Accused of robbing a bank, Fry and Bender plead insanity and are both sent to a robot insane asylum. While Bender and his buddy Roberto plan an escape, Fry is brainwashed into thinking that he is a robot.
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“Insane In The Mainframe” ranks #75 of 170 Futurama episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 78.6 — Elite. The episode packs 68 scored jokes at 3.9 per minute, averaging 6.8 on craft and 6.6 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
Bender: I'm okay too. I'm taking a Chinese cooking class at the Learning Annex.
Bender Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Unit 2013: Problem is, he's got multiple personalities. All of them Lincoln.
Fry: Blood? Robots don't have blood. I must be a... A squid?
Fry Setup/Punchline Misdirection Public Defender · Judge Whitey: They done hired me to represent them. Insanity plea is accepted.
Bender: I got plans. I'm gonna turn my on/off switch to off.
Bender Dark/Subversive Character Comedy All Jokes — 68 analyzed
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Professor Farnsworth: Dear Employee: Has it really been 5, 10 or 15 years? If not, disregard this and get to work. Distribute token of appreciation and applaud.
Zoidberg: Look! Coupons! I can get two oil changes for the price of one! Now if I could only afford the one. And the car.
Professor Farnsworth: Yes, yes. Now here's your pension statement. It's empty because you haven't paid into it, you dummy.
Bender: I got plans. I'm gonna turn my on/off switch to off.
Bender Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Fry: Also, I need athlete's foot cream for my face.
Fry Absurdist Character Comedy Fry: Cherry. Cherry! Mule. Crud!
Fry Physical/Slapstick Visual Gag Bender: I've seen lines move faster in the sperm bank.
Bender Observational Dark/Subversive Bender · Roberto: You old lunatic! How you been? / Not bad. Not bad.
Bender: I'm okay too. I'm taking a Chinese cooking class at the Learning Annex.
Bender Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Judge Whitey: My caddie-chauffeur informs me that a bank is where people put money that isn't invested right.
Public Defender: Your Honor, I move that I be disbarred for introducing this evidence against my own clients.
Public Defender: Just give a name! You don't wanna look stupid on Court TV.
Roberto: And the other hamburger will also be made of your lungs. So long, pal.
Roberto Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Fry · Public Defender: I won't testify on grounds that my organs will be chopped up into a patty. The 67th Amendment.
Public Defender: I may be a simple, country chicken, but I know when we're finger-licked.
Public Defender · Judge Whitey: They done hired me to represent them. Insanity plea is accepted.
Bender: Yahoo! The system fails again!
Bender Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Judge Whitey: The only poor people I want to hear about are those who tend to my pores at the spa.
Fry: Ow, my head! Ow, my feet! Ow, my head! Ow, my feet!
Fry Physical/Slapstick Running Gag Bender: Well, you meet half the qualifications.
Bender Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Fry: What the...? I find that offensive!
Fry Visual Gag Reaction Beat Fry · Medical staff: [Visual gag: Medical examination reveals Fry as robot on scanner]
Fry: See? I'm all squishy and flabby. Also, I complain a lot.
Fry Observational Character Comedy Fry: The car dealer? I guess his prices really were insane.
Fry Wordplay/Pun Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Fry · Malfunctioning Eddie: We've met. What?!
Malfunctioning Eddie: [Malfunctioning Eddie explodes from surprise]
Unit 2013: They don't believe I'm a human either. Name's Unit 2013.
Unit 2013 · Norm: Still picking up CIA transmissions on your teeth? They just won't stop! The CIA cafeteria menu for the week of May 15th is as follows: Monday, shepherd's pie...
Unit 2013: Problem is, he's got multiple personalities. All of them Lincoln.
Multiple Lincoln: I was born in 200 log cabins.
Unit 2013 · Frankie: How's working the lunchroom? - All right. - Poor Frankie.
Fry: Unless they're Oreos, and only in the mouth.
Fry Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Vending machine robot: Give me! Give me!
Bender: Lighten up, honey. I'm getting through a difficult time using humor.
Bender Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy Fry: Thirty days, September, April, June. Peanut butter.
Fry Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Roberto: That first time was just to case the joint and rob it a little.
Roberto: That first time was just to case the joint and rob it a little.
Roberto: Now stand back. I gotta practice my stabbing.
Roberto Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Roberto: Quit cowering. You call yourself a robot?
Roberto Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Fry: Affirmative. I feel nothing. I am a robot. Beep, beep, beep...
Fry Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Zoidberg: I think I'm a doctor, but that doesn't make me a doctor. These clothes do.
Fry: I must be a robot. Why else would human women not date me?
Fry Observational Character Comedy Fry: I must be a robot. Why else would human women not date me?
Amy Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Leela: Oh, lots of reasons.
Leela Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Bender: Remember, I didn't squeal? Do you?
Bender Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Callback Fry: Relax, mammal. My robotic software shall meet your calculatory needs.
Fry Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Fry · Hermes: Fear not, for I shall assist ye! / Robots don't say 'ye.'
Hermes: That's a plus sign, you loony! Quit thinking you're a robot!
Hermes Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Fry Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Amy: You're going to do his laundry?
Amy Setup/Punchline Observational Fry: By a scallop's forelocks, what's with all the beer?
Fry Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Fry: Alcohol fuels my power cells. And, as a mighty robot, I... Beep.
Fry Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Bank Employee: Wow. Hitting the same place three times? I admire your style.
Leela: He looks like a little insane drunken angel.
Leela Character Comedy Observational Police: Do you have any better hostages?
Police Absurdist Setup/Punchline Fry Absurdist Character Comedy Roberto: Man! Now that's all I can think about! I'm gonna kill you, you no good, 56-ing...!
Roberto: Fifty-six? Fifty-six? Man! Now that's all I can think about!
Amy: Don't kill me! I'm coming down with Stockholm Syndrome... handsome.
Amy Observational Setup/Punchline Fry: I am a battle-droid, protecting the weak from crazy robots.
Fry Character Comedy Escalation Callback Fry: No knife can penetrate my skin-tanium armor.
Fry Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Roberto: No, no! Don't weld me to the wall, Mommy!
Roberto Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Fry: Blood? Robots don't have blood. I must be a... A squid?
Fry Setup/Punchline Misdirection Amy: Thanks for saving us, Fry. I'm gonna continue never washing this cheek again.
Amy Character Comedy Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Amy: I'm gonna continue never washing this cheek again.
Amy Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Bender Reaction Beat Setup/Punchline