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{{episode infobox<br />
|name=Where No Fan Has Gone Before<br />
|no=65<br />
|image=[[Image:Where No Fan Has Gone Before.jpg|225px]]<br />
|season=4<br />
|broadcast season=<br />
|number=4ACV11<br />
|caption=Where No Fan Has Gone Before<br />
|first aired=2 April, 2002<br />
|written by=[[David A. Goodman]]<br />
|directed by=[[Pat Shinagawa]]<br />
|title reference=The first episode of ''Star Trek'', "{{st|Where No Man Has Gone Before (episode)|Where No Man Has Gone Before}}".<br />
|caption reference=<br />
|opening cartoon=<br />
|sponsor=<br />
|broadcast number=S04E12<br />
|nomination='''Nebula Award'''<br />Best Script, 2004, [[David A. Goodman]]<br />
|special guest=[[William Shatner]]<br />[[Leonard Nimoy]]<br />[[Walter Koenig]]<br />[[George Takei]]<br />[[Nichelle Nichols]]<br />[[Jonathan Frakes]]<br />
|prev ep=The Why of Fry<br />
|next ep=The Sting<br />
|broad prev=The 30% Iron Chef<br />
|broad next=Crimes of the Hot<br />
}}<br />
"'''Where No Fan Has Gone Before'''" is the sixty-fifth episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', the eleventh of the [[Season 4|fourth production season]] and the twelfth and last of the [[Broadcast season 4|fourth broadcast season]]. It aired 2 April, 2002 on FOX. It guest stars [[William Shatner]], [[Leonard Nimoy]], [[Walter Koenig]], [[George Takei]] and [[Nichelle Nichols]] as themselves, as well as [[Jonathan Frakes]] as himself in [[Head Jars|a jar]]. [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] is a vivid Star Trek fan, but when he discovers that it has been banned, Fry seeks out the forgotten tapes.<br />
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==The Story==<br />
===Act I: "These words are forbidden!"===<br />
The opening scene puts us right into [[DOOP v. Planet Express crew|court]] martial held by [[Zapp Brannigan]] in the hold of the [[Planet Express Ship]]. Accused of setting foot on the forbidden planet [[Omega 3]] are: [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]], [[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]] and [[Turanga Leela|Leela]], wittnesses are the heads of the cast of the original ''[[Star Trek]]'': [[William Shatner]], [[Leonard Nimoy]], [[DeForest Kelley]], [[Walter Koenig]], [[Nichelle Nichols]] and [[George Takei]]. The accused recount the events of the last few days...<br />
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While renting some videos, Fry finds out that ''Star Trek'' is banned in the 31st century. Farnsworth explains that it was once [[Religion#Church of Trek|a major religion]], but was banished. The tapes of the episodes and movies were deposited on the forbidden planet Omega 3. Fry visits Leonard Nimoy's head in the [[Head Museum]] and convinces him to join the search for the rest of the cast, whose heads-in-jars have been lost for 300 years. The Planet Express Ship heads toward Omega 3 to retrieve the tapes, with Leela, Fry, Bender and Nimoy's head on board, and crash-lands on the planet.<br />
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The surface is littered with set pieces from the original ''Star Trek'' series, and among them, the rest of the cast is assembled - no longer heads-in-jars, but complete. It is revealed that behind all this is a gaseous energy being named [[Melllvar]] (looking susipciously like a bad special effect from the original series), who demonstrates his power by randomly murdering [[Welshie]], the replacement for [[Wikipedia:James Doohan|James Doohan]].<br />
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===Act II: "I am Melllvar, Seer of the Tapes! Knower of the Episodes!"===<br />
Now that Melllvar, the self-declared ultimate ''Trek'' fan, has the entire original cast complete (Nimoy is provided with a fresh body), he can open the eternal ''Star Trek'' Convention, complete with everything: quiz show, autographs, singing contest, fan fiction - all for Melllvar. It turns out that his encyclopaedic knowledge of Star Trek is second to only one - Fry.<br />
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In the meantime, the Planet Express crew leave the planet, but decide to return and rescue the actors by trying to destroy Melllvar in a way truly worthy of ''Star Trek''. However, they fail and are dragged to the planet and the Planet Express Ship's drives are disabled. Now Melllvar is not sure who is worthy of his fanatical devotion: the actors or the Planet Express crew, who really ''are'' a motley crew of spacefaring adventurers. He chooses the traditional method of all energy beings in ''Star Trek'': a fight to the death.<br />
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===Act III: "You can't let a TV show be your whole life!"===<br />
Just as things are heating up however, Melllvar is called to dinner by his mother and the two crews cooperate to escape. The ''Trek'' cast install their own ship's drive on the Planet Express Ship, but find they are slightly too heavy and leave the actors' bodies behind - they are once more reduced to heads-in-jars. Fortunately for Fry, they are still light enough to carry all the episodes.<br />
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Melllvar is pursueing them in a mint-condition spaceship when they encounter the [[Nimbus]], and Zapp Brannigan installs his court martial. When he asks what happened to Melllvar, Leela notes out that nothing happened to him, and they are still under attack. Melllvar decides that if he can't have the original ''Star Trek crew'', he won't let anyone else have them either, and continues to try to destroy the ship. Fry persuades him to let them go and get a life instead of letting a TV show be the center of his existence.<br />
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==Production==<br />
The writer of the episode, [[David A. Goodman]], made an effort for this particular episode to include as many references to the original ''Star Trek'' series as possible.<ref name="com-dag">{{cite commentary |episode=Where No Fan Has Gone Before |volume=Four |disc=2 |speaker={{n|Goodman|David|A.}}}}</ref> And his references ranged from obvious ones, such as "Shatner's log", a play on the Captain's log from ''Star Trek'', while there were more subtle ones, such as Shatner's immediate comment about "the impossible has happened" being a reference to the first episode, "{{st|Where No Man Has Gone Before (episode)|Where No Man Has Gone Before}}", which is the immediate line following the opening.<br />
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In addition to writing, much of the animation for this episode was styled after ''Star Trek'', such as the opening where the [[Planet Express ship]] flies across the screen like in the original series' openings. As well as the [[credits]] sequence's music was replaced with the original ''Star Trek'' theme, and using recaps from the episode, something ''Star Trek'' did, but ''Futurama'' does not.<br />
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==Additional Info==<br />
===Trivia===<br />
[[Image:Promo_4ACV11.jpg|right|thumbnail|Promo pic of this episode]]<br />
[[Image:Promo_4ACV11 (2).jpg|right|thumbnail|The second promo pic of this episode]]<br />
*This episode is one of two episodes that do not feature [[Professor Farnsworth]], the other being {{elink|4ACV10|The Why of Fry}}.<br />
*The opening sequence begins with a flyby of the Planet Express Ship fitted with Enterprise nacelles, and a William Shatner ''Shatner's Log'', a play on the "captain's log" that opens nearly every episode of every ''Star Trek'' series.<br />
*In the Church of Trek, worshippers are shown wearing Starfleet uniforms, and two have the appearance of the black-and-white aliens from ''Let That Be Your Last Battlefield''.<br />
*One of the Trekkies that is thrown into the volcano wears a shirt reading, "Beam me up Scotty, there's no intelligent life on this planet," a popular bumper sticker slogan.<br />
*In the [[Head Museum]], one of the heads appears to be that of Apu Nahasapeemapetilon from ''[[The Simpsons]]''.<br />
*All the tapes of Star Trek are fired out of an {{w|Space 1999 Eagle|Eagle}} from UK Science Fiction show "{{w|Space 1999}}" in a torpedo, and land on a nearby planet, just as Spock's body was at the end of ''[[Wikipedia:Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan|Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan]]''.<br />
*The estabishing shot of Omega 3 shows props from the ''Star Trek'' episodes "Spectre of the Gun," "Who Mourns for Adonais?," "The Gamesters of Triskelion," "The Ultimate Computer," and "The City on the Edge of Forever."<br />
*The Planet Express Ship fires down on Melllvar, and as in the original series, the beams are shown leaving the ship in diverging directions, but somewhere in between they converge so that both strike the target at the same time, in the same spot - plus they look like the bad special effect in the original series.<br />
*Shatner rips his shirt, a frequent occurrence on the show that was joked about by the cast. During the fight scene with Leela, he also uses the "clasped fist punch" used many times by Kirk which would be startlingly ineffective in a real fight. Leela raising the stone above her head is reminiscent of Kirk's fight scene with Gary Mitchell in "Where No Man Has Gone Before."<br />
*Nichelle Nichols distracts Fry, Leela, and Bender with her famous fan dance as seen in ''{{w|Star Trek V: The Final Frontier}}''.<br />
*Nimoy attempts to nerve-pinch Bender.<br />
*Melllvar's ship looks like a Romulan Bird of Prey.<br />
[[Image:Trek Alien.jpg|thumb|right|"Balok's puppet", the image which was parodied by Kif Kroker at the end of the credits.]]<br />
[[Image:Kifbalok.jpg|thumb|right|Kif as seen at the credits]]<br />
*The ending credits feature the ''Star Trek'' Fanfare, and play back images from the episode, as well as a picture of [[Kif Kroker|Kif]] in a parody of the famous "Balok's puppet" alien seen on some of the Original Series ending credits.<br />
*The wheelchair equipped with the Morse lamp in which the witnesses are placed is a spoof of the wheelchair used by the disabled ex-Enterprise captain Christopher Pike in the original ''Star Trek'' episode "The Menagerie".<br />
*[[Nichelle Nichols]] had her second appearance on the show here, as did [[Leonard Nimoy]].<br />
*An ongoing joke in the ''Star Trek'' series, if someone was to die on an away mission it was a non-permanent character in a red uniform, or a [[redshirt]]. Thus Welshie, the non-permanent character in a red uniform, was killed and re-killed by Melllvar.<br />
*Movies at the Rent-a-Wreck Video include:<br />
:"Human Cop"<br />
:"Pippi Longtentacles"<br />
:"Moon Men From Mars"<br />
:"Galaxy Wars"<br />
:"Planet of the Clams"<br />
:"The Bellyachers"<br />
:"The Yawning'<br />
:"Werewolf Dog"<br />
:6 unnamed Jim Carrey movies<br />
*This episode was named #10 on IGN's list of [http://tv.ign.com/articles/716/716663p2.html Top 25 Futurama Episodes].<br />
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===Goofs===<br />
*Although it is revealed here that the use of the words "Star" and "Trek" in the same sentence is forbidden, no one reacted that way whenever those words were mentioned in previous episodes; "[[Space Pilot 3000]]", "[[Brannigan, Begin Again]]" and "[[That's Lobstertainment!]]".<br />
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*While Melllvar should have 86 tapes- 79 episodes, 6 movies and "that blooper reel where the door doesn't close all the way," the cart is holding only 85 tapes. <br />
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*When Fry is telling Melllvar to rethink his life, he is clearly holding Shatner's head is his arms. However, after Melllvar flies off, Shatner is suddenly on the table with the rest of his cast members.<br />
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===Quotes===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Fry:''' All this time we thought he was a powerful superbeing! Yet he was just a child...<br />
'''Melllvar's Mom:''' He's not a child, he's thirty-four!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Walter Koenig:''' When we woke up, we had these bodies.<br />
'''Fry:''' Say it in Russian!<br />
'''Walter Koenig:''' ''[groans]'' Vhen ve voke up, ve had these wodies.<br />
'''Fry:''' Eeee! Now say "nuclear wessels"!<br />
'''Walter Koenig:''' No!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Leonard Nimoy:''' Melllvar, you have to respect your actors. When I directed ''[[Wikipedia:Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home|Star Trek IV]]'', I got a magnificent performance out of Bill because I respected him so much.<br />
'''William Shatner:''' And when I directed Star Trek V, I got a magnificent performance out of me because I respected me so much!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Leonard Nimoy:''' Hey, we've done heroic things too!<br />
'''Nichelle Nichols:''' Yeah. In the third season, I kissed Shatner.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Fry:''' Look at Walter Koenig. After ''Star Trek'', he became an actor.<br />
'''Walter Koenig:''' Not just an actor, but a well-rounded person. With my own friends and credit cards and keys.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Nichelle Nichols:''' What if I distract them with my famous fan dance?<br />
'''William Shatner:''' Oh, that's good, good, good. And then, George, you hit them with a karate chop.<br />
'''George Takei:''' I find that offensive! Just because I'm of Japanese ancestry, you assume I know karate. Have I ever led you to believe that I've studied karate?<br />
'''William Shatner:''' Well, no. But, you never talk about yourself.<br />
'''George Takei:''' [sadly] Maybe if you showed a little interest...</poem><br />
<poem>'''Fry:''' ''[Melllvar has just killed Welshie]'' '''WELLLLSHIEEEEEEEEE!'''</poem><br />
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===Characters===<br />
{{chars-begin}}<br />
*[[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[DeForest Kelley]]<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[George Takei]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Jonathan Frakes]]<br />
*[[Kif Kroker|Kif]]<br />
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]<br />
*[[Leonard Nimoy]]<br />
*[[Nichelle Nichols]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Melllvar]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Melllvar's Mom]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[William Shatner]]<br />
*[[Smitty and Url]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Walter Koenig]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Welshie]]<br />
*[[Zapp Brannigan]]<br />
*[[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]<br />
{{chars-end}}<br />
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==Episode Credits==<br />
{{credits-begin}}<br />
*Writer<br />
**[[David A. Goodman]]<br />
*Director<br />
**[[Pat Shinagawa]]<br />
*Voice Actors<br />
**[[Billy West]]<br />
**[[Katey Sagal]]<br />
**[[John DiMaggio]]<br />
*DVD Commentary<br />
**[[Matt Groening]]<br />
**[[David X. Cohen]]<br />
**[[David Goodman]]<br />
**[[Pat Shinagawa]]<br />
**[[Billy West]]<br />
**[[Maurice LaMarche]]<br />
*Special Guests<br />
**[[William Shatner]]<br />
**[[Leonard Nimoy]]<br />
**[[Walter Koenig]]<br />
**[[George Takei]]<br />
**[[Nichelle Nichols]]<br />
**[[Jonathan Frakes]]<br />
{{credits-end}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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This infobox is for groups and organisation. These are generally considered articles that cannot be described fully by the {{templink|place infobox}} or {{templink|character infobox}}. Also, if it is a species or race in question, use {{templink|species infobox}} instead. A group is usually a collection of characters, and each character may have different importance for the overall plot than its other characters. For instance, [[Fatbot]] appears a lot more than the other [[Fratbots]].<br />
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For organisations, it would apply to something as [[DOOP]] or similar. Something with too many people and too many locations to serve with a single "place infobox".<br />
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===Usage===<br />
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|name = Name of group or organisation<br />
|image = [[Image:Image.png|225px]] If logo is available, use that.<br />
|image text = (optional)<br />
|location = (optional) Its primary location(s).<br />
|business = (optional) Type of business<br />
|leader = (optional) Leader of the group<br />
|type = (optional) Organisation type<br />
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*[[I:I]] - other infoboxes.</div>86.217.204.95http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Hutch_Waterfall&diff=54003Hutch Waterfall2010-02-04T17:16:01Z<p>86.217.204.95: </p>
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[[Category:The Waterfalls]]<br />
{{character infobox<br />
|name=Hutch Waterfall<br />
|type=s<br />
|type2=d<br />
|image=[[Image:Hutch Waterfall.png|225px]]<br />
|gender=Male<br />
|species=[[Humans|Human]]<br />
|family=''See [[The Waterfalls]]''.<br />
|voiced by=Phil Hendrie<br />
|first appear={{flink|Into the Wild Green Yonder}}<br />
}}<br />
'''Hutch Waterfall''' was the brother of [[Frida Waterfall]] and great-grandson of [[Old Man Waterfall]]. He was a mind reader and a member of the [[Legion of Mad Fellows]], prominent for his right hand position to the [[Number 9 Man]].<br />
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He helped [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] to find out the truth about the [[Violet Dwarf Star]] and the [[Dark Ones]], and gave him a tinfoil hat to help him control his newfound mind-reading powers resulting from a piece of Frida's jewelry becoming lodged in his brain. However, at the final scene against the Dark Ones and the [[Encyclopods]], Hutch was the last victim of the last Dark One, the same creature which killed his sister. With his dying strength, though, Hutch removed Frida's jewelry from Fry's brain, taking his mind-reading powers with it.<br />
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==Additional Info==<br />
===Trivia===<br />
*Resembles a stereotypical paranoid conspiracy nut, as does the whole Legion of Mad Fellows.<br />
===Appearances===<br />
*{{flink|Into the Wild Green Yonder}}</div>86.217.204.95http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Waterfall_family&diff=54001Waterfall family2010-02-04T17:11:48Z<p>86.217.204.95: /* Free Waterfall Jr. */</p>
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<div>[[Category:Characters|Waterfall]][[Category:Human|Waterfall]][[Category:Tertiary Characters|Waterfall]][[Category:Secondary Characters|Waterfall]][[Category:Deceased Characters|Waterfall]][[Category:The Waterfalls| ]]<br />
{{group infobox<br />
|name=The Waterfalls<br />
|image={{Waterfall Family Tree}}<br />
|image text=The Waterfall Family Tree<br />
|first appear={{elink|2ACV15|The Problem with Popplers}}<br />
|status =Deceased<br />
}}<br />
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The '''Waterfalls''' are a doomed family of political stereotypes, members of the family never survive past the episode in which they are the focus, generally being killed by that which they protect or something related.<br />
===The Family===<br />
In the order they appeared.<br />
{|width=100%<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="2" | <br />
====Free Waterfall Jr.====<br />
{{see|Free Waterfall Jr.}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
|<br />
[[Image:Free Waterfall, Jr..jpg ||200px|left|Free Waterfall Jr.]]<br />
|<br />
|'''Appeared''': {{elink|2ACV15|The Problem with Popplers}} <br><br />
'''Affiliation''': [[Mankind for Ethical Animal Treatment|M.E.A.T.(Mankind for Ethical Animal Treatment)]].<br><br />
'''Quote''': "That's an Orangutan, one of Mother Earth's most precious creatures!"<br><br />
'''Defended''': [[Popplers]]/[[Omicronians|Omicronian]] young.<br><br />
'''Died''': Eaten by [[Lrrr]].<br><br />
|-<br />
| colspan="2" |<br />
<br />
====Free Waterfall Sr.====<br />
{{see|Free Waterfall Sr.}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
|<br />
[[Image:Free Waterfall,-Sr..jpg ||200px|left|Free Waterfall Sr.]]<br />
|<br />
|'''Relation''': Father of Free Waterfall Jr.<br><br />
'''Appeared''': {{elink|3ACV05|The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz}} <br><br />
'''Affiliation''': [[Penguins Unlimited]].<br><br />
'''Quote''': "If rubbin' frozen dirt in your crotch is wrong, hey, I don't wanna be right."<br><br />
'''Defended''': Penguins on [[Pluto]].<br><br />
'''Died''': Pecked to death by penguins.<br><br />
|-<br />
| colspan="2" |<br />
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====Old Man Waterfall====<br />
{{see|Old Man Waterfall}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
|<br />
[[Image:Old_Man_Waterfall.jpg ||200px|left|Old Man Waterfall]]<br />
|<br />
|'''Relation''': Father of Free Waterfall Sr.<br><br />
'''Appeared''': {{elink|3ACV05|The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz}}, {{elink|4ACV05|A Taste of Freedom}} <br><br />
'''Notes''': First family member to appear in the episode the previous family member died in. Bigamist, Satanist, bisexual.<br><br />
'''Affiliation''': Lawyer/war hero.<br><br />
'''Quote''': "Do your worst, you sea devils. I'll make my stand with Old Freebie. You can crush me but you can't crush my spirit!" *is crushed* "Argh, my spirit"!<br><br />
'''Defended''': [[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]].<br><br />
'''Died''': Crushed by [[Decapodians|Decapodian]] [[Mobile Oppression Palace]].<br><br />
|-<br />
| colspan="2" |<br />
<br />
====Free Waterfall III====<br />
<!--{{see|Free Waterfall III}}--><br />
|-valign="top"<br />
|<br />
[[Image:Free_Waterfall_III.jpg ||200px|left|Free Waterfall III]]<br />
|<br />
|'''Relation''': Son of Free Waterfall Jr.<br><br />
'''Appeared''': {{clink|US#005|Who's Dying To Be A Gazillionaire?}} <br><br />
'''Notes''': First family member to die in a comic, first to die at the start of a story.<br><br />
'''Affiliation''': Game show contestant<br><br />
<!--'''Quote''': <br>--><br />
'''Defended''': A holographic rainforest.<br><br />
'''Died''': Shot with a laser for getting a question wrong.<br><br />
|-<br />
| colspan="2" | <br />
====Frida Waterfall====<br />
{{see|Frida Waterfall}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
|<br />
[[Image:Frida Waterfall.jpg ||200px|left|Frida Waterfall]]<br />
|<br />
|'''Relation''': Great-granddaughter of Old Man Waterfall, probably daughter of Free Waterfall Jr. <br><br />
'''Appeared''': {{elink|4ACV05|A Taste of Freedom}} , {{flink|Into the Wild Green Yonder}} <br><br />
'''Affiliation''': The [[Feministas]].<br><br />
'''Quote''': "Great Grandpa nooo! Another victim of the manocentric male-ocracy!"<br><br />
'''Defended''': Various subjects, but mainly everything threatened by the construction of [[Leo and Inez Wong|Leo Wong's]] miniature golf course.<br><br />
'''Died''': Killed by the Last [[Dark One]].<br><br />
|-<br />
| colspan="2" |<br />
<br />
====Hutch Waterfall====<br />
{{see|Hutch Waterfall}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
|<br />
[[Image:Hutch Waterfall.png|200px|left|Hutch Waterfall]]<br />
|<br />
|'''Relation''': Brother of Frida Waterfall <br><br />
'''Appeared''': {{flink|Into the Wild Green Yonder}} <br><br />
'''Affiliation''': The [[Legion of Mad Fellows]].<br><br />
<!--'''Quote''': --><br />
'''Defended''': The coming of the [[Green Age]].<br><br />
'''Died''': Killed by the last [[Dark One]].<br><br />
|-<br />
| colspan="2" |<br />
<br />
====The Last Encyclopod====<br />
{{see|The Last Encyclopod}}<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
|<br />
[[Image:LastEncyclopod.jpg ||200px|left|The Last Encyclopod]]<br />
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|'''Relation''': Holds the DNA of Hutch Waterfall.<br><br />
'''Appeared''': {{flink|Into the Wild Green Yonder}}.<br />
'''Notes''': In the commentary it is noted that the last encyclopod is the last known surviving family member<br><br />
'''Defended''': Endangered species<br><br />
|}<br />
==Additional Information==<br />
===Trivia===<br />
*All family members are voiced by [[Phil Hendrie]]<br />
*The Waterfalls have only ever appeared in episodes and comics with a 5 in the production code and, excluding Hutch, they all die in media where the 5 is at the end of the production code.<br />
*Technically, [[The Last Encyclopod]] counts as a Waterfall because it has the DNA of [[Hutch Waterfall]]. It is unlikely that when [[Futurama]] returns, The Last Encyclopod will return.</div>86.217.204.95http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=War_between_the_Nibblonians_and_the_brain_spawn&diff=53989War between the Nibblonians and the brain spawn2010-02-03T17:02:03Z<p>86.217.204.95: Created page with 'Category:Battles {{battle infobox |name=Nibblonian-Brain Spawn War |image= |date=Beginning miliseconds after the Big Bang, and ending in 3004 |location=Throughout the...'</p>
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|date=Beginning miliseconds after the [[Big Bang]], and ending in [[3004]]<br />
|location=Throughout the universe<br />
|result=All Brain Spawn are closed in a [[Parallel universes|Paralel universe]]<br />
|side1=[[Brain Spawn]]<br />
|side2=[[Nibblonians]]<br />
|leaders1=[[Big Brain]]<br />
|leaders2=unknow<br />
|forces1=Brain Spawn and their [[Mental Realm]]<br />
|forces2=Nibblonians Ships and the [[Quantum Interphase Bomb]]<br />
|casual1=All Brain Spawn<br />
|casual2=unknow<br />
|appearance={{e|3ACV07}}<br />
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The war between the [[Nibblonians]] and the [[Brain Spawn]] was an immense conflict who begins milseconds after the [[Big Bang]] when the Brain Spawn were created. Their only goal was to learn all knowledge of the universe before destroy it, they apparently killed several species, or at least the Dinosaurs. By [[1999]], the Brain Spawn builded an immense center of knowledge, [[the Infosphere]]. The Nibblonians freeze the [[Philip J. Fry|only people who can save the universe]]. <br />
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In [[3002]] the Brain Spawn invaded Earth and make every humans stupid with the exception of [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] who stopped the invasion, and the Nibblonians ate the last brains. <br />
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Later, in [[3004]] the Brain Spawn had nearly finished to stock all the knowledge of universe, but [[Nibbler]] use Fry to active the [[Quantum Interphase Bomb]] which propulses the Infosphere and all Brain Spawn to a [[Parallel universe|parallel universe]] where it's impossible to return to our universe.<br />
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<div>{{episode infobox<br />
|name=Rebirth<br />
|season=6<br />
|broadcast season=7<br />
|no=89<br />
|image=[[File:6ACV01 Fan coloured animatic screenshot.png|225px]]<br />
|image text=A fan-coloured image<br />
|written by=N/A<br />
|directed by=N/A<br />
|caption=N/A<br />
|first aired=10 June, 2010<br />
|number=6ACV01<br />
|broadcast number=S07E01<br />
|prev ep=Into the Wild Green Yonder Part 4<br />
|prev film=Into the Wild Green Yonder<br />
|next ep=6ACV02<br />
|hasanimatic=yes<br />
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"'''Rebirth'''"<ref name="newsarama">{{cite web |url=http://www.newsarama.com/tv/091015-Futurama-Cohen.html |title=Back To The FUTURAMA W/ Co-Creator David X. Cohen |publisher=Newsarama |author=Fritz, Steve |date=2009-10-15 |accessdate=2009-11-07}}</ref> is the eighty-ninth episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', the first of the [[Season 6|sixth production season]], the [[Broadcast season 7|seventh broadcast season]] and the [[second run]] of ''Futurama''. It is scheduled to air 10 June, 2010, on [[Comedy Central]].<br />
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The name of the episode was mentioned by producer [[David X. Cohen]] in August 2009, adding that the title turned out to "surprisingly literal",<ref name="Newsday">{{cite web |url=http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/futurama-finds-a-new-future-on-comedy-central-1.1402526 |title='Futurama' finds a new future on Comedy Central |publisher=Newsday |date=2009-08-28 |author=Lovece, Frank|accessdate=2009-08-28}}</ref> though later used it as if it was title for the episode.<ref name="newsarama" /><br />
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== The story ==<br />
The first episode of the sixth season will pick up from the events of ''[[Into the Wild Green Yonder]]''.<ref name="supercon-info">{{cite web |url=http://slurmed.com/?p=news&date=2009/10/03_01 |title=New spoilers of the Futurama Season 6 at the Florida Supercon |publisher=Slurmed |author=JavieR |date=2009-10-03 |accessdate=2009-10-04}}</ref> According to previews, it will feature a "literal" rebirth of the characters,<ref name="supercon-info"/> and according to [[David X. Cohen]], it will focus on the [[Fry-Leela relationship]], rather than more complicated consequences of the "rebirth".<ref name="transcript-comicbookresources">{{cite web |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=22372 |title=CCI: Futurama |publisher=Comic Book Resources |author=Cronan, Mark |date=2009-08-02 |accessdate=2009-08-04}}</ref><br />
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After the first table reading on 7 August, 2009, [[Maurice LaMarche]] commented that the script was "hilarious, & strangely touching", and noted that "[y]ou guys are gonna LOVE this episode in nine or ten months! What a fantastic way to get back into Futurama, The Series!"<ref name="tablereading-slurmed">{{cite web |url=http://slurmed.com/?p=news&date=2009/08/08_01 |title=Fanart and more for the weekend! |publisher=The Futurama Point |author=Sánchez, JavieR |date=2009-08-08 |accessdate=2009-08-08}}</ref><br />
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=== Animatic ===<br />
{{main|Animatic:Rebirth}}<br />
The three-minute [[animatic]] showed at Animation SuperCon in Florida on 4 October reveals the opening scene of the first episode of Season 6.<ref name="sneakpreview"/><br />
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[[File:6ACV01 animatic screenshot of Farnsworth in safety sphere.png|left|thumb|The animatic screen capture of Farnsworth in his "[[safety sphere]]".]]<br />
[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|The Professor]] is shown working on some sort of experiment in the dome of the [[Planet Express building]], when [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] enters. His body is burned, but does not remember why. The Professor then recalls what happened: [[Zapp Brannigan]] chased the [[Planet Express]] Crew into a wormhole, and upon appearing on the other side, they found themselves right in front of [[Earth]]. Then the Professor realizes it was the "[[Panama Wormhole]]," a channel used for shipping. While trying to return to Earth, Zapp's ship also exits the worm hole, and manages to damage the Planet Express Ship's engines. Then it crashes head first into the ground outside of the Planet Express building, and explodes. During the crash, the Professor activates everyone's "[[safety sphere]]s," which protect a person from any external harm. The Professor has a full body safety sphere, while everyone else's only protect their heads. The ''[[Nimbus]]'' then crashes into the ground in the exact same spot as the Planet Express ship. This ends the Professor's explanation, and he then shows Fry what remains of the rest of the crew and Zapp. All of their lifeless heads are orderly hung by hangers on a long bar, with their skeletons dangling beneath them.<br />
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== Production ==<br />
{{further|Season 6#Production}}<br />
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As the first episode of a new run, the production first and foremost focused on continuing from ''[[Into the Wild Green Yonder]]''{{'}}s cliffhanger ending. [[David X. Cohen]] explained in an early interview, before the confirmation was even near, that he did consider what to do with the position they ended in, almost daily,<ref name="totalfilm">{{cite web |url=http://www.totalfilm.com/features/9-odd-things-we-now-know-about-futurama |title=9 Odd Things We Now Know About Futurama |publisher=Totalfilm |author=White, James |date=2009-02-20 |accessdate=2009-06-11 }}</ref> which [[Matt Groening]] called "painted [themselves] slightly into a corner".<ref name="avclub">{{cite web |url=http://www.avclub.com/articles/matt-groening,25525/ |title=Matt Groening |publisher=A.V. Club |date=2009-03-25 |author=Ryan, Kyle|accessdate=2009-06-11}}</ref> While disagreeing on the ease, they were both in agreement that it could and should be resolved in respect with the film.<ref name="totalfilm" /><ref name="avclub" /><br />
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At the San Diego Comic-Con 2009, Matt Groening and David X. Cohen were asked once again about the issue. Matt Groening wanted to ignore it entirely by then, while Cohen stated that they ''would'' address it, but only for a single episode.<ref name="comiccon-ign">{{cite web |url=http://tv.ign.com/articles/100/1007511p1.html |title=SDCC 09: The Future of Futurama |author=Iverson, Dan |publisher=IGN TV |date=2009-07-25 |accessdate=2009-07-26}}</ref><br />
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The first table read for this episode began on 7 August, 2009, according to [[Maurice LaMarche]] and [[Katey Sagal]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.peelified.com/index.php?topic=17869.msg1055467#msg1055467 |title="By Hawking's chair! Futurama is back! (News thread) (No spoilers)" (Page 15) |author="Smarty" |site=[[PEEL]] |date=2009-08-07 |accessdate=2009-08-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/08/07/katey-sagal-talks-about-contentious-futurama-negotiations-tca/ |title=Katey Sagal talks about contentious Futurama negotiations - TCA Report |publisher=TV Squad |author=Keller, Joel |date=2009-08-07 |accessdate=2009-08-07}}</ref> the following week, Maurice LaMarche revealed that the recording session was under way.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://slurmed.com/?p=news&date=2009/08/13_02 |title=Into the Wild Green Yonder premiere at Comedy Central |publisher=The Futurama Pointer |author=Sánchez, JavieR |date=2009-08-13 |accessdate=2009-08-16}}</ref> And as of 20 August, 2009, the recording sessions for this episode have ended, and moved on to the table readings of the [[6ACV02|next episode]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.peelified.com/index.php?topic=17869.msg1059046#msg1059046 |title="By Hawking's chair! Futurama is back! (News thread) (No spoilers)" Page 17 |site=[[PEEL]] |author="i_c_weiner" |date=2009-08-20 |accessdate=2009-08-21}}</ref><br />
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In a 28 August interview, [[David X. Cohen]] revealed that the first episode was tentatively named "Rebirth",<ref name="Newsday"/> however, in an October interview, he confirmed it was the title they were using.<ref name="newsarama"/><br />
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On the Animation SuperCon in Florida on 4 October, David X. Cohen along with the male cast, gave a sneak peak of the first three minutes of the first episode's [[animatic]].<ref name="sneakpreview">{{cite web |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wwUw0FQmDo |title=Sneak Preview on YouTube |date=2009-10-04 |accessdate=2009-10-04 |site=YouTube}}</ref><ref name="animatic">{{cite web |url=http://www.sun-sentinel.com/entertainment/sfl-ent-to-do-futurama-100109,0,5255697.story |title=Animation Supercon to feature ''Futurama'' reunion, sneak peak at new episodes |publisher=Sun Sentinel |author=Piccoli, Sean |date=2009-10-01 |accessdate=2009-10-01}}</ref> The original concept was for the story to take place in a new [[universe]], but [[Matt Groening]] wanted to do the rebirth instead.<ref name="supercon-info"/><br />
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== Aditional Info ==<br />
===Characters===<br />
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*[[Amy Wong|Amy]]<br />
*[[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]]<br />
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]<br />
*[[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]]<br />
*[[Kif Kroker|Kif]]<br />
*[[LaBarbara Conrad]]<br />
*[[Scruffy]]<br />
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]<br />
*[[Zapp Brannigan]]<br />
*[[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wwUw0FQmDo "Rebirth" Animatic]<br />
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krPXycyNaFo David X. Cohen talks About Season Six]<br />
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