How The West Was 1010001

Production
The writer of record for this episode is Nona di Spargement. . During the Futurama Fan Panel at the San Diego Comic-Con, 2022, Patric Verrone revealed that the script was actually written by Ken Keeler.

Allusions

 * 1010001 in binary is 51 in hexadecimal, 81 in decimal, and maps to the letter 'Q' in the standard.
 * During the Futurama Fan Panel at the San Diego Comic-Con, 2022, Patric Verrone revealed that the number 81 itself also has a meaning. This would turn-out to be the atomic number of, the metal that the crew seeks out in this episode.
 * The title of this episode is also a reference to the 1962 film .
 * When the Professor was showing the periodic table to the crew, the element can be seen to be renamed to "Native Americium", alluding to the.
 * Fry was reading a Borax Kid action book titled The Borax Kid vs the Outlaws of Thermodynamics. A demonic figure named "Maxwell's demon" was seen stealing gold molecules from a bank vault and shooting lead atoms out of a revolver, alluding to the famous, where a molecule-manipulating demon could hypothetically violate the.
 * The crypto town "Doge City" is named after a . The following commerces can be seen in town:
 * BTC ETC
 * eMail
 * WALL•ET
 * Doc Fiesta - Only Health Care West of the Pecos
 * Lazy ₿ Bitcoin Holding Co. - Assayer - We Buy Thallium
 * Mild Bill's False-Alarm Chili
 * Sweatwater Saloon

Continuity

 * Bender played his guitar, Salmonella, during the folk song.
 * Bender's ass plate is seen to have two circular holes and a rectangular hole with a hatch. But in the episode "Assie Come Home" where the plate was used for a lighthouse mirror, it only has two circular holes.