8 Most Bingeworthy 'Futurama' Episodes That Still Hold Up After 100 Viewings, Ranked by IMDb

Futurama is a cult animated series that has captured the hearts of millions with its blend of humor, science fiction, and heartwarming moments.

We've chosen eight of the most rewatchable Futurama episodes, ranging from touching adventures to brilliant parodies. These stories prove that a good animated series never gets old.

8. "A Big Piece of Garbage" – Season 1 Episode 8

IMDb Score: 8.0/10

Using a new invention, Professor Farnsworth discovered an incredibly smelly object in space that was rapidly approaching Earth. It turned out to be a pile of garbage launched into space by the residents of Old New York. Now, the asteroid dump could destroy the city.

The professor suggests repelling the asteroid with a similar pile of waste. However, New York has been garbage-free for 500 years. Fortunately, Fry hasn't forgotten how to create a mountain of garbage in no time, and he urgently holds a master class for the townspeople.

7. "Fry and the Slurm Factory" – Season 2 Episode 4

IMDb Score: 8.3/10

Slurm is Fry's favorite soda. He loves it so much that he wants to win a trip to the Slurm factory. With the help of Bender and some tricks, he succeeds.

At first, everything seems magical, but then Fry, Bender, and Leela enter the secret part of the factory, discover the secret of Slurm production, and nearly die because of it.

Professor Farnsworth wants to reveal the soda's secret to the world, but Fry loves Slurm so much that he won't let him.

6. "Time Keeps on Slipping" – Season 4 Episode 14

IMDb Score: 8.3/10

In an attempt to defeat the alien basketball team, the professor creates nuclear mutants and begins experimenting with time, hoping it will help humanity prevail.

However, this creates holes in the fabric of the universe through which time slips away. Now, you can live your life in a few seconds without ever understanding what happened.

This bothers Fry, who started dating and then married Leela. However, the slipping time prevented him from understanding how this even happened.

5. "The Problem with Popplers" – Season 2 Episode 18

IMDb Score: 8.5/10

The characters land on an unknown planet and begin searching for food. They find popplers, a strange but addictive food. They quickly become hooked and start trading them.

They soon discover that popplers are intelligent beings and the offspring of the ferocious Omicronians. Now, the Omicronians want to devour all of humanity in revenge. Or at least Leela, since she was the first to eat a poppler.

4. "Amazon Women in the Mood" – Season 3 Episode 5

IMDb Score: 8.6/10

Zapp, Leela, Amy, and Kif go on a double date. Then, the couples hijack a restaurant ship but crash and are captured by the Amazons. Later, Fry and Bender join them. The men communicate poorly with the Amazons, and all of them (except Bender) are sentenced to death by snu snu.

Bender tries to save them and discovers that the Femputer ruling the Amazons is actually a fembot, so he manages to negotiate with her.

3. "Leela's Homeworld" – Season 4 Episode 2

IMDb Score: 8.7/10

Bender sets up a garbage disposal business and dumps the waste into the sewer. This leads to his capture, as well as the capture of Fry and Leela, by underground-dwelling mutants.

They are sentenced to forced transformation, but two mutants save them – they are revealed to be Leela's parents. This episode proves that, despite its initial appearance, Futurama is one of the most heartfelt animated series.

2. "Godfellas" – Season 4 Episode 8

IMDb Score: 8.8/10

Bender is accidentally carried into outer space, where an asteroid crashes into him. A civilization of tiny people then begins to grow and develop on the robot, considering him a deity.

They try to fulfill their heavenly patron's wishes and even build him a beer factory. However, due to Bender's carelessness, some of the people die and others stop believing in him. The world of the little people then falls into decline.

Disillusioned with his divine abilities, the robot later learns that he was not alone in having such problems.

1. "Jurassic Bark" – Season 5 Episode 2

IMDb Score: 9.5/10

Fry stumbles upon the fossilized remains of his 1,000-year-old dog. He sets out to resurrect his beloved pet, though Bender, who considers himself Fry's best friend, becomes jealous.

Eventually, Fry learns that his faithful dog has been waiting for him every day since he disappeared. "Jurassic Bark" is one of the most touching and heartbreaking episodes in the entire series.