The Springfield Files
🎞️ S8 E10 ✅ Mild

The Simpsons

Is The Simpsons S8 E10 OK for kids?

The Springfield Files

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Content guide

👊 Violence
💋 Sex
🙊 Language
⭐ Overall

Mild — okay from about 9+

The Simpsons S8 E10, “The Springfield Files”, scores 1/5 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 6 flagged moments in 2 themes: Sex & hookups (1); Alcohol & drugs (5). 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 9+

Sex talk, drinking, mild language in animation.

Parents need to know that The Simpsons S8 E10, "The Springfield Files", is a animation episode. Scores low: the strongest thing we found is sex & hookups (moderate, in dialogue). Sexual content is mild but includes C. Montgomery Burns says, "A lifetime of working in a nuclear power plant has given me a healthy green glow…". Some mild language appears in the dialogue. Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — Moe Szyslak says, "(NASTY LAUGH) Ah, ha ha, you got me, didn't ya? (HANDING HOMER A BEER) All right, here…". 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 S8 E10:

  • Caution
    C. Montgomery Burns A lifetime of working in a nuclear power plant has given me a healthy green glow (QUIETER) and left me as impotent as a Nevada boxing commissioner.

Alcohol & drugs 5 moments

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in The Simpsons S8 E10:

  • Mild
    Moe Szyslak (NASTY LAUGH) Ah, ha ha, you got me, didn't ya? (HANDING HOMER A BEER) All right, here you go -- "Red Tick Beer."
  • Mild
    Homer Simpson No! Well, ten beers...
  • Mild
    Homer Simpson (DRUNK, REMORSEFUL) I am so sorry. Whatever you do, don't tell Marge. God, I love her. I-- (LOOKING DOWN) Hey, a penny!
  • Mild
    Homer Simpson (DRUNK) So I says "Blue M & M, red M & M, they all wind up the same color in the end."
  • Mild
    Bart Simpson Yo, Dad, can I have a sip of your beer?

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