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Is simpsons S23 E8 OK for kids?

The Ten-Per-Cent Solution

📺 Where to watch

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

Preview first — about 10+

simpsons S23 E8, “The Ten-Per-Cent Solution”, scores 2/5 for violence, 3/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 3/5 — Preview first — about 10+.

Across the episode we counted 14 flagged moments in 7 themes: Sex & hookups (5); Porn / strippers / sex work (2); Violence & injury (3); Swearing (1); Alcohol & drugs (1); Racism & slurs (1); Fat-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 5 moments

How Sex & hookups shows up in simpsons S23 E8:

  • Annie Crawford I was a virgin agent, looking for a first client or a fourth husband. (NOSTALGIC) And then I saw him.
  • Annie Crawford Oh, grow up. Today's kids are less sensitive than an army condom. They see more on TV than my mother did on her wedding night. And they don't complain about it for the next fifty years.
  • Annie Crawford (TO HOMER AND MARGE) I was so mad at him, I didn't have sex with a clown for five months.
  • Young Krusty I can only tell the truth right after sex. But all during sex I was thinking it.
  • Assistant Director Sex over sixty: the mechanics of the impossible. Take two!

Porn / strippers / sex work 2 moments

How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in simpsons S23 E8:

  • Male Executive And we pay for everything with soft porno and boxing.
  • Krusty the Clown (SURPRISED) Wait a minute -- there's soft porno?

Violence & injury 3 moments

How Violence & injury shows up in simpsons S23 E8:

  • Annie Crawford (CONSIDERING NOISE) Would you play a bloated corpse on "CSI?"
  • Bart Simpson Whoa! The gun Sheriff Baby wore! Hm.
  • Fatso Just you wait, Eunice! Just you wait. (MIMES RACKING SHOTGUN) Ka-chik, (MIMES FIRING SHOTGUN) Kaboom, (MIMES BRAIN SPLATTERING ON WALL) Ka-Splatter! See yer grave there?

Swearing 1 moment

How Swearing shows up in simpsons S23 E8:

  • Krusty the Clown Oh, I see what's goin' on here: if a woman does it, she's a bitch. But in a man, those traits would be considered... (WATCHING) Uh-oh.

Alcohol & drugs 1 moment

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in simpsons S23 E8:

  • Krusty the Clown Yep! I'm back on top! And this time I'm not blowing it on cocaine for my horses. They start well, then they get paranoid around the third turn.

Racism & slurs 1 moment

How Racism & slurs shows up in simpsons S23 E8:

  • Krusty the Clown But we shared everything. Boats, girlfriends, condos. And when I finished, every one of 'em was spic and span.

Fat-shaming 1 moment

How Fat-shaming shows up in simpsons S23 E8:

  • Homer Simpson Now, let me ask you something: is there a place for an old-fashioned lardass like me on today's television?

Watch With The Kids · You kids — your rules! · Informal parent guidance, not an official rating.