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🎞️ S3 E17 ✅ All clear

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Is simpsons S3 E17 OK for kids?

Homer at the Bat

📺 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+

simpsons S3 E17, “Homer at the Bat”, 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 4 flagged moments in 3 themes: Violence & injury (1); Suicide & self-harm (1); 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 1 moment

How Violence & injury shows up in simpsons S3 E17:

  • Steve Sax But there's hundreds of unsolved murders in New York City.

Suicide & self-harm 1 moment

How Suicide & self-harm shows up in simpsons S3 E17:

  • Nurse Dr. Hibbert, Ken Griffey, Jr. needs to see you immediately. We think it's an overdose of nerve tonic.

Alcohol & drugs 2 moments

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in simpsons S3 E17:

  • Umpire You can't leave first until you chug a beer.
  • Bart Simpson Homer, can I get you a beer?

Watch With The Kids · You kids — your rules! · Informal parent guidance, not an official rating.