Content guide
Preview first — about 11+
Futurama S5 E13, “Bend Her”, 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 19 flagged moments in 6 themes: Sex & hookups (2); Nudity & bodies (3); Violence & injury (5); Swearing (6); Fat-shaming (2); Sexual insults (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, fat-shaming in adult animation.
Parents need to know that Futurama S5 E13, "Bend Her", 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" •…. Sexual content is mild but includes Leela says, "You actually thought they'd let you walk away without an engine oil sex check?"; Commentator says, "Bender's dress falls revealing his underwear and the last judge changes his score to…". Language isn't constant, but you can expect swearing — for example, …• "The Mutants Are Revolting" • "The Futurama Holiday Spectacular" • "The Silence of…. This episode includes fat-shaming — for example, Farnsworth says, "Don't worry. The fat pig will do fine thanks to this flabbo-dynamic spandex bodysuit…". This episode includes sexual insults — for example, Coilette says, "Oh, please! Every man wants a tramp. No wonder you girls aren't married. [She giggles.]…". 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 2 moments
How Sex & hookups shows up in Futurama S5 E13:
- Leela
You actually thought they'd let you walk away without an engine oil sex check?
- Bender
I don't need friends. I need a sex change operation and give it to me now!
Nudity & bodies 3 moments
How Nudity & bodies shows up in Futurama S5 E13:
- Commentator
Bender's dress falls revealing his underwear and the last judge changes his score to 10.0.] Perfect scores!
- Coilette
My breasts are keeping me awake at night anyway.
- Coilette
This top makes me look fat. Is it trampy to go on a first date nude?
Violence & injury 5 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Futurama S5 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"
- Farnsworth
Oh, let's go check on Hermes. All this inspiring multi-culturalism is angrying up my blood. [He, Fry, Leela and Amy get up and leave. They pass some fans holding a "Go Sweden!" banner.] Sweden? I don't think so!
- He shoots the starter gun and the limbo-ers run off down the track and under the limbo sticks.
- Bender
Ever been beaten up by a guy dressed like a chick?
Swearing 6 moments
How Swearing shows up in Futurama S5 E13:
- …• "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"
- Commentator
I say go to hell, Barbados Slim!
- Bender
I'm great! Everybody else sucks! Except that guy Bender. He's really somethin'!
- Farnsworth
Turn off that crap-o-rama! One mistake now and Bender will be trapped forever between the already ill-defined robot sexes.
- …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…
Fat-shaming 2 moments
How Fat-shaming shows up in Futurama S5 E13:
- Farnsworth
Don't worry. The fat pig will do fine thanks to this flabbo-dynamic spandex bodysuit I've designed. [Hermes wriggles into the bodysuit.] It redistributes his weight, shifting his centre of gravity closer to his knees.
- Hermes
Your body may be as perfectly-sculpted as it was 20 years ago when you whupped my fat ass every time we met. [He pulls the bodysuit hood over his hair.] But today, I feel lucky.
Sexual insults 1 moment
How Sexual insults shows up in Futurama S5 E13:
- Coilette
Oh, please! Every man wants a tramp. No wonder you girls aren't married. [She giggles.] I tell you, men are so much better at being women.
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