On a mission intended to save endangered animals on a collapsing planet, Leela and the crew run into legendary starship captain Zapp Brannigan. A self-proclaimed ladies man, Zapp sees Leela as a potential new conquest. When the captain refuses to aid the animal rescue, Leela and her crew try to leave Zapp's starship. But Zapp throws Fry and Bender in jail, and summons Leela to his "Lovenasium". They ultimately escape and arrive on the doomed planet, where Leela finally finds love - with a cute, and very useful, creature named Nibbler.
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“Loves Labours Lost In Space” ranks #48 of 170 Futurama episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 80.6 — Elite. The episode packs 86 scored jokes at 4.4 per minute, averaging 7.0 on craft and 6.6 on impact, with Zapp Brannigan landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Zapp Brannigan: You see, killbots have a preset kill limit. Knowing their weakness... I sent wave after wave of my own men at them... until they reached their limit and shut down.
Zapp Brannigan: I don't pretend to understand Brannigan's Law. I merely enforce it.
Zapp Brannigan: I have made it with a woman. Inform the men.
Leela: You know, Zapp, once I thought you were a big, pompous buffoon. Then I realized that inside, you were just a pitiful child. But now I realize that outside that child... is a big, pompous buffoon.
Soldier Reaction Beat Callback Callback All Jokes — 86 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Doug: If you liked the meal... just wait till you try these after-dinner mints.
Doug Setup/Punchline Misdirection Leela Reaction Beat Visual Gag Leela: I don't know. Something I couldn't quite put my finger on.
Leela Wordplay/Pun Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Amy: Possibly his vile lizard tongue.
Amy: If you rule out every guy... with a lizard tongue or a low I.Q.... or an explosive, violent temper... of course you're going to be lonely.
Zoidberg: The female Leela's problem... is purely medical. Soon she will drop her eggs and they will hatch... and all will be well.
Zoidberg Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Amy: Sometimes you meet a guy and think he's a pig... but then later on, you realize he actually has a really good body.
Amy Character Comedy Misdirection Amy: That sounds like a cry for help. Let's all take her out tonight.
Amy Deadpan/Understatement Irony/Sarcasm Amy: The Federal Sex Bureau. A saucy puppet show. The rotting carcass of a whale.
Amy · Bender: Why's everyone wearing those rings? Because nobody wears them anymore. Rings are stupid.
Hipster · Amy: Hey, did that lad just say rings are cool? Nope. He said they're stupid. Cool!
Amy: I've got what they call 'gaydar.'
Amy Observational Character Comedy Amy: Unless I'm getting interference from a gay weather balloon.
Amy Absurdist Escalation Callback Bolt · Fry: Remember when those cyborgs enslaved humanity? Uh... yeah. That rings a bell.
Bolt Fry Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Amy · Bolt: I think she means ten wins on the gay circuit. I wish. Those cats can really fly.
Amy Bolt Misdirection Character Comedy Callback Amy: This is M-5438, an entity of pure energy.
M-5438: One day you will evolve beyond your physical body... and on that day... I hope you will pick up the phone.
M-5438 Character Comedy Absurdist Amy: I think he comes from a dimension... that's big on musical theater.
Amy Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Callback Random guy: I'm sorry, I thought you had two eyes.
Bender: you must've had your pick of the litter... last night at closing time.
Bender Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Professor Farnsworth: A delivery? No. A tax-deductible mission of charity.
Professor Farnsworth: each pound of which... weighs over 10,000 pounds.
Leela · Professor Farnsworth: Yes, but what about the animals? The what? The animals. I didn't say anything about animals.
Fry Character Comedy Reaction Beat Bender · Fry: What she ought to do... is find a nice guy with two eyes... and poke one out. Yeah. That'd be a time-saver.
Bender: You can use this as an eye poker.
Bender Callback Dark/Subversive Callback Leela: As long as it's less than five.
Leela Absurdist Character Comedy Kif: I'm not as big a fan of velour as you are.
Kif Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Zapp Brannigan: Destroy them. Mmm... that's got a nice feel to it.
Kif · Zapp Brannigan: Who are you talking to, sir? You.
Zapp Brannigan: I'm anticipating an all-out tactical dogfight... followed by a light dinner. Ravioli, ham, sundae bar.
Zapp Brannigan · Kif: In the game of chess... you can never let your adversary see your pieces. What?
Bender: A grim day for robotkind. But we can always build more killbots.
Bender Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Amy: Just in case you guys hit it off... you'll want to take this with you.
Amy Visual Gag Cringe/Discomfort Zapp Brannigan: Or my own masterwork... Zapp Brannigan's Big Book of War.
Zapp Brannigan: If that wicker chair I like survives the slaughter... have it sent to my P.O. Box.
Zapp Brannigan: Has my fame preceded me, or was I too quick for it?
Zapp Brannigan: I doubt I've seen more than three or four captains... sexier than you... and only one who was deadlier.
Zapp Brannigan: You see, killbots have a preset kill limit. Knowing their weakness... I sent wave after wave of my own men at them... until they reached their limit and shut down.
Soldier Reaction Beat Callback Callback Zapp Brannigan: Yes, by a Democratic Order of Planets mining crew.
Zapp Brannigan: I don't pretend to understand Brannigan's Law. I merely enforce it.
Bender: Can I get this wrapped up?
Fry: You really are too picky.
Fry Callback Character Comedy Callback Kif · Zapp Brannigan: You already imprisoned her under directive B10.81. You mean Brannigan's Law? Right. That law. Which one?
Kif: This time we are sure she's a woman, right?
Kif Character Comedy Callback Zapp Brannigan · Kif: The boy, sir? You. You lay out my formal shorts.
Zapp Brannigan: Welcome to my humble chamber... or as I call it... the 'love-nasium.'
Zapp Brannigan: Cham-pag-en?
Leela · Zapp Brannigan: I didn't realize you were such a coin-a-sewer. Well, I have studied abroad... or two.
Zapp Brannigan: Erotic. What? Erotic! Erotic! Erotic!
Zapp Brannigan · Leela: Come over here and feel my velour bedspread. I'm not really in the mood. Leela, it's real velour.
Zapp: You'd rather sit in prison... than spend one evening with the Zapper?
Zapp Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Zapp Brannigan: What are you doing? Oh, God, I'm pathetic. Sorry. Just go.
Leela · Zapp Brannigan: No. And it's pronounced 'champagne.' Oh, God, no!
Zapp Brannigan: I get so lonely. I just thought you, a fellow captain, would understand.
Zapp Brannigan: Good morning, lover.
Zapp Brannigan · Leela: A sexy mistake. No, just a regular mistake.
Leela: The only kind of crawling I'm doing to you is away from.
Leela Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Zapp Brannigan: Then you'll come crawling back... for another taste of sweet, sweet candy. Bam.
Zapp Brannigan: I have made it with a woman. Inform the men.
Guard · Leela · Bender: The fatso says you're free to go. Really? Why? Why indeed?
Leela: We just talked, okay?
Leela Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Leela: The planet is supposed to collapse in approximately... two hours ago.
Leela Absurdist Observational Bender: So you're saying we can cook him? Yeah, barbecue. I'll wear my hilarious apron.
Bender Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Leela: I don't care how hilarious your apron is. We're not cooking him.
Leela Callback Character Comedy Callback Kif Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Zapp: once my woman returns... I won't have much time... to hang out with the boys anymore.
Bender: He's pending for a bending.
Bender Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Leela: It's not his fault... he's an unstoppable killing machine. Is it, snuggums?
Fry: The planet's 'kerploding.'
Fry Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Bender: Yeah, I'll do it when we get back.
Bender Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Leela · Fry: Nothing. We just talked. So what's your problem? It's not like you slept with him. Oh, my God!
Amy: Oh, my God! Oh, how could you, Leela? I thought you had some standards. I mean, geez, he's a dumb gross gorilla.
Fry: I thought you had some standards. I mean, geez, he's a dumb gross gorilla.
Zapp Brannigan: So crawling back to the Big 'Z' like a bird on its belly. Delicious.
Leela · Zapp Brannigan: Birds don't crawl. They've been known to.
Zapp Brannigan: Can't you ask a little more sexfully?
Zapp Brannigan: Brannigan's Law is like Brannigan's love... hard and fast.
Leela: You know, Zapp, once I thought you were a big, pompous buffoon. Then I realized that inside, you were just a pitiful child. But now I realize that outside that child... is a big, pompous buffoon.
Leela Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Leela: You know, Zapp, once I thought you were a big, pompous buffoon. Then I realized that inside, you were just a pitiful child. But now I realize that outside that child... is a big, pompous buffoon.
Zapp Brannigan: And which one rocked your world?
Leela: So this guy just unloaded a steaming pile... of starship fuel?
Leela Absurdist Wordplay/Pun Bender: So a couple of animals... didn't die, and Leela got lucky. That's what I call a successful mission.
Bender Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Leela: I did find a cute little companion... who excretes starship fuel, and that's just as good.
Zapp Brannigan: And in the end, is that not what man has dreamt of... since first he looked up at the stars? Kif, I'm asking you a question.