I remember that The Simpsons had a thread like this and I wondered why Futurama did not. It has almost as many golden moments and judging from the avatars around here, it seems to be pretty popular.
So, these are two of mine from Less Than Hero:
Fry: I feel like I’ve been mauled by Jesus!
and
The scene where the New Justice Team is fighting the Zookeeper’s minions, complete with the 60s Batman TV show graphics. Instead of “BAM!” or “POW!” when Bender is hit by a boxing kangaroo, his graphic is “01001001001”
Even after 5 years, that scene still makes me almost tear up in laughter.
didnt we have a futurama appreciation thread earlier?
Anyway, still love this show to death.
One of my all time favorite moments was in “Luck of the Fryish” when Fry and his bro are competing street dancers, and Fry yells to Noticeable F.A.T to “rewind”
So, so many lines, but I think one of my all-time faves is this:
Farnsworth (on the phone): Oh how awful. Did he at least die peacefully? [pause] To shreds you say, tsk tsk tsk. Well, how’s his wife holding up? [pause] To shreds, you say.
I also love in the Bigfoot/human horn episode, Fry leans out of his tent at night and asks Bender if he’s all right. Bender’s head is acting as an electric fly killer.
Bender: Better than these gnats! [He zaps a few more and laughs.] That guy won’t be goin’ home to his kids.
Fry: For one brief moment, I felt the heartbeat of creation, and it was one with my own.
Amy: Big deal.
Bender: (annoyed) We all feel like that all the time.
From A Head in the Polls:
Morbo: Morbo demands an answer to the following question. If you saw delicious candy in the hands of a small child, would you seize and consume it?
…
Nixon: Uh, well ah, the question is, uh, is vague. You don’t say what kind of candy, whether anyone is watching, or uh… (ahem) At any rate, I certainly wouldn’t harm the child. [Truthoscope goes off.]
Race Track Announcer: And the winner is [I forgot the horse’s name], in a quantum finish!
Prof. Farnsworth: No Fair! You changed the outcome by measuring it!
Zapp Branigan: We know nothing of their language, their history or what they look like. But we can assume this: they stand for everything we don’t stand for. Also, they told me that you guys look like dorks!
Bender: THEY LOOK LIKE DORKS!!! (Shakes fist)
and:
Branigan: While others were fighting and dying pointlessly, he was lying in a hole , wallowing in a pool of his own cowardice.
Fry: That wasn’t cowardice!
as well as:
Branigan: Soon you will all be fighting for your planet. Many of you will be dying for your planet. A few of you will be forced through a fine mesh screen for your planet. They will be the luckiest of them all.
and don’t forget:
Brainball: The elders tell of a young ball much like you. He bounced three meters into the air, then he bounced 1.8 meters in the air, then he bounced FOUR meters in the air. Do I make myself clear?!
Kissinger: Mr. Ambassador, our people tell the same story (oy)
Bender: THESE BALLS ARE MAKING ME TESTY!
“This must have something to do with the secret ingredient!”
“What if the secret ingredient is…people?!”
“Oh, there’s already a soda like that. Soylent Cola.”
“Oh, how is it?”
“It varies from person to person.”
“Please Don-Bot! Look into your hard drive and open your mercy file!”
“File not found.”
I don’t remember the name of the episode, but it’s the one with the bizarro bender and the tiara for the beauty pagaent.
Farnsworth: “It’s worth over $50,000.”
Fry: “How much more?”
Farnsworth: “$100,000”
I don’t know why, that little bit of humor always kind of summed up what the show was about. Anytime I tried to explain to someone why they should watch, I quoted that scene. If they didn’t think it was funny, they probably wouldn’t like the show.