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4Not sure if ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' [[MemeticMutation memes]] or just [[WordSaladHumor nonsense]].
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7* I don't want to live on this planet anymore. [[labelnote:Explanation]]In "A Clockwork Origin", after the Professor's great discovery is used in a way not to his liking, he utters this line. This is often used in response to something happening that is either depressingly stupid, completely awful, or just plain wrong to the point of causing one to lose all faith in humanity. Of course, in the Professor's case, he can just hop on his spaceship and leave.[[/labelnote]]
8* "SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]In "Attack of the Killer App", Fry exclaims this when a thinly-veiled {{expy}} of Apple unveils a new phone and a representative rattles off its faults. Appears a lot aimed at previews or just proof-of-concept demonstrations. [[MisaimedFandom Unlike the point of the joke]], fans quoting this are sincerely enthusiastic.[[/labelnote]]
9* "Fry sees what you did there": A picture of Fry squinting used as a reaction image to say "Oh, ''very'' clever", or to [[LamePunReaction respond to puns]].
10* [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/futurama-fry-not-sure-if-x "Not sure if..."]]: The same image of Fry squinting, apparently originally captioned "Not sure if {{troll}}ing or [[PoesLaw just stupid]]", adapted to any uncertainty that will fit.
11** [[http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/334/418/041.gif It became an]] AscendedMeme in the opening of the episode "The Bots and the Bees".
12* "MEMES DO NOT WORK THAT WAY! GOODNIGHT!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]In "Crimes of the Hot", Morbo says "WINDMILLS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY! GOODNIGHT!" when his co-host misunderstands their function. It has been snowcloned into every possible circumstance when someone gets something incorrect, [[ArtisticLicense even on this very wiki]].[[/labelnote]]
13* "Your meme is bad and you should feel bad!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]In "The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings", Zoidberg says "Your music is bad and you should feel bad!" when Fry's holophonor opera takes a massive dive in quality. Another snowclone, commonly used as an insult, though sometimes affectionately.[[/labelnote]]
14* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRCzEqkCoiM "Good news, everyone!"]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]The Professor's CharacterCatchphrase. Highly exploitable and prone to many permutations, [[MadLibsCatchPhrase including in the series itself]].[[/labelnote]]
15* Hypnotoad? What kind of stupid meme is th...'''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W84DLa0CLNE ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD.]]''' [[labelnote:Explanation]]A popular InterruptingMeme.[[/labelnote]]
16* "You watched it! You can't unwatch it!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]One of the taglines in the first "Anthology of Interest" episode. Used in a self-derogatory manner to refer to the quality of one's work and how the viewer is stuck with it anyway. Sometimes snowcloned, with "watch" replaced with something else.[[/labelnote]]
17* Fine! I'll {{start my own}} meme! With TabletopGame/{{blackjack}}, and hookers! In fact, forget the meme, and the blackjack. Eh, screw the whole thing. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Bender says this twice after being excluded from something in "The Series Has Landed". Yet another snowclone, used when someone is excluded from or deliberately leaves something.[[/labelnote]]
18* Bite my shiny metal ass! [[labelnote:Explanation]]Bender's CharacterCatchphrase.[[/labelnote]]
19* I AM THE ''[[RougeAnglesOfSatin GREETEST]]''! [[EvilLaugh MWAHAHAHAHA!]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]Fry's first defeat of The Brains, in "The Day the Earth Stood Stupid", involves re-writing a story that The Big Brain is compelled to follow, but Fry is a terrible writer.[[/labelnote]]
20* Your lyrics lack subtlety! You can't just have your characters announce how they feel! {{That makes me feel angry}}! [[labelnote:Explanation]]The Robot Devil's objection to Fry's opera in "The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings".[[/labelnote]]
21* I'LL BE IN THE ANGRY DOME![[labelnote:Explanation]]In "Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch", Professor Farnsworth reveals that he has a special location on top of the Planet Express building where he vents to himself, fittingly dubbed the Angry Dome. The above quote is often used to show displeasure or disdain towards something.[[/labelnote]]
22* Scruffy's very existence is a meme, based around his inexplicable presence and how no-one ever remembers him.
23** Who's Scruffy?
24* [[OutWithABang DEATH BY]] [[UnusualEuphemism SNU-SNU!]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]Fry, Zapp and Kif's death-sentence in "Amazon Women in the Mood". It is often used in reaction to [[AmazonianBeauty Amazonian Beauties]] or [[StatuesqueStunner Statuesque Stunners]]. In more recent years, "snu-snu" has pretty much returned to the show's definition of "having sex with a fit/muscular woman", being used by men and women alike (and especially applicable if that sex is rough). [[/labelnote]]
25* You need a new meme? Why not Zoidberg? [[labelnote:Explanation]]A snowclone meme used in the context of Zoidberg or as a humorous response for when somebody needs something. The line is [[BeamMeUpScotty never uttered in the show]], however.[[/labelnote]]
26* "My Manwich!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]Hermes' signature meal—inspired by the actual Manwich grocery store sloppy joe — which he often loses in humorous ways.[[/labelnote]]
27* Whenever they mention air/water/earth/firebenders on ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' or ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', expect Bender to be Photoshopped or drawn in there somewhere.
28* I have no strong feelings one way or the other.[[labelnote:Explanation]]spoken by leader of Neutral Planet, the inhabitants thereof being neutral in every way right down to appearances. Within the meme, on a [=YouTube=] clip for this, the users deliberately make sure that there's just as many dislikes as there are likes to reflect a "neutral response".[[/labelnote]]
29** All I know is that ''my gut says maybe''.
30** If I don't survive, tell my wife "hello".
31* You are technically correct--the best kind of correct![[labelnote:Explanation]]spoken by Bureaucrat Number 1.0 near the end of "How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back"[[/labelnote]]
32* "Do you remember [X]? Pepperidge Farm remembers." [[labelnote:Explanation]]Fry watching an old Pepperidge Farm commercial in "A Fishful of Dollars", [[OlderThanTheyThink seven years before]] ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' [[OlderThanTheyThink made the same joke in "Hell Comes to Quahog".]][[/labelnote]]
33* "That just raises ''further'' questions! [[labelnote:Explanation]] Originates from "The Deep South" as Hermes' reaction to the explanation of Bender's lit cigar being how Zoidberg's new home burned down ''underwater''. Used when somebody offers an explanation that, well, [[VoodooShark "just raises further questions"]].[[/labelnote]]
34* "That was so terrible, ''I think you gave me cancer!''" [[labelnote:Explanation]]Calculon's reaction to Bender's terrible acting in "Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television". Used as a reaction to things one finds to be completely awful. [[/labelnote]]
35* "Neat!" *takes picture*[[labelnote:Explanation]]A RunningGag from Bender.[[/labelnote]]
36* "Ahahahaha. Oh wait, you're serious. Let me laugh even harder. AAAAHAHAHAHAHA!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]From ''Love and Rocket'' when Leela asks Bender if it bothers him that he's taking advantage of the Planet Express Ship's trust. This is his response. Has become a common reaction video to unironic stupidity.[[/labelnote]]
37* Leela finding a grammar mistake, and then demanding to know "what the hell is wrong with you". [[labelnote:Explanation]] From ''Mobius Dick" when Leela points out a grammar mistake, and promptly demands said line.[[/labelnote]]
38%%* "My life isn't as glamorous as my webpage makes it seem."
39* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7tiIWIm8Ys This video]] is a frequent response to people misusing the word {{Irony}}. [[labelnote:Explanation]] Bender's response to irony being misused during Fry's opera in "The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings".[[/labelnote]]
40* "I got ants in my butt, and I needs to strut!"[[labelnote:Explanation]] A line from Bender in the episode "Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television".[[/labelnote]]
41* "Why does [X], the largest [Y], not simply EAT the other [Y]?"[[labelnote:Explanation]]A mutation of a quote from Lrrr, of the Planet Omicron Persei 8. While watching ''Series/{{Friends}}'', he wonders why [[HumansThroughAlienEyes "Ross, the largest Friend"]] does not [[BlueAndOrangeMorality "simply EAT the other five."]][[/labelnote]]
42* "To shreds, you say." [[labelnote:Explanation]] One of the Professor's more memorable lines from "I, Roommate".[[/labelnote]]
43* "Aw crap, singing. Mind if I smoke?" [[labelnote:Explanation]] The phrase Bender says before the Robot Devil starts his song in the episode "Hell Is Other Robots". Often used when someone is bored or tired of a series use of songs and musical numbers.[[/labelnote]]
44* "Now, now, [[MirrorMatch perfectly symmetrical violence]] never solves anything." [[labelnote:Explanation]] From "The Farnsworth Parabox" when the two Leelas try to fight each other and fail miserably.[[/labelnote]]
45* "Bender, honey, we love you."
46** " Shut up, baby, I know it!"
47* "Do a flip!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]A hilariously inappropriate response to [[SuicideAsComedy witnessing a would-be jumper]] courtesy of Bender in "How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back," often used to express dislike for celebrities, politicians, and other public figures who threaten suicide or something similar just to selfishly get their way.[[/labelnote]]
48* "You know, I was God once." [[labelnote:Explanation]]An image of Bender floating in space whilst stating that he used to be God became a meme to convoy fallen glory.[[/labelnote]]
49* "[[RoboSpeak ALL SPORTS CANCELLED]]!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]An apocalyptic news announcement in ''The Beast With a Billion Backs'' became [[HilariousInHindsight Hilarious]] [[HarsherInHindsight (or less hilarious) In Hindsight]] after the COVID-19 pandemic caused exactly that.[[/labelnote]]
50* "No need to thank me." [[labelnote:Explanation]] An image of Zapp Brannigan from the episode "Neutopia", used to describe someone providing UnwantedAssistance.[[/labelnote]]
51* "You can't prove it won't happen" [[labelnote:Explanation]]A CouchGag pointing out that the show takes place so far in the future that no one can provide definitive evidence that it won't actually happen. This line reached becomes memetic in cases where ridiculous things from the show ''actually happen in real life''. The standout example is a project to [[https://www.cnn.com/style/article/refreeze-arctic-design-scn/index.html refreeze the Arctic by creating ice in it]] - the science ''does'' actually make sense, but most people quickly compared it to the show's joke that they "drop a giant ice cube in the arctic every once in a while".[[/labelnote]]
52* "I am shocked! SHOCKED! Well, not that shocked." [[labelnote:Explanation]] A line from Fry, usually used in response to unfortunate but predictable news.[[/labelnote]]
53* [[Recap/FuturamaS3E21FutureStock That Guy]] works at the White House now [[labelnote:Explanation]] Trump-era White House press secretary Anthony Scaramucci [[https://twitter.com/sparkthedebate/status/889174480299335680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E889174480299335680%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fnews%2Fmorning-mix%2Fwp%2F2017%2F07%2F24%2Fanthony-scaramucci-as-that-guy-from-futurama-the-newest-trump-era-meme%2F bears an uncanny resemblance]] to That Guy/Steve Castle. The icing on top was that his career in the public spotlight was just as shortlived as That Guy's stint at Planet Express.[[/labelnote]]
54* After the reveal of the Omicron [[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic COVID-19]] strain, memes and comparisons to Lrrr ([[CharacterCatchphrase ruler of the planet Omicron Persei 8!]]) immediately became popular. Became an AscendedMeme of sorts, as in "[[Recap/FuturamaS8E7RageAgainstTheVaccine Rage Against The Vaccine]]" (which focuses on spoofing COVID-19 pandemic and how people acted), they attempt to invade during the time where the Earth was in the middle of an Explovid-23 pandemic, only to catch it themselves when they arrive, and have their own unique strain of Explovid-23.
55* #Bendergate. [[labelnote:Explanation]]After the initial reveal of the 2022 revival implied that Creator/JohnDiMaggio would [[TheOtherDarrin not reprise his role as Bender]], outraged fans began tweeting #Bendergate in the hopes of getting {{Creator/Hulu}}, who are in charge of the revival, to get him back rather than recast Bender. Fortunately, on March 1st, it was announced that [=DiMaggio=] would return after all.[[/labelnote]]
56* “I’m scaroused!”[[labelnote:Explanation]]In “Fry Am the Eggman”, Fry has this reaction to an Amazonian attempting to seduce him. Generally used in response to attractive people or characters who are also intimidating in some way.[[/labelnote]]

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