Fry Am the Egg Man

"Fry am the Egg Man" is the one-hundred-and-tenth episode of Futurama, the twenty-second of the sixth production season and the ninth of the eighth broadcast season. It aired 11 August, 2011 on Comedy Central. Fry nurtures an alien egg that hatches into a horrific monster.

Production
During May and June 2011, Countdown to Futurama released three items of promotional material for the episode: concept art of a new character, Mr. Peppy, on 30 May, part of the storyboard showing Bender and Fry at the drive-thru on 31 May, and a video clip featuring Bender and Mr. Peppy playing fetch on 19 June.

Trivia

 * This is one of four episodes of broadcast season 8 to be broadcast in production order. The other three are "Cold Warriors", "Overclockwise" and "Reincarnation".
 * If Leela is correct about her having 205 bones, she would have one less than normal humans.

Allusions

 * The title is a play on the lyric "I am the egg man" from ' song "".
 * The plot bears some resemblance to The Simpsons episode "".  nurtures two orphaned "bird" eggs until they hatch, but they turn out to be two Bolivian tree lizards that wreak havoc on.
 * Incidentally, that episode was the last full one written by David X. Cohen before he began working on Futurama.
 * The "Local Group Farmer's Market" refers to the, which is the group of galaxies that includes the Milky Way.
 * When Fry says to Dr. Zoidberg "Leggo me eggo you crab-o," this is a parody of the famous Eggo Waffles commercial slogan.
 * The Midieval Monster Manual that Professor Farnsworth shows the crew is titled "Gygaxicon" with a picture of a dodecahedron above the title. This is a reference to Gary Gygax, the creator of Dungeons & Dragons.
 * The planet Doohan 6 and its Scottish-like inhabitants are a reference to, "Scotty" of Star Trek fame.
 * The name of the character Angus McZongo is a reference to, a comic book company founded by Matt Groening.
 * Zuban cigars are an obvious reference to the coveted Cuban cigars.
 * Fry's "would not, could not" speech mimics the style of Dr. Seuss, specifically the children's book .
 * When Amy says "Jinkies, he Scooby-Dooed us," this is an obvious reference to  and its character Velma's catchphrase "Jinkies".
 * When Fry says, "He's not a fighter, he's a lover, like Dwayne 'The Rock' 'Tooth Fairy' Johnson," This is a reference to former wrestler, now-actor and the movie  which he starred in.

Continuity

 * At the start of the episode, Fry, Leela, and Bender appear to be wearing the same uniforms they received from Awesome Express in "The Route of All Evil".
 * Bender watches All My Circuits, a TV program that has appeared several times before.
 * Fishy Joe's makes its first appearance since "The Problem with Popplers".
 * Despite the fact that Fishy Joe's sold popplers (Omicronian young) as food in "The Problem with Popplers", Lrrr is still eating at Fishy Joe's.
 * Lrrr is seen driving the 3011 Thundercougarfalconbird that he bought in "Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences".
 * Fry suffers his fifth heart attack in this episode, and his second in season 6 after Bender induced one in "Ghost in the Machines".
 * The Amazonian women reappear at the Local Group Farmer's Market selling "Aunt Snu-Snu's Maple Syrup". The term "snu-snu" on Amazonia means "sex" as established in "Amazon Women in the Mood".
 * Also, Fry is once again "scare-roused" by the presence of the Amazonian women.
 * Zuban Cigars are re-established as fine smokables since "Three Hundred Big Boys".
 * Fry and Leela's relationship appears to be on hold; Leela refers to it as "strictly platonic."
 * Leela could have been buttering up McZongo.

Characters

 * Bender
 * Boxy Robot
 * Calculon
 * Debut: Mr. Peppy
 * Fishy Joe
 * Fry
 * Hydroponic Farmer
 * Lrrr
 * Debut: Angus McZongo
 * Monique
 * Ornik
 * Thog
 * Debut: The smart-ass teen