Content guide
Preview first — about 11+
Futurama S14 E1, “Beef”, scores 3/5 for violence, 1/5 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 4 themes: Nudity & bodies (1); Violence & injury (8); Swearing (4); Alcohol & drugs (4). 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, drinking, language in adult animation.
Parents need to know that Futurama S14 E1, "Beef", 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 throws her bra at Fry. 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 — Amy says, "[stoned out of her mind] Wait! The citronella gave me an idea!". 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 S14 E1:
- Leela throws her bra at Fry.
Violence & injury 8 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Futurama S14 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"
- Announcer
Three... two… [He fires the starter gun, which is actually a mustard tube.]
- Farnsworth
For example, if a mosquito bit a cow and was subsequently preserved in amber, we might be able to extract DNA from the blood cells it drank!
- Farnsworth
[He throws the other fossils into a trash can and puts the fossil onto a microscope tray.] Now, we just need to extract some putrefied blood from the mosquito's withered bowels.
- Fry
What a jerk! I was in training to beat him the next year, but that's when I got frozen. FYI, that's how I ended up here in the future.
- :[Bender punches Fry in the stomach as the dog flies out of his mouth and into Zoidberg's.]
- Bender
It's like those paintings of the big-eyed kids who you wanna punch in the face.
Swearing 4 moments
How Swearing shows up in Futurama S14 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"
- …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 4 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Futurama S14 E1:
- Amy
[stoned out of her mind] Wait! The citronella gave me an idea!
- Bender
Wow, we failed faster than usual. Let's get drunk!
- Fry
Oh, it was huge! Competitive eaters were every bit as respected as beer pong players. [He points to a picture of himself and three others wearing "H" letterman jackets.] That's me there. I lettered in hotdog.</poem>
- Brocky
[to Fry] Whoa, whoa, whoa, I remember you! You're that loser I wasted in 1999!
Watch With The Kids · Your kids — your rules! · Informal parent guidance, not an official rating.