Futurama
tv·TV-14·Mar 28, 1999
Futurama keeps its 2/10 woke score by sticking to classic sci-fi gags, workplace satire, and absurd plots with Fry, Bender, and Leela that never inject identity politics or social messaging. The result is neutral, story-first entertainment built on character-driven humor instead of agenda.
Futurama centers on Fry's cryogenic awakening in the year 3000 and his ensuing misadventures with the Planet Express delivery crew—including the robot Bender and one-eyed pilot Leela—through time-travel gags, robot antics, alien encounters, and workplace satire.
Across the reviewed seasons, the series consistently delivers irreverent sci-fi comedy that parodies bureaucracy, macho archetypes like Zapp Brannigan, and genre tropes via absurd plots and character flaws, without any identity-politics framing, systemic-oppression themes, or alterations to established characters for diversity purposes. Leela's competence and backstory arise organically from the show's lore to support the humor rather than external messaging, while occasional gender or political elements function strictly as episodic farce or equal-opportunity mockery. This approach preserves the creators' focus on entertainment and traditional satire, resulting in the show's overall woke score of 2/10.
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We've run a full content analysis on Futurama and scored it 2/10 on the woke scale. Read our detailed breakdown above to see exactly what we found.
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