Content guide
Skip for under 13
The Simpsons S14 E20, “Brake My Wife, Please”, 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 9 flagged moments in 5 themes: Sex & hookups (1); Porn / strippers / sex work (3); Affairs / cheating (1); Violence & injury (1); Alcohol & drugs (3). 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+Strip-club and porn references, affairs and cheating, sex talk in animation.
Parents need to know that The Simpsons S14 E20, "Brake My Wife, Please", is a animation episode. Driven by porn / strippers / sex work (explicit, in dialogue), with sex & hookups alongside it. Violence is mild but includes Chief Wiggum says, "Ralphie, if you stop the car, I'll let you play with my gun". Sexual content is explicit — for example, Jackson Browne says, "YOU HOOKED UP IN HIGH SCHOOL / NOW YOU'VE COME SO FAR / THEN YOU STARTED TO HATE HIM /…"; Stripper or strip-club material shows up in the plot. Some mild language appears in the dialogue. Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — Moe Szyslak says, "Get in here, boozy. You're late for your drunkening". 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 S14 E20:
- Jackson Browne
YOU HOOKED UP IN HIGH SCHOOL / NOW YOU'VE COME SO FAR / THEN YOU STARTED TO HATE HIM / AND HIT HIM WITH YOUR CAR.
Porn / strippers / sex work 3 moments
How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in The Simpsons S14 E20:
- Stripper or strip-club material shows up in the plot.
- Homer Simpson
Thanks for picking my friends up from the strip club, Marge.
- Marge Simpson
Hey, I'd like that. (MOANS) I can't. I have to go pick up Grampa... he proposed to another hooker at the bus station.
Affairs / cheating 1 moment
How Affairs / cheating shows up in The Simpsons S14 E20:
- Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
Manjula, I'm so glad you have finally forgiven me for having an affair.
Violence & injury 1 moment
How Violence & injury shows up in The Simpsons S14 E20:
- Chief Wiggum
Ralphie, if you stop the car, I'll let you play with my gun.
Alcohol & drugs 3 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in The Simpsons S14 E20:
- Moe Szyslak
Get in here, boozy. You're late for your drunkening.
- Homer Simpson
No. From now on, walking is my beer. And feeling good is my hangover.
- Homer Simpson
(GENIAL) Now, let's all raise our wine boxes... to Marge!
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