Bender is the featured attraction in the Ultimate Robot Fighting League, but his glory is short-lived when he is instructed to intentionally lose his next match. Leela vows to lead Bender to victory, in an effort to show up her unsupportive martial arts teacher.
WAR
35.8
Wins Above Replacement
“Raging Bender” ranks #91 of 137 Futurama episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 76.0 — Great. The episode packs 65 scored jokes at 4.3 per minute, averaging 6.7 on craft and 6.4 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
Fry: I thought it was real, like pro wrestling. But it's fixed, like boxing.
Fry Misdirection Observational ★ Rewatch Rich Little as Howard Cosell: Interesting side note: As a head without a body, I envy the dead.
Young Leela: But I can beat these dorks with one eye closed.
Leela: But I beat up someone who hurt my feelings in high school.
Leela Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Callback Master Funog: See you in girl hell! I'll be in boy hell, much nicer.
Standout Moments
Young Leela: But I can beat these dorks with one eye closed.
Fry: I thought it was real, like pro wrestling. But it's fixed, like boxing.
Fry Misdirection Observational ★ Rewatch Rich Little as Howard Cosell: Interesting side note: As a head without a body, I envy the dead.
All Jokes — 65 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Professor Farnsworth: Good news, everyone! I've taught the toaster to feel love.
Hermes: Hermes liked it so much he decided to stay.
Hermes Irony/Sarcasm Dark/Subversive Bender: Hermes has all the fun. He's got a Brain Slug on his head!
Bender Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Amy: Switch to a garlic shampoo.
Amy Absurdist Observational Hermes: Walk around not wearing a helmet.
Hermes Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement Amy · Leela: Sounds great, Hermes! Whatever you say.
Fry: Let's ditch him and go to the movies.
Fry Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Bender: I hate subtitles. Alien films are so pretentious.
Bender Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dr. Zoidberg: Planet of the Clams. About an upside-down world where lobster is slave to clam.
Fry Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Concession worker: For 25 cents less, get a super small.
Bender: Give me a large diet malt liquor and a popcorn with extra motor oil.
Bender Character Comedy Absurdist TV announcer: Glagnar's Human Rinds presents: This Week in the Universe.
TV announcer: C. Randall Poopenmeyer
TV announcer · Miss Universe: Miss Universe Gladys Lennox entertains troops fighting to wipe out the human race. Go get 'em, boys!
TV announcer: technical melting
Movie patron · Bender: Mind taking your head off? - I need it to watch the movie.
Bender · Amy: Ask Flabby here to describe it to you later. She is as the factory made her. They should have stopped about halfway through.
Calculon/TV: If you want Calculon to race to the battle in his Hover Ferrari, press 1. If you want Calculon to double-check his paperwork, press 2.
Calculon/TV · Bender: You have pressed 2. - I didn't! - I'm almost positive you did.
Movie patron · Bender: Pardon me, sir. But you seem to be kicking my seat. - That's the gist of what I said. Would you mind?
Movie patron: Sir, I challenge you to fisticuffs.
Commissioner: Cripes! The Masked Unit! You knocked him out cold!
Bender: You should see me at funerals.
Bender Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Bender: Float like a float-bot, sting like a stinging machine!
Amy: Two robots enter, one robot leaves. The other leaves after being declared the winner.
Amy Misdirection Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Amy: I'm pretty sure I did. Yes, definitely.
Amy Escalation Character Comedy Bender: Oh, again with the orphanarium.
Bender Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Leela: This is more important than that marble-eating contest.
Leela Absurdist Character Comedy Master Funog: No girl has the will of a warrior. You have the will of a housewife. At best, the schoolmarm.
Master Funog: The winner? Me! Rematch? You lose again! Had enough? I thought so!
Bender: She's right. I don't want to end up like her!
Bender Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Bender: Still can't reach!
Bender Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy Announcer: From Mom's Friendly Robot Factory in America's heartland, Mexico
Hermes · Bender: I got you a Bender hat. - Wow! Thanks, Hermes! I... Hey, cut that out!
Clear Cutter: You can't hit what you can't see.
Leela: Quit scratching your ax-hole and get back.
Leela Wordplay/Pun Cringe/Discomfort Clear Cutter: He's not dead! What's up?
Clear Cutter: Ultimate Robot Fighting is a scam. Keep it under your head. But the most popular robot always wins.
Bender: Whoo-hoo, I'm popular!
Bender Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Clear Cutter: You're pure lowest common denominator.
Bender as 'The Offender': I'm just an ex-con trying to go straight and get my kids back.
The Foreigner: I'm not from here! I have my own customs! Look at my crazy passport!
The Chain Smoker: I love smoking. And after I win the fight, I'm headed straight to your favorite restaurant.
Bender: Well, I need floozies. Let's roll.
Bender Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Bender: Those morons! I said peaberry, not sandalwood!
Bender Character Comedy Absurdist Commissioner · Melissa: The Gender Bender! The most unpopular fighter since Sergeant Feces Processor.
Bender as Gender Bender: I'm a real toughie.
Leela: Not Funog! Let's hit the gym. I'll teach you to fight like a girl!
Leela Callback Irony/Sarcasm Callback George Foreman: My memory is not so good, but I think the Earth was destroyed.
Announcer: A bet of $0 on Bender pays $1000 if he wins. Still, very few takers.
Bender: Got it. Large kickle, hold the tickle.
Bender Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Professor: Just let me put on my reading glasses. Why, Zoidberg! There's a lovely photo of you in here!
Announcer: the gizmo from Pismo Beach!
Destructor: Final boarding call for Flight 406, non-stop service to pain.
George Foreman: It's a good time to bring up my new grill. With its patented design, the fat drains directly into my mouth.
Leela: You're just controlling him like a puppet. I mean, cheating in a fake fight. That's low.
Leela Escalation Meta/Self-Referential Master Funog: See you in girl hell! I'll be in boy hell, much nicer.
Fry: Poor little guy starved to death.
Fry Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement Callback Leela: But I beat up someone who hurt my feelings in high school.
Leela Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Callback Commissioner: Here's a card good for 10% off at Bed Bath & Beyond.
Hermes: That he did surely not.
Hermes Character Comedy Callback Callback 