Futurama - The Episode That STINGS.... You in the Feels

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[@TheRoomforImprovement]

Funniest moment for me was “He insulted our fat queen!” “YOU try keeping your figure after 10000 kids!”

[@mysteryace2129]

She not lying

[@Doxsein]

@@mysteryace2129fat queen’s big, yeah yeah yeah

[@shakeymistakey3881]

Im sick of shakin my booty for these fat jerks

[@venaautos]

The fact that Fry stayed by Leila's side honestly is comparable to what Seymour did in Jurassic Bark, just waiting and hoping, only here it ended happily.

[@abri305]

AEC Media Oh my God I never thought about it that way. And now I’ll never forget!

[@evey8178]

At least in another timeline Seymour is happy-

[@stm7810]

@@evey8178 technically the same timeline, though 10^36 years later.

[@evey8178]

STM oh yea

[@razkable]

i knew you'd pull through as leila credits fry after broke me as a kid...

[@redjirachi1]

Everyone: You can't make "it was all a dream" work! Futurama: Watch and learn

[@Threesixtyci]

Wish Lou2 was all just a dream... oh... and alien 3

[@romeo_alpha0176]

I used to read “Word Up!” magazine

[@jeremymunene5304]

Also Inception

[@Razgriz85]

There's an old sitcom that I can't remember the name of where, I think the father dies during one of the later seasons, and the series finale is that his death was all just a dream.

[@Hulkzilla0]

Futurama: GOOD NEWS, EVERYONE!

[@Tengokuchi]

They even nailed having Fry's voice hoarse from talking to Leela for two weeks. This was an amazing show.

[@dannythomas417]

That’s why Billy West and Katey Sagal are geniuses. I even consider the latter as the hero, ‘cause she ALWAYS provided incredible dialogue for Leela no matter how shitty the writing was.

[@kazumak.1542]

Yoooo wat even is your profile pic???

[@johnnyrottenpiss]

@@kazumak.1542 it's a drawing of a long haired shirtless dude with a bushy moustache and big nose.

[@judethenekogamer3651]

@@kazumak.1542 nigel thornberry forgot which episode that was though if any

[@bumblebee2511]

Another consequence, is that it was from this point forward, that Leela started taking Fry seriously as a romantic possibility.

[@thomasweeden2683]

Finally!

[@birthdayfruitecake8158]

That's a good point, and I'm glad (not trying to be negative) that it wasn't out of him actively trying to win her love this time. It was him staying with her for two weeks just to keep her alive.

[@eileensnow6153]

@@birthdayfruitecake8158 So true, and I’m glad it wasn’t one of Fry’s gimmicks that ultimately made her take him seriously-it was just him being himself and wanting to be there for her, even if there wasn’t supposed to be a chance she’d recover

[@ashleyshelton7557]

So true 😅

[@Jacksonrox13]

Nah, that was established one season earlier during "Parasites Lost". It's the first time we hear that Fry is interested in Leela and subsequently, the first time she is interested in him too (albeit briefly).

[@TheCommenterDragon]

What i like most about this episode is that it shows just how deep Fry and Leela's relationship is as it blossomed throughout the series!

[@razkable]

just like the original finale..it just works because of the build up ...the only thing that makes me mad is how fry and amy had sex...that makes it hard to believe that fry is such a loser ...he should not be able to pull that off

[@EZ33377]

@@razkable It suites her character. She want to be the opposite of everything her parents expect of her. Basically a loser in spite of her actual status and genius. She's also attracted to the opposite of what her parents want. I mean look who she ultimately married in Kif. A scrawny "beta" type.

[@johnkittz]

@@razkable doesn't amy sleep around? Wouldn't be hard to believe she did fry.

[@katelynthewhitewerewolf6376]

Scalyess Flare Yeah and Fry and Leela are like Robin and Starfire.

[@byronrush9802]

​@@razkableFry isn't that hopeless in getting women while he might not be the most intelligent guy his heart's usually in the right place sometimes remember when he became Lars who had all the qualities Leela wants in a man, He's the type of a guy who will change himself just to be worthy of the woman he loves that woman being Leela not Amy or any other girl he's ever dated only Leela pushed him to be a better man

[@Darkman9000]

Another great thing about it was how it's one of the few times a Leela-centric episode addressed her growing feelings for Fry. Most of early Futurama was about Fry's schoolboy crush on her, with her either ignoring or being receptive of his advances, only for something to ruin the mood. Then there's this episode, and Leela's actions show just how deeply attached she's become to Fry, even though it's long before the pair actually took their relationship seriously.

[@htasul]

When Leela says 'I'm so scared Fry, I don't know what to do.' It really takes everything in me not to burst into tears.

[@LowReedExpert1]

The VA genuinely sounded like someone who was completely lost in fear and distress, it's a line I always go back to if I need to think of a pained voice line

[@user-pi3hd2bt3f]

​@@LowReedExpert1her name is Katey Sagal and she is a FANTASTICAL actress no matter what she plays in. Watching Futurama after i saw her in Son's of Anarchy( where she plays a villan) i didn't even know it was the same actress.

[@byronrush9802]

​@@user-pi3hd2bt3fshe has such a dynamic range also she's still sexy it's the voice that does it for me

[@Summit900]

The worse thing about Futurama is that it lulls you into a false sense of security with its comedy, then beats you over the head with feels when you least expect it. Its also the best thing about Futurama. These episodes are an "odd man out" so to speak and it makes it that much more sincere when a show like this does drop an episode that hits you in the feels.

[@NoParkingBerry]

3:01 - It was a reference to the old Honeycomb cereal jingle from the '70s.

[@abri305]

Thank you!

[@crazyJman80]

"You could use a shower." "You too." Left out my favorite joke from the episode

[@fernandodavidpaezcontreras6586]

Unpopular Opinion: Futurama > The Simpsons

[@SomeUsernameSomeoneElseTookIt]

it's pretty popular

[@rboss5919]

Anyone whos actually watched through Futurama and The Simpsons multiple tiems have this opinion.

[@Trollamollex]

Futurama is more % quality but I think Simpsons has more quantity of quality (because of the sheer amount of episodes)

[@jaska8203]

It's because Futurama is close to early Simpsons in terms of quality of writing. The Simpsons has been garbage for at least the last 10 years now so of course it's not gonna be comparable to Futurama who actually got a good ending instead of being milked and beaten forever.

[@falconeshield]

It's been popular since 2009

[@phantomstrider]

So glad you did another of these 😃 I've been re watching Futurama in the last week too by coincidence 😁 always a pleasure, Shady

[@SomeUsernameSomeoneElseTookIt]

@kristian rikardsen i dont get it

[@ethanco453]

Hey Strider do you think maybe you could do a top 5 best classic futurama episodes?

[@dingdawng]

What's up checkmark

[@renamon5658]

Can you please make any futurama list

[@williamgraystone3288]

Hey strider! Since this is a pretty small comment of yours, i was wondering of you could make a updated version of your rick and morty list. since there have had 3 more full seasons since that list

[@MrPandarilla]

true story: after having been in a coma (pulmonary issues a decade ago) I can't watch this episode anymore. it's amazing how much external stimulation gets through to those in a coma. they are NOT dead or unaware

[@guilhermehank4938]

Many coma victims remember their loved one's voices during their dreams. Some of them asking them to "wake up" like Fry did. Keeping the brain estimulated is a good way to help it back into activity

[@nubreed13]

I remember reading an article from a recovered coma patient. At one point he was able to walk while still in the coma. It was interesting how many levels of consciousness we actually have.

[@meepsbean1075]

I remember watching that episode as a little kid and I was traumatized, but not because I was scared of Fry's death or the twist, I was just scared of never feeling love like the one they did when Leela actually woke up. I was a weird kid lmao

[@theliveing]

Poor kid...

[@Hakajin]

I don't think that's weird. As a life-time obsessive shipper, I STILL worry about this! I mean, not that specific example, but... Yeah, they're definitely a pairing I felt and that stuck with me, I'll say that much.

[@squeaktheswan2007]

I watched this as a kid too. I was traumatized by the first time I saw Zoidberg.

[@MsZsc]

Bee Happy

[@queenemma5823]

Not weird at all! I think it shows you were a very emotionally intelligent child, and that you were able to relate a piece of media to your own life.

[@rebeccamurphy3516]

It's really cool because 1) you can see that she was stung (there's blood on her belly and her shirt was ripped) when the bee attacked; 2) the toy (which you covered); 3) the sleigh ride scene is shown in the picture behind Fry in the hospital; and 4) she IS wearing Fry's jacket, just like when she 'woke up' in the coma dream. These creators don't mess around! BTW, great video!

[@yasuke9317]

3:00,It's a old honeycomb cereal commercial. "Honeycombs big, yeah yeah yeah, Its not small No no no". We are old people.

[@GoebbelsWife]

Nooo don't say we are old! Lmao

[@rickywilliams1586]

So basically, for the future, if you want to write a "it was all a dream" story you need to make the consequences more personal and mental for it to work.

[@emeralddragon2980]

And actually be consequences, not just jokes.

[@kidprime6863]

And it doesn't always have to be a cop out. I always hate it when they use this cliche as way to resolve everything. They have no explanation of what happened or how it happened. Nor do they know a way to resolve it. It's basically a "Get out of jail free" Card. Also sometimes adding an "....or was it?" twist can raise more questions. Sometimes, it works. Sometimes, it doesn't. Now, sometimes the cliche can work if it's used to teach the main characters a lesson. For example, in the 80s TMNT episode "Shredderville", after Shredder got away again, the Turtles were fed up with all of it wished that they were never mutated to begin with. They fell asleep and woke up to find their lair in shambles and NYC under Shredder's control because they were never mutated. After all the chaos ensued, they woke up again only to find everything back to normal. And this nightmare taught them a lesson to think twice before wishing they were never mutated.

[@charliebowles9456]

​@@kidprime6863 The two main types: cop out & it's a wonderful life

[@declanjones8888]

​@@kidprime6863I'm gonna go see if I can find that episode and watch it. Sounds pretty neat.

[@BananaWasTaken]

There’s a Darth Vader comic that shows this pretty well, where it shows him overthrowing Palpatine and going to Obi-Wan for forgiveness before revealing it was just a force vision of his. It works because you obviously know that it’s not real beforehand so it’s not just a cop-out, but also that Darth Vader is strong enough to do so and the only thing stopping him is Palpatine’s influence over him.

[@Johnny2Cellos]

Great vid Shady, you’ve covered my 2 favorite Futurama eps haha

[@FPSBongSmoke]

Seeing tired and disheveled Fry is what gets the waterworks flowing for me

[@eileensnow6153]

But there’s nothing in his voice but happiness-he doesn’t show how tired he must be, because Leela’s awake so it doesn’t matter to him. You love to see it

[@bboops23]

Another big thing that stands out after me watching this video repeatedly, Leela is alone, like Fry. Her family is known to her by this point, but they can't be here to support her. Fry knows what it's like to have no one to rely on. He is determined to stay with her and make sure she's not alone.

[@tyrant-den884]

One thing I loved about this: I got that the stinger went through Fry and Leela got the poison right when it happened, but the rules for the honey made me disregard it.

[@karawithgun8148]

This episode made my head hurt but in a good way. It was rough trying to imagine what it must be like to be stuck in a hallucination only to wake up in *another* hallucination and another after that. At what point do you wake up to reality? What even is reality at that point?

[@Haildawn]

I love the way this episode explored that

[@ghostly0005]

When you stay awake for 72 hrs at a time...trust me it gets trippy

[@N._99]

I've had vivid dreams like that. Definitely scary.

[@k-leb4671]

@@ghostly0005 I've experienced such times where I'd have no sleep at all for one or two nights in a row, then in a mad test of endurance (e.g. for a party) I would attempt to stay awake for the next night but instead succumb to dozing off multiple times at different points throughout the night. Eventually I would feel so groggy that it becomes difficult to remember what was real and what was dreamt. Time feels like an illusion. It's as effective as dropping acid or snorting a tonne of ketamine.

[@ArtByKarenEHaley]

I have dreams like this often. I wake up, walk around the house, find out I'm late for something or have a very real feeling conversation, then something will happen that is out of place (aliens come to my front door, a dead family member is just casually hanging out on the couch like no big deal, one of my kids is younger than they actually are) and I'll find myself back in bed.

[@acidroofproductions9378]

I'm totally cool with you doing a bunch of Futurama episodes. Give in to the temptation!

[@noaha6185]

I'm coyote Peterson. And im about to enter the sting zone. With the giant space honeybee.

[@Thonck-]

The cicada killers are quaking

[@jaschabull2365]

Mark: U ok? Mario: I think he's dead...

[@invaderyellow1906]

"PROFESSOR! Can't you examine my brain without removing it?" "yes, easily" that is the most Professor Farnsworth thing anyone can say.

[@gryphonavocatio]

The only good 'it was all a dream' plot. I think pointing out that wanting to have somebody stay by her side is a really important here since it's a central aspect of the Fry--Leela dynamic. Leela having been an orphan and having nobody else (at least early on) is an important part of her character development, and seeing Fry stay with her through that (toward the end of the series' initial run) feels like an important end to that arc.

[@calvinboucher5741]

Damn this episode made me want to do a whole barbecue

[@SallyBMcgill]

What does that mean, please?

[@shinyespeon3995]

They managed to perfectly balance the sadness with a few minor, silly jokes lightening the tone. I think the reason people don't consider this episode as emotional as Jurassic Bark is because the writers chose (correctly, in my opinion) to not go all in on the drama, otherwise it might've been too intense. - Starting the ending scene with Bender's sassy "You've killed Fry." - "I've tried, bed sores hurt!" - Fry's surprised face when he realizes Leela is awake - "Vroom, vroom!" - "Like a parrot of the sea, he was!" And when we were all already bawling our eyes out, the "You could really use a shower" dialogue. Truly masterful screenwriting.

[@Jammermaker]

I never actually picked up on Leela’s whole dangerous animal, now it’s mine, thing until you said it. It’s almost a core personality trait. Did the worms in Fry count towards this as well?

[@babyfaceweeb8937]

Yes

[@RustyNips]

Yes most definitely

[@DraconicDuelist]

"Humans" will pack-bond with anything.

[@nubreed13]

I mean they did actively help dry stay fit and healthy as well as improving his mental capacity

[@abigbutterstick1780]

Kind of, I don't know, they weren't dangerous, they were actually super helpful.

[@12DAMDO]

the plottwist of this episode really broke my mind and i needed some time to process what happened... the episode already felt like a fever dream and then they just throw that plottwist and i just wasn't ready at the time and now rewatching it here gives me chills everytime fry says "wake up"

[@Puerco-Potter]

The episode feels a lot longer than it it's thanks to that

[@BillyJamesVA]

This was actually my first episode of Futurama!

[@inesvillanueva4801]

Mine too!

[@the_renaissance]

Mine was Naturama lol... I was very confused to say the least

[@NarutovsLuffyGirl]

Same!

[@caseyb889]

Mine was That's Lobstertainment 😂

[@suburbanshicken9939]

Same

[@johnaucamp7106]

I just want to say that Katey Segall's voice acting in the climax is amazing. Her anguish is so palpable.

[@dannythomas417]

She was the hero of the show. Always provided incredible dialogue for Leela regardless of how funny, shitty, or emotional the writing was.

[@dannythomas417]

Whenever Katey Sagal(Leela) gets emotional, you know that’s when the tears come.

[@andreweth8301]

This episode is amazing because of the genuine way it portrays grief. Not only does Leela touch on the 5 stages of grief, we are shown the mourning process from a more functional point of view. When you lose someone you’re close to, living life without them feels surreal. You question if it really happened, and vivid dreams of them being alive again are very common. Not much is worse than that moment when you wake up and realize it was just a dream and they’re gone for good. You question your sanity and long to go back to dreaming of them. You wish life without them was a dream and that you could wake up ‘for real’. This episode is one of the few instances of media illustrating this situation, and it does it so well. It gives us the happy ending that we unfortunately don’t get in real life, and it’s one of the most beautiful endings a story can have: one of extreme relief, joy, and pure love.

[@tartra]

Even though you say we've all seen it before, I really like how you take the time to avoid spoiling things too early. It makes it feel like we're all watching it for the first time, because you slow us down to appreciate all the connections and links between the episode's scenes. It's a great way to embody what you said about it having re-watch value.

[@elgatochurro]

To be fair, futurama started in like the 90s, it's the future of the 90s

[@buffalot35t1cles3]

4:57 imagine being bender looking at poisoned knocked out leela and a mortally wounded fry

[@MarriedMule]

Even just from this review, the clip of Fry crying over her in the hospital bed begging her to wake up still absolutely breaks me.

[@robertob.636]

when I was a kid, a used to have a current nightmare where I was in a infinite loop of "wake up" and I tried to find someone in my house who can explain me why everything "reset" so much xd it was very scary because I didn´t know when the dream really stops

[@ZekromAndYugiAndDrago123]

Not only is the toy next to Leela's bed the one in her locker, Fry also gave her his jacket in the real world, and behind them in the hospital is a painting of the area they took a sleigh ride in. Pretty much everything that Leela and Fry did together is shown in the background.

[@zapacunotres59]

Love this. For him to stay, knowing she might never wake up...for him tò beg for her to.wake up...to comfort her for two weeks...love it. Not only did he comfort her, he got her a gift, gave her his jacket, spoke to her...it was like he was telling her she would be okay at first. In the end, he was desperate. Like he knew it was getting worse. My theory is at first he was like "It's fine, I'll be here until she wakes, won't take more than a few days at most, maybe hours." As the episode progressed, he realized things weren't as good as he thought. He thought a gift would help, a jacket so she had something familiar to wake up to, and his voice to bring her back. That was all she'd need, until two weeks went by. He grew desperate. He pleaded for her to wake up. As she was waking, how he looked...he knew there was a bigger chance of her never waking again. For that split second, he was the most serious. Because he nearly lost the woman he loved. I think, had Leela passed, he would have mentally lost it.

[@valeriegonzalez3117]

12:15, that's a good point. I think it's common, some will say too common, of a whole situation being a dream and as I saw/heard from you, the actions and well execution of an idea can make a story good, even with a tired out troupe. Also I loved your barbecue talk, that's some added sweetness.

[@TheStevedie]

Seriously, Futurama has made me cry so many times throughout its seasons. It's great.

[@natesface]

One time I got really high and watched the Adventure Time episode The Other Tarts and was convinced the plot was actually this episode of Futurama. I think about that a lot.

[@RegularInvader]

That episode hits me harder now than when I was a kid because there were 2 separate occasions where I've had dreams that painfully predicted death/deadly accidents. Once those dreams became reality, I never had them.😖

[@emmypersonal4033]

This is my favorite episode and genuinely messed with my head the first time

[@ELEcomments]

It still messes with my head because I had a nightmare that was similar to this...

[@RockySamson]

You gotta love Fry spitting out honey that didn't leak into his suit. Also, this episode was so good that it inspired the punk band Atomic Raygun Attack to write a whole album based around it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mquupJZ9bZqGn8U

[@k-leb4671]

Damn that's dedication to the episode.

[@PantsOHara]

Whenever people talk about the most emotional episodes of Futurama, I never hear them mention this episode. In fact, they usually look at me weird when I bring it up. I'm glad to see this one covered because it always touched me tender.

[@NoriMori1992]

I love Fry's attempted sacrifice. Leela still ended up getting stung and Fry ended up being fine, but it doesn't diminish his sacrifice at all because that's not what he thought would happen. When he faced down that bee, he really thought he was going to take a hit for her and get stung and end up in a permanent coma or even just die.

[@Delta_Aves]

One running gag throughout the series, and played with in the episode "Farewell to Arms," is Fry trying to do noble acts of heroism to save people, mostly Leela, but ends up causing more trouble, which was also the case here; if Fry hadn't tried to protect Leela from the wasp, she would've gotten impaled and would need immediate medical help, but she wouldn't have ended up in a venom-induced coma. Then again, there's no way Fry could've known that beforehand, and perhaps he stayed by her side, not just out of concern, but also guilt for letting her get stung.

[@jackr2500]

This is definitely in my top 5 futurama episodes

[@HeavyTraffix]

When ever I watch this episode it reminds of of the chorus from "Dream" by the forest of the Trees When I am dreaming, I don't know if I'm truly asleep or if I'm awake And when I get up, I don't know if I'm truly awake, or if I'm still dreaming

[@misss870]

Do whatever man. Bojack brought me here, but I've stayed for you! Love your content.

[@TheKoyote347]

Whooooooooo finally had my favorite episode covered. This episode is the episode I always point to when people ask why I love futurama so much. It tells this story so beautifully, and supposedly it was going to be the final episode of futurama. They switched it around with devil's hands are idle playthings cause they wanted to end on a more feel good note. But regardless you can tell that this is where the writing for futurama was at its peak

[@GURGLEGUY12345]

They did the "honeycomb big, yeah yeah yeah" thing in _Family Guy,_ too. I always assumed it was the cereal.

[@vesstig]

I loved watching Futurama as I grew up, and remembering this episode brought me to tears again(damn you). This may be the best TV show ever made for all of the details they manage to fit in to their story telling.

[@pokemonmanic3595]

I first saw this episode when I was like 8 by (like I assume most kids) sneaking out after bedtime and watching on adult swim. This is probably my favorite episode of the series because of how much I was shocked by it and how much it made me feel.

[@Haildawn]

This episode is phenomenal and one of the very reasons why futurama is the greatest animated show of all time

[@foxtoons1999]

Yes yes yes! This is my favorite episode!

[@christianponce4836]

this episode indeed hit the feels extremely differently for me

[@mint4876]

Watched this episode when I was super little and to this day the song "dont worry be happy" still makes me a bit uneasy

[@TheMadman5000]

A top notch evaluation of an iconic episode of television!

[@keithdubose2150]

I actually got teary-eyed at the end

[@Spinosaurus44]

this is one of my favorite episodes, it's good because you know that it's all going to end up ok because they can't possibly kill off Fry like that, but the twist is still amazing in the end. It is also one of the episodes that truly dives deep into the love that Fry and Leela share

[@hunova4799]

I'll be waiting patiently for a "Game of Tones" video still

[@hollowvolocaloid6062]

Im also questioning why fry trys to spit out the queens honey out of his mouth even though hes wearing a space helmet which should be air tight. (I shouldn't think to much of it cus its cartoon)

[@neonwaffle3327]

He’s stupid

[@hollowvolocaloid6062]

@@neonwaffle3327 even thought hes saved earth mutiple times but yea bout 89% stupid

[@k-leb4671]

This episode was child-me's equivalent of an acid trip. My mind was so blown watching this as a kid. It did something to me that no other episode of a TV show had ever done. I was confused, scared, ecstatic, sad, sentimental, mystified, and totally disillusioned.

[@vineheart01]

this is one of the heartstring puller episodes that a lot of people seem to forget about when they list them off. Yet this one stung me (HA) a lot harder than fry's dog did....

[@Enter_the_Toshiverse_1996]

This was actually the first episode of Futurama I ever watched and I remember it tugging on my heartstrings while also making me laugh. This was a pretty good episode 😊

[@someguycalledgoober155]

"You guys already watched this 209 times" Me: Ha, Ha, Ha. None. I need to start watching Futerama.

[@bigpulgalokes]

futurama

[@kalinadesseaux8011]

I'm glad *someone* finally did The Sting And your review of it is truly delicious.

[@hariman7727]

This is an excellent episode, and it kept me guessing. It's only my longtime fandom of sci-fi made me suspect that nothing was real, and even then I didn't guess the ending. And yeah. This is one of the best uses of the "It was all just a dream."

[@user-tl3es4wc9p]

Your analogy of leela almost sleeping forever being a metaphor for her real life coma was brilliant 👏

[@madelinegesquiere7855]

I almost forgot about this episode, but as soon as you mentioned it, the episode came back to me. I don't think I cried, but I remember getting emotional over it.

[@huntercovington7460]

They "honeycomb big, yeah yeah yeah" thing is from a super old jingle for honeycomb cereal. Wouldve been on TV in the 60s or 70s

[@Zinervawyrm]

This episode is heartfelt and is the trippy. The first time I saw it, I was 14, and had to stay up 24 hours just so I could go to the hospital to have an EEG test after having two unexplained seizures. So, I marathon Adult Swim all night, and it was getting harder not to fall asleep since that would defeat the purpose of the test the doctors wanted. This episode came on at around 3:30-ish maybe 4 in the morning, when I was basically sleep deprived, and had two more hours or so before having to go to the hospital, and then the coffin scene happened, and my mom was worried that scene would trigger another seizure and ordered me to close my eyes until it was over, and I almost fell asleep right there on her.

[@orangegouice]

8:45 what's interesting is that, if you have a keen eye and a sharp wit, you'd be able too see the red herring coming. Its explained that fry falling into the honey and the honey spilling onto the couch is what remade him, but if you paid attention, you would have noticed that fry was in a space suit when he fell in. Genes wouldnt make it through that at all.

[@nanya524]

"I'm going to guess it has something to do with the cereal..." You got it. Back in the 80s and 90s when there was Saturday Morning Cartoons, ads for sugary cereals were EVERYWHERE on TV. And "Honeycomb big! Ya Ya Ya! It's not small! No no no!" was the catch phrase of that cereal.

[@supersaiyantravis6962]

This is not only my favorite episode of futurama, but one of my favorite isolated stories of all time, it's truly beautiful and I'm so glad someone gave it the proper video essay and review treatment.

[@The_Keh27]

I always felt this episode was great, but it hit even harder when I watched it after my wy wife's stroke. I was there by her side every day, talking to her, singing to her etc. while she was in a medically induced coma. With her mind going from the bleeds and all the surgery they had to do, it made me think "did she hear me?" and "what was going through her mind the entire time?" she did pull through (it was touch and go for a while) but has aphasia (has trouble finding the right words/communicating), so even if she somehow remembered anything furing the coma, it's not like she'd be able to say.

[@heroino89]

I'm sure she heard it in one way or another. And I am happy that she pulled through. Life after a stroke is always different, but I wish the two of you a lifetime of happy moments together :-)

[@lukeaxolotl2782]

Aww that’s so sweet

[@TheLucas2696]

Tfw I also have that specific version of the Horsin' Around theme as my ringtone

[@jeb791]

the best episode of futurama. it captures Leila's insanity perfectly.

[@Alchemuma]

I’ve missed you Shady! I listened to all your videos when I was entering a shit depression and feeling better now and moving from Bojack videos to this is nice. Im happy for new content ^w^ thank you

[@alexanderdickerson5836]

Everyone says Jurassic Bark, and rightly so, but this has always been my go-to for feels with Futurama

[@alexanderdickerson5836]

Omg I forgot about the scene that opens to bender just unexplainably on fire, god this show was golden...

[@heidibarker9550]

One thing that is iverlooked or just kinda not noticed is that when IT happened. Bender would have been the only one awake on the ship, fry has the stinger in him and Leela would be totally fine (not fine at all she would have passed out) So that means, bender had to get rid of the bee and fly the ship back to Earth as quickly as possible thinking his friends were going to die.

[@ShanaReviews]

i swear one of these days you and Johnny are gonna get into a collab (hopefully) and I look forward to when/if it comes. that aside, this was a good pick Shady, I remember this episode being such a mind trip because you couldn't tell what was actually happening versus what was a dream and by the time I got to the end I was thankful out of relief of knowing things were going to be okay. P.S. I subscribe to both of you and when you uploaded your video I honestly thought it was Johnny doing a video on the episode until I saw your name. so don't put your thumbnails down dude, you both do a great job

[@dariahill]

Thank you so much, ive been an avid futurama stan since i was in 6th grade, and not many people get it on this level. This is one of those episodes that always brings a tear to my eyes, thanks for doing it justice! Looking forward to the next one

[@22espec]

This was one of Katey Seagal'best works in voice acting

[@chocolatemilkhotel96]

The best part about this episode is when the bee says "dont put your eurocentric standards on me!"

[@JaguarCats]

I always admired the subtle build up throughout the show of Fry's and Leela's romance. Fry little by little gradually matured (somewhat) And Leela realized that what Fry lacked for in brains made up for with his heart.

[@hasw24]

i love this episode so much. and i never fail to cry everytime i watch it.

[@tuzamodi]

this was one of the episodes I remembered the most when I had watched it as a child. It was and always been a favorite of mine because it showed how much Fry loved Lela.

[@WeRNthisToGetHer]

I always felt like Leela was me personified in a cartoon. I know she's not but I really relate to her.

[@MaskOfAbyss]

I haven't seen this episode since I was a kid. Yet when I saw the sting I instantly remembered the twist. This episode was powerful.

[@sewnmind1786]

This was my favorite episode of my favorite cartoon.

[@SynchronizorVideos]

This episode was such a trip when I first watched it so many years ago. While it's not my favorite Futurama episode (definitely up there though), I don't think any other episode stuck in my head so hard after just the first viewing.

[@johnnyrottenpiss]

"And...this is where I started throwing burgers on the grill..." I laughed so hard. You already did good making me laugh in the first place.

[@DrNiradino]

There's an interesting throwaway line after the first dream sequence with a Fry. Leela says something along the line "I know that Fry is real, my own subconsciousness never treated me so well". And throughout the episode, everyone, other then a Fry, is rather disrespectful towards Leela, constantly doubting her and giving backhand compliments. Aside from being a fuel for comedic moments, it also characterizes Leela as someone with a deep rooted insecurity issues, that constantly pushes her to prove herself, explaining her motivation behind "reverse psychology" bit at the beginning. What a fantastic writing to get all of that through one line of dialogue.

[@monkeyking819]

frys wearing a space suit but when he falls in the jelly hes spitting like its in his mouth when its not.......

[@neonwaffle3327]

He’s stupid