The Why of Fry
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Is Futurama S5 E8 OK for kids?

The Why of Fry

Fry learns his accidental freezing 1,004 years earlier wasn't an accident. He is given a choice that could prevent its happening, but at a cost.

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Content guide

👊 Violence
💋 Sex
🙊 Language
⭐ Overall

Preview first — about 11+

Futurama S5 E8, “The Why of Fry”, 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+. Fry learns his accidental freezing 1,004 years earlier wasn't an accident. He is given a choice that could prevent its happening, but at a cost.

Across the episode we counted 11 flagged moments in 3 themes: Violence & injury (3); 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.

Watch for — every moment, theme by theme

Violence & injury 3 moments

How Violence & injury shows up in Futurama S5 E8:

  • …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"
  • He punches Fry and knocks him unconscious.

Swearing 7 moments

How Swearing shows up in Futurama S5 E8:

  • Leela I met him at that charity cock fight last week. He's the mayor's aide.
  • …• "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"
  • Fry Those bastards!
  • Fry Yes! Here I come, future! Oh, no! Wait! I'm gonna get trapped in the Infosphere again! Just remember that Scooty-Puff Jr. sucks.
  • …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 S5 E8:

  • Fry So I really am important? How I feel when I'm drunk is correct?

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