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🎞️ S9 E188a ✅ All clear

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Is SpongeBob SquarePants S9 E188a OK for kids?

Kenny the Cat

📺 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

Usually fine — about 6+

SpongeBob SquarePants S9 E188a, “Kenny the Cat”, scores 1/5 for violence, 1/5 for sex and 1/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 1/5 — Usually fine — about 6+.

Across the episode we counted 3 flagged moments in 1 themes: Violence & injury (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.

Watch for — every moment, theme by theme

Violence & injury 3 moments

How Violence & injury shows up in SpongeBob SquarePants S9 E188a:

  • Sandy Hiya, Kenny. Mind if I get your signature? [Kenny writes the signature] Gee, it sure is nice to meet another air-breathing, warm-blooded varmint down here.
  • Sandy …heighten the capillaries in the lungs, causing a dangerous level of carbon monoxide to rise in the bloodstream, which in turn leads to a ghostly blue color to the skin, [Kenny's skin turns blue] followed by…
  • Kenny [screaming] I can't take it! I need oxygen! [punches his body for his oxygen tank which falls to the ground causing the crowd to gasp as he uses the tank and signs in relief]

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