Earth is invaded by super-intelligent flying brains, who sap the Earth's populace of their intelligence. Leela is taken to Nibbler's home planet Eternia, where the Nibblonians explain that only one human is immune to the brains' powers - Fry.
WAR
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Wins Above Replacement
“The Day The Earth Stood Stupid” ranks #120 of 137 Futurama episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 72.4 — Solid. The episode packs 52 scored jokes at 3.8 per minute, averaging 6.6 on craft and 6.2 on impact, with Leela landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Nibbler Deadpan/Understatement Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Everyone: All glory to the Hypno-Toad!
Big Brain: The Big Brain am winning again! I am the 'greetest'!
Big Brain Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Fry: Don't listen to them. People said I was dumb, but I proved them.
Fry Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Nibbler: When the universe was forged in the big bang...our mighty race was already 17 years old.
Standout Moments
Everyone: All glory to the Hypno-Toad!
Nibbler Deadpan/Understatement Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Big Brain: The Big Brain am winning again! I am the 'greetest'!
Big Brain Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 52 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Leela: Nibbler, roll over and you get a ham. Roll over. Roll over for the ham.
Leela Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Bender · Zoidberg: - Five hundred dollars, you say? - Dog food, you say?
Bender: I have a late entry. My hard-shelled whooping terrier, Mr. Zoidberg.
Bender Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Bender: Suck in that gut! You wanna be spayed?
Bender Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Zoidberg: I should be weeping! I'm not weeping!
Zoidberg Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Announcer: ...Dave Spiegel and his owner, Fluffers.
Announcer: Second prize, this lovely afghan, made from an Afghan, goes to...
Announcer Dark/Subversive Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Bender: Second place? That's a fancy word for losing! You didn't stick your landing!
Bender Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Announcer: That's the eloquence you'd expect from the owner of...the Dumbest Pet in Show!
Fry: Don't listen to them. People said I was dumb, but I proved them.
Fry Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Leela · Professor: - Why is that good news? - They paid in advance.
Leela · Fry: - The planet we live on? - I'd hate to be those guys.
Leela: What's got into him? He's twitching like Zoidberg when you say 'food.'
Leela Character Comedy Observational Zoidberg Reaction Beat Character Comedy Callback Leela: Am I going crazy? Have my years of hedonism caught up with me?
Bender · Fry: - Help me! My heart stopped! - You don't have one. You're a robot.
Fry · Bender: - Well, yeah. Robots are made of metal. - Am I a robot?
Zoidberg: Zoidbee want balloon! Want balloon now! Zoidbee want go outside!
Zoidberg Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Leela: Unbelievable! I thought you were a furry little moron. But here you are flying an adorable spaceship!
Leela Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Leela: So every religion is wrong.
Leela Dark/Subversive Observational Governor: I'm sending in more trains.
Morbo: How do you say the letter that looks like a man with a hat?
Morbo Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Amy · Zoidberg: Let's buy Internet stock! On margin! Zoidbee wanna buy on margin!
Hermes: Hey! Let's all join the Reform Party!
Hermes Observational Dark/Subversive Nibbler: By the time you pronounce one letter of my name...a trillion cosmoses would sink into eternal night.
Nibbler Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Nibbler: When the universe was forged in the big bang...our mighty race was already 17 years old.
Nibbler: Thoughts screech at them like the forced laughs of movie patrons.
Nibbler Observational Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Leela: Wipe out thought? My God! They're flying televisions!
Leela Observational Irony/Sarcasm Nibbler · Leela: Like a carpet-remnant prom dress. - Like your prom dress.
Nibbler · Leela: - Like a carpet-remnant prom dress. - Like your prom dress.
Fry · Leela: - A pickle jar? - Thomas Jefferson?
Professor: Oh, Chester A. Arthur fall down.
Professor Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Fry: A giant brain is basically a giant nerd. And where would a giant nerd be? The library!
Fry Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Big Brain: Dewey, you fool, your decimal system has played right into my hands.
Big Brain: We have long since evolved beyond the need for asses.
Fry: That's right! You'll find a little knowledge is a dangerous thing!
Fry Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Fry: Hardy Boys? Too easy. Nancy Drew? Too hard. Perfect! Bonfire of the Vanities!
Nibblonian Commander · Nibblonian: - Sometimes I fear we are cute. - Oh, niggle-snooch.
Fry · Leela: - Big whale over there. - I saw it first.
Bender: Wait! That no white whale! It gray thinkie whale!
Bender Character Comedy Absurdist Bender: Tom Sawyer, you tricked me. This is less fun than previously indicated.
Bender Character Comedy Observational Jane Austen character · Fry: A bachelor at your age. - I'm an oddity? Wait till...
Big Brain: I'm a gigantic brain!
Big Brain · Character: I'm a gigantic brain! / I say! Most ungentlemanlike.
Big Brain: Now I am leaving Earth for no 'raisin'!
Nibbler: And so, life returned to normal. Or as normal as it gets on this dirtball inhabited by psychotic apes.
Nibbler Dark/Subversive Observational Nibbler: Except Fry. And no one believed him or cared what he had to say.
Nibbler Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Nibbler: And when that day comes, God help us. God help us all.
Nibbler Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement Leela: Time for a diapie change.
Leela Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch 