Bender undergoes a risky treatment to make himself gigantic.
WAR
56.4
Wins Above Replacement
“Destroy Tall Monsters” ranks #39 of 137 Futurama episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 80.8 — Elite. The episode packs 63 scored jokes at 3.5 per minute, averaging 7.1 on craft and 6.7 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
Bender: Confidence is for losers. What I have is overconfidence.
Bender Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Robot Devil: Have you heard of... health insurance?
Bender · Professor: Don't you think I've thought of that?! -Yes. -Well, I didn't!
Bender: I have had it up to... ...here!
Bender Visual Gag Setup/Punchline Bender: Well, listen up, missy! I'll pick you up at eight!
Standout Moments
Bender · Professor: Don't you think I've thought of that?! -Yes. -Well, I didn't!
Robot Devil: Have you heard of... health insurance?
Bender: Confidence is for losers. What I have is overconfidence.
Bender Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 63 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Bender: You people make me sick! Hi, Bender. All happy and cozy.
Bender Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Fry · Leela: We're just so different. / We're just so similar. What?!
Fry Leela Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Fry · Leela: We're like two bats in a belfry. No, we're not.
Bender: I'm takin' note of the exact moment I lost interest.
Bender Observational Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Leela: Me neither. We're so similar in that way.
Leela Running Gag Character Comedy Bender: That place sucks burps.
Bender Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Bouncer: Sorry. You can't leave unless you know the password. Haw-haw!
Fry: Good thing those spikes retracted at the last second as far as I know.
Fry Deadpan/Understatement Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Fry: Oh no, it's the Robot Devil! Can I get a Flaming Navel?
Leela: No, we have completely different tastes. I'll have, uh... the Flaming Navel.
Leela Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Leela: It is? Then, uh, no umbrella for me.
Leela Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Robot Devil: That'll be 10 more dollars for the same total amount of liquor!
Twin characters: Who, me? / Who, me? -I'm afraid not. / I'm afraid not.
Bender: I've always wanted to put the moves on a world-famous whatever she does, if anything.
Bender Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Bender: Hey, baby. Is it hot in Hell... or is it just you?
Bender Setup/Punchline Wordplay/Pun Barbot: Is somebody talking words? I, I thought I heard, like, a word noise.
Barbot Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Bender: Many ladies say my noises are loud, but deadly.
Barbot: It sounds like a squ-wirrel or something. Someone throw it a hot wing.
Barbot Escalation Cringe/Discomfort Barbot: My neck joint doesn't tilt down that far.
Barbot Setup/Punchline Visual Gag Fry: No, no, no, no, no, no. Oh, wait. Short? Yes. I thought you said smart.
Fry Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Bender: I thought I was one of the tallest guys in the world, and now it turns out I'm short?!
Bender Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Professor: Statistically, short men earn 12% less and are 23% less respected.
Hermes: Cork it, stumpy! I'm docking your pay.
Hermes Character Comedy Escalation LaBarbara: You probably couldn't see it up on that not-very-high shelf.
Fry · Leela: Leela and I are exactly the same height. / Completely different heights.
Fry Leela Callback Running Gag ★ Rewatch Callback Bender: I have had it up to... ...here!
Bender Visual Gag Setup/Punchline Scruffy: Vertical stripes. Mm-hmm.
Scruffy Visual Gag Deadpan/Understatement Amy: Dang! That's the tallest short guy I've ever seen.
Amy Observational Setup/Punchline Bubblegum · Bender: It's Wembanyama. / Wembanyoyo? / Eh.
Wembanyama · Bender: The true measure of a man is not his physical stature. Not when you're short, it ain't.
Wembanyama · Bender: People just assume you're great at basketball. Even if you are!
Wembanyama: Life up here is legit rough, my friend, but it's cool. Damn cool. And not that rough.
Bender: Oops, I forgot my IOUs. Will you accept an IOIOU?
Bender Wordplay/Pun Absurdist ★ Rewatch Bender: It's a basic right of everyone in our society, except humans.
Bender Dark/Subversive Observational Robot Devil: Your copay is three cents, but I'll bill your insurance $27,000!
Bender: I feel stupid for askin'. These are D-roids, digital steroids.
Bender Wordplay/Pun Setup/Punchline Robot Devil: Side effects include dry, rusty eyes, droid rage, antenna shrinkage, loose or watery bricks, athlete's ass...
Robot Devil · Bender: Ask your devil if D-roids are right for you. Questions? Yeah. Are D-roids right for me?
Bender: Hey, I've always wanted to hit my head on a doorway, and now I can.
Bender Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Bender Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Bender: That's right. I'm slam dunkin'!
Bender Visual Gag Character Comedy Bender: Woo! I'm not fittin' in an airplane seat!
Bender Irony/Sarcasm Observational Bender: Yeah! I'm givin' out awkward crotch hugs!
Bender Physical/Slapstick Observational Woman: Taller, sure, but nothin' else about you changed.
Woman Cringe/Discomfort Setup/Punchline Bender: Well, listen up, missy! I'll pick you up at eight!
Bender Visual Gag Cringe/Discomfort Bender: I think you've mistooken me for someone who knows vocabuloni.
Bender Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Barbot · Bender: How do you spell that? Uh... B? No, wait. D? No, E.
Magazine headline · Amy: Hot plus tall equals sexy? Well, you can't argue with the math.
Fry · Barbot: Godzebo? Don't you mean Godzillow? They couldn't get the rights to Godzillow, so the writers invented an all-new and completely original monster named Godzebo!
Fry Barbot Meta/Self-Referential Observational ★ Rewatch Director: We can't. That was our last Tokyo.
News anchor: We interrupt this soup to bring you a special report. Brought to you by... soup! Your kids deserve it, after what they did.
Amy: And also, isn't it pronounced Calabasas?
Leela · Fry · Professor: You mean Godzebo? He means Godzillow. I mean Godzooka! The actual space dinosaur those fictional characters are based on.
Professor · Bender: We need to put a little distance between ourselves and-- What's up, guys? Don't forget to like and subscribe to--
Fry · Leela: Wow. Who woulda thought Bender's head was completely empty? I guess everyone.
Del Toro: Because it looks cool. Del Toro out.
Amy · Leela: Wait... wasn't Bender the bad guy? Oh, loosen up, Amy.
Amy Leela Observational Deadpan/Understatement Bender: You're dead and I'm tall! Aw, man! The D-roids wore off! And yet the butt rash is permanent!
Bender Escalation Callback Callback Barbot: I need you to change a light bulb.
Barbot Setup/Punchline Visual Gag 