I just tooled around on sites for the top-ranked Futurama episodes, and no two media outlets even had similar lists. I was wondering what it would look like with a small group of diehard fans here.

Once the votes stop coming in, (assuming they start) I’ll tabulate the results.

Just give up to 5 episodes in a comment and we’ll see if any of the different outlets got it right.

  • MimicJar@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 hours ago
    • The Devil’s Hands Are Idle Playthings
    • Jurassic Bark
    • The Luck of the Fryrish
    • Future Stock
    • How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back

    This was basically impossible to pick just 5 episodes.

    I also think Bender’s Big Score is fantastic, but that’s a film or I have to pick one episode from it… which is complicated.

    I also ended up only looking at the original broadcast episodes simply because the list was already too long.

  • w3dd1e@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    7 hours ago

    This is one of the hardest lists I’ve ever made. I changed my answers many times before settling.

    The Day the Earth Stood Stupid

    Godfellas

    Jurassic Bark

    The Deep South

    Amazon Women in the Mood

  • rumba@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
    2·
    14 hours ago

    Episode Listing, not like we need it :)

    Season 1
Space Pilot 3000	28 March, 1999	1ACV01	S01E01	1
The Series Has Landed	4 April, 1999	1ACV02	S01E02	2
I, Roommate	6 April, 1999	1ACV03	S01E03	3
Love's Labours Lost in Space	13 April, 1999	1ACV04	S01E04	4
Fear of a Bot Planet	20 April, 1999	1ACV05	S01E05	5
A Fishful of Dollars	27 April, 1999	1ACV06	S01E06	6
My Three Suns	4 May, 1999	1ACV07	S01E07	7
A Big Piece of Garbage	11 May, 1999	1ACV08	S01E08	8
Hell Is Other Robots	18 May, 1999	1ACV09	S01E09	9
A Flight to Remember	26 September, 1999	1ACV10	S02E01	10
Mars University	3 October, 1999	1ACV11	S02E02	11
When Aliens Attack	7 November, 1999	1ACV12	S02E03	12
Fry and the Slurm Factory	14 November, 1999	1ACV13	S02E04	13

Season 2
I Second that Emotion	21 November, 1999	2ACV01	S02E05	14
Brannigan, Begin Again	28 November, 1999	2ACV02	S02E06	15
A Head in the Polls	12 December, 1999	2ACV03	S02E07	16
Xmas Story	19 December, 1999	2ACV04	S02E08	17
Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love?	6 February, 2000	2ACV05	S02E09	18
The Lesser of Two Evils	20 February, 2000	2ACV06	S02E11	19
Put Your Head on My Shoulders	13 February, 2000	2ACV07	S02E10	20
Raging Bender	27 February, 2000	2ACV08	S02E12	21
A Bicyclops Built for Two	6 March, 2000	2ACV09	S02E13	22
Clone of My Own	9 April, 2000	2ACV10	S02E15	23
How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back	2 April, 2000	2ACV11	S02E14	24
The Deep South	16 April, 2000	2ACV12	S02E16	25
Bender Gets Made	30 April, 2000	2ACV13	S02E17	26
Mother's Day	14 May, 2000	2ACV14	S02E19	27
The Problem with Popplers	7 May, 2000	2ACV15	S02E18	28
Anthology of Interest I	21 May, 2000	2ACV16	S02E20	29
War Is the H-Word	26 November, 2000	2ACV17	S03E02	30
The Honking	5 November, 2000	2ACV18	S03E01	31
The Cryonic Woman	3 December, 2000	2ACV19	S03E03	32

Season 3
Amazon Women in the Mood	4 February, 2001	3ACV01	S03E05	33
Parasites Lost	21 January, 2001	3ACV02	S03E04	34
A Tale of Two Santas	23 December, 2001	3ACV03	S04E02	35
The Luck of the Fryrish	11 March, 2001	3ACV04	S03E10	36
The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz	4 March, 2001	3ACV05	S03E09	37
Bendless Love	11 February, 2001	3ACV06	S03E06	38
The Day the Earth Stood Stupid	18 February, 2001	3ACV07	S03E07	39
That's Lobstertainment!	25 February, 2001	3ACV08	S03E08	40
The Cyber House Rules	1 April, 2001	3ACV09	S03E11	41
Where the Buggalo Roam	3 March, 2002	3ACV10	S04E06	42
Insane in the Mainframe	8 April, 2001	3ACV11	S03E12	43
The Route of All Evil	8 December, 2002	3ACV12	S05E03	44
Bendin' in the Wind	22 April, 2001	3ACV13	S03E13	45
Time Keeps on Slippin'	6 May, 2001	3ACV14	S03E14	46
I Dated a Robot	13 May, 2001	3ACV15	S03E15	47
A Leela of Her Own	7 April, 2002	3ACV16	S04E10	48
A Pharaoh to Remember	10 March, 2002	3ACV17	S04E07	49
Anthology of Interest II	6 January, 2002	3ACV18	S04E03	50
Roswell that Ends Well	9 December, 2001	3ACV19	S04E01	51
Godfellas	17 March, 2002	3ACV20	S04E08	52
Future Stock	31 March, 2002	3ACV21	S04E09	53
The 30% Iron Chef	14 April, 2002	3ACV22	S04E11	54

Season 4
Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch	12 January, 2003	4ACV01	S05E05	55
Leela's Homeworld	17 February, 2002	4ACV02	S04E05	56
Love and Rocket	10 February, 2002	4ACV03	S04E04	57
Less than Hero	2 March, 2003	4ACV04	S05E06	58
A Taste of Freedom	22 December, 2002	4ACV05	S05E04	59
Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television	3 August, 2003	4ACV06	S05E15	60
Jurassic Bark	17 November, 2002	4ACV07	S05E02	61
Crimes of the Hot	10 November, 2002	4ACV08	S05E01	62
Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles	17 November, 2003	4ACV09	S05E07	63
The Why of Fry	6 April, 2003	4ACV10	S05E08	64
Where No Fan Has Gone Before	21 April, 2002	4ACV11	S04E12	65
The Sting	1 June, 2003	4ACV12	S05E09	66
Bend Her	20 July, 2003	4ACV13	S05E13	67
Obsoletely Fabulous	27 July, 2003	4ACV14	S05E14	68
The Farnsworth Parabox	8 June, 2003	4ACV15	S05E10	69
Three Hundred Big Boys	15 June, 2003	4ACV16	S05E11	70
Spanish Fry	13 July, 2003	4ACV17	S05E12	71
The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings	10 August, 2003	4ACV18	S05E16	72

Season 5
Comedy Central	Production code	TV Broadcast	#
Bender's Big Score Part 1	23 March, 2008	5ACV01	S06E01	73
Bender's Big Score Part 2	23 March, 2008	5ACV02	S06E02	74
Bender's Big Score Part 3	23 March, 2008	5ACV03	S06E03	75
Bender's Big Score Part 4	23 March, 2008	5ACV04	S06E04	76
The Beast with a Billion Backs Part 1	19 October, 2008	5ACV05	S06E05	77
The Beast with a Billion Backs Part 2	19 October, 2008	5ACV06	S06E06	78
The Beast with a Billion Backs Part 3	19 October, 2008	5ACV07	S06E07	79
The Beast with a Billion Backs Part 4	19 October, 2008	5ACV08	S06E08	80
Bender's Game Part 1	26 April, 2009	5ACV09	S06E09	81
Bender's Game Part 2	26 April, 2009	5ACV10	S06E10	82
Bender's Game Part 3	26 April, 2009	5ACV11	S06E11	83
Bender's Game Part 4	26 April, 2009	5ACV12	S06E12	84
Into the Wild Green Yonder Part 1	30 August, 2009	5ACV13	S06E13	85
Into the Wild Green Yonder Part 2	30 August, 2009	5ACV14	S06E14	86
Into the Wild Green Yonder Part 3	30 August, 2009	5ACV15	S06E15	87
Into the Wild Green Yonder Part 4	30 August, 2009	5ACV16	S06E16	88

Season 6
Rebirth	24 June, 2010	6ACV01	S07E01	89
In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela	24 June, 2010	6ACV02	S07E02	90
Attack of the Killer App	1 July, 2010	6ACV03	S07E03	91
Proposition Infinity	8 July, 2010	6ACV04	S07E04	92
The Duh-Vinci Code	15 July, 2010	6ACV05	S07E05	93
Lethal Inspection	22 July, 2010	6ACV06	S07E06	94
The Late Philip J. Fry	29 July, 2010	6ACV07	S07E07	95
That Darn Katz!	5 August, 2010	6ACV08	S07E08	96
A Clockwork Origin	12 August, 2010	6ACV09	S07E09	97
The Prisoner of Benda	19 August, 2010	6ACV10	S07E10	98
Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences	26 August, 2010	6ACV11	S07E11	99
The Mutants Are Revolting	2 September, 2010	6ACV12	S07E12	100
The Futurama Holiday Spectacular	21 November, 2010	6ACV13	S07E13	101
The Silence of the Clamps	14 July, 2011	6ACV14	S08E05	102
Möbius Dick	4 August, 2011	6ACV15	S08E08	103
Law and Oracle	7 July, 2011	6ACV16	S08E04	104
Benderama	23 June, 2011	6ACV17	S08E02	105
The Tip of the Zoidberg	18 August, 2011	6ACV18	S08E10	106
Ghost in the Machines	30 June, 2011	6ACV19	S08E03	107
Neutopia	23 June, 2011	6ACV20	S08E01	108
Yo Leela Leela	21 July, 2011	6ACV21	S08E06	109
Fry Am the Egg Man	11 August, 2011	6ACV22	S08E09	110
All the Presidents' Heads	28 July, 2011	6ACV23	S08E07	111
Cold Warriors	25 August, 2011	6ACV24	S08E11	112
Overclockwise	1 September, 2011	6ACV25	S08E12	113
Reincarnation	8 September, 2011	6ACV26	S08E13	114

Season 7
The Bots and the Bees	20 June, 2012	7ACV01	S09E01	115
A Farewell to Arms	20 June, 2012	7ACV02	S09E02	116
Decision 3012	27 June, 2012	7ACV03	S09E03	117
The Thief of Baghead	4 July, 2012	7ACV04	S09E04	118
Zapp Dingbat	11 July, 2012	7ACV05	S09E05	119
The Butterjunk Effect	18 July, 2012	7ACV06	S09E06	120
The Six Million Dollar Mon	25 July, 2012	7ACV07	S09E07	121
Fun on a Bun	1 August, 2012	7ACV08	S09E08	122
Free Will Hunting	8 August, 2012	7ACV09	S09E09	123
Near-Death Wish	15 August, 2012	7ACV10	S09E10	124
31st Century Fox	29 August, 2012	7ACV11	S09E12	125
Viva Mars Vegas	22 August, 2012	7ACV12	S09E11	126
Naturama	29 August, 2012	7ACV13	S09E13	127
Forty Percent Leadbelly	3 July, 2013	7ACV14	S10E04	128
2-D Blacktop	19 June, 2013	7ACV15	S10E01	129
T.: The Terrestrial	26 June, 2013	7ACV16	S10E03	130
Fry and Leela's Big Fling	19 June, 2013	7ACV17	S10E02	131
The Inhuman Torch	10 July, 2013	7ACV18	S10E05	132
Saturday Morning Fun Pit	17 July, 2013	7ACV19	S10E06	133
Calculon 2.0	24 July, 2013	7ACV20	S10E07	134
Assie Come Home	31 July, 2013	7ACV21	S10E08	135
Leela and the Genestalk	7 August, 2013	7ACV22	S10E09	136
Game of Tones	14 August, 2013	7ACV23	S10E10	137
Murder on the Planet Express	21 August, 2013	7ACV24	S10E11	138
Stench and Stenchibility	28 August, 2013	7ACV25	S10E12	139
Meanwhile	4 September, 2013	7ACV26	S10E13	140

Season 8
The Impossible Stream	24 July 2023	8ACV01	S11E01	141
Children of a Lesser Bog	31 July 2023	8ACV02	S11E02	142
How The West Was 1010001	7 August 2023	8ACV03	S11E03	143
Parasites Regained	14 August 2023	8ACV04	S11E04	144
Related to Items You've Viewed	21 August 2023	8ACV05	S11E05	145
I Know What You Did Next Xmas	28 August 2023	8ACV06	S11E06	146
Rage Against the Vaccine	4 September 2023	8ACV07	S11E07	147
Zapp Gets Cancelled	11 September 2023	8ACV08	S11E08	148
The Prince and the Product	18 September 2023	8ACV09	S11E09	149
All the Way Down	25 September 2023	8ACV10	S11E10	150

Season 9
The One Amigo	29 July 2024	9ACV01	S12E01	151
Quids Game	5 August 2024	9ACV02	S12E02	152
The Temp	12 August 2024	9ACV03	S12E03	153
Beauty and the Bug	19 August 2024	9ACV04	S12E04	154
One is Silicon and the Other Gold	26 August 2024	9ACV05	S12E05	155
Attack of the Clothes	2 September 2024	9ACV06	S12E06	156
Planet Espresso	9 September 2024	9ACV07	S12E07	157
Cuteness Overload	16 September 2024	9ACV08	S12E08	158
The Futurama Mystery Liberry	23 September 2024	9ACV09	S12E09	159
Otherwise
  • Hegar@fedia.io
    3·
    12 hours ago

    Hell is other robots

    A head in the polls

    Problem with poplers

    War is the H word

    One of the serious ones, either Devil’s Hands, The sting, or the one that doesn’t get named.

  • rumba@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
    3·
    14 hours ago

    My Choices

    The Problem with Popplers 7 May, 2000 2ACV15 S02E18 28

    Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences 26 August, 2010 6ACV11 S07E11 99

    Crimes of the Hot 10 November, 2002 4ACV08 S05E01 62

    Time Keeps on Slippin’ 6 May, 2001 3ACV14 S03E14 46

    How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back 2 April, 2000 2ACV11 S02E14 24

    • corvi@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      13 hours ago

      I’m afraid I can’t remember too many episode titles off the top of my head, but you’ve definitely picked two of my favorites in How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back and The Problem with Popplers. I can’t remember the plots of your other listings, but I probably love them too.

      I’d have to add on The Devil’s Hands are Idle Playthings. Magnificent episode with one of the cleverest titles I can think of.

      • Alexstarfire@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        12 hours ago

        Let’s see if this helps. Going off of memory, but here’s what they are about.

        1. The crew land on a random planet and are starving. They find these giant piles/pits of creatures and discover they taste good. They are Omicronian babies. They end up as a popular food, called Popplers, for humans. Lrrr takes over Earth and demands to eat Leela in retribution because she at the first Poppler.

        2. Pretty sure this is the one where aliens steal Fry’s nose thinking it’s an aphrodisiac. Lrrr and his wife Ndnd are having marital struggles and Lrrr buys Fry’s nose from some dealer. The rest of the episode is spent with the crew creating a romantic date for the two so fry gets his nose back. This episode also has Big Foot in it and Lrrr protecting Big Foot from the park ranger is ultimately what brings the romantic spark back.

        3. Can’t remember.

        4. Pretty sure this is the episode where they caused random time skips to happen and they spend the episode trying to fix it. It’s got the Globetrotters in it and everyone became an honorary member except for Bender because he wasn’t in the room. This episode also includes Fry getting married to Leela in a time skip, then immediately getting divorced in the next. At the end of the episode we learn Fry can pilot the ship and the gravity pump as he got Leela to marry his by spelling out a message to her with… stars? IDK, some space thing.

        5. This is the episode where Hermes gets demoted and leaves Planet Express. New person takes over and starts a fling with Fry because he’s so sloppy, the opposite of her. Bender finds out and the new person takes Bender’s memory and sends it to the Central Beaurocracy. They go there to get his memory back. They find out it went into the master in pile, a mountain of items, and Beaurocrat #1 flies in to see what’s going on. He gives the crew 4 minutes to sort the entire master in pile and find it else they’ll be arrested(?). Hermes comes in, sorts it, finds dirt on the new person and we get the famous line “You are technically correct. The best kind of correct” and then he flies off.

        I really hope I’m right on those.

        • Hegar@fedia.io
          1·
          8 hours ago

          3, crimes of the hot, is the one where all the robots fart to move the planet away from the sun and stop global warming, right?