Fed up with the crew, Bender decides to kill himself using a suicide booth. After he dies, his software takes on a ghostly existence.
WAR
53.4
Wins Above Replacement
“Ghost In The Machines” ranks #49 of 170 Futurama episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 80.6 — Elite. The episode packs 59 scored jokes at 3.7 per minute, averaging 7.0 on craft and 6.8 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
Amy: Yeah. Last time you went to the suicide booth, you ended up dating it for six months.
Amy Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Bender · God: Shut up, God! Beg pardon?
Bender: Living in Oregon with her crazy mother.
Bender Escalation Absurdist Callback Professor: Those were dark times.
Professor Deadpan/Understatement Absurdist ★ Rewatch Bender: Look at that loser getting garbage dumped in him. Glad I'm not him, whoever he is.
Bender Irony/Sarcasm Visual Gag ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 59 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Hermes: As long as nothing happens for the next 15 minutes, our insurance will be reinstated. So, let's just sit quietly and run out the clock.
Hermes Setup/Punchline Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Fry Reaction Beat Visual Gag Fry: Oh, God, no! Get out of here, you horrific sausage!
Professor: Those were dark times.
Professor Deadpan/Understatement Absurdist ★ Rewatch Leela: No, that's just the Jamaican Pride float.
Leela Misdirection Visual Gag Amy: Oh, no! It's within munching distance of the Doritos float!
Zapp: Kif, you're slacking off on my waving arm.
Zapp Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Paleontologist: Thanks. I have another one that says 'Paleontologists Do It In The Dirt.' I'm a paleontologist.
Paleontologist's wife: Oh, honey, I dig you so much.
Mayor: This one's for the deadbolt, this is for the top lock. I think this one's for the knob. The city's in a bad neighborhood.
Mayor Escalation Observational Fry: Heroes don't do drugs. Except for Drugman, I guess.
Fry Setup/Punchline Absurdist Fry: Heroes don't do drugs. Except for Drugman, I guess.
Fry: It sure was nice of the mayor's wife to have sex with me.
Fry Cringe/Discomfort Escalation Bender: Do you think human life is more precious than robot life?
Bender Character Comedy Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Leela: Bender, you always say you're going to kill yourself, but you almost never do.
Leela Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Amy: Yeah. Last time you went to the suicide booth, you ended up dating it for six months.
Amy Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Amy: How is Lynn, by the way?
Amy Callback Character Comedy Callback Bender: Living in Oregon with her crazy mother.
Bender Escalation Absurdist Callback Bender Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Callback Lynn: My mom tried to commit suicide in me. I don't want to talk about it.
Lynn Dark/Subversive Absurdist ★ Rewatch Bender's coworker: Everyone, put on your taking-off caps.
Bender's coworker: It's a sign of respect, you savage!
Bender: Look at that loser getting garbage dumped in him. Glad I'm not him, whoever he is.
Bender Irony/Sarcasm Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Hermes: Just don't pick his nose! Ha, ha, ha, ha.
Hermes Wordplay/Pun Setup/Punchline Hermes: What's wrong with you guys? This is comedy gold.
Hermes Meta/Self-Referential Cringe/Discomfort Callback Bender: Hey, dip-schlitz, that's not me. I'm right here. Hello?
Bender Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Bender: What? I thought I just had laryngitis and antigravity.
Bender Character Comedy Absurdist Robot Devil: They still stink of candy corn.
Bender: I'm not stupid. So, yes, absolutely.
Bender Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Bender: I like that there's no catch this time.
Bender Irony/Sarcasm Setup/Punchline Bender: Maybe he'll die if I rub him all over with it, real slow.
Bender Cringe/Discomfort Dark/Subversive Fry: No! Not the armpits! Winter's coming!
Fry Cringe/Discomfort Absurdist Hermes: Since Bender's death, requests to bite one's shiny metal ass are down 98%.
Hermes Observational Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Leela: Whoa, maybe you're right. I only meant to slap you twice.
Leela Escalation Physical/Slapstick Phone message: The number you have dialed has been lame since 1989.
Professor: I said science!
Leela: There's no such thing as ghosts, you donkey-monkey.
Leela Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Bender: Me, dumbass. Bender, Bender, Bender, Bender!
Bender Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Scruffy: Oh, lord. I got the too-much-macaroni sweats.
Reverend: It also keeps cats off the sofa by killing 'em.
Bender: Damn you, Obama-care!
Doctor Deadpan/Understatement Cringe/Discomfort Bender: That's the closest thing to 'Bender is great' that anyone besides me has ever said.
Bender Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Fry: Well, yank my beard. This be a surprise.
Fry Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Fry: Well, yank my beard. This be a surprise.
Fry Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Bender: Yo, big bonnet, move your ugly but modest head covering.
Robot Devil: She's naked but unharmed.
Bender: You're using my own words against me. Go to hell!
Bender Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Bender: Run for your life, Fry! Move your ham flaps!
Bender Character Comedy Absurdist Robot Devil: I'm afraid your friend is about to be fully buckminstered!
Bender: There's one, you rusty old dummy.
Bender Misdirection Character Comedy Robot Devil: Hey, no fair. Ocupado.
Fry: Well, I think the Robot Devil said he loved me in Bender's voice wearing Granny Hester's clothes.
Fry: Well, I think the Robot Devil said he loved me in Bender's voice wearing Granny Hester's clothes.
Fry Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Robot Devil: You may find your victory Pyrrhic when subjected to this lyric
Bender · God: Shut up, God! Beg pardon?
Fry: Hey, wait, did you haunt me?
Fry Callback Setup/Punchline Callback