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
On 1 June, 2011, Countdown to Futurama released concept art of the Planet Express ship with sails.

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?

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.