The Day the Earth Stood Stupid
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Futurama

Is Futurama S3 E7 OK for kids?

The Day the Earth Stood Stupid

Only Fry's superior inferior brain can save the day when knowledge-sucking alien brains invade.

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🛒 Where to buy

Digital seasons or a box set to keep.

Content guide

👊 Violence
💋 Sex
🙊 Language
⭐ Overall

Preview first — about 11+

Futurama S3 E7, “The Day the Earth Stood Stupid”, 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+. Only Fry's superior inferior brain can save the day when knowledge-sucking alien brains invade.

Across the episode we counted 7 flagged moments in 3 themes: Violence & injury (2); Swearing (4); 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.

Watch for — every moment, theme by theme

Violence & injury 2 moments

How Violence & injury shows up in Futurama S3 E7:

  • …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"

Swearing 4 moments

How Swearing shows up in Futurama S3 E7:

  • …• "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"
  • …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"

Fat-shaming 1 moment

How Fat-shaming shows up in Futurama S3 E7:

  • Queequeg [pointing] Big whale over there.

What to watch in Futurama · Season 3 guide

Watch With The Kids · You kids — your rules! · Informal parent guidance, not an official rating.