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Futurama is transphobic now.

31 replies

ProudExclu · 14/05/2021 18:13

As I was obsessed with the show I’ve been wondering when this would resurface.

www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/02/23/futurama-transphobic-disney-plus-star-trans-bend-her/

For anyone who doesn’t know bender fails to beat the male robots at the robot olympics. So he has a sex change to become a fembot and easily beats all of the robots that were originally built female.

I can’t wait until they get to the episode where bender dresses up as a fairy and goes by the name “gender bender” on the wrestling circuit.

Apologies if already posted.

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nauticant · 15/05/2021 11:45

Clicking on their twitter page and then on "Media" is illuminating.

2ManyDicksOnTheDancefloor · 15/05/2021 11:37

And if you click on the PayPal link it takes you to a picture of a male person with a male name. Do dead names not offend if money is involved?

FemaleAndLearning · 15/05/2021 11:11

Everything is transphobic, therefore it is a meaningless thing to say.

AnExcellentWalker · 15/05/2021 10:54

Everything is transphobic if you look at it long enough.

NutellaEllaElla · 15/05/2021 10:49

@newnortherner111

Can those who call programmes out as transphobic target Mrs Browns Boys please? The best argument for ending the BBC licence fee, and not a comedy at all.
One thing I'd be more than happy to be cancelled!
newnortherner111 · 15/05/2021 10:38

Can those who call programmes out as transphobic target Mrs Browns Boys please? The best argument for ending the BBC licence fee, and not a comedy at all.

TheQueef · 15/05/2021 10:02

South Park were ahead of the curve with Mr/Mrs Garrison.
Slave nailed it.

NutellaEllaElla · 15/05/2021 09:55

It's wonderful that TRA nutjobs are kicking off about things like this. It shows the movement eating itself.

toffeebutterpopcorn · 15/05/2021 08:41

Ummmm. It’s only a matter of time. Tootsie too. Cage au folles, Priscilla...

AfternoonToffee · 15/05/2021 08:38

Awww the poor little poppet, maybe watch Mrs Doubtfire to relax.

toffeebutterpopcorn · 15/05/2021 08:26

I love Bender. je suis bender...

AdultHumanFemale77777 · 15/05/2021 08:22

[quote nauticant]It was a thing on twitter a couple of months back. If you want to go into your weekend with a smile on your face, check out the replies to this trans activist trying to whip up an outrage mob:

twitter.com/QueenStodge/status/1364205538184159232[/quote]
Why has the OP got a paypal link in their bio?! The entitlement is unreal.

Pudmyboy · 15/05/2021 07:48

(I go on Mumsnet classics)

Pudmyboy · 15/05/2021 07:47

I adore Futurama and loved the gender Bender episode, as has been said Futurama poked fun at everything and everyone, including in the crossover episode with the Simpsons. The only episode that made me sad was the one where Fry's dog waits his whole life for him to return 😢.
As an aside, what are people supposed/allowed to find funny these days? Parody has always been a source of humour as far as I am aware. What do people do for a laugh now?

Silvetmoon · 15/05/2021 01:45

@FlyPassed

We play a game in my house, where you have to be the first one to spot the "offensive content" in old sitcoms. It's a bit like bingo but you shout "bigot" instead of "house"
Grin
Jillly · 15/05/2021 01:32

Everything is transphobic.
Im surprised its taken anyone this long to realise Futerama comes under the banner of everything on earth that was ever transphobic.
I can only guess they are working backwards. But its set in the future so who tf knows.

Wandawomble · 15/05/2021 00:18

Have they tried to cancel Psycho yet?
I saw someone screaming on the internet in one of my BAME groups about The Wiggles singing a song about popadoms.

The Wiggles!
They got offended that I wasn’t offended as a BAME person.

So it’s not enough to be offended but you have to have everyone else offended too and of someone isn’t offended you need to scream at them until they agree with you like a five year old with anger management and control issues.

toffeebutterpopcorn · 14/05/2021 21:41

We have a similar game here! It’s not just the old shows you can play that with - some foreign programmes are a gold mine!

FlyPassed · 14/05/2021 20:24

We play a game in my house, where you have to be the first one to spot the "offensive content" in old sitcoms. It's a bit like bingo but you shout "bigot" instead of "house"

Freespeecher · 14/05/2021 19:31

ProudExclu

Hail, hail Robonia
The land I didn't make uuuup

SquishySquirmy · 14/05/2021 19:22

It is transphobic though.

I mean, bender is forced to undergo surgery to compete as a fembot! This of course is very problematic, as no modifications are required to turn a male robot into a female robot. In fact they already ARE a fembot and always have been...

SquishySquirmy · 14/05/2021 19:15

Oh I was wondering how long this would take! Grin
It was ages ago this episode was made wasn't it? Life imitating art indeed....

I like irreverent comedy.
Futurama poked fun at all kinds of causes and beliefs (including feminism!) Very funny show, and very clever at times.

I think it must be a very miserable existence for those who cannot see the funny side in their own causes and beliefs. Sometimes comedy might cross the line (and where that line is varies for us all) but I much prefer it to being po faced and puritanical about every damn thing.

CousinKrispy · 14/05/2021 18:54

I miss Futurama.

toffeebutterpopcorn · 14/05/2021 18:39

It hot not or hot...

toffeebutterpopcorn · 14/05/2021 18:39

What are they going to do when they spot Some Like or Hot?

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