Bender and the crew head west to join the bitcoin mining rush.
WAR
61.5
Wins Above Replacement
“How The West Was 1010001” ranks #60 of 170 Futurama episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 79.5 — Elite. The episode packs 68 scored jokes at 3.2 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
Dwight: Hang on! I'm limboing in!
Dwight Absurdist Callback Callback Fry: Um, I'm not sure Leela has the skills to be a barmaid.
Fry Misdirection Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dwight: But, won't that be, like, murder? 'Cause colleges look at stuff like that.
Dwight Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Dwight: This place has too much outdoors! It's all bugs and no Wi-Fi.
Roberto: And the daisy, too. I gotta know how it comes out!
Roberto Character Comedy Absurdist Callback All Jokes — 68 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Professor: News! Bad! We're bankrupt. Oh, I borrowed money to invest in Bitcoin. Then the price crashed, and I sold at a huge loss. We're ruined! Oh, sorry. I didn't realize you were watching TV.
News Anchor · Morbo: The tragic impact destroyed the planet Klarg, along with its 50 billion inhabitants. In other news, Morbo, guess what's back? The planet Klarg? Nope! The price of Bitcoin!
Hermes · Professor: Haven't you learned that Bitcoin is just a pyramid scheme for rubes? Yes, and my plan is to exploit those rubes!
Robot Mafia: Yo. We're also leg brokers.
Leela: It's a good thing we brought the oxen. Usually, we don't.
Leela Absurdist Deadpan/Understatement Fry: You know, 'round these parts, folks don't think things. They reckon them. And instead of an idiot, I'll be known as a galoot!
Fry Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Dwight's Father · Dwight: Well, anyway, I'm really looking forward to some quality father-son time. With who?
Fry · Professor · Amy: Um, is this thallium? Oh my, yes! High-grade ore! Um, Professor? Toxic. Relax. They're my prospecting teeth.
Town Greeter: Welcome to Doge City! Looks like you got seven hornswogglers and a galoot!
Fry · Delilah: Your freest beverage. We're very poor. Gotcha. I'll just mix all the unfinished drinks together and start a tab.
Zoidberg: At times, yes. Though her mood fluctuates like the price of Bitcoin.
Fry · Delilah: Ill? You mean a hospital? A pet store? A brothel. A soup kitchen?! Yeah. A soup kitchen.
Roberto: Out here in the West, I need something shootier. Like this gun-knife I invented-stole!
Roberto Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Fry: Um, I'm not sure Leela has the skills to be a barmaid.
Fry Misdirection Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Auctioneer: This burro is in near-mint condition. Perfect for hauling Bitcoin, light housework, or just abusing.
Bender · Amy: Fifteen! I always wanted to own a racehorse. That's a donkey, Bender. Donkeys are just ugly horses, Amy.
Dwight: It looks stupid. This whole trip is stupid. You're stupid, Pops!
Dwight Escalation Character Comedy Dwight · Father: I wish Roberto were my dad. He's cooler than a green snake smoking a sugar cane vape. No self-respecting green snake would do that!
Assayer: Tooth test? Balderweeds.
Assayer Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Bender · Assayer: But weed a million times that amount or we're gonna get clamped! Well, maybe there's some thallium in that there chassis of yours.
Bender: Assay my shiny metal ass!
Bender Callback Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Callback Assayer · Bender: 0.0000... Tain't even worth melting down. Well then, perhaps my ass might be of value to you in some other way?
Assayer: Eh, it might make a good frying pan, but fried food makes me cackle.
Assayer Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Assayer: My motto is, 'He who smelts it, dealts it!'
Assayer: Ooh, lookie there! Found another Bitcoin! Aw, dog dumplings. It's just a danged Ethereum.
Roberto · Doctor · Zoidberg: What's with the jumbo prawn? A colleague. Mind if he sits in? Yes, I do mind! I value doctor-patient confidentiality!
Leela · Fry: I only got 30 cents in tips and one request to visit the back room. I mean, I wouldn't go, but it's nice to be asked. Can you think of anything I can do to look sluttier? Nope.
Leela Fry Cringe/Discomfort Deadpan/Understatement Leela: You know he's not actually a hero like in his books, right? He's a poker cheat and a low-down base mineral.
Leela Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Borax Kid · Fry: Well, then how about a hand of Colorado Chump? As long as it's not poker.
Borax Kid: Mumbles, go see what all that fuss is about. And wear my signature hat.
Doctor: Mumbles is dead! Don't argue with me, Mumbles. I'm the town doctor.
Doctor Absurdist Deadpan/Understatement Fry · Borax Kid: Really? Do I get to die in your next book? Page three. Then you got yourself a galoot.
Dwight · Father: Can I sleep in the library? I'd like to say yes, but then it wouldn't be private.
Dwight: This place has too much outdoors! It's all bugs and no Wi-Fi.
Father · Dwight · Bender: Limbo stupid? Where did I go wrong? Probably when you took up limbo. From what I'm hearing, it's stupid.
Bender: Oh, you said shovels? I thought you said take a break and do nothing.
Bender Character Comedy Misdirection Bender: Sometimes, I think a detachable ass is more a curse than a blessing.
Bender Absurdist Deadpan/Understatement Bender · Rusty: Musical number: Bender and his ass sing cowboy song with extensive ass puns
Bender: Oh, why didn't I listen to my own song?!
Bender Callback Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Delilah: This is a nice, quiet saloon with attached bordello.
Dwight: Folks call me Amarillo Dwight. On account of I wrote a geography report on it. Done got me a 'A.'
Dwight Character Comedy Absurdist Dwight: Why not? They using Apple Maps?
Dwight: But, won't that be, like, murder? 'Cause colleges look at stuff like that.
Dwight Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Roberto: Guess you ain't as cute as I thought.
Roberto Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement Roberto: Guess you ain't as cute as I thought.
Roberto Setup/Punchline Dark/Subversive Leela · Fry: I think it's actually a cougar. Puma, cougar, whatever! Get him, Kid! Or a mountain lion. You know, they're really all the same animal.
Borax Kid: It seems I bravely shot that catamount just in time after Fry missed.
Professor: There's barely any thallium! Just worthless gold.
Zoidberg: I mean his butt ass.
Bender: I steal it. I steal it not. I steal it...
Bender Callback Character Comedy Roberto: And the daisy, too. I gotta know how it comes out!
Roberto Character Comedy Absurdist Callback Fry · Leela: Come on! He's picked up Bender's scent! His what now?
Bender: This is the worst brothel I've ever seen.
Bender Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Amy: That's actually a pretty reasonable use case for robot heads.
Amy Deadpan/Understatement Dark/Subversive Delilah: I'm not your friend. Though, I do like you a lot.
Delilah: I'm not your friend. Though, I do like you a lot.
Fry · Delilah · Everyone: Mining Bitcoin with kidnapped robot heads? It's pure evil! Hardly. I donate all the proceeds to a local orphanage. Aw...
Delilah · Everyone: But I can't let you tell anyone about my generous scheme, so I'll have to seal you in this comfortably air-conditioned warehouse. Forever! But I'll drop by every day with snacks. Aw...
Bender: Any number you can think of, there's a number bigger than that!
Bender Absurdist Character Comedy Bender Reaction Beat Deadpan/Understatement Fry · Borax Kid · Leela: What?! Well, now, there's nothing illegal about that. Those old stories are public domain. I change up a few words and claim the copyright for myself. Ya ever heard of Cinderella? That is so evil!
Father: I'm too scared! There's bullets in every dimension!
Father Absurdist Character Comedy Dwight: Hang on! I'm limboing in!
Dwight Absurdist Callback Callback Roberto: Can't we all just agree to use knives?
Roberto Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Leela: I've never been so offended yet slightly flattered!
Dwight: I love you, Pops. And limbo is not entirely stupid.
Dwight Character Comedy Callback Callback Bender: If we ever get outta here, I'm gonna give this brothel a really bad Yelp review.