Bender becomes a matador in the sport of "Bug Fighting."
WAR
44.5
Wins Above Replacement
“Beauty And The Bug” ranks #83 of 137 Futurama episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 76.6 — Great. The episode packs 65 scored jokes at 3.9 per minute, averaging 6.9 on craft and 6.4 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
Bender: I don't usually do the right thing, but I'll be ruining everyone's day, so it balances out.
Bender Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Zoidberg Character Comedy Reaction Beat ★ Rewatch Fry: It's okay. Five-second rule.
Fry Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Marquita: Of all the students I have ever taught, you are the one who is alive.
Marquita Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Bender: No! Where'd she go? Oh! I'll never see the love of my life again. And even more tragic, she'll never see me again!
Bender Character Comedy Escalation Standout Moments
Zoidberg Character Comedy Reaction Beat ★ Rewatch Fry: It's okay. Five-second rule.
Fry Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Bender: I don't usually do the right thing, but I'll be ruining everyone's day, so it balances out.
Bender Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 65 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Amy · Character 2: I don't get why you brush your buggalo. They have no hair. - Shh. They don't know that. - Don't know what?
Buggalo: O-M-Jah! Don't know I missed them.
Buggalo Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Leo · Buggalo: - Yet. - I don't know how I missed you either.
Leo: No, no, females too wimpy. Buggalo matadors only fight the males.
Leo Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Character: How do I keep missing these things?
Character Running Gag Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Leo: Big don't mean smart. Zoidberg's big, but he got the intelligence of a brine shrimp.
Leo Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Amy's Dad · Bender: Oh, no. A couple of people get killed, not many. Not dangerous at all. People get killed, you say? Four... Five tops. Plus some robots. But mostly people, you say? I'll do it.
Leo · Bender: Four... Five tops. Plus some robots. But mostly people, you say? I'll do it.
Leela: Uh... How about we let this be your issue?
Leela Character Comedy Reaction Beat Don Cunningham: Hello, splatter fans, Don Cunningham here. The Red Planet will run red today, with the blood of its bravest heroes. Also, their guts.
Fry: Whew. Ah! Next time, watch where you're going.
Fry Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy Bender: Man! I'm running out of steam. Good thing that's not what I run on.
Bender Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Bender · Marquita: I'm Bender, baby. What's your name? Marquita Maria Christina Chiquita Alana Paloma Ramona Rosita... - Uh-huh. Right. ...Catalina... - Okay. Lupe Lunes Martes Miercoles Jueves Viernes Sabado Domingo.
Spectator: Cat's got some moves. He's very light on his feet for a two-ton robot.
Marquita: Benihana Bonita Nereida Guadalupe Alvarez.
Marquita Callback Absurdist ★ Rewatch Callback Bender: No! Where'd she go? Oh! I'll never see the love of my life again. And even more tragic, she'll never see me again!
Bender Character Comedy Escalation Bender · Abner Doubledeal: What happened to the old matador? He retired. I don't know. It seems dangerous.
Bender: Marquita Maria Christina et cetera? I would die a thousand deaths to spend one minute with her.
Bender Callback Irony/Sarcasm Callback Abner Doubledeal: Then you have chosen the right line of work.
Don Cunningham: I've never seen so much honor, folks. I just hope Marquita doesn't slip on all that honor.
Abner Doubledeal: I gotta go. The NFL's up for sale on Craigslist.
Bender: I pay close attention when things are about to get jiggy.
Bender Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Bender · Marquita: First study, then jiggy? Patience is the hallmark of the matador.
Bender · Tailor: Stabbing? Screaming? Jigging? Clothing.
Bender · Tailor: So you're experienced? My father died yesterday. You're my first customer.
Tailor: My father died yesterday. You're my first customer.
Tailor: Honestly, most of our matador work is repairs. Lots and lots of repairs.
Tailor Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement Leela · Amy: No, I'm not. - This is Beyond Buggalo. - Yuck. What's it made from, plant? No. Pork. I never did like pigs.
Amy: I never did like pigs.
Amy Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Professor: My word! Amy is absolutely 100% wrong.
Character: That's the stupidest kind of intelligence.
Fan · Bender: I love you, Bender. Shut up, señorita. I know it. Marry me, Bender. Then divorce me. Man, this is my kind of sport.
Marquita · Bender: Marry me, Bender. Then divorce me. Man, this is my kind of sport.
Bender: Always smooth your compression socks.
Fry: Oh, no! My cerveza hat.
Fry Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy Bender: They're throwing their shiny metal asses at me?
Bender Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Bender: As a matador, who may or may not still be alive, I know nothing's more annoying than a bugfight getting interrupted by a commercial.
Bender Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Bender: The same old shows for an exciting new price.
Bender Observational Meta/Self-Referential Bender: I'm dead if I can't magically pull a sword out of my ass. Hey, wait!
Bender Setup/Punchline Physical/Slapstick Commissioner: In lieu of financial remuneration.
Marquita: Of all the students I have ever taught, you are the one who is alive.
Marquita Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Marquita: 'Hay' is for horses. Go on.
Amy · Bender: Guilt? - Maybe. I always wondered what guilt felt like.
Bender: I'm sorry I killed your friend or uncle. Or fruncle.
Bender Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Bender: What? Who's there? Is that you, Fruncle Friender?
Bender Callback Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Callback Buggalo: Please make yourself comfortable in the place of honor, at the bottom of the sleeping pile.
Buggalo Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Bender: Hang on. I can't breathe. Oh, right. Robots don't breathe. Actually, this is pretty cozy.
Bender: All of them! Buggalo can be singular or plural.
Bender Observational Meta/Self-Referential Bender: They do not don't! Tell her, Amy.
Bender Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Don Cunningham: Look how his legs barely move, as he glides effortlessly with all the majesty and grace of a dog on a skateboard.
Don Cunningham: This is Don 'Beat the Traffic' Cunningham, signing off.
Bender: How did you get that off so easily?
Bender Character Comedy Observational Bender: Luckily, the sword just went through my head.
Bender Setup/Punchline Dark/Subversive Bender: Luckily, the sword just went through my head.
Bender Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Bender Callback Observational ★ Rewatch Callback Amy's Dad: But gambling is still legal. Nothing wrong with gambling. I brought mines with me.
Professor: My word! It seems that while each individual buggalo is brainless, their empty skulls form resonance chambers that allow large groups to assemble a hive mind.
Buggalo: Much of our culture is built around this ancient tradition. It's not a very rich culture, we admit that. We just like to eat grass and kill matadors.
Buggalo Deadpan/Understatement Dark/Subversive Buggalo: Much of our culture is built around this ancient tradition. It's not a very rich culture, we admit that.
Bender: It was actually only part of a night. And I didn't do much sleeping.
Bender: It was actually only part of a night. And I didn't do much sleeping.
