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Skip for under 13
Futurama S13 E5, “Scared Screenless”, scores 3/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 3/5 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 (1); Porn / strippers / sex work (3); Violence & injury (8); Suicide & self-harm (1); Swearing (7); 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.
Parents need to know
Age 13+Violence, strip-club and porn references, suicide references in adult animation.
Parents need to know that Futurama S13 E5, "Scared Screenless", is a adult animation episode. The series is known for cartoon sci-fi, but written for adults — crude gags and dark jokes. Driven by violence & injury (explicit, shown on screen), with porn / strippers / sex work alongside it. Suicide or self-harm is raised — for example, Hermes says, "But nobody has coins anymore! Not since suicide booths started takin' Venmo". Violence includes Bender says, "Ow! Ow! Stop pecking me, you stupid murder bird!". Sexual content is explicit — for example, Scene: The kids sneak past Zapp's yurt, and Dwight checks behind the yurt door to see…; Stripper or strip-club material shows up in the plot. 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 — Zapp says, "Ah, the best part of waking up, a box of wine and the gentle song of children screaming…". 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 1 moment
How Sex & hookups shows up in Futurama S13 E5:
- Scene: The kids sneak past Zapp's yurt, and Dwight checks behind the yurt door to see Zapp sleeping with his Q.T. McWhiskers doll.
Porn / strippers / sex work 3 moments
How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in Futurama S13 E5:
- Stripper or strip-club material shows up in the plot.
- Zapp
There's no WiFi here on Remotus. [He pushes a button, making the bag raise up.] Nevertheless, I shall hoist your devices high atop this naturally occurring stripper pole for one reason and one reason only: to taunt you.
- Scene: The street. Loud music is heard from a green hovercar that Zoidberg is driving the guys around in. They pass by the Evening Nudes strip club. Fry, Farnsworth and Hermes stick their heads out the moonroof.
Violence & injury 8 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Futurama S13 E5:
- Bender
Ow! Ow! Stop pecking me, you stupid murder bird!
- …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"
- A picture of Zapp Brannigan holding a laser gun is next to those words.
- Scene: O'Zorgnax's Pub. A sign outside the bar reads in AL1 "Human Bloody Mary - $8.00". Cut to inside. A Neptunian bartender shakes a few mixers and serves them to the ladies.
- Zapp
There's only one way to deal with every situation... guns.
- Zapp wields his laser gun and attempts to fire, but it does nothing.
- Zapp
[he does so] And voila! I stand before you, an adonis! [girdle loosens, then he punches the WiFi button to open the bus door] It's go time.
Suicide & self-harm 1 moment
How Suicide & self-harm shows up in Futurama S13 E5:
- Hermes
But nobody has coins anymore! Not since suicide booths started takin' Venmo.
Swearing 7 moments
How Swearing shows up in Futurama S13 E5:
- …• "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
[turns his chair backwards to sit in it] If you're currently using another device in addition to the one you're watching me on, then you're a sick, sick bastard!
- URL
Damn, this cabinet was three days from being used to store retirement paperwork.
- Zapp
Damn. To the bus!
- …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 S13 E5:
- Zapp
Ah, the best part of waking up, a box of wine and the gentle song of children screaming in nature.
- A radish attacks his box wine and deflates his yurt. Zapp crawls out from under it.
- URL walks in leading a still drunk Leela, LaBarbara and Amy.
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