Content guide
Mild — okay from about 9+
The Simpsons S8 E18, “Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment”, scores 2/5 for violence, 1/5 for sex and 1/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 2/5 — Mild — okay from about 9+.
Across the episode we counted 15 flagged moments in 3 themes: Nudity & bodies (1); Violence & injury (2); Alcohol & drugs (12). 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+Drinking, violence, nudity in animation.
Parents need to know that The Simpsons S8 E18, "Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment", is a animation episode. Scores low: the strongest thing we found is alcohol & drugs (explicit, in dialogue). Violence is mild but includes Bart Simpson says, "(LOOKING IN REAR-VIEW) Yeah. Look at him trying to aim that stupid gun". Sexual content is mild but includes Apu Nahasapeemapetilon says, "(THROUGH MEGAPHONE) Everybody... everybody get naked! Come on, don't be stuck up, it's…". Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — Chief Wiggum says, "Ladies, please. All our founding fathers, astronauts and World Series heroes have been…". 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
Nudity & bodies 1 moment
How Nudity & bodies shows up in The Simpsons S8 E18:
- Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
(THROUGH MEGAPHONE) Everybody... everybody get naked! Come on, don't be stuck up, it's going to be great!
Violence & injury 2 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in The Simpsons S8 E18:
- Bart Simpson
(LOOKING IN REAR-VIEW) Yeah. Look at him trying to aim that stupid gun.
- Homer Simpson
(GETTING AN IDEA) Hey, how would you like to show him up by beating him at his own game?
Alcohol & drugs 12 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in The Simpsons S8 E18:
- Chief Wiggum
Ladies, please. All our founding fathers, astronauts and World Series heroes have been either drunk or on cocaine.
- Fat Tony
Okay, you win. From now on, we'll stick to smuggling heroin.
- Homer Simpson
(WHINY MOAN) It's been St. Patrick's Day for hours and I'm still not drunk yet. (LOOKS AT WATCH) Oh, it's never gonna be nine o'clock.
- Lenny Leonard
Hey, look, everybody! Free beer!
- Shocked Old Woman
Stop the celebration! That small boy is drunk!
- Kent Brockman
"What are you looking at?" The innocent words of a drunken child. Well, I'll tell you what we're looking at, young man: a town gone mad. A town whose very conscience was washed away in a tide of beer and green vomit.
- Bart Simpson
I'm going down to Moe's for a coupla beers.
- Narrator
The suppliers of the illegal booze? Gangsters, running truckloads of smuggled hooch all the way from Shelbyville. And John Law was helpless.
- Homer Simpson
At first I thought prohibition was a good thing. People were drinking more and having a lot more fun. But without beer, prohibition doesn't work.
- Bart Simpson
(REGRETFULLY) Oh, so many wasted nights...
- Barney Gumble
(DRUNKEN MUTTERING) Hello, fishies! (BELCH)
- Moe Szyslak
Look, find it, buy it, make it, I don't care. Just get me some booze, and fast!
Watch With The Kids · Your kids — your rules! · Informal parent guidance, not an official rating.