Content guide
Preview first — about 11+
Futurama S5 E16, “The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings”, 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 11 flagged moments in 4 themes: Nudity & bodies (2); Violence & injury (3); Swearing (5); 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.
Parents need to know
Age 11+Violence, language, nudity in adult animation.
Parents need to know that Futurama S5 E16, "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings", 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, in dialogue). Violence includes …Morning Fun Pit" • "Calculon 2.0" • "Assie Come Home" • "Leela and the Genestalk" •…. Sexual content is mild but includes Leela says, "Ooh! Was it jazz noodling? My ex-boyfriend Sean played the sax. I used to listen for…". 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 — Robot Devil says, "Looks like I wasted a bus trip". 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 2 moments
How Nudity & bodies shows up in Futurama S5 E16:
- Leela
Ooh! Was it jazz noodling? My ex-boyfriend Sean played the sax. I used to listen for hours while he sat naked on my couch and improvised.
- Fry
That could be my beautiful soul sitting naked on her couch if I could just learn to play this stupid thing.
Violence & injury 3 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Futurama S5 E16:
- …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"
- Bender
Fry, if you don't take this offer right now I will lose all respect for you and punch you.
Swearing 5 moments
How Swearing shows up in Futurama S5 E16:
- …• "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"
- Scene: Robot Hell. Hellbots torture robots and they scream. Beelzebot and his band of Hellbots practise the Robot Hell song. He plays his golden fiddle and then suddenly stops and groans.
- Robot Devil
Hell is full of ten-year-olds who wanted exactly the same thing.
- Tinny Tim
[shouting] Extra! Extra! Greatest opera of all time sucks.
Alcohol & drugs 1 moment
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Futurama S5 E16:
- Robot Devil
Looks like I wasted a bus trip.
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