 Dennis Perkins of "The A.V.Club" gave the episode a C+, saying "After two straight episodes suggesting the enduring potential of "The Simpsons", 'The Yellow Badge Of Cowardge' is a return to late-career form right in time for the end of the show's 25th season.Which is to say, it's a middling episode, indifferently constructed, whose chief pleasures come from familiarity and a few decent lines.