
Then you would give your penis so that shrimply pibbles might live? Stop asking! Yes, I will! That's right, assholes.
What's up with her face? Is she human, or is she like worf? You know, worf from "Star Trek," how he has all that shit all over his face, but he's just a human in a costume, you know?
stupid bitch.
What an asshole! Ohh, tune in next week [ Theme music plays .]
Holy crap! It's cool.
What the hell is he talking about?!
Alcohol & drugs 2 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Rick and Morty S2 E8:
…been learning about his accomplishments, from his march on flirk blirk square to his ongoing battle with heroin dependency.
Well, I-it occurs to me that his heroin addiction may not have been a matter of public record.
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