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Skip for under 13
Futurama S5 E14, “Obsoletely Fabulous”, scores 3/5 for violence, 1/5 for sex and 4/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 13. Bender needs an upgrade when a new robot makes him feel obsolete.
Across the episode we counted 20 flagged moments in 3 themes: Violence & injury (8); Swearing (9); Alcohol & drugs (3). 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 8 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Futurama S5 E14:
- Roberto
Man, I hate those new 1-X robots. I'd like to stab 'em! Give 'em some of these!
- He starts stabbing the air with his fist and making his trademark nutcase noise.
- Roberto
Parole officer says I gotta upgrade or he won't give me back my stabbing knife.
- …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"
- Wernstrom
Ladies and gentlemen, my Killbot features Lotus Notes and a machine gun. It is the finest available.
- Roberto
I'm past that. Later, blood!
- Bender
They're the devil's veins and electricity is his blood.
Swearing 9 moments
How Swearing shows up in Futurama S5 E14:
- …• "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"
- Bender belches fire and Robot 1-X sucks it in and disperses a green gas from its head. Bender sniffs.
- Bender
That new robot is great, huh? Sure made me look like a pile of crap!
- He sucks up the litter and dark matter, cleans the box and replaces it with fresh litter and a fresh pine scent.
- Bender
Damn. One rock short of rescue!
- Bender
[He empties the other discs out of his chest cabinet and stamps on them, cracking and breaking them.] Take that, Beethoven, you deaf bastard!
- …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 3 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Futurama S5 E14:
- Fry
And there's a robot scratching post. [Robots bat around a beer bottle on the scratching post.] You should try it out, Bender.
- Bender
Oop! Low on power. [He chuckles.] Better fuel up! [The bottle is empty.] Oh, no! Guess I'll do what I always do when I run out of booze.
- Scene: Desert Island Beach. Bender is back under his rock. He has developed five o'clock rust around his mouth and is muttering to himself. He sees a six pack of beer walking towards him and gasps.
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