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What's the best Futurama episode

Clown_im_OP

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... and why is it Less Than Hero?

It has "My Liege"
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It has "GOTCHA!"
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It has the elephant that never forgets
TO KILL

It has
"Nine, ten, a big fat hen!
The name's Bender."

It has
"When you were a kid, what was your biggest fantasy?"
"To have parents."
"Whatever."

It has
"El zilcho? Is it too late to change my superhero name?"

And it has the New Justice Team theme song


I know there's more emotional dog stories or whatever but I'm drunk and just laughed tears at all this shit, sorry
 
Mona

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not to sure, but i remember really liking Murder on the Planet Express
 
Whitemex

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Funniest?
Insane in the Mainframe
The laughs per minute are the highest in this episode. And it forever improved the number 56 for me, i love it

Best Overall?
Jurassic Bark
I have soft spot for animal stories
 
CabooseMiller

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Luck of the Fryish hits especially hard with me since my older brother who I didn't always get along with passed away. The ending of that episode makes me weep every time so it's easily the best imo.
 
Nocturnowl

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Brannigan Begin Again
There's just too many good lines from Zap in this one, his neutral hate, the girdle, the laundry brig, it just goes on.
 
PeakPointMatrix

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I feel like a more interesting thread is the best episode that isn't Luck of the Fryish or Jurassic Bark, since everyone always picks those.
 
SchrodingerC

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Dark Horse:

The Honking

Such an absurd take on the werewolf myth that it became one of the best episodes imo.

Normal answer:

Roswell that Ends Well

True Answer:

The Late Phillip J Fry or The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings
 
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Jakenbakin

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The Farnsworth Parabox is one of my favorite episodes, but one problem I have with it is the Zoidbergs act somewhat out of character by being vindictive towards the others and taking the box. Fry and the Slurm Factory is a pretty great one as well. Idk there's too many good ones.

The sentimental ones are all great, of course.
 
InspectorJones

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Lucky of the Fryish I think is the best as it feels like less of an intentional body slam to the feels than Jurrasic Bark.
The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings comes close though.
 
blueredandgold

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I'm up to the movies on Disney Plus, slowly remembering them now. They shouldn't count right? Is this when they went to Comedy Central?

I like the one with Leela's parents looking out for her as she grew up, but Problem with Popplers is my all time fave.
 
SolidSnakeUS

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While not the best "Game of Tones" still fucking kills me so hard. Especially knowing my relationship with my mom and how I still miss her.
 
Whitemex

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blueredandgold said:
I'm up to the movies on Disney Plus, slowly remembering them now. They shouldn't count right? Is this when they went to Comedy Central?

I like the one with Leela's parents looking out for her as she grew up, but Problem with Popplers is my all time fave.
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The first movie is alright. Has its moments, retcons some things like Seymour but it's funny, clever and heartfelt. The other 2 movies? Absolute trash. After that is the CC eps and they vary wildly in quality with poor writing and forced current event jokes
 
Jonathan Lanza

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You can pick any episode from Season 4 and it's probably the best.
The Sting, Three Hundred Big Boys and Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles are 3 I particularly like.
 
haradaku7

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Luck of the fryrish or jurrasic bark. They are the two I always show to people to get them into the show.
 
Wyman Manderly

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Oct 27, 2017
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Can't choose a best. Amazon Women in the Mood, Roswell That Ends Well, Luck of the Fryrish and War is the H Word are all elite episodes for me.

and Fry and Slurm Factory.
 
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Clown_im_OP

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You're all right of course, because Futurama is the best animated show ever. Reading all those titles and watching some clips, I probably couldn't choose one either. The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings maybe.


But GOTCHA man
That's just so fucking funny
 
Oozer

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In addition to tugging the heartstrings, Luck of the Fryish is also one of the funniest episodes of the show.

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Fry: That clover helped my rat fink brother steal my dream of going into space. Now I'll never get there.

Leela: You went there this morning for doughnuts.
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Trundl_e

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I love Roswell that Ends Well. It's not trying to be poignant. It just spends the whole episode laying down the rules of time travel and having Fry completely ignore them in the end and it just works itself out lol.
 
BossAttack

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Oct 27, 2017
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I always like the fact that the show never skips over the tragedy that Fry being frozen (and thus deemed missing) had on his whole family.
 
Tavernade

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I though we all had a meeting and decided it was "Luck of the Fryish." The UN even certified it. Incidentally I saw that episode first and assumed the show would always use that flashback structure.

PeakPointMatrix said:
I feel like a more interesting thread is the best episode that isn't Luck of the Fryish or Jurassic Bark, since everyone always picks those.
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Pretty much, yeah. Outside of those it's "Godfellas" to me. I still quote it pretty constantly:

"Yes, I saw. You were doing well, until everyone died."

"When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all."

"Look, you want false hope or not?"
"Only if you don't have any real hope."

"Maybe if I hug God real hard, he'll protect us from" (The village explodes.)

"This is, by a wide margin, the least likely thing that has ever happened."

"Let us out! We ate our shoes and now we're bored."

SchrodingerC said:
Dark Horse:

The Honking

Such an absurd take on the werewolf myth that it because one of the best episodes imo.

Normal answer:

Roswell that Ends Well

True Answer:

The Late Phillip J Fry or The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings
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Devil's Hands is also amazing and agree that Honking is underrated.
 

Jakeobb

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Jun 24, 2021
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The devils hands are idle playthings and the sting are my favorites. Fry and leela episodes are the best. The original series finales ending still makes me feel ways

 
Foltzie

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The late Phillip j Fry.


"I thought you'd be late."
"That was the other Fry, he's dead."
 
Nappuccino

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Clown_im_OP said:
... and why is it Less Than Hero?

It has "My Liege"
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It has "GOTCHA!"
hqdefaulthyj1d.jpg


It has the elephant that never forgets
TO KILL

It has
"Nine, ten, a big fat hen!
The name's Bender."

It has
"When you were a kid, what was your biggest fantasy?"
"To have parents."
"Whatever."

It has
"El zilcho? Is it too late to change my superhero name?"

And it has the New Justice Team theme song


I know there's more emotional dog stories or whatever but I'm drunk and just laughed tears at all this shit, sorry
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  • [the mayor has summoned the New Justice Team, and Fry, Leela and Bender have to leave to get into costume]

    Turanga Leela : Oh, I completely forgot, I left my apartment on fire!

    [leaves]

    Bender : And have to take my LSATs!

    [leaves]

    Fry : And I can't take life anymore!

    [jumps out window]
 
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