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‘Transphobic as f**k’ Futurama episode leaves a sour taste in Disney Plus viewers’ mouth

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A ‘transphobic’ Futurama episode landed with the series on Disney Plus Star, leaving a sour taste in fans’ mouths.

Disney Plus‘ Star launched in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Canada, bringing an entire slate of more adult-themed content to the streamer.

This includes 10 seasons of The Simpsons creator Matt Groening’s sci-fi comedy Futurama.

While fans were largely excited by the new additions, a few highlighted a particularly problematic anti-trans Futurama episode.

The “transphobic as f**k” episode follows Bender, a male robot, transitioning to compete as a woman in the 3004 Olympics.

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While people in the comments were quick to point out that this is a cartoon about a man who was frozen for 1,000 years and wakes up in a future filled with robots, others insisted it is an issue.

One fan of the show admitted there is “problematic content” in Futurama which he was “not sure why it was ever considered acceptable”.

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One viewer, who is trans, said it was “baffling” that another episode of Futurama featured a “tentacle monster that used neopronouns, and they didn’t make fun of that at all” but that “every trans person in the show is a hideous caricature”.

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In Futurama‘s fourth season episode “Bend Her”, Bender, a licentious male-presenting robot, attends the Earth 3004 Olympic Games. He feels that he should compete as well, but feels emasculated by the male Olympic robots. So he decides to pose a “fembot” – female robot – named Coilette to compete.

Coilette easily defeats the female competitors, winning five gold medals.

However, the medalists are called in for gender testing before the awards ceremony, and Bender decides to undergo an operation that will turn him into a fembot. As the fembot Coilette, Bender starts dating robot actor Calculon, who falls for Coilette instantly.

Bender originally wants to rob Calculon of his money with a divorce settlement, but he is moved by Calculon’s deep love for Coilette. Ultimately, he stages Coilette’s death and undergoes a second operation to return to his male identity.

At the end of the episode, Bender claims to not have been changed at all by the experience, but he whispers a heartfelt goodbye to Calculon.

While the cartoon was meant for comedic purposes, one person on Twitter rightly pointed out: “Harmful stereotypes are still harmful regardless of what it is”.

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A 'transphobic' Futurama episode landed with the series on Disney Plus Star, leaving a sour taste in fans' mouths.
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And, just like clockwork, all the whiny twats come out of the woodworks...
 
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TopCat said:
‘Transphobic as f**k’ Futurama episode leaves a sour taste in Disney Plus viewers’ mouth

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A ‘transphobic’ Futurama episode landed with the series on Disney Plus Star, leaving a sour taste in fans’ mouths.

Disney Plus‘ Star launched in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Canada, bringing an entire slate of more adult-themed content to the streamer.

This includes 10 seasons of The Simpsons creator Matt Groening’s sci-fi comedy Futurama.

While fans were largely excited by the new additions, a few highlighted a particularly problematic anti-trans Futurama episode.

The “transphobic as f**k” episode follows Bender, a male robot, transitioning to compete as a woman in the 3004 Olympics.

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While people in the comments were quick to point out that this is a cartoon about a man who was frozen for 1,000 years and wakes up in a future filled with robots, others insisted it is an issue.

One fan of the show admitted there is “problematic content” in Futurama which he was “not sure why it was ever considered acceptable”.

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One viewer, who is trans, said it was “baffling” that another episode of Futurama featured a “tentacle monster that used neopronouns, and they didn’t make fun of that at all” but that “every trans person in the show is a hideous caricature”.

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In Futurama‘s fourth season episode “Bend Her”, Bender, a licentious male-presenting robot, attends the Earth 3004 Olympic Games. He feels that he should compete as well, but feels emasculated by the male Olympic robots. So he decides to pose a “fembot” – female robot – named Coilette to compete.

Coilette easily defeats the female competitors, winning five gold medals.

However, the medalists are called in for gender testing before the awards ceremony, and Bender decides to undergo an operation that will turn him into a fembot. As the fembot Coilette, Bender starts dating robot actor Calculon, who falls for Coilette instantly.

Bender originally wants to rob Calculon of his money with a divorce settlement, but he is moved by Calculon’s deep love for Coilette. Ultimately, he stages Coilette’s death and undergoes a second operation to return to his male identity.

At the end of the episode, Bender claims to not have been changed at all by the experience, but he whispers a heartfelt goodbye to Calculon.

While the cartoon was meant for comedic purposes, one person on Twitter rightly pointed out: “Harmful stereotypes are still harmful regardless of what it is”.

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www.pinknews.co.uk

‘Transphobic as f**k’ Futurama episode leaves sour taste in Disney viewers’ mouths

A 'transphobic' Futurama episode landed with the series on Disney Plus Star, leaving a sour taste in fans' mouths.
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*sigh* It was only a matter of time.....we can't have nothing fun these days.... :(
 
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I'm just gonna leave this here, to show how much a hypocrite Vivien can be

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XtrmGamr719 said:
I'm sorry but how is this hypocritical?
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ugh site was being autistic moving this post toe hazbin hotel/helluva boss thread which i THOUGHT i was in when i posted it please stand by

but to answer your question, its ok when the creator herself sexualizes the characters but when anyone else does it it's "weird"

yeah sure viv just tell yourself that
 
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horrorfan89 said:
ugh site was being autistic moving this post toe hazbin hotel/helluva boss thread which i THOUGHT i was in when i posted it please stand by

but to answer your question, its ok when the creator herself sexualizes the characters but when anyone else does it it's "weird"

yeah sure viv just tell yourself that
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I'm pretty sure it was a joke about humans being degenerates and sexualizing Loona. It's just a standard fourth wall joke. Like Gumball searching up his name and finding DeviantArt fanart.
 
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I mean, to be fair, coomers are fucking annoying as hell. Even Dan is kinda being a bitch about it, I can sort of understand why he responds the why he does.
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On one hand, fuck coomers. But counterpoint; the pic ended up predicting he’d sperg out again, giving them incentive to keep fucking with him. I don’t know how people keep taking the bait in 2021.
Dan could help himself so much if he played it cool or just ignored it (like every animator in the business) instead of going on twitter rants.
 
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Private Pyle said:
On one hand, fuck coomers. But counterpoint; the pic ended up predicting he’d sperg out again, giving them incentive to keep fucking with him. I don’t know how people keep taking the bait in 2021.
Dan could help himself so much if he played it cool or just ignored it (like every animator in the business) instead of going on twitter rants.
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I mean, GT was supposed to air on Nick before they dumped it on Netflix to die after a season. I'd imagine Dan was excited to talk about what could've happened or what would've be planned for a second season, but instead got bombarded with "lewds" and nsfw shit. Again, he's being a bitch about it, but I understand why.
 
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It was only a matter of time....
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Speaking of which... Ben Shapiro apparently talked about this on his show a few days ago


Which resulted in the former SVP of Cartoon Network tweeting this
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And keep in mind, this asshole has also previously tweeted stuff like this
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Life is Hell... said:
Speaking of which... Ben Shapiro apparently talked about this on his show a few days ago
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Which resulted in the former SVP of Cartoon Network tweeting this
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And keep in mind, this asshole has also previously tweeted stuff like this
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Also Shapiro isn't wrong.

I will say the the whole "suppression states theory" that liberals have. Is retarded as fuck "that has to be way most of these states are red, not becuase of different upbringings" like I'm pretty sure South Carolina isn't red becuase of suppression, but becuase to most people there Democrat policies are retarded.

Also way are they holding on to Stacey Abrams still after all this time. These people honeslty have no right to say "Trump shouldn't have question the election" these people do the exact same thing with someone like Abrams.
 
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BBC seeks Britain's answer to The Simpsons - with roast beef and all the trimmings

The BBC is planning to create British television’s answer to The Simpsons, in the hope of luring children away from Netflix.

The corporation has identified animated shows as a key reason why 7-12-year-olds spend time on streaming services.

The net has been cast for a British cartoon with the same hit potential - and if Homer Simpson loved his doughnuts, the stars of this homegrown show will prefer a nice Sunday lunch with all the trimmings.

Patricia Hidalgo, director of the BBC Children’s department, said she wants to commission an animated show that plays up to its Britishness - from the settings to the food that the characters eat.

“Imagine if we could have a British version of The Simpsons for children and families in the UK. That would be amazing, right?” Hidalgo said.

“Think about any of the American shows: the streets are very American-looking, they do Thanksgiving. All the things are very American in culture.

“We could set our characters in a British setting. When I’m talking now to some of the people I’m meeting, I’m basically saying, ‘What about roast beef instead of turkey when we have a family around the table?’ Why not infuse more of our culture? Mr Bean is fantastic and he is so British - think of the Mini.”

She said: “There’s a lot of great pre-school animation that the UK is known for, like Peppa Pig. What I want to focus on is the 7-12s, because there’s not that much for them.”

The CBBC channel is currently showing US cartoons bought in from rival networks. Hidalgo explained that this was a “tactic” designed to lure viewers from Netflix and other streaming platforms, before those shows are replaced with British content.

The other part of the BBC’s children’s strategy is to commission fewer shows, but produce more episodes of each. “We want to reduce the number of titles but build those titles into brands that children are going to love,” said Hidalgo. They include an adaptation of Malory Towers, which is returning for a second series.

While children prefer to watch programmes on demand via iPlayer, Hidalgo insisted that CBBC and CBeebies are safe for now.

"Two million children are tuning in to our channels every week and that's quite a significant number. We are the BBC, we have to be there for our audience and as long as there’s children that want or need to watch through the linear TV channels, we are going to have to be there for them," she said.

 
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