Parents guide

A man referred to as a "flasher" opens his coat in front of two women who shriek in horror. It is implied he is nude underneath, but he is only seen from behind.

Velma tries to trick Edna into thinking her husband is cheating on her by putting on a skimpy, red dress and going into his store. She strikes sexy poses and gets up on the counter right in his face, as Edna walks in. However, it is completely one-sided as Mr. Turnblad repeatedly tries to get her to back off.

Rumors are spread about Tracy being sexually active.

During a song about Velma winning a beauty pageant, she mentions that she "screwed the judges". Her title was "Mrs. Baltimore Crabs", which is a double entendrè, although it is highly unlikely that kids will know that.

Velma pulls padding out of a teenage girl's dress a teen boy pulls padding out of his pants before she does so to him.

One of the female cast members of The Corny Collins show says she's taking a hiatus for 9 months implying pregnancy. (Corny then makes a joke about her promiscuity)

Tracy places Penny's hand on her chest asking if she can feel her heartbeat, she then removes her hand with an embarassed look on her face.

During the "I Can Hear the Bells" song Tracy sings the line "Won't go all the way but I'll go pretty far" about the boy she has a crush on while behind the wheel of a car. The camera pans out to show a mortified Driver's Ed instructor.

Corny sings the line "Looks like you could use a stiff one" in a commercial jingle.

Link's song "Lady's Choice" contains multiple inuendos.

Tracy taps a police officer on the shoulder with a picket sign she is charged with assault for this.

Amber briefly dangles from a stage prop on a fly then falls she is not injured but is in emotional distress.

Penny's mother ties her to a bed post with a jump rope, tells her that she will be staying in her room forever, splashes holy water on her while calling her a "devil child" as punishment for being in love with Seaweed.

Corny Collins accidentally backhands Amber von Tussle in the face. He was showing the camera and audience the view and Amber was in the way. Played for laughs.

Link tells his teacher to kiss his ass.

Four uses of "damn"

Name calling throughout (cracker, whale,bum , hefty, lawn jockey etc)

The term "negros" is used throughout to refer to black individuals. Though it is a racial slur by modern standards, it is used for historical context as the movie is set in 1962 at the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement.

Amber almost calls another girl a whore but cuts herself of when she sees Link.

A man in a bar is referred to as a "bum" he is visibly intoxicated and passes out on the bar counter.

Wilber plays with a donkey shaped cigarette dispenser and offers one to Velma who declined.

Two pregnant women smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol in a bar scene.

People are shown drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes in a bar scene.

Several teachers smoke cigarettes in a teachers' lounge at a school.

Several teenage girls smoke in a girls' bathroom.

Racism and fat shaming are two main plot points.

Velma and Amber are extremely racist and fat phobic they make rude remarks about other people and have very vindictive personalities.

This film is set in the early 60s when racial segregation was common several instances of this are shown such as a rope separating black and white teens at a dance party, the detention room and back of a school bus being full of black students and black dancers only being allowed to perform once a month on a popular TV show which this episode includes a term that is now considered a racial slur in present day.

The song " I Know Where I've Been" may make some viewers emotional especially if they have experienced racial discrimination.