Nibbler enlists Fry in a mission to blow up evil brains bent on destroying the universe.
WAR
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Wins Above Replacement
“The Why Of Fry” ranks #89 of 137 Futurama episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 76.4 — Great. The episode packs 53 scored jokes at 3.0 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
Fry · Nibbler: Sorry, what? I wasn't paying attention. - That is most wise. - Who?
Trash Can: You think I'm as worthless as you? Try catching garbage in your head and raising six kids, you dumb townie!
Bender · Fry: What do you want to do? And I mean anything! You have the power. Name it and I'm there. You're the man. Well...OK. Let's go bowling. No.
Fry · Nibbler: So they try to learn things? - Right. - Those bastards!
Fry · Leela: I'm really sorry I missed the mission. - I wasn't there, you might have needed me. - Nope. - But if I'd been there, I... - Nope. - Look ... - Nope. - Bender is great. - Nope.
Standout Moments
Bender · Fry: What do you want to do? And I mean anything! You have the power. Name it and I'm there. You're the man. Well...OK. Let's go bowling. No.
Trash Can: You think I'm as worthless as you? Try catching garbage in your head and raising six kids, you dumb townie!
Fry · Nibbler: Sorry, what? I wasn't paying attention. - That is most wise. - Who?
All Jokes — 53 analyzed
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Amy: What this? This is the same toy surprising at last time!
Amy Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Fry: I can't work under these conditions, without me there is no mission. I AM the mission!
Fry Character Comedy Escalation Team · Fry: We're back from the mission. Wha, what? You went without me?
Team Fry Setup/Punchline Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Leela: You were looking up cursewords in the dictionary, it seemed like a better use of your time.
Leela Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Team: Better than usual. We got medals.
Team Escalation Irony/Sarcasm Fry · Leela: I'm really sorry I missed the mission. - I wasn't there, you might have needed me. - Nope. - But if I'd been there, I... - Nope. - Look ... - Nope. - Bender is great. - Nope.
Leela: I met him at that charity cock-fight last week.
Leela Absurdist Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Fry: It's just that, the kind of importance I have... it doesn't matter if I ... don't do it.
Fry Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Fry: There are guys in the background of Mary Worth comics who are more important than me.
Fry Observational Escalation ★ Rewatch Chaz: I'm afraid we don't have a reservation, but... as you can see, I'm the mayor's aide! Table for two, please!
Chaz Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Leela: Free bread of the restaurant! Is there anything you can't do?
Leela Irony/Sarcasm Cringe/Discomfort Chaz: I can't fail the mayor. Not ever.
Chaz Character Comedy Escalation Leela: And bring a baggie in case he drops a steamer.
Leela Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Police Officer: Smells like a 289 in progress. Failure to scoop...Oh yeah!
Fry: Wait! I'm trying. It weight as much as a thousand suns.
Fry Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Nibbler: The poop eradication is but one aspect of your importance!
Nibbler Character Comedy Misdirection Fry · Nibbler: Are you my mommy? Negative.
Fry: Aren't you a fuzzy wuzzy wittle guy.
Fry Irony/Sarcasm Cringe/Discomfort Nibblonians: Does he not know? He does not know. He knows not? Knows not does he. - Not he knows? - Enough!
Fry Reaction Beat Misdirection Fry · Nibblonian: You're gonna eat that? Maybe later.
Fry: I remember the square dancing stomachs. Or that might be in the lately commercials.
Fry Character Comedy Absurdist Fry · Nibblonians: Because I'm so smart? Oh my!
Fry: I did do the nasty in the pasty!
Fry Callback Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Callback Nibbler: Verily. And that past nastification is what shields you from the brains.
Nibbler Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Nibbler: Yes. Except the Dave Matthews Band doesn't rock.
Nibbler: A giant memory bank twice the size of 3 ordinary memory banks.
Nibbler Absurdist Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Fry · Nibbler: So they try to learn things? - Right. - Those bastards!
Nibbler: Then outrun the blast on this Scooty-Puff, Jr.
Nibbler Visual Gag Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Brain Computer: Beavers made for life 11 greater than 4. For quality carpets visit Kaplan's carpet warehouse
Fry: I'am at the input console. I'm a little nervous and I've got brain in my but-crack.
Fry Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Fry · Brain: Is it true that post stamp glue is made of... - Correct! Toad mucus.
Fry · Brain: What really killed the dinosaurs? Me!
Brain: Detecting trace amounts of mental activity, possibly a dead weasel or a cartoon viewer.
Brain Observational Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Brain: Impossible, we are an ambitious young squad with everything to prove!
Brain Character Comedy Misdirection Brain: A quantum interphase bomb? Are you insane in the membrane?
Brain Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Brain: And we'll form a tightly nitted clique that you wont be part of.
Fry: I can't believe how fat I look!
Fry Character Comedy Misdirection Bomb: will the owner of the white Pontiac Firebird... Nevermind, zero.
Bomb Misdirection Absurdist Fry: I wish the stupid racoons had never brought me to the future.
Fry Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Chaz: 6 hours! Psss. Sounds like a real nobody.
Chaz Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Orphans · Vogel: Mr Vogel, I thought we were going skating? No, we're not important enough, everybody just hold hands until the bus driver comes back from his haircut.
Orphan: We came here instead of eating today.
Orphan Dark/Subversive Cringe/Discomfort Orphan Escalation Dark/Subversive Panucci: Talk a little louder, it sounds like you've some kind of tiny head on ya or something
Nibbler: Quite possible. We live long and are celebrated poopers!
Fry: Just remember that Scooty-Puff, Jr. suckssss...
Fry Callback Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Fry: Did everything just taste purple for a second?
Fry Absurdist Character Comedy Fry: Then I am the most important person in the universe.
Fry Character Comedy Callback ★ Rewatch Callback 