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[–] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

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

[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 66 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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 76 points 1 week 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.”

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 31 points 1 week 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 6 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] eronth@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Yup. The whole exchange is fantastic. I do the head-nod part with my partner a lot if I struggle to explain something and she gives me a better phrasing for it (and vice versa).

[–] 24_at_the_withers@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week 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."

[–] 24_at_the_withers@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week 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 42 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] Maultasche@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

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

[–] Ydna@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Mermaid vs reverse-mermaid; a classic debate

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Good news! It's a suppository!

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

Yes. Stop asking.

[–] Flying_Hellfish@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week 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?

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days 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 week ago

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

[–] stinerman@midwest.social 14 points 1 week 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.

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 0 points 6 days ago

I also choose that guy's dead fish

[–] non_burglar@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago

How was your night on the sofa?

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

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

[–] Squibbles@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] Aralakh@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 days ago

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

[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 week 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 week 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 week ago

Incredible. Outstanding episode really

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

But I love sushi...