After Nibbler falls ill, the crew shrinks down for a dangerous mission into a desert world contained within his litter box.
WAR
54.9
Wins Above Replacement
“Parasites Regained” ranks #28 of 137 Futurama episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 81.9 — Elite. The episode packs 65 scored jokes at 4.1 per minute, averaging 6.9 on craft and 6.8 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
Leela · Nibbler: How dumb are you on a scale of one to Fry? I can't even count that high anymore.
Nibbler: I can no longer predict the ending of an M. Night Shyamalan movie.
Nibbler Observational Character Comedy Nibbler: Though my mental, uh, brain may deteriorate, I will always look back on what we had with... big happy. And you is... be my buddy and... so, so... itchy.
Nibbler Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Beetle: One wrong mound means certain death. Or just take the roach-thopter.
Beetle Misdirection Deadpan/Understatement Leela · Nibbler: Nibbler! You can talk! You always forget I can talk. Nibbler! You can talk!
Standout Moments
Leela · Nibbler: How dumb are you on a scale of one to Fry? I can't even count that high anymore.
Nibbler: I can no longer predict the ending of an M. Night Shyamalan movie.
Nibbler Observational Character Comedy Nibbler: Though my mental, uh, brain may deteriorate, I will always look back on what we had with... big happy. And you is... be my buddy and... so, so... itchy.
Nibbler Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 65 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Unknown · Leela: Is your dog friendly - or just ugly? - Very friendly! But, he's not a dog.
Unknown announcer: Tonight's winning number was approximately six.
Fry: Don't most pets eat at home and poop outside, like college students?
Fry Observational Setup/Punchline Bender · Leela: So, that's why you never clean it! Uh, right.
Bender: I don't do subtitles. When I go to the movies, I don't wanna have to look up from my phone.
Bender Character Comedy Observational Leela · Nibbler: Nibbler! You can talk! You always forget I can talk. Nibbler! You can talk!
Bender · Leela: Although I wasn't crazy about that big floating head. It was the best thing in the movie! No, no. The one in front of me, blocking my view.
Nibbler · Fry: What's a 2x3x5 letter name for a 3x23x29 number name for a movie featuring a 1x4x9 object? Easy. A Space Odyssey.
Leela · Nibbler: Nibbler, you really are my BFF. My best furry friend. Too corny?
Nibbler: Merely a hairball. I'm perfectly... [collapses]
Nibbler Physical/Slapstick Irony/Sarcasm Zoidberg: Without treatment, he'll be left with the IQ of a terrier. A Boston terrier.
Zoidberg: What is it... Sorry. Ivermectin. It's a powerful dewormer, okay? Now, if you're done interrupting, we're finished. Thank you... I! Wasn't! Finished!
Zoidberg: No. That's not all. Let me finish speaking for once. [continues] I! Wasn't! Finished!
Fry · Leela: My mom always hid my medicine in something yummy. Like paste. That's sad and dumb.
Fry: I love that game! You know, there's a trick to winning. Always be X.
Fry Character Comedy Observational Nibbler: Make it American. In individual plastic-wrapped slices.
Nibbler Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Leela: I don't know, little Fuzzler.
Leela Callback Character Comedy Callback Professor: Oh good, you're already crying.
Professor Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Leela: It's from his ancestral pooping grounds.
Leela Wordplay/Pun Absurdist Professor · Amy: You must shrink down and battle the worms... face-to-face! Really? That sounds gross. Oh my, yes. And dangerous. Oh my, yes!
Amy · Professor: At least it's dead simple. That's where you're wrong!
Professor: By reversing the lens, it becomes an all-new kind of ray that keeps things the same size.
Amy · Professor: And this track? Track? Oh, right! It came with the set.
Bender · Amy: Amy, shove it! No! You shove it! Oh. You mean this thing.
Hermes Character Comedy Physical/Slapstick Leela: Maybe we can eat those weird pygmy hyena moles. Ow!
Leela Physical/Slapstick Irony/Sarcasm Amy: Orange sparklies? Zoidberg's going to bedazzle his lungs!
Amy Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Zoidberg: They're coming, why not. Who's coming? I don't know. Maybe those guys?
Fry · Beetle leader: Hang on a sec! I'm taking a whiz. At least one of you has manners.
Beetle · Bender · Beetle: We are beetles. Ah, of course. Dung beetles. It is pronounced Doong. The G is almost silent.
Beetle: Welcome to the world of Doon... g.
Beetle Callback Wordplay/Pun Callback Beetle · Fry: Could he be the Kwiznos Cadillach? Nope.
Beetle: The sun grows hot, and my deodorant grows weak.
Beetle Character Comedy Observational Beetle server: Can I offer anyone some spit? We have flat and sparkling.
Zoidberg · Beetle: That's what Zoidberg snorted. Does that make me cool? Absolutely not!
Beetle · Narlo: Like Narlo here. Dude, I feel like I'm spinning...
Nibbler: Not the cone of shame!
Nibbler Callback Character Comedy Callback Beetle shaman: I see the way. And I have a serious craving for frosting.
Beetle shaman · Amy: Make a right at the large sand mound, then a left at the medium-sized mound. After the fifth mound, you'll see a mound. So many mounds!
Beetle: One wrong mound means certain death. Or just take the roach-thopter.
Beetle Misdirection Deadpan/Understatement Beetle leader: Bilgar is our second-best guide. Our best guide got eaten by a sandworm.
Bilgar · Fry: Whatever you do, do not walk like a Doong beetle. Oops!
Bender · Bilgar: Every living creature here is a total barf bag! Uh, n-no offense, Bilgar.
Leela · Bilgar: These little crawly guys are cute. Hello, friends. That's the worst one of all!
Fry: Hey, you know my grandfather was a pounder. Hey, I guess that makes me a quarter-pounder.
Fry Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Leela · Fry: Or at least a substantial butt!? Sorry, guys, I'm a flatty.
Leela Fry Character Comedy Physical/Slapstick Zoidberg: Hey! Don't bogart that glitter!
Fry · Bender · Amy: A tasty wienerschnitzel? A funny monkey? Sandstorm!
Bender: They call me the two-ton Fred Astaire. The jitterbug? The litter bug!
Bender Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Fry · Worm leader: I know you. You're those worms that used to live in my tum-tum. Only you made me smarter. I'll take your word for it.
Bender Wordplay/Pun Physical/Slapstick Unknown: Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a turd! It's Nibbler!
Unknown Callback Wordplay/Pun Callback Beetle: It shows him with blonde hair and blue eyes, but the rest is spot on.
Bender · Nibbler: Really? 'Cause I'm seeing poop. Open your minds and see as I see.
Beetle · Nibbler: It's pronounced doong. Uh, sorry, Messiah. Keep going.
Nibbler: And that in itself is blutier... Um, uh, boo-too-poo-pool. Pretty.
Nibbler Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Fry: You wanna blow your nose on my shirt?
Fry Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Zoidberg: I can smell sound. Fry's singing stinks up the whole apartment.
Fry: ♪ I feel a song coming on! ♪
Worm: Oh, that is gross, man!
Worm Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Amy: That's too many levels! We've gotta kill those mites!
Amy Meta/Self-Referential Escalation Zoidberg · Bender: Bender, stop! It's me, Zoidberg! Sorry! I can't hear your screams over the tapping!
