Bender takes a new job in the Robot Mafia, but his loyalty is tested when he goes along on the robotic gangster's efforts to rob the Planet Express ship.
WAR
44.9
Wins Above Replacement
“Bender Gets Made” ranks #98 of 137 Futurama episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 74.9 — Great. The episode packs 69 scored jokes at 4.5 per minute, averaging 6.9 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
Don-Bot Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Bender · Don-Bot: Wow! You guys run numbers? Ones and zeroes mostly.
Professor: A gamma-powered mechanical monster with freeway on-ramps for arms, and a coal-black heart!
Bender: I'm trying, but it's not easy.
Bender Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Professor: Oh, sweet legal tender!
Standout Moments
Professor: A gamma-powered mechanical monster with freeway on-ramps for arms, and a coal-black heart!
Bender · Don-Bot: Wow! You guys run numbers? Ones and zeroes mostly.
Don-Bot Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement All Jokes — 69 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Fry: No, this one is! Wait, that one was worse. Ah, so far so good on this one!
Fry Observational Character Comedy Announcer: Cooking Slugs For Dinner and Cooking Dinner for Slugs
Elzar: Now, this is why I prefer your non-stick robots.
Elzar Dark/Subversive Observational Elzar: Step one: Boil some oysters in a pot of Neptune-style gumbo.
Elzar Absurdist Observational Fry · Bender: Bender, try to be a little quieter. - No, you shut up!
Elzar: Now and then, knock it up a notch with your spice weasel.
Elzar Absurdist Observational Bender: Bam! Yeah! Bam it again! Knock it up a notch! Who let him into the studio? Come on! Work that weasel! Quit holding out!
Bender Escalation Cringe/Discomfort Leela Physical/Slapstick Irony/Sarcasm Patient · Zoidberg: Tell me, doctor, how's my cyst? Grande.
Leela: I don't like this doctor. I've lost more patients than he's treated.
Leela Dark/Subversive Observational Doctor · Leela: A grayish blob? Right. And this one? A grayish blob? Not as right that time.
Zoidberg: but I have more skill in my claw than you have in your whole body!
Zoidberg: Sure. Butter me up with candy. Well, it won't work, sonny!
Zoidberg Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Leela · Fry: Leela! We're right here! I'm not deaf! I just have to wear a patch. Does it look stupid? No! It looks so nice, I think I might get one too.
Bender: It's Elzar! I'm so excited I wish I could wet my pants!
Bender Character Comedy Absurdist Bender: Hooray for blind-ey! Oh, God. I'm coming down!
Bender Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Fry: Jerk chicken, jerk beef, jerk pork! Is there any meat he can't jerk?
Fry Wordplay/Pun Observational Amy · Elzar: The king crab is to die for! Look, a tiny, edible crown! What's it made of? Wood.
Amy · Fry: It's robot food. It's so good! Just try a little. No, really, I don't... Are you all right? Oh, yeah, the salad's fantastic! So fresh.
Amy Fry Physical/Slapstick Reaction Beat Professor: Oh, my! That steamed carrot was a bit spicy.
Professor Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Leela · Elzar · Bender: Hey! A bill? You're charging us, after you blinded me? I made a nice meal. This ain't a charity. Twelve hundred dollars? Holy zombie Jesus!
Leela · Bender: We don't have that! Especially not him. They took away my credit cards.
Bender · Cop: I was picking my nose. Picking his nose! Get him!
Bender: Don't hit me! I'm brittle!
Bender Character Comedy Physical/Slapstick Elzar: I don't know. I try to hire people who are less unbearable.
Elzar Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Fry · Amy · Leela · Professor: Bender's a model employee! He's so polite! And hardworking. He's made of candy.
Cop · Bender: You better keep your nose clean. That'll be easy. I never wear it.
Leela: My walk took a little longer than usual. Nibbler took me through the zoo.
Leela Observational Visual Gag Fry: You look beautiful! My favorite artist is Picasso!
Fry Observational Visual Gag Bender · Elzar: Bam! Bam yourself.
Bender · Elzar · Robot Mafia: Are they the Robot Mafia? Yes. You call this a table? You call this a table? I wouldn't hit a guy with this!
Don-Bot: I like this guy's lack of style.
Don-Bot Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Don-Bot: I give the guy cement shoes which he likes better than his lead ones.
Bender: I'm trying, but it's not easy.
Bender Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Don-Bot · Bender: It's a twenty. It is? Oh, I'm sorry, I meant to... Wait a minute!
Bender: I've always wanted to be a goon!
Bender · Elzar: I've always wanted to be a goon! Hey, Elzar! I quit! Okay!
Bender: That's what my mom said.
Bender Callback Character Comedy Oil-ade Robot: I'm programmed to only sell oil-aide and write cute backwards letters.
Bender: Which I'm sort of in.
Bender Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Cop: But check out today's 'Marmaduke.' Solid.
Cop Observational Character Comedy Cop 1 · Cop 2: Smells nice too. Better than me? Oh, yeah.
Clamps: That's my name, you numbskull! Don't make me clamp you one!
Clamps Character Comedy Running Gag Don-Bot · Bender: How's Blotto? It's gritty, and I can keep my monogrammed slippers.
Clamps: It'll be clamp this, clamp that, ba-da-clamp!
Clamps Character Comedy Escalation Bender: I can't move. Oh, I think I'm gonna output.
Bender Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Leela: That's coming out of your pay!
Leela Reaction Beat Irony/Sarcasm Bender: The secret of robot cooking: Start with a high-quality oil. Then eat it.
Bender Observational Misdirection Bender: I can stink up a hospital with one of those!
Bender Character Comedy Escalation Don-Bot: All without any killing. You've got some fresh new ideas! I admire that.
Don-Bot Irony/Sarcasm Dark/Subversive Clamps: They won't know what clamped them!
Clamps Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Leela: Eyes are for chumps.
Leela Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Fry: Wait, the letters that normally say 'Master Steering Wheel Co.' say 'Nibbler.' Oh, no!
Fry Observational Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Fry: Great. The one time I forgot to buy flight insurance!
Fry Observational Irony/Sarcasm Clamps: Think I should use these clamps that I use every day, at every opportunity? You're a genius, you idiot!
Clamps Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Bender: Sorry I'm tardy, old bean. I was enjoying a watercress sandwich.
Bender Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Bender: I say, get the hell off me!
Bender · Fry: Chew on this! What ho! Stop it! Take that, you twit! No, stop it!
Bender · Don-Bot: Let me take care of the dirty work. Hey, I like your attitude. And your accent. Keep it up and I might get you your own pair of clamps.
Clamps: He's gonna get clamps? Clamps! Clamps, clamps, clamps.
Clamps Escalation Character Comedy Amy: He was like a computer that ran on magic.
Amy Observational Character Comedy Bender: Yes, I am! Having just regained consciousness!
Bender Misdirection Character Comedy Professor: Where am I now?
Professor: Oh, sweet legal tender!
Fry · Leela: Maybe someday I'll tell. And maybe someday I won't listen.
