Bender's urge to bend prompts Professor Farnsworth to send him on a rehabilitation visit to a steel factory, where he falls in love with a shapely fem-bot named Angleyne. But Bender's old rival Flexo and the intrusion of the Robot Mafia threaten to throw a wrench into the proceedings.
WAR
50.1
Wins Above Replacement
“Bendless Love” ranks #63 of 170 Futurama episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 79.4 — Elite. The episode packs 63 scored jokes at 4.0 per minute, averaging 7.0 on craft and 6.6 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 Farnsworth: Some say I'm robbing the cradle, but I say she's robbing the grave.
Bender: show up as him and catch her two-timing me with myself.
Bender Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Angleene: But I could never love anyone as much as you made me realize I love Flexo!
Angleene Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Don-bot: The moral of the story is: If you want it to stay sunk, tie a weight to it!
Don-bot Dark/Subversive Character Comedy All Jokes — 63 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Hermes · Professor Farnsworth: I'm not reading that! Summarize it in one word. Sabotage.
Amy: That's not an L! Unless you count lowercase.
Amy Wordplay/Pun Visual Gag Leela Reaction Beat Absurdist Professor Farnsworth: Sweet lamprey of Santa Fe! My edge has been bent!
Hermes: My javelin too! It's ruined! Now we'll never beat Jupiter State!
Professor Farnsworth: Thank you for your sympathy, talking square of linoleum.
Fry: A bunch of stuff gets bent, so it must be the robot designed for bending.
Fry Irony/Sarcasm Observational Bender: You've seen me naked?
Bender Misdirection Character Comedy Leela: It was right next to Bathroom Bloopers Four.
Fry: Wait, there on the screen! It's that guy you are!
Fry Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Amy: We've got robots on the ceiling.
Bender: Precocious little scamp, ain't I?
Bender Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Hermes: He's a menace to every straight person in the company.
Strike protesters: No more bending, no more work Give us a raise, you big fat jerk
Don-bot: Yo! The mafia supports you! But don't tell no one! Spread the word!
Don-bot Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Don-bot · Clamps: What if management is 'intragnizent'? In context, it's clear what you mean.
Clamps: In that case, Clamps may have a surprise for them. The clamps! Right?
Clamps Character Comedy Running Gag Protester: They hire scabs at 10 times our wage!
Flexo: Sorry you got sent to that South American Turkish prison instead of me.
Flexo Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Bender: You bastard! They treated me like an animal! And that's what I became!
Bender Escalation Character Comedy Bender: No, you're all right. Good to see you!
Bender Misdirection Character Comedy Angleene: Hello. Hey, you guys want to move that things?
Angleene: Hey, according to the Scab Handbook, that's inappropriate banter.
Professor Farnsworth: Haile H. Selassie!
Professor Farnsworth: Those delightful birds with their chirp, chirp and their tweet, tweet, splat.
Fry: I wish. It's a nickel.
Fry Misdirection Character Comedy Angleene: My legs are made of rubber.
Professor Farnsworth: Some say I'm robbing the cradle, but I say she's robbing the grave.
Elzar: It's got a nice profit margin. Bam!
Elzar Character Comedy Absurdist Elzar: To celebrate, I'm gonna stick seven copies of my book on your bill.
Elzar Escalation Character Comedy Restaurant patron: Careful, that's a week old.
Bender: You degenerate hussy! I'm disappointed in you too, Angleene!
Bender Misdirection Character Comedy Bender: God, then it's worse than I think!
Bender Misdirection Character Comedy Bender: What I'm outraged by is your choice of wine!
Bender Misdirection Character Comedy Leela: Either that, or be a man.
Leela Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Bender: show up as him and catch her two-timing me with myself.
Bender Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Bender (as Flexo): Flexo, the fun-loving love machine fembots love to love.
Bender as Flexo: I'll have a fuzzy navel. She'll have the girliest drink in the house.
Bartender: I hope they can change a fortune.
Clamps: That cash should be slushing my fund and kicks-ing my back.
Clamps Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Clamps: I'm greasing up my whoozits!
Clamps Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Bender (as Flexo): Bender? That walking wuss factory?
Angleene: He may be a walking factory, but he is no wuss.
Angleene Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Bender (as Flexo): I recently upgraded my funk card.
Don-bot: The moral of the story is: If you want it to stay sunk, tie a weight to it!
Don-bot Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Bender (as Flexo): Aw, shucks, thunder-buns. You make me feel like a million volts.
Angleene · Bender: You always were a kick in the teeth, man. / Aw, shucks, thunder-buns. You make me feel like a million volts.
Clamps: Don-bot, I don't think we should rely on an accident happening.
Clamps Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Angleene: Maybe I love you no matter who you're pretending to be!
Angleene Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Bender: Oh, how I wish I could believe or understand that!
Bender Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Flexo: Thanks, I appreciate that. Nah, I'm joshing you.
Flexo Misdirection Character Comedy Clamps: Give the word and I'll drop this unbendable girder. Clamp-ka-bamp!
Clamps Character Comedy Escalation Clamps: Oh, that's gotta clamp.
Clamps Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Flexo: I'm yanking your chain. I'm dying.
Flexo Dark/Subversive Misdirection Flexo: I'm yanking your chain. I'm dying.
Flexo Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Angleene: But I could never love anyone as much as you made me realize I love Flexo!
Angleene Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Bender: I don't know anything about lifting, so that just leaves us the one option.
Bender Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Bender: Me too. Me too. Jerk.
Bender Character Comedy Misdirection ★ Rewatch Professor Farnsworth: a bend to a place where happiness is perpendicular to wonderment.
Professor Farnsworth: We all need a new angle on life
Professor Farnsworth: I try to get out, but they keep pulling me back in!
Professor Farnsworth: I'm sad now. It's fine.