"The ironing is just perfect"

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What's your favorite ironic moment on Futurama? I like when Bender exclaimed, "Fixed forever" after fixing the plasma fusion boiler, and it immediately explodes.

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I love the part in 'I Second that Emotion' when Bender says "I'll make a cake you'll never forget!". In the next scene we see him reach for some rat poison while he's laughing, but it's nothing to do with the cake.

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Don't you mean "the ironing is delicious?"

Anyway, you just can't beat the dramatic irony at the end of Jurassic Bark and Time Keeps on Slippin'.

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I agree with Otis on Bender making that cake. Hilarious stuff. Also, Bender's realization that he has to be the new Santa in "A Tale of Two Santas".

"Oh, great. I'm some sort of robot!"

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Originally posted by Shadowstar:
What's your favorite ironic moment on Futurama? I like when Bender exclaimed, "Fixed forever" after fixing the plasma fusion boiler, and it immediately explodes.

I saw that this morning! Great fun! 

"Scruffy's gonna die the way he lived" (licks thumb and flips page of Zero-G Juggs)

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"And that's how we learnt our lesson."
::wall crumbles::

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I think it's irony

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Watch more Simpsons, emanon

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Leela: If you didn't want me to help you when you didn't need it, why should I help you now if you do?
Professor: That didn't make any sense!

Oh and it's 'The ironing is delicious'.

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I think it's kind of ironic how they say that robots don't have emotions yet Bender cries and stuff. :x  I'm not sure if that's really irony, but it's still kinda funny.

--Missy

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In the Ep. 'The Cyber House Rules', when Fry is saying all the 'abnormal' things about Zoidberg, The Professor, Hermes, and Amy..

Professor: '..and Fry, you have that brain thing'
Fry: 'i already did'

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I think the whole luck of the fryrish episode story is irony. its irony because fry is angry that his brother changed his name to fry when really he named his son in honour of fry. anyone else think its irony?

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Maybe if you're Alanis Morissette.

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Originally posted by LittleMiss:
I think it's kind of ironic how they say that robots don't have emotions yet Bender cries and stuff. :x  I'm not sure if that's really irony, but it's still kinda funny.

--Missy

Good point!
All this ironic stuff seems to revolve around Bender.

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its not irony, just good writing!

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maybe because he's made of iron...hehehehe

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Originally posted by emanon:
maybe because he's made of iron...hehehehe

All we know of Benders construction for certain is that he's 40% Zinc and 40% Titanium. ("Fry & The Slurm Factory," and "A Head in the Polls" respectivley) 'Course this doesn't fit with the ep title "The 30% Iron Chef." 
Go figure. Though, nobody said it had to make sense. 

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Less than Hero:
Leela to Fry: Or, God forbid, our loved ones.
Bender: Superking has no need for loved ones. [Kick the small robot] How're you doing kid?

(I'm not sure what Bender exactly say to "small robot" )

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Originally posted by SpaceCase:
 All we know of Benders construction for certain is that he's 40% Zinc and 40% Titanium. ("Fry & The Slurm Factory," and "A Head in the Polls" respectivley) 'Course this doesn't fit with the ep title "The 30% Iron Chef."   
Go figure. Though, nobody said it had to make sense.   

No biggie, Bender's worth at least 110% of other robots.

What about the irony of Zapp being one of the most decorated captains of the DOOP fleet?  Or the fact that Zapp and Kif should probably have each others jobs, but don't?  That's delicious ironing for ya.

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Originally posted by Nixorbo:
Don't you mean "the ironing is delicious?"

Anyway, you just can't beat the dramatic irony at the end of Jurassic Bark and Time Keeps on Slippin'.

That was just sad, not ironic. Irony should be something you can laugh about...

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A favourite ironic thing of mine is that the person finally eaten by the Omicronians was Free Waterfall Jnr... a veggie who had never eaten a Poppler 

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"We robots don't have emotions, and sometimes that makes me very sad. *crys*"

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Oh, lordy-lou! There he goes again. Well, let's give baby what he want.

 

Originally posted by SpaceCase:
 All we know of Benders construction for certain is that he's 40% Zinc and 40% Titanium. ("Fry & The Slurm Factory," and "A Head in the Polls" respectivley) 'Course this doesn't fit with the ep title "The 30% Iron Chef."   
Go figure. Though, nobody said it had to make sense.   

Bender said in "The 30% Iron chef" that he is 30% iron, and in "Jurassic Bark" he is 40% dolomite.

150% composites, and all Bender, all the time.

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Originally posted by Gocad:
Irony should be something you can laugh about...

Obviously somebody needs to pay more attention in English class and less in Klingon class.

Dramatic Irony: When the audience or a character knows something another character doesn't.
Situational Irony: When something happens that is contrary to normal expectations.
Verbal Irony: When a character says one thing but means another.

Don't screw with the English major, son.

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My favorite moment of irony is when Amy sold her hair to buy Hermes a set of combs, only to find that Hermes had sold his hair to buy a second set of combs for Zoidberg. So ironic...that should be in an O. Henry story or something.

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I think that was a pretty cruel thing for Hermes to do. He knew Zoidy don't have hair, and then he go out an buy him combs! For Xmas!

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Yeah, it is "the ironing is delicious," I apologize for my ignorance.

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Originally posted by Nixorbo:
    Obviously somebody needs to pay more attention in English class and less in Klingon class.

Dramatic Irony: When the audience or a character knows something another character doesn't.
Situational Irony: When something happens that is contrary to normal expectations.
Verbal Irony: When a character says one thing but means another.

Don't screw with the English major, son.

naDev vo' yIghoS!

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OMG, the end of "Time Keeps on Slipping" was a little ironic, in a way.  Definitely unexpected... but it was just... whoa.

And yeah, a lot of the irony does seem to involve Bender.  He always contradicts himself.

--Missy

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Originally posted by Teral:
I think that was a pretty cruel thing for Hermes to do. He knew Zoidy don't have hair, and then he go out an buy him combs! For Xmas!

But the joke was on him!  Because Zoidberg did have hair - HIS HAIR!

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Originally posted by Nixorbo:
Situational Irony: When something happens that is contrary to normal expectations.

So what's the difference between situational irony and coincidence (or aberrance or anomalous-ness)?

 

Don't screw with the English major, son.

Look at his tail!  Curly...straight...curly...st raight.

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Originally posted by Teral:
Oh, lordy-lou! There he goes again. Well, let's give baby what he want.

 Bender said in "The 30% Iron chef" that he is 30% iron, and in "Jurassic Bark" he is 40% dolomite.

150% composites, and all Bender, all the time.

and that doesnt even include his 0.03 nickel impurity, or the oznium (sp?) component of the alloy.

Nah its a great runing joke

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Originally posted by Nixorbo:
 But the joke was on him!  Because Zoidberg did have hair - HIS HAIR!

I guess sometimes irony can be pretty ironic.

Another moment is in SP3K when Fry is careful not to het hit in the head by the second dorr, and then it closes sideways.

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Originally posted by DrThunder88:
So what's the difference between situational irony and coincidence (or aberrance or anomalous-ness)?

Well, situational irony only really applies to the written work, whether book, play, or screenplay.  Not real life.

Anyway, I digress.  Nixon winning the election was situational irony.

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Originally posted by Nixorbo:
 Well, situational irony only really applies to the written work, whether book, play, or screenplay.  Not real life.

Anyway, I digress.  Nixon winning the election was situational irony.

Hmm... I'm always confused, which is weird, because I'm a pretty smart person (objectively speaking  )

Dramatic irony:  When the audience (reader, viewer) knows something that the characters of the literature/movie/tv show don't know. 
-For example: Reading a book about the Titanic.  We know it sinks - the characters don't.  That's dramatic irony.

verbal irony: when a person says one thing and means something else, basically same thing as sarcasm. Ex: "Well this is great." when referring to losing your wallet.

"real life" irony, aka irony of a situation, aka situational irony  When something happens: 1)seemingly "to spite" you
2)that is contrary (opposite) to what is "expected", in a way such that it is humorous, devestating, sad, or otherwize has some emotional effect.

These are not "Webster's" definitions, but I'm not Webster.  Or am I?  No, I'm not.

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I Like in AOI2 where bender says: I dont have feelings and that makes me very sad.

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Originally posted by Carbito:
 
Good point!
All this ironic stuff seems to revolve around Bender.

gooder point!
ironic that irony (and ironing for that matter), both being very animated in nature (as in being a human phenomenon), appear to revolve around the animated (as in cartoonized) <BENDER>

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Originally posted by Grim:
 and that doesnt even include his 0.03 nickel impurity, or the oznium (sp?) component of the alloy.

Nah its a great runing joke

OK.
40%Titanium
+ 40%Zinc
+ 40%Dolomite
+ 30%iron
+ 30% iron chef
+ 0.03 Nickel
and some ozmium.

that comes to at least 180.03% maybe this is the composition of "duratinium" (mentioned on the bender toy packaging)
also how much is recycled beer cans? (from A big piece of garbage)

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You have 30% too much iron there.

Maybe beer cans in the future is made from an alloy of 40% zinc, 30% iron, 40% dolomite, and small amounts of nickel and osmium.

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Originally posted by Teral:
You have 30% too much iron there.

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I Know. it's just a play on the episode title.