Assie Come Home

"Assie Come Home" is the one hundred and thirty-fifth episode of Futurama, the twenty-first of the seventh production season and the eighth of the tenth broadcast season. It aired on 31 July, 2013, on Comedy Central. Bender searches the universe for his missing shiny metal rear end.

Story
After the crew is sent to a planet ruled by gangsters, Bender has all his parts stolen, and it's up to Fry and Leela to find them. They contact the police and find Yuri, who sold Bender's parts, and he gives them a list of all the buyers. After traversing across the galaxy collecting all the parts, the only one left to find is Bender's ass, which unfortunately was on a space ship that sunk in a gaseous space sea. The crew then goes to said sea and meet Tarquin, the local keeper of a poorly lit lighthouse, who helps them salvage the ship and recover the ass plate, much to Bender's joy, but they soon find out that Bender's ass is a better reflector than the one in the lighthouse, forcing Bender to part with it to ensure that scurvy cursing sailors do not die at sea, thus being unable to spread curse words. After returning to Earth, Bender is heartbroken and depressed because of his loss, but his friends assure him that he should be happy that his ass is doing some good. Meanwhile, back at the lighthouse, Tarquin is spending some quality time with Bender's shining ass while reading a Bible, but just then the rotating device goes out of control and flings the ass plate out of the lighthouse. The ass plate then flies off and saves a boy who fell into a gravity well, and then continues to fly all the way back to Earth, where it reunites with a happy Bender in Planet Express. However, back on the gaseous sea, ships are crashing everywhere due to the lighthouse having lost its reflector.

Production
By 26 July, 2013, Comedy Central had released a two-minute preview clip featuring a fight between the crud gang and the blip gang.

Trivia

 * The episode's title caption is very similar to that of "Möbius Dick", which was also the eighth episode of its broadcast season, and also featured a sea setting.

Allusions

 * The episode's title is a reference to the 1943 movie , directed by.
 * A planet run by gangs could be a reference to the Star Trek episode "".
 * Fry getting his head stuck in a honey jar marked "HUNNY" is a reference to the fictional bear.
 * A, from Doctor Who, from  and what appear to be the robot versions of Bill and Ted from  appear in the scene in the robot chop shop.
 * When Smitty and URL arrive in the robot chop shop, Yuri appears to be chopping up . The head of the title character from the 1999 film ' can be seen hanging in the background, along with Rosie the Robot Maid (from the animated sitcom ').
 * A (from the science-fiction TV series Doctor Who),  (from the children's TV series ') and what appear to be the robot versions of Bill and Ted from the 1991 film ' appear in the scene in the chop shop.
 * Tarquin's boat is marked "FLOTSAM & JETSON", a reference to the maritime terms and The Jetsons.

Goofs

 * When Bender is found by Fry and Leela, he only has his mouth and eyes. However, since he doesn't have a brain, he shouldn't be able to speak.
 * There may be a secondary brain inside his mouth or his eyes.
 * Without his ass, Bender has a lot of exposed circuitry, but, in "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings", his container unit is shown to be empty.
 * Bender's design constantly changes throughout the show. This may be due to Bender getting modifications.

Characters

 * Debut: Alejandro
 * Amy
 * Bender
 * Debut: Blip gang
 * Borax Kid
 * Debut: Captain of the S.S. Miami Muy Caliente
 * Debut: Crud gang
 * Dean Streptococcus
 * Fat-bot
 * Flabby
 * First Robot capable of qualifying for a boat loan
 * Fry
 * Gearshift
 * Hedonismbot
 * Hermaphrobot
 * Hermes
 * Human-horn dealer
 * Hypnotoad
 * Debut: Johnny
 * Debut: Johnny's parents
 * Leela
 * Oily
 * Professor Farnsworth
 * Rosie the Robot Maid
 * Smitty
 * Debut: Tarquin
 * Tinny Tim
 * URL
 * Yuri
 * Zoidberg

Places

 * The Beast With Two Bucks
 * Debut: Peoples α
 * Feldspar Queen
 * Galactic Bazaar
 * Mars University
 * Miami
 * Planet Express conference room
 * Planet Express employee lounge
 * Planet Express lobby
 * Debut: Scenic Detroit
 * South Street Spaceport
 * Debut: St. Hope's Charity Hospital for Robot Orphans