Storyboard:The Problem with Popplers

Some of the storyboard for "The Problem with Popplers" was made public on 7 September, 2011. It covers Act I, and is dated 18 October, 1999. The artist is Aaron Rozenfeld, and both David X. Cohen and Patric M. Verrone made notes throughout the storyboard.

The storyboards were made known by Reddit.com user "glitterbones", through a post entitled "A friend of my mother's worked on 'Futurama', here is some of that work". The post linked to the Imgur account of Annika Holland, where the storyboards were visible.

Scenes 1-23

 * Scenes 1-9: The Planet Express ship is flying away from the Planet of the Moochers. After Fry and  Leela reject Bender's inedible meal of baking soda and capers, Bender proposes a fight to the death with the loser being cooked.
 * Scenes 10-14: Fry notices a planet and believes it might have food. Leela advises him not to get his hopes up, but she lands the ship on the planet anyway.
 * Scenes 15-20: They begin scouring the Type M planet. Leela believes it should have roddenberries, while Fry describes his prowess at mushroom foraging.  Bender finds some rocks, but even sautéing them in mud doesn't interest Leela.
 * Scenes 21-23: Fry finds something that looks like a ditch full of fried shrimp, while Bender thinks it looks like a hole filled with fried prawns. Leela picks one up.

Scenes 24-

 * Scenes 24-: Leela scans the item under her wristlojackimator, which says they aren't poisonous.