Content guide
Preview first — about 11+
Futurama S3 E4, “Parasites Lost”, 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 17 flagged moments in 5 themes: Sex & hookups (4); Nudity & bodies (1); Violence & injury (6); Suicide & self-harm (1); Swearing (5). 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, suicide references, language in adult animation.
Parents need to know that Futurama S3 E4, "Parasites Lost", 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). Suicide or self-harm is raised — for example, Fry-Droid says, "I was just working my way towards the medulla oblongata, control centre of the heart and…". Violence includes …Morning Fun Pit" • "Calculon 2.0" • "Assie Come Home" • "Leela and the Genestalk" •…. Sexual content is mild but includes Enter Zoidberg riding one of Fry's sperm; She is wearing sexy, near-see-through underwear. Language isn't constant, but you can expect swearing — for example, He cocks his laser and fires at the worm building. 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 4 moments
How Sex & hookups shows up in Futurama S3 E4:
- Enter Zoidberg riding one of Fry's sperm.
- Sal
Hey, sexy mama, let's get busy and freaky in that order!
- Fry
Hey, jumbo! How would you like it if Leela said you were sexy and she wanted to make love with you?
- Scene: Leela's Bedroom. Fry and Leela make out on her bed.
Nudity & bodies 1 moment
How Nudity & bodies shows up in Futurama S3 E4:
- She is wearing sexy, near-see-through underwear.
Violence & injury 6 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Futurama S3 E4:
- …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"
- Zoidberg
[almost simultaneous] Shotgun!
- Cut to: Fry's Capillary. The ship moves through the tube between two red blood cells.
- Cut to: Fry's Vein. The ship is blown out of the capillary with the blood cells and is battered around the tube.
- Sal
I gots your apologys right heres! [He whips out a knife.
Suicide & self-harm 1 moment
How Suicide & self-harm shows up in Futurama S3 E4:
- Fry-Droid
I was just working my way towards the medulla oblongata, control centre of the heart and lungs. And if I kill myself, you die with me.
Swearing 5 moments
How Swearing shows up in Futurama S3 E4:
- He cocks his laser and fires at the worm building.
- …• "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-Droid
Listen, this is gonna be one hell of a bowel movement. Afterwards he'll be lucky if he has any bones left!
- Fry
Of all the parasites I've had over the years, these worms are among the-- Hell! They are the best! Leela, how can I ever repay you for saving them?
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