Content guide
Skip for under 13
The Simpsons S20 E1, “Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes”, scores 3/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 1/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 13.
Across the episode we counted 8 flagged moments in 4 themes: Sex & hookups (1); Nudity & bodies (2); Violence & injury (1); Alcohol & drugs (4). 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+Drinking, nudity, violence in animation.
Parents need to know that The Simpsons S20 E1, "Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes", is a animation episode. Driven by alcohol & drugs (explicit, in dialogue), with nudity & bodies alongside it. Violence includes Ira Man says, "We've renounced the ways of the gun and the bomb". Sexual content is explicit — for example, Homer Simpson says, "Marge, I can see you withholding sex or withholding cake. But withholding sexy cake? I…"; Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue. Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — Lisa Simpson says, "(UNSURE) Dad, is this from a meth lab?". 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 S20 E1:
- Homer Simpson
Marge, I can see you withholding sex or withholding cake. But withholding sexy cake? I know we have to move past this, but I don't see how.
Nudity & bodies 2 moments
How Nudity & bodies shows up in The Simpsons S20 E1:
- Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue.
- Patrick
It's his penis.
Violence & injury 1 moment
How Violence & injury shows up in The Simpsons S20 E1:
- Ira Man
We've renounced the ways of the gun and the bomb.
Alcohol & drugs 4 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in The Simpsons S20 E1:
- Lisa Simpson
(UNSURE) Dad, is this from a meth lab?
- Mayor Joe Quimby
Greetings fellow Irishmen and lady Irishmen. I, Joseph Fitzgerald O'Malley Fitzpatrick O'Donnell the Edge Quimby, welcome you to Springfield's first booze-free St. Patrick's Day!
- Mayor Joe Quimby
Oh, come on people, your drunken shenanigans destroy this town every year.
- Mayor Joe Quimby
Oh no, without the booze these guys all remember how much they hate each other!
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