10 Greatest Leela Episodes in ‘Futurama,’ Ranked
The crew of the Planet Specific has been having fun with interplanetary adventures within the animated sci-fi sitcom Futurama for 12 seasons now, with much more to return. The sequence follows pizza-delivery boy Fry (Billy West) after being by chance cryogenically frozen in 1999 and waking up 1,000 years later. The present has famously been canceled a number of occasions—it first premiered on Fox in 1999 and ran for 4 seasons, then moved to Comedy Central and was finally rebooted by streaming service Hulu.
Among the characters Fry met when he wakes up sooner or later is Turanga Leela (Katey Sagal), the robust purple-haired Cyclops and captain of Planet Specific, with whom he has usually had an on-again, off-again relationship. Over the course of the present’s 12 seasons and counting, a few of Futurama‘s finest episodes have centered on Leela, in addition to her relationship with Fry, highlighting not simply her character however a ravishing love story.
10 “The Drawback with Popplers”
Season 2, Episode 15
In “The Drawback with Popplers,” Fry and Bender (John DiMaggio) suppose an Omicronian nesting floor is definitely full of snack meals they referred to as “Popplers”. After discovering they’re extremely addictive, the Planet Specific crew see them as a brand new enterprise enterprise and start promoting them, to nice success. A gaggle of protesters inform them of the reality—that they’re actually toddler Omicronians—and Leela finally joins their trigger. In the meantime, the Omicronians announce they are going to start consuming the folks of Earth as revenge.
“The Drawback with Popplers” was an ideal instance of Leela’s sturdy sense of morals. Though she is the primary to find and love consuming Popplers, she alters her thoughts shortly when she learns the reality. Nevertheless, it will get her nowhere and he or she beomes the primary supposed meal of the Omicronians. Above all, it is only a hilarious episode with memorable lines and jokes from starting to finish. The episode’s title can also be a play on the Star Trek episode “The Drawback with Tribbles.”
9 “I Second That Emotion”
Season 2, Episode 1
Within the Season 2 premiere “I Second That Emotion,” Bender, aggravated with the eye Nibbler (Frank Welker) was getting throughout his celebration, flushes Nibbler down the bathroom, main Leela to want Bender may really feel what she felt. Professor Farnsworth (West) makes her want a actuality by forcibly implanting Bender with a chip which permits him to really feel feelings—particularly Leela’s, because it’s related to her feelings, which means he may really feel no matter she did. Overwhelmed by the sensation of loss, Bender units out to search out and rescue Nibbler.
“I Second That Emotion” was an ideal episode for each Leela and Bender. It was an ideal instance of Bender’’ selfishness and Leela’s emotional aspect, highlighting how drastically completely different the 2 characters could be from one another, in addition to the methods every may study from the opposite. In Leela’s case, she’s so scared that her concern paralyzes Bender, main him and Fry to steer her that there are some advantages to not all the time contemplating others’ emotions.
8 “Teenage Mutant Leela’s Hurdles”
Season 4, Episode 9
In “Teenage Mutant Leela’s Hurdles,” hoping to make the Professor a little bit happier, youthful and fewer forgetful, the Planet Specific crew makes use of the anti-aging results of a pool at a day spa; after all of them fall in, it makes everybody youthful. Farnsworth turns into middle-aged, whereas the others all turn out to be youngsters. Whereas the others search to reverse the consequences, Leela spends time together with her mother and father, having fun with the teenager years she by no means bought to expertise with them.
Reliving one’s teenage years feels like a nightmare, however for Leela, it was something however. “Teenage Mutant Leela’s Hurdles” gave her the tumultuous teen years together with her mother and father she by no means had. Her need to make use of the growing older mishap to her benefit in a method that offers her time together with her mother and father is good, as is her relationship with Fry taking part in out as a teenage romance. It was additionally a splendidly humorous episode throughout.
7 “A Bicyclops Constructed for Two”
Season 2, Episode 9
In “A Bicyclops Constructed for Two,” Leela meets a person on the Web named Alcazar (David Herman), who she believes is the final of their species. She’s invited to go to him on his house planet. She chooses to sleep with him within the hopes of constant their species, however afterward, he turns into abusive. She feels she has to stick with him for the great of their species and is about to marry him till Fry reveals he is not who he claimed to be.
“A Bicyclops Constructed for Two” was a enjoyable have a look at Leela’s character—Leela was keen to hold on their species and was even keen to tolerate being handled horribly so as to take action, not less than up to some extent. The episode is a enjoyable nod to Sagal’s position as Peg Bundy within the sitcom Married… with Children, and it additionally teases the reality about Leela’s mother and father, which is later revealed in Season 4.
6 “Anthology of Curiosity I”
Season 2, Episode 16
Farnsworth builds a What-If machine in “Anthology of Curiosity I,” which permits customers to view a simulation of a hypothetical state of affairs after asking a “what if” query. It solutions 4 questions—within the section “Dial L for Leela,” Leela makes use of it to search out out what she could be like if she have been extra impulsive and sees herself happening a killing spree, beginning with the Professor. The one individual left is Fry.
“Anthology of Curiosity I” was an entertaining episode, and every section was an ideal piece of Futurama storytelling. It was an effective way to discover potential situations and, better of all, completely different variations of Futurama’s characters. The episode presents a drastically completely different Leela, one liable to violence within the identify of being impulsive; however, a kind of impulsive choices was sleeping with Fry. This model of Leela proves being extra impulsive would not be an excellent factor.
5 “The Late Philip J. Fry”
Season 6, Episode 7
“The Late Philip J. Fry” sees the Professor making a time machine which might solely transfer ahead in time. Fry, determined to make up for his ordinary lateness on his dates with Leela, agrees to check the machine by shifting ahead one minute at a time and explains his lateness in a video birthday card to her. Nevertheless, they by chance journey far additional in time than supposed, with no method to return.
“The Late Philip J, Fry” is a quintessential episode of Futurama. Whereas the plot largely focuses on Fry and the Professor shifting by means of the longer term, it additionally exhibits Leela’s life of their absence. She proves to be a profitable businesswoman as she takes over Planet Specific, however she by no means stops lacking Fry and by no means experiences love like she had with him. Leela acknowledges her time with Fry as the very best time of her life.
4 “The Sting”
Season 4, Episode 12
The crew makes an attempt to gather the honey made by ferocious house bees in “The Sting”—a job which killed the Professor’s earlier crew. When they’re attacked by a child queen bee, Leela is taken again with them. Fry sacrifices himself to save lots of her, sending her into mourning for him. Ultimately, it’s revealed that Leela had truly been in a coma the entire time, with Fry sitting by her bedside.
“The Sting” was an emotional episode with a compelling twist. Though it is a generally used one, Futurama pulls it off fantastically. Leela’s experiences, whereas she’s within the coma, spotlight her caring, maternal aspect. Like just a few of her finest episodes, it additionally occurs to take care of her relationship with Fry, particularly her emotions for him, versus the opposite method round. It touches on how impactful emotional bonds could be between two folks.
3 “The Satan’s Palms Are Idle Playthings”
Season 4, Episode 18
In an try and impress Leela, Fry tries to discover ways to play the holophonor within the Season 4 finale (and the ultimate episode of Futurama‘s run on Fox) “The Satan’s Palms Are Idle Playthings.” Hoping to enhance, he and Bender go to Robotic Hell, the place the Robotic Satan (Dan Castellaneta) permits him to alternate palms with a robotic chosen at random by spinning a wheel, however the wheel simply so occurs to pick out the hands of the Robot Devil himself.
“The Satan’s Palms Are Idle Playthings” was an vital episode not only for Leela, however for her and Fry as a pair. It was additionally a candy episode for Fry, demonstrating the lengths he’s keen to go to win Leela’s coronary heart. It is regarded not simply as an ideal episode for her however as among the finest within the sequence and served as an ideal finale, even when it did not take.
2 “Leela’s Homeworld”
Season 4, Episode 2
The orphanage the place Leela was raised needs to honor her accomplishments as a starship captain and identify her Orphan of the Yr in “Leela’s Homeworld.” Regardless of delivering an inspiring speech, Leela nonetheless struggles with not having mother and father in her life. Unbeknownst to her, her mother and father had been secretly watching her close by and had been for her total life. The episode additionally reveals that Leela is a mutant, not an alien as beforehand thought.
“Leela’s Homeworld” was a shifting episode which provided extra details about Leela’s previous and, most significantly, her mother and father in one of many sequence’ long-running storylines. The reveal that that they had all the time been watching her is especially candy, as is the episode’s closing montage of Leela’s childhood. General, it is a touching episode that handled the lengths mother and father will go to guard their kids and provides them an excellent, blissful life.
1 “In the meantime”
Season 7, Episode 26
Within the Season 7 finale—and closing episode of the present’s second run—“In the meantime,” the Professor invents a tool which permits its customers to journey again in time by ten seconds. After a detailed name which may’ve killed Leela, Fry decides to suggest to her. Intending to make use of the time-travel machine to craft the right proposal, he by chance freezes time as a substitute for everybody however the two of them.
Futurama has usually offered a ravishing love story when it is targeted on Fry and Leela. “In the meantime” was a candy episode and an ideal (non permanent) ending about Fry and Leela and their relationship, with a touching have a look at their lives collectively, plus the possibility to do all of it once more. For the run of the sequence at that time, it was satisfying to see them really blissful. “In the meantime” is heartfelt and shifting, with a perfect ending, together with a number of the finest ending dialogue in a TV finale.
