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Is simpsons S5 E2 OK for kids?

Cape Feare

📺 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

Preview first — about 10+

simpsons S5 E2, “Cape Feare”, scores 3/5 for violence, 1/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 3/5 — Preview first — about 10+.

Across the episode we counted 4 flagged moments in 2 themes: Violence & injury (2); Fat-shaming (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 2 moments

How Violence & injury shows up in simpsons S5 E2:

  • Edna Krabappel-Flanders (SCARY) You're going to be my murder victim, Bart...
  • Bart Simpson Dad, I'm kinda edgy right now. I'd appreciate you not coming in my room screaming and brandishing a butcher knife.

Fat-shaming 2 moments

How Fat-shaming shows up in simpsons S5 E2:

  • Milhouse Van Houten I checked around. The girls are calling you "fatty fat fat fat", and Nelson's planning to pull down your pants, but nobody's trying to kill you.
  • Schoolyard Girls (LAUGH, THEN SING-SONG) Fatty fat fat fat! Fatty fatty fat fat!

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