Content guide
Skip for under 13
The Simpsons S16 E8, “Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass”, scores 3/5 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 3 themes: Sex & hookups (1); Porn / strippers / sex work (3); Violence & injury (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 13+Violence, strip-club and porn references, sex talk in animation.
Parents need to know that The Simpsons S16 E8, "Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass", is a animation episode. Driven by violence & injury (explicit, in dialogue), with porn / strippers / sex work alongside it. Violence includes Ned Flanders says, "Now boys, we're gonna film the world's first and some would say best murder mystery --…". Sexual content is explicit — for example, Grandfather says, "Sorry, Jimmy -- your Grandma and I are going to go have old-people sex. (TURNS TO…"; Stripper or strip-club material shows up in the plot. Some mild language appears in the dialogue. 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 S16 E8:
- Grandfather
Sorry, Jimmy -- your Grandma and I are going to go have old-people sex. (TURNS TO CAMERA) Thank you, Jammitin!
Porn / strippers / sex work 3 moments
How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in The Simpsons S16 E8:
- Stripper or strip-club material shows up in the plot.
- Bart Simpson
And sexy. King David stole someone else's wife... Mary Magdalene was a hooker...
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Violence & injury 5 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in The Simpsons S16 E8:
- Ned Flanders
Now boys, we're gonna film the world's first and some would say best murder mystery -- the story of Cain and Abel!
- Rod Flanders
(CRAZED) So shall my knife find favor with thy belly!
- Marge Simpson
(MURMUR) Oh my. Ned's next movie seems even bloodier than the last one.
- Marge Simpson
Ned, there's more to the Bible than blood and gore.
- Football Announcer
And that's the gun!
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