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🎞️ S13 E19 🚫 Hard pass

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Is simpsons S13 E19 OK for kids?

The Sweetest Apu

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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

Skip for under 13

simpsons S13 E19, “The Sweetest Apu”, 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 13 flagged moments in 8 themes: Sex & hookups (2); Nudity & bodies (2); Porn / strippers / sex work (1); Affairs / cheating (2); Violence & injury (1); Alcohol & drugs (2); Fat-shaming (2); Slut-shaming (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.

Watch for — every moment, theme by theme

Sex & hookups 2 moments

How Sex & hookups shows up in simpsons S13 E19:

  • Homer Simpson Let's say this pepper got married to this salt shaker, and along comes sexy Mrs. Dash...
  • Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon: (UNINTERESTED NOISE) Not tonight. I said not tonight. (REALIZING) Wait, something's wrong. Why aren't you pressuring me for sex?

Nudity & bodies 2 moments

How Nudity & bodies shows up in simpsons S13 E19:

  • Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue.
  • Homer Simpson Dirty love. I mean, thirty love. I mean, anyone for penis? (FLUSTERED SOUND) I'll just get the shuttlecock. (WHIMPER)

Porn / strippers / sex work 1 moment

How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in simpsons S13 E19:

  • Apu Nahasapeemapetilon Look, please, can you just take the children home? The porno magazine buyers are too embarrassed to make their move. Look. (POINTS)

Affairs / cheating 2 moments

How Affairs / cheating shows up in simpsons S13 E19:

  • Marge Simpson (GASPS) Apu is having an affair?!
  • Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon: I know you have all gone to a lot of trouble to meddle in my affairs. But you cannot change my mind with one night of blasphemy and store-bought tandoori -- or should I say bland-oori!

Violence & injury 1 moment

How Violence & injury shows up in simpsons S13 E19:

  • Bart Simpson (GHOSTLIKE) I order you to get back together... or I'll suck your blood. Blah, blah!

Alcohol & drugs 2 moments

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in simpsons S13 E19:

  • Homer Simpson I need some supplies: a keg of beer, and a six-pack to hold me till I tap the keg.
  • Apu Nahasapeemapetilon (INTERRUPTING, IMPATIENT) I know, I know, there will be forty-seven bottles of beer on the wall. Yes. Homer, you did not bring me here for this. What is it that you want to tell me?

Fat-shaming 2 moments

How Fat-shaming shows up in simpsons S13 E19:

  • Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon: Some special time. I get to stand around, watching you sell fatty poisons to overfed Americans.
  • Apu Nahasapeemapetilon (READING) "#1) Break up with squishee girl." Well, that's a no-brainer. "#2) Lose weight. #3) Get cartoon published in New Yorker. #4) Legally change name to 'Slime Q. Slimedog.' #5) Wear nametag that says same."

Slut-shaming 1 moment

How Slut-shaming shows up in simpsons S13 E19:

  • Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon: (ICE COLD) Is it my husband's whore?

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