Möbius Dick

"Möbius Dick" is the one hundredth and third episode of Futurama, the fifteenth of the sixth production season and the eighth of the eighth broadcast season.

Story
The crew encounters a dangerous four-dimensional space whale.

Production
Countdown to Futurama began releasing promotional material for the episode in June 2011. It has so far released two items: concept art of the Planet Express ship with sails on 1 June and part of the storyboard showing Dr. Zoidberg crash in the ship's escape pod on 2 June.

Trivia

 * The episode was for some time thought to be the broadcast season's second, but the announcement that "Benderama" would air on 23 June in its place proved otherwise.
 * This is the first episode where Dr. Zoidberg is addressed as Johnny.

Allusions

 * The title and the overall plot is a parody of the -penned novel , which was previously referenced in "The Day the Earth Stood Stupid", and the.
 * Möbius Dick is also well known in the mathematics community as the answer to a pun-based math riddle: What's non-orientable and lives in the ocean?

Characters

 * Professor Farnsworth
 * Dr. Zoidberg