Inquisitor Hein
Liquid Emperor
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That's quite a bizarre range of episodes, if you don't mind me saying. Having said that, A Pharaoh To Remember is one of my favourite episodes ever, so I can't really talk.
It's not one of my favourites but I agree that APTR is such an underrated episode. The funeral is quite possibly my favourite scene in the series.
Yep, that episode definitely has a certain something to it. Also interesting that many philosophical themes ("Is there a god" "Mortality", etc...) are covered by Bender episodes.
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transgender nerd under canada
DOOP Ubersecretary
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That's quite a bizarre range of episodes, if you don't mind me saying. Having said that, A Pharaoh To Remember is one of my favourite episodes ever, so I can't really talk.
It's not one of my favourites but I agree that APTR is such an underrated episode. The funeral is quite possibly my favourite scene in the series.
Yep, that episode definitely has a certain something to it. Also interesting that many philosophical themes ("Is there a god" "Mortality", etc...) are covered by Bender episodes.
Yeah, I think that's no accident. Free will, religion, what it means to be human, empathy, emotions, etc. They're all things that we readily associate with humanity. To juxtapose these themes with humanity's creations struggling to come to terms with them is a rather obvious step. To me, at least. In Futurama, science has made humanity into something powerful and almost godlike (from today's perspectives). They can move stars around, they understand the deepest underpinnings of the universe, and they can flit between galaxies in mere hours. They are able to create intelligent (robotic) life, and they can elevate monkeys to human intelligence and capabilities. They are as the ancient titans and gods of Olympus. Robots fill the role of modern humans - the creation of the gods, coming to terms with their role in the universe and what it means to fill it. This parallels the story of mankind's struggle to determine and make sense of what it means to be human (and whether or not there are gods or a God who might have created us). There's a whole philosophy or psychology paper in there somewhere, I think.
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Future Justin
Poppler
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My Three Sons has been my favorite episode recently. Fry is hilarious, I think his character is spot on.
"Now go, go gather your nuts you nagging grasshopper"
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Eternium
Professor
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Yeah, that's a really nice ep:3 welcome to PEEL FJ! Personnaly I think TLPJF is best, also overclockwise (but I said that in my pprevious posts too) Heh, guess which song is playing right now... Don't you, forget about me.... (luck of the fryrish)
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Eternium
Professor
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Into The Wild green yonder is my second favorite movie of all time(first being Wreck-it Ralph), Bender's game is really nice, I agree with that Danny, I do like how Fry turned Frydo that was really funny troughout the movie. BBS I've just been watching to much...
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Eternium
Professor
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I'm pretty sure 'Fry and Leela's Big Fling' will be added to my list It's just the name allready...
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DannyJC13
DOOP Secretary
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"Reincarnation".
Don't you mean "Overclockwise"? I mean I know "Reincarnation" was the final episode of Season 6 but it wasn't really the ultimate-high-note-canon ending haha.
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Eternium
Professor
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Yeah, overclockwise is much better! Reincarnation is only fun because of the different animation styles. CUSTARD TIME?! HURRAAH! Best quote xD Reincarnation was on just about half an hour ago:P only missed the first 5 mins due to 9gag addiction -.-'
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DannyJC13
DOOP Secretary
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"Reincarnation" was way better than "Overclockwise" imo, the latter was such a letdown. I hope "Meanwhile" completely beats it.
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Tedward
Professor
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Besides, they did mention on the "Reincarnation" commentary how--before they swapped the 8-bit and anime segments and before they knew they were making new episodes-- the end of the 8-bit segment would have said "SERIES OVER," and how Zoidberg's line at the end of the anime segment about having another adventure at the same time next week would have been bittersweet as well. Whether or not you think they succeeded with either, they tried to have both a canon and a non-canon potential series finale in 6B. I appreciate that.
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AtlantaStars93
Crustacean
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My favourite episodes are The Why of Fry, The Deep South, Leela's Homeland, and of course, Amazon Women in the Mood. Fantastic episodes. Honourable mention goes to The Sting.
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Tachyon
DOOP Secretary
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Having been adopted when I was two weeks old and not even knowing whether either of my birth parents were still alive until much later in my life, Leela's Homeworld was very moving. That said, The Sting is probably my very favorite.
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AtlantaStars93
Crustacean
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*leela's Homeworld That's a pretty good selection. Emotional episodes tend to drag if there are too many of them in a row, so it's nice to see there's some seriously hilarious episodes in your list.
Ahh yes, my mistake. I keep getting that episode title mixed up :P Thank you. Yeah, I find these episodes pretty much flawless. I can watch them again and again and still be moved and laugh so much every time.
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Eternium
Professor
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I'm suprised you haven't included anything from the new run. I mean, TLPJF was an amazing episode and lots of people have them in their top 5 at least? ^^
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AtlantaStars93
Crustacean
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Very fair point, Eternium. I haven't really watch much of the later seasons, I need a serious catch-up, which I will take full advantage of next month when I finish my second year at uni. I've heard so much good about TLPJF so that's definitely on the top of my list to watch.
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AtlantaStars93
Crustacean
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In my opinion, all the episodes that you mentioned are better than TLPJF, with the exception maybe of Leela's Homeworld. I have a glass ceiling for that episode, and I've never had more of an opinion than "quite enjoyed it" in the however many times I've seen it.
I'm very intrigued to see TLPJF, it's going to have to be super excellent indeed to be better than the ones that I had listed as I adore those ones :P Mr. Snrub is also the one who dislikes a lot of well-regarded episodes.
Anyway, Leela's Homeworld is great. I still find it quite touching despite it being really predictable.
It's also one of the only episodes with "Leela" in the title that doesn't suck.
haha :P Yeah, definitely. The ending always moves me. Along with TLPJF, I strongly recommend putting Prisoner of Benda at the top of that list, too.
Thank you, I'll watch that also! =]
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MeatablePie
Professor
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Gotta be the last episode of the first run, The Devils Hands are Ideal Playthings.
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transgender nerd under canada
DOOP Ubersecretary
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Hm. I'm just going to leave this here. It's not my personal list, it's the aggregated review score rankings that I compiled a few days ago. Most people have probably seen it by now, but I feel that not posting it in this thread was a grievous oversight (which I have now rectified).
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SlayersOfBeast77
Crustacean
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For me it was probaly The luck of the fryrish. That episode had alot of epic parts.
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