Life on the Fast Lane
🎞️ S1 E9 ✅ Mild

The Simpsons

Is The Simpsons S1 E9 OK for kids?

Life on the Fast Lane

📺 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

Mild — okay from about 9+

The Simpsons S1 E9, “Life on the Fast Lane”, scores 1/5 for violence, 1/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 2/5 — Mild — okay from about 9+.

Across the episode we counted 4 flagged moments in 2 themes: Alcohol & drugs (3); Fat-shaming (1). 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 9+

Fat-shaming, drinking, mild language in animation.

Parents need to know that The Simpsons S1 E9, "Life on the Fast Lane", is a animation episode. Scores low: the strongest thing we found is fat-shaming (moderate, in dialogue). Some mild language appears in the dialogue. This episode includes fat-shaming — for example, Jacques says, "Let it out, Marge. Laugh loud. Laugh out loud. You'll lose weight". Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — Jacques says, "Which frame is the beer frame". 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

Alcohol & drugs 3 moments

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in The Simpsons S1 E9:

  • Mild
    Jacques Which frame is the beer frame.
  • Mild
    Jacques (LAUGHING) No, no, no, no, no. Mimosa is the name of the drink. It's orange juice and champagne. You're so wonderful that you thought it was something offensive.
  • Mild
    Jacques Yes... Champagne?

Fat-shaming 1 moment

How Fat-shaming shows up in The Simpsons S1 E9:

  • Caution
    Jacques Let it out, Marge. Laugh loud. Laugh out loud. You'll lose weight.

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