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SorynArkayn
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I think that the Suicide Booths in general are my favourite bit of dark humour in Futurama.
I enjoyed the ending of "Bendless Love" when Bender bent the Professor over backwards instead of straightening him out; the Prof said, "I'm sad now," and Leela said, "Ah, it's fine."
Then there are Zapp Brannigan's exploits, such as his bloody triumph of the pacifists of the Ghandi nebula, or him defeating the Killbots by sending waves of his own men at them until they reached their pre-set kill limit and shut down, or his anecdote about how the Spidarians wove the tapestry of the battle while he was still killing them.
Perhaps the best example of dark humour is from "Rebirth", wherein the Professor explained that he didn't use fetal stem cells; instead he used stem cells harvested from perfectly healthy adults, whom he killed for their stem cells. I loved it because it points out how ridiculous the controversy over stem cells is, and twists it by having the Professor admit that he killed healthy adults for their stem cells, instead of using fetal stem cells, which wouldn't have harmed any living person.
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Nurdbot
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Flexo casually accepting his possible death under the unbendable girder. The coughing up oil.
That and the Cops uncaring reaction to Robertos end.
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futurefreak
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I think Bender holding his own funeral to see how he'd be remembered is pretty funny. I love it when Amy starts talking and he goes LOUDER AND SADDER!! hahaha
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Xanfor
DOOP Secretary
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« Reply #8 on: 03-08-2011 07:00 »
« Last Edit on: 03-08-2011 07:10 »
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Fry: Stem cells? Aren't those controversial? Professor: In your time, yes, but nowadays, shut up! Besides, these are adult stem cells, harvested from perfectly healthy adults whom I killed for their stem cells. I loved it because it points out how ridiculous the controversy over stem cells is, and twists it by having the Professor admit that he killed healthy adults for their stem cells, instead of using fetal stem cells, which wouldn't have harmed any living person. Not really. Adult stem cells can be harvested without killing anyone. Embryonic stem cells can't be. The joke is funny because first the Professor's actions are horrible and controversial, then suddenly they're not, and then suddenly they're even worse. He's not just a scientist, after all. It's moments like that which remind us that he's an unethical, unprincipled professor of Mad Science!
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futurefreak
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Bender's plans for retirement: "I'm gonna turn my on/off switch to off"
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Bend-err
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It's Want to see it make a star? though!
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Gorky
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Watching the penguins fumbling with those two guns at the end of "The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz" amuses me immensely.
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UnrealLegend
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Off the top of my head: Robot Stack: We're putting you in the Witness Relocation Program. Bender: I gotta hide forever? Robot Stack: No, only until the Robot Mafia finds and kills you. They're pretty good at that. Fry: Stop being such a baby and chop my hands off! Monk: We cooked our shoes in the dryer and ate them. Now we're bored. Slave: Pharaoh Bender, it hurts when I breathe. Bender: Well, then what do you think you should stop doing...? On a contrasting note, I think in "the Luck of the Fryish," Benders line at the end: "you want me to smack up the corpse a little?" almost ruined the moment. Maybe that's why it was amusing
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