Murder on the Planet Express

"Murder on the Planet Express" is the one hundred and thirty-eighth episode of Futurama, the twenty-fourth of the seventh production season and the eleventh of the tenth broadcast season. It aired on 21 August, 2013, on Comedy Central. The crew get trapped aboard the ship with a horrific alien creature.

Production
On 5 February, 2013, released a preview clip for the tenth broadcast season, which contained footage from the episode.

On 14 August, Comedy Central released a two-minute preview clip featuring the crew picking up Blorgulax.

Trivia

 * After Bender denies having polished his ass with Fry's toothbrush, Fry's eyes narrow. An image of Fry with narrowed eyes in "The Lesser of Two Evils" became popular as an internet meme.
 * When Dan McMasters introduces himself to the crew, all three of the pairs that are fighting &mdash; Fry and Bender, Leela and Amy, and Hermes and Zoidberg &mdash; are separated by two crew members.
 * Fry and Bender name their winning combination "Friender". "Friender" is also the name of the Fry/Bender merger in one of the special features on the D.V.D. for Bender's Game.
 * Bender asks Fry what the of 2345.4 is. The answer is approximately 48.43.
 * The word "blorg" was previously used in "Reincarnation".

Allusions

 * The episode's title is a reference to the 1934 novel .
 * Zoidberg reads the book in a deleted scene from "The Tip of the Zoidberg".
 * The episode's plot is inspired by the 1982 film .
 * The name "For Your Eyes Mainly" is a reference to the .
 * On one of the establishing shots of Planet Express, a pickup truck can be seen delivering an arcade cabinet featuring the title character from the 2012 film .
 * The name "Jackie Jr." may be a reference to the  character.
 * Fry tells Bender to leave the ship first, because he doesn't want him locking him outside like . This is a reference to 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Continuity

 * Bender also used Fry's toothbrush for polishing in "The Butterjunk Effect".
 * Nine calls Fry an old paranoid kook, a reference to Into the Wild Green Yonder.
 * Zoidberg uses the F-Ray, first seen in "Fry and the Slurm Factory".
 * Fry wears the space suit from "A Big Piece of Garbage".
 * The fact that Bender has a gyroscope was established in "The Mutants Are Revolting".
 * Fry previously wore Bender's body in "Rumble in the Jungle".
 * The ship's basement was first seen in "Proposition Infinity".

Goofs

 * In this episode Bender is completely hollow, but in previous ones only his chest compartment was hollow and the rest of him was full of circuitry.
 * Bender shouldn't reshape with Fry in him, as it's impossible for Fry to be strong enough to reshape the metal.
 * The metal that Bender is made of may for some reason be extremely soft now.

Characters

 * Amy
 * Bender
 * Debut: Blorgulax
 * Cinnamon
 * Debut: Dan McMasters
 * Professor Farnsworth
 * Fry
 * Hermes
 * Debut: Jackie Jr.
 * Leela
 * Linda
 * Morbo
 * Nine
 * Scruffy
 * Zoidberg

Places

 * Apartment 00100100
 * Debut: For Your Eyes Mainly
 * Debut: Panic room
 * Planet Express conference room
 * Planet Express employee lounge
 * Planet Express hangar
 * Planet Express headquarters
 * Planet Express kitchen
 * Robot Arms Apartments

Miscellaneous

 * Birthday
 * "Bite my shiny metal ass" (alluded to)
 * Debut: Cavitar Toothpaste
 * Channel √2 News
 * Dark-matter afterburner
 * Dark-matter engines
 * F-Ray
 * Facebook
 * Fry-Bender relationship
 * Fry-Leela relationship
 * "Good news, everyone"
 * Ink defense
 * "Me, Bender"
 * "My manwich!"
 * Debut: Slurm Slim