Content guide
Skip for under 13
Futurama S7 E1, “The Bots and the Bees”, scores 3/5 for violence, 3/5 for sex and 4/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 13.
Across the episode we counted 23 flagged moments in 6 themes: Sex & hookups (4); Nudity & bodies (1); Violence & injury (4); Swearing (8); Alcohol & drugs (5); 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 13+Sex talk, violence, language in adult animation.
Parents need to know that Futurama S7 E1, "The Bots and the Bees", is a adult animation episode. The series is known for cartoon sci-fi, but written for adults — crude gags and dark jokes. Driven by sex & hookups (explicit, shown on screen), with violence & injury alongside it. Violence includes …Morning Fun Pit" • "Calculon 2.0" • "Assie Come Home" • "Leela and the Genestalk" •…. Sexual content includes Narrator says, "Except masturbation! That's...just...wrong!!!"; Ruth says, "Hot. I could bake a potato in my cleavage". Language includes strong swearing — for example, …• "The Mutants Are Revolting" • "The Futurama Holiday Spectacular" • "The Silence of…. This episode includes sexual insults — for example, Bender says, "[turning on a lamp] Fry, it's two a.m.! What're ya doin' here glowin' on my skanks?". Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — Soda machine says, "I call myself "Bev". An' if you're lookin' for a smelly ol' can o' booze, go look in the…". 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 4 moments
How Sex & hookups shows up in Futurama S7 E1:
- Narrator
Except masturbation! That's...just...wrong!!!
- A series of ones and zeros become sperm and go into a hard drive.
- Farnsworth
[holding a videocasette labelled "ROBOT SEX ED: DIRECTOR'S CUT"] Then prepare to be embarrassed.
- Narrator
[reading title screen] SEX ED. VOLUME ONE or PANTS FULL of SHAME!
Nudity & bodies 1 moment
How Nudity & bodies shows up in Futurama S7 E1:
- Ruth
Hot. I could bake a potato in my cleavage.
Violence & injury 4 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Futurama S7 E1:
- …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"
- Close-up on Bender with bloodshot eyes.
- Bev
Bender continues attempting to punch Bev.
Swearing 8 moments
How Swearing shows up in Futurama S7 E1:
- …• "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"
- Bev
Oh, no, you don't, mister! Damn baby's drivin' me crazy! [The baby continues giggling.] He won't stop giggling no matter how much I scream at 'im! [sobs]
- Bender
He loves bending! Just like me! [He picks up his son and holds him in his arms.] Aw! I'm gonna call 'im Ben. After the first half of me, Bender! [Ben burps, and fire comes out.] That's my bastard!
- Bender
It called me what?!? Ooooh! God damn!
- Scene: Interior of the Professor's Laboratory. Zoidberg, Farnsworth, Leela, Hermes, Amy, and Green Fry are gathered around Bender who is collecting things in a box labelled "BEN'S PRECIOUS CRAP".
- …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 5 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Futurama S7 E1:
- Soda machine
I call myself "Bev". An' if you're lookin' for a smelly ol' can o' booze, go look in the mirror!
- Cut to: Interior of the Hip Joint. Bender is at the bar with a beer in his hand very angry.
- Narrator
After beer and hot wings at a local gas station, the two enjoy intimate time behind a dumpster. It's all perfectly natural. Let's watch, aroused, as Gerald's antenna uploads a binary file to Francine's internal drive.
- Bender
That doesn't prove I'm an unfit parent! I was drunk and violent when I signed that!
- Bev
Well, I'm drunk and violent now! He's comin' with me!
Sexual insults 1 moment
How Sexual insults shows up in Futurama S7 E1:
- Bender
[turning on a lamp] Fry, it's two a.m.! What're ya doin' here glowin' on my skanks?
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