Content guide
Preview first — about 11+
Futurama S5 E3, “The Route of All Evil”, 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 16 flagged moments in 3 themes: Violence & injury (5); Swearing (5); Alcohol & drugs (6). 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 S5 E3, "The Route of All Evil", 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 …Morning Fun Pit" • "Calculon 2.0" • "Assie Come Home" • "Leela and the Genestalk" •…. 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 — Scene: 7^11. Fry, Bender and Leela peruse the beer fridge. 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
Violence & injury 5 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Futurama S5 E3:
- …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"
- Fry
I can't drink that! The metal shavings make my throat bloody.
- Scene: Maple Craters. The port torpedo hatch opens and a gun pops out.
- Cut to: Ships Torpedo Room. Hermes sits behind the gun with the papers scattered around the room.
Swearing 5 moments
How Swearing shows up in Futurama S5 E3:
- …• "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
Damn right we are! Now come on, let's go do a little father-son weaselling out of this.
- Horrible Gelatinous Blob: What the hell do you want?
- …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…
Alcohol & drugs 6 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Futurama S5 E3:
- Scene: 7^11. Fry, Bender and Leela peruse the beer fridge.
- Bender
Ah, beer! So many choices, and it makes so little difference.
- Leela
Hey, hey! We can all fight when we're drunk. Now, listen, why don't we just brew our own beer?
- Dwight
Yeah, but why are you mad at us? Your dummy brigade wasted a week on an obviously fake mission.
- Cubert
We just busted our bums delivering a million papers and this is how you greet us, with a bunch of frosty, cold beers?
- Farnsworth
Uh, might a homeless old man have a touch more beef bourguignon? And another tequila slammer? [LaBarbara scoffs.] Please?
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