What is your favorite episode?

[Reply #40 on:]

As a long-time Star Trek fan, I absolutely loved Where No Fan Has Gone Before--that was my first Futurama episode.

[Reply #41 on:]

Yep, regarding Sci Fi Cult status, that episod is unrivaled

[Reply #42 on:]

Ughhh...Ok.

15) The Bots and the Bees
14) Law and Oracle
13) Anthology of Interest 1
12) How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back
11) A Pharoah to Remember
10) Fry and the Slurm Factory
9) The Prisoner of Benda
8) Amazon Women in the Mood
7) The Day the Earth Stood Stupid
6) The Sting
5) Godfellas
4) The Luck of the Fryrish
3) Insane in the Mainframe
2) Daffodil Less Than Hero
1) Reincarnation

Honourable mentions to Crimes of the Hot, Rebirth, Ghost in the Machines, The Farnsworth Parabox... my god, there's too many awesome episodes for this sort of list!

[Reply #43 on:]

Time Keeps on Slipping.

[Reply #44 on:]

TLPJF May be my favorite, or Reincarnation. I don't really know, Season 6 gave us some really good eps with a good amount of stinkers as well. But I'll give my top 11 below:

11 I Second That Emotion
10 The Problem with Popplers
9 The Why of Fry
8 Roswell that Ends well
7 Anthology of Interest
6 The Luck of The Fryrish
5 Jurassic Bark
4 The Bots and the Bees
3 The Sting
2 The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings
1 The Late Phillip J. Fry or Reincarnation.

It may be Reincarnation for me.

but I have alot of honorable mentions to: The Prisoner of Benda, A Clone of My Own, Hell is Other Robots, Mothers Day, Time Keeps On Slippin', Cold Warriors, That Darn Katz, Law and Oracle, and The Tip of The Zoidberg.

[Reply #45 on:]

Reincarnation would easily be in the worst top 10. Weird.

[Reply #46 on:]

Reincarnation would easily be in the worst top 10. Weird.

Not to me. I enjoyed the Fleischer style and the Anime style, both were cleverly written in my opinion. It's just hard deciding on which episode is better, because both were cleverly written and had a few good moments. But I think Reincarnation tops the cake for me.

Remember, Reincarnation is non-canon and has some moments that fit into whatever animation style they were doing, and shouldn't be taken as seriously like a canon episode would.

[Reply #47 on:]

Reincarnation would easily be in the worst top 10. Weird.

You have no imagination.

[Reply #48 on:]

Strictly speaking, that's not true: he has enough imagination to picture a world where "Reincarnation" is not an awesome episode.

Seriously, though: I get why that's a divisive, love-it-or-hate-it episode. It's so far removed from what Futurama typically does; I think it's impressive that the characters themselves still retain their basic personality traits from style to style and from story to story (it helps ground things, somewhat), but there is still something very different about the episode that makes it hard to compare to both other canon episodes, and to past AOI-style non-canon fare. Besides the obvious visual differences, the pacing is different and the jokes are different. The episode is essentially an extended pop culture reference, a protracted and multifaceted homage, and I can definitely see how that would not be every fans' cup of tea.

'Course, I don't mean to put words into flesheatingbull's mouth; his reasons for disliking "Reincarnation" might be totally different from the ones I've described, which is (obviously) quite all right.

[Reply #49 on:]

Reincarnation would easily be in the worst top 10. Weird.

You have no imagination.

Incorrect. I had a brain fart. I was thinking Reincarnation.

[Reply #50 on:]

My Top 5:
1) The Sting
2) The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings
3) Overclockwise
4) Time Keeps on Slippin'
5) Hell is Other Robots.

Those are my favorites, but I honestly love every episode.

[Reply #51 on:]

1) A Farewell to Arms 2) Into the Wild Green Yonder (if movies count) if not, Overclockwise 3) The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings

Fry/Leela shipper over here...

[Reply #52 on:]

Fun on a Bun to be added to my list somewhere...

[Reply #53 on:]

I thought AFTA was pretty good, now I've got to cram Fun on a Bun on my list

1. The Sting
2. Fun on a Bun
3. Ghost in the Machines
4. The Day The Earth Stood Stupid
5. A Farewell to Arms
6. War is the H-Word
7. Law and Oracle
8. Lethal Inspection
9. Love and Rocket
10. Into The Wild Green Yonder // Rebirth

[Reply #54 on:]

Established my top 5 (so far...):

1) Fun on a Bun
2) Overclockwise
3) Into the Wild Green Yonder
4) A Farewell to Arms
5) The Devil's Hands are Idle Play Things

[Reply #55 on:]

Are you 12?

[Reply #56 on:]

Pay no attention to bianca.  Just keep doing your thing Fry875.  Just avoid double posting.  You can edit your posts if you feel the need to add anything.

[Reply #57 on:]

In all fairness, there was about a week between the two posts.

Now, I think I'll revise my top 25:

1) The Why of Fry
2) Future Stock
3) The Late Philip J Fry
4) The Luck of the Fryrish
5) Roswell that Ends Well
6) The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings
7) Insane in the Mainframe
8) Love and Rocket
9) Time Keeps on Slippin'
10) A Flight to Remember
11) The Farnsworth Parabox
12) Jurassic Bark
13) Fun on a Bun
14) Reincarnation
15) The Day the Earth Stood Stupid
16) Brannigan, Begin Again
17) The Prisoner of Benda
18) How Hermes Requisitioned his Groove Back
19) Hell is other Robots
20) Parasites Lost
21) Amazon Women in the Mood
22) The Six Million Dollar Mon
23) Bender Gets Made
24) Anthology of Interest I
25) Law and Oracle

Season 1 episodes: 2
Season 2 episodes: 4
Season 3 episodes: 8
Season 4 episodes: 5
Season 5 episodes: 0
Season 6 episodes: 4
Season 7 episodes: 2

[Reply #58 on:]

My list as of right now:

1) Roswell that Ends Well
2) Where No Fan Has Gone Before
3) The Late Philip J. Fry
4) War Is the H-Word
5) The Luck of the Fryrish
6) Parasites Lost
7) Fun on a Bun
8) The Problem With Popplers
9) The Prisoner of Benda
10) Godfellas
11) The Farnsworth Parabox
12) When Aliens Attack
13) Law & Oracle
14) Reincarnation
15) The Sting
16) I, Roommate
17) Amazon Women in the Mood
18) Mobius Dick
19) The Why of Fry
20) The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings
21) Hell Is Other Robots
22) Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles
23) A Head in the Polls
24) Anthology of Interest
25) Lethal Inspection

Season 1: 3 out of 13 episodes
Season 2: 4 out of 19 episodes
Season 3: 5 out of 22 episodes
Season 4: 6 out of 18 episodes
Season 5: 0 out of 4 movies
Season 6: 6 out of 26 episodes
Season 7: 1 out of 8 episodes so far

[Reply #59 on:]

The Late Philip J Fry, I think - Yes, I vote for an episode from the new run. Is it time for me to be flamed?

[Reply #60 on:]

Dude, TLPJF has been on pretty much everyone's (except mine) favourite episode list. Who are you worried is going to flame you? Bianca, because she flames everyone?

[Reply #61 on:]

I thought it was a decent episode.

[Reply #62 on:]

I thought it was a decent episode.

Lies. Lies and slander!

[Reply #63 on:]

10. "Leela's Homeworld"
09. "Where No Fan Has Gone Before"
08. "The Devils Hands are Idle Playthings"
07. "The Luck of the Fryrish"
06. "War is the H-Word"
05. "Roswell That Ends Well"
04. "The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz"
03. "The Late Phillip J. Fry"
02. "Jurassic Bark"
01. "Parasites Lost"


These are liable to change (but not that often...)

[Reply #64 on:]

So far I only have a top 3.

1. Möbius Dick
2. The Why of Fry
3. The Farnsworth Parabox

Only because I find it hard to rank all the great episodes.

[Reply #65 on:]

Thanks @Louiswuenator kinda new to this :P

[Reply #66 on:]

Dude, TLPJF has been on pretty much everyone's (except mine) favourite episode list. Who are you worried is going to flame you? Bianca, because she flames everyone?

I know it's regarded as a strong episode. It's just that, so many people here are negative about the 'comedy central run', therefore I expected to be flamed simply because it's not from the original fox run.

The prisoner of benda is up there for me too, and might be my second favourite of all time...

[Reply #67 on:]

I LOVE the new run as much as the original Jarvio, you're not alone.

[Reply #68 on:]

I agree that the Comedy Central run has produced quite a few outstanding episodes, about as frequently as the original run did.  It is also true that the frequency of stinkers has been somewhat greater than in the original run, but there were more than a few bad episodes in the original run as well.  (I do think that "nostalgia goggles" prevent some people from realizing that fact.  I find it amusing when original run episodes that were not liked that much when they first aired, are now regarded as better than almost all the new episodes.)

[Reply #69 on:]

I LOVE the new run as much as the original Jarvio, you're not alone.

Glad to hear it

[Reply #70 on:]

I agree that the Comedy Central run has produced quite a few outstanding episodes, about as frequently as the original run did.  It is also true that the frequency of stinkers has been somewhat greater than in the original run, but there were more than a few bad episodes in the original run as well.  (I do think that "nostalgia goggles" prevent some people from realizing that fact.  I find it amusing when original run episodes that were not liked that much when they first aired, are now regarded as better than almost all the new episodes.)

That's pretty normal. In ten years time I'm sure people will complain about season 14 not being as good as classics like Yo Leela Leela and TFHS.

Over time, people will accept seasons 6 and 7 more. New stuff gets hated all the time just for being new.

[Reply #71 on:]

Right now, Fun on a Bun is my favourite. This is always subject to change.

[Reply #72 on:]

Well after watching Fun on a Bun, it made its way to second on my list. Right behind The Sting and in front of The Devils Hands are Idle Playthings.
Buy who knows, I'm sure it will change again.

[Reply #73 on:]

Wonder if Season 7 is gonna produce an ep worthy of beating Möbius Dick?

[Reply #74 on:]

Well i have three favorites episodes, The Bots and the Bees, Lethal Inspection, and, The Route of All Evil.    

[Reply #75 on:]

Wonder if Season 7 is gonna produce an ep worthy of beating Möbius Dick?

I think both FOAB and TSMDM have beaten it. Maybe ZD as well. (Yes, I'm aware that you think more highly of MD than I do.)

If your real question was "will any episode be top 3 worthy", then probably not. Not from 7A, anyway. "Near-Death Wish" and "Free Will Hunting" both sound pretty cool though.

[Reply #76 on:]

TSMDM

It took me waaay longer than it should have to figure out that that was an abbreviation for "The Six Million Dollar Mon." God, am I bright.

On the subject of season seven episodes beating out "Mobius Dick" (of which I'm actually quite fond; I'd say it's a solid 8/10, and definitely one of 6B's best episodes): I think "A Farewell to Arms," "Zapp Dingbat," and "Fun on a Bun" are all superior to MD. They're not as laugh-out-loud funny as that episode, but they all do a better job of keeping everyone in character and utilizing the whole PE crew in a balanced way--and, to me, that matters more when rating an episode than does the volume of jokes.

Of course, like UrL says, what Danny's really wondering is if any 7A episodes are better than anyone else's all-time favorite episodes...in which case I'd have to say no. The only episodes of the new run that would come close to besting my top three (roughly: "The Sting," "Roswell that Ends Well," and "Insane in the Mainframe") are "The Late Philip J. Fry" and "Reincarnation." "Fun on a Bun" is probably Top 25-worthy, though.

[Reply #77 on:]

Well, since reincarnation is my favourite episode ever, I guess you could say yes for me. I'd also put Zapp Dingbat into a renewed top 15 list.

[Reply #78 on:]

God, am I bright?

Reasonably.

[Reply #79 on:]

I love the Farnsworth Parabox when the two bender say Doooooooooooomed. lol