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Yo Leela Leela
First aired 06/30/11
Rank: 47/124
Reviews: 97
Rating: 85%

After Bender dies, his software takes on a ghostly existence.

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#1 by Bigsi

Loved this one, laughs all the way through it

Bigsi gave 4 points

01.07.2011

#2 by Steve

Solid episode all the way up to the god part... then it was like everyone left the party and the show ended flat. I miss the old version of god that Bender meets in "Godfellas" (now that was an episode!). Anyway, love the new season, just don't be too afraid to bring back some of the old characters, besides I love when the robot devil sings!

Steve gave 4 points

01.07.2011

#3 by Dom

I loved this episode! It's exactly the episode for a Old Futurama Fan like me! This episode is the best I've seen so far! I wish more episodes were like this! I love how they have a solution at the end and how they learn their lesson! Recommend it to every Futurama Fan!

Dom gave 5 points

01.07.2011

#4 by turkinaa

Solid episode, good jokes and story. Ending was a bit flat, but overall pretty good.

turkinaa gave 4 points

01.07.2011

#5 by Zach

Anything with the robot devil is gold, funny throughout, and an all around enjoyable episode.

Zach gave 5 points

01.07.2011

#6 by Splufay

Awesome episode! Loved all the twists and turns throughout. And of course, Robot Devil just topped it off. These 3 episodes have been great so far! Can't wait to see the rest of the season!

Splufay gave 5 points

01.07.2011

#7 by Catface

Ah, now That's how you handle Benders character! Solid episode!

Catface gave 4 points

01.07.2011

#8 by Jos� Rat�n

It has been my favorite since their return. The Robot Devil, Zoidberg playing a Theremin, Dead Ex and Fry as an Amish.

Made ma laugh to dead.

Jos� Rat�n gave 5 points

01.07.2011

#9 by (another) Marc

And once again: Scruffy!

(another) Marc gave 5 points

01.07.2011

#10 by Kornography

Classic Futurama

Kornography gave 5 points

01.07.2011

#11 by John Pirruccello

Another solid episode. The call backs to Hell is Other Robots and The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings were hilarious.

John Pirruccello gave 5 points

01.07.2011

#12 by Lovin Me Sexy

Fantastic episode. AND SATURDAY WILL NOW BE FRY DAY

Lovin Me Sexy gave 5 points

01.07.2011

#13 by Folder

Loved the episode. The robot devil was fatastic.

Folder gave 5 points

01.07.2011

#14 by flesheatingbull

It was an alright episode. It's tough to judge without multiple viewings, but this episode was very mediocre to me.
why, i reckon you ask? well, some things were very un-plausible(amish planet). i also don't want to keep seeing the same cast of characters(good-n-sexy) all the time. it makes the universe seem small.

anyways, i'm not hating too much, because i liked it. i just feel like griping.

flesheatingbull gave 3 points

01.07.2011

#15 by Hello

Looks like the old Bender is back!!!!!!!!! And they had a lot of Fry in it too!! Loved it from start to finish!!!

Hello gave 5 points

01.07.2011

#16 by Hoot Hoot

This half of the season has been wonderful so far. Another fantastic episode with some great moments.

This episode gives a nice show of Bender and Fry's relationship. 5/5

Hoot Hoot gave 5 points

01.07.2011

#17 by Smeds

There were barely any good jokes that didn't appear lazy, so i'd only give it a 3, but the story seemed better than normal for this season so i'll bump it up to 4.

Smeds gave 4 points

01.07.2011

#18 by Josh

Very funny episode, and on top of that, a good strong storyline. I would have liked it more if the ending was better (it seemed rushed) but then agian they only have 22 minutes so fair enough.

Josh gave 5 points

01.07.2011

#19 by Smat

Finally an episode that really felt like the good ol' Futurama from back in the days.
Seriously, this season is starting off on the right foot!

Smat gave 5 points

01.07.2011

#20 by Brock Baker

The ending kind of fell flat, but it was an overall great episode. Up to par with older Futurama. 5/5

Brock Baker gave 5 points

01.07.2011

#21 by Smalfri2

best so far this new season.

Smalfri2 gave 5 points

01.07.2011

#22 by Tim

Best episdoe of season so far. Can't go wrong when the Robot Devil is involved!

Tim gave 5 points

01.07.2011

#23 by dave

Very enjoyable episode. A solid 5. Loved the DeadEx gag.

dave gave 5 points

01.07.2011

#24 by Ubec

After a good start into the 2nd part of season 6 last week, this one went back down a class. The stories always seem rushed and there is nowhere near as much depth to the show as there was in the original first 4 seasons. Now, I'm a big fan of Futurama since episode 1, but the show just lacks the cleverness these days. Let's hope this will change for the better.

Ubec gave 2 points

01.07.2011

#25 by Jeremy fein

Thank g-d the show is back great line reads from bender and the return of the robot devil

Jeremy fein gave 5 points

01.07.2011

#26 by Daffadildo

This was a pretty solid episode, I laughed all the way through it, had some quite heart warming moments to for Bender & Fry.

The ending really let the episode down, it felt unfinished same as Attack of the Killer App.

But over all a brilliant episode!

Daffadildo gave 4 points

01.07.2011

#27 by Dr. Zoidberg

A reasonably solid episode but nothing special (best of the new three so far though).

Should have made more use of the armish planet - in fact the crew seem very reluctant to go anywhere new or meet new people lately. Even new characters like Dr. GoodnSexy are getting repetitive already. (Why are they going to see her when they've got Dr. Zoidberg in the crew? oh more cleavage jokes, right :\ ).

Still, better than the truly horrific first three episodes of last season so fingers crossed it rises to the same standards that one did with The late Philip J fry and The Prisoner of Benda episodes...

:-)

Dr. Zoidberg gave 4 points

01.07.2011

#28 by AdrenalinDragon

Loved this episode! I thought Scruffy's "Bite my shiny metal ass" and the Ghostbusters reference were the best parts, but also liked the way Bender tried to scare Fry and eventually realising that Fry misses him. The Robot Devil again is used in top form and the Obamacare and Wikipedia jokes got me a laugh. The weakest part of the whole episode was the 1st act for me but thought it was still funny. Overall, alot of jokes, very good plot, and some emotion makes this Patric M Verrone's 2nd best episode so far for me. I'll give it a 5 out of 5.

AdrenalinDragon gave 5 points

01.07.2011

#29 by ShutDownFacebook

Yeah, I laughed a lot! They are back on track finally! I just gave no 5, because I've got the secret hope for even more to come :)

ShutDownFacebook gave 4 points

01.07.2011

#30 by ulickeldroma

Best episode of the season so far, one of the best episodes since Futurama came back. Felt like an old episode.

ulickeldroma gave 5 points

01.07.2011

#31 by derek

this is mah 5th fav episode of the show.

derek gave 4 points

01.07.2011

#32 by 4LegsGood

Another great episode this season! Let's just get back to seasons that are of reasonable length and all will be well! (13 episodes does not a season make.)

I had just gotten back from watching Cars2 with the family to catch Futurama, and some of the sappy "friend" stuff was overboard after Cars, but it was still very solid. The Amish Homeworld was fun, and might have been explored a bit more.

I LOVED that Bender's ghost could possess electronics - very smart. But I object to said electronics then having the ability to defy gravity. Other than that, the haunting was great.

I guess I'm in the minority, but I loved the ending, particularly with Bender posessing GodBot. I also loved how boring heaven/GodBot were compared to the Robot Devil/Robot Hell. Way too cool.

Coulda used more with FortuneTellingBot, maybe, but that might have just felt like a The Honking II.

All in all another great episode!

David

4LegsGood gave 5 points

02.07.2011

#33 by Magical Dreamer

Slightly above average.

Magical Dreamer gave 4 points

02.07.2011

#34 by 420bot

Good episode, it had lots of meta humor, but it has a bad final joke to close on.
Also this epiosde felt like something they should have saved for the final season.
Still I enjoyed it considering how much score and previous refrences were re-used.

420bot gave 4 points

02.07.2011

#35 by cherish

great episode classic Futurama at its cor lots of fun stuff in the writing loved the ghost busters phone number response when fry picked up the phone i liked the say once joke i liked seeing the robot devle again my onley nitpick is they had an Amish planet and not a single witness joke reference our parody a witness parody would have been fun i hope the rest of the season is this good

cherish gave 4 points

02.07.2011

#36 by ZyncSaucier

I liked this episode a great deal. From the References of old to the pacing of the story. All around an enjoyable story

ZyncSaucier gave 5 points

02.07.2011

#37 by Treg

Made me laugh. Having the Robot Devil in an episode is always a treat. Some really good jokes in this one.

Treg gave 4 points

02.07.2011

#38 by Maxiden

Great episode with the true Futurama spirit :) Excellent!

Maxiden gave 5 points

02.07.2011

#39 by netl

Yet again I feel like I'm watching family guy instead of futurama... Even the voice acting changes in these lousy episodes.

netl gave 2 points

02.07.2011

#40 by parabox

Not a great episode. It had its moments, but overall the story and jokes could have just as easily come out of a late Simpsons season -- far too little Futurama-ish cleverness or science-y humor to be found (I did like the twist on cloud computing, but that's about it).

The first two episodes of the season, while certainly imperfect, at least focused their creative efforts on the kinds of jokes and plot lines that only Futurama can do. Anyone could have made this episode.

parabox gave 3 points

02.07.2011

#41 by Rene

Best episode since the renewal.

"Hey...wait. Did you haunt me?!"

Rene gave 5 points

02.07.2011

#42 by AP

This season is on fire. 3 great episodes! This one had a lot of heart and Bender was fantastic. I am not a big Robot Devil fan so it made me laugh when Bender kept groaning when he tried to sing. Love when Bender and Fry are the focus.

AP gave 5 points

03.07.2011

#43 by SureWin

Futurama is back 2 the way it was b4

SureWin gave 5 points

03.07.2011

#44 by Michael

Laughs all the way through. Loved it.

Michael gave 5 points

03.07.2011

#45 by Dr. Freak

Well, it was good, I guess. The jokes were alright (some lines felt a little forced and stiff) and the story quite clever. The thing that bothered me is it's execution. Overall the whole new Futurama run has lost it's story telling paste. Episodes feel at some points rushed, unfinished and without a good ending. This episode had exactly the same problems. The ending ruined what could have been a fantastic episode. Oh, I also have another problem. It's the voice acting, it does sound a little crummy, sounds forced and doesn't stick to characters that well (like some of the lines). What happened to Scruffy's laid back style? Anyway, it's still a good episode by new standarts.

Dr. Freak gave 4 points

03.07.2011

#46 by Slurm-o

This was a really funny episode! The story was spot-on, the jokes were great, it was awesome! And it brings back one of my favourite characters: The Robot Devil!! Dan voice-acted him excellent! It reminds "Hell is other Robots" and "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings"!

I hope they'll keep going with great episodes!

Slurm-o gave 5 points

03.07.2011

#47 by Mike

lacked luster, not enough jokes

Mike gave 2 points

04.07.2011

#48 by Juanes

There were so many things to like about this episode. A funny and original plot, hilarious callbacks to previous episodes, The Robot Devil. Definitely one of the best episodes of Season 6

Juanes gave 5 points

04.07.2011

#49 by bendaredsox

Im still waiting for a dedicated halloween episode. treehouse of horror maybe spaceship of terror?

bendaredsox gave 3 points

04.07.2011

#50 by LDM

The episode made little sense. All the trouble they went through to devote an episode last season to how if Bender dies this it is. He has no way of backing himself up. That he needs to appreciate the life he has.

And then what do they go and do this season? Oh Bender is going to kill himself. DOES NOT COMPUTE.

Also we�ve seen God a few times in Futurama, why all of a sudden is there a different looking one?

Jokes were lame, and limited character depth. Feels like we already covered this path before, and the quick ending was a joke.

Also I don�t care who you are, ROBOT DEVIL NEED A FULL SINGING NUMBER.

LDM gave 1 point

04.07.2011

#51 by Arthur

classic futurama. awesome plot, great jokes. robot devil!

Arthur gave 5 points

05.07.2011

#52 by Scooty-Puff Sr

that's 3 great episodes in a row from our much anticipated fave show, futurama just keeps on getting better and better !
excellent plot, with plenty going on. loved the ghostly bender, and the robot devil was as twisted as ever ...... keep on rolling !

Scooty-Puff Sr gave 5 points

05.07.2011

#53 by renbutler

It was okay, but it was a terrible waste of the Robot Devil. Nowhere near as good as "Hell is Other Robots" or "Devil's Hands..."

renbutler gave 3 points

05.07.2011

#54 by Robby Bloom

I was so itno this episode, from when Bender died, to the moment of HOLY CRAP FRY WAS KILLED!!! and then figuring out he's alive, and then becomes amish. I love the whole episode and all the inside jokes.

Robby Bloom gave 5 points

06.07.2011

#55 by Flexo

Although I was uncertain about the plot for this episode before it aired, I was very happy with the way it was done. Truly a futurama classic.

Flexo gave 5 points

06.07.2011

#56 by Kevin

This episode has everything that makes Futurama great. Silly over-the-top humor, a lot of heart, and all of the characters acting as idiosyncratic as usual. Loved it!!

Kevin gave 5 points

06.07.2011

#57 by Day Man

By far the best episode on Season 6B

Day Man gave 5 points

06.07.2011

#58 by Stephen

Hilarious! The Robot Devil appearing was awesome! Bender trying to scare Fry, the Ghostbusters reference, and Scruffy saying "Bite my shiny metal ass" had me in stiches. One of my favourite episodes easily!

Stephen gave 5 points

06.07.2011

#59 by Geoff

I must be one of the few people that didn't love this episode.

The pace was off in the first and final thirds; it would have benefited a lot from tighter editing. (For example, starting at the parade and eliminating the redundant and not particularly funny Robot God sequence would have allowed them to avoid rushing so much at the ending, which was simply incoherent.) And there just weren't all that many laugh-out-loud funny lines - I chuckled a few times but didn't laugh nearly as much as Benderama.

The biggest positives were the rather sweet Amish planet montage and some of the hauntings. Definitely not a bad episode - particularly for Season 6 - but I'd rate it just above average.

Geoff gave 4 points

06.07.2011

#60 by Rachel D.

Best one yet, but I thought the part with Robot God was really stupid. It was too random and could have been written by a twelve-year-old. Besides that, it was a good episode. The Amish Homeworld was really funny.

Rachel D. gave 4 points

07.07.2011

#61 by Johnny B

The Amish planet cracketh me up.

Johnny B gave 4 points

07.07.2011

#62 by Mmmorgan

I enjoyed this one. It's almost just as good as the episodes in the older seasons :)

Mmmorgan gave 4 points

08.07.2011

#63 by HypnoRoach

Not bad.

Have good jokes and nice episode action, but i dislike completely the devil demon singing, it broked the fun. I like that character, but i don't like him singing. Every apearance they make them sing, i don't understand why.

He could be like god robot, an ipod like being that NO sings!

HypnoRoach gave 3 points

08.07.2011

#64 by totalnerduk

A very decent episode. Don't understand the haters on PEEL at all.

totalnerduk gave 4 points

08.07.2011

#65 by Mushroomsinsideme

Not very good at all. To it's credit however, there were some funny moments and the Amish space ship was just epic.

Mushroomsinsideme gave 2 points

09.07.2011

#66 by Michael

So very funny.

Michael gave 5 points

09.07.2011

#67 by i,c, wiener

One of my favorite episodes of all time. It genuinely resembles the original Futurama episodes.

i,c, wiener gave 5 points

10.07.2011

#68 by Eric

Brilliant episode

Eric gave 5 points

14.07.2011

#69 by A

This episode was one of the many that I could watch with my kids and I love watching Futurama with my kids.

A gave 5 points

15.07.2011

#70 by Ivars

I Love Every seasons.. I am watching every day all episodes.. This is the best adult movie ever!! I hope it will going till season 22 or smth.. Wish da Best and do more like that stuff, like Futurama.. :)

Ivars gave 5 points

17.07.2011

#71 by ross420

great episode kept me laughing through the last half of the episode

ross420 gave 5 points

19.07.2011

#72 by Faith Armbruster

This was my favorite epsiode of the season. I was laughing all the way through it.

Faith Armbruster gave 5 points

21.07.2011

#73 by crushinatrix2009

It wasn't perfect but it was a pretty fun episode over all.

crushinatrix2009 gave 4 points

24.07.2011

#74 by the.burned.man

farnsworth stabbing the benders to death was worth 5 stars alone.

the.burned.man gave 5 points

29.07.2011

#75 by Foot Mutant

Great!

Foot Mutant gave 5 points

30.07.2011

#76 by John Cheesa

Fry's Wikipedia page!

John Cheesa gave 5 points

08.08.2011

#77 by Ryan

Good episode.

Ryan gave 4 points

14.08.2011

#78 by Otis P Jivefunk

I found this episode to be highly enjoyable, and as I�d predicted it was most comical and fun to witness Bender posses various machines in which to haunt with. The parade was an alright start to the episode and set it up well. I liked that it introduced a new futuristic concept and I have no problem willingly accepting without question that Fry hasn�t heard of it before, after all, it�s Fry isn�t it?...

The Robot Devil was totally on form, it was a nice surprise to see him used again. I loved the joke about the song, and seeing the Robot Devil�s disappointment in being asked not to play it again for Bender...

I had a slight problem with Bender being so mean and ruthless in his quest to kill Fry. I know he�s a mean robot, but still. Thankfully he redeemed himself later on in the episode though. My favourite joke was Scruffy�s "Bite My Shiny Metal Ass" line and the graph going back up, that got a lol out of me. I wasn�t too keen on a Fry sleeping with the Mayors wife line though...

Although I wasn�t too keen on the Amish world, I also liked how it called back to the beginning of the episode; where instead of Fry saving the nerd from the spherical object rolling towards him; it was Bender who saved Fry from the spherical object rolling towards him. Nice way to tie the two events together...

I�m amazed after having read through this entire review thread that one thing has not been picked up on as it was a major gripe I had with this episode. The nurse advised Fry that "No machines are allowed" on the Amish home world and then not long after the crew come visit Fry, Leela has her electronic wrist thingamajigger on, the very same wrist thingamajigger that Bender had used earlier on in the episode to slap Fry with several times. This bothered greatly as it seemed like a major contradiction and an obvious continuity error. I think I�ll make a thread about this issue actually...

Another thing I don�t get is all this praise for the animation. It seemed quite average to me, sometimes below average, and on one occasion Fry and Leela were so badly off-model that it took my mind right out of the scene before the scene had really started. It has to be one of the worst drawings of Fry and Leela that I�ve seen on the show. It looked like something I would expect from the Futurama Comics. It was at 11:46 just after Fry had put the money into the Fortune-Teller machine. Didn�t anyone else notice this? Apparently no other review so far has mentioned this appallingly off-model abomination...

The ending did feel a bit rushed, and the wrap up all a bit too convenient, but I would say this episode was better than the two last week, and one of the better new eps...

Otis P Jivefunk gave 4 points

14.08.2011

#79 by Niniogorila

Another perfect episode of this season.

5!

Niniogorila gave 5 points

28.08.2011

#80 by cyber_turnip

The first act is gold, the second act is hit and miss and the third act is kind of bad.
I like the concept of the episode very much, but it just isn't pulled off very well. A lot of this has to do with the direction of things rather than the writing - for example, I despise the ghost-design of Bender. We've seen robot ghosts before in 'The Honking'. They looked great. I know that Bender's reasoning for becoming a ghost is different to theirs so this isn't a continuity error, but it'd just make the episode that much better if he didn't have a cartoony, whispy tail. Things like that, combined with how lazy much of the episode feels (awful continuity regarding 'Lethal Inspection', it messes with the show's world in a big way and the resolution is horribly rushed -not to mention all the plot holes, most noticably being that if Bender can possess electronics, he could just possess a blank robot such as the ones seen in 'I Dated a Robot' and "come back to life" so to speak -at least long enough to get a new body built for himself or something of that nature). Anyhoo, that combined with a few bad jokes bring the whole thing down for me in spite of a lot of nice moments.
Sadly, it's one of the weaker episodes of season 6 (although far from the worst).

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cyber_turnip gave 3 points

10.09.2011

#81 by ZOIDBERG

it was nice to see another Fry-Bender episode since TBWABB

ZOIDBERG gave 5 points

25.09.2011

#82 by SZJ

Nice to have the return of the robot devil and some great gags in this one. I love Bender's meet with god.

SZJ gave 4 points

06.10.2011

#83 by BOOOOO

i enjoyed evrything, and my cleaveage isnt helping, LMAO!!!!

BOOOOO gave 5 points

24.10.2011

#84 by zoIDBORG

very funnya nd solid, bravo!

zoIDBORG gave 5 points

26.10.2011

#85 by Lamusiqe13

A little background before I start. Originally, the opening of this season was intended to be Silence of the Clamps. But, at the last minute, the executives at CC decided it sucked, (which it did) so they switched the opening to Neuptonia. In my opinion, this was a mistake. Although Neuptonia was less of an embarrassment than Silence of the Clamps would've been, it was still terrible. My question is: why didn't they switch the opening to this episode? They REALLY should've opened with Cold Warriors, but I guess it wasn't ready at the time. But, this was ready, and it was way better than Neuptonia. Now, for my actual review. This was a pretty good episode. It was less losely plotted than episodes in the last season, which made it more interesting and less tedious. Also, it was somewhat funny and kind of interesting. Overall, I think they could've done better, but it worked better than most of the new episodes.

Lamusiqe13 gave 4 points

28.12.2011

#86 by Burger King

What?! Bender's dead?

Burger King gave 5 points

12.01.2012

#87 by terrace

one of the best stories of the season

terrace gave 5 points

16.02.2012

#88 by Mayday Boy

I like that is episode humanizes Bender. Normally, he's a selfish jerk, so it's nice to see his soft side. This worked much better than the other episodes of this season.

Mayday Boy gave 5 points

10.03.2012

#89 by gerrard

Sweet and hilarious

gerrard gave 5 points

11.03.2012

#90 by Jongleurs

I liked the ending. In my opinion it had the best pacing of any episode this season.

Jongleurs gave 5 points

15.03.2012

#91 by Thrity

The closest thing well get to a Halloween episode this season, and I loved it.

Thrity gave 5 points

24.03.2012

#92 by Malfarious

This was a totally solid episode, enjoyable from start to finish. I loved Amish space travel, and RD is always great. My only complaint was how hard the writers had to spell out Bender going into the Robot Devil's body at the end. We're smart. Less explanation.

Malfarious gave 5 points

29.06.2012

#93 by Snarf

it deserves to be around 85% overall

Snarf gave 4 points

04.07.2012

#94 by BringerOfPie

Really fun episode that never takes itself seriously, which is fine, since sometimes Futurama needs to cut loose with the craziness and give sci-fi a backseat. It's not a masterpiece like the previous two Robot Devil episodes, but it's also hard to go wrong when using him. I thought the story started to bore a bit with the Amish planet, but everything prior was really fun with great jokes abound.

BringerOfPie gave 4 points

11.08.2012

#95 by Vika

Probably my favourite episode ever. Funny, although it can bring one to tears at some moments. If not the best, best from Season 6 onwards, at least.

Vika gave 5 points

24.08.2012

#96 by Tobz

Ghost in the Machine is a brilliant episode from start to finish, hilarious (especially the toast) and just the right amount of heart.
Season six truly is fantastic.

Tobz gave 5 points

23.09.2013

#97 by zoidbass

Wow what a failure. Bender's reason for wanting to kill Fry in the beginning is so stupid (let me introduce you to Jerkass Bender) that it makes the whole episode feel pointless. Ugh.

zoidbass gave 1 point

31.05.2014

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