Amy and Kif’s children emerge from an alien swamp.
WAR
18.2
Wins Above Replacement
“Children Of A Lesser Bog” ranks #135 of 137 Futurama episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 68.1 — Mixed. The episode packs 66 scored jokes at 3.5 per minute, averaging 6.4 on craft and 6.1 on impact, with Amy landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Brannigan: Naked Kif, you saved my life! You have my undying loyalty. Eat Kif! He's boneless!
Brannigan · Kif: It looks like the whole planet has psoriasis. / You're looking at the back of my head, sir.
Bender: And just a touch of treacle to remind me of my dear departed Aunt Juanita. She drowned in treacle.
Bender Dark/Subversive Misdirection Amy · Grand Midwife: What's that mean? / It means don't start naming them yet.
Fry: Oh, hey, guys. I'm just sucking on my jacket. A Clump-O-Honey candy got stuck right there over a thousand years ago, and I can still taste it.
Fry Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Standout Moments
Bender: And just a touch of treacle to remind me of my dear departed Aunt Juanita. She drowned in treacle.
Bender Dark/Subversive Misdirection Brannigan · Kif: It looks like the whole planet has psoriasis. / You're looking at the back of my head, sir.
Brannigan: Naked Kif, you saved my life! You have my undying loyalty. Eat Kif! He's boneless!
All Jokes — 66 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Amy · Leela: Aw. He's using his jacket as some kind of security blanket. That's so cute and pathetic.
Fry: Oh, hey, guys. I'm just sucking on my jacket. A Clump-O-Honey candy got stuck right there over a thousand years ago, and I can still taste it.
Fry Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Fry: Zoidberg, you residue hog! Now all I taste is crab juice.
Fry Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Fry: I can't. They stopped making it after it got reclassified as industrial glue.
Fry Absurdist Observational Bender: Don't forget, I came in third on MasterChef Junior.
Bender Character Comedy Absurdist Bender: Sure. You seem like the kind of guy who has a mouth.
Bender Deadpan/Understatement Absurdist ★ Rewatch Character · Bender: Whoa! Diabetic coma! / Hm. I better add some sugar to make it less sweet.
Character: You know I'm dying on the floor.
Character: It's a little sticky. It's a lot sticky! And there's something hard in it.
Zoidberg: Luckily, I'm an expert at fixing human beak bones. Are you free Friday for an expensive appointment?
Amy: Shmeird. There's some old alert I set up 20 years ago. Our babies?!
Amy Misdirection Setup/Punchline Bender: Something to do with the meatbag life cycle?
Bender Character Comedy Observational Amy · Character · Bender: I have video of the birth. Wanna see it? No! That is the wrong kind of delivery!
Bender · Amy: Life is disgusting. / No, it was beautiful. But I was so not prepared to be a mother.
Bender · Amy: Then can I have your car? No! Too late. I already crashed it.
Amy's parents: 'Cause we're so rich, that's like a penny.
Grand Midwife: I know. I recognize your head.
Grand Midwife · Amy: and not for any optional cash donation people sometimes place in that basket. It's green, and there's a little sign on it. Found it!
Grand Midwife: Or not. It's unpredictable. Guess I'll have to wing it. Anybody here from out of town?
Kif · Amy: Oh my. I'm so anxious, my camouflage reflex is kicking in. / No, it's helpful. I wanna look cute for our hundreds of kids.
Kif Amy Character Comedy Visual Gag Amy · Grand Midwife: What's that mean? / It means don't start naming them yet.
Grand Midwife: Four of them made it! Well, three and a half.
Leela: Ew. She's touching them.
Leela Reaction Beat Character Comedy Grand Midwife: Eh... Well, in-in the sense that all children are beautiful.
Brannigan · Zoidberg: They can call me Captain Uncle. / Uh, I'll go dispose of this medical waste. With a little butter and lemon.
Character · Bender: Want a picture with the kids? No need. The way they look is burned into my mind.
Amy · Leela: They're nice, you know? Just a kinda little... Super gross.
Amy's parents: That'll be our little secret.
Elzar · Character: They're the sweetest thing on the menu. Not even close!
Newt · Amy · Character · Amy: Mama! Wrong again. / He's shrively! You haven't seen the half of it.
Axl: Do you always have to talk about me?
Axl Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Leela · Amy · Bender: Seriously? Oh, my God. I must have been super drunk. / Leela, you bone brain! You didn't have sex. Bone.
Bender Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Amy · Bender: And it's filthy. / Oh, yeah! Educate me, baby.
Narrator · Bender: Except the Amphibiosans. They just barely touch hands while the rest of us are gettin' it on. Yowza. Eh, that was pretty hot.
Bender: Eh, that was pretty hot.
Bender Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Leela: Are you sure I wasn't drunk? I-I mean, I'm drunk now.
Leela Character Comedy Misdirection Brannigan: I'm afraid there's no time to discuss the many presents I bought, some of which are large.
Babysitter: 784 West 28th Street? Uh-huh. Weird, th-that's what I got. Oh, Earth! Ah! Coulda swore you said Kepler 10B.
Amy: Look at me, chugging mineral water on a weeknight! So wild and free!
Amy Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Leela: They're a nightmare. A-A sweet, adorable nightmare.
Leela Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Zapp: Bring a bowl of these candies to my quarters when you're done crying.
Zapp Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Kif · Brannigan: If there's nothing further, I will... / Oh no, you willn't.
Brannigan: These delicious Clumps aren't for eating. Mm! Mm... They're for manscaping. Manscape me, Kif. That's an order.
Brannigan Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Callback Bear Biologist: Oh, yeah. Transmitter got ripped up by bears. That's what we study here. Bears. I'm a bear biologist.
Bear Biologist · Brannigan · Bear Biologist: I used to be a whale biologist, but I hate whales. Hate them. / Well, then it's good you found an animal you like. / Nope. Still looking.
Bear Biologist: This bear species is known as tardigrades. It's a fancy word for ugly. Oh, shut up, you stupid bear!
Bear Biologist: Are you bat crackers? If they smell human food, they go bat crackers!
Children · Leela: Let's go! Faster! Faster! Go, horseface, go! Neigh!
Child: Rum raisin tastes just like caterpillars!
Child Character Comedy Absurdist Amy: Are you done spoiling my kids rotten so they'll love you more?
Amy Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Amy: Well, you can trot back to the barn now!
Amy Character Comedy Callback Callback Brannigan: Stop licking my velour! It's dry clean only!
Brannigan: And stay away from my scrotums!
Grand Midwife · Scruffy: plus trace DNA from a certain Scruffy. Scruffy's stuff gets around.
Grand Midwife: Yeah, FYI, y-you've got a little jelly right there.
Brannigan: Help me, Kif! They found the secret candy in my girdle!
Brannigan Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Callback Grand Midwife: Okay, but it doesn't lessen the shame.
Bear Biologist: Bear number 23 was also stupid, fighting for scraps while I dined on salmon tartare. None for you, losers!
Grand Midwife: Some call it a tiki hut.
Grand Midwife: Oops! That wasn't supposed to happen. Cheap, lousy wall.
Grand Midwife: For only a small additional fee.
