What is your favorite Futurama episode?

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Parasites Lost and Roswell That Ends Well

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Good choices. We won't have to strap you down and force you to explain.

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Good choices. We won't have to strap you down and force you to explain.

But don't HAVE to...but we still could do it anyway

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Yo Leela Leela and In A Gadda Da Leela...


Just joking, I mean Roswell that Ends Well and Cold Warriors.

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About IaGDL: They had plans for the first season 6 episode to have the PE ship crash on a world that was an alien zoo, were they keepers wanted to breed humans. (With Fry not minding at all, but Leela being more reluctant regarding that matter:))
IaGDL was most probably the "replacement" for that episode. I never quite understood why: The PE ship might as well have crashed on that zoo world during a normal delivery.
I certainly would have prefered that setting to IaGDL...

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I don't see how that canned episode would have anything to do with In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela.

It was originally going to be their way of getting back into things after the events of Into the Wild Green Yonder, but they opted for Rebirth instead, wisely choosing to set things back in Planet Express because you know, a comeback should embody as much of the spirit of the show as possible, etc, etc.


I don't see why they can't still do that zoo episode somewhere down the line, though. I'd like to see it.

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I don't see why they can't still do that zoo episode somewhere down the line, though. I'd like to see it.

I wish they had gone with that idea for the season six premiere; I enjoy "Rebirth" quite a bit, but just hearing DXC explain the whole forced-mating/other-universe-zoo thing in that episode's commentary makes me all sad for what might have been. But I guess you're right: there's no reason why, in a "normal" episode, the crew can't crash-land on some unknown planet and wake up as part of an exhibit of some kind; that story didn't necessarily have to follow the events of Wild Green Yonder. I just don't see the writers resurrecting that particular plot, though. Oh well.

And I like "In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela" quite a bit. It's not a brilliant episode by any means, but it's definitely one of the most consistently hilarious episodes in the occasionally-lacking season 6A. Zapp is spot-on, for the most part, and some of Leela's delirious musings are among my favorite lines ever ("So thirsty...why couldn't a water fountain have fallen on me?"). All the censorship-is-silly stuff with V-GINY is a bit juvenile, but I think almost everything that happens in "Eden" between Zapp and Leela is pretty great (also, I think that act one by itself is among the most classic-feeling things the show's done since its revival).

...But yeah, I know I'm mostly alone in that opinion.

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parasites lost was the worst episode by far.
fry was never going to turn out  like that at all.

[Reply #528 on:]

parasites lost was the worst episode by far.
fry was never going to turn out  like that at all.

You're not going to make friends!

[Reply #529 on:]

fry was never going to turn out  like that at all.

Well duh, it was the Worms...

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parasites lost was the worst episode by far.
fry was never going to turn out  like that at all.

You insult my favorite episode, you insult me 

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I don't see how that canned episode would have anything to do with In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela.

Simple: Both had the basic plot -"The only" humans on a planet, forced mating by a higher power-. Even with the forced mating being rather a punchline in IaGGDL, these plots would have been still to similar to both fit into a 13 episode season.

My personal preference: Cancel IaGdL, and let them crash on that alien Zoo planet during a normal delivery. (But of course it's always easy to say that in hindsight).

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I think there's plenty of room in the zoo concept to do it without forced mating.

But yeah, I get what you're saying.

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I would have to say my favorite was Leela's Homeworld

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Welcome to PEEL I'm sure your going to be well hated for liking that episode..

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Why? Leela's Homeworld is a great episode.

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*Reads thread title*

parasites lost was the worst episode by far.
fry was never going to turn out  like that at all.

...

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Why? Leela's Homeworld is a great episode.

This. It's a fantastic episode and judging by his/her avatar the episode is bound to be regarded rather highly by them

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*Reads thread title*

parasites lost was the worst episode by far.
fry was never going to turn out  like that at all.

...

No comment on the "worst episode".
About "Fry turning out like that": His brain and regeneration were altered in an unnatural way, so there's probably no natural way for Fry to gain that.
His muscles were stimulated in a mere mechanical way (nothing unnatural there), so regarding physical shape, strength, etc... of the PL Fry should be the normal Fry's possible, but "unactivated" potential.

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I would have to say my favorite was Leela's Homeworld

I don't have a favorite ep, but Leela's Homeworld is definitely one of my favorites.  Also, welcome to PEEL, KLeela!  It gets a little crazy in here from time to time but it's a nice place to be.

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The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings will always be my favourite. It was one of the first episodes I watched so it also brings back wonderful memories.

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You all are crazy! My three suns has it all! its one of the funniest episodes. its super awsome. parts of it are sad and the part where bender punches fry in the stomach to make the emperor shut up, makes me die no matter what mood I'm in. By far my favorite.

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 :)my favorite episode is late phillip j fry overclockwise and parasites lost (mabe roswell also)

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You all are crazy! My three suns has it all! its one of the funniest episodes. its super awsome. parts of it are sad and the part where bender punches fry in the stomach to make the emperor shut up, makes me die no matter what mood I'm in. By far my favorite.

it was a great episode, but the show was still developing and it didn't have all the emotions, they only got funnier from there, but it was a great ep

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:)my favorite episode is late phillip j fry overclockwise and parasites lost (mabe roswell also)

Those are great episodes. They're even better when you learn how to use punctuation and capital letters. They really stand out then.

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Why? Leela's Homeworld is a great episode.

I think that it is very underrated. Not one of the best ones ever, but a very good episode indeed.

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Ehhh Leela's Homeworld worked for discovering what she really was, but as far as entertainment value I would say it's on the lower end of that scale.

Back around second and third season, my favorite episode was Parasites Lost followed by Amazon Women in the Mood. Then we got Roswell That Ends Well, The Farnsworth Parabox, 300 Big Boys, Spanish Fry, and more recently The Late Philip J. Fry and Law and Oracle.

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Ehhh Leela's Homeworld worked for discovering what she really was, but as far as entertainment value I would say it's on the lower end of that scale.

Back around second and third season, my favorite episode was Parasites Lost followed by Amazon Women in the Mood. Then we got Roswell That Ends Well, The Farnsworth Parabox, 300 Big Boys, Spanish Fry, and more recently The Late Philip J. Fry and Law and Oracle.

All great episodes! I do agree, it was a bit more of an emotional episode, but I found it to be quite a bit funny.

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I just wrote a blog on GameSpot about my top 25 episodes:
http://au.gamespot.com/users/~self/show_blog_entry.php?topic_id=m-100-25964479&tag=all-about%3Bblog1

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This is my first post . I really love the idea of Fry being the Mighty One and the potential for great episodes from that. I really hope they do more focusing on that in the future. I'm also super shippy, and love Fry...so any episodes to this nature are my faves too. I love The Why of Fry, The Day the Earth Stood Stupid, Roswell that Ends Well, The Sting, Parasites Lost, Love and Rocket, Time Keeps on Slippin', 300 Big Boys, Rebirth, The Late Philip J. Fry, The Sting, Bender's Big Score, Into the Wild Green Yonder, Devils Hands are Idle Playthings, Insane in the Mainframe (I just cannot resist poor unshaven freaked out Fry...and BEEP,BEEP, BEEP), Leela's Homeworld, Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles. I think that's all.

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Nice choices! And welcome to PEEL.

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Welcome to PEEL, animegeekmom!  I'm a bit of a shipper, but I love so many of the eps that I can't really pick one favorite.  Though I've enjoyed all of the ones you mentioned.

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HI!!! Thanks for the welcome! Finally some place I can talk to other Futurama nerds . And yes, I don't mind admitting to being a nerd. LOL!

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You kind of have to be a nerd to come to PEEL...

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hahhahahaha  then i am where i belong

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Good ep choices, and welcome to Peel, animegeekmom. Yup, we're all a bunch or nerds here, but it doesn't get much clooler than an internet message board about a Sci-Fi cartoon! ...

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Good ep choices, and welcome to Peel, animegeekmom. Yup, we're all a bunch or nerds here, but it doesn't get much clooler than an internet message board about a Sci-Fi cartoon! Oh my God - a FEMALE poster of consenting age!! I LOVE YOU!!!

There, I fixed your post for you.

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Good ep choices, and welcome to Peel, animegeekmom. Yup, we're all a bunch or nerds here, but it doesn't get much clooler than an internet message board about a Sci-Fi cartoon! Oh my God - a FEMALE poster of consenting age!! I LOVE YOU!!!

There, I fixed your post for you.

My goodness! I'm flattered LOL!!! Thanks for all the welcomes...and yes, being a female geek, I am a rarity...but I wouldnt have it any other way. And I must say, Coldangel, I love your work. I have been a silent fan of yours for about a year. I love your artwork (your versions of the Futurama cast are great!) and I also love your old fanfictions. "Blame it on the Brain" is a work of genious. Fry being the Mighty One is the coolest thing ever!!!!

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coldangel used to write fanfics?!

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Yep, and he also illustrated them (very well, as I may add )