I’ll give you the wait. That scene does absolutely tug at my heart and I can appreciate that kind of loyalty and how beautiful it is from a pet.

But that’s why I see the brother, and his wait, as so much more powerful. He’s still waiting and hoping that one day his brother will pop back up too. Especially with still having Fry’s drawing.

But to be honest, I’ll also agree to disagree on that one - I think your experiences with family and pets growing up makes the episodes hit differently to different people.

Most underrated emotional episode? I’m gonna go with Lethal Inspection. Where we find out Bender is defective and was supposed to be scrapped, but a young, sympathetic Hermes overrides the machine and spares baby Bender. I feel like that one rarely gets brought up and it’s a pretty good one from the newer seasons. Definitely had a bit of a gut punch.