Content guide
Skip for under 13
The Simpsons S22 E15, “The Scorpion's Tale”, scores 2/5 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 7 flagged moments in 4 themes: Nudity & bodies (2); Porn / strippers / sex work (1); Violence & injury (3); Alcohol & drugs (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, nudity, strip-club and porn references in animation.
Parents need to know that The Simpsons S22 E15, "The Scorpion's Tale", is a animation episode. Driven by violence & injury (explicit, in dialogue), with nudity & bodies alongside it. Violence is mild but includes Bart Simpson says, "I've got some stuff to put a smile on that corpse". Sexual content is explicit — for example, Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue; Nelson Muntz says, "Bart, this is fool's porn! I'll take it off your hands". Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — Homer Simpson says, "Who would begrudge them a few years of shambling, dope-fogged, into the grave? Besides,…". 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
Nudity & bodies 2 moments
How Nudity & bodies shows up in The Simpsons S22 E15:
- Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue.
- Walther Hotenhoffer
Those poor googly-eyed fools. I cannot exploit them like this. I will have to be content exploiting their fear of losing hair and penis. I will destroy the drug.
Porn / strippers / sex work 1 moment
How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in The Simpsons S22 E15:
- Nelson Muntz
Bart, this is fool's porn! I'll take it off your hands.
Violence & injury 3 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in The Simpsons S22 E15:
- Bart Simpson
I've got some stuff to put a smile on that corpse.
- Grampa Simpson
So what? There are no guarantees in life! We don't know if this... (LOOKS AROUND FOR SOMETHING) knife is safe!
- Walther Hotenhoffer
(LOWERS GUN, SIGHS) I'd like to have just one day when I don't put a gun to my head.
Alcohol & drugs 1 moment
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in The Simpsons S22 E15:
- Homer Simpson
Who would begrudge them a few years of shambling, dope-fogged, into the grave? Besides, our generation's got everything under control! Now, if you'll excuse me, I was supposed to be drunk an hour ago.
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