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''"[[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Bad news, everyone!]]"''
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''"[[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Bad news, everyone!]]"''
I don't want to live on this planet anymore.]]"''
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Now a disambiguation. Can't tell if replacements applicable.
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* Tropers/{{Potatohawk}}: To me, the episode that most typifies everything that's been wrong with ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' since its [[UnCanceled uncancellation]] is "Attack of the Killer App". This is the moment where the show stopped being being the funny, slightly edgy, yet still touching show that I'd known and loved and started its long downward spiral into the oblivion of WereStillRelevantDammit, which the show had always been above before. The jokes the entire episode was built on were stale to the point of fossilization. There have been worse episodes since, but for me, this is where the decline really began.
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* Tropers/{{Potatohawk}}: To me, the episode that most typifies everything that's been wrong with ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' since its [[UnCanceled uncancellation]] is "Attack of the Killer App". This is the moment where the show stopped being being the funny, slightly edgy, yet still touching show that I'd known and loved and started its long downward spiral into the oblivion of WereStillRelevantDammit, which the show had always been above before.spiral. The jokes the entire episode was built on were stale to the point of fossilization. There have been worse episodes since, but for me, this is where the decline really began.
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* Tropers/{{Baronobeefdip}}: For me, it was the episode "Proposition Infinity" where Bender and Amy try to make Robot/Human relationships legal. Why? Well, for one thing, it had what we like to call the "AssPull [[StatusQuoIsGod Of God."]] Basically, the gist of the episode is that Bender and Amy fall in love, but, since "Robosexual" relationships are illegal, their love is forbidden. The two fight tooth-n-nail (metaphorically, not literally) to make Robosexuality legal. And, how does it end? Bender dumps Amy because he doesn't want to be in a monogamous relationship. Really? Really!? First of all, you CAN'T just have a major event happen to one (or more) character and then just hit the ResetButton so that everything is back to normal... especially in shows that follow some form of continuity like WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} does. Second, last time I checked, an earlier episode already showed why Robosexual relationships are a bad idea. So... RetCon hypocrisy, anyone?
** Tropers/{{Crimsonlight}}: What's so jarring about episodes like these in the later seasons is that all the worst parts of WesternAnimation/{{Family Guy}} in what's otherwise an amazing show: Preachiness, over the top parody, and mean-spirited stereotyping of people the show disagrees with politically. Sure, the show's taken light hearted jabs at religion and conservative politics before, but this was just such so mean-spirited for a light hearted show that it's hard to watch
** Tropers/{{Crimsonlight}}: What's so jarring about episodes like these in the later seasons is that all the worst parts of WesternAnimation/{{Family Guy}} in what's otherwise an amazing show: Preachiness, over the top parody, and mean-spirited stereotyping of people the show disagrees with politically. Sure, the show's taken light hearted jabs at religion and conservative politics before, but this was just such so mean-spirited for a light hearted show that it's hard to watch
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* Tropers/{{Baronobeefdip}}: For me, it was the episode "Proposition Infinity" where Bender and Amy try to make Robot/Human relationships legal. Why? Well, for one thing, it had what we like to call the "AssPull [[StatusQuoIsGod Of God."]] Basically, the gist of the episode is that Bender and Amy fall in love, but, since "Robosexual" relationships are illegal, their love is forbidden. The two fight tooth-n-nail (metaphorically, not literally) to make Robosexuality legal. And, how does it end? Bender dumps Amy because he doesn't want to be in a monogamous relationship. Really? Really!? First of all, you CAN'T just have a major event happen to one (or more) character and then just hit the ResetButton so that everything is back to normal... especially in shows that follow some form of continuity like WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' does. Second, last time I checked, an earlier episode already showed why Robosexual relationships are a bad idea. So... RetCon hypocrisy, anyone?
** Tropers/{{Crimsonlight}}: What's so jarring about episodes like these in the later seasons is that all the worst parts ofWesternAnimation/{{Family Guy}} ''WesternAnimation/{{Family Guy}}'' in what's otherwise an amazing show: Preachiness, over the top parody, and mean-spirited stereotyping of people the show disagrees with politically. Sure, the show's taken light hearted jabs at religion and conservative politics before, but this was just such so mean-spirited for a light hearted show that it's hard to watch
** Tropers/{{Crimsonlight}}: What's so jarring about episodes like these in the later seasons is that all the worst parts of
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* Tropers/TheDogSage: The third skit of the Season 6 finale "Reincarnation" because it was just LAZY. It's basically an "anime parody" that plays like every other "anime parody" written by writers who've never watched anime before. It's simply reusing the same tired jokes every "parody" like it told before, and shows that the writers' only research was watching those same parodies. Honestly, I expected better from WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}.
* Tropers/{{Potatohawk}}: To me, the episode that most typifies everything that's been wrong with WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} since its [[UnCanceled uncancellation]] is "Attack of the Killer App". This is the moment where the show stopped being being the funny, slightly edgy, yet still touching show that I'd known and loved and started its long downward spiral into the oblivion of WereStillRelevantDammit, which the show had always been above before. The jokes the entire episode was built on were stale to the point of fossilization. There have been worse episodes since, but for me, this is where the decline really began.
* Tropers/{{Potatohawk}}: To me, the episode that most typifies everything that's been wrong with WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} since its [[UnCanceled uncancellation]] is "Attack of the Killer App". This is the moment where the show stopped being being the funny, slightly edgy, yet still touching show that I'd known and loved and started its long downward spiral into the oblivion of WereStillRelevantDammit, which the show had always been above before. The jokes the entire episode was built on were stale to the point of fossilization. There have been worse episodes since, but for me, this is where the decline really began.
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* Tropers/TheDogSage: The third skit of the Season 6 finale "Reincarnation" because it was just LAZY. It's basically an "anime parody" that plays like every other "anime parody" written by writers who've never watched anime before. It's simply reusing the same tired jokes every "parody" like it told before, and shows that the writers' only research was watching those same parodies. Honestly, I expected better from WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}.
''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''.
* Tropers/{{Potatohawk}}: To me, the episode that most typifies everything that's been wrong withWesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' since its [[UnCanceled uncancellation]] is "Attack of the Killer App". This is the moment where the show stopped being being the funny, slightly edgy, yet still touching show that I'd known and loved and started its long downward spiral into the oblivion of WereStillRelevantDammit, which the show had always been above before. The jokes the entire episode was built on were stale to the point of fossilization. There have been worse episodes since, but for me, this is where the decline really began.
* Tropers/{{Potatohawk}}: To me, the episode that most typifies everything that's been wrong with
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* Tropers/{{Kalle}}: Hey, how about one before the cancellation? "A Pharoah to Remember" is particularly unwatchable for me, because it felt like Bender had been [[{{Flanderization}} flanderized]] into [[TookALevelInJerkass taking too many levels in jerkass]] for my liking -- I know it's part of his character, but his actions pushed it way too far for me to handle.
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* Tropers/{{Kalle}}: Hey, how about one before the cancellation? "A Pharoah Pharaoh to Remember" is particularly unwatchable for me, because it felt like Bender had been [[{{Flanderization}} flanderized]] into [[TookALevelInJerkass taking too many levels in jerkass]] for my liking -- I know it's part of his character, but his actions pushed it way too far for me to handle.
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* Tropes/{{Izzy1}}: The episode "Roswell That Ends Well", while a funny episode, has a moment where after Fry wakes up the next morning, Mildred starts acting like a stereotypical grandmother out of nowhere (wearing glasses she didn't wear before, knitting, having a dry, slow voice, using an ear trumpet to hear Fry). It came across as so forced to me, and it reminded me of the WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy episode "Brian's Got a Brand New Bag", which probably took lessons from this episode.
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* Tropes/{{Izzy1}}: The episode "Roswell That Ends Well", while a funny episode, has a moment where after Fry wakes up the next morning, Mildred starts acting like a stereotypical grandmother out of nowhere (wearing glasses she didn't wear before, knitting, having a dry, slow voice, using an ear trumpet to hear Fry). It came across as so forced to me, and it reminded me of the WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "Brian's Got a Brand New Bag", which probably took lessons from this episode.
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* Tropers/MightyMewtron: Surprised to not see "[[Recap/FuturamaS6E20Neutopia Neutopia]]" on here yet. There are ways to make a compelling [[MarsAndVenusGenderContrast battle of the sexes]] plots ("Amazon Women in the Mood" used gender stereotypes without it irritating me much), but this episode is so ridiculously on the nose and stereotypical about it that you'd think it came out in TheNineties. All the characters get reduced to their gender-stereotyped behavior, both the men being ridiculously misogynistic, stupid, and masuline (which, yeah, has been seen in previous episodes, but not to this extent) and the women being naggy and obsessed with shopping (which is particularly jarring with [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak Leela]]). And then when everyone gets [[GenderFlip gender bent,]] their entire personalities change to be stereotypical for their new gender. The real DMOS is probably midway through the episode, though, when they lose their defining sex characteristics. This turns everyone into incredibly milquetoast, asexual individuals who beg for their genitals back because they can't live without sex. So basically, your personality is defined by your gender, and without a binary gender- hell, without binary sex characteristics- you will become a bland person incapable of intimacy. Besides the blatant sexism, try applying that moral to transgender and nonbinary people, or even people who have lost their sexual characteristics for other reasons like cancer. At least the above-mentioned "Bend Her" has the explanation of coming out in the early 2000s. This episode came out in ''2011''! [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Oh, and the fanservice felt gratuitous as hell and just made the misogynistic overtones of the episode worse.]]
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* Tropers/MightyMewtron: Surprised to not see "[[Recap/FuturamaS6E20Neutopia Neutopia]]" on here yet. There are ways to make a compelling [[MarsAndVenusGenderContrast battle of the sexes]] plots ("Amazon Women in the Mood" used gender stereotypes without it irritating me much), but this episode is so ridiculously on the nose and stereotypical about it that you'd think it came out in TheNineties. All the characters get reduced to their gender-stereotyped behavior, both the men being ridiculously misogynistic, stupid, and masuline masculine (which, yeah, has been seen in previous episodes, but not to this extent) and the women being naggy and obsessed with shopping (which is particularly jarring with [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak Leela]]). And then when everyone gets [[GenderFlip gender bent,]] their entire personalities change to be stereotypical for their new gender. The real DMOS is probably midway through the episode, though, when they lose their defining sex characteristics. This turns everyone into incredibly milquetoast, asexual individuals who beg for their genitals back because they can't live without sex. So basically, your personality is defined by your gender, and without a binary gender- hell, without binary sex characteristics- you will become a bland person incapable of intimacy. Besides the blatant sexism, try applying that moral to transgender and nonbinary people, or even people who have lost their sexual characteristics for other reasons like cancer. At least the above-mentioned "Bend Her" has the explanation of coming out in the early 2000s. This episode came out in ''2011''! [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Oh, and the fanservice felt gratuitous as hell and just made the misogynistic overtones of the episode worse.]]
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* Tropers/{{Troperr2016}}: The way Lrrr’s midlife crisis was handled in “Lrrreconcilable Ndndiffernces” was very sloppy and mean spirited. Lrrr’s wife Ndnd behaves like a SpoiledBrat in this episode my making Lrrr conquer planets for her and when he does so, he gets humiliated as he invaded Earth at the wrong time with the invasion overshadowed by a comic con. Ndnd is very ungrateful at her husband’s effort to the point where she kicks him out of the house and makes Lrrr crash at Planet Express. Lrrr’s midlife crisis was handled in a very sloppy way in regards to the fact that it was rushed and forced in a lot of possible Lrrr plot points within 5 minutes. After that it just throws the midlife crisis out the window to have Lrrr get back with Ndnd and have her win just because she is Lrrr’s wife with the episode basically saying that wives in a marriage are entitled to everything they want. Fry fakes an invasion for Lrrr but Leela forces Lrrr to tell Ndnd the truth only to start brandishing frying pans at him. Keep in mind that Ndnd hit Lrrr on the head with such a pan earlier, which basically teacher viewers that it is okay for wives to physically assault their husbands. Even worse is that Ndnd falsely accuses Lrrr of having an affair with Leela just because Leela is nagging him. which is just plain ridiculous. Ndnd gets no karma for her actions towards Lrrr in that episode.
* DCutter2: I's "Bender's Big Score" for me. Because it displays both a great command of Futurama's continuity yet simultaneous a massive disregard for it. All the previous trips back to Fry's 20th century life are revisited and thoroughly undermined and ruined by having Fry/Lars there for them. Any scrap of pathos we might have got from his brother missing him or Seymour waiting, no of that mattered or happened any more. One of the most powerful episodes of Western Animation ruined because it made people too sad. Way to shoot yourself in the foot, show.
* DCutter2: I's "Bender's Big Score" for me. Because it displays both a great command of Futurama's continuity yet simultaneous a massive disregard for it. All the previous trips back to Fry's 20th century life are revisited and thoroughly undermined and ruined by having Fry/Lars there for them. Any scrap of pathos we might have got from his brother missing him or Seymour waiting, no of that mattered or happened any more. One of the most powerful episodes of Western Animation ruined because it made people too sad. Way to shoot yourself in the foot, show.
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* Tropers/{{Troperr2016}}: The way Lrrr’s midlife crisis was handled in “Lrrreconcilable Ndndiffernces” was very sloppy and mean spirited. Lrrr’s wife Ndnd behaves like a SpoiledBrat in this episode my by making Lrrr conquer planets for her and when he does so, he gets humiliated as he invaded Earth at the wrong time with the invasion overshadowed by a comic con. Ndnd is very ungrateful at her husband’s effort to the point where she kicks him out of the house and makes Lrrr crash at Planet Express. Lrrr’s midlife crisis was handled in a very sloppy way in regards to the fact that it was rushed and forced in a lot of possible Lrrr plot points within 5 minutes. After that it just throws the midlife crisis out the window to have Lrrr get back with Ndnd and have her win just because she is Lrrr’s wife with the episode basically saying that wives in a marriage are entitled to everything they want. Fry fakes an invasion for Lrrr but Leela forces Lrrr to tell Ndnd the truth only to start brandishing frying pans at him. Keep in mind that Ndnd hit Lrrr on the head with such a pan earlier, which basically teacher viewers that it is okay for wives to physically assault their husbands. Even worse is that Ndnd falsely accuses Lrrr of having an affair with Leela just because Leela is nagging him. which is just plain ridiculous. Ndnd gets no karma for her actions towards Lrrr in that episode.
* DCutter2:I's It's "Bender's Big Score" for me. Because it displays both a great command of Futurama's continuity yet simultaneous a massive disregard for it. All the previous trips back to Fry's 20th century life are revisited and thoroughly undermined and ruined by having Fry/Lars there for them. Any scrap of pathos we might have got from his brother missing him or Seymour waiting, no none of that mattered or happened any more. One of the most powerful episodes of Western Animation ruined because it made people too sad. Way to shoot yourself in the foot, show.
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* Tropers/AmuroNT1: I love ''Futurama'', but "Decision 3012" was beyond the shadow of a doubt the single worst episode they've made. The plot is a [[{{Anvilicious}} not at all disguised allegory]] for UsefulNotes/BarackObama's election, portraying his stand-in as the textbook definition of a MarySue whose only opposition is ignorant bigots who think he's an alien. And they take a swipe at the immigration debate by saying that Nixon's Head caused a BadFuture by blocking illegal (alien) immigration, and Not-Obama has to prevent that to save the day. Just to cap it all off, the episode was practically devoid of laughs partly because they refused to poke even the slightest bit of fun at Not-Obama, and partly because the only jokes they ''did'' attempt were about how petty and shallow his opponents are. An utter slap in the face to anyone who isn't a Democrat, and the kind of shoddy, lazy, unfunny writing you'd expect out of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', not ''Futurama''.
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* Tropers/AmuroNT1: I love ''Futurama'', but "Decision 3012" was beyond the shadow of a doubt the single worst episode they've made. The plot is a [[{{Anvilicious}} not at all disguised allegory]] for UsefulNotes/BarackObama's election, portraying his stand-in as the textbook definition of a MarySue someone whose only opposition is ignorant bigots who think he's an alien. And they take a swipe at the immigration debate by saying that Nixon's Head caused a BadFuture by blocking illegal (alien) immigration, and Not-Obama has to prevent that to save the day. Just to cap it all off, the episode was practically devoid of laughs partly because they refused to poke even the slightest bit of fun at Not-Obama, and partly because the only jokes they ''did'' attempt were about how petty and shallow his opponents are. An utter slap in the face to anyone who isn't a Democrat, and the kind of shoddy, lazy, unfunny writing you'd expect out of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', not ''Futurama''.
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* Tropers/MightyMewtron: Surprised to not see "[[Recap/FuturamaS6E20Neutopia Neutopia]]" on here yet. There are ways to make a compelling [[MarsAndVenusGenderContrast battle of the sexes]] plots ("Amazon Women in the Mood" used gender stereotypes without it irritating me much), but this episode is so ridiculously on the nose and stereotypical about it that you'd think it came out in TheNineties. All the characters get reduced to their gender-stereotyped behavior, both the men being ridiculously misogynistic, stupid, and masuline (which, yeah, has been seen in previous episodes, but not to this extent) and the women being naggy and obsessed with shopping (which is particularly jarring with [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak Leela]]). And then when everyone gets [[GenderFlip gender bent,]] their entire personalities change to be stereotypical again. The real DMOS is probably midway through the episode, though, when they lose their defining sex characteristics. This turns everyone into incredibly milquetoast, asexual individuals who beg for their genitals back because they can't live without sex. So basically, your personality is defined by your gender, and without a binary gender- hell, without binary sex characteristics- you will become a bland person incapable of intimacy. Besides the blatant sexism, [[UnfortunateImplications try applying that moral to transgender and nonbinary people, or even people who have lost their sexual characteristics for other reasons like cancer.]] At least the above-mentioned "Bend Her" has the explanation of coming out in the early 2000s. This episode came out in ''2011''! [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Oh, and the fanservice felt gratuitous as hell and just made the misogynistic overtones of the episode worse.]]
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* Tropers/MightyMewtron: Surprised to not see "[[Recap/FuturamaS6E20Neutopia Neutopia]]" on here yet. There are ways to make a compelling [[MarsAndVenusGenderContrast battle of the sexes]] plots ("Amazon Women in the Mood" used gender stereotypes without it irritating me much), but this episode is so ridiculously on the nose and stereotypical about it that you'd think it came out in TheNineties. All the characters get reduced to their gender-stereotyped behavior, both the men being ridiculously misogynistic, stupid, and masuline (which, yeah, has been seen in previous episodes, but not to this extent) and the women being naggy and obsessed with shopping (which is particularly jarring with [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak Leela]]). And then when everyone gets [[GenderFlip gender bent,]] their entire personalities change to be stereotypical again.for their new gender. The real DMOS is probably midway through the episode, though, when they lose their defining sex characteristics. This turns everyone into incredibly milquetoast, asexual individuals who beg for their genitals back because they can't live without sex. So basically, your personality is defined by your gender, and without a binary gender- hell, without binary sex characteristics- you will become a bland person incapable of intimacy. Besides the blatant sexism, [[UnfortunateImplications try applying that moral to transgender and nonbinary people, or even people who have lost their sexual characteristics for other reasons like cancer.]] cancer. At least the above-mentioned "Bend Her" has the explanation of coming out in the early 2000s. This episode came out in ''2011''! [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Oh, and the fanservice felt gratuitous as hell and just made the misogynistic overtones of the episode worse.]]
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* Tropers/{{Troperr2016}}: The way Lrrr’s midlife crisis was handled in “Lrrreconcilable Ndndiffernces” was very sloppy and mean spirited. Lrrr’s wife Ndnd behaves like a SpoiledBrat in this episode my making Lrrr conquer planets for her and when he does so, he gets humiliated as he invaded Earth at the wrong time with the invasion overshadowed by a comic con. Ndnd is very ungrateful at her husband’s effort to the point where she kicks him out of the house and makes Lrrr crash at Planet Express. Lrrr’s midlife crisis was handled in a very sloppy way in regards to the fact that it was rushed and forced in a lot of possible Lrrr plot points within 5 minutes. After that it just throws the midlife crisis out the window to have Lrrr get back with Ndnd and have her win just because she is Lrrr’s wife with the episode basically saying that wives in a marriage are entitled to everything they want. Fry fakes an invasion for Lrrr but Leela forces Lrrr to tell Ndnd the truth only to start brandishing frying pans at him. Keep in mind that Ndnd hit Lrrr on the head with such a pan earlier, which basically teacher viewers that it is okay for wives to physically assault their husbands. Even worse is that Ndnd falsely accuses Lrrr of having an affair with Leela just because Leela is nagging him. which is just plain ridiculous. Ndnd gets no karma for her actions towards Lrrr in that episode.
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* Tropers/{{Troperr2016}}: The way Lrrr’s midlife crisis was handled in “Lrrreconcilable Ndndiffernces” was very sloppy and mean spirited. Lrrr’s wife Ndnd behaves like a SpoiledBrat in this episode my making Lrrr conquer planets for her and when he does so, he gets humiliated as he invaded Earth at the wrong time with the invasion overshadowed by a comic con. Ndnd is very ungrateful at her husband’s effort to the point where she kicks him out of the house and makes Lrrr crash at Planet Express. Lrrr’s midlife crisis was handled in a very sloppy way in regards to the fact that it was rushed and forced in a lot of possible Lrrr plot points within 5 minutes. After that it just throws the midlife crisis out the window to have Lrrr get back with Ndnd and have her win just because she is Lrrr’s wife with the episode basically saying that wives in a marriage are entitled to everything they want. Fry fakes an invasion for Lrrr but Leela forces Lrrr to tell Ndnd the truth only to start brandishing frying pans at him. Keep in mind that Ndnd hit Lrrr on the head with such a pan earlier, which basically teacher viewers that it is okay for wives to physically assault their husbands. Even worse is that Ndnd falsely accuses Lrrr of having an affair with Leela just because Leela is nagging him. which is just plain ridiculous. Ndnd gets no karma for her actions towards Lrrr in that episode.episode.
*DCutter2: I's "Bender's Big Score" for me. Because it displays both a great command of Futurama's continuity yet simultaneous a massive disregard for it. All the previous trips back to Fry's 20th century life are revisited and thoroughly undermined and ruined by having Fry/Lars there for them. Any scrap of pathos we might have got from his brother missing him or Seymour waiting, no of that mattered or happened any more. One of the most powerful episodes of Western Animation ruined because it made people too sad. Way to shoot yourself in the foot, show.
*DCutter2: I's "Bender's Big Score" for me. Because it displays both a great command of Futurama's continuity yet simultaneous a massive disregard for it. All the previous trips back to Fry's 20th century life are revisited and thoroughly undermined and ruined by having Fry/Lars there for them. Any scrap of pathos we might have got from his brother missing him or Seymour waiting, no of that mattered or happened any more. One of the most powerful episodes of Western Animation ruined because it made people too sad. Way to shoot yourself in the foot, show.
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* Tropers/MightyMewtron: Surprised to not see "[[Recap/FuturamaS6E20Neutopia Neutopia]]" on here yet. There are ways to make a compelling [[MarsAndVenusGenderContrast battle of the sexes]] plots ("Amazon Women in the Mood" used gender stereotypes without it irritating me much), but this episode is so ridiculously on the nose and stereotypical about it that you'd think it came out in TheNineties. All the characters get reduced to their gender-stereotyped behavior, both the men being ridiculously misogynistic, stupid, and masuline (which, yeah, has been seen in previous episodes, but not to this extent) and the women being naggy and obsessed with shopping (which is particularly jarring with [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak Leela]]). And then when everyone gets [[GenderFlip gender bent,]] their entire personalities change to be stereotypical again. The real DMOS is probably midway through the episode, though, when they lose their defining sex characteristics. This turns everyone into incredibly milquetoast, asexual individuals who beg for their genitals back because they can't live without sex. So basically, your personality is defined by your gender, and without a binary gender- hell, without binary sex characteristics- you will become a bland person incapable of intimacy. Besides the blatant sexism, [[UnfortunateImplications try applying that moral to transgender and nonbinary people, or even people who have lost their sexual characteristics for other reasons like cancer.]] At least the above-mentioned "Bend Her" has the explanation of coming out in the early 2000s. This episode came out in ''2011''! [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Oh, and the fanservice felt gratuitous as hell and just made the misogynistic overtones of the episode worse.]]
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* Tropers/MightyMewtron: Surprised to not see "[[Recap/FuturamaS6E20Neutopia Neutopia]]" on here yet. There are ways to make a compelling [[MarsAndVenusGenderContrast battle of the sexes]] plots ("Amazon Women in the Mood" used gender stereotypes without it irritating me much), but this episode is so ridiculously on the nose and stereotypical about it that you'd think it came out in TheNineties. All the characters get reduced to their gender-stereotyped behavior, both the men being ridiculously misogynistic, stupid, and masuline (which, yeah, has been seen in previous episodes, but not to this extent) and the women being naggy and obsessed with shopping (which is particularly jarring with [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak Leela]]). And then when everyone gets [[GenderFlip gender bent,]] their entire personalities change to be stereotypical again. The real DMOS is probably midway through the episode, though, when they lose their defining sex characteristics. This turns everyone into incredibly milquetoast, asexual individuals who beg for their genitals back because they can't live without sex. So basically, your personality is defined by your gender, and without a binary gender- hell, without binary sex characteristics- you will become a bland person incapable of intimacy. Besides the blatant sexism, [[UnfortunateImplications try applying that moral to transgender and nonbinary people, or even people who have lost their sexual characteristics for other reasons like cancer.]] At least the above-mentioned "Bend Her" has the explanation of coming out in the early 2000s. This episode came out in ''2011''! [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Oh, and the fanservice felt gratuitous as hell and just made the misogynistic overtones of the episode worse.]]]]
* Tropers/{{Troperr2016}}: The way Lrrr’s midlife crisis was handled in “Lrrreconcilable Ndndiffernces” was very sloppy and mean spirited. Lrrr’s wife Ndnd behaves like a SpoiledBrat in this episode my making Lrrr conquer planets for her and when he does so, he gets humiliated as he invaded Earth at the wrong time with the invasion overshadowed by a comic con. Ndnd is very ungrateful at her husband’s effort to the point where she kicks him out of the house and makes Lrrr crash at Planet Express. Lrrr’s midlife crisis was handled in a very sloppy way in regards to the fact that it was rushed and forced in a lot of possible Lrrr plot points within 5 minutes. After that it just throws the midlife crisis out the window to have Lrrr get back with Ndnd and have her win just because she is Lrrr’s wife with the episode basically saying that wives in a marriage are entitled to everything they want. Fry fakes an invasion for Lrrr but Leela forces Lrrr to tell Ndnd the truth only to start brandishing frying pans at him. Keep in mind that Ndnd hit Lrrr on the head with such a pan earlier, which basically teacher viewers that it is okay for wives to physically assault their husbands. Even worse is that Ndnd falsely accuses Lrrr of having an affair with Leela just because Leela is nagging him. which is just plain ridiculous. Ndnd gets no karma for her actions towards Lrrr in that episode.
* Tropers/{{Troperr2016}}: The way Lrrr’s midlife crisis was handled in “Lrrreconcilable Ndndiffernces” was very sloppy and mean spirited. Lrrr’s wife Ndnd behaves like a SpoiledBrat in this episode my making Lrrr conquer planets for her and when he does so, he gets humiliated as he invaded Earth at the wrong time with the invasion overshadowed by a comic con. Ndnd is very ungrateful at her husband’s effort to the point where she kicks him out of the house and makes Lrrr crash at Planet Express. Lrrr’s midlife crisis was handled in a very sloppy way in regards to the fact that it was rushed and forced in a lot of possible Lrrr plot points within 5 minutes. After that it just throws the midlife crisis out the window to have Lrrr get back with Ndnd and have her win just because she is Lrrr’s wife with the episode basically saying that wives in a marriage are entitled to everything they want. Fry fakes an invasion for Lrrr but Leela forces Lrrr to tell Ndnd the truth only to start brandishing frying pans at him. Keep in mind that Ndnd hit Lrrr on the head with such a pan earlier, which basically teacher viewers that it is okay for wives to physically assault their husbands. Even worse is that Ndnd falsely accuses Lrrr of having an affair with Leela just because Leela is nagging him. which is just plain ridiculous. Ndnd gets no karma for her actions towards Lrrr in that episode.
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* Tropers/MightyMewtron: Surprised to not see "[[Recap/FuturamaS6E20Neutopia Neutopia]]" on here yet. There are ways to make a compelling [[MarsAndVenusGenderContrast battle of the sexes]] plots ("Amazon Women in the Mood" used gender stereotypes without it irritating me much), but this episode is so ridiculously on the nose and stereotypical about it that you'd think it came out in TheNineties. All the characters get reduced to their gender-stereotyped behavior, both the men being ridiculously misogynistic, stupid, and masuline (which, yeah, has been seen in previous episodes, but not to this extent) and the women being naggy and obsessed with shopping (which is particularly jarring with [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak Leela]]). And then when everyone gets [[GenderFlip gender bent,]] their entire personalities change to be stereotypical again. The real DMOS is probably midway through the episode, though, when they lose their defining sex characteristics. This turns everyone into incredibly milquetoast, asexual individuals who beg for their genitals back because they can't live without sex. So basically, your personality is defined by your gender, and without a binary gender- hell, without binary sex characteristics- you will become a bland person incapable of intimacy. Besides the blatant sexism, [[UnfortunateImplications try applying that moral to transgender and nonbinary people, or even people who have lost their sexual characteristics for other reasons like cancer.]] At least the above-mentioned "Bend Her" has the explanation of coming out in the early 2000s. This episode came out in ''2011''!
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* Tropers/MightyMewtron: Surprised to not see "[[Recap/FuturamaS6E20Neutopia Neutopia]]" on here yet. There are ways to make a compelling [[MarsAndVenusGenderContrast battle of the sexes]] plots ("Amazon Women in the Mood" used gender stereotypes without it irritating me much), but this episode is so ridiculously on the nose and stereotypical about it that you'd think it came out in TheNineties. All the characters get reduced to their gender-stereotyped behavior, both the men being ridiculously misogynistic, stupid, and masuline (which, yeah, has been seen in previous episodes, but not to this extent) and the women being naggy and obsessed with shopping (which is particularly jarring with [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak Leela]]). And then when everyone gets [[GenderFlip gender bent,]] their entire personalities change to be stereotypical again. The real DMOS is probably midway through the episode, though, when they lose their defining sex characteristics. This turns everyone into incredibly milquetoast, asexual individuals who beg for their genitals back because they can't live without sex. So basically, your personality is defined by your gender, and without a binary gender- hell, without binary sex characteristics- you will become a bland person incapable of intimacy. Besides the blatant sexism, [[UnfortunateImplications try applying that moral to transgender and nonbinary people, or even people who have lost their sexual characteristics for other reasons like cancer.]] At least the above-mentioned "Bend Her" has the explanation of coming out in the early 2000s. This episode came out in ''2011''!''2011''! [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Oh, and the fanservice felt gratuitous as hell and just made the misogynistic overtones of the episode worse.]]
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* Tropers/DannyLightningLightner: Removed my original entry when I found one that was significantly worse. The episode "The Butterjunk Effect" played the DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale trope disgustingly straight, despite the show usually doing a nice job subverting gender roles. When Amy starts abusing a substance that's a stand-in for steroids, she starts physically and verbally abusing Kif; and it makes Zapp's typical mistreatment of Kif look ''tame'' by comparison. Kif is shown to be utterly terrified of Amy, and claims that Amy's been hitting him ''with a chair''. And he flinches and shakes when Amy threatens him! It's horrifying to watch, because he's too scared to even stand up for himself. This episode was especially jarring because Amy and Kif's relationship has always been portrayed as the most loving and gentle relationship in the show.
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* Tropers/DannyLightningLightner: Removed my original entry when I found one that was significantly worse. The episode "The Butterjunk Effect" played the DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale trope disgustingly straight, despite the show usually doing a nice job subverting gender roles. When Amy starts abusing a substance that's a stand-in for steroids, she starts physically and verbally abusing Kif; and it makes Zapp's typical mistreatment of Kif look ''tame'' by comparison. Kif is shown to be utterly terrified of Amy, and claims that Amy's been hitting him ''with a chair''. And he flinches and shakes when Amy threatens him! It's horrifying to watch, because he's too scared to even stand up for himself. This episode was especially jarring because Amy and Kif's relationship has always been portrayed as the most loving and gentle relationship in the show.show.
* Tropers/MightyMewtron: Surprised to not see "[[Recap/FuturamaS6E20Neutopia Neutopia]]" on here yet. There are ways to make a compelling [[MarsAndVenusGenderContrast battle of the sexes]] plots ("Amazon Women in the Mood" used gender stereotypes without it irritating me much), but this episode is so ridiculously on the nose and stereotypical about it that you'd think it came out in TheNineties. All the characters get reduced to their gender-stereotyped behavior, both the men being ridiculously misogynistic, stupid, and masuline (which, yeah, has been seen in previous episodes, but not to this extent) and the women being naggy and obsessed with shopping (which is particularly jarring with [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak Leela]]). And then when everyone gets [[GenderFlip gender bent,]] their entire personalities change to be stereotypical again. The real DMOS is probably midway through the episode, though, when they lose their defining sex characteristics. This turns everyone into incredibly milquetoast, asexual individuals who beg for their genitals back because they can't live without sex. So basically, your personality is defined by your gender, and without a binary gender- hell, without binary sex characteristics- you will become a bland person incapable of intimacy. Besides the blatant sexism, [[UnfortunateImplications try applying that moral to transgender and nonbinary people, or even people who have lost their sexual characteristics for other reasons like cancer.]] At least the above-mentioned "Bend Her" has the explanation of coming out in the early 2000s. This episode came out in ''2011''!
* Tropers/MightyMewtron: Surprised to not see "[[Recap/FuturamaS6E20Neutopia Neutopia]]" on here yet. There are ways to make a compelling [[MarsAndVenusGenderContrast battle of the sexes]] plots ("Amazon Women in the Mood" used gender stereotypes without it irritating me much), but this episode is so ridiculously on the nose and stereotypical about it that you'd think it came out in TheNineties. All the characters get reduced to their gender-stereotyped behavior, both the men being ridiculously misogynistic, stupid, and masuline (which, yeah, has been seen in previous episodes, but not to this extent) and the women being naggy and obsessed with shopping (which is particularly jarring with [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak Leela]]). And then when everyone gets [[GenderFlip gender bent,]] their entire personalities change to be stereotypical again. The real DMOS is probably midway through the episode, though, when they lose their defining sex characteristics. This turns everyone into incredibly milquetoast, asexual individuals who beg for their genitals back because they can't live without sex. So basically, your personality is defined by your gender, and without a binary gender- hell, without binary sex characteristics- you will become a bland person incapable of intimacy. Besides the blatant sexism, [[UnfortunateImplications try applying that moral to transgender and nonbinary people, or even people who have lost their sexual characteristics for other reasons like cancer.]] At least the above-mentioned "Bend Her" has the explanation of coming out in the early 2000s. This episode came out in ''2011''!
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* Tropers/{{TT454}}: My dethroning moment is the ending of "The 30% Iron Chef" where Bender wins the Iron Cook cooking contest. Even though it's clear that Elzar is infinitely more talented as a chef than Bender, the robot cheats by spiking the his meal with a bottle of LSD and wins it. Sure, he didn't know what was in the bottle at the time, but it's irritating how Bender basically just added a psychoactive to his food and won, despite Elzar actually showing far more effort by making that excellent pastry sculpture of Venice. Perhaps the drug is legal in the future, but that's not the issue here. The ending has such a terrible Aesop for anyone wanting to become talented at something: "You want to be good at a certain skill? Don't even try. Just resort to drugs and you'll be fine!" The episode also tries to paint Elzar as a jerk because he hates Bender, but he has every right to hate him. Bender is a mean-spirited, self-centered and at times violent kleptomaniac, but the episodes wants us to root for him, despite Elzar being an actual master chef with real talent.
