Hell Is Other Robots

Production Number: 1ACV09 Title Caption: Condemned by the Space Pope First Aired: 5/18/99

Act I: "Tonight we're gonna party like it's 1999... again!"
Fry, Leela, Amy, and Bender go to a Beastie Boys concert. Bender runs into Fender, an old friend who's now working for the band. After Fender gets Bender and company back-stage, he takes Bender to a party where robots are abusing electricity, or "Jacking On". After Bender's addiction leads him to wreck the Planet Express Ship, nearly killing everyone, they confront him about his problem. After a night of turmoil, he winds up in a Church of Robotology.



Act II: "Is this another scam to get free yarmulkes"
Bender comes to work whistling a happy tune, and tells his friends about his new-found religion. Everyone is shocked, and suspicious, but gradually they reach the horrific realisation that Bender is being sincere! When his new personality starts driving them crazy, Fry and Leela take him to Atlantic City and tempt him with liquor and cheap hookerbots. While he seduces a group of fembots in a jacuzzi, the Robot Devil arrives and takes him to Robot Hell.

Act III: "Robot hell is quite real... here's our brochure"
Fry and Leela find Bender missing, and Nibbler follows his trail. It leads to an abandoned amusement park, where a funhouse mirror is a doorway into an "actual, factual Robot Hell." Meanwhile, the Robot Devil takes Bender on a musical tour of the different levels of hell. When Fry and Leela find them, they take advantage of the Fairness in Hell Act of 2275 and challenge the Robot Devil to a fiddle contest. Leela bashes him over the head with the golden fiddle and they escape with Bender.

Trivia

 * During the musical scene, Bender is strapped to a roulette wheel with different methods of cooking on it, intended to simulate the smell of cigars. One of the spaces on the wheel says "Pleasant Massage".

The Robot Hell Song
Robot Devil Cigars are evil you won't miss them you'll find ways to simulate that smell What a sorry fella rapped up in smoke like a pandella, here on Level One of Robot Hell! Robot Devil Gamblings wrong and so is cheating so is forging foney I.O.U's Lets let lady luck decide what type of tortures justify I'm pit boss here on Level Two! Ooh deep fried robot!

Bender Just tell me why! Robot Devil Just read this 55 page warrant. Bender There must be robots worse than I Robot Devil We checked around, there really aren't. Bender Then please let me explain my crimes were mearly boyish pranks Robot Devil You stole from boy scouts, nuns and banks! Bender Oh don't blame me blame my up-bringing. Robot Devil Please stop sinning while I'm singing.

Robot Devil Selling bootleg tapes is wrong, musicians need that income to survive. Beastie Boys Hey Bender, gonna make some noise with your hard drive scratched by the Beastie Boys Thats what ya, what ya, what ya get on Level Five!

Fry I don't feel well. Leela Its up to us to rescue him. Fry Maybe he likes it here in Hell. Leela Its us who tempted him to sin. Fry Maybe he's back at the hotel. Leela Come on Fry now don't be scared I'm sure at least one of us will be spared So just sit back and enjoy the ride. Fry My ass has blisters from the slide!

Robot Devil Fencing Diamonds, Fixing cockfights Publishing indescent magazines You'll pay for every crime Knee deep in electric slime You'll suffer till the end of time Enduring tortures most of which rhyme Trapped forever here in Robot Hell

Quotes

 * Bender: Oh, they're tormenting me with up-tempo singing and dancing!
 * Robot Devil: Sorry, but I hold all the cards here. There's nothing you can do. Now if you'll just sign this fiddle contest waiver...
 * Bender: Well, we're boned!
 * Bender: From now on, I'll just be me. Leela: Uhm, do you think you could be a little less evil than that? Bender: I don't know. Do you think you could survive a seven hundred foot fall? Fry: Hehe, good ol' Bender.

Characters
(In alphabetical order)
 * Amy
 * Debut: Beastie Boys' Heads
 * Bender
 * Dr. Zoidberg
 * Debut: Fender
 * Fry
 * Hermes
 * Leela
 * Nibbler
 * Preacherbot
 * Prof. Farnsworth
 * Debut: Robot Devil
 * Scruffy

Episode Credits

 * Writer
 * Erik Kaplan
 * Director
 * Rich Moore
 * Voice Actors
 * Dan Castellanetta
 * Billy West
 * Katey Sagal
 * John DiMaggio
 * Tress MacNeille
 * Phil LaMarr
 * Lauren Tom
 * Special Guest
 * Beastie Boys