# Your Favorite Futurama Moment **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 5, 2006, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-futurama-moment/379155 "2006-11-05T04:21:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-futurama-moment/379155/141 "2006-11-07T09:55:58Z")
I think that the episode _“Where No Fan Has Gone Before”_ is one of the best episodes of any animated TV series ever broadcast. I particularly love the sequence where Melllvar has announced that everyone will take part in a Star Trek Convention… Leonard Nimoy: “Uh, Melllvar, can you give us some idea of how long this is going to last?” Melllvar: “Until Time Stops.” Followed by: Bender: “Question… Can people who hate Star Trek leave early?” Walter Koenig (Enthusiastically): “Good Question!” Melllvar: “No, they have to stay even longer!” The look on Walter and Bender’s faces as they both groan in disappointment is just priceless. Also, Walter Takei’s deadpan delivery of the line "I think I’ve done enough conventions to know how to spell “Melllvar” is brilliant, as is William Shatner’s spoken-word version of “_The Real Slim Shady_”, and Walter Koenig & Melllvar’s commentary thereof: Walter Koenig: “How can you do a spoken word version of a rap song?” Melllvar: “He _found_ a way.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![slaphead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@slaphead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slaphead)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-futurama-moment/379155/142 "2006-11-07T11:05:10Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] My favorite isn’t a line. From the pilot, when the cops are about to kick down the door, and Bender drops a brick. Sorta. Great sight gag. [/QUOTE] This is the one I was going to mention. I only spotted it on the third viewing. Futurama is great like that - always something new to see. ---
**Author:** ![gredbioz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6a8cbe/32.png) [@gredbioz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gredbioz)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-futurama-moment/379155/143 "2006-11-07T13:39:41Z")
[QUOTE=Evil Captor] “Death by snoo-snoo!” That scene had me laughing so hard, tears were coming out of my eyes. “I’d always imagined … well, hoped … it would end this way.” [/QUOTE] I think Futurama may well be the only prime time comedy to have an entire episode revolve around several characters being raped to death, and to play it as a comedy. ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-futurama-moment/379155/144 "2006-11-07T13:44:00Z")
[QUOTE=gredbioz] I think Futurama may well be the only prime time comedy to have an entire episode revolve around several characters being raped to death, and to play it as a comedy. [/QUOTE] I’m not sure use of the word rape would be entirely accurate in that context, given that there was a lot of willingness on the sex bit (just not on the “to death” bit). ---
**Author:** ![gredbioz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6a8cbe/32.png) [@gredbioz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gredbioz)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-futurama-moment/379155/145 "2006-11-07T14:21:23Z")
[QUOTE=Illuminatiprimus] I’m not sure use of the word rape would be entirely accurate in that context, given that there was a lot of willingness on the sex bit (just not on the “to death” bit). [/QUOTE] Kif never wanted it, and at times, both Zap (“the spirit is willing, but the flesh is spongy and bruised”) and Fry (“can’t we just cuddle?”) indicated they did not want to partake in the proceedings. More pertinently, imagine reversing the genders. Three women crash land on a planet of gigantic men. The men disappove of the women’s taunts, and decide, as punishment, the women shall be forced to have sex with the men until their pelvises are crushed. Two of the women relish the prospect, and greet the impending forced fornication with glee. The third woman, however, is horrified. Nevertheless, the men line up, and one by one, drag the women off by their ankles to be gang raped. Don’t get me wrong - it’s a funny episode. I just find it bizarre, and at some level, kind of creepy, that they could get that much humor out of a rape scenario. ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-futurama-moment/379155/146 "2006-11-07T14:42:04Z")
I take your point, Gredbioz. I think that episode says a lot about how our culture perceives the idea of female to male rape (i.e. it doesn’t take it seriously, or indeed really believe it exists). ---
**Author:** ![lilflower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@lilflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilflower)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-futurama-moment/379155/147 "2006-11-07T17:30:13Z")
One of my favorite lines is from the Popplers episode. The Professor is yelling at the group demontrating outside the Planet Express building. I’m paraphrasing here: Professor: Get off my property. Demonstrator: You can’t own property, man. Professor: I CAN own property because I’m not a penniless hippie! Another favorite (and I’m not sure why, but thinking of it makes me laugh) is when the group goes to visit Amy’s parents on Mars and out of the blue, Zoidberg goes “I broke your TV.” ---
**Author:** ![Alias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@Alias](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alias)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-futurama-moment/379155/148 "2006-11-07T20:13:31Z")
[QUOTE=Dooku] Favorite Lrrr line: “BLECH! These candies are chalky and unpleasant!” “And what is this emotion you humans call ‘wuv’?” “Surely it says ‘love’?” “No, ‘wuv’ - with an Earth ‘W’. Behold!” “This concept of ‘wuv’ confuses and infuriates us!!” [/QUOTE] This is one of my favorites too. I love the way Lrrr and his wife talk. I also love how outraged and offended they sound when discussing wuv. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-futurama-moment/379155/149 "2006-11-07T20:33:42Z")
The ending credits of “Where No Fan Has Gone Before” were one of the best parts of that episode. Especially the last shot of Kif parodying the “evil alien” from “The Corbomite Manuever.” They lampooned just about every Star Trek in-joke they could find, from Takei’s “Oh My” to Shatner’s “KHAAAAAN!” ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-futurama-moment/379155/150 "2006-11-07T20:42:57Z")
[QUOTE=Derleth] This is from memory, but I got the joke part of it: **Bender** : I can help you, but you may have to make a metaphorical “deal with the Devil”. By “Devil” I mean Robot Devil and by “metaphorical” I mean get your coat. (From the episode Fry gets the Robot Devil’s hands.) [/QUOTE] It’s a good line, but marred by the fact that Fry was _already_ wearing his coat. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-futurama-moment/379155/151 "2006-11-07T20:58:49Z")
[QUOTE=Illuminatiprimus] I take your point, Gredbioz. I think that episode says a lot about how our culture perceives the idea of female to male rape (i.e. it doesn’t take it seriously, or indeed really believe it exists). [/QUOTE] Yeah, they’re even less prone to take it seriously within the context of parodic animated SF series that’s clearly doing a riff on Amazon Women on the Moon type stuff. Idiots! ---
**Author:** ![Not\_A\_Tame\_Lion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e36b37/32.png) [@Not\_A\_Tame\_Lion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_A_Tame_Lion)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-futurama-moment/379155/152 "2006-11-07T21:17:38Z")
It’s all good. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-futurama-moment/379155/153 "2006-11-07T21:52:13Z")
When Bender lets Fry move into his apartment: Fry: “Where’s the bathroom?” Bender: “The what room?” Fry: “The bathroom.” Bender: “The bath what?” Fry: “The bathroom.” Bender: “The what what?” And in an Xmas Story: Fry (to Leela), “I am gonna buy you SO many lizards!” Love that line, and use it on anyone who’s done me a big favor. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-futurama-moment/379155/154 "2006-11-07T23:43:19Z")
[QUOTE=Alias] I love the way Lrrr and his wife talk. [/QUOTE] Lrrr’s wife is named Ndnd. ---
**Author:** ![JacksonRoykirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e79b87/32.png) [@JacksonRoykirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JacksonRoykirk)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-futurama-moment/379155/155 "2006-11-08T01:14:37Z")
[QUOTE=Cisco] NO new episodes are in the works. This is the rumor that won’t die. It started before the last episode even aired back in 2003 and it has been officially debunked numerous times. There have been talks but the official word is that no network that wants the show can afford it. There are some direct to DVD feature-lengths coming at some point. [/QUOTE] I’m confused. Can someone please cite this? I can’t find it on the web anywhere. I tried Googling terms such as “Futurama rumors debunked” and “No new Futurama episodes” and get no returns. I heard about the DVD’s of course, and heard back in June that new Futurama episodes were supposedly confirmed for broadcast in 2008. But I can’t find anything on the web to reverse or debunk that news. Even Billy West continues to confirm the new episodes (and I know he’s a second-hand source at best, and can only go by what he’s told from David Cohen and Matt Groening). So if you or any other Doper could please provide a link, I would appreciate it. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-futurama-moment/379155/156 "2006-11-08T04:56:30Z")
[QUOTE=lilflower] One of my favorite lines is from the Popplers episode. The Professor is yelling at the group demontrating outside the Planet Express building. I’m paraphrasing here: Professor: Get off my property. Demonstrator: You can’t own property, man. Professor: I CAN own property because I’m not a penniless hippie! [/QUOTE] Oh, I loved how cruel they were to that guy. Demonstrator: It’s wrong to eat anything that can feel pain. (Demonstrator is hit by a thrown brick) OW!! Bender: (preparing to throw more bricks) Okay, we won’t eat _you_. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-futurama-moment/379155/157 "2006-11-08T05:23:59Z")
[QUOTE=Max Torque] Oh, I loved how cruel they were to that guy. [/QUOTE] Lrrr: Whoa! I think that hippie’s starting to kick in…dude…my hands are _huuuuuge_. They can touch anything but themselves…oh, wait. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-futurama-moment/379155/158 "2006-11-08T06:10:28Z")
[QUOTE=bouv] Lrrr: Whoa! I think that hippie’s starting to kick in…dude…my hands are _huuuuuge_. They can touch anything but themselves…oh, wait. [/QUOTE] I think there was something funny in that hippie! ---
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During the basketball game vs the Harlem Globetrotters: Fry: Put me in! Put me in! I want to show Leela my skills! Farnsworth: Will said skills pay the bills? A sign on a sewage treatment plant: “Our duty is clear”. ---
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My favorite episodes are the one where Bender is/meets God, the one where Fry becomes his own grandpa, and any episode with the Nibblonians. Favorite quotes: “A sucessor to the professor!” “He doesn’t know?” “He knows not” "Knows not does he? “Stop that!” “Welcome!” “Welcome acknowledged” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-futurama-moment/379155.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-futurama-moment/379155.md?page=9)