Content guide
Skip for under 13
The Simpsons S13 E4, “A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love”, scores 2/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 13.
Across the episode we counted 16 flagged moments in 7 themes: Sex & hookups (1); Nudity & bodies (1); Porn / strippers / sex work (2); Violence & injury (8); Alcohol & drugs (1); Homophobic jokes (2); Sexual insults (1). 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 13+Violence, homophobic jokes, strip-club and porn references in animation.
Parents need to know that The Simpsons S13 E4, "A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love", is a animation episode. Driven by violence & injury (explicit, in dialogue), with porn / strippers / sex work alongside it. Violence is mild but includes Snake Jailbird says, "I was. I told the guard that I was going out for a pack of cigarettes. Then I totally…". Sexual content is explicit — for example, C. Montgomery Burns says, "I don't understand. She was my young, sexy fiancée, he was my sexually virile best…"; C. Montgomery Burns says, "Great heavens! It's one of those nude female fire stations. (SHAKING HEAD) Ohh, I'd…". Some mild language appears in the dialogue. This episode includes homophobic jokes — for example, Homer Simpson says, "You mean a Van Dyke?". This episode includes sexual insults — for example, Kent Brockman says, "Well, according to our Audience Insta-poll, forty-six percent say "You're Too Old", and…". 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 S13 E4:
- C. Montgomery Burns
I don't understand. She was my young, sexy fiancée, he was my sexually virile best friend, and they just drove off in my Bugatti Sexarossa. How could this ever have happened?
Nudity & bodies 1 moment
How Nudity & bodies shows up in The Simpsons S13 E4:
- C. Montgomery Burns
Great heavens! It's one of those nude female fire stations. (SHAKING HEAD) Ohh, I'd always be second place to some kitten stuck in a tree. Let's go, Smithers. Smithers?
Porn / strippers / sex work 2 moments
How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in The Simpsons S13 E4:
- Stripper or strip-club material shows up in the plot.
- STRIP CLUB: Ext. strip club - night
Violence & injury 8 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in The Simpsons S13 E4:
- Snake Jailbird
I was. I told the guard that I was going out for a pack of cigarettes. Then I totally stabbed him. (LAUGHS)
- C. Montgomery Burns
Oh, General Gao... you were a bloodthirsty foe, but your chicken is delectable.
- Snake Jailbird
Dum-dee-dum-dum-dum. (TO HIMSELF) Okay. Gun, check. Dollar-sign bag, check. Powerbar, check. All right, let's rob this...
- Snake Jailbird
Don't say that, baby. I'm gonna win you back if I have to pistol whip this guy all night.
- Homer Simpson
(NERVOUS) Pistol whip?!
- Gloria
Beating a man to a bloody pulp isn't gonna impress me
- Lou
(AIMING HIS RIFLE) I think I can take him out, Chief.
- Snake Jailbird
It used to. What if I beat him harder?
Alcohol & drugs 1 moment
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in The Simpsons S13 E4:
- C. Montgomery Burns
Oh, spectacular! Now we must celebrate -- I'll get some Champagne-iola. (CHUCKLES)
Homophobic jokes 2 moments
How Homophobic jokes shows up in The Simpsons S13 E4:
- Homer Simpson
You mean a Van Dyke?
- C. Montgomery Burns
No, a Van Dyke has a mustache, doesn't it?
Sexual insults 1 moment
How Sexual insults shows up in The Simpsons S13 E4:
- Kent Brockman
Well, according to our Audience Insta-poll, forty-six percent say "You're Too Old", and thirty-seven percent say "She's A Skank".
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