Content guide
Preview first — about 11+
Futurama S2 E20, “Anthology of Interest I”, scores 3/5 for violence, 2/5 for sex and 3/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 3/5 — Preview first — about 11+.
Across the episode we counted 22 flagged moments in 5 themes: Sex & hookups (1); Nudity & bodies (1); Violence & injury (12); Swearing (6); Alcohol & drugs (2). 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, drinking in adult animation.
Parents need to know that Futurama S2 E20, "Anthology of Interest I", 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 Zoidberg says, "Police? Bah! Nosy meddlers! It so happens I have mail order degrees in Murderology and…". Sexual content is mild but includes Amy says, "Wow! Sporty go-cart, Leela! So hip and sexy. Not like you at all"; Bender says, "Ooh! Ooh! [He rubs his hands together.] I wanna aks it a question! [He speaks into the…". Language isn't constant, but you can expect swearing — for example, …• "The Mutants Are Revolting" • "The Futurama Holiday Spectacular" • "The Silence of…. Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — Fry says, "Icy Wiener? Aw, crud! [He sits down in the chair, puts his feet on the desk and opens a…". 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 S2 E20:
- Amy
Wow! Sporty go-cart, Leela! So hip and sexy. Not like you at all.
Nudity & bodies 1 moment
How Nudity & bodies shows up in Futurama S2 E20:
- Bender
Ooh! Ooh! [He rubs his hands together.] I wanna aks it a question! [He speaks into the the microphone of the What-If machine.] As a robot living among humans, I've never really felt accepted at parties or nude beaches.
Violence & injury 12 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Futurama S2 E20:
- Zoidberg
Police? Bah! Nosy meddlers! It so happens I have mail order degrees in Murderology and Murderonomy. [He puts on a deerstalker and pulls out a magnifying glass.] Zoidberg is afoot!
- Leela
I'm sorry, I couldn't stop-- W-Wait. Don't you care that I murdered Hermes?
- Bender
Not even a little. There's nothing wrong with murder, just so long as you let Bender wet his beak.
- Zoidberg
is a big murderer!
- Cubert
This is preposterous. Obviously, the murderer is
- Zoidberg
My next clue came at 4.15, when the clock stopped. And another came two hours later at 4.15, when I discovered the murdered body of Amy's dead, deceased corpse.
- Leela turns the lights off again and stabs Scruffy with the same sword. The lights come back on.
- Zoidberg
The lights go off and Leela stabs Nibbler.
- Nichols
Something's wrong. Murder isn't working and that's all we're good at.
- Bender
Oh, yeah! That calms the shakes. [The troops shoot him with electricity guns.] Hey! [They shoot again and Bender just laughs.] [laughing] Aw, quit it! Come on!
- Gore
I'm Al Gore, and these are my Vice Presidential Action Rangers; a group of top nerds whose sole duty it is to prevent disruptions in the space-time continuum.
- Gore pats Deep Blue.
Swearing 6 moments
How Swearing shows up in Futurama S2 E20:
- …• "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"
- Zoidberg picks up a train and whips it around. Bender snaps off part of a travel tube, sucks up some people and blows them at Zoidberg. Zoidberg screams.
- The hole starts to suck the room into itself. It sucks in Fry and the Action Rangers. They scream.
- …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…
- …Space" • "Fear of a Bot Planet" • "A Fishful of Dollars" • "My Three Suns" • "A Big Piece of Garbage" • "Hell Is Other Robots"
Alcohol & drugs 2 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Futurama S2 E20:
- Fry
Icy Wiener? Aw, crud! [He sits down in the chair, puts his feet on the desk and opens a can of beer.] Here's to another lousy Millennium!
- Fry
Alright. But I need a weapon to fight off drunken robots when I wake up.
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