Near-Death Star

The Near-Death Star is a space station serving as a retirement home for people past the age of 160, whom are usually placed in tombstone-like structures by the Sunset Squad Robots. Professor Farnsworth was taken there after he revealed that he had been lying about his age and was not actually 150. According to the Professor, old people are hooked up to a life support system, making them think they are living in Florida with hundreds of other old people. During this fantasy, the old people could only play, eat oatmeal and wait for their children to call. Sometimes also people aged less than 160 are brought there, such as Eloise Porter who was 145 years old by 3001.

Staff

 * Barrier Bots
 * Sunset Squad Robots
 * Sunset Squad Chasers

Inhabitants

 * Professor Farnsworth (formerly)
 * Ava Porter
 * Eloise Porter
 * Ned Farnsworth
 * Velma Farnsworth

Possible sighting in 1ACV12
An unspiky sphere resembling the Near-Death Star is seen in an earlier episode, after Fry spills beer on the transmitter and the camera zooms into space. Right after the asteroid belt and before Jupiter, a white ball-like structure can be spotted with streaks. However, it is now clear this object is not the Near-Death Star, as proven by the following images.

Trivia

 * The Near-Death Star parodies the in the Star Wars franchise.
 * The endless rows are similar to the Mines of Moria in the ', although the first of the LOTR films was released after this episode. Though they could be inspired by the original works of or other animated adaptations, they are more likely an intentional evocation of ' in that these endless rows are filled with towers, the towers filled with the elderly. The parallelism is confirmed when Professor Farnsworth is discovered in a capsule similar to 's. This is confirmed in Near-Death Wish when Leela states that the elderly are used to power the Near-Death Star and adds that the idea came from the movie itself.