I Know What You Did Next Xmas

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I Know What You Did Next Xmas
Bender receives a cryptic Xmas card
No.	146
Production number	8ACV06
Written by	Ariel Ladensohn
Directed by	Crystal Chesney-Thompson
Title caption	HIVE MIND SAYS RELAX
First air date	28 August, 2023
Broadcast number	S11E06
Title reference	I Know What You Did Last Summer by Lois Duncan (1973)
Opening cartoon	"Jack Frost" by Ub Iwerks (1934)
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"I Know What You Did Next Xmas" is the one hundred and forty-sixth episode of Futurama, the sixth of the eighth production season and the sixth of the eleventh broadcast season. It aired on 28 August, 2023 , on Hulu.

It is Xmas time once again, and Professor Farnsworth may have finally discovered a way to pacify the Robot Santa Claus through time travel.

Production

The writer of record for this episode is Ariel Ladensohn. This episode is dedicated to the Kwanzaa-Bot's voice actor, Coolio, who passed-away on September 28, 2022. According to series producer David X. Cohen, he had recorded his lines for this episode prior to his death.

Additional information

Trivia

• This is the first episode to feature Kevin Michael Richardson as Url, succeeding the role from John DiMaggio.

Allusions

• The Professor intends to "reverse the polarity" of Santa's naughty-nice sensor, which is a common phrase used for technobabble in sci-fi media and first popularized by Doctor Who.

• At Kautzman's Second-hand Meats in 2801, the following labels of meat can be seen in the glass meat display:
  • Alien Shank (likely referring to xenomorph from the Alien franchise, judging by the other names)
  • Loin of Predator
  • Na'viwurst (Na'vi is the blue humanoid race from the Avatar film series)
  • Chudder Cheese (alludes to the humanoid monsters from C.H.U.D.)

• The penny that the Professor uses to reverse Santa's naughty-nice sensor is decorated with a picture of the Laverne Memorial, which visually resembles the Lincoln Memorial. This is presumably the show's way to honor Laverne Cox and her role in advocating LGBT rights.

• While the Professor travels backwards in time; Luci, Bean and Elfo from Matt Groening's fantasy animated series Disenchantment are briefly seen. This recalls a similar gag from the Disenchantment episode "Dreamland Falls," where Fry, Bender, and the Professor are seen traveling in the Forward time machine when Luci looks through a back-in-time globe.

• The scene where Zoidberg and Bender try to dissolve Santa's body with acid and end up dissolving the ceiling/floor is a nod to an iconic Breaking Bad scene, where the two protagonists similarly tried to dispose of a body with acid.

• Zoidberg's exclamation "Damn it, Bender. I'm a doctor, not a time machine guy." is a parody of the catchphrase of Dr. McCoy from Star Trek.

Continuity

• The time machine from "The Late Philip J. Fry" returns, now capable of traveling backwards in time as well.

Characters

(In alphabetic order)

References

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