Professor Farnsworth installs an empathy chip in Bender after the inconsiderate robot flushes Nibbler down the toilet. With his newfound emotions, a concerned Bender ventures into the mutant-infested sewers to rescue Leela's beloved pet.
WAR
25.2
Wins Above Replacement
“I Second That Emotion” ranks #108 of 137 Futurama episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 74.1 — Great. The episode packs 95 scored jokes at 6.2 per minute, averaging 6.5 on craft and 6.0 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
Professor: No, I'm wrong. The chip was running at triple capacity. And I still barely felt anything. Good night, losers!
Bender: What's that? You have to put him down? No. Huh? What? Terrible shame. Shall I do the honors?
Bender Misdirection Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Professor: Your entire family died when a plane piloted by your fiancée... crashed into your uninsured home. And you have inoperable cancer. Bet you didn't expect that one!
Bender: Stupid can opener! You killed my father and now you want me!
Bender Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Mutant Guide: Just crumpled porn and Ayn Rand.
Standout Moments
Bender: What's that? You have to put him down? No. Huh? What? Terrible shame. Shall I do the honors?
Bender Misdirection Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Professor: Your entire family died when a plane piloted by your fiancée... crashed into your uninsured home. And you have inoperable cancer. Bet you didn't expect that one!
Professor: No, I'm wrong. The chip was running at triple capacity. And I still barely felt anything. Good night, losers!
All Jokes — 95 analyzed
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Bender: Somebody likes snouts. Is it me?
Bender Character Comedy Observational Bender: Oh, my head! My precious head!
Bender Character Comedy Physical/Slapstick Bender: Stupid can opener! You killed my father and now you want me!
Bender Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Bender: But why do we keep this time bomb around for that dumb animal?
Bender Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Bender: I'll pet him with both hands!
Bender Misdirection Physical/Slapstick Bender: My ass! Get off! Get off!
Bender Physical/Slapstick Cringe/Discomfort Bender: Nothing a lawsuit won't cure. Not you.
Bender Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Bender: I got a busted ass! I don't see anyone kissing it!
Bender Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Leela: All right, I'm coming.
Leela Reaction Beat Cringe/Discomfort Vet: Remember, Rover gets the pill, and Pepper gets the suppository. Next!
Vet Observational Absurdist Bender: Next time, I'm keeping it.
Bender Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Vet: The jaguar wasn't helpful, but he did knock one of my teeth out.
Vet Deadpan/Understatement Absurdist Vet: I'm woozy from a gazelle kick earlier, but if he's like a tree...
Vet Observational Deadpan/Understatement Callback Vet: Good luck. It'd take a genius to count all those rings.
Vet Setup/Punchline Irony/Sarcasm Fry Misdirection Character Comedy Bender: I'd be cuddly if someone gave me a cape.
Bender Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Bender: And the crowd goes wild! What prize do I get? Cash?
Bender Character Comedy Escalation Bender: You call that talent?
Bender Character Comedy Escalation Group singing: And you smell like one too
Bender: Fine. We'll have rack of Nibbler!
Bender Dark/Subversive Escalation Leela: And this time... if someone jumps out of it, put them in after it's cooked.
Leela Callback Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Callback Bender: So it's a cake you want, is it? I'll make you a cake you'll never forget.
Bender Character Comedy Escalation Bender: That'll take care of those rats.
Bender Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Bender: Now, to bake a cake so delicious... they'll have no choice but to love and worship me.
Bender Character Comedy Escalation Bender: There! This'll teach those filthy bastards who's lovable.
Bender Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Bender: Can't you see I'm using the toilet?
Bender Visual Gag Cringe/Discomfort Bender: Step one, I lifted the seat. That was the first annoyance. Am I right, men?
Bender Observational Character Comedy Bender: Only one way to find out.
Bender Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement Bender: Yeah. One cantaloupe-sized eye? You ain't winning no beauty pageants, lady.
Bender Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Bender Deadpan/Understatement Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Bender: Give it to me straight, doc. Don't sugarcoat it.
Bender Setup/Punchline Misdirection Bender: Just use a potted plant like Fry!
Bender Character Comedy Observational Professor: Yes, if by 'allow' you mean 'force.'
Professor: Now I'll simply tune it to Leela's emotional frequency.
Bender: My God, I'm overcome with feelings. I'm experiencing a powerful yearning... to cram my gullet with mackerel heads.
Bender Misdirection Character Comedy Leela Reaction Beat Character Comedy Bender: I feel I'm not as smart as Leela... but I also feel relieved that I'm cuter than her.
Bender Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Fry Reaction Beat Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Bender: Happy. I like this feeling. Don't revert to your usual mopey self.
Bender Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Leela: I'm not mopey. You shut up!
Leela Character Comedy Escalation Bender: Anger, huh? How dare you make me feel anger... you one-eyed jerk with a dead pet?
Bender Escalation Character Comedy Leela: Nibbler loved to eat puppies.
Leela Dark/Subversive Misdirection Bender: Hell, no! It's Leela's feelings! Why can't she just drink herself happy like a normal person?
Bender Character Comedy Observational Bender: You only get all the guys because you dress like a tramp!
Bender Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Bender: I'm so lonely. I'm gonna go eat a bucket of ice cream.
Bender Character Comedy Observational Bender: The spoon's in the foot powder!
Bender Absurdist Character Comedy Fry: My friend's cousin's caseworker saw one. It's a widely believed fact.
Fry Observational Character Comedy Bender: Hang on, Nibbler! Uncle Bender's coming to save you!
Bender Character Comedy Escalation Bender: What did those humans design this for anyway?
Bender Observational Character Comedy Bender: Bender, one. Toilet, zero.
Bender Character Comedy Physical/Slapstick Professor: Have you seen my sombrero?
Leela · Fry: He flushed himself down the toilet? Who's next?
Fry · Leela: It's your fault. Your emotions made him feel bad. You're right. I feel terrible. Now you're making him feel worse!
Leela: Mutants are just a ridiculous urban myth.
Leela Irony/Sarcasm Setup/Punchline Fry Observational Character Comedy Fry: We're under Park Avenue. Ritzy!
Fry Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Fry: Just think. All this was probably once a charity luncheon for the Met.
Fry Absurdist Observational Leela Callback Reaction Beat Callback Mutant: I have three arms!
Mutant Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Mutant Leader: I said, harmless not armless! Lay off him. He only has one ear.
Fry: Shouldn't you eat my brain? You're mutants!
Fry Character Comedy Observational Mutant Leader: Mutants? Perhaps you are the mutants.
Mutant: Dwayne, have you looked in a mirror lately?
Mutant Character Comedy Observational Mutant Leader: Perhaps your civilization... is the sewer of an even greater society above you.
Fry: No, we're on top. Daylight and everything.
Fry Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Mutant Guide: Just crumpled porn and Ayn Rand.
Mutant: Over here is our church.
Mutant Setup/Punchline Visual Gag Leela: You guys worship an unexploded nuclear bomb?
Leela Observational Absurdist Mutant: Nobody's that observant. It's mainly for Christmas and Easter.
Mutant Deadpan/Understatement Observational Mutant: That's an urban legend.
Mutant Callback Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Mutant: They're our pets. When they grow too large, we flush them into the sub-sewer.
Mutant Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Mutant: There's a race of sub-mutants there.
Leela: Please! That's just a sub-urban legend.
Leela Wordplay/Pun Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Mutant: Then I suppose you also don't believe in El Chupakneebray.
Mutant: He creeps in the midnight hush / Silent as a low-flow toilet flush / But sooner or later / He'll eat you whole / And half your alligator
Mutant Callback Deadpan/Understatement Callback Bender: Nice try, Leela... but we've all seen Zapp Brannigan's web page.
Bender Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Bender: Oh, I made myself feel bad.
Bender Character Comedy Callback Callback Mutant: And rip her shirt a little.
Mutant Cringe/Discomfort Observational Fry: Nightfall? How can you tell down here?
Fry Observational Character Comedy Mutant: The tide is coming in.
Fry: I'm too scared! Your fear is being transmitted to Bender!
Fry Callback Escalation Callback Fry: The secret is not giving a rat's ass about anyone... and only caring about things that you want... that you deserve, that the world owes you!
Fry Character Comedy Escalation Bender: Bender is back! I'll save you, Nibbler!
Bender Character Comedy Escalation Leela: Know what else I could use? A weekend at a fancy spa. And a Toblerone.
Leela Escalation Character Comedy Mutant: It'll be ages before another guitar string is flushed.
Professor: You won't believe this, but the empathy chip burned out.
Professor: The emotion you felt for Nibbler was your own!
Leela: Maybe Bender didn't learn from me... but I learned something from him.
Leela Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Bender: So long, jerkwads!
Bender Character Comedy Callback Callback 