Raunchy grocery comedy has tons of sex, language, puns.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 17+?
Any Positive Content?
Sex, Romance & Nudity
a lot
Tons of graphic animated sex acts played for comic effect; an orgy shows various types of foods having various types of sex with each other, including group, oral, and anal. Lots of noises, moaning, and thrusting. A food character chokes another for sexual purposes.
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Chosen family is valuable. It's important to mourn losses. Friendship between different kinds of people (and food) is possible.
Positive Role Models
a little
Frank does his best as a leader, and various food characters work together to solve problems.
Diverse Representations
very little
The main female character is a hot dog bun with shapely breasts; she mostly supports Frank. Some food characters appear to have ethnicities (for example, a bagel who presents as Jewish and a lavash bread with big eyebrows and facial hair) that are insensitively portrayed. A character who uses a wheelchair is modeled after disabled physicist Stephen Hawking; his voice is played as a joke.
Parents need to know that Sausage Party: Foodtopia is a mature animated series that takes place after the events of the movie Sausage Party. After escaping the grocery store and conquering their enemies—humans, aka "humies"—the food community still has a lot of learning to do about the world outside. Starring Seth Rogen as the voice of hot dog Frank, Kristen Wiig as his bun girlfriend, and Michael Cera as their PTSD-stricken hot dog friend Barry, this grotesque but sometimes funny comedy has lots of sex and language (think South Park). Animated food has a city-wide orgy that includes lots of simulated sex acts, and the characters themselves are visual sexual gags. Choking as a sexual act is briefly seen. Language is frequent and includes "f--k," "bastard," "s--t," "d--khead," and "son of a bitch." Some characters die violently in a war-like atmosphere, and the remaining ones struggle with their losses. Some food characters appear to have ethnicities (for example, a bagel who presents as Jewish and a lavash bread with big eyebrows and facial hair) that are stereotypically portrayed. A character who uses a wheelchair is modeled after disabled physicist Stephen Hawking; his voice is played as a joke.
Katherine R.Parent of 12, 14, 18+, 18+, 18+ and 5-year-old
July 12, 2024
age 18+
What's the Story?
Food has finally conquered humanity (aka "humies") after a valiant war. In SAUSAGE PARTY: FOODTOPIA they celebrate with a no-holds-barred orgy, but when a rainstorm threatens many lives and their leader, Gum, is sacrificed, ringleaders Frank (a hot dog played by Seth Rogen), Barry (Michael Cera, a smaller hot dog), and Brenda (Kristen Wiig, a bun) are left to fend for themselves. Was their revolution to find Foodtopia worth the sacrifice? How will they survive the new dangers of the world outside the grocery store?
This supremely silly series has a few laughs, but humans can't live on food puns alone. Like the raucous movie before it, Sausage Party: Foodtopia just isn't quite funny enough to warrant more of this wacky world. Foods swear and have sex; we get it. But it's clear that Rogen and his crew are having fun here, and fans of the film may enjoy seeing these friends once again.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about animation for adults. Usually a kids' form of entertainment, sometimes animated shows are very mature and edgy. Why do you think this format is popular?
Despite the gross-out humor and silly tone, Foodtopia's characters do frequently work together to face challenges and struggles. What do you think about the more serious moments in this show?
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