Content guide
Preview first — about 11+
Futurama S1 E3, “I, Roommate”, scores 3/5 for violence, 1/5 for sex and 3/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 3/5 — Preview first — about 11+.
Across the episode we counted 16 flagged moments in 6 themes: Sex & hookups (1); Nudity & bodies (1); Violence & injury (4); Swearing (6); Alcohol & drugs (3); Fat-shaming (1). 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 11+Violence, language, fat-shaming in adult animation.
Parents need to know that Futurama S1 E3, "I, Roommate", is a adult animation episode. The series is known for cartoon sci-fi, but written for adults — crude gags and dark jokes. Sits in the gray area mainly on violence & injury (explicit, shown on screen). Violence includes …Morning Fun Pit" • "Calculon 2.0" • "Assie Come Home" • "Leela and the Genestalk" •…. Sexual content is mild but includes (06:49) ⨂Bender: [sleep-talking] Hey, sexy mama, wanna kill all the humans?; Cut to: Planet Express: Meeting Room. Fry sits down, still in his underwear. Language isn't constant, but you can expect swearing — for example, …• "The Mutants Are Revolting" • "The Futurama Holiday Spectacular" • "The Silence of…. This episode includes fat-shaming — for example, (14:00) ⨂Bender: Those could be anyone's thoughts, fat ass!. Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — (05:53) ⨂Bender: Let's see, where to start. OK, this is the TV area, that over there's…. 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 1 moment
How Sex & hookups shows up in Futurama S1 E3:
- (06:49) ⨂Bender: [sleep-talking] Hey, sexy mama, wanna kill all the humans?
Nudity & bodies 1 moment
How Nudity & bodies shows up in Futurama S1 E3:
- Cut to: Planet Express: Meeting Room. Fry sits down, still in his underwear.
Violence & injury 4 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Futurama S1 E3:
- …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"
- The squid's tentacles come through the floor and walls. The landlord takes a knife out of his boot.
- He takes out a knife, puts it between his teeth and walks out.
Swearing 6 moments
How Swearing shows up in Futurama S1 E3:
- …• "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"
- (01:49) ⨂Leela: What the hell are you doing? You're getting a huge dose of radiation!
- (09:32) ⨂Bender: What's with all the crap?
- (09:33) ⨂Leela: It's not crap.
- …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 E3:
- (05:53) ⨂Bender: Let's see, where to start. OK, this is the TV area, that over there's the breakfast nook, and over here is where you'll be living which is great because, until now, it's just been wasted space.
- Time Lapse. Bender lies on the beanbag drinks a can of beer. He tosses the empty can on a pile of other cans.
- (11:33) ⨂Bender: Wow! Heavy-drinking crowd! [He belches fire.] I'd better go out for more beer.
Fat-shaming 1 moment
How Fat-shaming shows up in Futurama S1 E3:
- (14:00) ⨂Bender: Those could be anyone's thoughts, fat ass!
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