Free Will Hunting
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Futurama

Is Futurama S7 E9 OK for kids?

Free Will Hunting

Bender embarks on a quest for the meaning of life after discovering that robots lack free will.

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Netflix, HBO or Disney+ — catalogs differ by country.

🛒 Where to buy

Digital seasons or a box set to keep.

Content guide

👊 Violence
💋 Sex
🙊 Language
⭐ Overall

Preview first — about 11+

Futurama S7 E9, “Free Will Hunting”, 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+. Bender embarks on a quest for the meaning of life after discovering that robots lack free will.

Across the episode we counted 17 flagged moments in 3 themes: Porn / strippers / sex work (1); Violence & injury (9); Swearing (7). 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

Porn / strippers / sex work 1 moment

How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in Futurama S7 E9:

  • Bender It's been quite a journey. I dropped out of school, joined a gang, took money from a loan shark, and fell into a spiral of despair, addiction, and discount prostitution.

Violence & injury 9 moments

How Violence & injury shows up in Futurama S7 E9:

  • Bender Okay, Leela, decision time. How do we murder the guards? Hockey sticks or sharpened footballs?
  • Leela We're not murdering anyone, Bender.
  • Judge 724 Bender Rodriguez, on the charge of attempted murder, I hereby find you guilty.
  • …Hot Enough" • "Fifty Shades of Green" • "The Numberland Gap" • "Scared Screenless" • "Wicked Human" • "Murderoni" • "Crab Splatter" • "The Trouble with Truffles" • "The White Hole"
  • Bender Yeah, but I learned something. Life is about decisions. Make the wrong ones, and you'll wind up face-down in a pool of your own blood and urine.
  • Scene: Farnsworth's lab at Planet Express. The Professor is working with some chemicals. Bender enters the room, holding a ray gun.
  • Bender You precognizant bastard. I may not have free will, but I can still shoot you. [He tries to shoot the Professor, but the gun will not fire.] Why can't I shoot you?
  • Bender [hanging on to the bill] There's no way I'm letting go of that money! [Fighting for the money, he starts to kick Joey. With one punch, Joey sends him crashing into a wall.]
  • The girls scream, then throw their table at Bender and proceed to beat him up. He is then shown being taken away by the police.

Swearing 7 moments

How Swearing shows up in Futurama S7 E9:

  • …• "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"
  • Hermes Mon, you had one hell of a day.
  • Bender I'm 40% empty. Also, what the hell is a free will slot?
  • Bender Damn it. I should have paid more attention in kindergarten.
  • Farnsworth I should have destroyed it, but I was too damn proud of myself.
  • Bender Okay, I will. By shooting you, you bastard!

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