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Is simpsons S6 E1 OK for kids?

Bart of Darkness

📺 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 S6 E1, “Bart of Darkness”, scores 3/5 for violence, 1/5 for sex and 1/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 3/5 — Preview first — about 10+.

Across the episode we counted 8 flagged moments in 2 themes: Nudity & bodies (1); Violence & injury (7). 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

Nudity & bodies 1 moment

How Nudity & bodies shows up in simpsons S6 E1:

  • Chief Wiggum (THROUGH MEGAPHONE) Do not be alarmed. Continue swimming naked. Aw, come on. Continue. Come on, aw. All right, Lou, open fire.

Violence & injury 7 moments

How Violence & injury shows up in simpsons S6 E1:

  • Ned Flanders (SIGH) I wish there was some other explanation for this. But there isn't. I'm a murderer! I'm a murderer!
  • Bart Simpson Listen, Ned Flanders murdered his wife.
  • Police Dept. Machine If you are being murdered or are calling from a rotary phone, please stay on the line.
  • Bart Simpson I came to stop you from murdering Lisa like you murdered your wife.
  • Bart Simpson (TO NED) But I saw the murder, and then I saw you bury the corpse in the backyard.
  • Ned Flanders (BREAKING DOWN) All right. It's true. I am a murderer. I over-watered Maude's favorite ficus plant, I panicked, and then I buried the remains. (OFF MAUDE'S LOOK, MEEKLY) I was hoping to replace it before you got home.
  • Ned Flanders (WOMAN'S BLOOD-CURDLING SCREAM)

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