Content guide
Skip for under 13
Futurama S2 E4, “Fry and the Slurm Factory”, scores 3/5 for violence, 1/5 for sex and 4/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 13. Fry wins a trip to the Slurm Factory and discovers the secret behind the addictive soda.
Across the episode we counted 15 flagged moments in 4 themes: Sex & hookups (2); Violence & injury (4); Suicide & self-harm (1); Swearing (8). 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.
Watch for — every moment, theme by theme
Sex & hookups 2 moments
How Sex & hookups shows up in Futurama S2 E4:
- Fry
I 'unno. Try it on me. [Bender turns it on and points it at Fry's crotch. Fry doubles over in pain.] Ow! My sperm!
- Bender
Whoa, mama! Hold still, sexy lady.
Violence & injury 4 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Futurama S2 E4:
- Calculon
[on TV] Oh, how I wish I could believe that. You may be my evil half-brother, but there's no law against murdering the other half.
- …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"
- Slurms
[He takes his shades off revealing his bloodshot eyes underneath.] I'll save you the only way I know how: By partying!
Suicide & self-harm 1 moment
How Suicide & self-harm shows up in Futurama S2 E4:
- Outside the convenience store some people queue outside a suicide booth and a sign advertises the shop as being "Open 28 Hours".
Swearing 8 moments
How Swearing shows up in Futurama S2 E4:
- …• "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"
- Farnsworth
Or a big fat placebo. It's all the same crap.
- "Fembot": Damn Chico! One more upgrade and I'll be more lady than you can handle! Why you so stupid, stupid?
- Bender
[shouting] Shut the hell up!
- A whirlpool sucks them underwater and they scream. They are pulled through a hole in the bottom of the Slurm river.
- Fry
[screaming] Nooo! [He sticks his head between the grate and tries to lick up the Slurm.] [talking] I could fit if I didn't have these damn arms!
- …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…
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