Content guide
Preview first — about 10+
The Simpsons S7 E9, “Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming”, scores 3/5 for violence, 2/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 3/5 — Preview first — about 10+.
Across the episode we counted 9 flagged moments in 4 themes: Sex & hookups (1); Nudity & bodies (1); Porn / strippers / sex work (1); Violence & injury (6). 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 10+Violence, strip-club and porn references, sex talk in animation.
Parents need to know that The Simpsons S7 E9, "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming", is a animation episode. Sits in the gray area mainly on violence & injury (explicit, in dialogue). Violence includes Bart Simpson says, "And he tried to murder me". Sexual content is mild but includes Sideshow Bob says, "There, that's the last condom wrapper"; Bart Simpson says, "Tight, binding underwear?". Some mild language appears in the dialogue. 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
Sex & hookups 1 moment
How Sex & hookups shows up in The Simpsons S7 E9:
- Sideshow Bob
There, that's the last condom wrapper.
Nudity & bodies 1 moment
How Nudity & bodies shows up in The Simpsons S7 E9:
- Bart Simpson
Tight, binding underwear?
Porn / strippers / sex work 1 moment
How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in The Simpsons S7 E9:
- Colonel
(PEEVED) Bob is not here! We have searched every square inch of this base, and all we have found is porno, porno, porno!
Violence & injury 6 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in The Simpsons S7 E9:
- Bart Simpson
And he tried to murder me.
- Colonel
Sweet Enola Gay! Son, I'm gonna come in there and corpse you up!
- Colonel
(HITTING DOOR) Corpse you up and mail you to Momma!!
- Bart Simpson
(TO AIRMAN) Way to guard the parking lot, Top Gun.
- Bart Simpson
Cool! I want to be around when those guns start going off!
- Chief Wiggum
(WORRIED) Oh, great. Well... if anyone asks, uh, I beat him to death, okay?
Watch With The Kids · Your kids — your rules! · Informal parent guidance, not an official rating.