The Best Episodes of Futurama

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Updated July 14, 2021 25.3K votes 2.0K voters 67.5K views
Voting Rules
Vote up the greatest Futurama episodes of all seasons, no matter how popular they are.

There are so many hilarious episodes of Futurama, that keep you laughing with space silliness, but which ones really stand out? Do you like "The Luck of the Fryrish" the best, or is "The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings" your favorite episode of Futurama? To determine once and for all what the best episodes of Futurama are, let's rank every Futurama episode from best to worst.

Futurama is an adult animated science fiction sitcom. It was created by Matt Groening of The Simpsons fame. Futurama premiered on Fox on March 28, 1999. After its initial cancellation, the show was picked up by Comedy Central.

Vote up your favorite episodes of Futurama, and vote down any bad episodes that you really didn't enjoy, despite how much you love the series as a whole. It can be painful to put one Futurama episode over the other when there are so many good ones, which is why you can vote on however many episodes you like.

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  • The Luck of the Fryrish
    1

    The Luck of the Fryrish

    March 11, 2001
    973 votes
    • Season: Futurama - Season 3
    • Series: Futurama
    After a string of bad luck, Fry ventures into the decaying ruins of Old New York to regain his lucky seven-leaf clover from his childhood, only to find that his brother Yancy Fry had stolen not only ...more
  • Parasites Lost
    2

    Parasites Lost

    January 21, 2001
    719 votes
    • Season: Futurama - Season 3
    • Episode Number: 4
    • Series: Futurama
    When Fry becomes infested with parasitic worms that make him stronger and smarter, he finally finds the perfect way to profess his feelings to Leela. Meanwhile, the rest of the crew goes on a journey ...more
  • Godfellas
    3

    Godfellas

    March 17, 2002
    697 votes
    • Season: Futurama - Season 4
    • Series: Futurama
    "Godfellas" is the 20th episode of the third production season of Futurama. It was first shown in North America on March 17, 2002, as the eighth episode in the fourth broadcast season. The episode ...more
  • The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings
    4
    • Season: Futurama - Season 5
    • Episode Number: 72
    • Series: Futurama
    Desperate to learn how to play the holophonor in order to impress Leela, Fry swaps hands with the Robot Devil. He goes on to become a skilled holophonor player, winning Leela's heart and penning an ...more
  • The Late Philip J. Fry
    5

    The Late Philip J. Fry

    July 29, 2010
    916 votes
    • Season: Futurama - Season 6
    • Episode Number: 7
    The Professor invents a one-way time machine. He, Fry and Bender go forward 1,000 years accidentally, and keep traveling forward in time until a backwards time machine has been invented.
  • Three Hundred Big Boys
    6

    Three Hundred Big Boys

    June 15, 2003
    447 votes
    • Season: Futurama - Season 5
    • Episode Number: 11
    • Series: Futurama
    A $300 refund for all taxpayers results in a series of interconnected stories, following the Planet Express crew's endeavors to spend their money.