The Best Episodes Directed By Peter Avanzino

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   9.0/10(2 votes)

   #1 - Stimpy's Fan Club

   S2:E154/24/1993

   Ren is jealous of Stimpy's constant stream of fan mail, so Stimpy makes his pal the president of his Fan Club, causing Ren delusions of grandeur, and ultimately, insanity.

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   8.9/10(54 votes)

   #2 - Meanwhile

   S7:E269/4/2013

   Fry asks Leela to marry him, and they face their destiny together as the Professor's latest invention alters the fabric of time.

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   8.4/10(53 votes)

   #3 - The Late Philip J. Fry

   S6:E77/29/2010

   The Professor invents a one-way time machine that takes the crew ever further into the future with no hope of returning.

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   8.3/10(49 votes)

   #4 - Parasites Lost

   S3:E41/21/2001

   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 into Fry's body to eradicate the worms.

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   8.1/10(9 votes)

   #5 - The White Hole

   S10:E109/15/2025

   The crew embarks on an epic ten-million-year journey to witness the birth of a new universe.

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   8.0/10(1 votes)

   #6 - A Very Special Drawn Together Afterschool Special

   S2:E133/1/2006

   The roommates help Xandir prepare to come out to his parents, with role-playing exercises.

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   7.7/10(7 votes)

   #7 - The Other Cousin

   S1:E512/1/2004

   The roommates get a surprise family visitor. Toot, Wooldoor and Xandir abuse Ling-Ling.

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   7.6/10(45 votes)

   #8 - Insane in the Mainframe

   S3:E124/8/2001

   Accused of robbing a bank, Fry and Bender plead insanity and are both sent to a robot insane asylum. While Bender and his buddy Roberto plan an escape, Fry is brainwashed into thinking that he is a robot.

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   7.5/10(77 votes)

   #9 - The Series Has Landed

   S1:E24/4/1999

   For the crew's first mission, they must deliver a crate full of toys for an arcade game to the moon. Fry is very excited, while it is not really a big deal in the year 3000. Fry tries to persuade Leela to go exploring on the moon, while Amy tries to recover the keys to the Planet Express Ship.

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    7.5/10(13 votes)

    #10 - Into the Wild Green Yonder

    S0:E62/12/2009

    Mankind stands on the brink of a wondrous new Green Age. But ancient forces of darkness, three years older than time itself, have returned to wreak destruction. Even more shocking: Bender’s in love with a married fembot, and Leela’s on the run from the law – Zapp Brannigan’s law! Fry is the last hope of the universe… so if you’re in the universe, you might want to think about going somewhere else. Could this be the end of the Planet Express crew forever? Say it ain’t so, meatbag! Off we go, Into the Wild Green Yonder!

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    7.5/10(55 votes)

    #11 - Xmas Story

    S2:E812/19/1999

    To apologize for an inconsiderate remark, Fry searches for the perfect Xmas gift for Leela, all the while trying to avoid the murderous SantaBot, whose standards for niceness are astronomically high.

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    7.5/10(50 votes)

    #12 - Bender Gets Made

    S2:E174/30/2000

    Bender takes a new job in the Robot Mafia, but his loyalty is tested when he goes along on the robotic gangster's efforts to rob the Planet Express ship.

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13. 

    7.5/10(48 votes)

    #13 - Spanish Fry

    S5:E127/13/2003

    Fry's nose is stolen by alien poachers to sell as a black market aphrodesiac.

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14. 

    7.5/10(64 votes)

    #14 - Fear of a Bot Planet

    S1:E54/20/1999

    Fry and Leela disguise themselves as robots to find Bender after he fails to return from a delivery to a robot planet, only to learn that he has become a celebrity in a culture which fears humans.

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    7.4/10(61 votes)

    #15 - A Flight to Remember

    S2:E19/26/1999

    The Planet Express crew take a space cruise vacation. Leela tells Captain Zapp Brannigan that Fry is her boyfriend and Amy tells the same thing to her parents. Bender falls in love with a rich female robot. Problems start when the spaceship approaches a black hole.

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    7.4/10(45 votes)

    #16 - Reincarnation

    S6:E269/8/2011

    Futurama is reconceived in three alternate animation styles: classic black-and-white, old-school videogame, and Japanese anime.

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    7.4/10(41 votes)

    #17 - The Impossible Stream

    S8:E17/24/2023

    Fry risks permanent insanity when he attempts to binge-watch every TV show ever made.

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    7.2/10(46 votes)

    #18 - The Six Million Dollar Mon

    S7:E77/25/2012

    Hermes replaces parts of his body with robotic counterparts so as to increase his productivity.

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    7.2/10(33 votes)

    #19 - Love's Tender Rampage

    S1:E78/17/2018

    Elfo lies to hide his feelings for Bean, but things get complicated when she tries to help him by sending the knights on a quest.

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    7.1/10(12 votes)

    #20 - The Unbearable Lightning of Bean

    S2:E172/9/2022

    Lonely Zøg searches the forest for his true love, Ursula the Bear, who's got a secret. Elfo, Luci and Bean stumble upon the site of an ancient battle.

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    7.0/10(14 votes)

    #21 - The Beast with a Billion Backs

    S0:E36/24/2008

    In Futurama's latest and most tentacle-packed epic, space itself rips open, revealing a gateway to another universe. But what lies beyond? Horror? Love? Or maybe both, if it happens to contain a repulsive, planet-sized monster with romantic intentions! Nothing less than the fate of human and robot-kind is at stake as the Futurama crew takes on The Beast With A Billion Backs.

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    6.8/10(14 votes)

    #22 - Hot Tub

    S1:E110/27/2004

    When the roommates move in, Clara offends Foxxy after assuming she's the house servant.

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    5.5/10(2 votes)

    #23 - Super Nanny

    S2:E712/7/2005

    Captain Hero faces off against Super Nanny, and Ling-Ling grapples with his cultural identity.

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