When it is discovered that Philip has been living in the Planet Express office, he is forced to move out. Trying to sleep standing up in Bender's closet-sized apartment doesn't work, so they go looking for a place both can be comfortable. Unfortunately, Bender is incompatible with the ideal apartment they do find until he has a radical... modification which makes him less than happy.
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“I Roommate” ranks #103 of 137 Futurama episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 74.5 — Great. The episode packs 64 scored jokes at 3.6 per minute, averaging 6.7 on craft and 6.5 on impact, with Bender landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Fry: Hey, Professor. Mmm. Great jerky.
Fry Visual Gag Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Professor Farnsworth: To shreds, you say. Well, how is his wife holding up? To shreds, you say.
Professor Farnsworth: My God, this is an outrage. I was going to eat that mummy.
Bender: I've got a lot of great memories in my old place. And now they're gone.
Bender Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Leela: You've been up all night not drinking, haven't you?
Leela Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Standout Moments
Fry: Hey, Professor. Mmm. Great jerky.
Fry Visual Gag Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Professor Farnsworth: My God, this is an outrage. I was going to eat that mummy.
Professor Farnsworth: To shreds, you say. Well, how is his wife holding up? To shreds, you say.
All Jokes — 64 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Fry: I was up really late poking through people's desks.
Fry Character Comedy Observational Professor Farnsworth: Somebody's been leaving food around and it's attracting owls. And I, for one, am getting tired of cleaning those owl traps.
Professor Farnsworth: I notice Fry has been here for a month so I'm appointing him head of a committee to find who's responsible.
Hermes: Am I cracking up or is Fry's living here starting to get in the way of bus...
Hermes Reaction Beat Awkward Silence Bender: You're getting a huge dose of radiation. And great lift.
Bender Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Fry: Hey, when you look this good, you don't have to know anything.
Fry Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Bender: That's right! We want some money!
Bender Misdirection Character Comedy Professor Farnsworth: I seem to have mislaid my alien mummy.
Fry: Sheesh. 40,000 channels and only 150 of them have anything good on.
Fry Observational Escalation Calculon: Metric? I've always known. But for you, my darling, I'm willing to convert.
Fry: Hmm, must be a friend of theirs.
Fry Reaction Beat Character Comedy Leela · Fry: No, Fry, by 'close quarters' I mean this office. Uh-huh. And by 'people,' I mean you. Right. And by 'inconsiderate,' I mean... Leela, we're trying to watch TV.
Leela Fry Escalation Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Robot characters in TV show: That's a human. What's he do? Usual human stuff. He laughs, he learns, he loves. Boring.
Fry: Hey, uh, why is the TV getting smaller?
Fry Visual Gag Reaction Beat Repo men: We'll bill you for the couch.
Bender: Nah, I'm trying to watch my input. I need plenty of wholesome, nutritious alcohol.
Bender Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Bender · Fry: You barely touched your amoeba. You want it? Nah, I'm trying to watch my input. I need plenty of wholesome, nutritious alcohol.
Fry · Bender: What are the cigars for? They make me look cool.
Fry Bender Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Bender: Yeah, but everybody's a jerk... you, me, this jerk. That's my philosophy.
Bender Character Comedy Observational Fry · Bender: Do refrigerators still come in cardboard boxes? Yeah, but the rents are outrageous.
Fry · Bender: Y-You sure I won't be imposing? Nah. I've always wanted a pet.
Bender: This is the TV area... that over there is the breakfast nook... and over here is where you'll be living... which is great, 'cause till now it's just been wasted space.
Bender Visual Gag Deadpan/Understatement Bender: Look, pal, you've only got one set of clothes... and you're not taking them off while I'm here.
Bender Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Bender: Kill all humans. Kill all humans.
Bender Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Bender · Fry: Bath what? Bathroom. What room? Bathroom. What, what?
Bender: Hey, sexy mama... want to kill all humans?
Bender Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Callback Leela: You know, beneath his warm, sunny exterior... beats the cold, mechanical heart of a robot.
Leela Irony/Sarcasm Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Fry: He put in carpeting yesterday and now my head hits the ceiling.
Amy · Fry: Hey, do you realize you're standing at a weird angle? Now you're okay.
Amy Fry Visual Gag Reaction Beat Callback Bender: My place is two cubic meters... and we only take up 1.5 cubic meters. We've got room for a whole 'nother two-thirds of a person.
Bender Character Comedy Absurdist Bender: I've got a lot of great memories in my old place. And now they're gone.
Bender Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Landlord: but if you like dank... forget about it.
Owl exterminator: 'Scuse me. I got to go change a lightbulb.
Bender: Hmm, I'm not sure we want to pay... for a dimension we're not going to use.
Bender Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Fry · Landlord: Well, I give up... what's the catch? Oh, no catch. Although we are technically in New Jersey.
Leela: Was his apartment rent controlled?
Leela Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Professor Farnsworth: It's not crap. Dr. Mobutu collected this crap... while he was exploring the whatchacallit... universe.
Professor Farnsworth: It's got a TV, you young whatchacallit... idiot.
Bender: I can barely move. It's perfect!
Bender Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Bender: You know, Fry, of all the friends I've had... you're the first.
Bender Character Comedy Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Amy: This is for you, Fry... Zevulon the great. He's teriyaki-style.
Amy Character Comedy Absurdist Fry: Wow. Heavy-drinking crowd.
Fry Observational Reaction Beat Neighbor: I don't mean to pry into what you're doing in here... with the crab and the one-eyed lady and the Chinese girl... but everyone on this floor is having trouble with their TV reception.
Bender · Neighbor: Wow, that lady's got a huge ass. Those could be anyone's thoughts, fat-ass.
Fry: Well, you were going to live in the closet anyway. Won't you be just as happy back in your old place?
Fry Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Bender: Happy. Yeah, that's Bender. Always happy.
Bender Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Soap opera character: Calculon! You're alive!
Fry: Don't girl me with that girl stuff. Bender and me are guys. Guys don't have feelings.
Fry Character Comedy Observational Bender: My roommate's gone, and all he left behind was... an eyelash and three skin flakes.
Bender Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Callback Leela: You've been up all night not drinking, haven't you?
Leela Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Bender: Hey... what I don't do is none of your business.
Bender Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Bender: I hate the people who love me, and they hate me.
Bender Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Bender: Are you crazy?! That's little Bender you're talking about. I can't cut it off.
Bender Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Bender: You're not a robot or a man, so you wouldn't understand.
Bender Character Comedy Observational Fry: You're blind stinking sober.
Fry Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Fry: It's not like he's a ham radio or something.
Fry Character Comedy Observational Leela · Fry: Don't help him mutilate himself. But it's a useless antenna. It's not like he's a ham radio or something.
Calculon: I'm filled with a large number of powerful emotions.
Calculon Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Bender: I guess I'm just going to have to get used to being half a robot.
Bender Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Doctor: You call that an antenna?
Doctor Visual Gag Setup/Punchline Bender: In a closet? Oh, humans.
Bender Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement 