The 30% Iron Chef
Season 3, episode 22

Bender, as you may remember, longs to be a chef, an ambition that is made problematic by his inability to smell. So he asks for the help of famous chef Elzar, who refuses. Instead TV chef Helmut Spargle teaches Bender how to make lip-smackingly good food, resulting in a cook-off between Elzar and the newly talented robot. The only bad thing about this episode is that it puts paid to all those gags about the character sneakily discarding the food Bender’s cooked them.

‘Jurassic Bark’
Season 4, episode 7

An unusual episode in that it largely consisted of flashback to Fry’s pre-space days, as he discovers his fossilised dog Seymour and begins to reminisce about his favourites times with the loveable pooch. Professor Farnsworth plans to clone Seymour, Bender gets jealous and it all gets awks. Everyone loves dogs, though, and everyone loves Futurama, so this one’s a winner.