When Amy's parents' ranch is hit by a dust storm that blows away their herd of buggalo, Kif sets out to prove his masculinity by rounding up the herd, only to become entangled with the native Martians.
WAR
41.2
Wins Above Replacement
“Where The Buggalo Roam” ranks #95 of 137 Futurama episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 75.6 — Great. The episode packs 71 scored jokes at 4.3 per minute, averaging 6.7 on craft and 6.5 on impact, with Leo Wong landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Zapp Brannigan: Remember, the quickest way to a girl's bed is through her parents. Have sex with them, and you're in.
Kif: I took a seminar in ejecting chickens from a sand dune. The principle is essentially the same.
Kif Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Leo Wong: Not really. We own so much, it easier to brand everything that not ours.
Leo Wong Absurdist Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Leo Wong: Oh, no! Martians kidnap Amy! - It them. They no use good grammar.
Zapp Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Standout Moments
Leo Wong: Not really. We own so much, it easier to brand everything that not ours.
Leo Wong Absurdist Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Zapp Brannigan: Remember, the quickest way to a girl's bed is through her parents. Have sex with them, and you're in.
Kif: I took a seminar in ejecting chickens from a sand dune. The principle is essentially the same.
Kif Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 71 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Leo Wong: Open up, Leo. It's Amy and her weirdoes.
Leo Wong: Mars Day better than Earth Day. Dump trash anywhere. Big, empty planet.
Bender: Don't mind if I already did. Do you have any more Dom Perignon bubble bath?
Bender Character Comedy Absurdist Bender: There was only enough to fill the tub halfway.
Leo Wong · Leela: That the best hemisphere. - It's the same on Earth.
Bender: I broke your television!
Bender Character Comedy Misdirection Leo Wong: We going to eat her at Amy's wedding. If she ever get married.
Inez Wong: This not a parallel universe where you get younger.
Zapp Brannigan: That's natural. You're meek and uninteresting. You've gotten by on my leftover charisma. Scrounging off it, like a tiny parasite.
Crowd: Get on down! Oh, yeah! Drop another barnyard bomb on us, Vanilla Corn!
Crowd Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Mix-Master Festus: Yo, fool! It's Mix-Master Festus.
Leo Wong · Fry: They sell whole planet for one bead. Sound stupid to me. - That is stupid!
Leela: I can't believe you laugh at exploiting a proud, bead-loving people.
Leela Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Amy · Leela: Lighten up. It's funny. - Of course. But you don't have to laugh!
RJ: This wimp? You've gone a long way, baby.
RJ · Kif: I haven't even lit it yet. - Oh. Is it lit now? - Yep.
RJ Kif Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy Leo Wong: You here five hours, already you tear up couch and fill pool with shrimp!
Bender: Not bad for a city boy, huh? By the way, I took the liberty of fertilizing your caviar.
Bender Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Kif: Oh, dear. Oh, goodness. Oh, odds and bodkins.
Kif Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Leo Wong · Inez Wong: I have instant dislike of him. - Too scrawny to father grandchildren.
Kif: Actually, I don't have bones. I'm supported by fluid-filled bladders that...
Kif Character Comedy Awkward Silence Leo Wong: You a big, squishy wuss. Amy should date real man. Like him!
Kif: I can be manly too. I think I'll light up a smoke.
Kif Setup/Punchline Character Comedy RJ · Amy: Wrong way. - Smooth.
RJ Amy Physical/Slapstick Reaction Beat Callback Amy: Look on the bright side. My parents left after you passed out, so they didn't see you barf.
Amy Escalation Character Comedy Amy: I'll go get you a tissue from your tote.
Joe: Sorry I'm late. My pool game ran long at the jazz club.
Leo Wong: Hurry before we die. And wipe your damn feet!
Bender · Leo Wong: I might have mental anguish. - I'm friends with every judge here. - I'm okay, then.
Amy · Leo Wong: Don't worry, Daddy. It'll be okay. - Oh, really? Who gonna save us? One-eye? Lobster mooch? Drunken garbage can?
Kif: This sounds like a job for... Lt. Kif Kroker!
Kif Misdirection Character Comedy Inez Wong · Amy · Leela: Okay, I want a divorce. - Mom! Dad! Don't ask me to choose! - They're not your parents. I'm not your sister. And that's not your golf cart.
Leo Wong · Amy · Inez Wong: We can't lose! - No, it's too risky! You don't have to do this to prove you're a man. - Oh, yes, he does!
Crew: We got a right to pick a little fight With rustlers - Somebody wants to pick a fight with us He better bite my ass
Fry · Leela: Where? - Right in front of you. - Oh. Oh!
Fry · Leela · Bender: It was... the Windows logo! - That's not scary! - It is if you're a printer!
Bender · Leela: Hook on the hand! - Man in the attic!
Bender: Bored robot kills Fry with a hammer! Sorry, go on.
Bender Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Amy: Is that your camouflage reflex, or are you just happy to see me?
Kif: I have a blister, I spit, and, of course, I tell no one my feelings.
Amy · Kif: But you still have them? - Yes. But I keep them inside until I can write them in my diary.
Amy · Kif: What's that? - Maybe we just made love.
Kif · Fry: We're in the eye of the storm! - Where?
Kif Fry Visual Gag Character Comedy Callback Singing Wind: You mean family that took all land and gave us a lousy bead?
Amy: Wait! I'm too rich to be kidnapped!
Amy Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Bender: Don't worry, Kif. I'm sure some other beautiful rich girl will fall in love with you.
Bender Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Leo Wong: Let Amy tell us. That way it soften the blow.
Leo Wong: Oh, no! Martians kidnap Amy! - It them. They no use good grammar.
Zapp Brannigan: I am the man with no name. Zapp Brannigan, at your service.
Zapp · Leo Wong · Bender: This mission is very dangerous! Someone's sure to be killed! - Fry? Leela? Bender? - Damn you, old man!
Zapp · Kif: I didn't realize you were bringing your girlfriend, lieutenant. - She won't leave me alone. - Did I say girlfriend? She sounds more like a wife.
Bender · Zapp: What about the great stone ass? - But it's on the other side of the planet.
Zapp: And just to clarify, land is the stuff that has sky over it.
Zapp: Don't weaken our bargaining power. What if you give her up... and we carve presidents in your mountain?
Zapp Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Zapp: Don't be a chicken. Teenagers all smoke, and they seem pretty on the ball.
Kif: Hey, I'm smoking! I'm the greatest!
Bender: Hey, I'm smoking! I'm the greatest!
Bender Character Comedy Escalation Bender: Oh, monkey trumpets!
Bender Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Kif: I don't have bones. I'm supported by a system of fluid-filled bladders that...
Kif Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Leela · Singing Wind: It's a huge diamond! It must be worth a fortune! - Really?
Singing Wind · Amy: We assumed our ancestors were cheated... because they not have concept of ownership. - So we can have the diamond? - No. We do have concept of ownership.
Singing Wind: Land, schmand! We don't want to live here. It's a dump. We'll buy new planet and act like it's sacred. Who's gonna argue?
Zapp: Please, you give me too little credit.
Amy: Well, gloviously. But if they liked you, then I wouldn't. Don't you know anything about girls?
Kif: Dear diary, I just made love for the second time.
Kif Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback 