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[–] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

I like my mermaids with the lady part on top and the lady part on the bottom.

[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 64 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

My favourite bit is this one from a different episode:

Fry: What's the matter compressor?

Professor Farnsworth: Nothing's the matter, Fry, now that I've turbo-charged the matter compressor.

[–] blitzen@lemmy.ca 74 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I’m partial to the joke in this episode:

[Plunging the ship deep into the ocean]

“How many atmospheres of pressure can the ship take?”

“Well it’s a space ship, so somewhere between zero and one.”

[–] 24_at_the_withers@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

One of my favorites was from Bender: "Oh, but you can, but you might have to 'metaphorically' make a deal with the 'devil'. And by 'devil', I mean Robot Devil, and by 'metaphorically', I mean get your coat."

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 30 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I always think back to this one:

Leela: "that guy's turning this place into some sort of 'business'"

Professor: "this isn't a business, I've always thought of it more as a source of cheap labor ... like a family"

I don't know why I like it so much. I could see the punchline coming but how the exchange got there makes me smile every time.

[–] eronth@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

It's the ol' "headache with pictures" quote that gets me.

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago

lol, it's not just the quote that gets me with the "headache with pictures" ... it's Leela saying something like, "you mean an idea?"

and then Fry with the weird nod reply

[–] 24_at_the_withers@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

I've been quoting Farnsworth's "I don't want to live on this planet anymore" a lot lately.

[–] The_Helmet_Stays_On@lemmy.dbzer0.com 43 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] Maultasche@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

When he meets real mermaids in the manga, isn't there one that looks exactly like this in the crowd?

[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago

Why does this dude always have crazy eyes? What's his deal?

[–] Ydna@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Mermaid vs reverse-mermaid; a classic debate

[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My favourite joke from this episode, and one of my favourite jokes from all of Futurama: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2W64Xbt7lo

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Mine: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ouMV8EhR3Jw

I saw this when it first aired, and I actually rolled off my couch from laughing so hard.

[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

Incredible. Outstanding episode really

[–] stinerman@midwest.social 14 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I explained to my wife that most men would rather have a vagina attached to a fish than a human torso attached to whatever a fish has down there.

[–] non_burglar@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

How was your night on the sofa?

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 1 points 21 hours ago

I also choose that guy's dead fish

[–] SpitefulSprite@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

But having offspring is so much easier when she just lays her eggs and He deposits his seed over them.. 😭 lmao

[–] benignintervention@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We call them land-sea lions. I tame them.

[–] Awa@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

These here are some Yankees!

How did a city with such a great airport end up at the bottom of the ocean?

I was living in Georgia when this aired, so it really hit home. My favorite episode by far.

[–] Technus@lemmy.zip 26 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I feel like Fry didn't try hard enough. There definitely still were options, avenues to explore. By running away he just outed himself for how vanilla he is in bed.

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

By running away he just outed himself for how vanilla he is in bed.

[–] datavoid@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago
[–] jewbacca117@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Good news! It's a suppository!

[–] flicker@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago

Yes. Stop asking.

[–] Flying_Hellfish@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

Umbriel: This here's a volcanic vent. The water comes out at over 4000 degrees.

Fry: No Kidding....

Umbriel: Did it just get colder?

[–] voracitude@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

But I love sushi...

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Reminds me of Red Dwarf:

Lister (or maybe it was Rimmer): That's a mermaid? Shouldn't it be a woman on top and fish on bottom?

Cat: No, that's the stupid way round!

Danny John-Jules absolutely crushed that role

[–] doc_dish@lemm.ee 3 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

HOLLY: Alright! What's happening, dudes?

CAT: We're having a really nice time. I'm dating Marilyn Monroe and also I have another girlfriend who's a mermaid. She's half woman, half fish. (He starts licking and kissing a photograph then turns round.) It's Miranda, my girlfriend.

As she comes out of the water we see the top half of her is a fish, the bottom half is a woman.

HOLLY: Somehow I'd imagined she'd be a woman on top and a fish on the bottom.

CAT: No! That's a stupid way round. (He sticks out his tongue briefly and grins and waves.)

[–] ZagamTheVile@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Yes he did. I bet he's fun as hell to hang out with too.

[–] Squibbles@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] Aralakh@lemmy.ca 3 points 21 hours ago

A masterpiece, can't believe I've never heard it before.