Fry suspects Bender's new buddy, a bending unit named Flexo who looks almost exactly like Bender, of being pure evil. When a valuable atom of Jumbonium goes missing, Fry suspects Flexo, but can't tell which robot is which.
WAR
59.8
Wins Above Replacement
“Lesser Of Two Evils” ranks #30 of 137 Futurama episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 81.5 — Elite. The episode packs 83 scored jokes at 5.3 per minute, averaging 6.8 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
Bob Barker: I may be against the fur industry, but I'll skin you alive! As long as no one wears the skin.
Bob Barker Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Leela · Bender: Bender? You stole the atom? Yeah, but I can explain: It's very valuable.
Bender: Hey, a suicide booth! So long, suckers!
Bender Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Callback Bender: Hubba-hubba! She is built! In Mexico, I believe. And that ain't silicon. It's tungsten, and plenty of it.
Bender Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Flexo · Fry: Your stunt did a number on my back. You mind rubbing it for me? Sure. That's it. A little lower. How's that? Lower. That's it. A little lower, though. I can't get any lower. I'll say. You're rubbing my ass!
Standout Moments
Bender: Hey, a suicide booth! So long, suckers!
Bender Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Callback Bob Barker: I may be against the fur industry, but I'll skin you alive! As long as no one wears the skin.
Bob Barker Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Leela · Bender: Bender? You stole the atom? Yeah, but I can explain: It's very valuable.
All Jokes — 83 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Narrator: Cop Department is real. The people are not actors. Most aren't even people.
Cop: Then Why is there a smoking hole in your ceiling?
Cop Setup/Punchline Observational Suspect · Cop: Crazy upstairs lady's been shooting doWn. You're on the top floor of this domicile.
Cop: While you're at it, unblur your face.
Cop Meta/Self-Referential Absurdist ★ Rewatch Fry · Bender: Bender, you said you were in this episode. No. I'm on Caught on Tape Three for what I did in the coffee pot.
Ad Narrator · Voice: Is today's lifestyle making you tense and impatient? Shut up and get to the point!
Ad Narrator: It's like living in the year 2000.
Theme Park Actors: Let's disco dance, Hammurabi. "Dy-no-mite!"
Fry: If I ever wanna go back, I'll freeze myself again.
Fry Character Comedy Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Leela · Fry: You know I yearn for a simpler time of barn dances and buggy rides before life was cheapened by heartless machines. But Bender, you are a...
Fake Mugger · Tourist: Give me your wallet or I'll cut you! Get a picture of me being "mugged."
Fake Mugger: Give me the camera too!
Wall Street Actor: No! I'm ruined!
Tour Guide · Fry: Which has yet to be deciphered. Do you know? Yes. A cop told me. It means, "Up yours."
Leela · Fry: Sorry, Bender, that's just a phone booth. What were they used for? In New York? Bathrooms.
Fry · Leela: "Tokens only." How does this work? I'll show you.
Fry Leela Physical/Slapstick Setup/Punchline Fry · Leela: What's this? Another bathroom? It's a mobile apartment with no rent.
Tour Guide: The tomb of the 20th century's greatest spiritual leader... Al Sharpton.
Tour Guide: He was mummified in ceremonial vestments. We called it a "jogging suit."
Traffic Actors: Move it, crap for brains! Get on, bastard man!
Tour Guide · Bender: Here is a 20th century assembly line where cars Were constructed by primitive robots. We've come a long way, baby.
Bender: We've come a long way, baby.
Bender Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Fry: My girlfriend had one! Actually, she wasn't my girlfriend... she just never closed her curtains.
Fry Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Leela: Didn't I tell you to end your stories a sentence earlier?
Leela Reaction Beat Character Comedy Fry: I'm sorry. You work here. I should have known from that getup.
Fry Observational Character Comedy Flexo: This is from Miller's Outpo... I mean, yeah, I work here all right.
Flexo Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Fry: No one in New York drove. There was too much traffic.
Fry Observational Irony/Sarcasm Bender: There's a baby in there, huh?
Bender Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Fry: It's just like riding a bicy...
Fry Physical/Slapstick Setup/Punchline Bender · Leela: I think I got whiplash. How? You don't have a neck. I meant ass whiplash.
Leela: I'm glad we hit something. I thought we'd never stop.
Leela Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement Flexo: I think I got whiplash.
Flexo Callback Escalation Callback Zoidberg · Leela: We did all we could. You mean he's... Good as new? Yes!
Leela: Except for that stylish beard, he looks just like Bender!
Leela Observational Setup/Punchline Flexo · Bender: No duh! We're both bending units. What's your serial number? 3370318. No way! Mine's 2716057.
Fry · Flexo: I don't get it. We're both the sum of two cubes.
Fry Flexo Wordplay/Pun Observational ★ Rewatch Flexo: Well, I don't feel as bad as you look.
Flexo Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Flexo: I'm just messing with you. You're okay. That's some face you've got. There's a cream for that.
Flexo Escalation Character Comedy Flexo · Fry: Your stunt did a number on my back. You mind rubbing it for me? Sure. That's it. A little lower. How's that? Lower. That's it. A little lower, though. I can't get any lower. I'll say. You're rubbing my ass!
Bender: Check it out. Six beautiful devices. They know what you like, and they do it to within one micron.
Bender Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Bender · Flexo: Spin those fans, baby. Yeah, baby! All right, mama! Spin it, baby. Gyrate it, honey!
Fry · Bender: I don't like this place. It's 120 with little oxygen. Shut up and hoot.
Bender: Hubba-hubba! She is built! In Mexico, I believe. And that ain't silicon. It's tungsten, and plenty of it.
Bender Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Flexo · Bender: Yeah. Look at that exhaust fan. Pervert.
Flexo · Fry: How about a lap dance for my pal here? No. That's all right. Really.
Flexo Fry Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Flexo: Get it? It's chlorine! It's funny because it's poisonous.
Flexo Dark/Subversive Meta/Self-Referential Flexo: Keep laughing, shrimp.
Flexo Character Comedy Escalation Fry · Leela: He's bad news. I regret hitting him. Take a rage dump. He's no worse than Bender.
Fry · Leela: He is. He drinks, smokes and posts naked photos of me. That's Bender. I'm talking about Flexo.
Leela: I get it. This is cute. You're jealous of Bender's new friend.
Leela Observational Character Comedy Fry · Leela: No, I'm not! Mark my words: Flexo's evil. He's the evil Bender. Rage dump.
Professor: Everyone, get in bed with me. I have something to show you.
Professor · Amy · Bender · Leela · Fry: Feast your eyes on this! It's beautiful! And huge! Can I touch it? What is it, already?
Professor · Fry: It's a single atom of Jumbonium. An element so rare the nucleus alone is worth more than $50,000. How much more? 100,000.
Professor · Leela: That's why I hid it under my mattress. Can we discuss this somewhere else? Why certainly.
Amy · Leela · Professor: When I was a little girl, I dreamed of being Miss Universe. That's pathetic. Deep down, all girls wanna be Miss Universe. Not me. Really? Maybe it's just cute girls.
Flexo · Fry · Professor: Mister Professor, right here! We should stick with people we know. Flexo's great, but... Flexo's great? That's good enough for me.
Leela · Fry: You'll take eight-hour guard shifts. Bender, then Flexo, then Fry. Wait. Hold on. Let's go alphabetically. Okay. Bender, then Flexo, then Fry. Go by rank. Okay. Bender, then Flexo, then Fry.
Fry · Flexo: Flexo outranks me? That's "Flexo outranks me, sir!"
Bender: Just because he has a beard you label him as evil? I've got a label for you, an ugly word called "prejudice."
Bender Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Fry · Bender: I'm not prejudiced. Save it for the cross burning, Adolf!
Flexo · Fry: Suit yourself, skinbag. I will. Good! Good! Good!
Flexo: Eight hours of solid boredom. I'm kidding. You're a wonderful man.
Flexo Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Leela · Bender · Professor: How did he steal the atom? By using a sleep ray. Sleep rays exist, right? No. Then I fell asleep.
Bender: Keep an eye on Fry. It's possible that he did it.
Bender Character Comedy Misdirection ★ Rewatch Fry · Bender: Why are you looking for Flexo in my underpants? He wasn't here 10 minutes ago, so I thought I'd check again.
Bender: And leave me high and dry in case of a scavenger hunt? No way.
Bender Character Comedy Absurdist Fry · Bender: Wait. You're Bender. Who said I wasn't?
Bender: It's a little thing called style. Look it up sometime.
Bender Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Crush-A-Nator: Thank you, Bob Barker. I'm as happy as a girl can be. End statement.
Bob Barker: You lost the atom, huh? You're garbage! Human garbage!
Fry · Bob Barker: $200,000? $200,001? You're closest without going over.
Bender · Flexo · Leela: Shoot him, he's choking me! No. Shoot him, he's choking me! I don't know which one to shoot!
Fry · Professor: Wait a second. Bender is the evil Bender? I am shocked! Shocked! Well, not that shocked.
Leela · Flexo: I'm sorry we suspected you, Flexo. But with the beard... Don't even bother! You people sicken me! I put my life on the line. This is how you repay me? You can go rot for all I care!
Flexo: I'm just kidding. You guys are all right.
Flexo Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Fry: I'm so confused. The Bender I like is evil, and the Bender I hate is good. How can I live my life and not tell good from evil?
Fry Character Comedy Observational Leela: They're both fine choices. Whatever floats your boat.
Leela Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Zapp: Are you people idiots? I'm still going mano a mano with this envelope.
Zapp Character Comedy Physical/Slapstick Bender · Leela · Fry: You guys are losers... but I made out with the woman from the Radiator Planet. Fry, that's a radiator. Is there a burn ward nearby?
