I Know What You Did Next Xmas

It is Xmas time once again, and Professor Farnsworth may have finally discovered a way to pacify the Robot Santa Claus through time travel.

Production
The writer of record for this episode is Ariel Ladensohn. This episode is dedicated to the Kwanzaa-Bot's voice actor, Coolio, who passed-away on September 28, 2022. According to series producer David X. Cohen, he had recorded his lines for this episode prior to his death.

Trivia

 * This is the first episode to feature Kevin Michael Richardson as Url, succeeding the role from John DiMaggio.

Allusions

 * The Professor intends to "reverse the polarity" of Santa's naughty-nice sensor, which is a common phrase used for technobabble in sci-fi media and first popularized by .


 * At Kautzman's Second-hand Meats in 2801, the following labels of meat can be seen in the glass meat display:
 * Alien Shank (likely referring to from the  franchise, judging by the other names)
 * Loin of
 * Na'viwurst ( is the blue humanoid race from the  film series)
 * Chudder Cheese (alludes to the humanoid monsters from )


 * The penny that the Professor uses to reverse Santa's naughty-nice sensor is decorated with a picture of the Laverne Memorial, which visually resembles the . This is presumably the show's way to honor and her role in advocating LGBT rights.


 * While the Professor travels backwards in time; Luci, Bean and Elfo from Matt Groening's fantasy animated series  are briefly seen. This recalls a similar gag from the Disenchantment episode "Dreamland Falls," where Fry, Bender, and the Professor are seen traveling in the Forward time machine when Luci looks through a back-in-time globe.


 * The scene where Zoidberg and Bender try to dissolve Santa's body with acid and end up dissolving the ceiling/floor is a nod to an iconic  scene, where the two protagonists similarly tried to dispose of a body with acid.


 * Zoidberg's exclamation "Damn it, Bender. I'm a doctor, not a time machine guy." is a parody of the of  from Star Trek.

Continuity

 * The time machine from "The Late Philip J. Fry" returns, now capable of traveling backwards in time as well.