The crew ignites a volcano in a desperate attempt to slow global warming.
WAR
21.1
Wins Above Replacement
“The World Is Hot Enough” ranks #131 of 137 Futurama episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 70.0 — Solid. The episode packs 64 scored jokes at 3.5 per minute, averaging 6.5 on craft and 6.2 on impact, with Professor Farnsworth landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Nixon: Because they're underwater. God rest their souls.
Nixon Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Professor Farnsworth: Or a cartoon that tries to make science 'funny'?
Dr. Banjo: Who's paying you, Professor? Big Earth?!
Robot Devil: God made us mortal that we might leave this problem to future generations.
Scruffy Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Standout Moments
Nixon: Because they're underwater. God rest their souls.
Nixon Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Dr. Banjo: Who's paying you, Professor? Big Earth?!
Professor Farnsworth: Or a cartoon that tries to make science 'funny'?
All Jokes — 64 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Bender: Oops, forgot to take off my ass.
Bender Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Amy: Sorry I'm late. It took forever to take off all my clothes.
Amy Setup/Punchline Misdirection Hermes: That's not a business bikini.
Hermes Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Amy Wordplay/Pun Observational Professor Farnsworth: Hermes! You budgie-smuggling slacker.
Professor Farnsworth · Fry: As you may recall... -Nope.
Professor Farnsworth: According to my calendar, it is now... 'then.'
Professor Farnsworth: Like me, this cube is shrinking with age.
Amy: It's heartbreaking, like a summer sidewalk popsicle.
Amy Observational Wordplay/Pun Amy · Bender: I could just eat them up. Hey, I was using that.
Amy Bender Misdirection Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Bear Biologist: I know what I'm doing. I'm a bear biologist.
Bear Biologist: I used to be a whale biologist, but I got demoted to bear.
Bear Biologist: They're sitting ducks. Like those sitting ducks!
Bear Biologist: I hope you choke on those stupid ducks, you stupid whale!
Bender: And remove them from their natural habitat? Yeah, that'll teach 'em.
Bender Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Bear Biologist · Bender: You think I might like weasels? I sure don't!
Fry: Here comes the wocket ship!
Fry Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Leela: They're bears, Fry. They don't even know what a 'wocket ship' is.
Leela Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Professor Farnsworth: My smart glasses overloaded!
Professor Farnsworth: Tong time has passed.
Scruffy Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Conference Attendee: It's been a thousand years! What are you, some kinda science guy?
Nixon: for the 1,030th consecutive year, no nation came close to meeting them!
Nixon Escalation Observational Nixon: Tragedy, human tragedy. But for the rest of us, the party goes on!
Nixon Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Conference Attendee: That's just a bunch of numbers. Very bad numbers!
Dr. Banjo: Thank you, Madam, for that lovely introduction and the beautiful beachfront condo.
Dr. Banjo: Numbers can say anything, depending on who's paying you.
Professor Farnsworth: You're an orangutan from the tropical jungles of Borneo!
Mom's Representative: You just earned yourself a set of patio furniture.
Robot Devil: God made us mortal that we might leave this problem to future generations.
Bender: That's our children's problem. You tell 'em, Mother.
Bender Character Comedy Observational Professor Farnsworth: What do you call this, you orangu-dope?
Dr. Banjo: It's just a big bowl of number salad. Salad is for losers!
Dr. Banjo: Holy hell! Look how high and red it gets!
Professor Farnsworth: It's the same data with lipstick on it.
Dr. Banjo: Mama Banjo didn't raise any fools. Except my idiot brother, Mr. Fiddle
Dr. Banjo Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Crowd Member: Well, in that case, let's get lootin'!
Conference Attendee: I'm willing to listen to a man wearing polar bears as shoes.
Amy: I'm from Mars. Whatever.
Amy Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Fry · Bender: Nobody cares about people. Most of us hate each other. Hallelujah!
Bear Biologist: Pigpig and Stupidface. I named them! Bear biologist.
Billy Joel: ♪ We won't do it for our children ♪ ♪ So, let's do it for the bears ♪
Billy Joel: ♪ We all hate our stupid families ♪ ♪ So, let's do it for the bears ♪
Billy Joel: It was impossible to hear me over the more talented singers.
Professor Farnsworth: It destroyed the city of Pompeii 3,000 years ago, so we know it packs a wallop.
Mayor McFormaggio: she exploded in 79 AD, like a microwave calzone, smothering our people in a rich ragu of ash
Mayor McFormaggio: who take-a selfies with-a the corpses
Hermes: We don't have time for a crystal-measurin' contest.
Hermes Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Professor Farnsworth · Nixon: Oh, we do plan to come back. If you say so.
Amy: It appears groovy, yet volatile.
Amy Wordplay/Pun Observational Bender: Is this the end of Bender and whoever else is here?
Leela: Sorry, what? I can't hear you over the screaming.
Leela Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Fry: And she never even got to tell me what she loves.
Fry Character Comedy Observational Fry: These jars really should have lids on them.
Fry Observational Deadpan/Understatement Fry: Before the news broadcast cut out, I was trying to tell you how much I love them.
Fry Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Professor Farnsworth: Newspaper? Uh, like TV, but flatter.
Bender: And risk another Calculon song? No, thank you.
Bender Character Comedy Callback Professor Farnsworth: Ooh! Spicy!
Bear Biologist: Not with that gap on your resumé.
Fry: No. I taught them that.
Fry Character Comedy Callback ★ Rewatch Callback 