DOOP the Right Thing!



US Issue Number: 004

UK Issue Number(s): 009

Title Caption: (In AL1) BLOATED WITH COMEDY

Published (US): May 23rd 2001

Published (UK): Unknown Trade Paperback: Futurama-O-Rama

Act I
Glab and Kif play a message to the staff of Planet Express from Zapp Brannigan, who somehow became ruler of an enemy planet. The DOOP fear that he is going to be used against them in the on-going war, so they want Leela, who Zapp requested for a queen, to find him. Leela refuses, so Glab pays three times the usual fee to have her delivered there. The crew arrive on Da Nang 4, Kif and Leela head off to find Zapp, while Fry and Bender attempt to find some booze. Kif makes it clear he'd rather not bring Zapp back alive, but Leela doesn't want her co-workers to kill her.

Act II
Leela and Kif arrive at Zapp's location. Zapp has a meal and Kif becomes jealous of Zapp's new assistant. One of the tribe finds Fry at DOOP base camp and requests help in getting rid of Zapp, who is not the ruler but merely a tool for their sneak attack. Leela learns that Zapp has Nang troops growing inside him. Fry and Kif find Zapp and rescue him. Back at Planet Express, Zoidberg removes the "babies". Zapp decides to return to the battle.

Trivia

 * First comic (in the US sequence) to have a cover related to the story.
 * Zapp uncharacteristically refuses to have sex with Leela.

Quotes
Subtitle: Da Nang President calls White House to surrender, keeps getting voicemail.
 * Leela: Besides, my co-workers will kill me if they don't get their "generous bonuses". Kif: Yes, the best twenty dollars the DOOP has ever spent.
 * Newspaper: Nixon promises to win Nang 4 war no matter how long it takes.

Inside References

 * Zapp eats Hermaflamingo, which have survived on this planet despite the collapse of Vergon 6 where they were last seen.

Outside References

 * Parody of Apocalypse Now.

Special Features

 * The Fry That Time Forgot (Concept art for Fry, also seen on the DVD's).

Characters
(In alphabetical order)


 * Bender
 * Fry
 * Glab
 * Hermes
 * Kif Kroker
 * Leela
 * Morbo
 * Prof. Farnsworth
 * Scruffy
 * Zapp Brannigan
 * Zoidberg

Comic Credits

 * Script
 * Eric Rogers
 * Pencils
 * Pam Cooke
 * Inks
 * Phyllis Novin
 * Letters
 * Karen Bates
 * Colors
 * Dave Stewart
 * Edits
 * Bill Morrison
 * Art Supervision
 * Nathan Kane
 * Jungle Lord
 * Matt Groening