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Violence: Violence used in the service of sophomoric humor: holding a kid to the ground and farting in his face; baseballs hit chests, heads, crotches, and a bug (Clark eats the splatted dead bug); "ringer" stands on Gus' pitching hand and grinds it with his cleats (we see cuts and bruises on it after); rock hits a young man's crotch; several instances of "t---y twisting"; thrown baseball bats hit players/crowd members, cars, squirrels; a lawnmower runs over a dog (and cuts off fur); eggs hit players.
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Sex: Pre-adolescent sexual jokes (titillation over "lesbians," pulling down pants to make baseball players trip); Richie wears a T-shirt that reads: "Everyone loves an Asian boy"; Gus gets in the shower with wife to pee: viewers hear it from offscreen and she expresses disgust; married couple is "trying to get pregnant," and she mentions her ovulation cycle several times; some concepts that might need explaining for younger viewers ("hermaphrodite," effects of steroids (they "make your peepee smaller," a blowup doll); gay jokes; when one character hears how a woman became pregnant, he squirts sunblock from a container to suggest ejaculation.
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Language: Frequent obnoxious language, some tiresome ("ass," "s--t," "d--k"), some juvenile ("frickin' ," "you suck," "shut up," "retard!," "Bros before hos," "pig," "spaz," "stinkweeds," "eat me," etc.), some sexed/gendered/homophobic ("t---y twisters," "three muskequeers," "homo," "bitch," "douche-bags."
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Consumerism: AOL, Diet Pepsi, Pizza Hut, Skittles, Star Wars figures, Night Rider, Batman, Netzero, Ms. Pacman, Gatorade, PlayStation, Miata (car), Mac laptops.
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Drinking, drugs and smoking: Unlit cigar; "ringer" drinks beer and tequila and smokes cigarettes.