When Fry becomes infested with parasitic worms that make him stronger and smarter, he finally finds the perfect way to profess his feelings to Leela. Meanwhile, the rest of the crew goes on a journey into Fry's body to eradicate the worms.
WAR
29.4
Wins Above Replacement
“Parasites Lost” ranks #92 of 137 Futurama episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 75.9 — Great. The episode packs 49 scored jokes at 3.5 per minute, averaging 6.7 on craft and 6.5 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
Scruffy: Scruffy's gonna die the way he lived.
Scruffy Deadpan/Understatement Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Fry: It's like a party in my mouth, and everyone's throwing up.
Fry Wordplay/Pun Absurdist ★ Rewatch Fry: Apartment 1-I. The old me would joke about that.
Fry Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Scruffy Deadpan/Understatement Absurdist ★ Rewatch Professor: That would require extremely tiny atoms. Have you priced those lately?
Standout Moments
Fry: It's like a party in my mouth, and everyone's throwing up.
Fry Wordplay/Pun Absurdist ★ Rewatch Scruffy: Scruffy's gonna die the way he lived.
Scruffy Deadpan/Understatement Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Fry: Apartment 1-I. The old me would joke about that.
Fry Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 49 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Fry: You're eating a sandwich from a men's room? What's the worst thing that could happen?
Fry Irony/Sarcasm Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Leela: Fry, I'd rather not dignify them with an ass-whipping.
Leela Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Elzar: Yo, sexy mama, let's get busy and freaky, in that order.
Elzar Character Comedy Absurdist Fry: You take that back! She does not look good for a truck-stop chick!
Fry Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Trucker: You're right, she don't got enough meat for me.
Fry: She does too! She's got more meat than a cow.
Fry Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Leela · Scruffy: Who are you? / Scruffy. A janitor. / Why aren't you fixing the boiler? / Schedule conflict.
Professor · Scruffy: Who are you? Scruffy. A janitor. Why aren't you fixing the boiler? Schedule conflict.
Scruffy Deadpan/Understatement Absurdist ★ Rewatch Fry: My lead pipe hurts a little.
Fry Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Fry Absurdist Character Comedy Professor: If you can't see well enough, there'll be a close-up on this video screen.
Amy: It's gorgeous. That place used to be a dump.
Amy Wordplay/Pun Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Zoidberg: And the mayonnaise wasn't too fresh either.
Professor: That would require extremely tiny atoms. Have you priced those lately?
Professor: I'm not made of money. Leave me alone!
Bender: There's no part of that sentence I didn't like.
Bender Character Comedy Reaction Beat ★ Rewatch Bender: Like how to make ice-cream soup?
Bender Character Comedy Absurdist Amy: Let's go where he won't put his finger.
Amy Cringe/Discomfort Visual Gag Professor: My God! Soon he'll be smarter than Cher!
Bender: I learned it from a decongestant commercial: 'Soothing action...'
Bender Character Comedy Observational Bender · Amy: Better known as the love muscle. / Which digests food.
Professor: It's good cholesterol, but it spreads like bad cholesterol.
Professor: They're Jazzercising Fry's muscles. He'll be as strong and flexible as Gumby and Hercules combined.
Bender: Gum-ercules?! I love that guy.
Bender Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Trucker: Sorry, ma'am. I've learned a lesson about not ogling cans I won't forget.
Trucker Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Professor: This is gonna be one hell of a bowel movement.
Amy: He'll be lucky to have bones left.
Amy Escalation Cringe/Discomfort Leela · Fry · Leela: Is it about Bender? / No, it's about you and me. / And Bender?
Waiter: Freshen your naugateena?
Hermes: I call it Caribbean Drano.
Hermes Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Fry · Leela: I'm thinking of having a window installed. / The view's perfect already.
Fry: I haven't felt this happy since double-soup Tuesday.
Fry Character Comedy Absurdist Fry · Worm: I am the lord mayor of Cologne! / You mean colon?
Worm: I thought I was once. But then I remembered we reproduce with spore clouds.
Worm Absurdist Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Worm: My ancestors came here on the sandwich.
Worm Wordplay/Pun Observational ★ Rewatch Fry: Obviously you've never been in love.
Fry Character Comedy Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Worm: I hope Satan has a nice colon, because that's where you're going.
Worm Dark/Subversive Escalation Worm: Ever wonder what makes 'special sauce' so special? Yo.
Worm Cringe/Discomfort Dark/Subversive Fry: I don't know. I got nervous and started thinking about neck bolts.
Fry Character Comedy Absurdist Fry: Wow, did you see that vase break? It was all like:
Fry Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy Fry: I'll give you a back rub just like I used to give Amy. She always seemed to... Uh-oh.
Fry Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Bender: Babes, bucks, I got it all.
Bender Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Bender: I gotta get up early to go parasailing with movie stars.
Bender Character Comedy Absurdist 