Content guide
Skip for under 13
Futurama S1 E1, “Space Pilot 3000”, scores 3/5 for violence, 2/5 for sex and 4/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 13.
Across the episode we counted 24 flagged moments in 7 themes: Sex & hookups (2); Nudity & bodies (2); Affairs / cheating (1); Violence & injury (6); Suicide & self-harm (2); Swearing (8); Alcohol & drugs (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.
Parents need to know
Age 13+Violence, suicide references, language in adult animation.
Parents need to know that Futurama S1 E1, "Space Pilot 3000", is a adult animation episode. The series is known for cartoon sci-fi, but written for adults — crude gags and dark jokes. Driven by violence & injury (explicit, shown on screen), with suicide & self-harm alongside it. Suicide or self-harm is raised — for example, Fry steps into the booth, overlooking the sign on the side that says "Suicide Booth". Violence includes The sharp objects move forward. Fry pushes Bender to the side of the booth. The sharp…. Sexual content is mild but includes Scene: Planet Express, Lounge. Farnsworth and Fry are hooked up to a machine. It dings…; (04:52) ⨂Leela: Well, at least here you'll be treated with dignity. Now strip naked and…. Language includes strong swearing — for example, Bender literally shits a brick. Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — Icy Wiener? Aw, crud! I always thought at this point in my life I'd be the one making…. Every flagged moment below is a direct quote from the transcript or a short description of what happens on screen.
Watch for — every moment, theme by theme
Sex & hookups 2 moments
How Sex & hookups shows up in Futurama S1 E1:
- Scene: Planet Express, Lounge. Farnsworth and Fry are hooked up to a machine. It dings and a red light flashes.
- (10:51) ⨂Bender: Well, OK. But I don't want people thinking we're robo-sexuals. So, if anyone asks, you're my debugger.
Nudity & bodies 2 moments
How Nudity & bodies shows up in Futurama S1 E1:
- (04:52) ⨂Leela: Well, at least here you'll be treated with dignity. Now strip naked and get on the probulator.
- A couple walk past him nearly naked except for some strategically-placed black bars.
Affairs / cheating 1 moment
How Affairs / cheating shows up in Futurama S1 E1:
- (04:39) ⨂Fry: Y'know, I guess it should be but, actually, I'm glad. I had nothing to live for in my old life. I was broke, I had a humiliating job and I was beginning to suspect my girlfriend might be cheating on me.
Violence & injury 6 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Futurama S1 E1:
- The sharp objects move forward. Fry pushes Bender to the side of the booth. The sharp things stab and twist at the air and finally return to behind the hatch.
- …Morning Fun Pit" • "Calculon 2.0" • "Assie Come Home" • "Leela and the Genestalk" • "Game of Tones" • "Murder on the Planet Express" • "Stench and Stenchibility" • "Meanwhile"
- …Hot Enough" • "Fifty Shades of Green" • "The Numberland Gap" • "Scared Screenless" • "Wicked Human" • "Murderoni" • "Crab Splatter" • "The Trouble with Truffles" • "The White Hole"
- She picks up an implant gun. It has two huge spikes on the end.
- Cut to: Applied Cryogenics: Freezer Room. Leela runs in after Fry and he dodges the implant gun.
- The peace officers fire their laser guns randomly into the air.
Suicide & self-harm 2 moments
How Suicide & self-harm shows up in Futurama S1 E1:
- Fry steps into the booth, overlooking the sign on the side that says "Suicide Booth".
- Cut to: Suicide Booth. Fry presses a button and nothing happens. The robot steps in behind him.
Swearing 8 moments
How Swearing shows up in Futurama S1 E1:
- Bender literally shits a brick.
- …• "The Mutants Are Revolting" • "The Futurama Holiday Spectacular" • "The Silence of the Clamps" • "Möbius Dick" • "Law and Oracle" • "Benderama" • "The Tip of the Zoidberg" • "Ghost in the Machines" • "Neutopia" • "Yo…
- …"Law and Oracle" • "The Silence of the Clamps" • "Yo Leela Leela" • "All the Presidents' Heads" • "Möbius Dick" • "Fry Am the Egg Man" • "The Tip of the Zoidberg" • "Cold Warriors" • "Overclockwise" • "Reincarnation"
- The tube sucks him up and he screams as he flies through it.
- (13:09) ⨂URL: Damn!
- (13:56) ⨂Bender: You're full of crap, Fry! [He turns and a dangling wire catches on his antenna and electrocutes him.] You make a persuasive argument, Fry.
- He flexes his fingers but Fry just lifts it. Bender groans and they climb down the ladder. He reaches back up to the grate and bends it just for the hell of it. He chuckles and follows Fry.
- …Space" • "Fear of a Bot Planet" • "A Fishful of Dollars" • "My Three Suns" • "A Big Piece of Garbage" • "Hell Is Other Robots" • "A Flight to Remember" • "Mars University" • "When Aliens Attack" • "Fry and the Slurm…
Alcohol & drugs 3 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Futurama S1 E1:
- Icy Wiener? Aw, crud! I always thought at this point in my life I'd be the one making the crank calls! [He sits down on the chair, puts his feet on the desk and opens a can of beer.] Here's to another lousy millennium.
- (09:10) ⨂Bender: Lousy, stinking rip-off! [He kicks the booth.] Well, I didn't have anything else planned for today. Let's go get drunk!
- He reaches into his chest cabinet and pulls out three bottles of beer ... and drinks them all himself.
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