The crew ignites a volcano in a desperate attempt to slow global warming.
WAR
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Wins Above Replacement
“The World Is Hot Enough” ranks #88 of 170 Futurama episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 77.8 — Great. The episode packs 59 scored jokes at 3.5 per minute, averaging 6.9 on craft and 6.7 on impact, with Fry landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Monkey Guide: The animals don't even know they're in captivity. See?
Bender: After they said I had an obnoxious ego? Me, the magnificent Bender?
Bender Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Callback Fry: Somebody might see Wingus and the Ping Pong boys!
Fry Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Fry: Top Ramen in a Cremora sauce... Xerox-blackened chicken... cherry throat lozenge jubilee
Fry Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Leela · Professor: We're not cattle, we're human beings. You're human beings? Good Lord, you can't go on this delivery.
All Jokes — 59 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Fry: I'm going home, by myself, as is normal for me. Have a good night, Leela! I won't see you again until the morning.
Fry Character Comedy Awkward Silence ★ Rewatch Unknown · Professor: Professor, you live here. Where are you going? I have no idea!
Bender: Ah, alone and unhooked. Let the evening begin.
Bender Character Comedy Observational Fry: Top Ramen in a Cremora sauce... Xerox-blackened chicken... cherry throat lozenge jubilee
Fry Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Leela: What a wonderful nighttime sneezing coughing stuffy head so-I-can-rest dessert!
Leela Wordplay/Pun Callback Callback Scruffy: If you can't see me, is that private?
Scruffy Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Fry · Bender: On Batman's night off. Oh! This is a stickup! Oh, hey, Fry and Leela.
Fry Bender Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Bender: Which reminds me, this is still a mugging, so... Hee-ya! Ow!
Bender Character Comedy Escalation Zoidberg: From work, and LinkedIn?
Zoidberg · Leela: ♪ Dishes, dishes, dishes ♪ ♪ Cleaning up the dishes. ♪ I'm a singing busboy. No, you're not!
Fry · Leela: ♪ Just the two of us ♪ ♪ We can make it if we try ♪ ♪ Just the two of us... ♪ Uh, what about...?
Fry · Leela: He won't wake up if we stay quiet. Ooh... Ah! Nibbler! Scat!
Fry · Leela: Only if I cut off my arm. I'll get a knife.
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Leela: Oh, not the whole time.
Leela Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Professor: The inhabitants of Simian 7-- the Planet of the Apes. And monkeys. And tarsiers, and several lemurs. All primates, really.
Leela · Professor: We're not cattle, we're human beings. You're human beings? Good Lord, you can't go on this delivery.
Zoidberg: Hooray! I'm the Fry, with the cool red jacket and the walking on sunshine!
Professor · Amy: Amy, what are you? Human. Damn!
Professor · Amy: Do you have a marmoset costume? No. Just these marmoset pajamas. They'll have to do.
Fry · Robot Hands: Man, these hands do everything but pick your nose. Wow. Well picked.
Fry: Somebody might see Wingus and the Ping Pong boys!
Fry Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Fry · Leela · Sean: Marco! Polo! Marco! Polo! Sean? Leela? Sean?! Polo!
Sean: Repeat customer discount, free meals 'cause I brought my own peanut butter. Whole trip cost less than 600 bucks.
Sean Character Comedy Escalation Sean: But, hey, they gave me two free drink coupons for my trouble. You want to buy one?
Sean Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Fry: Nude and interrupted.
Fry Wordplay/Pun Deadpan/Understatement Sean: Put a little peanut butter on there, they really fill you up.
Sean Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Callback Fry: Sure, that'd be great. I'll just sit here and feed the mosquitoes.
Fry Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Monkey Executive: We don't want the cars, just the tires! Gentlemen, the new office chairs are here.
Edwards: You know, normally I don't go for New World monkeys, but I am digging your upright posture.
Edwards Character Comedy Observational Other Monkey: Why don't you just show her your big blue ass?
Guenter: Working in financial services, you really get to help rich people realize their expensive dreams.
Sean: I recorded a demo and shot a video, but then I lost my phone.
Sean Character Comedy Absurdist Robot Hands: Say, I don't suppose you're free later?
Sean: Fry, there's nothing to be jealous of. I've been sitting here paying my bills online.
Sean Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Sean · Fry: Dude, you broke my reed! You owe me, like, a dollar! You'll have to kill me for it!
Sean: I've had that reed for 20 years! It's irreplaceable!
Sean Character Comedy Escalation Sean: This is my wife, Darlene. We met at the 99-cent store.
Sean Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Darlene: One eye, purple hair-- you're Leela! The crazy one that Sean dumped.
Darlene Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Darlene: Listen, honey, I'd love to stay here and Denny's-fight you, but they just told me the shuttle's fixed.
Darlene Wordplay/Pun Observational ★ Rewatch Sean · Fry: I'm drunk, I'm grouchy, and I'm gonna eat this peanut butter. Want to watch? Not really, but I will.
Sean Fry Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Callback Monkey · Amy: Humans experimented on us, chained us to organ-grinders, made us ride around in ridiculous tiny vehicles. You're still riding around in ridiculous tiny vehicles. By choice.
Monkey Amy Setup/Punchline Irony/Sarcasm Callback Amy: Ew, gross! I'm gonna use the tongs.
Amy Visual Gag Cringe/Discomfort Monkey Guide: The animals don't even know they're in captivity. See?
Bender · Amy: Oh, your God! Fry and Leela are in a zoo! Shh! Oh, sorry.
Leela · Zoidberg: I've always wanted to make love by bug-light. Shmoly crap! We've got to get Fry and Leela out of this habitat before they humiliate themselves.
Zoidberg: Mr. Zoo Director, we don't know you and you're facing away from us, but you have our friends caged up and... Dr. Banjo?!
Dr. Banjo: I've never seen one have so much trouble with zippers.
Leela · Fry · Zoidberg · Bender · Amy: Zoidberg and his awful stench. Stanky. Bender and his obnoxious ego. But-but... And what about Amy? Always prancing around in those stupid marmoset pajamas.
Fry: You know who I hate most? That monkey we haven't seen in years. Guenter.
Fry Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Monkeys: Wild human! Wild human!
Amy: Even if my stupid marmoset pajamas offend Leela's big fat eye.
Amy Character Comedy Callback Callback Bender: After they said I had an obnoxious ego? Me, the magnificent Bender?
Bender Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Callback Zoidberg: Back! Back, you beasts! Follow me. The one who stinks, according to Fry's delicate nose.
Zoidberg Character Comedy Callback Callback Amy: Prairie elephant! Adorable prairie elephant!
Amy Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Fry · Leela: And the robot hands would make you a strawberry shortcake any time of day. 4:00, 7:00, any time. No way! I'm not lying.
Fry Leela Character Comedy Callback Callback Fry Character Comedy Callback Callback Fry: Also, nothing in here smells like a rotting crab.
Fry Character Comedy Callback Callback Zoidberg: You were in a zoo!
Zoidberg Setup/Punchline Escalation ★ Rewatch