Content guide
Preview first — about 11+
Futurama S3 E13, “Bendin' in the Wind”, 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 13 flagged moments in 4 themes: Nudity & bodies (1); Violence & injury (4); Swearing (7); Alcohol & drugs (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, drinking in adult animation.
Parents need to know that Futurama S3 E13, "Bendin' in the Wind", 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, in dialogue). Violence includes …Morning Fun Pit" • "Calculon 2.0" • "Assie Come Home" • "Leela and the Genestalk" •…. Sexual content is mild but includes Scene: Velma Sue's Laundromat. Zoidberg, Amy, Leela and Fry do their laundry. Zoidberg…. Language isn't constant, but you can expect swearing — for example, Fry says, "Something clangs around inside of him and he shits a brick". Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — Scene: Planet Express: Hangar. Fry grunts and groans as he pushes the VW into the…. 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
Nudity & bodies 1 moment
How Nudity & bodies shows up in Futurama S3 E13:
- Scene: Velma Sue's Laundromat. Zoidberg, Amy, Leela and Fry do their laundry. Zoidberg dumps the basket of washing on a table in front of the others who sit around in their underwear.
Violence & injury 4 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Futurama S3 E13:
- …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"
- Beck
Try and scrape it across your chest like a knife on burnt toast.
- Bender
Obviously not, or I'd be strangling you right now.
Swearing 7 moments
How Swearing shows up in Futurama S3 E13:
- Fry
Something clangs around inside of him and he shits a brick.
- Leela
Whale oil. [She points to a barrel of Mobil Dick Whale Oil.] Bender, lift it up to the can opener.
- …• "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…
- Bender
Oh, crap! It's a miracle!
- Beck
Bender, that's some played-out, new-jack, horse crap-- But I know you don't mean it so apology accepted.
- …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 1 moment
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Futurama S3 E13:
- Scene: Planet Express: Hangar. Fry grunts and groans as he pushes the VW into the hangar. He wears the previous owner's bandana. Bender sits inside and guzzles down a beer. The rest of the staff gather around.
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