We're boned

"We're boned" is one of Bender's most well-known catchphrases. It is a statement of disdain for the situation at hand, e.g. "we're screwed", usually uttered when the outcome seems inescapable and will turn out poorly for him.

Variations

There are a few variants of the phrase that have been used in Futurama. If a variant is used more than once, only its first appearance is listed here.

• "Well, we're boned." -- Bender, first uttered when the police arrive to arrest everyone for being job deserters (1ACV01). The most common variant.
• "I'm boned." -- Bender, after CCTV cameras catch him shoplifting cans of Mom's Old-Fashioned Robot Oil (1ACV06).
• "...Pft, they are royally boned." -- Bender, about Lrrr's chances of seeing a show that hasn't existed for 1000 years (1ACV12).
• "...Are we boned?" -- Bender, after Leela sees that Fry is too busy drinking Slurm to save them (1ACV13).
• "Oh, cruel fate, to be thusly boned. Ask not for whom the bone bones. It bones for thee." -- Bender, composing his masterpiece while lamenting his eternal drift through space (3ACV20).
• "Methinks we be boned." -- Titanius Anglesmith, after seeing Momon's army outside the walls of Wipe Castle (5ACV12).
• "Aaaaand...boned." -- Bender, after Planet Express goes bankrupt (6ACV20).

Additional info

Appearances

• "Space Pilot 3000" (1ACV01)
  
• "A Fishful of Dollars" (1ACV06)
  
• "Hell Is Other Robots" (1ACV09)
  
• "When Aliens Attack" (1ACV12)
  
• "Fry and the Slurm Factory" (1ACV13)
  
  -- by Leela
• "The Lesser of Two Evils" (2ACV06)
  
  -- by Leela
• "Raging Bender" (2ACV08)
  
• "Insane in the Mainframe" (3ACV11)
  
  -- by Fry
• "Godfellas" (3ACV20)
  
• "Less than Hero" (4ACV04)
  
  -- by Fry
• Bender's Big Score
  
  • "Bender's Big Score Part 4" (5ACV04)
    
• Bender's Game
  
  • "Bender's Game Part 4" (5ACV12)
    
    -- by Titanius Anglesmith
• Into the Wild Green Yonder
  
  • "Into the Wild Green Yonder Part 4" (5ACV16)
    
    -- by Leela
• "Proposition Infinity" (6ACV04)
  
  -- by Amy
• "Lethal Inspection" (6ACV06)
  
• "Neutopia" (6ACV20)
  
• Futurama (video game)