After a devastating spaceship crash, Professor Farnsworth attempts to resuscitate the crew with his birth machine.
WAR
55.8
Wins Above Replacement
“Rebirth” ranks #26 of 170 Futurama episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 82.5 — Elite. The episode packs 59 scored jokes at 4.1 per minute, averaging 7.1 on craft and 6.8 on impact, with Professor landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Professor: Besides, these are adult stem cells, harvested from perfectly healthy adults whom I killed for their stem cells.
Hermes: O' man, I'm dripping with placenta. Good thing it's casual Friday.
Hermes Absurdist Character Comedy Fry · Robot Leela: Please don't get upset, Leela. She's nothing like you. I have to go. This is just too freaky
Hypnotist: Futurama had never been cancelled by idiots, then brought back by bigger idiots.
Hypnotist Meta/Self-Referential Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Bender: No chance high-pants! I'd rather die and kill all of you than party for one more millisecond!
Bender Character Comedy Escalation All Jokes — 59 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Hypnotist: Futurama had never been cancelled by idiots, then brought back by bigger idiots.
Hypnotist Meta/Self-Referential Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Fry: except no one drew magic-marker penises on my forehead
Fry Observational Character Comedy Professor: tender display of tonguesmanship
Hermes: Sweet coincidence of Port-au-Prince, we're back at Earth!
Hermes Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Professor: Yes, it's sort of a Comedy Central Channel.
Professor Meta/Self-Referential Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Leela: We've lost power to the forward gameboy. Mario not responding!
Bender: Also mine has airconditioning.
Bender Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Professor: I sublibed with only trivial braindabglid
Professor: Right here behind this horrorcloth.
Professor: Move over God! Prepare for rebirth.
Professor: Come on stem cells, work your astounding scientific nonsense.
Professor: Besides, these are adult stem cells, harvested from perfectly healthy adults whom I killed for their stem cells.
Hermes: O' man, I'm dripping with placenta. Good thing it's casual Friday.
Hermes Absurdist Character Comedy Hermes Reaction Beat Deadpan/Understatement Bender: I'm dying. I need mouth-to-ass resuscitation.
Bender Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Bender: I die happy knowing you fell for that.
Bender Misdirection Character Comedy Professor: That's because the doomsday device I showed all up in you puts out 15 gigawatts.
Bender: Who are you, my warranty?
Bender Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Professor: If you stop partying for a single second, you'll explode and kill everyone here in a fireball melted gears and splattered bones!
Bender: Sounds like a party, baby! Oh yeah!
Bender Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Fry: Hey, speaking of splattered bowels, can I cook you a romantic dinner tonight, Leela?
Fry Absurdist Character Comedy Fry: I'm poking as hard as I can!
Professor: Because the pain slowly fades, but the love is forever.
Bender: Are you still hung-up on whatshername? Move on already!
Bender Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Fry: Maybe he's just trying to feed his family
Fry Absurdist Character Comedy Computer: Analyzing... Analyzing.. Checking my e-bay bid... Dammit. Analysis complete.
Fry: Hey, I was nuzling that.
Fry Cringe/Discomfort Physical/Slapstick Bender: I'm gonna hit the showers.
Bender Reaction Beat Awkward Silence Robot Leela: What the.. Bad Nibbler, bad Nibbler!
Robot Leela: her opinion of gazelles - majestic. Her emotions - confused and hurt.
Fry: I love you. I mean her. Wait, help me out here.
Fry Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Professor: Really? No, don't get your hopes up
Professor: Frankly, she's just a brainless mound of scabs and puss.
Zoidberg: Can I? That's my speciality!
Professor: her body is to be fed to the wild cyclophage, a highly endangered creature that eats only cyclopses
Bender: You think I wanna party? I'm sick of partying. Wohoo! More partying!
Bender Character Comedy Escalation Robot Leela: And can you believe she wore a tanktop to my funeral?
Robot Leela: And can you believe she wore a tanktop to my funeral?
Real Leela: No, you shut up we got to get out of here.
Robot Leela: There would be if you'd taken a spin class instead of just lounging around in a coma!
Real Leela · Robot Leela: I have to go. This is just too freaky.
Fry · Robot Leela: Please don't get upset, Leela. She's nothing like you. I have to go. This is just too freaky
Bender: I hate partying! If only I didn't have so much cronk in my donkydonk.
Bender Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Bender: I hate partying! If only I didn't have so much cronk in my donkydonk.
Bender Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Robot Leela: I'll kill you you slutclops!
Fry: But how do I know who's the human and who's the robot?
Fry Character Comedy Absurdist Fry Misdirection Escalation ★ Rewatch Professor: he just bubbled away like flem on a hot sidewalk
Professor: overstuffed him with copperwadding
Professor: My God, I can't believe I'll never see that particular Fry again.
Professor Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Professor: My God, I can't believe I'll never see that particular Fry again.
Robot Fry: Whoa, cool! Hasta la vista, weener.
Leela: Why did their voices change?
Leela Meta/Self-Referential Absurdist Professor: That's the one thing we'll never truly understand.
Bender: No chance high-pants!
Bender Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Bender: No chance high-pants! I'd rather die and kill all of you than party for one more millisecond!
Bender Character Comedy Escalation Bender: Jeesh, what does it take to kill me?
Bender Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Bender: Sweet mercy! My hellish nightmare is over! I never have to party again.
Bender Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm