Content guide
👊 Violence
2/5
💋 Sex
1/5
🙊 Language
2/5
⭐ Overall
2/5
Mild — okay from about 9+
simpsons S3 E16, “Bart the Lover”, scores 2/5 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 5 flagged moments in 2 themes: Violence & injury (3); 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.
Watch for — every moment, theme by theme
Violence & injury 3 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in simpsons S3 E16:
- Bart Simpson
(MATTER OF FACT) "Edna, every second until we meet stabs me like a thousand needles..."
- Dad
Think again, Jimmy. You see, the firing pin in your gun was made of -- yup, zinc.
- Teenager
(MUTTERING) Come back... zinc. Come back... zinc. Zinc! Zinc! What? (RELIEVED) Oh, it was all a dream. Thank goodness I still live in a world of telephones... car batteries... hand guns...
Alcohol & drugs 2 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in simpsons S3 E16:
- Homer Simpson
(TIPSY) "Maybe it's the beer talking, Marge, but you've got a butt that won't quit. They got those big chewy pretzels here... (UNINTELLIGIBLE MUMBLING)... five dollars? Get outta here."
- Homer Simpson
(GASPS) Beer! How did you know?
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