Content guide
Preview first — about 11+
Futurama S5 E15, “Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television”, 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 17 flagged moments in 6 themes: Nudity & bodies (1); Affairs / cheating (1); Violence & injury (5); Swearing (5); Alcohol & drugs (3); Sexual insults (2). 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, sexual insults in adult animation.
Parents need to know that Futurama S5 E15, "Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television", 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 Monique says, "[on TV] Nude rocks bands, big piles of what I assume is talcum powder. It's quite a…"; Dramatic music plays. The "previously" montage fades to a bedroom where Monique has…. 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 sexual insults — for example, Scene: Planet Express: Meeting Room. A "Happy Growth-Scraping Day" banner has been hung…. Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — Bender says, "Cram a ham in it, you twerps! [He throws his beer bottle at them, it misses and hits…". 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 S5 E15:
- Monique
[on TV] Nude rocks bands, big piles of what I assume is talcum powder. It's quite a birthday party, Calculon.
Affairs / cheating 1 moment
How Affairs / cheating shows up in Futurama S5 E15:
- Dramatic music plays. The "previously" montage fades to a bedroom where Monique has another passionate affair with Boxy. Enter Calculon. Monique pulls the sheets over her.
Violence & injury 5 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Futurama S5 E15:
- …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"
- Network President
Then you don't quit. [His CD-ROM drive opens and one of the Execubots puts a gun in it and connects it to him.] I think you'll be finishing the scene now, Mr. Bender. And don't skimp on the nasty.
- Farnsworth
I'm a cold-blooded punk!
- Bender yoinks the guns from their hands.
Swearing 5 moments
How Swearing shows up in Futurama S5 E15:
- …• "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
[shouting; from outside] Awful! Boo! This kid sucks! We want Bender! Boo!
- Linda
[on TV] A new protest group, Fathers Against Rude Television, says "Hell, yes!"
- …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 3 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Futurama S5 E15:
- Bender
Cram a ham in it, you twerps! [He throws his beer bottle at them, it misses and hits Fry, who squeals.] Sorry!
- Calculon
[on TV] Oh, Monique, why did we wait so many years to bathe in champagne?
- Bender
[He stands up on the bed and starts dancing.] C'mon, baby! [He hums and takes a cigar out of his chest cabinet and takes a few puffs then follows with a gulp of beer.] Come on!
Sexual insults 2 moments
How Sexual insults shows up in Futurama S5 E15:
- Scene: Planet Express: Meeting Room. A "Happy Growth-Scraping Day" banner has been hung up along the back wall. LaBarbara and Amy fly up to the ceiling on rocket packs and hang streamers. Enter Zoidberg in tramp garb.
- Zoidberg
Look who's here, everyone! It's Zoidberg, the lovable tramp!
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