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<div>{{episode infobox<br />
|name=The Route of All Evil<br />
|no=44<br />
|image=[[File:The Route of All Evil.jpg|225px]]<br />
|image text=[[Dwight]] and [[Cubert]] showing Hermes and Farnsworth the "Awesome Express" box<br />
|season=3<br />
|broadcast season=5<br />
|number=3ACV12<br />
|caption=Disclaimer: Any resemblance to actual robots would be really cool<br />
|first aired=8 December, 2002<br />
|written by=Dan Vebber<br />
|directed by=Brian Sheesley<br />
|title reference=The saying, "''the root of all evil''," referring to the love of money<br />
|caption reference=<br />
|opening cartoon=Heep Hep Injuns<br />
|sponsor=<br />
|broadcast number=S05E03<br />
|prev ep=Insane in the Mainframe<br />
|next ep=Bendin' in the Wind<br />
|broad prev=Jurassic Bark<br />
|broad next=A Taste of Freedom<br />
}}<br />
"'''The Route of All Evil'''" is the forty-fourth episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', the twelfth of the [[Season 3|third production season]] and the third of the [[Broadcast season 5|fifth broadcast season]], being the episode airing furtherest from when it was produced. It aired 8 December, 2002 on FOX. [[Cubert Farnsworth|Cubert]] and [[Dwight Conrad|Dwight]] form a competing business to [[Planet Express]].<br />
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== The Story ==<br />
=== Act I: "We can all fight when we're drunk!" ===<br />
When [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]], [[Bender Bending Rodr&iacute;guez|Bender]] and [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] are unable to decide on which beer to buy, Leela suggests that they brew their own. Meanwhile, [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|the Professor]], [[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]] and [[LaBarbara Conrad|LaBarbara]] are yelling at [[Cubert Farnsworth|Cubert]] and [[Dwight Conrad|Dwight]] for being suspended from boarding school for salting [[Brett Blob|a bully]]. While the crew brew beer in Bender, the kids wander the office. After Cubert and Dwight trick the crew into wasting a week on a fake delivery to Dogdoo 8 (the universe ends after Dogdoo 7), Hermes and the Professor force their sons to get jobs. They start a delivery company, ''[[Awesome Express]]''.<br />
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=== Act II: "Those newspapers won'ts delivers themselveses!" ===<br />
The kids order a pedal-powered space ship from a magazine for use on the deliveries, and start a paper route. Bender is now swollen with beer. [[Sal]] drops off the papers for delivery and the boys get to work. A montage later and they are very successful. Awesome Express becomes more profitable than [[Planet Express]], but this fails to impress Hermes or the Professor. Rejected, the boys decide to crush Planet Express instead, and hire away the crew. The fathers hope to fight back with their loyal dregs, namely [[Scruffy]] and [[Zoidberg]]. Before they get very far, Cubert is able to inherit Planet Express after discovering the Professor had been declared legally dead three years ago. They rename the entire company Awesome Express.<br />
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=== Act III: "You rotten kids!" ===<br />
Hermes and the Professor leave the building, depressed. Bender "gives birth" to an ale (Benderbrau). Dwight and Cubert's failure to actually deliver the newspapers becomes apparent, they go to their fathers, who had been feeling sorry for themselves, for help. The four gather up the undelivered papers and deliver them. They head to the Blob household to apologise for breaking the window. Hermes and the Professor fight [[Horrible Gelatinous Blob|Mr. Blob]] and take a severe beating, ending up in hospital. Mr. Blob visits them to apologise, Bender shares some of his beer with the men, and Brett learns to be more like his father, by digesting Dwight and Cubert.<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
*The commentary for this episode was recorded ''before'' it aired on television, due to [[Bumper Robinson]] being out of the country. They had to wait for his return to re-record some lines.<br />
*Bender produces 5 gallons, 6 ounces of beer, or 646 liquid ounces (128 ounces to a gallon). Assuming that, in the [[31st century]], the United States customary fluid ounce is still defined as 29.574 milliliters, that equates to ~19.1 liters of [[Bendërbrāu]].<br />
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=== Allusions ===<br />
*[[Bendërbrāu]] is an allusion to a few things:<br />
**The beer's name comes from an actual beer that the ''[[Futurama]]'' staff brewed in their offices at the time of production.<ref>{{cite commentary|episode=The Route of All Evil|volume=3|disc=2}}</ref><br />
**When the Bendërbrāu is growing inside Bender, the process is frequently compared to pregnancy.<br />
**The bottle label for Bendërbrāu says that it is a {{w|steam beer}}, a style of beer which is most popular in [[California]].<br />
*Hermes sings a parody of the {{w|Bob Marley}} song "{{w|Get Up, Stand Up}}" while sorting his papers before Cubert and Dwight come in and dissemble his office.<br />
*The prince on the small asteroid, who is later knocked out by paper and speaks [[French]] is a reference to ''{{w|The Little Prince}}''.<br />
*The dog chasing Dwight and Cubert (Awesome Express) as they fly through an asteroid field is eaten by a {{sw|Exogorth|giant space slug}} extending from an {{w|asteroid}}, a parody of a scene in ''{{sw|Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back}}'', in which the {{sw|Millennium Falcon}} flies out from inside a similar beast as it tries in vain to re-eat the ship.<br />
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=== Goofs ===<br />
[[File:Benderbrau.jpg|thumb|Label indicating that [[Bendërbrāu]] is a steam beer.]]<br />
*The {{w|periodic table}} seen on Dwight's lunchbox has been outdated since 1997 when the elements Hassium and Meitnerium were added; whoever was responsible obviously wasn't aware of the additions. Further elements have been added since the episode was made, and at least one of the many scientists on staff would have been aware of the growing nature of the table, so perhaps they chose to omit these elements.<br />
**This would show peoples bad perception of the 21 century.<br />
*The Little Prince speaks a few words of French when hit by a newspaper, despite previous claims that French was a dead language {{et|2ACV10}}.<br />
**A "dead language" is not necessarily a language that is no longer spoken. It could be one that is no longer changing, like {{w|Latin}}. Further, perhaps being an inhabitant of an asteroid immunizes the Little Prince from language changes on Earth.<br />
*When pumping the [[Bendërbrāu]] out of Bender, Leela proclaims that they've created an {{w|ale}}. However, the bottle label says that it's a {{w|steam beer}}, which is not an ale but a hybrid beer that combines traits of both ales and {{w|lager}}s.<br />
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=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''[[Cubert]]''': ''[using the [[device that makes anyone sound like Farnsworth]].]'' [[Good news, everyone]]! I'm a horse's butt!<br />
'''[[Prof. Farnsworth]]''': I am? That's not good news at all, you little&ndash;</poem><br />
<poem>'''Cubert''': Plus, they're making [[Benderbrau|bootleg beer]] inside company property!<br />
'''[[Bender]]''': Lies! Lies and slander!<br />
'''Prof. Farnsworth''': Accusing gentle Bender of a misdeed? That's the last straw!</poem><br />
<poem>'''[[Zoidberg]]''': What's going on? Is this angry yelling or busted hearing aid yelling?<br />
'''[[Hermes]]''': I'm afraid it's both.<br />
'''Prof. Farnsworth''': ''[Shouting.]'' What?</poem><br />
<poem>'''[[Dwight]]''': I heard alcohol makes you stupid.<br />
'''[[Fry]]''': No, I'm... doesn't.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Cubert''': Hey, Leela, help me apply these flame decals I got in my cereal; they'll make the ship go faster.<br />
'''[[Leela]]''': And what's your scientific basis for thinking that?<br />
'''Cubert''': I'm twelve.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Prof. Farnsworth''': Folks, the situation is grim, but we shall prevail, thanks to you, our crack team of loyal dregs!<br />
''[Scruffy sits with his feet on the table, Amy puts make up on and Zoidberg sits listening intently. Hermes points at Scruffy.]''<br />
'''Hermes''': I don't even know who this guy is!<br />
'''[[Scruffy]]''': I'm Scruffy, the janitor.<br />
'''Prof. Farnsworth''': Yes, of course you are. Now we've got to buckle down and save Planet Express.<br />
'''Scruffy''': I'm on break.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Hermes''': Sweet guinea pig of Winnipeg! They've taken over our company!<br />
'''Prof. Farnsworth''': Balderdash! I never agreed to that!<br />
'''Dwight''': No. But you did declare yourself dead three years ago as a tax dodge.<br />
'''Prof. Farnsworth''': Tax dodge, nothing! You take one nap in a ditch at the park and they start declaring you this and that.</poem><br />
}}<br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
{{chars-begin}}<br />
*[[Amy Wong|Amy]]<br />
*[[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Brett Blob]]<br />
*[[Cubert Farnsworth|Cubert]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Dwight Conrad|Dwight]]<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]<br />
*[[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]]<br />
*[[Horrible Gelatinous Blob|H. G. Blob]]<br />
*[[Kif]] <ref name="Trivia & Quotes">{{cite web |url=http:http://www.tv.com/shows/futurama/the-route-of-all-evil-165475/trivia/|"Trivia & Quotes"}}</ref>(mentioned)<br />
*[[LaBarbara Conrad|LaBarbara]]<br />
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[The Little Prince]]<br />
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]<br />
*[[Sal]]<br />
*[[Scruffy]]<br />
*[[Zapp Brannigan|Zapp]] (on lunchbox)<br />
*[[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]<br />
{{chars-end}}<br />
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== Episode Credits ==<br />
{{credits-begin}}<br />
*Writer<br />
**[[Dan Vebber]]<br />
*Director<br />
**[[Brian Sheesley]]<br />
*Voice Actors<br />
**[[Billy West]]<br />
**[[Bumper Robinson]]<br />
**[[Dawnn Lewis]]<br />
**[[Katey Sagal]]<br />
**[[Kath Soucie]]<br />
**[[John DiMaggio]]<br />
**[[Maurice LaMarche]]<br />
**[[Phil LaMarr]]<br />
**[[Tress MacNeille]]<br />
*DVD Commentary<br />
**[[Dan Vebber]]<br />
**[[Maurice LaMarche]]<br />
**[[John DiMaggio]]<br />
**[[Billy West]]<br />
**[[Matt Groening]]<br />
**[[Rich Moore]]<br />
**[[Brian Sheesley]]<br />
**[[David X. Cohen]]<br />
{{credits-end}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:Media featuring children]]</div>Hildoginhttp://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=I_Dated_a_Robot&diff=118369I Dated a Robot2012-09-19T06:25:49Z<p>Hildogin: /* Characters */</p>
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<div>{{episode infobox<br />
|name=I Dated a Robot<br />
|no=47<br />
|image=[[File:I Dated a Robot.jpg|225px]]<br />
|season=3<br />
|broadcast season=<br />
|number=3ACV15<br />
|caption=No humans were probed in the making of this episode<br />
|first aired=13 May, 2001<br />
|written by=Eric Kaplan<br />
|directed by=James Purdum<br />
|title reference=The "I Dated a/an ''<archetype>''" auto-biography title<br />
|caption reference=<br />
|opening cartoon="Censored"<br />
|sponsor=<br />
|broadcast number=S03E15<br />
|special guest=[[Lucy Liu]] as [[Lucy Liu's head|herself]], the [[Luibot]] and the Fighting [[Luibot]]<br />
|prev ep=Time Keeps on Slippin'<br />
|next ep=A Leela of Her Own<br />
|broad prev=<br />
|broad next=Roswell that Ends Well<br />
}}<br />
"'''I Dated a Robot'''", originally titled "'''J-Lo Dolly'''", is the forty-seventh episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', the fifteenth of the [[Season 3|third production season]] and the fifteenth and the last of the [[Broadcast season 3|third broadcast season]]. It aired 13 May, 2001 on FOX. It guest stars [[Lucy Liu's Head|Lucy Liu]] as herself in a [[Head Jars|jar]] as well the [[Liubot]]s. [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] downloads Liu's personality illegally onto a "blank robot", and they start dating. The discontent of the other characters leads to an investigation, which reveals the sinister nature of the corporation providing the celebrity personalities.<br />
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== The Story ==<br />
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=== Act I: "I want to see the edge of the universe!" ===<br />
The crew is watching [[The Scary Door#Episode 2|The Scary Door]], [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] enters to try to convince them that the future is far better than his time. They decide to do (almost) everything Fry ever dreamed of. After travelling to the end of the universe, blowing up a planet and riding a dinosaur, Fry decides the last thing he wishes to do is to be romantically linked with a celebrity.<br />
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=== Act II: "On to the internet you go!" ===<br />
Fry and [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] go online and locate nappster.com, where Fry chooses to download Lucy Liu. The download is successful and Fry falls for the [[Lucy Liu's Head#Liubot|Liubot]].<br />
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=== Act III: "Humans dating robots is sick!" ===<br />
The crew considers the relationship sick. They try to make him end the relationship, and show him a [[Instructional Movies#I Dated A Robot|propaganda film]] which shows that humans dating robots will lead to disaster. The film has no effect on Fry, who is busy making out with the Liubot. Leela, [[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]] and [[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]] head off to shut down nappster.com, where it is revealed that the company (secretly known as kidnappster.com) is holding various heads in jars hostage in order to scan them to create the robot duplicates, [[Lucy Liu's Head|Liu]] having been there 800 years. The three rescue Lucy Liu's Head and escape. Kidnappster sends Liubots to kill them.<br />
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=== Act IV: "Bender don't bend that way!" ===<br />
The real Lucy Liu is apparently attracted to Bender. A swarm of Liubots begin attacking. They hide in a movie theatre, where they find Fry and his Liubot on a date. The swarm enters and continues its rampage. Fry leads Bender, Leela, Zoidberg, Lucy and his Liubot to the projection room. The Lius prepare to enter through the window, but are stopped by a huge quantity of popcorn, until the swarm begins shooting the popcorn back.<br />
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=== Act V: "Massive corn clog in port seven!" ===<br />
Fry's Liubot sacrifices herself to destroy the others and save Fry. Bender and Lucy admit their feelings for one another, much to Fry's disappointment.<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
[[File:Promo 3ACV15.jpg|right|thumbnail|[[Promo pic]] of this episode]]<br />
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=== Trivia ===<br />
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*This episode [[:Category:Media featuring its title|features its title]].<br />
*[[Pamela Anderson's head]] is now at kidnappster, having last been seen helping [[Mom's sons]] in "[[A Fishful of Dollars]]".<br />
*Other celebrities being held captive included {{w|Cheech Marin}}, {{w|Harrison Ford}}, {{w|George Michael}}, {{w|Nicole Kidman}} and {{w|Madeleine Albright}}.<br />
*Some of Fry's dreams are destroying a planet, riding a dinosaur, to be invisible in a chocolate factory, and to date a celebrity.<br />
*The idea of love between a robot and a human being wrong as it does not produce children (as said in the propaganda film) refers to the sometimes argument put forward by those opposed to homosexuality and incest.<br />
*The title for this episode was close to being "J-Lo Dolly", though it remains unknown why the crew changed their minds so late in the progress or whether the original title had implied an appearance by {{w|Jennifer Lopez}}, commonly known as 'J-Lo'.<br />
*The new hands that Fry buys later turn out to be the cause of his inability to play the [[Holophonor]].<br />
*The song played during the montage is "{{w|Love Machine (The Miracles song)|Love Machine}}" by {{w|The Miracles}}. Another song by The Miracles, "{{w|I Second That Emotion}}", was used as the title of [[I Second that Emotion|2ACV01]].<br />
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=== Quotes ===<br />
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<poem>'''Fry''': Oh, Lucy! You're just like I always thought you'd be from your movies.<br />
'''Liubot''': My personality is mathematically derived from my movies, proportionally weighted by box office receipts.<br />
'''Fry''': Aaawww... you say the CUTEST things!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Fry''': Far out! So there's an infinite number of parallel universes?<br />
'''Farnsworth''': No, just the two.<br />
'''Fry''': Oh, well, I don't care if it was some dork in a costume. For one brief moment I felt the heartbeat of creation, and it was one with my own.<br />
'''Amy''': Big deal!<br />
'''[[Bender]]''': We all feel like that all the time. You don't hear us gassin' on about it. <br />
<poem>'''Leela''': They're forming a human pyramid of robots!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Fry''': She's more than just a piece of software.<br />
'''Liubot''': Would you like to take a moment to register me?<br />
'''Fry''': Uh, not right now.<br />
'''Liubot''': I'll remind you later, you hot stud, you!<br />
'''Fry''': So, uh, what do you feel like doing?<br />
'''Liubot''': Would you like to take a moment to register me?<br />
'''Fry''': I said later!<br />
Luibot: This is later...<br />
[[Fry]]:SHUT UP!!!!</poem><br />
<poem>''' [[Fighting Liubot]]''': I am Lucy Liu give me your spines!<br />
'''Zapp Brannigan''': Now that's a wave of destruction that's easy on the eyes! <br />
'''Liubot''': I'll always remember you. ''[Robotic voice.]'' MEMORY DELETED!</poem><br />
}}<br />
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=== Continuity ===<br />
*Lucy Liu returns in "[[Love and Rocket]]".<br />
*While there are currently only the two [[Parallel universes|alternate universes]], many parallel ones come into existence in "[[The Farnsworth Parabox]]".<br />
*Bender refers to [[robosexual|robosexuals]] in "[[Space Pilot 3000]]", it is possible that this is a reference to a romantic relationships between a human and a robot as seen in this episode.<br />
*Bender later develops a robosexual relationship with [[Amy Wong]] and is a key player in the passing of [[Proposition ∞]].<br />
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=== Allusions ===<br />
*Lucy Liu parodies her successful ''Charlie's Angels'' movies, reprising her role in the 2007 classic ''Charlie's Angels III: The Legend of Charlie's Gold'' (which features a vampire ''and'' an explosion)<br />
**The title is based on ''City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold''<br />
*A large focus on the copyright infringement issues causing problems for Napster<br />
*"We would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for those meddling adults!" - similar line (with kids instead of adults) is found in most episodes of ''Scooby Doo''.<br />
*''[[The Scary Door]]'' segment includes several references to ''{{w|The Twilight Zone}}'' episodes:<br />
**"{{w|Nightmare at 20,000 Feet}}" - Smith's "there's a gremlin destroying the plane, you gotta believe me!"<br />
**"{{w|A Nice Place To Visit}}" - A dead man thinking he's in heaven because he gets everything he wanted (a casino where he's actually winning) but finding out that's boring and maybe it's hell, also a {{w|Sebastian Cabot}}-like man<br />
**"{{w|The Man in the Bottle}}" - One of the main character's wishes was to be a world leader that can't be replaced, so the genie makes him [[Adolf Hitler]]<br />
*Fry and the Liubot visit [[Dinkin' Donuts]], which refers to the doughnut chain {{w|Dunkin' Donuts}} and former New York mayor {{w|David Dinkins}} (whose picture is on the store marquee).<br />
*At one point, Bender acts in the manner of Archie Bunker from ''All in the Family'' and even sits in Archie's trademark living room chair.<br />
*When Leela, Bender, and Zoidberg prepare to leave Napster with Lucy Liu's head, George Michael's head responds, "Please pick me up before you go-go". A reference to the Wham song "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go".<br />
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=== Goofs ===<br />
*The jar holding Lucy Liu's head seems to change sizes between scenes for the last act. It goes from being roughly the size of Bender's compartment when he tosses Pavarotti to make room for her, to being slightly smaller than the compartment when Lucy gives Fry the speech about illegal downloading, to being larger when Bender's holding her next to him after Fry erases the last Liubot.<br />
*After the Liubots tear through the cinema screen, the exact same scene that had just happened is shown, albeit blurred onscreen. However, this may just be to make fun of the repetitive nature of the film.<br />
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=== Alien Language Sightings ===<br />
'''Time''': 04:56<br /><br />
'''Location''': Computer screen before entering the [[Internet]]<br /><br />
'''Language''': [[AL2]]<br /><br />
'''Translation''': AOL<br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
{{chars-begin}}<br />
*[[Amy Wong|Amy]]<br />
*[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]]<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]<br />
*[[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Jackie Chan|Jackie Chan]] (mentioned)<br />
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Liubot]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Lucy Liu's head]]<br />
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Prof. Farnsworth]]<br />
*[[Sal]]<br />
*'''Debut''' [[The Being of Inconceivable Horror]]<br />
*[[Zapp Brannigan]]<br />
*[[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]<br />
{{chars-end}}<br />
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== Episode Credits ==<br />
{{credits-begin}}<br />
*Writer<br />
**[[Eric Kaplan]]<br />
*Director<br />
**[[James Purdum]]<br />
*Voice Actors<br />
**[[Billy West]]<br />
**[[Katey Sagal]]<br />
**[[John DiMaggio]]<br />
**[[Tress MacNeille]]<br />
**[[Maurice LaMarche]]<br />
**[[David Herman]]<br />
**[[Phil LaMarr]]<br />
**[[Lauren Tom]]<br />
**[[Frank Welker]]<br />
*DVD Commentary<br />
**[[Matt Groening]]<br />
**[[David X. Cohen]]<br />
**[[Rich Moore]]<br />
**[[Eric Kaplan]]<br />
**[[Peter Avanzino]]<br />
**[[Scott Vanzo]]<br />
*Special Guest<br />
**[[Lucy Liu's Head|Lucy Liu]]<br />
{{credits-end}}<br />
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[[Category:Media wherein characters run away]]</div>Hildoginhttp://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Igner&diff=118360Igner2012-09-18T19:40:24Z<p>Hildogin: /* Appearances */</p>
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<div>{{character infobox<br />
|name=Igner<br />
|type=s<br />
|image=[[File:Igner.png|225px]]<br />
|species=[[Human]]<br />
|age=~30 ''(see [[Mom's sons#Age]])''<br />
|gender=Male<br />
|family=''See [[#Family|family]] section''<br />
|voiced by=John DiMaggio<br />
|first appear={{e|A Fishful of Dollars}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Igner''' is the youngest and dumbest of [[Mom's sons]], and the only non-clone offspring of [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Hubert Farnsworth]]. As the dumbest of the three, he is often prone to slapstick events, and unquestioningly does what his brothers ask him to, but he is also the one with a sincere heart.<br />
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== Personality ==<br />
While Igner is the dumbest of [[Mom's sons]], and often does what he is asked without thinking, he can actually do the right thing when he puts his mind to it. While dumb, he is actually sincere and good at heart, something which cannot be said about his oldest brother, [[Walt]]. Although neither of the brothers is as evil as [[Mom|their mother]], Igner is the only one to question and sabotage for his brothers.<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
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[[file:FarnsworthIgner.png|thumb|left|225px|Igner reunites with [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|his father]] in [[3008]].]]<br />
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Mom got pregnant in the mid-to-late [[2970s]] (see [[Mom's sons#Age|age]]), while still seeing [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth]], who she later broke up with. She decided to keep the baby, who would later be named Igner, without telling the Professor, and it wasn't until Igner was a grown man that the Professor first learned about his son. At Igner's birth, Mom flipped a coin whether to keep her son or the {{w|afterbirth}}, but ultimately kept her son.<br />
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Igner grew up assuming that he shared father with his older brothers, [[Walt]] and [[Larry]], as their mother never told him otherwise. Along with them, he later started working for Mom in ''[[Mom's Friendly Robot Company]]''.<br />
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In [[3008]], Igner eavesdrops on Mom telling his brothers about his secret father. By the [[Planet Express attack on the Mombil "mine"]], he helps the [[Planet Express crew]] to flee instead of capturing them, as he had been ordered, leaving the PE crew pleased but puzzled. Later on, he tells Farnsworth about him being his father, and he helps the crew destroy the [[anti-backwards crystal]] and effectively the usage of [[dark matter]] as fuel, and thus disobeying his family for the sake of righteousness. <br />
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According to Mom, Igner has never been hugged, until Farnsworth requested it.<br />
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== Character Description ==<br />
<br />
[[File:Larry Walt Ignar.jpg|thumb|right|Igner (to the right) next to [[Mom's sons|his brothers]]: [[Larry]] on the left and [[Walt]] in the middle.]]<br />
<br />
=== Family ===<br />
*[[Mom]], mother.<br />
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth]], father.<br />
*[[Walt]], half-brother.<br />
*[[Larry]], half-brother.<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry]], many-times great-uncle and, at the same time, many-times great-grandfather.<br />
<br />
== Production ==<br />
<br />
Igner was originally thought to be spelled as "Ignar". Igner's name could be a pun on the insult "ignoramus". His name is still spelt as "Ignar" in the Comics.<br />
<br />
== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
*Igner often whimpers in fear of certain events, such as when Farnsworth were to get Mom's remote in her bra. <br />
*It is revealed that Farnsworth is Igner's father in ''Bender's Game'' during a parody of the {{sw|Duel on Cloud City|fight}} between {{sw|Luke Skywalker}} and {{sw|Darth Vader}}, in {{sw|Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back}}.<br />
<br />
=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Igner''': Can I wear your fat suit?<br />
'''Mom''': No Igner, put that down!</poem><br />
<poem>[repeated line in ''Bender's Game]<br />
'''Igner''': We're owl exterminators!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Mom''': When he came out I flipped a coin whether to keep him or the after-birth.<br />
'''Walt''': Yes, Mother. You told that story at his graduation.</poem><br />
}}<br />
<br />
=== Appearances ===<br />
{{appear-begin}}<br />
*{{e|1ACV06}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV08}} (deleted scene)<br />
*{{e|2ACV14}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV09}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV18}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV21}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV14}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV16}}<br />
*{{f|2}}<br />
*{{f|3}}<br />
*{{f|4}} ([[Audience scene|cameo]])<br />
*{{e|6ACV03}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV18}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV25}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV26}} ([[Action Delivery Force|cameo]]){{disputed canon}}<br />
*{{e|7ACV02}}<br />
*{{e|7ACV13}}<br />
*{{clink|US#005|Who's Dying to Be a Gazillionaire?}}<br />
*{{clink|US#030|Fry and the Double-Bag Must-Have Item}}<br />
*{{clink|US#034|Planet Michelle}}<br />
*{{clink|US#038|Rumble in the Jungle}}<br />
*{{clink|US#050|Your Mother Wears Pilot Boots}}<br />
*{{clink|US#058|Boomsday!}}<br />
*{{cmlink|US#054-mini|Captain Zapp Brannigan in Rank Call!|How Much is that Mutant in the Window?#Special Features}}<br />
*{{clink|US#X03|Slaves of New New York!}}<br />
*{{clink|US#X04|The Read Menace!}}<br />
*{{g|1}}<br />
{{appear-end}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Humans]]</div>Hildoginhttp://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Larry&diff=118359Larry2012-09-18T19:39:48Z<p>Hildogin: /* Appearances */</p>
<hr />
<div>:''Not to be confused with [[Larry the Murder Burglar]]''<br />
<br />
{{character infobox<br />
|name=Larry<br />
|type=s<br />
|image=[[File:Larry.png|225px]]<br />
|gender=Male<br />
|age=~30 ''(see [[Mom's sons#Age]])''<br />
|species=[[Human]]<br />
|family=''See [[#Family|family]] section''<br />
|first appear={{e|A Fishful of Dollars}}<br />
|voiced by=David Herman<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''Larry''' is the middle child of [[Mom's sons]], and together with [[Walt]] are the two sane ones. Larry is also the shy one of the three, as he wishes people to tone down on saying the word "bra", especially when referring to [[Mom]]'s.<br />
<br />
He is own prone to be slapped by Mom or Walt, but has on occasion slapped [[Igner]]. Larry is usually given the dirty work that Walt does not want to do, but will often just let Igner do it.<br />
<br />
== Character Description ==<br />
=== Family ===<br />
*[[Mom]], mother.<br />
*Unknown father, perhaps [[Dr. Ogden Wernstrom]].<br />
*[[Walt]], brother.<br />
*[[Igner]], half-brother.<br />
<br />
== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
*Larry has appeared more often than his siblings, albeit in non-speaking roles.<br />
<br />
=== Appearances ===<br />
{{appear-begin}}<br />
*{{e|1ACV06}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV05}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV07}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV08}} (deleted scene)<br />
*{{e|2ACV14}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV09}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV18}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV21}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV14}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV16}}<br />
*{{f|2}}<br />
*{{f|3}}<br />
*{{f|4}} ([[Audience scene|cameo]])<br />
*{{e|6ACV03}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV18}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV25}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV26}} ([[Action Delivery Force|cameo]]){{disputed canon}}<br />
*{{e|7ACV02}}<br />
*{{e|7ACV13}}<br />
*{{clink|US#003|The Owner of Mars Attacks!}}<br />
*{{clink|US#005|Who's Dying to Be a Gazillionaire?}}<br />
*{{clink|US#030|Fry and the Double-Bag Must-Have Item}}<br />
*{{clink|US#034|Planet Michelle}}<br />
*{{clink|US#038|Rumble in the Jungle}}<br />
*{{clink|US#050|Your Mother Wears Pilot Boots}}<br />
*{{clink|US#058|Boomsday!}}<br />
*{{clink|US#X03|Slaves of New New York!}}<br />
*{{clink|US#X04|The Read Menace!}}<br />
*{{g|1}}<br />
{{appear-end}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Humans]]</div>Hildoginhttp://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Walt&diff=118358Walt2012-09-18T19:38:51Z<p>Hildogin: /* Appearances */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{character infobox<br />
|name=Walt<br />
|type=s<br />
|image=[[File:Walt.png|225px]]<br />
|gender=Male<br />
|age=~30 ''(see [[Mom's sons#Age]])''<br />
|species=[[Human]]<br />
|origin=[[Earth]]<br />
|family=''See [[#Family|family]] section''<br />
|first appear={{e|A Fishful of Dollars}}<br />
|voiced by=Maurice LaMarche<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''Walt''' is the oldest of [[Mom's sons]], and is generally the most loyal of the three, if not also the most reliable. He has grown to use some of his [[Mom|mother]]'s method of slapping his younger brothers, when he feels they are being inappropriate, and Mom often commands him to slap them.<br />
<br />
When the three sons act alone, Walt is often the brain of the operation. This could be a possible reference to "Brain" from the cartoon "Pinky and the Brain" who is also voiced by Maurice LaMarche. His methods are sleazy and often just the simplest plan necessary. He seems very impatient with his brothers, and do not expect much of them either.<br />
<br />
== Character Description ==<br />
=== Family ===<br />
*[[Mom]], mother.<br />
*Unknown father, perhaps [[Dr. Ogden Wernstrom]].<br />
*[[Larry]], brother.<br />
*[[Igner]], half-brother.<br />
<br />
== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Appearances ===<br />
{{appear-begin}}<br />
*{{e|1ACV06}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV08}} (deleted scene)<br />
*{{e|2ACV14}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV09}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV18}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV21}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV14}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV16}}<br />
*{{f|2}}<br />
*{{f|3}}<br />
*{{f|4}} ([[Audience scene|cameo]])<br />
*{{e|6ACV03}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV18}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV19}} ([[Parade Day Parade|cameo]])<br />
*{{e|6ACV25}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV26}} ([[Action Delivery Force|cameo]]){{disputed canon}}<br />
*{{e|7ACV02}}<br />
*{{e|7ACV13}}<br />
*{{clink|US#005|Who's Dying to Be a Gazillionaire?}}<br />
*{{clink|US#010|The Big Sweep}}<br />
*{{clink|US#030|Fry and the Double-Bag Must-Have Item}}<br />
*{{clink|US#038|Rumble in the Jungle}}<br />
*{{clink|US#050|Your Mother Wears Pilot Boots}}<br />
*{{clink|US#058|Boomsday!}}<br />
*{{clink|US#X03|Slaves of New New York!}}<br />
*{{clink|US#X04|The Read Menace!}}<br />
*{{g|1}}<br />
{{appear-end}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Human characters voiced by Maurice LaMarche]]<br />
[[Category:Humans]]</div>Hildoginhttp://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Mom&diff=118357Mom2012-09-18T19:36:47Z<p>Hildogin: /* Appearances */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{character infobox<br />
|name=Mom<br />
|image=[[File:Mom.jpg|225px]]<br />
|type=s<br />
|birth date=Before [[2881]]<br />
|age=At least {{age|2881}}<br />
|gender=Female<br />
|species=[[Human]]<br />
|origin=[[Earth]]<br />
|job=Owner and CEO of [[MomCorp]]<br />
|family=[[Walt]], son<br>[[Larry]], son<br>[[Igner]], son<br>[[Hubert J. Farnsworth]], former lover<br>[[Dr. Ogden Wernstrom]], Ex-Husband<br />
|first appear={{e|1ACV06}}<br />
|voiced by=Tress MacNeille<br />
}}<br />
'''Mom''', real name '''Carol''', is an elderly woman and the owner and CEO of [[MomCorp]] and its multiple subsidiary companies, such as Mom's Friendly Robot Company. While having the public face of a kind old woman, she is in reality bitter, cold-hearted and evil. She is among the most recurring antagonists of ''[[Futurama]]'', as well as the old [[Mom-Farnsworth relationship|love interest]] of [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|the Professor]].<br />
<br />
== Personality ==<br />
In public Mom appears to be a sweet and motherly old woman. However behind this facade is an evil, bitter and sometimes maniacal woman, who wants to take over the world. She is often abusive to her sons, slapping them regularly and also says that robots made her "sick to my ass" even though her company makes them. Mom was once in love with Hubert Farnsworth but breaking up with him was what caused her to become such a bitter woman.<br />
<br />
Her public body is stereotypically motherly - fat and frail, usually in a rocking chair, but in private she takes off her fat-suit and is slim, usually sporting a skintight blue suit and tall black boots.<br />
<br />
== Biography ==<br />
<br />
=== Early years ===<br />
Little is known of Mom's life before forming [[MomCorp]]. A company named "Friendly Robot Company" already existed in [[2801]], probably later taken over by Mom. However, in [[2881]] Mom was already constructing the first [[robot]]s of the first robots, working alongside inventor [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Hubert J. Farnsworth]], who she had an on-again off-again [[Mom-Farnsworth relationship|relationship]] with through many years. One of the first robots was the highly polluting [[Sport-Utility Robot]] created by Farnsworth. In [[2927]], Mom sent her army (including Farnsworth and [[Zoidberg]]) on a [[yeti]]-hunting trip to [[Triton]]. In [[2972]], Mom was hired by [[DOOP]] to lead the [[dark matter]] mining in [[Vergon 6]].<br />
<br />
Professor Farnsworth is the father of [[Igner]], the youngest of Mom's three sons, but did not know this for many years until [[3009]]. Her other sons, [[Walt]] and [[Larry]], have still questionable paternity, however it's possible that Mom's first husband, [[Dr. Ogden Wernstrom]], is their father. Despite having been married before, Mom has claimed that Professor Farnsworth was "the only man I ever loved". <br />
<br />
[[File:Momon posessed.PNG|225px|thumb|right|Mom's [[Cornwood]] alternative is [[Momon]], a witch-like being representing her evil personality.]]<br />
<br />
=== Recent years ===<br />
Mom and the Professor briefly got back together on "[[Mother's Day]]", but she broke it off when she discovered that, although the Professor's feelings had become genuine, their meeting was a ploy to get the controller to stop the robot rebellion. As such, their [[Mom-Farnsworth conflict|conflict]] continued, and continues to this day.<br />
<br />
She appears in ''[[Bender's Game]]'' under the identity "[[Momon]]" and eventually becomes a dragon that does battle with [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]], also a dragon.<br />
<br />
== Character Description ==<br />
=== Relationships ===<br />
Mom has at least on several accounts had a [[Farnsworth-Mom relationship|relationship]] with [[Professor Farnsworth]]. Farnsworth initially worked for [[Mom's Friendly Robot Company]], where he designed robots for the company as well as toys, such as [[Q. T. McWhiskers]], but Mom's suggestion of turning the toy into a giant caused Farnsworth to leave her and [[Mom-Farnsworth conflict|conflict developed between the former lovers]].<br />
<br />
Farnsworth would later return to Mom's company to work on creating actual robots. At the time robots were stiff moving and not very efficient, however, when Farnsworth sacrificed fuel efficiency, he succeeded at creating a sportier robot, the design for which would be the primary cause of [[global warming]]. What caused Farnsworth to leave this time is unknown, but it is likely that it was Mom's evil nature.<br />
<br />
On a third occasion, Farnsworth was once again at the company with Mom, where he discovered the secret of [[Dark Matter]], around the time where [[Walt, Larry and Igner|Mom's sons]] were born. But when Mom revealed her plans to leave Farnsworth for [[Dr. Ogden Wernstrom|her former husband]], the relationship ended again.<br />
<br />
Surprisingly, as revealed in "[[The Tip of the Zoidberg]]", she has a close friendship with [[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Zoidberg]], even being on first name terms with him, asking him how he is and regretting that if he'd stayed with her, he could have been rich and successful.<br />
<br />
== Additional Info ==<br />
[[File:Mom's Old-Fashioned Robot Oil.jpg|thumb|Mom's Old-Fashioned Robot Oil]]<br />
<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
*She apparently holds the trademark on the words "Mom", "Love" and "Screen Door". Mom owns 99.7% of her conglomerate company [[MomCorp]]. The remaining 0.3% is split evenly between her three sons [[Walt, Larry and Igner]].<br />
*In [[Chapek 9]], followers of the robot religion [[Order of the Binary Singularity]] worship Mom as "Creatrix".<br />
<br />
=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Mom''': Crap-spackle!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Mom''': Shove a big old squirrel in it!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Mom''': Jam a bastard in it, you crap!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Mom''': Stink pig!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Mom''': Move your freaking hoof you goat!</poem><br />
<poem>[deleted scene] '''Mom''': Make that bitch your bitch, you bastard!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Mom''': Amazing. [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Some dumb bastard]] has nearly a million other dumb bastards following his every [[Twitcher|twit]]. ''[To her sons.]'' Are you dumb bastards listening to me, you dumb bastards?</poem><br />
<poem>'''[[Walt]]''': Mommy!<br />
'''Mom''': What is it, you colicky bastards?!<br />
'''Walt''': We were playing video games and the other kids didn't play fair!<br />
'''Mom''': What?! Nobody rips off my kids but me!</poem><br />
}}<br />
<br />
=== Appearances ===<br />
{{appear-begin}}<br />
*{{e|1ACV06}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV08}} (deleted scene)<br />
*{{e|2ACV14}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV21}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV08}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV14}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV16}}<br />
*{{f|2}} ([[Date scene|cameo]])<br />
*{{f|3}}<br />
*{{f|4}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV03}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV06}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV18}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV25}}<br />
*{{e|7ACV02}}<br />
*{{e|7ACV09}}<br />
*{{e|7ACV13}}<br />
*{{g|1}}<br />
*{{clink|US#005|Who's Dying to Be a Gazillionaire?}}<br />
*{{clink|US#008|Planet X-Press Men}}<br />
*{{clink|US#030|Fry and the Double-Bag Must-Have Item}}<br />
*{{clink|US#038|Rumble in the Jungle}}<br />
*{{clink|US#041|Soldier Boys}}<br />
*{{clink|US#050|Your Mother Wears Pilot Boots}}<br />
*{{clink|US#052|Ro-Botox!}}<br />
*{{clink|US#056|Do You Want Fry with That?}}<br />
*{{clink|US#058|Boomsday!}}<br />
*{{clink|US#X03|Slaves of New New York!}}<br />
*{{clink|US#X04|The Read Menace!}}<br />
{{appear-end}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Antagonists]]<br />
[[Category:Humans]]<br />
[[Category:Owners]]</div>Hildoginhttp://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Mom&diff=118356Mom2012-09-18T19:35:26Z<p>Hildogin: /* Appearances */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{character infobox<br />
|name=Mom<br />
|image=[[File:Mom.jpg|225px]]<br />
|type=s<br />
|birth date=Before [[2881]]<br />
|age=At least {{age|2881}}<br />
|gender=Female<br />
|species=[[Human]]<br />
|origin=[[Earth]]<br />
|job=Owner and CEO of [[MomCorp]]<br />
|family=[[Walt]], son<br>[[Larry]], son<br>[[Igner]], son<br>[[Hubert J. Farnsworth]], former lover<br>[[Dr. Ogden Wernstrom]], Ex-Husband<br />
|first appear={{e|1ACV06}}<br />
|voiced by=Tress MacNeille<br />
}}<br />
'''Mom''', real name '''Carol''', is an elderly woman and the owner and CEO of [[MomCorp]] and its multiple subsidiary companies, such as Mom's Friendly Robot Company. While having the public face of a kind old woman, she is in reality bitter, cold-hearted and evil. She is among the most recurring antagonists of ''[[Futurama]]'', as well as the old [[Mom-Farnsworth relationship|love interest]] of [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|the Professor]].<br />
<br />
== Personality ==<br />
In public Mom appears to be a sweet and motherly old woman. However behind this facade is an evil, bitter and sometimes maniacal woman, who wants to take over the world. She is often abusive to her sons, slapping them regularly and also says that robots made her "sick to my ass" even though her company makes them. Mom was once in love with Hubert Farnsworth but breaking up with him was what caused her to become such a bitter woman.<br />
<br />
Her public body is stereotypically motherly - fat and frail, usually in a rocking chair, but in private she takes off her fat-suit and is slim, usually sporting a skintight blue suit and tall black boots.<br />
<br />
== Biography ==<br />
<br />
=== Early years ===<br />
Little is known of Mom's life before forming [[MomCorp]]. A company named "Friendly Robot Company" already existed in [[2801]], probably later taken over by Mom. However, in [[2881]] Mom was already constructing the first [[robot]]s of the first robots, working alongside inventor [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Hubert J. Farnsworth]], who she had an on-again off-again [[Mom-Farnsworth relationship|relationship]] with through many years. One of the first robots was the highly polluting [[Sport-Utility Robot]] created by Farnsworth. In [[2927]], Mom sent her army (including Farnsworth and [[Zoidberg]]) on a [[yeti]]-hunting trip to [[Triton]]. In [[2972]], Mom was hired by [[DOOP]] to lead the [[dark matter]] mining in [[Vergon 6]].<br />
<br />
Professor Farnsworth is the father of [[Igner]], the youngest of Mom's three sons, but did not know this for many years until [[3009]]. Her other sons, [[Walt]] and [[Larry]], have still questionable paternity, however it's possible that Mom's first husband, [[Dr. Ogden Wernstrom]], is their father. Despite having been married before, Mom has claimed that Professor Farnsworth was "the only man I ever loved". <br />
<br />
[[File:Momon posessed.PNG|225px|thumb|right|Mom's [[Cornwood]] alternative is [[Momon]], a witch-like being representing her evil personality.]]<br />
<br />
=== Recent years ===<br />
Mom and the Professor briefly got back together on "[[Mother's Day]]", but she broke it off when she discovered that, although the Professor's feelings had become genuine, their meeting was a ploy to get the controller to stop the robot rebellion. As such, their [[Mom-Farnsworth conflict|conflict]] continued, and continues to this day.<br />
<br />
She appears in ''[[Bender's Game]]'' under the identity "[[Momon]]" and eventually becomes a dragon that does battle with [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]], also a dragon.<br />
<br />
== Character Description ==<br />
=== Relationships ===<br />
Mom has at least on several accounts had a [[Farnsworth-Mom relationship|relationship]] with [[Professor Farnsworth]]. Farnsworth initially worked for [[Mom's Friendly Robot Company]], where he designed robots for the company as well as toys, such as [[Q. T. McWhiskers]], but Mom's suggestion of turning the toy into a giant caused Farnsworth to leave her and [[Mom-Farnsworth conflict|conflict developed between the former lovers]].<br />
<br />
Farnsworth would later return to Mom's company to work on creating actual robots. At the time robots were stiff moving and not very efficient, however, when Farnsworth sacrificed fuel efficiency, he succeeded at creating a sportier robot, the design for which would be the primary cause of [[global warming]]. What caused Farnsworth to leave this time is unknown, but it is likely that it was Mom's evil nature.<br />
<br />
On a third occasion, Farnsworth was once again at the company with Mom, where he discovered the secret of [[Dark Matter]], around the time where [[Walt, Larry and Igner|Mom's sons]] were born. But when Mom revealed her plans to leave Farnsworth for [[Dr. Ogden Wernstrom|her former husband]], the relationship ended again.<br />
<br />
Surprisingly, as revealed in "[[The Tip of the Zoidberg]]", she has a close friendship with [[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Zoidberg]], even being on first name terms with him, asking him how he is and regretting that if he'd stayed with her, he could have been rich and successful.<br />
<br />
== Additional Info ==<br />
[[File:Mom's Old-Fashioned Robot Oil.jpg|thumb|Mom's Old-Fashioned Robot Oil]]<br />
<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
*She apparently holds the trademark on the words "Mom", "Love" and "Screen Door". Mom owns 99.7% of her conglomerate company [[MomCorp]]. The remaining 0.3% is split evenly between her three sons [[Walt, Larry and Igner]].<br />
*In [[Chapek 9]], followers of the robot religion [[Order of the Binary Singularity]] worship Mom as "Creatrix".<br />
<br />
=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Mom''': Crap-spackle!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Mom''': Shove a big old squirrel in it!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Mom''': Jam a bastard in it, you crap!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Mom''': Stink pig!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Mom''': Move your freaking hoof you goat!</poem><br />
<poem>[deleted scene] '''Mom''': Make that bitch your bitch, you bastard!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Mom''': Amazing. [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Some dumb bastard]] has nearly a million other dumb bastards following his every [[Twitcher|twit]]. ''[To her sons.]'' Are you dumb bastards listening to me, you dumb bastards?</poem><br />
<poem>'''[[Walt]]''': Mommy!<br />
'''Mom''': What is it, you colicky bastards?!<br />
'''Walt''': We were playing video games and the other kids didn't play fair!<br />
'''Mom''': What?! Nobody rips off my kids but me!</poem><br />
}}<br />
<br />
=== Appearances ===<br />
{{appear-begin}}<br />
*{{e|1ACV06}} <br />
*{{e|2ACV14}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV21}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV08}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV14}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV16}}<br />
*{{f|2}} ([[Date scene|cameo]])<br />
*{{f|3}}<br />
*{{f|4}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV03}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV06}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV18}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV25}}<br />
*{{e|7ACV02}}<br />
*{{e|7ACV09}}<br />
*{{e|7ACV13}}<br />
*{{g|1}}<br />
*{{clink|US#005|Who's Dying to Be a Gazillionaire?}}<br />
*{{clink|US#008|Planet X-Press Men}}<br />
*{{clink|US#030|Fry and the Double-Bag Must-Have Item}}<br />
*{{clink|US#038|Rumble in the Jungle}}<br />
*{{clink|US#041|Soldier Boys}}<br />
*{{clink|US#050|Your Mother Wears Pilot Boots}}<br />
*{{clink|US#052|Ro-Botox!}}<br />
*{{clink|US#056|Do You Want Fry with That?}}<br />
*{{clink|US#058|Boomsday!}}<br />
*{{clink|US#X03|Slaves of New New York!}}<br />
*{{clink|US#X04|The Read Menace!}}<br />
{{appear-end}}<br />
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[[Category:Antagonists]]<br />
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<div>{{character infobox<br />
|type=s<br />
|name=Kif Kroker<br />
|image=[[File:Kif Kroker.jpg|225px]]<br />
|image text=A classic drawing of Kif.<br />
|age=Unknown, likely mid-fifties<br />
|gender=Male<br />
|species=[[Amphibiosans|Amphibiosan]]<br />
|origin=[[Amphibios 9]], [[Clan Kroker's Sacred Birthing Grounds]]<br />
|job=[[DOOP]] Fourth Lieutenant<br />
|family=''See [[#Family|Family]] section''<br />
|first appear={{e|1ACV04}}<br />
|voiced by=Maurice LaMarche<br />
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Fourth Lieutenant '''Kif Kroker''' is an [[Amphibiosan]] working for the [[Democratic Order of Planets]], serving aboard the [[Nimbus]] as first officer to [[Zapp Brannigan]]. Zapp is generally abusive towards Kif, forcing him to do a variety of demeaning tasks, including shaving his armpits, but Kif meekly tolerates this abuse, as he apparently lacks the confidence to defend himself. However, Kif sometimes seeks out advice from Zapp and is called his most loyal officer and best friend. Since [[3003]] he has had [[Kif-Amy relationship|a relationship]] with [[human]] [[Amy Wong]].<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Kif Kroker has fought in wars against the [[Spheroids]] of [[Spheron 1]] ([[War Is the H-Word|2ACV17]]), the [[Spiderians]] of [[Tarantulon 6]] ([[Three Hundred Big Boys|4ACV16]]), the [[Decapodian Army]] in the [[Decapodian Invasion of Earth]] ([[A Taste of Freedom|4ACV05]]), and in all the [[Omicronians|Omicronian]] invasions of [[Earth]] ([[When Aliens Attack|1ACV12]], [[The Problem with Popplers|2ACV15]], [[Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences|6ACV11]]). However, he was at one point discharged from the [[DOOP]] when [[Zapp Brannigan]] blamed most of his mistake on him ([[Brannigan, Begin Again|2ACV02]]).<br />
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Kif fell in love with [[Amy Wong]] after only a brief meeting with her on the [[Titanic]] ([[A Flight to Remember|1ACV10]]). For a whole year, he was too nervous to speak to Amy, but eventually admitted his feelings for her ([[Amazon Women in the Mood|3ACV01]]). Despite [[Leo and Inez Wong|her parents]]' dislike of him, Amy returned his feelings. Ironically, though, it was them who set Kif and Amy up when Zapp forced the captainship upon him after the vessel crashed. They have been together since their first date ([[Amazon Women in the Mood|3ACV01]]).<br />
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[[Kif's offspring|Hundreds of unnamed children]] of whom [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] is the mother and [[Amy Wong|Amy]] is the [[smizmar]] when ([[Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch|4ACV01]]). They are currently living in the [[Clan Kroker's Sacred Birthing Grounds|the same place where their father was born]], in an immature, tadpole form, and will have grown legs and emerged from the water by [[3023]]. [[Mr. and Mrs. Kroker|Kif's parents]] live there with them ([[The Beast with a Billion Backs|TBWABB]]).<br />
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== Character Description ==<br />
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=== Personality ===<br />
Kif Kroker is a nervous and selfconscious individual who suffers from lack of confidence. He is submissive towards [[Zapp Brannigan]], even though Zapp frequently has him do humiliating things. Kif seems like the ideal candidate for General of the [[DOOP Army]], however, he often gets the blame when Zapp makes a mistake and has the credit taken from him by Zapp when he suceeds. However, when under the influence of alcohol, he finds Zapp's statements to be extremely funny.<br />
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=== Friendships and relationships ===<br />
==== Zapp Brannigan ====<br />
[[Zapp Brannigan]] considers Kif to be his closest friend and most loyal officer, and he even tried to comfort Kif after discovering he was in love with [[Amy Wong]], though with very limited success. Kif has been known to insult Zapp behind his back, and despite being rather submissive towards Zapp, Kif once punched Zapp in the stomach after discovering he and Amy had had a brief sexual relationship ([[The Beast with a Billion Backs|TBWABB]]).<br />
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==== Amy Wong ====<br />
[[File:Fonfon Rubok.png|thumb|275px|Kif's and Amy's [[Fonfon Rubok|marriage]].]]<br />
{{main|Kif-Amy relationship}}<br />
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In [[3001]], Kif met the [[Mars|Martian]] engineering student [[Amy Wong]] at the [[Titanic]], and exchanges a passionate kiss {{et|1ACV10}}. In [[3003]] they developed an intimate relationship {{et|3ACV01}}, and in [[3008]] Amy became Kif's [[fonfon ru]] ([[The Beast with a Billion Backs|BwaBB]]). They briefly broke up {{et|6ACV04}}, but got back together soon afterwords.<br />
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=== Family ===<br />
*[[Kif's offspring|Hundreds of unnamed children]], through [[Turanga Leela]].<br />
*[[Amy Wong]], Kif's [[Coinage#F|Fonfon Ru]], or wife, and [[smizmar]] (''see [[Kif-Amy relationship]] for more info'').<br />
*[[Mr. and Mrs. Kroker]], parents.<br />
*Amy's entire [[Amy Wong#Family|family]] through [[Coinage#F|Fonfon Rubok]].<br />
*At least one sister was briefly seen in "[[Six Characters in Search of a Story]]".<br />
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=== Age ===<br />
Kif is thought to be at least 55 years old, counting his 20 years as a tadpole, his childhood, long enough in the [[DOOP Army]] to become a lieutenant, and the 10 years of [[Futurama|the show]]. Part of this is speculation, though.<br />
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== Image Gallery ==<br />
<gallery><br />
Image:Kif's Children.jpg|[[Kif's offspring|Kif, Leela, and Amy's children]].<br />
Image:Stubbly Kif.jpg|Kif with stubble.<br />
Image:KifUncontrolledCamoflauge.png|Kif with uncontrolled camoflauge.<br />
</gallery><br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
*[[Maurice LaMarche]] stated that Kif's voice is a combination of {{w|Jon Lovitz}} and {{w|Truman Capote}}.<br />
*Although Kif is somewhat like an amphibian, he is apparently capable of growing stubble ([[Brannigan, Begin Again|2ACV02]]).<br />
*Kif has no bones, but is supported by a system of fluid filled bladders.<br />
*Can walk on walls and ceilings.<br />
*Has three nipples ([[Amazon Women in the Mood|3ACV01]]).<br />
*Has a camouflage reflex which turns him almost transparent.<br />
**He loses control of this reflex when he becomes nervous.<br />
*Is actually a highly competent crewman, as evidenced during his brief stint with [[Planet Express]] ([[Brannigan, Begin Again|2ACV02]]).<br />
*Is a skilled combatant, as he can hit two spiders with a giant double-headed fly swat ([[Three Hundred Big Boys|4ACV16]]).<br />
*Is a great karaoke singer, in particular ''{{w|Total Eclipse Of The Heart}}'', due to his time in the DOOP Boys' Chorus.<br />
*Was killed twice and has been ressurected by [[Yivo]] ([[The Beast with a Billion Backs|TBWABB]]) and the [[birthing machine]] ([[Rebirth|6ACV01]]).<br />
*When he is really sick and/or has a hangover, he actually becomes liquid.<br />
*He is a good yet unusual breakdancer ([[That Darn Katz!|6ACV08]]).<br />
*Was shortly promoted to a Captain in the [[DOOP]].<br />
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=== Catchphrase ===<br />
*Kif's most notable word (or in this case, noise) would be his trademark sigh. Usually used when confronted with the ineptitude of his superior, Zapp Brannigan.<br />
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=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Kif''': ''[After holding Amy's hand.]'' Dear Diary, I just made love for the ''second'' time...</poem><br />
<poem>'''Leela''': What planet is this anyway?<br />
'''Zapp''': I 'unno. This whole sector is uncharted.<br />
'''Kif''': It is ''not'' uncharted, you ''lost'' the chart!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': Show them my medal, Kif.<br />
'''Kif''': ''[Kif points at a medal on Zapp's chest.]'' He rented it with his tax refund.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Kif''': Use a brush, [[Philip J. Fry|you dunderhead]]! And mix these mixed nuts. I see two almonds touching!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': Ow, my arms! I'll never paint again! ''[He feigns crying.]''<br />
'''Kif''': You can't sue the military!<br />
'''Bender''': Oh. I'm alright then.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Amy''': But my doctoral exam is in ten minutes! On Mars! ''[She runs out of bed but steps on something.]'' Eww! Kif, did you yack on the floor?<br />
'''Kif''': ''[The green puddle Amy stepped on grows a mouth, it is Kif.]'' Yes, I did.</poem><br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
{{appear-begin}}<br />
*[[Opening Sequence]]<br />
*{{e|1ACV04}}<br />
*{{e|1ACV10}}<br />
*{{e|1ACV12}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV02}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV15}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV16}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV17}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV01}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV10}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV21}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV01}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV03}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV05}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV11}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV16}}<br />
*{{f|1}}<br />
**{{e|5ACV01}} (mention)<br />
**{{e|5ACV04}}<br />
*{{f|2}}<br />
**{{e|5ACV05}}<br />
**{{e|5ACV06}}<br />
**{{e|5ACV07}} (mention)<br />
**{{e|5ACV08}}<br />
*{{f|3}} ([[cameo]])<br />
*{{f|4}}<br />
**{{e|5ACV14}}<br />
**{{e|5ACV15}}<br />
**{{e|5ACV16}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV01}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV02}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV04}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV07}} (montage)<br />
*{{e|6ACV08}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV11}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV17}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV19}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV24}}<br />
*{{e|7ACV02}}<br />
*{{e|7ACV05}}<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 2">{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/24008151636/countdown-to-futurama-the-treaty-of-table-7|title=Countdown to Futurama: The Treaty of Table 7|author=Matt Tobey|date=2012-05-29|site=Comedy Centrl|accessdate=2012-05-29}}</ref><br />
*{{e|7ACV06}}<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 3">{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/24480279740/countdown-to-futurama-leela-and-amy-kissing-fry|title=Countdown to Futurama: Leela and Amy Kissing Fry Clip|author=Matt Tobey|date=2012-06-05|site=Comedy Centrl|accessdate=2012-06-05}}</ref><br />
*{{e|7ACV13}}<br />
*{{clink|US#002|...But Deliver Us to Evil!}}<br />
*{{clink|US#004|DOOP the Right Thing!}}<br />
*{{clink|US#014|Six Characters in Search of a Story}}<br />
*{{clink|US#021|More than a Filling!}}<br />
*{{clink|US#033|Attack of the 50-ft Amy}}<br />
*{{clink|US#034|Planet Michelle}}<br />
*{{clink|US#041|Soldier Boys}}<br />
*{{clink|US#042|Homeward Boned}}<br />
*{{clink|US#044|The Fry and the Furious!}}<br />
*{{clink|US#045|Anthology of Interest II|Anthology of Interest II (comic)}}<br />
*{{clink|US#046|Follow the Reader}}<br />
*{{clink|US#050|Your Mother Wears Pilot Boots}}<br />
*{{clink|US#057|Steampunk'd}}<br />
*{{cmlink|US#051-mini|Captain Zapp Brannigan in The Seven Day Itch|Fry Cook!#Special Features}}<br />
*{{cmlink|US#052-mini|Captain Zapp Brannigan in Purple Tentacle Tour|Ro-Botox!#Special Features}}<br />
*{{cmlink|US#054-mini|Captain Zapp Brannigan in Rank Call!|How Much is that Mutant in the Window?#Special Features}}<br />
*{{clink|US#X03|Slaves of New New York!}}<br />
*{{clink|US#X04|The Read Menace!}}<br />
{{appear-end}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Aliens]]<br />
[[Category:Articles with outdatable content|5 (6 also)]]<br />
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<div>{{episode infobox<br />
|name=Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences<br />
|image=[[File:Leela or Ndnd.jpg|225px]]<br />
|image text=[[Lrrr]] and [[Ndnd]] go through marriage difficulties.<br />
|season=6<br />
|broadcast season=7<br />
|no=99<br />
|written by=Patric M. Verrone<br />
|directed by=Crystal Chesney-Thompson<br />
|caption=Two scoops of pixels in every scene<br />
|first aired=26 August, 2010<br />
|number=6ACV11<br />
|broadcast number=S07E11<br />
|special guest=[[Matt Groening]]<br/>[[David X. Cohen]]<br/>[[Katee Sackhoff]]<br/>[[Sergio Aragonés]]<br />
|title reference=''{{w|Irreconcilable Differences}}''<br />
|nomination={{w|Emmy Award|'''Emmy Awards'''}}<br />{{w|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance}}, [[Maurice LaMarche]] as [[Lrrr]] and [[Orson Welles' head]], 2011 ('''won''')<ref>[http://www.emmys.com/nominations/2011/Outstanding%20Voice-Over%20Performance]</ref><br />
|prev ep=The Prisoner of Benda<br />
|next ep=The Mutants Are Revolting<br />
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"'''Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences'''" is the ninety-ninth episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', the eleventh of the [[Season 6|sixth production season]] and the [[Broadcast season 7|seventh broadcast season]]. It aired 26 August, 2010 on [[Comedy Central]], and guest starred [[Katee Sackhoff]], [[Sergio Aragonés]] and ''Futurama'' creators [[Matt Groening]] and [[David X. Cohen]]. After a bungled [[Earth]] invasion, [[Omicronians|Omicronian]] leader [[Lrrr]] faces a mid-life crisis. In 2011, [[Maurice LaMarche]] won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for voicing the roles of Lrrr and [[Orson Welles' head]] in this episode.<br />
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== The Story ==<br />
=== Act I: "I am Lrrr, ruler of the planet Omicron Persei 8!" ===<br />
Stopping her husband watching ''[[The Scary Door]]'', [[Ndnd]] becomes fed up with [[Lrrr|Lrrr's]] lack of motivation to conquer other worlds. He reluctantly invades [[Earth]]. However, he arrives during [[Comic-Con Intergalactic|Comic-Con 3010]] and is mistaken for a costume contest participant and leaves dejected. Concurrently, [[Fry]] attempts to author [[Delivery-Boy Man (in-universe comic)|a superhero comic book]] featuring himself as the superhero saving a captured [[Leela]] from [[Invader X|a malevolent alien]]. The crew is unimpressed with the comic, with the exception of the back page of novelty toy ads for X-Ray Specs, [[Paper-hatted salesman|vomit]], sea monkeys, and [[Farnsworth Novelty Disintegrator Ray|the Professor's disintegration guns]], which are actually only teleportation guns. Leela also criticizes the comic, leaving Fry to figure out how to make the story more compelling.<br />
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Back on [[Omicron Persei 8]], Ndnd learns of Lrrr's failure and kicks him out of their home. Lrrr returns to Earth, seeking shelter at the [[Planet Express headquarters]].<br />
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=== Act II: "I'll do it for free." ===<br />
The crew diagnoses Lrrr and his marriage problems as symptomatic of a {{w|midlife crisis}}. Leela encourages Lrrr to recommit himself to his marriage with Ndnd, but he listens instead to [[Bender]] and gets horn extensions, flashy new clothes, and goes out to [[The Hip Joint]] to meet new women. There he meets an attractive female [[Omicronians|Omicronian]] named [[Grrrl]]. While on a date with her, she reveals that she is actually a [[Humans|human]] woman from the Comic-Con wearing an Omicronian costume. Though she is very attracted to real Omicronians, Lrrr rejects her and seeks Leela's advice on how to win back Ndnd.<br />
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Leela and the crew help Lrrr stage an invasion of Earth using a fake broadcast with the help of [[Orson Welles' head]] à la the 1938 {{w|The War of the Worlds (radio drama)|''War of the Worlds'' radio broadcast}}. Ndnd is fooled, but so is [[Zapp Brannigan]] and the Earthican army, who immediately surrender Earth to Lrrr.<br />
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=== Act III: "She is not the boss of you. I am the boss of you!" ===<br />
Leela scolds Lrrr, demanding that he end the charade and tell Ndnd the truth, but he hesitates due to Ndnd's renewed romantic interest and forces the [[Earthicans|citizens of Earth]] into slavery. During this time, Leela constantly nags Lrrr about telling Ndnd the truth, which causes Ndnd to become suspicious about their relationship. She confronts Lrrr, demanding to know if he is having an affair. Grrrl reappears, announcing that she loves Lrrr and will fight for him, brandishing a disintegration ray. Ndnd quickly takes the weapon and shoots Grrrl, causing her body to disappear. Ndnd reveals that she is not upset that Lrrr may have been minutely romantically involved with Grrrl, but that Lrrr allowed Leela to nag him, which Ndnd feels is her role and right as his wife. She invokes an Omicronian rite called [[Rrrmrrrmrrrfrrrmrrr or Consequences]] where Lrrr is reluctantly forced to prove his love for Ndnd by shooting Leela, whom he values as a friend, with the Farnsworth Novelty Disintegrator Ray.<br />
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As he fires, Fry leaps in front of Leela, sacrificing his life. Ndnd is moved by Lrrr's demonstration of love and the two happily depart back to Omicron Persei 8. Leela is devastated by Fry's sacrifice. However, as the Omicronians depart, Grrrl reappears, shocking the crew. She reveals that the disintegration gun is merely one of the Professor's novelty teleportation guns that she purchased from an ad in the back of a comic book. She then begins to hit on Zoidberg who responds by saying of course he'll marry her. Realizing that Fry is alive, the crew find him back at [[Planet Express]], putting the finishing touches on his comic. Inspired by his own heroic actions, his super hero counterpart attempts to rescue Leela from the malevolent alien by leaping in front of its ray gun. Leela is pleased with the new ending and commends the comic book, giving Fry a kiss on the cheek.<br />
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== Reception ==<br />
In its original American broadcast, "Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences" was viewed by an estimated 1.981 million households, a bounce of 200,000 viewers since "[[The Prisoner of Benda]]" <ref>[http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/08/27/more-cable-ratings-jersey-shore-burn-notice-royal-pains-still-on-top-futurama-rises-more/61303]</ref>.<br />
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The episode was given a rating of 9 out of 10 from IGN - an 'Outstanding'.<ref>Robert Canning, [http://au.tv.ign.com/articles/111/1116449p1.html Futurama: "Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences" Review], ''[[IGN]]'', 27 August, 2010, Retrieved 2010-10-23</ref><br />
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On 14 July, [[2011]], [[Maurice LaMarche]] was nominated for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for his performances as Lrrr and Orson Welles' head in this episode at the {{w|63rd Primetime Emmy Awards}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.emmys.com/sites/emmys.com/files/PressReleaseNoms2011emmys.pdf|title=63rd Primetime Emmy® Awards|author= |date=2011-7-14|publisher= |site=|format=PDF|accessdate=2011-07-14}}</ref><br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
[[file:Well heads.png|thumb|left|[[Orson Welles' head]] in the [[Head Museum]], near ''[[Futurama]]'' voice actor [[Frank Welker]].]]<br />
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=== Trivia ===<br />
*Once again, [[Maurice LaMarche]] reprises his Orson Welles impression and his parody of Welles' infamous "Frozen Peas" recording session, having previously reprised this impression for such diverse projects as the Brain in ''Pinky and the Brain'' and Welles himself in the film ''Ed Wood'' (although the physical incarnation of Welles was played by Vincent D'Onofrio) and the TV shows ''The Critic'', and ''The Simpsons''.<br />
*An actual "[[Delivery-Boy Man]]" comic, based on the events of this episode, was released as a promotional item at Comic Con 2010 a month prior to its airing.<br />
*This is the second time that Fry jumps in the way of peril to save Leela.<br />
*The heads of [[Frank Welker]], {{w|Paul Weller}}, and {{w|H. G. Wells}} among others can be seen beside [[Orson Welles' head]]. <br />
*This is the fourth time Matt Groening's head appears, previous times were "[[Space Pilot 3000]]", ''[[Bender's Big Score]]'' and ''[[Into the Wild Green Yonder]]''.<br />
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=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''[[Ndnd]]''': I demand the ancient ritual of ''[[Rrrmrrrmrrrfrrrmrrr or Consequences]]''!<br />
'''[[Fry]]''': ''Rrrmrrrmrrrfrrrmrrr'' or what?</poem><br />
<poem>'''Fry''': So? What do you think of [[Delivery-Boy Man (in-universe comic)|my comic]]? <!-- Bot comment: Apparently the bot cannot handle () inside wiki links within quotes correctly; I intend to fix this later. --><br />
'''[[Bender]]''': Let me put it like this: After I leave here, I'm getting a memory enema.</poem><br />
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=== Allusions ===<br />
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*'{{w|Peace With Honor}}' was a phrase [[Richard Nixon's head|Nixon]] used to explain the US withdrawal from Vietnam near the end of the Vietnam War.<br />
*[[Lrrr]] watches an episode of "[[The Scary Door]]" which is a reference to "The Twilight Zone"<br />
*Orson Welles recreates his 1938 radio broadcast based on H. G. Wells' book {{w|The War of the Worlds}}.<br />
*During the fake broadcast of an invasion, Orson Welles says, "We interrupt our program of the Jonas Brothers and their Orchestra...". A reference to the pop band, The Jonas Brothers and to ''Ramon Raquello and His Orchestra'', which was 'interrupted' in the original "War Of The Worlds" radio broadcast.<br />
*[[Lrrr]] brings back the face of [[J.J. Abrams]], a famous movie director as well as the creator of "{{w|Lost}}".<br />
*Bender's phrase "Dork calling Orson" when Fry is calling Orson Wells is a reference to the 1978-1982 Robin Williams sitcom {{w|Mork & Mindy}}.<br />
*The location of the Omicronian ancient ritual is White Planes, NNY: a reference to the city White Plains, NY.<br />
*The [[Farnsworth Novelty Disintegrator Ray]] that is really a Teleporter Ray is an allusion to the ''{{w|Doctor Who}}'' episode "{{w|Bad Wolf}}". <br />
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[[file:Costume contest.png|thumb|220px|right|The Comic-Con sequence, for example this costume contest scene, is filled with references.]]<br />
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==== Comic Con ====<br />
The Comic Con section especially is filled with allusions and references:<br />
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*Matt Groening's and David X. Cohen's heads' new show, "Futurella", is a self-parody of itself, down to the same opening sequence and the fact that it was cancelled before its time.<br />
**The people on the panel are the Futurama crew members that were on the 2010 Comic Con panel and [[Bill Morrison Robot|the panel's moderator]] is based on [[Bill Morrison]], who is their usual moderator.<br />
*Several cosplayers are references to popular movies, television series, Futurama characters and more:<br />
**[[Mario]] from {{w|Mario Bros.}} ([[Randy Munchnik|Randy]])<br />
**[[Mom]], [[Walt]], [[Larry]] and [[Igner]]<br />
**The [[Robot Devil]] ([[Dr. Ben Beeler]])<br />
**A {{w|Na'vi}} from {{w|Avatar (2009 film)|Avatar}} ([[Scruffy]])<br />
**[[Yivo]]<br />
**[[Brain Spawn]]s ([[Chinese Boy]], [[Indian Boy]] and [[Dwight Conrad]])<br />
**{{w|Sailor Moon}}<br />
**{{w|Davy Jones}} from "{{w|Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest}}" ([[Dr. Zoidberg]])<br />
**{{w|Charlie Brown}}'s ghost costume from "{{w|It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown}}" ([[Fry]])<br />
**{{w|Princess Leia}} from {{w|Star Wars}} ([[Turanga Leela|Leela]])<br />
**"Every nerd's fantasy"/"Nerdgasma" / [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] ([[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]])<br />
**{{w|Spider-Man}}<br />
**[[Lrrr]] ([[Lrrr]]) - involuntairly<br />
**{{w|Princess Leia}}'s slave outfit from ''{{w|Star Wars}}'' (some fat girl).<br />
**Wally from {{w|Where's Wally?|Where's Wally/Waldo?}}<br />
*The "Toy-minator" seen at 3010 Comic-Con is a reference to "The Terminator" franchise and the stars beside the name is a reference to the "G.I. Joe" toy franchise.<br />
*The Zapp Brannigan action figures are modelled in the same pose as the actual [[Toynami]] figure, and the box is also of a similar design. His line refers to an outtake from the animated Star Trek series, where Shatner is asked to say the word "sabotage" differently, and tells the director "Don't tell me how to do it, it sickens me".<br />
* At Comic-Con, between “Videogame – The Movie” and “Movie – The Videogame”, a racer very similar to the racers in ''{{w|Tron}}'', the 1982 film turned video game, can be seen.<br />
*Leela makes a reference to [[Joss Whedon]], a Comic-Con fixture who is the creator of such projects as ''{{w|Buffy the Vampire Slayer}}'', ''{{w|Firefly}}'', ''{{w|Serenity}}'', ''{{w|Dollhouse}}'', and ''{{w|Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog}}''.<br />
*When [[Matt Groening's head]] shoots [[Bender]] after he asks when a second ''[[the Simpsons|Simpsons]]'' movie will be made, Bender can be heard shouting, "D'OH!", which is, of course, {{w|Homer Simpson}}'s catchphrase.<br />
*When Fry is talking to Sergio Aragonés' Head, Aragonés says that he likes the little Doodles. Aragonés draws little Marginals for the MAD Magazine, which are printed between panels.<br />
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=== Continuity ===<br />
*[[Lrrr]] watches an episode of ''[[The Scary Door]]'', previously seen in many other episodes, most recently ''[[Bender's Game]]''.<br />
*[[Lrrr]]'s and [[Ndnd]]'s relationship problems were previously established in "[[Spanish Fry]]".<br />
*At Comic-Con 3010, [[Lrrr]] states that he recognizes Leela from somewhere; in response, Leela says that she was in his mouth at one time. A reference to the event in "[[The Problem with Popplers]]".<br />
*At the Comic-Con costume contest, the contestants are wearing costumes of characters seen in previous episodes/DVD movies of Futurama:<br />
**There are people dressed up as [[Mom]] and her three sons.<br />
**Grrl is dressed up as [[Edna]], Zoidberg's love, from "[[Why Must I Be A Crustacean In Love]]".<br />
**There's someone dressed up as [[Yivo]] from "''[[The Beast with a Billion Backs]]''".<br />
**There's someone dressed up as the [[Robot Devil]].<br />
**There are [[Dwight Conrad|Dwight]] along his [[Chinese Boy|chinese]] and [[Indian Boy|indian]] friend dressed up as members of the [[brain spawn]] last seen in "[[The Why of Fry]]".<br />
*The cross-species dresser uses the word [[Popplers]] in this episode, which has not been heard since its premiere in "[[The Problem with Popplers]]".<br />
*The army, led by Zapp Brannigan before surrendering to Lrrr, are wearing the same army uniforms seen since "[[War Is the H-Word]]".<br />
*[[Bender]] uses his left eye as a broadcasting camera once again, which he used previously in "[[When Aliens Attack]]".<br />
*[[Professor Farnsworth]] uses his Fing-longer to wake up [[Lrrr]]; the Fing-longer was introduced in "[[Anthology of Interest I]]" and has been seen most recently in "[[The Duh-Vinci Code]]".<br />
*As a continuation of a running gag established in "[[When Aliens Attack]]", Lrrr once again has trouble speaking into a microphone.<br />
*The “Spaceship in a bottle” on display at the Comic-Con is not unlike Professor Farnsworth's [[Scale model of the universe's largest bottle]] with a spaceship inside, as seen in "[[The 30% Iron Chef]]".<br />
*Lrrr buys his car from Malfunctioning Eddie's Rocket Car Emporium which was first seen in "[[Put Your Head on My Shoulder]]".<br />
*The [[Hip Joint]], a night club, has previously been seen in several episodes.<br />
*The [[Australian Man]] has once again been enslaved, after being enslaved in the episodes "[[How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back]]" and "[[A Pharaoh to Remember]]".<br />
*Ndnd watches the live "Earth Invasion" broadcast in real time, despite Omicron Persei 8 being 1000 light years away from Earth. This delay in signal reception was an integral plot point in the episode "[[When Aliens Attack]]", when Lrrr travels to Earth demanding resolution to the unfinished episode of "Single Female Lawyer", that had aired on Earth 1000 years prior. It was established, however, in "[[A Clone of My Own]]" and the [[episode Commentary Listing|episodes' commentaries]], that more recent broadcasts travel at the ''new'', faster, speed of light.<br />
*Lrrr is seen driving his 3011 [[Thundercougarfalconbird]] in "[[Fry Am the Egg Man]]".<br />
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=== Goofs ===<br />
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*When Lrrr and Bender go to [[The Hip Joint]], [[Grrrl]] asks "Hey, cool cape, wheredja get that?" and Lrrr responds "What, this old thing? I murdered my father." However, Lrrr's cape is extremely similar, if not identical, to the one he has worn throughout the series.<br />
**He may have actually killed [[Lrrr's father|his father]], who was last seen in "''[[Into the Wild Green Yonder]]''", and acquired an identical cape accordingly.<br />
**His claim might have been an outright lie, as an attempt to impress Grrl.<br />
*When they are broadcasting live, they are in the Planet Express building and then suddenly by [[the White House]].<br />
*No one should be dressed like the [[Brain Spawn]] because no one except Fry was able to remember that the brains tried to conquer and destroy Earth and "no one believed him or cared what he had to say" {{et|3ACV07}}.<br />
**The fact no one remembers that the Earth was attacked by Brain Spawns doesn't mean that people are completely unaware of their existence.<br />
**Since some time has passed, their openness regarding the matter may have changed.<br />
*When Leela tries to persuade Lrrr to avoid another War of the Worlds, just before Fry calls Orson Welles, Lrrr's horns are the same colour as the rest of his skin.<br />
*When Lrrr shoots the robot in the clothing store, his "LRRR" necklace is legible in the mirror, when it should be reversed, and his reflection puts away its gun before he does.<br />
**Clothing-store mirrors are shown to have reality-altering effects earlier in the series {{et|1ACV06}}.<br />
*According to the episode When Aliens Attack, Omicron Persei 8 is 1000 light years away so shows are 1000 years late yet Ndnd sees the broadcast.<br />
**That only pertains to old 20th century broadcasts and not something of that time's standards which are specifically being transmitted toward the planet.<br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
{{chars-begin}}<br />
*The [[7¹¹ clerk]]<br />
*[[Amy Wong|Amy]]<br />
*The [[Australian man]]<br />
*[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]]<br />
*'''Debut''': The [[Bill Morrison Robot]]<br />
*[[Calculon]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Claudia Katz's head]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Crystal Chesney-Thompson's head]]<br />
*[[David X. Cohen's head]]<br />
*[[Dwight Conrad|Dwight]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Frank Welker's head]]<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Grrrl]]<br />
*[[Hattie McDoogal]]<br />
*[[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]]<br />
*The [[Hypnotoad]]<br />
*[[Invader X]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Joss Whedon]] (mention)<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Ken Keeler's head]]<br />
*[[Kif Kroker]]<br />
*[[Lrrr]]<br />
*[[Matt Groening's head]]<br />
*[[Ndnd]]<br />
*[[Richard Nixon's head|Nixon]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Orson Welles' head]]<br />
*[[Scruffy]]<br />
*[[Sergio Aragonés' head]]<br />
*The [[Sith Overlords]]<br />
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]<br />
*The [[paper-hatted salesman]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Patric M. Verrone's head]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Paul Weller's head]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Peter Avanzino's head]]<br />
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]<br />
*[[Randy Munchnik|Randy]]<br />
*[[Victor]]<br />
*[[Zapp Brannigan]]<br />
*[[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:B plots focusing on Fry]]</div>Hildoginhttp://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Mayor_C._Randall_Poopenmeyer&diff=118268Mayor C. Randall Poopenmeyer2012-09-14T05:18:04Z<p>Hildogin: /* Appearances */</p>
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<div>{{character infobox<br />
|name=Mayor C. Randall Poopenmeyer<br />
|image=[[File:C. Randall Poopenmeyer.jpg|225px]]<br />
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|birth date=<br />
|gender=Male<br />
|species=[[Humans|Human]]<br />
|origin=Probably [[Earth]], [[United States of America|USA]], [[New New York]]<br />
|job=Mayor of [[New New York]]<br />
|family=[[Mrs. Poopenmeyer]], wife<br />
|first appear={{e|1ACV08}}<br />
|voiced by=David Herman<br />
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'''C. Randall Poopenmeyer''' is a male [[Humans|Human]] and the '''Mayor''' of [[New New York]] since at least the year [[3000]]. He is attending to countless public occasions, like the opening of a new [[Tube Transport System|tube]] line, the reward of civic heroism, or the [[Annual Astor Endowment Fundraiser]]. In spite of his marriage to [[Mrs. Poopenmeyer]], the Mayor seems rather promiscuous, being often seen with other women, such as the [[Queen of Yonkers]]. However, he may have just been showing the visiting dignitary around the city as one of his duties.<br />
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== Personality ==<br />
Mayor Poopenmeyer is often portrayed as incompetent and corrupt, rather unintelligent, bribable and a pushover, especially in "[[The Mutants Are Revolting]]", where he obviously goes along with whatever [[Mrs. Astor|his largest campaign contributor]] tells him to do.<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
As the Mayor of [[New New York]], C. Randall Poopenmeyer helped save [[Earth]] from the [[giant ball of garbage|giant garbage ball]] {{et|1ACV08}}, opened new [[Tube Transport System|tube]] lines to alleviate rush hour traffic in the city {{et|2ACV08}}, gave [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] the award for the biggest fish ever caught {{et|2ACV12}}, took a part in the execution of the death penalty of [[Robot|Robots]] {{et|3ACV03}}, was the main customer of the [[New Justice Team]] {{et|4ACV04}}, attended [[Leela: Orphan of the Stars|Fry's opera]] {{et|4ACV18}}, mated with [[Yivo|a planet-sized monster]] ([[The Beast with a Billion Backs|TBWABB]]), attended the [[Violet Dwarf Star Implosion]] ceremony ([[Into the Wild Green Yonder|ITWGY]]), hosted the [[3010]] edition of the [[Annual e-Waste Recycling Festival]], wherein citizens were encouraged to throw out old electronic appliances {{et|6ACV03}}, and finally granted the [[Sewer Mutants]] their freedom {{et|6ACV12}}.<br />
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== Image Gallery ==<br />
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Image:Mayor C. Randall Poopenmeyer 6ACV03.jpg|Poopenmeyer after being interviewed by [[Scoop Chang]] for the [[New New York Times|NNY Times]].<br />
Image:Mayor C. Randall Poopenmeyer 6ACV12.jpg|[[Mrs. Astor]] and Poopenmeyer seeing the [[Million Mutant March]]. <br />
</gallery><br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
*He is similar to {{w|Joe Quimby|Mayor Joe Quimby}} from ''[[The Simpsons]]'' is several aspects, who, in turn, is similar to {{w|John F. Kennedy}}.<br />
*His name was only created as a joke. When the giant garbage ball was about to destroy [[Earth]] in "[[A Big Piece of Garbage]]" (a very serious situation), they cut to Mayor Poopenmeyer (a very non-serious name).<br />
*His full name is first mentioned aloud in the episode "[[Raging Bender]]".<br />
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=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Mayor Poopenmeyer''': By God, I think [[Philip J. Fry|the boy]]'s got something. Come on, everyone! The fate of the city is at stake! ([[A Big Piece of Garbage|1ACV08]])</poem><br />
<poem>'''Mayor Poopenmeyer''': None of you are [[Robot Santa Claus|Santa]]! You're not even [[Robots]]! How dare you lie in front of [[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Jesus]]? ([[A Tale of Two Santas|3ACV03]])</poem><br />
<poem>'''Mayor Poopenmeyer''': Help! I'm important! ([[The Beast with a Billion Backs|TBWABB]])</poem><br />
<poem>'''[[Scoop Chang]]''': Mr. Mayor, isn't all this e-waste dangerous?<br />
'''Mayor Poopenmeyer''': Not at all, Scoop! Not after it's hauled off to the [[Third World of the Antares system|Third World]] by [[Planet Express|a team of expendable, minimum wage nobodies]]! ([[Attack of the Killer App|6ACV03]])</poem><br />
<poem>'''Mayor Poopenmeyer''': ''Voilà''! We simply pump the fruits of our excretion into [[Madison Cube Garden]]. ([[The Mutants Are Revolting|6ACV12]])</poem><br />
}}<br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
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*{{e|1ACV08}}<br />
*{{e|1ACV10}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV08}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV12}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV16}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV03}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV04}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV18}}<br />
*{{f|1}}<br />
*{{f|2}}<br />
*{{f|4}} ([[Audience scene|cameo]])<br />
*{{e|6ACV03}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV11}} ([[Third Omicronian Invasion of Earth|cameo]])<br />
*{{e|6ACV12}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV14}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV19}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV26}} (cameo){{disputed canon}}<br />
*{{e|7ACV02}}<br />
*{{e|7ACV03}}<br />
*{{e|7ACV07}}<br />
*{{clink|US#022|A Fit Worse than Death}}<br />
*{{clink|US#033|Attack of the 50-ft Amy}}<br />
*{{clink|US#034|Planet Michelle}}<br />
*{{clink|US#047|Chitty Chitty Bend Bend}}<br />
*{{clink|US#055|The Trouble With Trilogies}}<br />
*{{clink|US#059|How to Secede Without Really Trying}}<br />
*{{clink|US#X03|Slaves of New New York!}}<br />
*{{clink|US#X04|The Read Menace!}}<br />
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[[Category:Mayors]]</div>Hildoginhttp://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Planet_Express_headquarters&diff=118259Planet Express headquarters2012-09-13T06:52:06Z<p>Hildogin: /* Appearances */</p>
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<div>{{place infobox<br />
|name=Planet Express headquarters<br />
|image=[[File:Planet Express Exterior 2.jpg|225px]]<br />
|location=West 57th Street and, most likely, Henry Hudson Parkway, [[Manhattan]], [[New New York]], [[United States of America]], [[Earth]], [[Sol System]], [[Universe A]]<br />
|first appear={{e|1ACV01}}<br />
|voice=[[David Herman]] ([[Colorama]] only)<br />
|map link=http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=West+57th+Street,+Manhattan&sll=40.766632,-73.982105&sspn=0.028278,0.058537&ie=UTF8&ll=40.769557,-73.985882&spn=0.014138,0.029268&z=15<br />
|voiced by=Billy West<br />
}}<br />
The '''[[Planet Express]] headquarters''' is located on the west side of [[Manhattan]] on 57th Street in [[New New York]]. The building includes a tower and a hangar, as well as a seaside facility. The tower is directly connected to the rooms, and rooms such as the [[conference room]] and [[Farnsworth's laboratory]] have a clear view of the hangar behind it. The building is also home to [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|the Professor]] and [[Cubert Farnsworth|his clone]].<br />
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At the top of the tower is the large, round room in which inventions like the [[Smell-O-Scope]] are kept, but it can also be extracted entirely from the building through a cord to perform tasks such as shooting [[Diamondium]] at enemies. There also seems to be a lift from the top of the tower to the bottom of the complex. Below the headquarters is a limestone cavern, where [[Professor Farnsworth]] on occasion uses the elements of the [[Earth]] itself to [[Clone-O-Mat|clone things]].<br />
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When exactly the building was constructed remains unknown, but it is safe to suggest it was before [[2961]], when [[The Professor]] hired his first crew.<br />
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== Interior ==<br />
<br />
[[File:Planet Express Floorplan (game).svg|thumb|left|A derived floor plan of the Planet Express building from the [[game]]. This is the most consistent placement of the rooms. In the game version, there is no room from the other side of the [[employee lounge]].]]<br />
[[File:6ACV20 Hangar.png|thumb|right|The Planet Express crew in the hangar.]]<br />
[[File:Conference Table.jpg|thumb|right|The crew gathered at the conference table.]]<br />
[[File:2ACV06 Bedroom.png|thumb|right|The crew in [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|The Professor]]'s bedroom.]]<br />
[[File:BG Lab.png|left|thumb|[[Hubert J. Farnsworth|The Professor]]'s lab]]<br />
[[File:6ACV14 Lobby.png|left|thumb| [[Clamps]] awaiting an interview in the lobby.]]<br />
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There are many rooms in the Planet Express headquarters, and some rooms also change position whenever the writers need it. And some rooms are only shown once or twice, purely for the purpose of a scene.<br />
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=== Hangar ===<br />
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The largest and most important room and the heart of the operation of Planet Express, in here, the [[Planet Express ship]] is kept, which requires no lane to take off, although, there is an option for angling the floor up to assist in a take off of the ship. The hangar has direct access to the conference room and Farnsworth's laboratory. In [[Futurama (video game)]], the Hangar is big enough to fit two [[Planet Express ship]]s in it, but the game is not considered [[canon]].<br />
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=== Conference room ===<br />
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The conference room consists of the conference table, where all meetings at the company are held. The conference room also includes a kitchen from the opposite side of the hangar, as well as a chemical shower. There is also a big monitor, where videos are often shown, especially [[educational films]].<br />
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The conference room overlooks the hangar as well connecting with the [[employee lounge]].<br />
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==== The [[Chamber of Understanding]] ====<br />
<br />
The Chamber of Understanding is a dome where [[Hubert J. Farnsworth|the Professor]] spends his time trying to understand things. It comes down from the ceiling and doesn't require turning any switch to be activated.<br />
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=== Farnsworth's laboratory ===<br />
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Underneath the conference room is Farnsworth's laboratory. In here, Farnsworth spends most of his time working on his many [[:Category:Farnsworth's Creations|inventions]].<br />
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=== Bedrooms ===<br />
While the rest of their crew live in their own apartments, houses and dumpsters, [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|the Professor]] and his clone [[Cubert Farnsworth|Cubert]] live at the Planet Express Headquarters permanently. The Professor's bedroom is first seen in "[[The Lesser of Two Evils]]", and later again in ''[[Bender's Game]]''. Cubert's bedroom was first seen in "[[A Clockwork Origin]]". It is also possible that [[Scruffy]] lives at the Planet Express Headquarters, since it is shown that he has a bed in "[[That Darn Katz!]]", but it could also just be for resting. [[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Dr. Zoidberg]] lives in a dumpster just outside the headquarters.<br />
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[[File:6ACV17 Lounge.png|right|thumb| [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] and [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] watching [[The Scary Door]].]]<br />
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=== Lobby === <br />
<br />
Just inside the front door is the lobby. It is only really used when they are greeting new people. Its door includes intuitive features such as "slam!".<br />
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=== Employee lounge ===<br />
{{redirects|Employee lounge|the message board|Planet Express Employee Lounge}}<br />
The favourite room by the company's employees, where they spend most of the time watching [[television]] and hanging out. Besides a TV, there is a coffee table as well as a sofa near the window. At the other end of the room is a dining table and some chairs.<br />
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While the employee lounge leads to the conference room on one side, the other door seems to lead to whatever the writers find appropriate; the toilet, the kitchen, the hallway, the hangar and much more.<br />
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=== Hermes' office ===<br />
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[[Hermes Conrad]], being the company's bureaucrat, has his own office, which he keeps tidy for the mandatory inspections that occur now and then. Beside a table, it includes a tube connected to the [[Central Bureaucracy]], a disintegrator and stamp devices of all kinds. His office is located directly underneath the employee lounge.<br />
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=== Zoidberg's office ===<br />
<br />
[[File:6ACV18 Zoidberg'sOffice.png|thumb|left| Dr. Zoidberg's office.]]<br />
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The staff doctor of the company, [[Dr. Zoidberg]] has his own office as well, though, Dr. Zoidberg is unfortunately not that knowledgeable of [[humans]], so his office seems to be somewhat strangely furnished, with a diagram of a human upside down. His office also seems to have a depot for the company attached at the back.<br />
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=== Fry's office ===<br />
<br />
While usually not in use, [[Philip J. Fry]] has on occasion been granted with his own office, located next to the office of [[Hermes]]. It first appeared in "[[How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back]]", after [[Morgan Proctor]] promoted Fry to "executive delivery boy". Fry's office later reappeared in "[[Future Stock]]". <br />
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=== Accusing parlour ===<br />
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A room only visited twice, wherein a member of the company can describe a certain crime which have been under way at the company, and finally reveal the culprit. The accusing parlour is designed in a dark early 1920s style, reminiscing much like housing in {{w|Hercule Poirot}}'s time. With a grandfather clock, bookshelves and of course, big furniture. There is a room with a similar design to the accusing parlor which appeared in "[[Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles]]". It has several bookshelves, as well as a moose head.<br />
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=== Boiler room ===<br />
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A downstairs room where the [[plasma-fusion boiler]] is located. [[Scruffy]] often spends time down here, and in can be seen sleeping on the job here in [[the game]]. The room is below ground level; directly underneath Hermes' office.<br />
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== Exterior ==<br />
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[[File:The Angry Dome.jpg|thumb|left|The Angry Dome]]<br />
[[File:6ACV15 WidowWalk.png|thumb|left|The Widow's Walk, [[2961]].]]<br />
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=== Angry Dome ===<br />
An exterior dome where [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|the Professor]] goes when he is angry {{et|4ACV01}}.<br />
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=== Balcony ===<br />
On the riverside of the building, there is a balcony where the crew spends time on hot days. The balcony has a [[Freedom tub]], which was once filled with [[Mr. Chunks|Goat]] vomit.<br />
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=== Tower ===<br />
The tower holds many of the Professor's inventions, but before it was used as a control tower to oversee the take-off of the Planet Express ship.<br />
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=== Widow's Walk ===<br />
The tower is surrounded by a large circular railed platform, known as a {{w|Widow's Walk}}. The platform was not constructed with the original building, and was only added after the [[Möbius Dick#Plot|disappearance]] of the first Planet Express crew. The Professor keeps vigil on the platform for the return of the crew.<br />
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== Location ==<br />
<br />
[[File:Planet Express Location, Zoom Level 2.png|thumb|right|275px|The location of the headquarters as seen on [[Mom]]'s satellite image ([[Bender's Game|BG]]).]]<br />
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In ''[[Bender's Game]]'' we learnt the exact location of the Planet Express headquarters, when [[Mom]] zooms in on it on a satellite image. [[David X. Cohen]] mentions on the [[Commentary:Bender's Game|commentary]] of the film that they intended for the location of the building to be on {{w|West 57th Street}}, [[Manhattan]], [[New New York]]. Because of its location next to the Hudson River, the intersecting street is most likely {{w|Henry Hudson Parkway}}, however, its futuristic incarnation is a much narrower road than Henry Hudson Parkway in the present day. Another possible location is the [http://www.wikimapia.org/9001291/FedEx FedEx building] on 49th Street.<br />
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=== Neighbours ===<br />
There is a lesbian coven next door {{et|3ACV21}}, and a [[Pottery Barn]] across the street {{et|2ACV14}}. [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] and [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] have also been seen visiting a [[café]] directly across the street {{et|3ACV02}}, and in [[Commentary:Parasites Lost|the commentary]], the staff mentioned that it's a pity they don't visit it more often. There is also a [[Family Bros Pizza|pizzeria]] owned by [[Cygnoids]], in which [[Bender]] temporarily gets a job when put into the witness relocation programme {{et|6ACV14}}.<br />
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== Voice ==<br />
The Planet Express headquarters was voiced by [[Billy West]] when it was reconceived in [[Colorama|the animation style of classic black-and-white]] in "[[Reincarnation]]".<br />
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== Alternate appearances/modifications ==<br />
*Painted green {{et|3ACV18}}.<br />
*Changed to a {{w|Tudor architecture}} design as a result of the [[Planet Express crew|crew]]'s [[time travel]] {{et|6ACV23}}.<br />
*Reconceived in the animation styles of classic black-and-white ("[[Colorama|C]]") and old-school videogame ("[[Future Challenge 3000|FC3]]") and located on a cliff ("[[Action Delivery Force|ADF]]") {{et|6ACV26}}.{{disputed canon}}<br />
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=== Image gallery ===<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Emerald-PE.jpg|{{et|3ACV18}}<br />
File:Futurama The Farnsworth Parabox Universe 1 Planet Express Building.jpg|{{es|4ACV15}}<br />
File:Futurama Into the Wild Green Yonder Planet Express Going Out of Business Forever Again!.png|{{es|5ACV15}}<br />
File:Futurama The Late Philip J. Fry Planet Express in 3030.jpg|{{es|6ACV07}}<br />
File:Futurama The Late Philip J. Fry Planet Express in 3050.jpg|{{es|6ACV07}}<br />
File:Futurama Mobius Dick The Original Planet Express Building.jpg|{{es|6ACV15}}<br />
File:623-Planet-Express.jpg|{{es|6ACV23}}<br />
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File:Planet Express headquarters 6ACV26 II.png|6ACV26<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Quotes ===<br />
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<poem>'''Planet Express headquarters''': Howdy, folks. Come on in!</poem><br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
:''The Planet Express headquarters, along with the company, appears in every episode, comic or film of ''[[Futurama]]'' as well as [[Futurama (video game)|the game]], with the sole exception of "[[Where the Buggalo Roam]]" and "[[Naturama]]". This list covers episodes that either feature an alternative version of the headquarters, that reveal new information of the headquarters, or when the headquarters plays a major role in the story.''<br />
* {{e|1ACV01}} (the headquarters appears for the first time)<br />
* {{e|3ACV18}} (an Emerald Building is shown in a dream of [[Turanga Leela|Leela's]])<br />
* {{e|4ACV15}} (an alternate blue building is shown to exist in [[universe 1]])<br />
* {{f|3}} (the location of the headquarters is revealed)<br />
* {{g|1}} (many key rooms can be explored during the first level)<br />
* {{e|6ACV07}} (after the sudden disappearance of Fry, Bender and the Professor, Leela takes over the company and turns it into a massive corporation. Although the layout of the original building seems to remain, several additions are made to it. This building, however, only exists in the first and second universes and is absent from the third and fourth, this pattern is probably repeated until the universe's real end)<br />
* {{e|6ACV15}} (an older version of the headquarters is seen in a flashback)<br />
* {{e|6ACV26}} (the headquarters is reconceived in the animation styles of classic black-and-white ["[[Colorama|C]]"] and old-school videogame ["[[Future Challenge 3000|FC3]]"] and is located on a cliff ["[[Action Delivery Force|ADF]]"])<br />
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[[Category:Planet Express|H]]</div>Hildoginhttp://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Parasites_Lost&diff=118235Parasites Lost2012-09-12T09:41:18Z<p>Hildogin: /* Additional Info */</p>
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|name=Parasites Lost<br />
|no=34<br />
|image=[[File:Parasites Lost.jpg|225px]]<br />
|season=3<br />
|broadcast season=<br />
|number=3ACV02<br />
|caption=If not entertaining, write your congressman<br />
|first aired=21 January, 2001<br />
|written by=Eric Kaplan<br />
|directed by=Peter Avanzino<br />
|title reference=''{{w|Paradise Lost}}'' by {{w|John Milton}}<br />
|caption reference=<br />
|opening cartoon={{w|Ub Iwerks}} "''Aladdin and The Wonderful Lamp''" (1934)<br />
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|broadcast number=S03E04<br />
|nomination='''Emmy Awards'''<br />Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation, 2001, [[Rodney Clouden]] (storyboard artist) '''(won)'''<br />
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"'''Parasites Lost'''" is the thirty-fourth episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', the second of the [[Season 3|third production season]] and the fourth of the [[Broadcast season 3|third broadcast season]]. It aired 21 January, 2001 on FOX. After obtaining worms from a truck stop sandwich, [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] finally obtains the affection of [[Turanga Leela|Leela]], but he is concerned whether she loves him or what the worms have made of him.<br />
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== The Story ==<br />
=== Act I: "She's got more meat than a cow!" ===<br />
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[[File:Deleted Scene (030204).png|thumb|left|Leela and Sal at the gas station]]<br />
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The [[Planet Express Ship]] pulls over for a fuel stop. In the men's room, [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] buys an egg-salad sandwich. [[Leela]] warns Fry not to eat a sandwich from a men's room, but Fry eats it anyway. While eating the sandwich, Fry makes several comments about how terrible it tastes, ("It's like there's a party in my mouth and everyone is throwing up"), but also says that he has had worse. While Fry finishes his sandwich, Leela starts to clean the windshield of the Planet Express Ship, removing, among other things, the Voyager Probe. Several truckers (including [[Sal]] and [[Hoschel]]) make derogatory, sexist comments toward Leela as she cleans the ship. Fry attempts to defend her, but he unintentionally insults her further.<br />
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Back at the [[Planet Express|Planet Express building]] Fry despairs over being unable to please Leela. This despair is interrupted when he and [[Bender]] go to fix the [[plasma-fusion boiler]], which [[Scruffy]] is unable to fix due to a "schedule conflict". However, since they are unqualified to make such repairs, the boiler explodes, lodging a lead pipe in Fry's abdomen. During an examination from [[Dr. Zoidberg]], the pipe is mysteriously cut in half, and the holes in Fry's abdomen seal themselves.<br />
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Dr. Zoidberg gives Fry a more thorough examination, which the rest of the crew watches behind a 2-way mirror and on a video screen while eating popcorn. [[Hermes]] eats his popcorn using a Jai Alai scoop, because Fry has been eating all the silverware. During Fry's colonoscopy, it is revealed that there is a [[Worms of Colón|colony of parasitic worms]] living in Fry's bowels, within a city made of the silverware Fry ate. The [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor]] says that the only way to get rid of the parasites is to enter Fry using a microscopic version of the Planet Express Ship.<br />
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=== Act II: "Nobody make a smell!" ===<br />
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[[File:Microdroidmachine.png|thumb|left|Zoidberg being scanned to create a micro-droid of himself.]]<br />
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The Professor creates [[Micro-Droid Machine|micro-droids]] for each crew member, which, apparently, is cheaper than shrinking them. The micro-droids are controlled via [[Net Suit|net suits]].<br />
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The Professor lays out the plan, which involves entering through Fry's ear, and travelling through his systems until they reach the pelvic splanchnic ganglion. Irritation of the ganglion will expel the parasites (among other things) from Fry. The force of the expulsion, according to the Professor, will make Fry lucky to still have his bones afterwards. Fry cannot be warned of the plan, however, as the worms know everything he knows. Leela distracts Fry long enough to launch the miniature Planet Express ship into his ear. In order to keep him distracted, Leela proposes taking a walk.<br />
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The [[Planet Express Crew]] discovers that the worms are actually giving Fry a mental and physical upgrade making him smarter, stronger, and more coordinated. As they navigate through the nasal passage, Fry sniffs a rose, which he gives to Leela. This bombards the Planet Express Ship with pollen, prompting Zoidberg to suggest they escape through a nasal capillary. The nasal capillary takes the crew into the heart. The crew will be safe as long as nothing causes Fry's heart to beat faster, according to the Professor. Unbeknown to the crew, Fry is stepping into a puddle to help Leela avoid getting her feet wet. Upon taking his hand, his heart starts to beat faster, causing Bender to panic. Professor Farnsworth sets a course for a cholesterol-encrusted valve, in an attempt to avoid certain doom.<br />
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After leaving the heart, the ship passes a group of worms jazzercising Fry's muscles, making him as strong and flexible as Gumbercules. Outside of Fry's body, while on their walk, Leela sees Sal, and suggests they cross the street and blend in with a group of pimps. Despite this, Fry confronts Sal, demanding an apology. Leela protests, saying that he is "bulging with what could be muscles." Fry tears off his shirt, revealing his newfound strength, which interests Leela. After a short confrontation, being disarmed and defeated, Sal apologizes to Leela.<br />
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=== Act III: "Worms to battle stations!" ===<br />
The Planet Express Ship sets off a proximity alarm as they neared the stomach, and several worm sentry ships converge and open fire on the Planet Express Ship. Ahead, the entrance to the stomach is starting to close, but they manage make it through, thanks to the help of the worm fighters. They arrive in the bowel and begin an assault on the worm city.<br />
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At a coffee-shop across the street from Planet Express, Fry finally shares his feelings with Leela, which he was previously not able to articulate. Leela realizes that the worms may have something to do with the new Fry, and runs off to the Planet Express building without explaining her intentions to Fry. At the Planet Express Building, Leela scans herself to create a micro-droid for herself, and enters Fry by shooting herself into his cup of coffee. Before the others can stimulate the ganglion, Leela arrives and destroys her micro-droid co-workers with a fire axe.<br />
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=== Act IV: "Obviously, you've never been in love!" ===<br />
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[[File:Holophonor.jpg|thumb|left|Fry playing the holophonor]]<br />
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After destroying the microscopic versions of the crew, Leela takes off her net-suit and tells the Professor that Fry might be better off with the worms. Fry enters the room and demands an explanation. After receiving his explanation, Fry says that the worms are the best parasites he's ever had. Later, Leela takes Fry to her apartment, where pulls out a [[holophonor]], one of the most difficult instruments in [[Universe 1|the universe]]. Despite this, he plays incredibly well, and the hologram shows Fry and Leela in a variety of forms dancing across the universe. Without saying a word, Leela takes Fry into the bedroom, where says she loves what Fry has become. Fry realizes she may not love him for who he truly is, but instead, for what the worms have made him into. He returns to the Planet Express building and makes a micro-droid of himself, which he drops into the back of his pants.<br />
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Inside his own bowel, Fry confronts the Lord Mayor of Col&oacute;n. Fry explains his situation and asks the worms to leave, but the Lord Mayor refuses, citing that he came in on the sandwich and raised a cloud of spores in Fry's bowel. Fry and the Lord Mayor engage in a sword fight, which takes them to Fry's brain. Fry threatens to injure himself to evict the worms. They call his bluff, but he cuts several connections within his brain, including the hand-eye coordination lobe. Despite this, The Lord Mayor remains unworried, and explains that he has only damaged his brain to the extent of a week of binge drinking or 5 minutes of cell phone use. He reaches the medulla oblongata, and threatens to kill himself if they do not leave. After a brief standoff, the worms agree to leave, but give him a promise that they will find their way back--"Ever wonder what makes special sauce so special? Yo."<br />
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=== Act V: "I'm still seduced from before." ===<br />
Fry returns to Leela's apartment. He asks to play the holophonor, but Leela protests, saying that she was still seduced from earlier. He insists and starts playing, creating a Frankenstein-like monster. Leela asks what it was supposed to mean, to which Fry responds 'I don't know. I got nervous and started thinking about neck bolts." Leela realizes he's become an idiot again. Fry asks for a chance to prove that it was him, not the worms that made her love him. Fry pulls out a baggie of massage oil and offers to give her the massage he used to give [[Amy]]. Leela, covering herself, shoves the holophonor in his face and tells him to leave.<br />
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Later that night, Fry begins his first lesson on the holophonor, creating a rudimentary hologram of Leela.<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
[[File:September2002calendar.JPG|thumb|September - 2002 [[Calendar]]]]<br />
[[File:April2007calendar.JPG|thumb|April - 2007 [[Calendar]]]]<br />
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=== Trivia ===<br />
*The episode's title is a play on words from the epic poem ''{{w|Paradise Lost}}'' by {{w|John Milton}}.<br />
*Opening scene is shown to be on Historic Route 66 (expressed mathematically as root of 66).<br />
*Fuel available at Greasy Sue's Greasy Truck Stop is Light Matter, Dark Matter, Wassa Matter, Ethanol and Ethanol & Tonic.<br />
*Sign in men's room reads "All Employees Must Wipe Hands on Pants".<br />
*Leela's apartment is a spoof of the old {{w|Hitachi Maxell|Maxell}} commercials, which featured a similar setting.<br />
*These areas of Fry's body are listed on the elevator:<br />
**Brain.<br />
**Lungs.<br />
**Liver.<br />
**Ball Room.<br />
*Directly after Fry defeats the [[Worms of Colón|worms]] and they are leaving his brain, he can be seen performing a fairly common fencing salute.<br />
*This episode is named #4 on IGN's list of [http://tv.ign.com/articles/716/716663p3.html Top 25 Futurama Episodes].<br />
*This episode was named #5 on TV.com's list of [http://www.tv.com/story/12579.html?ref_story_id=12579&ref_type=1101&ref_name=story Top 10 Futurama Episodes].<br />
*This episode is tied with "[[The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz]]" for the smallest cast list, with only 12 characters.<br />
* This episode's premise of shrinking a vehicle to navigate through a Human body closely resembles the 1966 motion picture ''Fantastic Voyage''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantastic_Voyage].<br />
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=== Goofs ===<br />
*When Fry first walks into Leela's apartment, its walls are white, though when Fry walks out the walls are yellow.<br />
*When Fry and Leela are dancing at the beginning of the first holophonor visualisation, the rotating planet behind them clearly loops through its animation.<br />
*Fry mentions that Leela has "more meat than a [[cow]]." Sal laughs and says "more meat than a cow" as well. However, according to "[[A Fishful of Dollars]]", cows are extinct.<br />
**Just because an animal is extinct, it doesn't mean that nobody knows about it anymore.<br />
*The Planet Express ship seems to be able to work in the fluids of Fry's body. But in "[[The Deep South]]", the ship doesn't work under water.<br />
**It's not actually the Planet Express ship, but rather a microscopic version of it, just as the characters are all microscopic robot versions of them.<br />
*The Professor said the worms know everything Fry knows. However they do not know who he was when he entered his body nor did they know he was going to damage his own brain.<br />
**It's possible that he didn't mean that all the worms would immediately know everything Fry did. Rather, it may just be that the worm community would have access to all of Fry's knowledge, but that doesn't imply that they'd all know what he looked like or what he was thinking (just like having access to medical textbooks doesn't mean that we're all doctors).<br />
*If all the damage Fry ended up doing to himself was no worse than some binge drinking, he should still be pretty smart and able even after the worms left, but he immediately reverts back to being the old Fry.<br />
**Perhaps due to Fry's lack of a Delta brainwave his brain requires constant supervision to be kept smart.<br />
<!--*Sal seems very out of character at one point during this episode, as he pulls out a knife and goes to attack Fry just because he was asked to apologise to Leela.<br />
**This isn't a goof, Sal just went crazy out of pride.--><br />
*There are several errors regarding the size of the mini-Planet Express Ship and the micro-droids in comparison to cells in Fry's body.<br />
**In the shot of the Planet Express Ship going through a capillary, the Planet Express Ship was shown to be the size of a red blood cell. If this were true, they would be microscopic. Therefore, Leela would not be able to see them, let alone pick them up to shoot them into Fry's ear.<br />
**The Planet Express Crew is only shown to be the size of a cell during that one scene; in all others, they are large enough that individual cells aren't shown.<br />
**When Dr. Zoidberg rides on a sperm, none of the other cells are shown, even though sperm cells are much smaller than most other cells.<br />
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=== Broadcast On BBC Two And Another Time Change ===<br />
This was the first episode of Season 3 to be shown on BBC Two, but they had the feeling they should change the time it was on yet again, because many child viewers were in bed by 10pm on Thursdays. So they changed the time from Thursdays at 10pm to Saturdays at 5pm.<br />
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=== Quotes === <br />
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<poem>'''Leela''': You're not gonna eat a sandwich from a truck stop men's room are you?<br />
'''Fry''': What's the worst thing that can happen... ewww, it's like a party in my mouth and everyone is throwing up.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Sal''': Stands back. I’m gonna puts my moves on her. ''[He hoots at Leela.]''<br />
'''Fry''': That jerk. No one hoots at my captain unless they’re prepared to take it to the next level.<br />
'''Leela''': Fry, please. That’s sweet, but I'd rather not even dignify them with an ass-whupping.<br />
'''Sal''': Yo, sexy mama! Let’s get busy and freaky, in that order.<br />
'''Fry''': Hey, jumbo! How would you like it if Leela said ''you'' were sexy and she wanted to make love with ''you''?<br />
'''Sal''': Eh, I’ve gots five minutes. She looks pretty good for a truck-stop chick.<br />
'''Fry''': You take that back! She does ''not'' look good for a truck-stop chick.<br />
'''Sal''': Yeah, you’re right. She don’t gots enough meat for a guy like me.<br />
'''Fry''': She does too! She’s loaded with meat! She’s got more meat than a cow!</poem><br />
<poem>''[Part of the boiler flies off. Fry and Bender gasp. Steam starts filling the room.]''<br />
'''Scruffy''': Scruffy's gonna die the way he lived. ''[He continues looking at the magazine.]''</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zoidberg''': Ahh, the hypochondriac's back, so what is it this time?<br />
'''Fry''': Well, my lead pipe hurts a little.<br />
'''Zoidberg''': That's normal, next patient!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zoidberg''': Hmm. We'll need to have a look inside you with this camera. ''[He holds up an endoscope. Fry opens his mouth.]'' Guess again.<br />
<poem>'''Bender''': Yo old guy, why do we have to use those tiny micro droids? Can't you just shrink us?<br />
'''Professor''': Oh my no, that would require extremely tiny atoms, have you priced those lately? I'm not made of money! Leave me alone</poem><br />
<poem>'''Farnsworth''': Let's just pray nothing stimulates the delicate smell receptors. ''[whispering]'' Nobody make a smell.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zoidberg''': Yippeekayaye! You'll never guess where I've been! ''[Comes in riding one of Fry's sperm.]''</poem><br />
<poem>'''Fry''': Apartment 1I. The old me would have made a joke about that!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Fry''': Who controls this bowel?<br />
'''Worm Guard #1''': Who wants to know?<br />
''[Fry points at a gold statue of himself. Underneath the statue is the inscription "The Known Universe". The statue is in the same pointing pose as Fry is. The worms gasp and bow.]''</poem><br />
<poem>'''Worm Mayor''': You've damaged your brain, Universe, but no more than a week of binge drinking or five minutes on a cell phone.</poem><br />
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=== Continuity ===<br />
*{{e|1ACV13}}<br />
**Fry was sterilized by the [[F-Ray]], but the worms apparently fixed his sperm problems.<br />
*{{e|2ACV07}}<br />
**Fry mentions his massage he gave to Amy when he was going out with her.<br />
*{{e|4ACV18}}<br />
**Fry plays the [[holophonor]] again with the help of another [[Robot Devil|outside force]].<br />
**The rudimentary version of Leela that we see in this episode is the same as the one that we see in the very end when Fry plays without the [[Robot Devil|Robot Devil's]] hands.<br />
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=== Alien Language Sightings ===<br />
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[[File:ALS-03-02-01.jpg|thumb|right|"HUMAN MILK"]]<br />
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'''Time''': 00:32 <br><br />
'''Location''': Truck<br><br />
'''Language''': [[AL1]]<br><br />
'''Translation''': HUMAN MILK<br />
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'''Time''': 09:48<br><br />
'''Location''': Construction site<br><br />
'''Language''': [[AL1]]<br><br />
'''Translation''': WATCH FOR FALLING HUMANS<br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
{{chars-begin}}<br />
*[[Amy Wong|Amy]]<br />
*[[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]]<br />
*[[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]]<br />
*[[Hydronic Farmer|Hydronic Farmer]]<br />
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Lord Mayor Worm]]<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]<br />
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]<br />
*[[Sal]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Hoschel]]<br />
*[[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]<br />
*[[Scruffy]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' Waitress<br />
{{chars-end}}<br />
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== Episode Credits ==<br />
{{credits-begin}}<br />
*Writer<br />
**[[Eric Kaplan]]<br />
*Director<br />
**[[Peter Avanzino]]<br />
*Voice Actors<br />
**[[Billy West]]<br />
**[[Katey Sagal]]<br />
**[[John DiMaggio]]<br />
**[[Phil LaMarr]]<br />
*DVD Commentary<br />
**[[Peter Avanzino]]<br />
**[[Rich Moore]]<br />
**[[Eric Kaplan]]<br />
**[[David X. Cohen]]<br />
**[[Scott Vanzo]]<br />
**[[Matt Groening]]<br />
{{credits-end}}<br />
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[[Category:A plots focusing on Leela]]</div>Hildoginhttp://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Robot_Santa%27s_Little_Helpers&diff=118207Robot Santa's Little Helpers2012-09-11T05:36:48Z<p>Hildogin: /* Characters */</p>
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|written by=Eric Rogers<br />
|art by=Mike Kazaleh<br />
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"'''Robot Santa's Little Helpers'''" is the fortieth [[comic]] issue, which was released 26 November, 2008 in the US. <!-- insert brief plot summary here --><br />
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== The Story ==<br />
=== Act I ===<br />
[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] visits a mall Santa to read off a long list of demands while [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] and [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] do their [[Xmas]] shopping. The mall Santa informs him that more Santas are needed, and given the various advantages he takes the job. After shopping, they return to work for another dangerous mission. There is a delivery to be made to Antler Stadium on [[Neptune]]. With Bender busy, [[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Zoidberg]] fills in as the ship's chef because his cooking is equally bad. Bender enjoys his day insulting and assaulting people for money and booze. Meanwhile on the mission Zoidberg eats all of the food, causing Fry to use more curse words together than he ever has before and him and Leela to leave Zoidberg teary and feeling unwanted. Without any food available, Fry and Leela change their plan of air dropping the crate to hand delivering it and bartering for food. Zoidberg is told to stay put, but decides to leave in search of friends who value him for who he is.<br />
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=== Act II ===<br />
While wandering the planet, Zoidberg meets one of Santa's elves, who has run away in hopes of finding someone to help him heal the injured elves. Zoidberg suggests they open a hospital and the elf leads him to a camp. Here there are injured elves who have escaped from [[Robot Santa Claus|Santa]]. After completing the delivery, the crew notice Zoidberg is missing and head out to find him. Arriving at Santa's workshop, they see Santa and head elf Chauncey discussing the year's plan of controlling the mall Santas and having them attack anyone they see. Zoidberg has finished with his patients and the elf that brought him reveals that his actual plans have nothing to do with building a hospital and he was just using Zoidberg. Leela finds the remote to the mall Santas, but Santa appears and moments later, the healed elves and Zoidberg show up. Santa uses the remote causing Bender and the other Santas to attack people. Leela throws Fry's gift to her of candy-cane perfume at the remote, which Zoidberg eats, along with one of Santa's hands. The mall Santas return to normal. Suddenly, the elves attack Santa and the crew make their escape.<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
*Leela has designed a holo-pilot for the ship, which resembles an overweight, balding Amy with some kind of skin condition.<br />
*Antler Stadium and Santa's Workshop are apparently on opposite sides of the planet, but the crew choose to walk from one to the other instead of using the ship.<br />
*The UK releases have skipped this issue, it is unknown if it will be released there.<br />
*The name is a reference to {{s|Santa's Little Helper}} from ''[[The Simpsons]]''.<br />
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=== Goofs ===<br />
*Once again, the comic staff have forgotten that [[Sewer Mutants]] are not permited to come to the surface.<br />
*In "[[The Series Has Landed]]", Leela was able to get the [[Planet Express Ship]] to the moon in less than 2 seconds. At the same speed, the ship should be able to get to [[Neptune]] in about 2 and a half hours, which is not long enough a time for food to become a large issue.<br />
**Additionally, Bender is not the ship's cook anymore and now holds the position of "Assistant Manger of Sales".<br />
***This is the job he apparently had in ''[[Bender's Big Score]]''.<br />
*On the cover, the spikes on Robot Santa's pompom appear; however, they are absent throughout the comic.<br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
{{chars-begin}}<br />
*[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]]<br />
*'''Debut''': Chauncey<br />
*[[Clamps]]<br />
*[[Cubert Farnsworth]]<br />
*'''Debut''': Ferdinand<br />
*[["Fishy" Joseph Gilman|Fishy Joe]]<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]<br />
*[[Hattie McDoogal]]<br />
*[[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]]<br />
*[[Kif Kroker]]<br />
*[[LaBarbara Conrad|LaBarbara]]<br />
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]<br />
*[[Leg Mutant]]<br />
*[[Linda]]<br />
*Mall Robot Santas<br />
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]<br />
*[[Raoul Inglis]]<br />
*[[Roberto]]<br />
*[[Robot Santa Claus]]<br />
*[[Smitty and URL|Smitty]]<br />
*[[Tinny Tim]]<br />
*[[Smitty and URL|URL]]<br />
*[[Zapp Brannigan]]<br />
*[[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]<br />
{{chars-end}}<br />
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== Comic Credits ==<br />
*Script<br />
**[[Eric Rogers]]<br />
*Pencils<br />
**[[Mike Kazaleh]]<br />
*Inks<br />
**[[Dan Davis]]<br />
*Colors<br />
**[[Nathan Kane]]<br />
*Letters<br />
**[[Karen Bates]]<br />
*Editor<br />
**[[Bill Morrison]]<br />
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[[Category:B plots focusing on Bender]]</div>Hildoginhttp://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Robot_Santa%27s_Little_Helpers&diff=118206Robot Santa's Little Helpers2012-09-11T05:35:21Z<p>Hildogin: /* Characters */</p>
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<div>{{comic infobox<br />
|name=Robot Santa's Little Helpers<br />
|image=[[File:Futurama-40-Cover.jpg|225px]]<br />
|image2=[[File:Futurama Comic 40.jpg|225px]]<br />
|us no=40<br />
|uk no=<br />
|written by=Eric Rogers<br />
|art by=Mike Kazaleh<br />
|title caption=Rogers - Kazaleh - Davis<br />
|us publish=26 November, 2008<br />
|uk publish=<br />
|title referee=<br />
|paperback=<br />
|prev=Rust In Peace<br />
|next=Soldier Boys<br />
}}<br />
"'''Robot Santa's Little Helpers'''" is the fortieth [[comic]] issue, which was released 26 November, 2008 in the US. <!-- insert brief plot summary here --><br />
<br />
== The Story ==<br />
=== Act I ===<br />
[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] visits a mall Santa to read off a long list of demands while [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] and [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] do their [[Xmas]] shopping. The mall Santa informs him that more Santas are needed, and given the various advantages he takes the job. After shopping, they return to work for another dangerous mission. There is a delivery to be made to Antler Stadium on [[Neptune]]. With Bender busy, [[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Zoidberg]] fills in as the ship's chef because his cooking is equally bad. Bender enjoys his day insulting and assaulting people for money and booze. Meanwhile on the mission Zoidberg eats all of the food, causing Fry to use more curse words together than he ever has before and him and Leela to leave Zoidberg teary and feeling unwanted. Without any food available, Fry and Leela change their plan of air dropping the crate to hand delivering it and bartering for food. Zoidberg is told to stay put, but decides to leave in search of friends who value him for who he is.<br />
<br />
=== Act II ===<br />
While wandering the planet, Zoidberg meets one of Santa's elves, who has run away in hopes of finding someone to help him heal the injured elves. Zoidberg suggests they open a hospital and the elf leads him to a camp. Here there are injured elves who have escaped from [[Robot Santa Claus|Santa]]. After completing the delivery, the crew notice Zoidberg is missing and head out to find him. Arriving at Santa's workshop, they see Santa and head elf Chauncey discussing the year's plan of controlling the mall Santas and having them attack anyone they see. Zoidberg has finished with his patients and the elf that brought him reveals that his actual plans have nothing to do with building a hospital and he was just using Zoidberg. Leela finds the remote to the mall Santas, but Santa appears and moments later, the healed elves and Zoidberg show up. Santa uses the remote causing Bender and the other Santas to attack people. Leela throws Fry's gift to her of candy-cane perfume at the remote, which Zoidberg eats, along with one of Santa's hands. The mall Santas return to normal. Suddenly, the elves attack Santa and the crew make their escape.<br />
<br />
== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
*Leela has designed a holo-pilot for the ship, which resembles an overweight, balding Amy with some kind of skin condition.<br />
*Antler Stadium and Santa's Workshop are apparently on opposite sides of the planet, but the crew choose to walk from one to the other instead of using the ship.<br />
*The UK releases have skipped this issue, it is unknown if it will be released there.<br />
*The name is a reference to {{s|Santa's Little Helper}} from ''[[The Simpsons]]''.<br />
<br />
=== Goofs ===<br />
*Once again, the comic staff have forgotten that [[Sewer Mutants]] are not permited to come to the surface.<br />
*In "[[The Series Has Landed]]", Leela was able to get the [[Planet Express Ship]] to the moon in less than 2 seconds. At the same speed, the ship should be able to get to [[Neptune]] in about 2 and a half hours, which is not long enough a time for food to become a large issue.<br />
**Additionally, Bender is not the ship's cook anymore and now holds the position of "Assistant Manger of Sales".<br />
***This is the job he apparently had in ''[[Bender's Big Score]]''.<br />
*On the cover, the spikes on Robot Santa's pompom appear; however, they are absent throughout the comic.<br />
<br />
=== Characters ===<br />
(In alphabetical order)<br />
*[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]]<br />
*'''Debut''': Chauncey<br />
*[[Clamps]]<br />
*[[Cubert Farnsworth]]<br />
*'''Debut''': Ferdinand<br />
*[["Fishy" Joseph Gilman|Fishy Joe]]<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]<br />
*[[Hattie McDoogal]]<br />
*[[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]]<br />
*[[Kif Kroker]]<br />
*[[LaBarbara Conrad|LaBarbara[[<br />
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]<br />
*[[Leg Mutant]]<br />
*[[Linda]]<br />
*Mall Robot Santas<br />
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]<br />
*[[Raoul Inglis]]<br />
*[[Roberto]]<br />
*[[Robot Santa Claus]]<br />
*[[Smitty and URL|Smitty]]<br />
*[[Tinny Tim]]<br />
*[[Smitty and URL|URL]]<br />
*[[Zapp Brannigan]]<br />
*[[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]<br />
<br />
== Comic Credits ==<br />
*Script<br />
**[[Eric Rogers]]<br />
*Pencils<br />
**[[Mike Kazaleh]]<br />
*Inks<br />
**[[Dan Davis]]<br />
*Colors<br />
**[[Nathan Kane]]<br />
*Letters<br />
**[[Karen Bates]]<br />
*Editor<br />
**[[Bill Morrison]]<br />
<br />
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[[Category:B plots focusing on Bender]]</div>Hildoginhttp://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Robot_Robin_Hood&diff=118205Robot Robin Hood2012-09-11T05:29:35Z<p>Hildogin: </p>
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<div>{{comic infobox<br />
|name=Robot Robin Hood<br />
|image=[[File:Futurama-25-Cover.jpg|225px]]<br />
|us no=025<br />
|uk no=039, 040<br />
|written by=Ian Boothby<br />
|art by=Mike Kazaleh<br />
|title caption=Now With More Future, Less Rama!<br />
|us publish=24 May, 2006<br />
|title referee=Robin Hood<br />
|paperback=<br />
|prev=Twice Told Tales of Interest<br />
|next=A Whole Lotta Leela<br />
}}<br />
"'''Robot Robin Hood'''" is the twenty-fifth [[comic]] issue, which was released 24 May, 2006 in the US. <!-- insert brief plot summary here --><br />
<br />
== The Story ==<br />
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If you know how, make links of the first reference to any other characters, places, or things that have/should have their own articles.<br />
--><br />
<br />
=== Act I ===<br />
[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] and [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] are playing in the holo-shed, imagining that they are saving Ed Sullivan's head from four insects called The Beetles. [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] interrupts, claiming they are under attack by a group of four flies. While trying to defeat the flies (who want in on Planet Express' shipment of manure), they damage all their working thrusters and are soon plummeting towards a class M planet. When they crash, they are invited to a peasant's house for supper. While there, the tax collector arrives and tries to take all their money. Leela scares him off, however, since it means the peasant's lives are now in danger, they must leave. While walking aimlessly around the planet, Bender decides to take up pickpocketting, and after a twist of fate in which the peasants get their tax money back, he becomes known as Robot Robin Hood.<br />
<br />
=== Act II ===<br />
Leela tells Bender she needs some new parts to repair the ship so that they can fly back to Earth. Bender takes Leela and Fry to the Sherrif of Bot-tingham's castle that night, where they find money as well as the parts they need for the ship. The Sherrif arrives and finds his possessions missing. Upon discovering a bow and arrow Bender left behind, he starts an archery contest in hope of capturing Robot Robin Hood there. At the competition, Bender replaces himself with the real Robin Hood, however, Bender and his gang are still captured. Just as they are sentenced to death, King Richard the Linux-Hearted arrives and tells the Sherrif to pardon their lives. King Richard then holds a feast in their honor.<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
<!-- Add any trivia here, in bullet-list form. --><br />
*Zoidberg, once again, arrives on the planet solely to eat.<br />
*The Holo-shed is mislabled Holo-deck.<br />
<!--===Quotes===<br />
*'''Zoidberg''': Hey! The rhyming's getting easier!--><br />
<!-- The following sections can be included if they are appropriate:<br />
<br />
=== Questions ===<br />
*Who did that?<br />
**Fry did.<br />
<br />
=== Alien Language Sightings ===<br />
'''Time''': <br /><br />
'''Location''': <br /><br />
'''Language''': [[Alien Languages#AL1|AL1]]<br /><br />
'''Translation''': <br />
(change to AL2, if necessary)<br />
<br />
=== Inside References ===<br />
--><br />
<br />
=== Outside References ===<br />
*'''The Beatles''': Songs referenced include Twist and Shout, A Hard Day's Night, Help!, Maxwell's Silver Hammer, Magical Mystery Tour, Drive My Car, Octopus's Garden, and Taxman.<br />
*The main plot of the story is a reimagining of Robin Hood.<!--not really a parody--><br />
*When robbing from the rich Bender encounters the {{w|Richie Rich (comics)|Rich family}} and {{w|Scrooge McDuck}} and his grand-nephews.<br />
*{{sw|Yoda}}, from ''{{sw|Star Wars}}, is parodied as a crane operator.<br />
*The uniforms used in the Holo-shed simulation resemble those from Star Trek.<br />
*The name of ''King Richard the Linux-Hearted'' is a reference to {{w|Linux|Linux operating system}}.<br />
*When Leela says that "Little Leela" sounds like a comic-book character from the 1950's, she is referring to {{w|Little Lulu}}.<br />
*The end scene is a parody of {{w|Asterix|Asterix comics}}.<br />
<!--<br />
<br />
=== Fast Forward ===<br />
List instances of things from this episode that are referenced later.<br />
--><br />
<br />
=== Goofs ===<br />
*The screen on the telecommunication device on board the P.E. ship appears to have a crack in it while the crew is talking to the Head Fly. It should not work if it is cracked.<br />
<!--<br />
===Special Features===--><br />
<br />
=== Characters ===<br />
(In alphabetical order)<br />
<!--Add the list of characters appearing in the episode here. Use the Debut format for characters making their first appearance, and the regular format for all other characters. Any character appearing in more than one episode should be linked (like Hattie), as should one-time characters who are central to the story (like That Guy).<br />
Format Examples:<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Flexo]]<br />
*The Grand Midwife<br />
--><br />
*'''Debut:''' The Beetles<br />
*[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' Ed Sullivan's head<br />
*'''Debut:''' The Flies<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' Iron Maid Marion<br />
*'''Debut:''' King Richard the Linux-Hearted<br />
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' Peasant Farmer<br />
*'''Debut:''' Peasant Robot<br />
*'''Debut:''' Robin Hood's Head<br />
*'''Debut:''' Roy, Cat'O-Nine Tails<br />
*'''Debut:''' Sherrif of Bot-tingham<br />
*[[Smitty]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' Tax Collector<br />
*[[URL]]<br />
*[[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]<br />
<br />
== Comic Credits ==<br />
<!-- replace the unknowns and add any other credits listed. --><br />
*Script<br />
**[[Ian Boothby]]<br />
*Pencils<br />
**[[Mike Kazaleh]]<br />
*Inks<br />
**[[Phyllis Novin]]<br />
*Colors<br />
**[[Nathan Hamill]]<br />
*Letters<br />
**[[Karen Bates]]<br />
*Editor<br />
**[[Bill Morrison]]<br />
<br />
{{navigation bottom/c<br />
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|next=A Whole Lotta Leela<br />
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[[Category:A plots focusing on Bender]]</div>Hildoginhttp://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=The_Cure_for_the_Common_Clod&diff=118204The Cure for the Common Clod2012-09-11T04:52:12Z<p>Hildogin: /* Characters (including Crowd Scene) */</p>
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<div>{{comic infobox<br />
|name=The Cure for the Common Clod<br />
|image=[[File:Futurama-11-Cover 0.jpg|225px]]<br />
|us no=011<br />
|uk no=013<br />
|written by= Patric M. Verrone<br />
|art by= Tom King<br />
|title caption=The Most Influenzal Comic of All Time<br />
|us publish=23 January 2003<br />
|uk publish=23 September 2004<br />
|paperback=[[Futurama Conquers The Universe]]<br />
|prev=The Big Sweep<br />
|next=Sideshow Fry<br />
}}<br />
"'''The Cure for the Common Clod'''" is the eleventh [[comic]] issue, which was released 23 January, 2003 in the US and 23 September, 2004 in the UK. <!-- insert brief plot summary here --><br />
<br />
== The Story ==<br />
<!-- Under each act heading, give a brief summary of the major events of that act. The acts begin and end at points where there would be an ad break if this were an episode, probably at the middle of the comic. If lucky, this will also be the split for the UK version.<br />
If you know how, make links of the first reference to any other characters, places, or things that have/should have their own articles.<br />
--><br />
<br />
=== Act I ===<br />
[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] catches a disease while on a delivery. [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] checks the shipboard medical books and diagnoses Fry with something thought to have been eradicated centuries ago; the [[common cold]]. At [[Planet Express]], Fry sneezes over [[Amy Wong|Amy]], Leela and [[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]] during a medical exam from [[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]. The cure for the disease has been forgotten, and because the cold is so contagious Fry is quarantined. [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|The Professor]] explains why he, [[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]] and Zoidberg couldn't have been infected. They then watch in disbelief as Leela strips naked and jumps into a tree outside to gather acorns. She has reverted to her primal state due to the mutated cold virus, so has Hermes, who is still his normal bureaucrat self. They realise Amy may be infecting everyone else in the city, so they head to her sorority's lingerie rave. Amy never made it to the party, but had been spotted at the library.<br />
<br />
=== Act II ===<br />
They leave Fry in his bubble at the door and enter via the roof. In her primal state Amy is busy trying to prove {{w|Riemann's Hypothesis}}, the Professor explains that this will take days and that she is contained. Satisfied that the city is safe, they exit via the front door, which sends Fry's bubble rolling into the city's water supply, where it splits open. The next day everyone is acting weird because of the virus. The Professor decides that he should use one of his doomsday devices. The others stop him when Amy returns feeling better after blowing her nose. She and other infected people are hacking up huge germs, these come together through reverse mitosis and form a single gigantic germ. Leela's mutant metabolism creates a germ that is an antibody, but it's too small. They enlist the [[Sewer Mutants]] to produce more antibodies, they agree because they believe the infection will be like a party (which it seems to be for them). The antibodies head to the surface and merge, where they destroy the giant germ. A ceremony is held at [[New New York#Citihall|Citihall]] to thank the mutants.<br />
<br />
== Additional Info ==<br />
[[File:Crowd Scene US011.jpg|right|thumb|Like "some crappy science fiction story"]]<br />
<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
<!-- Add any trivia here, in bullet-list form. --><br />
*The [[Australian Guy]] is seen amongst the crowd of infected New New Yorkers, implying that he's not a slave anymore. Also seen are the [[Omicronians]], who are on Earth for some reason. (the crowd contains over 60 characters we've seen before and a few we haven't.)<!-- don't list them here, use the image page instead --><br />
*The ship has its own library.<br />
*The Professor started the tradition of Lingerie Raves when he was in Kappa Kappa Wong.<br />
*This comic book's storyline shares a similarity with the season 6 episode "[[Cold Warriors]]".<br />
<br />
=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Fry''': No I'm... doesn't.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Amy''': You're just faking it because you want to weasel out of going to the all night rave my sorority is having at the lingerie warehouse tonight.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zoidberg''': There's something ''beating'' in here. I better open you up and get it out of there.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Raoul''': ''[On his head.]'' Look at me! I'm a tripod!<br />
'''Leg Mutant''': ''[On Vyolet's head.]'' So what? I'm a totem pole!</poem><br />
}}<br />
<br />
=== Inside References ===<br />
*"Robots only get sick in crappy science fiction stories". This occurs in "[[Fry and the Slurm Factory]]" and this comic.<br />
<br />
=== Outside References ===<br />
*The title character of Where's Wally/Waldo is seen in the crowd holding an arrow pointing himself out.<br />
*The start of the comic refers to ''Mad Magazine''.<br />
*Fry is quarantined inside a bubble called the "Travolta 3000", a reference to the 1976 made-for-TV movie ''The Boy in the Plastic Bubble'', which starred a young John Travolta.<br />
<!-- <br />
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=== Fast Forward ===<br />
List instances of things from this episode that are referenced later.<br />
<br />
=== Goofs ===<br />
List any mistakes made in the issue, like continuity errors, erroneous statements, etc.<br />
<br />
=== Special Features ===<br />
List any other interesting things included in the comic.<br />
--><br />
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=== Characters (including Crowd Scene)===<br />
<!--Add the list of characters appearing in the episode here. Use the Debut format for characters making their first appearance, and the regular format for all other characters. Any character appearing in more than one episode should be linked (like Hattie), as should one-time characters who are central to the story (like That Guy).<br />
Format Examples:<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Flexo]]<br />
*The Grand Midwife<br />
--><br />
{{chars-begin}}<br />
*[[Amazonians]]<br />
*[[Amy Wong|Amy]]<br />
*[[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]]<br />
*[[Cinnamon]]<br />
*[[Cygnoids|The Cygnoids]]<br />
*[[Sewer Mutants#Dwayne|Dwayne]]<br />
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Farnsworth]]<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]<br />
*[[Grunka Lunkas|Grunka Lunka]]<br />
*[[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]]<br />
*[[Hyper-Chicken]]<br />
*[[Kif Kroker|Kif]]<br />
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]<br />
*[[Sewer Mutants#Leg Mutant|Leg Mutant]]<br />
*[[Lrrr]]<br />
*[[Ndnd]]<br />
*[[Mayor C. Randall Poopenmeyer]]<br />
*[[Morbo]]<br />
*[[Number 1.0]]<br />
*[[Sewer Mutants#Raoul|Raoul Inglis]]<br />
*[[Sal]]<br />
*[[Scruffy]]<br />
*[[Turanga Morris and Munda|Turanga Morris]]<br />
*[[Turanga Morris and Munda|Turanga Munda]]<br />
*[[Mayor C. Randall Poopenmeyer|Mayor Poopenmeyer]]<br />
*[[Sewer Mutants#Vyolet|Vyolet]]<br />
*[[Zapp Brannigan|Zapp]]<br />
*[[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]<br />
*[[Organ Dealer]]<br />
*[[Terry]]<br />
*[[Lou]]<br />
*[[Ipgee]]<br />
*[[Abner Doubledeal]]<br />
*[[Calculon]]<br />
*[[Walt, Larry and Igner]]<br />
*[[Smitty and URL]]<br />
*[[Dr. Ogden Wernstrom]]<br />
*[[Richard Nixon's head|Nixon]]<br />
*[[All My Circuits#Monique|Monique]]<br />
*[[All My Circuits#Boxy Robot|Boxy]]<br />
*[[All My Circuits#Human Friend|Human Friend]]<br />
*'''Debut''': {{w|Where's Wally/Waldo|Wally/Waldo}}<br />
*[[Fratbots#Fatbot|Fatbot]]<br />
*[[Dean Vernon]]<br />
*[["Fishy" Joseph Gilman|Fishy Joe]]<br />
*[[Australian Guy]]<br />
*[[Horrible Gelatinous Blob]]<br />
*[[Victor]]<br />
*[[Crack Addict]]<br />
*[[Sal]]<br />
*[[Petunia]]<br />
*[[Hobos]]<br />
*[[Leo and Inez Wong]]<br />
*[[LaBarbara Conrad]]<br />
*[[Fnog]]<br />
*[[Ethan 'Bubblegum' Tate]]<br />
*[[Morgan Proctor]]<br />
*[[Dr. Ben Beeler]]<br />
*[[Mom]]<br />
*[[Harold Zoid]]<br />
*[[Ron Whitey]]<br />
*[[Zapp Brannigan]]<br />
*[[Cubert Farnsworth]]<br />
*[[Hattie McDoogal]]<br />
*[[Roberto]]<br />
*[[Number 9 Man]]<br />
*[[Dwight Conrad]]<br />
*[[Orphans|Several of the orphans]]<br />
*[[Warden Vogel]]<br />
*[[Barbados Slim]]<br />
*[[Elzar]]<br />
*[[Taco Bellevue Doctor]]<br />
*[[Tinny Tim]]<br />
*[[Guenter]]<br />
{{chars-end}}<br />
<br />
== Comic Credits ==<br />
<!-- replace the unknowns and add any other credits listed. --><br />
*Script<br />
**[[Patric M. Verrone]]<br />
*Pencils<br />
**[[Tom King]]<br />
*Inks<br />
**[[Phyllis Novin]]<br />
*Colors<br />
**[[Joey Mason]]<br />
*Letters<br />
**[[Karen Bates]]<br />
*Editor<br />
**[[Bill Morrison]]<br />
*Dr. Feel Good<br />
**[[Matt Groening]]<br />
<br />
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|next=Sideshow Fry<br />
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[[Category:A plots focusing on Fry]]</div>Hildoginhttp://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=The_Cure_for_the_Common_Clod&diff=118203The Cure for the Common Clod2012-09-11T04:51:21Z<p>Hildogin: /* Additional Info */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{comic infobox<br />
|name=The Cure for the Common Clod<br />
|image=[[File:Futurama-11-Cover 0.jpg|225px]]<br />
|us no=011<br />
|uk no=013<br />
|written by= Patric M. Verrone<br />
|art by= Tom King<br />
|title caption=The Most Influenzal Comic of All Time<br />
|us publish=23 January 2003<br />
|uk publish=23 September 2004<br />
|paperback=[[Futurama Conquers The Universe]]<br />
|prev=The Big Sweep<br />
|next=Sideshow Fry<br />
}}<br />
"'''The Cure for the Common Clod'''" is the eleventh [[comic]] issue, which was released 23 January, 2003 in the US and 23 September, 2004 in the UK. <!-- insert brief plot summary here --><br />
<br />
== The Story ==<br />
<!-- Under each act heading, give a brief summary of the major events of that act. The acts begin and end at points where there would be an ad break if this were an episode, probably at the middle of the comic. If lucky, this will also be the split for the UK version.<br />
If you know how, make links of the first reference to any other characters, places, or things that have/should have their own articles.<br />
--><br />
<br />
=== Act I ===<br />
[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] catches a disease while on a delivery. [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] checks the shipboard medical books and diagnoses Fry with something thought to have been eradicated centuries ago; the [[common cold]]. At [[Planet Express]], Fry sneezes over [[Amy Wong|Amy]], Leela and [[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]] during a medical exam from [[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]. The cure for the disease has been forgotten, and because the cold is so contagious Fry is quarantined. [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|The Professor]] explains why he, [[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]] and Zoidberg couldn't have been infected. They then watch in disbelief as Leela strips naked and jumps into a tree outside to gather acorns. She has reverted to her primal state due to the mutated cold virus, so has Hermes, who is still his normal bureaucrat self. They realise Amy may be infecting everyone else in the city, so they head to her sorority's lingerie rave. Amy never made it to the party, but had been spotted at the library.<br />
<br />
=== Act II ===<br />
They leave Fry in his bubble at the door and enter via the roof. In her primal state Amy is busy trying to prove {{w|Riemann's Hypothesis}}, the Professor explains that this will take days and that she is contained. Satisfied that the city is safe, they exit via the front door, which sends Fry's bubble rolling into the city's water supply, where it splits open. The next day everyone is acting weird because of the virus. The Professor decides that he should use one of his doomsday devices. The others stop him when Amy returns feeling better after blowing her nose. She and other infected people are hacking up huge germs, these come together through reverse mitosis and form a single gigantic germ. Leela's mutant metabolism creates a germ that is an antibody, but it's too small. They enlist the [[Sewer Mutants]] to produce more antibodies, they agree because they believe the infection will be like a party (which it seems to be for them). The antibodies head to the surface and merge, where they destroy the giant germ. A ceremony is held at [[New New York#Citihall|Citihall]] to thank the mutants.<br />
<br />
== Additional Info ==<br />
[[File:Crowd Scene US011.jpg|right|thumb|Like "some crappy science fiction story"]]<br />
<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
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<poem>'''Zoidberg''': There's something ''beating'' in here. I better open you up and get it out of there.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Raoul''': ''[On his head.]'' Look at me! I'm a tripod!<br />
'''Leg Mutant''': ''[On Vyolet's head.]'' So what? I'm a totem pole!</poem><br />
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*"Robots only get sick in crappy science fiction stories". This occurs in "[[Fry and the Slurm Factory]]" and this comic.<br />
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*The title character of Where's Wally/Waldo is seen in the crowd holding an arrow pointing himself out.<br />
*The start of the comic refers to ''Mad Magazine''.<br />
*Fry is quarantined inside a bubble called the "Travolta 3000", a reference to the 1976 made-for-TV movie ''The Boy in the Plastic Bubble'', which starred a young John Travolta.<br />
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[[Category:A plots focusing on Fry]]</div>Hildoginhttp://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=The_Why_of_Fry&diff=118202The Why of Fry2012-09-11T04:06:42Z<p>Hildogin: /* Episode Credits */</p>
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|name=The Why of Fry<br />
|no=64<br />
|image=[[File:The Why of Fry.jpg|225px]]<br />
|season=4<br />
|broadcast season=5<br />
|number=4ACV10<br />
|caption=Dancing space potatoes? You bet!<br />
|first aired=6 April, 2003<br />
|written by=David X. Cohen<br />
|directed by=Wes Archer<br />
|title reference=<br />
|caption reference=<br />
|opening cartoon=Much Ado About Mutton<br />
|sponsor=<br />
|special guest=[[Bob Odenkirk]]<br />[[Frank Welker]]<br />
|broadcast number=S05E08<br />
|special guest=[[Bob Odenkirk]]<br />
|prev ep=Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles<br />
|next ep=Where No Fan Has Gone Before<br />
|broad prev=<br />
|broad next=The Sting<br />
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"'''The Why of Fry'''" is the sixty-fourth episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', the tenth of the [[Season 4|fourth production season]] and the eighth of the [[Broadcast season 5|fifth broadcast season]]. It aired 6 April, 2003 on FOX. It guest stars [[Bob Odenkirk]] as [[Chaz]]. [[Nibbler]] enlists [[Fry]] in a mission to blow up [[Brain Spawn|evil brains]] bent on destroying the [[Universe Γ|universe]]; Fry time travels into the past to prevent himself from being cryogenically frozen.<br />
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== The Story ==<br />
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[[File:4ACV10 Medals.png|thumb|left|220px|[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] feels unimportant when [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] and [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] comes back from a successful mission without him.]]<br />
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=== Act I: "Without me, there IS no mission!" ===<br />
[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] is disappointed because [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] and [[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]] went on a mission without him (and without his services as Delivery Boy), and because Leela is going out with another man - [[Chaz]], the Mayor's aide. Fry is down in the dumps because he thinks himself unimportant. Meanwhile, Leela and Chaz are going to [[Elzar's Fine Cuisine]], where Chaz manages to get a table without a reservation - Leela is genuinely impressed. Fry has adjourned to [[O'Zorgnax Pub]] to drown his depression in alcohol, however, Leela and Chaz enter and Leela tells him she may not make it back to her apartment tonight, and she needs him to walk [[Nibbler]]. Fry gets fined as Nibbler unloads a pile of [[Dark Matter]] on the sidewalk, just in time for Chaz to make a showy appearance in his car with Leela. Nibbler, however, reveals his intelligence to Fry and takes him to his spaceship, both leave [[Earth]] and head for [[Planet Eternium]] where the [[Nibblonians|Nibblonian]] Council informs Fry that he is the most important person in the universe, for the fate of the universe rests with him.<br />
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[[File:Delta Brain Wave Absence.png|thumb|left|220px|The [[Nibblonians]] tell Fry of his powers, or lack thereof.]]<br />
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=== Act II: "Now it's personal!" ===<br />
Fry is told that due to his lack of the [[Delta Brain Wave]], caused by a genetic anomaly because [[Roswell That Ends Well|he is his own grandfather]], he is immune to the attacks of the [[Brain Spawn]] and therefore the only hope of the universe. The Brains have constructed the [[Infosphere]], a monstrous memory bank that contains all information in the universe. Once they have acquired all information, they will make sure that there is no new information by destroying the universe. Fry is to infiltrate the Infosphere and plant a [[Quantum Interphase Bomb]] inside that will blast the sphere into an alternate universe from which there is no return, then escape the blast on a [[Scooty-Puff|Scooty-Puff, jr.]] ''(Who's ready for safe fun?)'', a clockwork-powered scooter. As the Infosphere opens itself for a final self-scan, Fry can enter the structure undetected as the Brains cannot perceive him because of his special thought processes. Fry plants the bomb, but hesitates to trigger it as he wants some answers on intriguing questions, like what postal stamp glue is made of (toad mucus) and what really [[Dinosaurs Extinction|killed the dinosaurs]] (the giant brain at the center of the sphere). The unauthorized access triggers the alarm, and as Fry tries to make his getaway, the scooter breaks. The brains become aware of his presence, among them the [[The Big Brain|Big Brain]]. Fry now triggers the bomb, leaving sixty seconds to detonation. Fry is pleased that he is helping good triumph over evil, or so he thinks. The brains in turn show him [[Nibbler's shadow|what really happened]] on the night of 31 December, 1999 when Fry got frozen (after some confusion between him and a Phillip J. Fry from Hovering Squid World 97A) - Nibbler gave Fry's chair a push so he fell into the cryogenic tube. Fry is furious with the Nibblonians for wrecking his past life, but before they can elaborate on the subject, the bomb goes off and transfers the Infosphere to the alternate universe.<br />
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[[File:Fry pushing himself in 4ACV10.png|thumb|left|220px|To save the universe - and [[Turanga Leela|other]] things - Fry pushes himself into the tube.]]<br />
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=== Act III: "Here I come, future!" ===<br />
The Brains think of a way for Fry to return to 31 December 1999, so he can prevent Nibbler from shoving him into the tube and thus stop the Nibblonians from thwarting the Brain's plan to understand and destroy the universe. Meanwhile, Chaz has taken Leela to the [[New New York#Rocket Skating Rink|Rocket Skating Rink]] that he has reserved just for them - impressing her once more. But the reservation means that the orphans from the [[Cookieville Minimum Security Orphanarium]] can't take their turn on the rocket skating rink as planned and are missing out. Leela asks Chaz if the orphans can join them, but he refuses as he wants to impress her with his amazing influence. This leaves Leela extremely testy, and she makes him eat his own badge - the romance is over. Fry is transferred by the Brain Spawn to [[Old New York]], to the night he was frozen, where Nibbler is then busy ordering a pizza as [[I. C. Wiener]] at [[Panucci's Pizza]] to the address of [[Applied Cryogenics]]. Fry materializes behind Nibbler under the desk his other self is sitting at and seizes him, telling him what brought him there. Nibbler explains that he did not come back in time, and that Fry is needed in a thousand years time, and that the Nibblonians were afraid he might refuse being frozen. Fry, on the other hand, loves the future and has nothing against being frozen, but is still mad because he does not like being used. Nibbler now tells Fry what happens now is his choice, and asks Fry if there is nothing in the future that he wants, and Fry answers that it is Leela - but that she doesn't think much of him. Nibbler thinks she may be the [[The Other One|Other]], and tells Fry not to give up on her - he offers his help in the matter. Fry is now left to choose between saving himself or the universe - and Leela. He makes his decision and tips the chair his other self is sitting on, sending him into the [[Cryogenic Freezing Chamber|cryogenic tube]] - the future is saved... unfortunately, it means he's going back to the other Universe and the Infosphere. Fry has just enough time to say that Scooty-Puff, Jr. sucks before he fades - and so, a thousand years later, Fry manages to escape the vanishing Infosphere on the [[Scooty-Puff|Scooty-Puff, Sr.]] ''(The Doom-Bringer)''. Nibbler brings Fry back to Earth and then deletes his memory of the incident to maintain his cover. Before that, he gives Fry a flower that he in turn gives to Leela, and for a moment, she is happy to see him, although he is not the most important person in the universe. As she gives him a kiss, Fry's final utterance is "YES!"<br />
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== Reception ==<br />
This episode was subject to [[censorship]] by {{w|Pick TV}}.<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
[[File:Nibbler's shadow in 1ACV01.png|thumb|225px|The events of the episode were planned before the show even started, as is evidenced by the foreshadowing of [[Nibbler's shadow]] in [[Space Pilot 3000|the pilot]].]]<br />
*This episode is one of two ''Futurama'' episodes that do not feature [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]], the other being "[[Where No Fan Has Gone Before]]", which is the following episode in [[production]] order.<br />
*The events of this episode were planned before the show started.<br />
**This can be shown by the presence of [[Nibbler's shadow]] in "[[Space Pilot 3000]]", the very first episode.<br />
**The connection to "[[Roswell that Ends Well]]" was not part of the original plan.<br />
*Guest star [[Bob Odenkirk]] is the brother of ''Futurama'' writer [[Bill Odenkirk]].<br />
*The last three bits of information seen going into the [[Infosphere]] are "Beavers mate for life", "11 > 4", and "For Quality Carpets, Visit Kaplan's Carpet Warehouse". <br />
**''Kaplan'' may refer to [[Eric Kaplan]], who is a writer for ''Futurama''.<br />
*This episode was named #20 on IGN's list of [http://tv.ign.com/articles/716/716663p1.html Top 25 Futurama Episodes].<br />
*This episode was named #6 on TV.com's list of [http://www.tv.com/story/12579.html?ref_story_id=12579&ref_type=1101&ref_name=story Top 10 Futurama Episodes].<br />
*Technically, some of the events didn't happen, namely those in which [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] travels back in time because [[Nibbler]] remembered to give him a [[Scooty-Puff Sr.]], instead of the [[Scooty-Puff Jr.]], meaning Fry could get away from the Infosphere and not get a chance to ask to go back.<br />
*This episode marks the only time that Fry is seen wearing a [[Wristlojackimator]], which he uses to communicate with the Nibblonians.<br />
*The Brains' method of time travel works across universes.<br />
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=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Ken''': Does he not know?<br />
'''Nibbler''': He does not know.<br />
'''Fiona''': He knows not?<br />
'''Nibbler''': Knows not does he.<br />
'''Male Nibblonian 2''': Not he knows?<br />
'''Ken''': Enough!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Fry''': I did do the nasty in the pasty.<br />
'''Nibbler''': Verily.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Nibbler''': Quite possible. We live long and are celebrated poopers. You will meet me when I'm a thousand years older.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Big Brain''': Detecting trace amounts of mental activity. Possibly a dead weasel or a cartoon viewer.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Nibbler''': Yes, incidentally, I need to remain undercover so I'm blanking your memory.<br />
'''Fry''': ''[After his memory is erased by Nibbler.]'' Hmm, did everything just taste purple for a second? All right, c'mon, you dumb poop machine.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Infosphere''': ''[Scanning info.]'' Beavers mate for life. 11 greater than 4. For quality carpets visit Kaplan's carpet warehouse!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Fry''': Is it true that postage stamps are made of&ndash;<br />
'''Infosphere''': Correct, toad mucus!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Fry''': What really killed the Dinosours?<br />
'''Infosphere''': MEEEEEE! ''[The Giant Brain is seen blasting dinosaurs to death with its ray blasts.]''</poem><br />
<poem>'''Infosphere''': Clarification request. Are you the Philip J. Fry of Earth, or the Philip J. Fry of Hovering Squid World 97A?<br />
'''Big Brain''': Earth, you fat idiot! Hurry up!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Leela''': We're back from the mission!<br />
'''Fry''': Wh-What? You went without me?<br />
'''Bender''': ''[Shouting.]'' You were looking up curse words in the dictionary. It seemed like a better use of your time.<br />
'''Fry''': But-- But I'm the delivery boy.<br />
'''Leela''': Don't worry. Everything went fine.<br />
'''Bender''': Better than usual!<br />
'''Leela''': We got medals!</poem><br />
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=== Continuity ===<br />
[[File:Fry-Hole.jpg|thumb|250px|In "[[Anthology of Interest I]]", [[Fry-hole|a hole]] emerges and destroys the universe if Fry does not [[Applied Cryogenics|go]] into the future. In this episode, we finally learn why.]]<br />
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*{{e|1ACV01}}<br />
**We get a lot of flashbacks from this episode, and [[Nibbler's shadow|the shadow]] from this episode is explained.<br />
*{{e|1ACV04}}<br />
**Nibbler mentions he will be stationed on [[Vergon 6]], where they will meet in the future.<br />
*{{e|2ACV10}}<br />
**Cartoon viewers are stupid, just as cartoon writers are strongly hinted to be unimportant in this episode.<br />
*{{e|2ACV11}}<br />
**Fry thought Hermes was an "outer space potato man" in this episode, which are "promised" as a regular feature in the opening joke caption.<br />
*{{e|2ACV16}}<br />
**"The Why of Fry", along with "Roswell that Ends Well" explains why the universe was destroyed in this episode. Had Fry not been frozen because of his future self, it would create a paradox and destroy the [[Timeline of Futurama|timeline]].<br />
*{{e|2ACV17}}<br />
**Using a wind-up toy to fight enemy forces.<br />
*{{e|3ACV07}}<br />
**Nibbler asks Fry if he can remember when he defeated the Brain Spawn.<br />
*{{e|3ACV11}}<br />
**One of the brains says "Are you insane in the membrane"? This is a reference to the song "Insane in the Brain" by Cypress Hill, just as the title of this episode was.<br />
*{{e|3ACV19}}<br />
**Nibbler mentions that Fry is his own grandfather.<br />
*{{e|4ACV07}}<br />
**In this episode, we see two shadows knocking Fry into the tube during a flashback, we get the explanation for the extra shadow in the current episode.<br />
**A shot of Nibbler's third eye sticking out of a trash can is included as a reference to these events as well, an item which many fans had noticed.<br />
*{{e|4ACV09}}<br />
**The toy in the bag Zoidberg hands Fry looks a lot like the cat on the back of Leela's backpack in this episode.<br />
*{{f|4}}<br />
**When the [[Legion of Mad Fellows]] tells Fry that the fate of the universe depends on him, he says "Yeah, I get that a lot." There is also mention of how he lacks the [[Delta Brainwave]].<br />
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=== Allusions ===<br />
*Amy reads the book ''[[Martians]] are from [[Mars]], [[Venusians]] are from [[Venus]]'', an allusion to ''{{w|Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus}}''.<br />
*The song "{{w|Insane in the Brain}}" by {{w|Cypress Hill}} is referenced to by one of the Brain Spawn with "are you insane in the membrane?" <br />
*The flashing light Nibbler uses to erase Fry's memory alludes to the Neuralyzer in the movie ''{{w|Men in Black (film)|Men in Black}}''.<br />
*After having his memory erased, Fry asks "Did everything just taste purple for a second?" This is an instance of {{w|synesthesia}}, a neurological condition that is characterized by the mixing of sensory input. Fry does this once before, when he smells the color blue flowing out of the microwave in "[[Roswell that Ends Well]]".<br />
**It is possible, then, to assume that Fry is a colour-gustatory synesthete (a synesthete that "tastes" colours).<br />
*The giant brain within the Infosphere bears a high resemblance to the final boss from {{w|Gradius}}.<br />
*In the book ''{{w|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (book)|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy}}'' by Douglas Adams, there's a flashback that tells of a very old race. These people built a giant computer called {{w|List of minor characters from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy#Deep Thought|"Deep Thought"}} just to finally get an answer to {{w|Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything#Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything (42)|The Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything}}.<br />
*{{sw|Star Wars}}:<br />
**The Infosphere resembles the {{sw|Death Star}}.<br />
**The mission to destroy the Infosphere (and destruction of it) is reminiscent of the mission to destroy the Death Star.<br />
**[[Nibbler]] says "maybe she [Leela] is the other," but this remark remains unexplained. It is likely it is a reference to ''{{sw|Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back}}'' where {{sw|Yoda}} mentions that "there is another," which too is never explained, though it is likely to refer to {{sw|Princess Leia}} — it is doubtful that the writers of ''Futurama'' are trying to suggest that [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] and Leela are siblings.<br />
**Nibbler also says "Knows not does he!" Again, this seems to be a reference to Yoda messing up grammatical structures in Star Wars movies.<br />
*When the Big Brain explains how Fry can return to the past, a {{w|light cone}} diagram is shown on the display, used in {{w|general relativity}} to illustrate the past and future boundaries of an event.<br />
*When the Nibblonians are telling Fry that he is very important, Fry incredulously asks "So the way I feel when I'm drunk is correct?". The Nibblonians reply: "Yes, except that the {{w|Dave Matthews Band}} doesn't rock".<br />
*The rocket skates are slightly reminiscent of the ACME rocket skates {{w|Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner|Wile E. Coyote}} always buys.<br />
*"There are guys in the background of {{w|Mary Worth (comics)|''Mary Worth'' comics}} that are more important than me." <br />
*After Fry, the Brainspawn and the Infosphere are trapped in the alternate universe, one of the brains mentions that they could spend the rest of eternity singing "{{w|American Pie}}"; the full version of the song lasts over eight minutes.<br />
*The Brainspawn's mission is reminiscent of the mission of Braniac from the Superman DCAU series, who seeks to understand all information and then destroy it.<br />
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=== Goofs ===<br />
*Albert is missing from the group of [[Orphans]].<br />
**There are many reasons why Albert could be missing from the [[Orphans]], he could have been adopted or alternatively he could simply not like rocket skating<br />
**He is not adopted until the episode "Yo Leela Leela".<br />
*The Infosphere apparently scans all knowledge in a sequential way. One knowledge chunk is "11 > 4". There are unlimited pairs like that, so technically the scan could never be completed.<br />
**THAT'S THE JOKE.<br />
**It may have only been scanning information that people said, meaning that this wouldn't be true.<br />
*When Fry and Nibbler were in the past (31 December 1999), and under the table, they were talking at normal volume so the Fry in the past sitting in the desks chair would obviously have heard them.<br />
** It is established in {{e|3ACV07}} that Nibbler must communicate telepathically to bypass the language barrier. It is entirely possible that Fry's perception is that they're talking normally when they might not even be speaking at all.<br />
*When the Nibblonian ship approaches the Infosphere, the female niblonian is on the left hand side (from viewer's perspective) and then when the camera goes into the ship, she and Lord Nibbler have swapped places, she is now on the right.<br />
*The light in Applied Cryogenics change during the scene. When Future-fry emerge and grabs Nibbler all shadows indicate the only light source is directly above the table. When the countdown on the clock begin the light source is between the table and the cryogenics tube, and finally when past-Fry tumbles over there's an incredibly powerful light source at the entrance door.<br />
*In "Jurassic Bark", we see a Nibblonian eye-stalk in the trash bin, yet in this episode Nibbler is under the desk all the time.<br />
**The eye-stalk is not necessarily Nibbler's. Also, given the importance of that moment in time, it is possible that Nibbler has traveled through time in an episode that hasn't aired yet, and the eye-stalk is a duplicate Nibbler, and that it is another Nibblonian.<br />
*When Fry enters the Nibblonian Hall, his jacket is done up, then next shot it is undone again. He would not have had time to undo it.<br />
*When Fry is flying into the Infosphere, there's a shot of him looking down at his wrist communicator and he isn't wearing a glove. Every other shot shows he is.<br />
*The Nibblonians could not be called that and neither can Nibbler be called Lord Nibbler, because Turanga Leela names Nibbler, so that could not be his real name, if he had sentience BEFORE being found by Leela.<br />
** It is established in {{e|3ACV07}} that his name and the name of their race is likely called such for the sake of time as in the time it would take to pronounce one letter of his true name, a trillion cosmoses would flair into existence and sink into eternal night. <br />
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*When Fry goes back in time and lets Nibbler freeze him, Nibbler says that he will get a transfer to Earth to help Fry in 1000 years. However, because Nibbler is on Earth the whole series, (we presume that being on Vergon 6 was simply a ploy to get close to Fry), that means that Fry has always been going back in time. Simply because Nibbler is with Fry means that Fry went back in time, so he SHOULD have given Fry the Scooty Puff Sr. in the first place.<br />
*Because Fry tells Nibbler that Scooty Puff Jr.s suck, Fry doesn't end up getting trapped in the Infosphere. Because of this, Fry wouldn't be able to go back in time and tell Nibler that Scooty Puff Jr.s suck, and he WOULD get stuck in the Infosphere. Then, because he got stuck in the Infosphere, he WOULD go back in time... etc. This creates a paradox.<br />
*The big brain in the center of the Infosphere asked if the request was from the Philip J. Fry of Earth, or the Philip J. Fry of Hovering Squid World 97A, indicating that there was only one Philip J. Fry on Earth during 31 December, 1999. However, in ''[[Bender's Big Score]]'', when Bender looks for Fry in the phonebook, it becomes apparent that there was more than one Philip J. Fry alive at that time.<br />
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=== Alien Language Sightings ===<br />
'''Time''': 06:49<br /><br />
'''Location''': Great Hall of [[Planet Eternium]] (pillars on either side)<br /><br />
'''Language''': [[Alien Languages#AL2|AL2]]<br /><br />
'''Translation''': ''Fuzzy Wuzzy''<br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
{{chars-begin}}<br />
*[[Dr. Amy Wong|Amy]]<br />
*[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]]<br />
*The [[Big Brain]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Chaz]]<br />
*[[Elzar]]<br />
*[[Fiona]]<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[The Infosphere]]<br />
*[[Ken]]<br />
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]<br />
*[[Nibbler]]<br />
*[[Smitty]]<br />
*The [[Transition Announcer]]<br />
*'''Debut''': The [[Trash Can]]<br />
*[[URL]]<br />
*[[Warden Vogel]]<br />
*[[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]<br />
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== Episode Credits ==<br />
{{credits-begin}}<br />
*Writer<br />
**[[David X. Cohen]]<br />
*Director<br />
**[[Wes Archer]]<br />
*Voice Actors<br />
**[[Billy West]]<br />
**[[Katey Sagal]]<br />
**[[John DiMaggio]]<br />
**[[Frank Welker]]<br />
**[[Bob Odenkirk]]<br />
**[[Maurice LaMarche]]<br />
*DVD Commentary<br />
**[[Matt Groening]]<br />
**[[David X. Cohen]]<br />
**[[Wes Archer]]<br />
**[[Billy West]]<br />
**[[Maurice LaMarche]]<br />
*Special Guest<br />
**[[Frank Welker]]<br />
**[[Bob Odenkirk]]<br />
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|name=Yo Leela Leela<br />
|image=[[File:Yo Leela Leela infobox.png|225px]]<br />
|image text=[[Turanga Leela|Leela]] receives the [[Slurm]]ie for Best New Kids' Show from [[Calculon]].<br />
|season=6<br />
|broadcast season=8<br />
|no=109<br />
|written by=Eric Horsted<br />
|directed by=Frank Marino<br />
|special guest=[[Tom Kenny]]<br>[[Kath Soucie]]<br>[[Nicole St. John]]<br />
|caption=PENETRATES EVEN [[Into the Wild Green Yonder|THE THICKEST FOIL HAT]]<br />
|first aired=21 July, 2011<br />
|number=6ACV21<br />
|broadcast number=S08E06<br />
|title reference=''{{w|Yo Gabba Gabba}}''<br />
|opening cartoon=''{{w|Rainbow Parade#Filmography|The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg}}'' (1936)<br />
|prev ep=Neutopia<br />
|next ep=Fry Am the Egg Man<br />
|broad prev=The Silence of the Clamps<br />
|broad next=All the Presidents' Heads<br />
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"'''Yo Leela Leela'''" is the one hundred and ninth episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', the twenty-first of the [[Season 6|sixth production season]] and the sixth of the [[Broadcast season 8|eighth broadcast season]]. It aired 21 July, 2011 on [[Comedy Central]]. [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] becomes a Hollywood big shot after creating a hit children's [[television]] series.<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
=== Act I: "We don't got books no more." ===<br />
[[File:Yo Leela Leela 1.png|left|thumb|[[Albert]] in the [[Cookieville Minimum-Security Orphanarium]].]]<br />
Leela visits the [[Cookieville Minimum-Security Orphanarium]] where she grew up in order to read a story to the orphans. However, she is informed that the orphans ate all of their books long ago (being unable to afford food), leaving nothing left to read. Leela tries to improvise a story on the spot, but does a poor job of it, and the orphans are vocal in their disappointment. Dejected by her failure to entertain them, Leela decides to try and write a children's story of her own, but is unable to concentrate in the noisy Planet Express building; she takes the Planet Express ship to another, unseen planet where she will be able to write in peace.<br />
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Later, Leela returns to the orphanarium to tell her new story; she has invented a whimsical fantasy setting named "Rumbledy-Hump", which is inhabited by cartoonish creatures called "Humplings" who sing moralistic songs. While the children are initially reluctant to listen, fearing Leela's new story will be just as bad as the first, they are quickly won over by her latest effort, and eagerly ask her to return to tell another story. Leela is then approached by [[Abner Doubledeal]], now working as a television producer, who was watching her presentation from another room. Doubledeal had earlier subjected the orphans to a test screening for a new lineup of children's shows, but none of the flashy, fast-paced programs caught their interest; in contrast, the simple, colorful world Leela created was able to hold their attention. Doubledeal proposes adapting Rumbledy-Hump into a basic cable television series. Leela hesitates, wary of the corrupting influence of Hollywood, but when the orphans encourage her to further develop something that brought them so much joy, she accepts.<br />
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=== Act II: "Cheap lights. Off-brand camera." ===<br />
[[File:Yo Leela Leela 2.png|left|thumb|[[Abner Doubledeal]] in the [[Planet Express headquarters]].]]<br />
Leela arrives late for the filming of the first episode of the Rumbledy-Hump series, having just returned from her "quiet place" with the script in hand. Production goes smoothly, and the episode airs as planned, with the costumed members of the Planet Express crew acting as the main cast. Leela is proud of the work they've done, although she expects little to come of it, claiming that good television series are always canceled... sometimes two or three times. However, when the next day's television ratings arrive (from the future), Rumbledy-Hump is revealed as a smash hit, and its popularity explodes; the show is adapted into a series of books and children's toys, and Leela becomes famous overnight. She is honored at the Slurm-sponsored "Young People's Choice Awards", and attends a celebration that evening, although her newfound fame has caused a change in her attitude; Leela has become snooty and arrogant, regarding herself as a creative genius, and disregarding her friends' contributions to the show. <br />
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When Doubledeal tells Leela that he needs the script for the next episode, despite the late hour, she takes the Planet Express ship to her "quiet place" in order to work on it. A dazed Bender stumbles out of the ship, having seduced a fembot at the party, and discovers Leela observing a group of aliens who are identical to the Humplings; it turns out that Rumbledy-Hump is a real place, and is the planet that Leela has been retreating to.<br />
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=== Act III: "Be it parsnips or peppers or kale or zucchini." ===<br />
[[File:Yo Leela Leela 3.png|left|thumb|[[Turanga Leela|Leela]], dressed as Lady Buggle, in the Planet Express headquarters.]]<br />
Bender learns that Leela never actually wrote any of the scripts for her show; she stumbled upon Rumbledy-Hump while searching for a quiet place to write, and has merely been transcribing the words and actions of the native Humplings, then claiming it as her own work. Bender admires Leela's hypocrisy, although he swiftly blackmails her, threatening to expose her as a fraud unless she shares half of the show's gross profits with him.<br />
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Filming of the show continues as normal until Leela is approached by [[Sally]], who shows her a simple drawing of her own magical cast of characters from a place called "Butterscotch Hollow". Leela is surprised that Sally was able to develop an original setting using her own imagination (when Leela herself could not), but Sally replies that Leela's work serves to inspire her. Overcome with guilt, Leela takes the crew to the real Rumbledy-Hump, where she confesses that her scripts are plagiarized from the life experiences of the Humplings. She admits that she should have come forward sooner, but she took great pride in being able to make the orphans happy, and didn't want to disappoint them.<br />
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Doubledeal is shocked to learn that the Humplings are real, but quickly turns the situation to his advantage; rather than make a Rumbledy-Hump adaptation using scripts and actors in suits, he simply films the Humplings directly as a reality television show. Leela is outraged by what she perceives as the exploitation of the innocent creatures, but the arrangement is actually a beneficial one. The Humplings are introduced to the conveniences of modern technology, greatly improving the quality of their lives, while Doubledeal himself adopts all of the orphans, putting them to work as the show's production crew and providing them all with full-time jobs. Leela, however, is still wracked with guilt, and has developed a psychological need to be criticized for her deception, demanding to be "punished". She cries out in despair as the assembled children and Humplings sing and dance around her, proclaiming their love and appreciation for her.<br />
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== Production ==<br />
During May [[2011]], ''[[Countdown to Futurama]]'' began released three items of promotional material for the episode: concept art of [[Dr. Amy Wong|Amy]] and [[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Zoidberg]] dressed up as other [[character]]s from the episode on 24 May, concept art of [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] wearing a fur coat and a bling on 25 May, and part of [[Storyboard:Yo Leela Leela|the storyboard]] showing two babies engaged in [[Extreme Toddler Wrestling]] on 26 May.<br />
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Comedy Central released a video clip set in the [[Cookieville Minimum-Security Orphanarium]] featuring [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] telling [[Warden Vogel]] that she has a new story for the [[orphans]] and [[Abner Doubledeal]] visiting to conduct market research on 14 July, 2011.<ref>[http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=391945&title=preview---tickelodeon-kids-network/ Tickelodeon Kids Network]</ref><br />
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=== Image gallery ===<br />
<gallery><br />
File:621-Costumes.jpg|Concept art of Amy and Dr. Zoidberg dressed up as Princess Num Numii and Feffernoose, respectively.<br />
File:621-Bender-Bling.jpg|Concept art of Bender wearing a fur coat and a bling.<br />
File:621-Board A.jpg|Page 183 of the storyboard.<br />
File:Yo Leela Leela screenshot.png|A screenshot from the video clip.<br />
</gallery><br />
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== Reception ==<br />
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In the original U.S. broadcast, "Yo Leela Leela" scored a 0.7 share among adults aged 18-49, and had 1.407 million total viewers, up about 1000 since "[[The Silence of the Clamps]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/07/22/updated-thursday-cable-ratings-suits-rises-and-burn-notice-steady-but-swamp-people-back-on-top-wilfred-futurama-louie-more/98696/|title=Updated: Thursday Cable Ratings: 'Suits' Rises and 'Burn Notice' Steady, But 'Swamp People' Back on Top + 'Wilfred,' 'Futurama,' 'Louie' & More|author=Seidman, Robert|date=2011-07-22|publisher=TV by the Numbers|accessdate=2011-07-22}}</ref><br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Songs ===<br />
*[[List of song performances#Rumbledy-Hump Song|Rumbledy-Hump Song]]<br />
*[[List of song performances#Don't Lick It|Don't Lick It]]<br />
*[[List of song performances#The 98 Words We Don't Say|The 98 Words We Don't Say]]<br />
*[[List of song performances#We Love Our Vegetables|We Love Our Vegetables]]<br />
*[[List of song performances#Pastrami Song|Pastrami Song]]<br />
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=== Trivia ===<br />
* Just as he was in ''[[Bender's Big Score]]'', Tom Kenny is given a "Special Appearance" credit.<br />
* The daycare center where [[Extreme Toddler Wrestling]] is broadcast from was originally named after wrestler {{w|Randy "Macho Man" Savage}}. Due to the poor timing of this episode, airing more than three months after Savage's death, the center was renamed.<br />
* This episode is one of the few in this broadcast season that uses the full opening sequence with cartoon and all.<br />
* The opening sequence of ''Popular Slut Club'' features two of the orphans.<br />
*The theme tune to ''Popular Slut Club'' was sung by an autotuned [[Eric Rogers]], another [[Futurama]] writer.<br />
*The official Comedy Central website spells the ''Rumbledy-hump'' show as "Rumbledeehump".<br />
*When Leela said all good shows get canceled, she is referencing the idea that many shows of the early twenty-first century were cancelled due to low ratings, despite having a large, vocal, and loyal following. When she adds that it happens two or three times, she's referencing Futurama itself, whose fate has been unsure at least three times.<br />
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=== Allusions ===<br />
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* The title of the episode, and the concept of the show she creates, ''[[Rumbledy-hump]]'', are parodies of the TV show ''{{w|Yo Gabba Gabba!}}''.<br />
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* The caption under the Futurama logo for this episode which reads "PENETRATES EVEN THE THICKEST FOIL HAT" is a reference to Futurama's film ''[[Into the Wild Green Yonder]]'' seeing as foil hats in the film were suppose to protect everyone's minds from The Dark Ones.<br />
** It could also just be a general reference to {{w|tin foil hat}} conspiracies, which ''Into the Wild Green Yonder'' also references.<br />
* When Leela first attempts to write a story, she says she only need to come up with three of some animal. This is a reference to such fairy tales by {{w|Grimm Brothers|the Brothers Grimm}} as {{w|Three Little Pigs}}, {{w|Goldilocks and the Three Bears}}, and {{w|The Three Billy Goats Gruff}} as well as the {{w|Rule of three (writing)|Rule of three}} in writing.<br />
* When Fry is playing trombone, he is playing "When the Saints Go Marching In" and mentions it is the only song he knows. Commander William Riker on ''Star Trek: the Next Generation'' was a trombone player and on most of the occasions he played in the series, he was playing that song.<br />
* The name of the television network, ''Tickelodeon'', is a pun on the 20th/21st century kids channel ''{{w|Nickelodeon (TV channel)|Nickelodeon}}'' and the word ''tickle''. Both Nickelodeon and Comedy Central are owned by {{w|Viacom}}.<br />
* The daycare center where [[Extreme Toddler Wrestling]] is broadcast from is named after wrestler {{w|Roddy Piper|Rowdy Roddy Piper}}.<br />
* The term {{w|Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Smark|smart mark}}, as used by Abner Doubledeal, is professional wrestling slang which (among other things) can be used to describe a fan who believes they know more about the workings of the business than they really do.<br />
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*When Zoidberg sings the lyric "Like a horse, a turtle or a cricket", Bender (in his Garglie character) says "I like turtles!", referencing the viral video of a young boy who says the same thing when being interviewed on the news.<br />
**This is also likely a reference to "[[Crimes of the Hot]]", where Bender professes a fondness for the reptile. <br />
*Leela said a show that is slightly good often gets cancelled, sometimes two or three times. This is an obvious reference to the handling of ''Futurama'' throughout its history.<br />
*Abner Doubledeal says that Leela's show would be bigger than [[SpongeBot SquareBolts]], a reference or upgrade to {{w|SpongeBob SquarePants}}. [[Tom Kenny]], the voice of Doubledeal, also voices SpongeBob. <br />
*Albert eats a book called ''Go, Ladybuggle, Go'', a parody of the {{w|P.D. Eastman}} book ''{{w|Go, Dog, Go}}''.<br />
*The [[Young People's Choice Awards]] are a parody of the {{w|People's Choice Awards}} and the {{w|Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Awards}}. They also briefly mention the "Old People's Choice Awards, also known as the {{w|Oscars}}". Leela being "[[Slurm]]ed" is a reference to people being "slimed" on the Kids' Choice Awards.<br />
*Some of the nominees for Best New Kids Show are parodies of real life childrens' shows:<br />
**''[[Yo Gimme Gimme!]]'' is another reference to ''Yo Gabba Gabba!''<br />
**''[[Dora the Destroyer]]'' is a parody or reboot of or sequel/spinoff series to the Nickelodeon show, ''{{w|Dora the Explorer}}''.<br />
**''The Adventures of Pit-Bull and Scaredy Squirrel'' is a reference to ''{{w|The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show}}'', also known as ''The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle''.<br />
*Leela says to Fry, "It's nice to have the support of {{w|Viewers Like You}}," a reference to the last sponsor of every single PBS program.<br />
* The fembot acting unit that [[Bender]] meets plays the role of a high school student who is secretly a rock star. This references the {{w|Disney Channel}} TV series ''{{w|Hannah Montana}}'', which revolves around a high school student who is secretly a rock star. The acting unit resembles the main character of the series, {{w|Miley Stewart}}/Hannah Montana.<br />
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* The aliens singing "And poo poo, and pee pee, and penis and gay, these are the 98 words we don't say." alludes to the 2011 bill passed in Tennessee known as the "Don't Say Gay" bill (which prohibits teachers from even mentioning homosexuality in any grade before 9), and possibly the infamous comedy routine '7 Words You Can't Say on Television.'<br />
*[[Fry]] mentions to [[Leela]] that she may have become a "Lady Gaga-esque fame hag", a direct jab at American singer {{w|Lady Gaga}} and her amount of popularity, as well as a possible reference to her 2008 album ''{{w|The Fame}}''.<br />
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=== Continuity ===<br />
[[File:Scruffy 6ACV21.png|right|thumb|Scruffy appears briefly as male, in spite of still being a woman at the end of "[[Neutopia]]".]]<br />
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*When [[Abner Doubledeal]] presents himself, [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] says that she already knows him. She did in fact know him as the owner of the [[New New York Mets]] blernsball team, in which she was the star in "[[A Leela of Her Own]]" and before that, the owner of the [[Ultimate Robot Fighting League]], which she helped Bender train for in "[[Raging Bender]]".<br />
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*[[Scruffy]] appears male in this episode even though he was still female at the end of "[[Neutopia]]", the previous episode. Though, the gender switch could have been temporary all along, since the [[big rock alien]] doesn't have an actual concept of gender, or when The [[Borax Kid]] changes them back, he could have just sped up the reversal process.<br />
*Calculon seems to have healed from his injuries, sustained in "[[The Silence of the Clamps]]", which, as the previous episode in broadcast order, was a rather quick recovery.<br />
*[[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender's]] liking of turtles in his [[Garglie]] suit seems to recall his experiences with one in "[[Crimes of the Hot]]".<br />
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=== Goofs ===<br />
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*Bender says that he had the best Christmas ever instead of the best Xmas ever.<br />
*When [[Albert]] says there's someone standing on him, he should know that it was [[Bender]] since Bender had adopted him in "[[The Cyber House Rules]]".<br />
** Although [[Albert]] may have been unable to see who it was.<br />
*The can of [[Slurm|Diet Slurm]] next to Leela when she is getting distracted whilst trying to write turns into a normal can of Slurm.<br />
*The "disgusting secret" of Slurm that would ruin them doesn't seem to be much of a secret any more.<br />
*The [[Humpling|Humplings]] constantly change size in the episode.<br />
*When Zoidberg is poked in the eye by Fry while in costume, he reacts in pain even though he wouldn't have been able to feel it.<br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
{{chars-begin}}<br />
*[[Abner Doubledeal]]<br />
*[[Albert]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Actress-Rockstar Fembot]]<br />
*[[Dr. Amy Wong|Amy]]<br />
*[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Bottomless Boy]]<br />
*[[Calculon]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Captain Mega Meat]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Doingg]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Dora the Destroyer]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Feffernoose]]<br />
*[[Fry]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Garglie]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Space Gorilla]] (mentioned)<br />
*[[Hattie McDoogal]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Jake Finkelberg]] (mentioned)<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Lady Buggle]]<br />
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Monkey]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Mr. Funny Bunny]]<br />
*[[Nibbler]]<br />
*[[Nina]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Pachinko Robot]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Princess Num Num]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Reverend Pickens]] (mentioned)<br />
*[[Sally]]<br />
*[[Sam]]<br />
*[[Scoop Chang]] ([[List of deleted scenes#Volume 6|deleted scene]])<br />
*[[Scruffy]]<br />
*[[Slurm Queen]]<br />
*[[Slurms MacKenzie]] (statuette)<br />
*'''Debut''': [[SpongeBot SquareBolts]]<br />
*[[Warden Vogel]]<br />
*[[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]<br />
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|name=Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television<br />
|image=[[File:Bender-TV.JPG|225px]]<br />
|no=60<br />
|season=4<br />
|number=4ACV06<br />
|broadcast season=5<br />
|broadcast number=S05E15<br />
|caption=Controlling you through a chip in your butt since 1999<br />
|first aired=3 August, 2003<br />
|written by=Lewis Morton<br />
|directed by=Brian Sheesley<br />
|title reference=Parent groups who spoke out against Futurama, particularly Bender.<br />
|opening cartoon=Much Ado About Mutton<br />
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"'''Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television'''" is the sixtieth episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', the sixth of the [[Season 4|fourth production season]] and the fifteenth of the [[Broadcast season 5|fifth broadcast season]]. It aired 3 August, 2003 on FOX. [[Bender]] becomes a [[Bender (All My Circuits)|television star]] as well as a terrible role model for children.<br />
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== The Story ==<br />
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=== Act I: "For I have AMNESIA!" ===<br />
[[File:Harold Zoid Poster.jpg|thumb|left|Auditions to find a new Calculon Jr.]]<br />
[[Cubert Farnsworth|Cubert]] and [[Dwight Conrad|Dwight]] are dreaming of imitating anything they see on [[TV]], particularily anything on ''[[All My Circuits]]'', like amnesia which seems to have every character in its grip. As [[Calculon (All My Circuits)|Calculon]] is throwing a big [[birthday]] party on screen, Cubert wants to have a big party too - but do clones even have birthdays? [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]] says no, but he concedes that they can celebrate the day he scraped the cells for the cloning process off his back - thirteen years ago next week. Around this time it will be Dwight's birthday too, so [[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]] has the idea of combining both events in one party at the office and writing it off as business expense. Meanwhile, on "All my Circuits", [[Antonio Calculon, Jr.]] is having a technical breakdown, instead the popular show "[[Everybody Loves Hypnotoad]]" is put on. Dwight's and Cubert's party is not a success, no one has turned up except the crew, their families and [[Tinny Tim]], but [[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]] brings the news that All my Circuits is holding an open casting call for a child robot to replace Antonio Calculon, Jr. and that he is intending to take it. At the audition, Bender boos out every competitor which makes Calculon reject them, and when it is Benders turn, he is accepted because [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] and [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] are cheering madly, despite the fact that Bender can't act worth a damn.<br />
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=== Act II: "Now my character has a British accent?" ===<br />
[[File:Fathers Against Rude Television.png|thumb|left|Protestation against TV.]]<br />
The first shooting in the studio starts with a disappointment for Bender, as his character is supposed to be in a coma. Bender, however, decides to do a little improvisation and does what he does best - singing, dancing, and smoking. [[Calculon]] decides to take the scene, as he never does two takes. After seeing the result, Calculon decides to fire Bender. But then, the [[Execu-Bots]] who run the network show up and decide that Bender stays on the show, for he stimulates the audience and is likely to make them rich. Bender becomes a TV star by doing the things he loves - smoking, drinking and stealing. Cubert, Dwight and even Tinny Tim embrace their new role model at once and imitate everything they see him do on TV. The Professor and Hermes are appalled and decide to form a protest group, [[Fathers Against Rude Television]] a.k.a. ''F.A.R.T.''. Cubert, Dwight and Tim decide to rob Bender in a desperate effort to imitate him without throwing up from drink or cigars.<br />
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=== Act III: "I once put a laugh-track on a sitcom that had no jokes in it!" ===<br />
[[File:Coolometer.png|thumb|left|"I'm getting a reading of over 40 [[Mega Fonzies]]"]]<br />
The burglary at [[Robot Arms Apts.]] goes as planned, and the three of them throw a huge party for all children they know with the cool stuff they nicked from Bender. The Professor and Hermes crash the party, and Farnsworth finds out with his [[Cool-O-Meter]] that Dwight and Cubert are exceptionally cool with all the stuff, and ask where it came from. Cubert and Dwight break down and confess, strengthening their parents resolve to do something against their role model. Bender suddenly emerges from a safe stolen by the boys, where he was apparently sleeping. At first Bender defends himself, but when he finds out the kids stole from him, he immediately does a 180° turn and now says that Bender should not be allowed on TV himself. Logically he joins F.A.R.T. and organizes a march on Hollywood. He wants to quit, but the network does not let him go and forces him to stay by force of arms. The Professor wants to resort to violence to solve the problem, bringing Bender between the fronts. He tricks both armed persons and seizes their guns so he can hold a climatic speech in peace. He states that violence, crime and drug abuse should not be shown to kids, but that a big share of the blame rests with the parents who just can't shut off the TV once in a while. With their differences solved, the crew has learned an important lesson - and congregates in front of the TV to celebrate this fact.<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
*This is one among few ''Futurama'' [[:Category:Media featuring its title|media featuring its title]], as the name of the episode is directly quoted by Bender.<br />
*This episode's theme song is remixed with [[John DiMaggio]] beatboxing and [[Billy West]] providing some "[[Zoidberg]], Zoidberg, Z-Z-Z-Z-Zoidberg" interjections.<br />
*Fry is seen reading a ''[[Space Boy in Outer Space]]'' comic, the cover of which matches the 1979 issue previously seen in "[[Monkey Sea, Monkey Doom!]]"<br />
*There is a cardboard cut-out of [[Slurms MacKenzie]] facing out Fry and Bender's window.<br />
*The song "TV Party" by the punk band {{w|Black Flag (band)|Black Flag}} is featured in this episode twice: First, in Act 2 when Bender is introduced in the theme song of ''All My Circuits'' but right before Dwight smokes his dad's "cigar". The second time is during the ending credits; however, this version is sung by the voice actors.<br />
*The sound effect during the Curiosity Company logo at the end is replaced by the Hypnotoad's "angry machine" sound effect.<br />
*In "[[Attack of the Killer App]]", Bender appears in an [[eyePhone]] mash-up of an ''All My Circuits'' episode.<br />
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=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Calculon''': ''[After Bender having auditioned.]'' That was so awful I think you gave me cancer! I don't care how popular you are, you'll never work on my show!<br />
'''Fry''': [outside] Yay Bender!<br />
'''Leela''': [outside] We demand Bender!<br />
'''Calculon''': However you've got the job.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Fry''': [watching ''Everybody loves Hypnotoad] ''This show has been going downhill since Season Three.''</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': Stupid damn coma. I could have been British.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Leela''': As unclean as it makes me feel, I agree with Bender. Kids don't turn rotten just by watching TV.<br />
'''Fry''': Yeah. Give a little credit to our public schools.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': Bender should not be allowed on television!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': Oh, I'm getting a reading of over forty Mega-Fonzies!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': TV would stink if everyone on it was a positive role model.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Fry''': Pft! What kind of bozos would form a Bender protest group?<br />
'''Professor Farnsworth''': Good news, everyone! Hermes and I have formed a Bender protest group.<br />
'''Dr. Zoidberg''': That was uncanny.</poem><br />
}}<br />
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=== Continuity ===<br />
* The [[Hypnotoad]] from "[[The Day the Earth Stood Stupid]]" now has its own TV series, ''[[Everybody Loves Hypnotoad]]''.<br />
* A poster of the movie '[[Le Petit Thief]]', staring [[Harold Zoid]], can be seen in the background of the casting office.<br />
* As the FARTers are marching down the street, a poster for ''[[The Scary Door]]'', a popular TV show in the Futurama universe, is seen on one of the studio doors.<br />
*[[Bender's banjo]] makes its fourth appearance.<br />
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=== Allusions ===<br />
* [[All My Circuits]] is running up to new heights of soap opera in this episode, imitating just about every other soap opera. Especially the much-liked amnesia is omnipresent in the first two minutes.<br />
*Emotitron Jr., one of the child robots who auditions for the part of Antonio, is a spoof of the classic movie ''Mommie Dearest''. In the episode the mother hits her child screaming "no more hanging wires!" while in the movie she hits her daughter with clothes hangers screaming "no more wire hangers!".<br />
* [[Calculon]] said that he only did one take. This may be an allusion to filmmaker Ed Wood, who usually used only one take to make his films.<br />
* The [[Execu-Bots]] are a spoof of the executives of every TV network and their weird policies that at times seem like random mental spasms.<br />
* The alarm that is set off when the Execu-Bots are coming is the same as the Red alert in ''[[Star Trek]]''.<br />
*The Cool-O-Meter used by the prof determines coolness by [[Mega Fonzies]], this is a reference of {{w|Fonzie}}, the coolest character of {{w|Happy Days}}.<br />
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=== Goofs ===<br />
*When the [[Fathers Against Rude Television|FART]] mob shows up, [[Calculon]] mentions "great Shatner's ghost", even though [[William Shatner's head]] is still alive. However, some argue this may simply be a thespian quip.<br />
**However, it should be noted that William Shatner along with the Star Trek cast left Earth 300 years ago, he may have been declared dead.<br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
{{chars-begin}}<br />
*'''Debut''': [[7¹¹ Robot]]<br />
*[[Amy Wong|Amy]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Antonio Calculon, Jr.]]<br />
*[[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]]<br />
*[[Blek]]<br />
*[[Brett Blob]]<br />
*[[Calculon]]<br />
*[[Cubert Farnsworth|Cubert]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Director]]<br />
*[[Donbot]]<br />
*[[Dwight Conrad|Dwight]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Emotitron Jr.]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Executive Alpha]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Executive Beta]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Executive Gamma]]<br />
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]<br />
*[[Harold Zoid|Harold]] (cameo)<br />
*[[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]]<br />
*[[Horrible Gelatinous Blob]]<br />
*[[Hypnotoad]]<br />
*[[LaBarbara Conrad|LaBarbara]]<br />
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]<br />
*[[Linda]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[McCauley Caulcon]]<br />
*[[Monique]]<br />
*[[Morbo]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Robber-bot]]<br />
*[[Sal]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Stage Mom 7.0]]<br />
*[[Tinny Tim]]<br />
*[[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]<br />
{{chars-end}}<br />
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== Episode Cast ==<br />
{{credits-begin}}<br />
*Voice Actors<br />
**[[Billy West]]<br />
**[[Katey Sagal]]<br />
**[[John DiMaggio]]<br />
*DVD Commentary<br />
**[[Matt Groening]]<br />
**[[David X. Cohen]]<br />
**[[Rich Moore]]<br />
**[[Lewis Morton]]<br />
**[[Brian Sheesley]]<br />
**[[John DiMaggio]]<br />
**[[Billy West]]<br />
**[[Maurice LaMarche]]<br />
{{credits-end}}<br />
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[[Category:Media featuring children]]</div>Hildoginhttp://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=The_Route_of_All_Evil&diff=118199The Route of All Evil2012-09-11T04:01:35Z<p>Hildogin: /* References */</p>
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<div>{{episode infobox<br />
|name=The Route of All Evil<br />
|no=44<br />
|image=[[File:The Route of All Evil.jpg|225px]]<br />
|image text=[[Dwight]] and [[Cubert]] showing Hermes and Farnsworth the "Awesome Express" box<br />
|season=3<br />
|broadcast season=5<br />
|number=3ACV12<br />
|caption=Disclaimer: Any resemblance to actual robots would be really cool<br />
|first aired=8 December, 2002<br />
|written by=Dan Vebber<br />
|directed by=Brian Sheesley<br />
|title reference=The saying, "''the root of all evil''," referring to the love of money<br />
|caption reference=<br />
|opening cartoon=Heep Hep Injuns<br />
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|broadcast number=S05E03<br />
|prev ep=Insane in the Mainframe<br />
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|broad next=A Taste of Freedom<br />
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"'''The Route of All Evil'''" is the forty-fourth episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', the twelfth of the [[Season 3|third production season]] and the third of the [[Broadcast season 5|fifth broadcast season]], being the episode airing furtherest from when it was produced. It aired 8 December, 2002 on FOX. [[Cubert Farnsworth|Cubert]] and [[Dwight Conrad|Dwight]] form a competing business to [[Planet Express]].<br />
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== The Story ==<br />
=== Act I: "We can all fight when we're drunk!" ===<br />
When [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]], [[Bender Bending Rodr&iacute;guez|Bender]] and [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] are unable to decide on which beer to buy, Leela suggests that they brew their own. Meanwhile, [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|the Professor]], [[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]] and [[LaBarbara Conrad|LaBarbara]] are yelling at [[Cubert Farnsworth|Cubert]] and [[Dwight Conrad|Dwight]] for being suspended from boarding school for salting [[Brett Blob|a bully]]. While the crew brew beer in Bender, the kids wander the office. After Cubert and Dwight trick the crew into wasting a week on a fake delivery to Dogdoo 8 (the universe ends after Dogdoo 7), Hermes and the Professor force their sons to get jobs. They start a delivery company, ''[[Awesome Express]]''.<br />
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=== Act II: "Those newspapers won'ts delivers themselveses!" ===<br />
The kids order a pedal-powered space ship from a magazine for use on the deliveries, and start a paper route. Bender is now swollen with beer. [[Sal]] drops off the papers for delivery and the boys get to work. A montage later and they are very successful. Awesome Express becomes more profitable than [[Planet Express]], but this fails to impress Hermes or the Professor. Rejected, the boys decide to crush Planet Express instead, and hire away the crew. The fathers hope to fight back with their loyal dregs, namely [[Scruffy]] and [[Zoidberg]]. Before they get very far, Cubert is able to inherit Planet Express after discovering the Professor had been declared legally dead three years ago. They rename the entire company Awesome Express.<br />
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=== Act III: "You rotten kids!" ===<br />
Hermes and the Professor leave the building, depressed. Bender "gives birth" to an ale (Benderbrau). Dwight and Cubert's failure to actually deliver the newspapers becomes apparent, they go to their fathers, who had been feeling sorry for themselves, for help. The four gather up the undelivered papers and deliver them. They head to the Blob household to apologise for breaking the window. Hermes and the Professor fight [[Horrible Gelatinous Blob|Mr. Blob]] and take a severe beating, ending up in hospital. Mr. Blob visits them to apologise, Bender shares some of his beer with the men, and Brett learns to be more like his father, by digesting Dwight and Cubert.<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
*The commentary for this episode was recorded ''before'' it aired on television, due to [[Bumper Robinson]] being out of the country. They had to wait for his return to re-record some lines.<br />
*Bender produces 5 gallons, 6 ounces of beer, or 646 liquid ounces (128 ounces to a gallon). Assuming that, in the [[31st century]], the United States customary fluid ounce is still defined as 29.574 milliliters, that equates to ~19.1 liters of [[Bendërbrāu]].<br />
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=== Allusions ===<br />
*[[Bendërbrāu]] is an allusion to a few things:<br />
**The beer's name comes from an actual beer that the ''[[Futurama]]'' staff brewed in their offices at the time of production.<ref>{{cite commentary|episode=The Route of All Evil|volume=3|disc=2}}</ref><br />
**When the Bendërbrāu is growing inside Bender, the process is frequently compared to pregnancy.<br />
**The bottle label for Bendërbrāu says that it is a {{w|steam beer}}, a style of beer which is most popular in [[California]].<br />
*Hermes sings a parody of the {{w|Bob Marley}} song "{{w|Get Up, Stand Up}}" while sorting his papers before Cubert and Dwight come in and dissemble his office.<br />
*The prince on the small asteroid, who is later knocked out by paper and speaks [[French]] is a reference to ''{{w|The Little Prince}}''.<br />
*The dog chasing Dwight and Cubert (Awesome Express) as they fly through an asteroid field is eaten by a {{sw|Exogorth|giant space slug}} extending from an {{w|asteroid}}, a parody of a scene in ''{{sw|Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back}}'', in which the {{sw|Millennium Falcon}} flies out from inside a similar beast as it tries in vain to re-eat the ship.<br />
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=== Goofs ===<br />
[[File:Benderbrau.jpg|thumb|Label indicating that [[Bendërbrāu]] is a steam beer.]]<br />
*The {{w|periodic table}} seen on Dwight's lunchbox has been outdated since 1997 when the elements Hassium and Meitnerium were added; whoever was responsible obviously wasn't aware of the additions. Further elements have been added since the episode was made, and at least one of the many scientists on staff would have been aware of the growing nature of the table, so perhaps they chose to omit these elements.<br />
**This would show peoples bad perception of the 21 century.<br />
*The Little Prince speaks a few words of French when hit by a newspaper, despite previous claims that French was a dead language {{et|2ACV10}}.<br />
**A "dead language" is not necessarily a language that is no longer spoken. It could be one that is no longer changing, like {{w|Latin}}. Further, perhaps being an inhabitant of an asteroid immunizes the Little Prince from language changes on Earth.<br />
*When pumping the [[Bendërbrāu]] out of Bender, Leela proclaims that they've created an {{w|ale}}. However, the bottle label says that it's a {{w|steam beer}}, which is not an ale but a hybrid beer that combines traits of both ales and {{w|lager}}s.<br />
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=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''[[Cubert]]''': ''[using the [[device that makes anyone sound like Farnsworth]].]'' [[Good news, everyone]]! I'm a horse's butt!<br />
'''[[Prof. Farnsworth]]''': I am? That's not good news at all, you little&ndash;</poem><br />
<poem>'''Cubert''': Plus, they're making [[Benderbrau|bootleg beer]] inside company property!<br />
'''[[Bender]]''': Lies! Lies and slander!<br />
'''Prof. Farnsworth''': Accusing gentle Bender of a misdeed? That's the last straw!</poem><br />
<poem>'''[[Zoidberg]]''': What's going on? Is this angry yelling or busted hearing aid yelling?<br />
'''[[Hermes]]''': I'm afraid it's both.<br />
'''Prof. Farnsworth''': ''[Shouting.]'' What?</poem><br />
<poem>'''[[Dwight]]''': I heard alcohol makes you stupid.<br />
'''[[Fry]]''': No, I'm... doesn't.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Cubert''': Hey, Leela, help me apply these flame decals I got in my cereal; they'll make the ship go faster.<br />
'''[[Leela]]''': And what's your scientific basis for thinking that?<br />
'''Cubert''': I'm twelve.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Prof. Farnsworth''': Folks, the situation is grim, but we shall prevail, thanks to you, our crack team of loyal dregs!<br />
''[Scruffy sits with his feet on the table, Amy puts make up on and Zoidberg sits listening intently. Hermes points at Scruffy.]''<br />
'''Hermes''': I don't even know who this guy is!<br />
'''[[Scruffy]]''': I'm Scruffy, the janitor.<br />
'''Prof. Farnsworth''': Yes, of course you are. Now we've got to buckle down and save Planet Express.<br />
'''Scruffy''': I'm on break.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Hermes''': Sweet guinea pig of Winnipeg! They've taken over our company!<br />
'''Prof. Farnsworth''': Balderdash! I never agreed to that!<br />
'''Dwight''': No. But you did declare yourself dead three years ago as a tax dodge.<br />
'''Prof. Farnsworth''': Tax dodge, nothing! You take one nap in a ditch at the park and they start declaring you this and that.</poem><br />
}}<br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
{{chars-begin}}<br />
*[[Amy Wong|Amy]]<br />
*[[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Brett Blob]]<br />
*[[Cubert Farnsworth|Cubert]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Dwight Conrad|Dwight]]<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]<br />
*[[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]]<br />
*[[Horrible Gelatinous Blob|H. G. Blob]]<br />
*[[LaBarbara Conrad|LaBarbara]]<br />
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[The Little Prince]]<br />
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]<br />
*[[Sal]]<br />
*[[Scruffy]]<br />
*[[Zapp Brannigan|Zapp]] (on lunchbox)<br />
*[[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]<br />
{{chars-end}}<br />
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== Episode Credits ==<br />
{{credits-begin}}<br />
*Writer<br />
**[[Dan Vebber]]<br />
*Director<br />
**[[Brian Sheesley]]<br />
*Voice Actors<br />
**[[Billy West]]<br />
**[[Bumper Robinson]]<br />
**[[Dawnn Lewis]]<br />
**[[Katey Sagal]]<br />
**[[Kath Soucie]]<br />
**[[John DiMaggio]]<br />
**[[Maurice LaMarche]]<br />
**[[Phil LaMarr]]<br />
**[[Tress MacNeille]]<br />
*DVD Commentary<br />
**[[Dan Vebber]]<br />
**[[Maurice LaMarche]]<br />
**[[John DiMaggio]]<br />
**[[Billy West]]<br />
**[[Matt Groening]]<br />
**[[Rich Moore]]<br />
**[[Brian Sheesley]]<br />
**[[David X. Cohen]]<br />
{{credits-end}}<br />
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[[Category:Media featuring children]]</div>Hildoginhttp://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Leela%27s_Homeworld&diff=118198Leela's Homeworld2012-09-11T04:00:46Z<p>Hildogin: /* Characters */</p>
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|name=Leela's Homeworld<br />
|no=56<br />
|image=[[File:Leela's Homeworld.jpg|225px]]<br />
|season=4<br />
|broadcast season=4<br />
|number=4ACV02<br />
|caption=It's like "{{w|Hee Haw}}" with lasers<br />
|first aired=17 February, 2002<br />
|written by=Kristin Gore<br />
|directed A by=Mark Ervin<br />
|directed B by=Swinton O. Scott III<br />
|title reference=<br />
|caption reference=<br />
|opening cartoon=''In a Cartoon Studio'', {{w|Van Beuren Studios}}, 1931<br />
|sponsor=<br />
|broadcast number=S04E05<br />
|prev ep=Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch<br />
|next ep=Love and Rocket<br />
|broad prev=Love and Rocket<br />
|broad next=Where the Buggalo Roam<br />
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"'''Leela's Homeworld'''" is the fifty-sixth episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', the second of the [[Season 4|fourth production season]] and the fifth of the [[Broadcast season 4|fourth broadcast season]]. It aired 17 February, 2002 on FOX. [[Leela]] finally learns the truth about her parents and her own identity.<br />
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== The Story ==<br />
=== Act I: "Get back in the sewer, weirdy!" ===<br />
[[File:Leela's Homeworld 2.jpg|thumb|left|"Just make sure you get my nonchalant side."]]<br />
The [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor]] builds a new [[Nose Machine|machine]] that produces glow-in-the-dark-noses, but also causes a great amount of toxic waste. [[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]] wants the Professor to get rid of the waste for legal reasons, so the Professor hires [[Bender]] dispose of it. He dumps it into the [[NNY Sewers|sewers]], ruining [[Vyolet|Vyolet's]] wedding.<br />
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Meanwhile, [[Leela]] is named "Orphan of the Year" in the orphanarium she grew up in, the [[Cookieville Minimum Security Orphanarium]], and attends a ceremony there receiving the award. During the ceremony, [[Warden Vogel|Vogel]] talks about the day Leela was left on his doorstep. She was found with a letter in [[AL1]] and a bracelet, but Vogel never translated the letter. After this, Leela gives a speech telling the [[orphans]] to be proud of who they are, and they come to admire her. However, after the ceremony, she confesses to [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] that although she gave a speech telling the orphans that she was stronger being orphans, all she ever wanted was to have parents. Fry comforts her, and Leela says that she thinks that somewhere up in space, [[Turanga family|her parents]] are looking for. After she says this, we see [[Turanga Munda]] and [[Turanga Morris]] in the sewers, revealing that Leela is not an [[List of alien species|alien]] but a [[Sewer Mutants|mutant]].<br />
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=== Act II: "Mu-tate! Mu-tate! Mu-tate!" ===<br />
After Bender shoves an entire whale in the sewers, the Sewer Mutants strike back and pull Bender, Leela, and Fry down with the whale. All three are sentenced to be dumped into [[Lake Mutagenic]] to be mutated. (The liquid can't harm mutants as they already are mutated; nor can it harm robots because they don't have DNA, but the mutants get around this by stating they'll beat Bender up afterwards). They are rescued by two mysterious robed strangers who somehow know Leela's full name. After the robed strangers help them, the mutants chase them, hoping to recapture them. While running from the mutants, the crew break into a house that has a complete biography of Leela pinned on the walls plus a lot of stuff she flushed down the toilet. They are caught by the mutants and sentenced to death, but the mysterious strangers intervene again and they are only banished from the sewers. Fry and Bender go to the surface, but Leela stays behind and dives into Lake Mutagenic in pursuit of the strangers.<br />
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=== Act III: "Isn't that the same machine that makes noses?" ===<br />
[[File:Teenage Leela.jpg|thumb|left|Leela as a teenager, holding a birthday present given to her by her parents.]]<br />
Leela finds that she is not mutated by the sewage and pursues the two strangers deep into the sewers. Fry, in the meantime, searches for clues on Leela's origins in the orphanarium, and acquires the note that was pinned to Leela's basket when she was abandoned from Vogel. The note is written in an [[Alien Languages|alien language]], so he takes it to the Professor to analyze it. He uses the Nose Machine, pointing out that there's no reason it can do things other than make noses. Although the Machine is unable to decode the language, it does find out that the note originated from the sewers.<br />
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During a flashback, we find out that Leela's parents are Sewer Mutants. Leela had so few mutations that they decided to give her up to the orphanarium to enable her to lead a real life on the surface. Her mother wrote the note in Alienese to convince the warden Leela was an alien, not a mutant. Her parents chose never to reveal her true origins so she would not learn the shameful truth. The only connection between them is a bracelet they left with their daughter, of which her mother has a duplicate.<br />
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Meanwhile, Leela caught up with the robed strangers after they fled to the house with Leela's biography. She threatens them with a gun, desperate to retrieve information about her origins. She finds the duplicate bracelet on one of the strangers, and suspects they have taken it from her parents after they killed them. The strangers confess the deed, and Leela is about to kill them when Fry literally drops in from above and reveals the truth - the strangers are indeed Leela's parents. They were so desperate that their daughter should not learn her true heritage that they were prepared to die rather than reveal that piece of information, and they fear their daughter might despise them because of all they did.<br />
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Leela, realizing that after decades of searching she has finally found her parents, embraces them - the family is reunited. During a flashback, we see that Leela's parents had been helping her all along, even though she didn't know who they were.<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
*The eagle on Hermes' badge holds a folder saying "To Be Filed".<br />
*One of the orphans who won an award for "Often Seen in the Background of News Spots" appears in the background of Leela's interview one minute later (see picture).<br />
**Other awards include "Diligent Flosser", "Has Tasted Every {{w|McDonald's}} Sandwich" and "Successfully Switched from Heroin to Methadone".<br />
*The closing song for this episode is "Baby Love Child" by Japanese pop-rock band {{w|Pizzicato Five}}. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFV1JNgJA7s Link]<br />
*Although the commentary states that the dead whale Bender stuffs into the sewer is [[Mushu]], this is impossible, since Mushu doesn't appear for fourteen more episodes, and since that whale is a completely different type of whale than Mushu (probably an orca).<br />
*The orphanage offers espresso to the orphans.<br />
*The pedestrian crossing sign in the sewers had an image of a person with two heads and three legs.<br />
*Fry was lifting his shirt at Space Mardi Gras.<br />
*When the mutants gave the gang a tour, all of the buildings behind Fry said "Dry Cleaners".<br />
*''Alien code:'' When Leela looks down at her bracelet, you see the first official appearance of Alien Code 3. The code hasn't officially been translated.<br />
*At grade-school, Leela was shown doing math homework. One of her answers is wrong.<br />
*This episode was named #23 on IGN's list of [http://tv.ign.com/articles/716/716663p1.html Top 25 Futurama Episodes].<br />
*Warden Vogel claims nobody on Earth, not even Brainzilla, can translate AL1 (Alienese), yet many other episodes contain AL1 written in places on Earth. For example, in "[[Bendin' in the Wind]]", Utah has been renamed Human Farm, written in AL1.<br />
*This is one of the only episodes to have no debuting characters.<br />
*In the UK this episode was rated U meaning it was for general viewing, however in the U.S. even in syndication it's still TV-14.<br />
<br />
=== Continuity ===<br />
*{{e|1ACV08}}<br />
**News paper front page in the "Leela Museum" about the PE crew saving Earth from the [[giant ball of garbage|garbage ball]].<br />
*{{e|2ACV01}}<br />
**Leela's parents appear in a mutant crowd but don't make contact.<br />
*{{e|2ACV08}}<br />
**Picture of Leela in a karate robe seen in the "Leela Museum".<br />
*{{e|2ACV05}}<br />
**Bender tells the story about how he became known as Honest Bender.<br />
*{{e|3ACV09}}<br />
**Many of the orphans seen are the ones Bender adopted.<br />
*{{e|4ACV01}}<br />
**Leela gives Kif and Amy the basket her parents left her in at the orphanarium. However it is revealed that Vogel dumps the baskets in a pile and given they are all identical, it is unlikely that it was the correct basket.<br />
<br />
=== Goofs ===<br />
*When the screen pans over the orphan's awards, the "often Seen in the Background of News Spots" orphan is on the far left, but appears on the right as Warden Vogel hangs Leela's photo.<br />
*The bracelet on Leela's mother's tentacle only appears when Leela notices it and snatches it from her.<br />
*At the end of the episode, it shows Leela as an adult sleeping and before her parents tuck her in, you can see that she is not wearing her [[Wristlojackimator]]. In previous episodes, when you see Leela go to sleep or get out of bed, she normally has it on.<br />
**She could've just decided to take it off that night.<br />
*When they are in the hot-air balloon when they "fire up the sewer gas," Fry, Leela and Bender start coughing. Bender shouldn't cough when he is a [[robot]] who doesn't breathe or have a nose.<br />
**He may still have a sense of smell (one of his many senses), or he is just trying to fit in.<br />
*There are no ladders to reach the sewers, unlike in "[[Space Pilot 3000]]", "[[The Mutants Are Revolting]]" and "[[I Second that Emotion]]".<br />
**They may be in a different part of the sewer with no ladders, as we never see a ladder in other episodes in the places shown in this episode.<br />
*The baby Leela in the basket has a card hanging around her neck saying "Hello! My name is Turunga Leela". Later on when her parents remember leaving her there, she doesn't have it anymore.<br />
*After Leela's mother puts her bracelet back on when Leela is yelling at her, the bracelet vanishes in the next scene.<br />
*In "[[Mother's Day]]", Leela's Wristlojackimator abandoned her and there was no bracelet under it.<br />
**The other times we have seen Leela without the Wristlojackimator she had opportunity to remove the bracelet as well, so those are not considered goofs.<br />
*Hermes' badge says "Federal Bureaucracy", yet in "[[How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back]]" and "[[Lethal Inspection]]" he was working for the [[Central Bureaucracy]].<br />
*Raoul Inglis is previously shown and said to have only one ear, but is now shown with both ears intact.<br />
**Maybe he is constantly mutating since it is only in "I Second That Emotion" where he has one ear.<br />
***That's impossible since it's been confirmed that mutants cannot mutate more.<br />
<!--****Hey, you know what? I bet mutants undergo cosmetic surgery from time to time. Maybe he felt having one ear made him look weird?--><br />
*Although the orphanarium was renamed the "Bender B. Rodriquez Orphanarium" in "[[The Cyber House Rules]]", it seems to have reverted to the original name "[[Cookieville Minimum Security Orphanarium]]".<br />
*During most shots of the Leela's basket, the screw that connects the handle to the rest of the basket is silver. However, during one shot, the screw is brown.<br />
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=== Allusions ===<br />
*When Leela emerges from the green wastes, [[Virginia|the octopus on her head]] looks like a reference to the movie {{w|Hot Shots! Part Deux}}, when the fishing boat explodes and Ramada exits the water with an octopus on her head, which in itself is an allusion to the short story {{w|The Call of Cthulhu}}.<br />
*The leg sewer mutant was wearing a {{w|Boston Red Sox}} baseball hat.<br />
*Among the parts of parade balloons used in creating the hot air balloon that returns to the surface is made from {{w|Underdog (TV series)|Underdog}}, {{w|Bart Simpson}}, {{w|Bullwinkle J. Moose}} and {{w|Garfield (character)|Garfield's}} owner {{w|Jon Arbuckle}}.<br />
*Professor Farnsworth says that deciphering the alien language on Leela's note could take an hour or a hundred million years. This is a reference to the {{w|halting problem}} in {{w|Computability theory (computer science)|computability theory}}.<br />
**The halting problem is undecidable meaning that there is no algorithm guaranteed to solve it (not even in a hundred million years). Professor's explanation implied that the problem of analyzing the alien note was decidable.<br />
*The wall upon which Leela's parents have chronicled her life is a reference to {{w|Being John Malkovich}}.<br />
*When Leela comes across the wall with her chronicled life, she gasps "Great {{w|Cheech Marin|Cheech}}'s ghost!", which is a reference to the {{w|Superman}} character {{w|Perry White}}, who often says "Great Caesar's ghost!" when angry, exasperated or surprised. A similar reference was also made in {{e|4ACV06}}.<br />
*The computer on the Warden's desk appears similar to the personal computers used in {{w|Star Trek: The Next Generation}}.<br />
*Businesses in the sewers include {{w|Bed Bath & Beyond|Bed, Bath and Beneath}}, {{w|Big Boy (restaurant)|Big Mutant Boy's}}, and {{w|Starbucks}}.<br />
*{{w|Free Willy 3: The Rescue}} is referenced when Bender says he has to clean up the set and dumps a whale in the sewers.<br />
*The Professor's Glow-in-the-dark noses is an obscure reference to the movie {{w|Skin Deep (1989 film)|Skin Deep}}.<br />
<br />
=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Warden Vogel''': It is not easy being an orphan. Not if I've anything to do with it!</poem><br />
<poem>'''[[Hermes]]''': It looks like toxic waste. ''[He sniffs.]'' And it smells like toxic waste.<br />
'''Fry''': What does it taste like?<br />
''[Hermes tastes it.]''<br />
'''Hermes''': Delicious fig pudding! Ooh, that's good! But a distinct after-taste of toxic waste.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Amy''': Wow! Cool!<br />
'''Bender''': Now I can punch you in the nose in the dark! ''[Professor Farnsworth sneezes and turns the light on. The glow-in-the-dark nose is on Bender.]'' Where did it go?</poem><br />
}}<br />
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=== Alien Language Sightings ===<br />
'''Time''':3:32<br /><br />
'''Location''': Note attached to Leela<br /><br />
'''Language''': [[Alien Languages#AL1|AL1]]<br /><br />
'''Translation''': YOUR PARENTS LOVE YOU VERY MUCH<br />
<br />
=== Characters ===<br />
{{chars-begin}}<br />
*[[Albert]]<br />
*[[Amy Wong|Amy]]<br />
*[[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]]<br />
*[[Dwayne]]<br />
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]<br />
*[[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]]<br />
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]<br />
*[[Leg Mutant]]<br />
*[[Turanga Morris and Munda|Turanga Morris]]<br />
*[[Turanga Morris and Munda|Turanga Munda]]<br />
*[[Nina]]<br />
*[[Raoul Inglis]]<br />
*[[Sally]]<br />
*[[Smitty]]<br />
*[[URL]]<br />
*[[Vyolet]]<br />
*[[Warden Vogel]]<br />
{{chars-end}}<br />
<br />
== Episode Credits ==<br />
{{credits-begin}}<br />
*Writer<br />
**[[Kristin Gore]]<br />
*Director<br />
**[[Mark Ervin]]<br />
**[[Swinton O. Scott III]]<br />
*Voice Actors<br />
**[[Billy West]]<br />
**[[Katey Sagal]]<br />
**[[John DiMaggio]]<br />
**[[David Herman]]<br />
**[[Tress MacNeille]]<br />
**[[Phil LaMarr]]<br />
**[[Lauren Tom]]<br />
*DVD Commentary<br />
**[[Kristin Gore]]<br />
**[[Billy West]]<br />
**[[Matt Groening]]<br />
**[[David X. Cohen]]<br />
**[[Swinton O. Scott III]]<br />
**[[Rich Moore]]<br />
{{credits-end}}<br />
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|number=4ACV02<br />
|caption=It's like "{{w|Hee Haw}}" with lasers<br />
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"'''Leela's Homeworld'''" is the fifty-sixth episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', the second of the [[Season 4|fourth production season]] and the fifth of the [[Broadcast season 4|fourth broadcast season]]. It aired 17 February, 2002 on FOX. [[Leela]] finally learns the truth about her parents and her own identity.<br />
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== The Story ==<br />
=== Act I: "Get back in the sewer, weirdy!" ===<br />
[[File:Leela's Homeworld 2.jpg|thumb|left|"Just make sure you get my nonchalant side."]]<br />
The [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor]] builds a new [[Nose Machine|machine]] that produces glow-in-the-dark-noses, but also causes a great amount of toxic waste. [[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]] wants the Professor to get rid of the waste for legal reasons, so the Professor hires [[Bender]] dispose of it. He dumps it into the [[NNY Sewers|sewers]], ruining [[Vyolet|Vyolet's]] wedding.<br />
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Meanwhile, [[Leela]] is named "Orphan of the Year" in the orphanarium she grew up in, the [[Cookieville Minimum Security Orphanarium]], and attends a ceremony there receiving the award. During the ceremony, [[Warden Vogel|Vogel]] talks about the day Leela was left on his doorstep. She was found with a letter in [[AL1]] and a bracelet, but Vogel never translated the letter. After this, Leela gives a speech telling the [[orphans]] to be proud of who they are, and they come to admire her. However, after the ceremony, she confesses to [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] that although she gave a speech telling the orphans that she was stronger being orphans, all she ever wanted was to have parents. Fry comforts her, and Leela says that she thinks that somewhere up in space, [[Turanga family|her parents]] are looking for. After she says this, we see [[Turanga Munda]] and [[Turanga Morris]] in the sewers, revealing that Leela is not an [[List of alien species|alien]] but a [[Sewer Mutants|mutant]].<br />
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=== Act II: "Mu-tate! Mu-tate! Mu-tate!" ===<br />
After Bender shoves an entire whale in the sewers, the Sewer Mutants strike back and pull Bender, Leela, and Fry down with the whale. All three are sentenced to be dumped into [[Lake Mutagenic]] to be mutated. (The liquid can't harm mutants as they already are mutated; nor can it harm robots because they don't have DNA, but the mutants get around this by stating they'll beat Bender up afterwards). They are rescued by two mysterious robed strangers who somehow know Leela's full name. After the robed strangers help them, the mutants chase them, hoping to recapture them. While running from the mutants, the crew break into a house that has a complete biography of Leela pinned on the walls plus a lot of stuff she flushed down the toilet. They are caught by the mutants and sentenced to death, but the mysterious strangers intervene again and they are only banished from the sewers. Fry and Bender go to the surface, but Leela stays behind and dives into Lake Mutagenic in pursuit of the strangers.<br />
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=== Act III: "Isn't that the same machine that makes noses?" ===<br />
[[File:Teenage Leela.jpg|thumb|left|Leela as a teenager, holding a birthday present given to her by her parents.]]<br />
Leela finds that she is not mutated by the sewage and pursues the two strangers deep into the sewers. Fry, in the meantime, searches for clues on Leela's origins in the orphanarium, and acquires the note that was pinned to Leela's basket when she was abandoned from Vogel. The note is written in an [[Alien Languages|alien language]], so he takes it to the Professor to analyze it. He uses the Nose Machine, pointing out that there's no reason it can do things other than make noses. Although the Machine is unable to decode the language, it does find out that the note originated from the sewers.<br />
<br />
During a flashback, we find out that Leela's parents are Sewer Mutants. Leela had so few mutations that they decided to give her up to the orphanarium to enable her to lead a real life on the surface. Her mother wrote the note in Alienese to convince the warden Leela was an alien, not a mutant. Her parents chose never to reveal her true origins so she would not learn the shameful truth. The only connection between them is a bracelet they left with their daughter, of which her mother has a duplicate.<br />
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Meanwhile, Leela caught up with the robed strangers after they fled to the house with Leela's biography. She threatens them with a gun, desperate to retrieve information about her origins. She finds the duplicate bracelet on one of the strangers, and suspects they have taken it from her parents after they killed them. The strangers confess the deed, and Leela is about to kill them when Fry literally drops in from above and reveals the truth - the strangers are indeed Leela's parents. They were so desperate that their daughter should not learn her true heritage that they were prepared to die rather than reveal that piece of information, and they fear their daughter might despise them because of all they did.<br />
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Leela, realizing that after decades of searching she has finally found her parents, embraces them - the family is reunited. During a flashback, we see that Leela's parents had been helping her all along, even though she didn't know who they were.<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
*The eagle on Hermes' badge holds a folder saying "To Be Filed".<br />
*One of the orphans who won an award for "Often Seen in the Background of News Spots" appears in the background of Leela's interview one minute later (see picture).<br />
**Other awards include "Diligent Flosser", "Has Tasted Every {{w|McDonald's}} Sandwich" and "Successfully Switched from Heroin to Methadone".<br />
*The closing song for this episode is "Baby Love Child" by Japanese pop-rock band {{w|Pizzicato Five}}. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFV1JNgJA7s Link]<br />
*Although the commentary states that the dead whale Bender stuffs into the sewer is [[Mushu]], this is impossible, since Mushu doesn't appear for fourteen more episodes, and since that whale is a completely different type of whale than Mushu (probably an orca).<br />
*The orphanage offers espresso to the orphans.<br />
*The pedestrian crossing sign in the sewers had an image of a person with two heads and three legs.<br />
*Fry was lifting his shirt at Space Mardi Gras.<br />
*When the mutants gave the gang a tour, all of the buildings behind Fry said "Dry Cleaners".<br />
*''Alien code:'' When Leela looks down at her bracelet, you see the first official appearance of Alien Code 3. The code hasn't officially been translated.<br />
*At grade-school, Leela was shown doing math homework. One of her answers is wrong.<br />
*This episode was named #23 on IGN's list of [http://tv.ign.com/articles/716/716663p1.html Top 25 Futurama Episodes].<br />
*Warden Vogel claims nobody on Earth, not even Brainzilla, can translate AL1 (Alienese), yet many other episodes contain AL1 written in places on Earth. For example, in "[[Bendin' in the Wind]]", Utah has been renamed Human Farm, written in AL1.<br />
*This is one of the only episodes to have no debuting characters.<br />
*In the UK this episode was rated U meaning it was for general viewing, however in the U.S. even in syndication it's still TV-14.<br />
<br />
=== Continuity ===<br />
*{{e|1ACV08}}<br />
**News paper front page in the "Leela Museum" about the PE crew saving Earth from the [[giant ball of garbage|garbage ball]].<br />
*{{e|2ACV01}}<br />
**Leela's parents appear in a mutant crowd but don't make contact.<br />
*{{e|2ACV08}}<br />
**Picture of Leela in a karate robe seen in the "Leela Museum".<br />
*{{e|2ACV05}}<br />
**Bender tells the story about how he became known as Honest Bender.<br />
*{{e|3ACV09}}<br />
**Many of the orphans seen are the ones Bender adopted.<br />
*{{e|4ACV01}}<br />
**Leela gives Kif and Amy the basket her parents left her in at the orphanarium. However it is revealed that Vogel dumps the baskets in a pile and given they are all identical, it is unlikely that it was the correct basket.<br />
<br />
=== Goofs ===<br />
*When the screen pans over the orphan's awards, the "often Seen in the Background of News Spots" orphan is on the far left, but appears on the right as Warden Vogel hangs Leela's photo.<br />
*The bracelet on Leela's mother's tentacle only appears when Leela notices it and snatches it from her.<br />
*At the end of the episode, it shows Leela as an adult sleeping and before her parents tuck her in, you can see that she is not wearing her [[Wristlojackimator]]. In previous episodes, when you see Leela go to sleep or get out of bed, she normally has it on.<br />
**She could've just decided to take it off that night.<br />
*When they are in the hot-air balloon when they "fire up the sewer gas," Fry, Leela and Bender start coughing. Bender shouldn't cough when he is a [[robot]] who doesn't breathe or have a nose.<br />
**He may still have a sense of smell (one of his many senses), or he is just trying to fit in.<br />
*There are no ladders to reach the sewers, unlike in "[[Space Pilot 3000]]", "[[The Mutants Are Revolting]]" and "[[I Second that Emotion]]".<br />
**They may be in a different part of the sewer with no ladders, as we never see a ladder in other episodes in the places shown in this episode.<br />
*The baby Leela in the basket has a card hanging around her neck saying "Hello! My name is Turunga Leela". Later on when her parents remember leaving her there, she doesn't have it anymore.<br />
*After Leela's mother puts her bracelet back on when Leela is yelling at her, the bracelet vanishes in the next scene.<br />
*In "[[Mother's Day]]", Leela's Wristlojackimator abandoned her and there was no bracelet under it.<br />
**The other times we have seen Leela without the Wristlojackimator she had opportunity to remove the bracelet as well, so those are not considered goofs.<br />
*Hermes' badge says "Federal Bureaucracy", yet in "[[How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back]]" and "[[Lethal Inspection]]" he was working for the [[Central Bureaucracy]].<br />
*Raoul Inglis is previously shown and said to have only one ear, but is now shown with both ears intact.<br />
**Maybe he is constantly mutating since it is only in "I Second That Emotion" where he has one ear.<br />
***That's impossible since it's been confirmed that mutants cannot mutate more.<br />
<!--****Hey, you know what? I bet mutants undergo cosmetic surgery from time to time. Maybe he felt having one ear made him look weird?--><br />
*Although the orphanarium was renamed the "Bender B. Rodriquez Orphanarium" in "[[The Cyber House Rules]]", it seems to have reverted to the original name "[[Cookieville Minimum Security Orphanarium]]".<br />
*During most shots of the Leela's basket, the screw that connects the handle to the rest of the basket is silver. However, during one shot, the screw is brown.<br />
<br />
=== Allusions ===<br />
*When Leela emerges from the green wastes, [[Virginia|the octopus on her head]] looks like a reference to the movie {{w|Hot Shots! Part Deux}}, when the fishing boat explodes and Ramada exits the water with an octopus on her head, which in itself is an allusion to the short story {{w|The Call of Cthulhu}}.<br />
*The leg sewer mutant was wearing a {{w|Boston Red Sox}} baseball hat.<br />
*Among the parts of parade balloons used in creating the hot air balloon that returns to the surface is made from {{w|Underdog (TV series)|Underdog}}, {{w|Bart Simpson}}, {{w|Bullwinkle J. Moose}} and {{w|Garfield (character)|Garfield's}} owner {{w|Jon Arbuckle}}.<br />
*Professor Farnsworth says that deciphering the alien language on Leela's note could take an hour or a hundred million years. This is a reference to the {{w|halting problem}} in {{w|Computability theory (computer science)|computability theory}}.<br />
**The halting problem is undecidable meaning that there is no algorithm guaranteed to solve it (not even in a hundred million years). Professor's explanation implied that the problem of analyzing the alien note was decidable.<br />
*The wall upon which Leela's parents have chronicled her life is a reference to {{w|Being John Malkovich}}.<br />
*When Leela comes across the wall with her chronicled life, she gasps "Great {{w|Cheech Marin|Cheech}}'s ghost!", which is a reference to the {{w|Superman}} character {{w|Perry White}}, who often says "Great Caesar's ghost!" when angry, exasperated or surprised. A similar reference was also made in {{e|4ACV06}}.<br />
*The computer on the Warden's desk appears similar to the personal computers used in {{w|Star Trek: The Next Generation}}.<br />
*Businesses in the sewers include {{w|Bed Bath & Beyond|Bed, Bath and Beneath}}, {{w|Big Boy (restaurant)|Big Mutant Boy's}}, and {{w|Starbucks}}.<br />
*{{w|Free Willy 3: The Rescue}} is referenced when Bender says he has to clean up the set and dumps a whale in the sewers.<br />
*The Professor's Glow-in-the-dark noses is an obscure reference to the movie {{w|Skin Deep (1989 film)|Skin Deep}}.<br />
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=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Warden Vogel''': It is not easy being an orphan. Not if I've anything to do with it!</poem><br />
<poem>'''[[Hermes]]''': It looks like toxic waste. ''[He sniffs.]'' And it smells like toxic waste.<br />
'''Fry''': What does it taste like?<br />
''[Hermes tastes it.]''<br />
'''Hermes''': Delicious fig pudding! Ooh, that's good! But a distinct after-taste of toxic waste.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Amy''': Wow! Cool!<br />
'''Bender''': Now I can punch you in the nose in the dark! ''[Professor Farnsworth sneezes and turns the light on. The glow-in-the-dark nose is on Bender.]'' Where did it go?</poem><br />
}}<br />
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=== Alien Language Sightings ===<br />
'''Time''':3:32<br /><br />
'''Location''': Note attached to Leela<br /><br />
'''Language''': [[Alien Languages#AL1|AL1]]<br /><br />
'''Translation''': YOUR PARENTS LOVE YOU VERY MUCH<br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
{{chars-begin}}<br />
*[[Amy Wong|Amy]]<br />
*[[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]]<br />
*[[Dwayne]]<br />
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]<br />
*[[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]]<br />
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]<br />
*[[Leg Mutant]]<br />
*[[Turanga Morris and Munda|Turanga Morris]]<br />
*[[Turanga Morris and Munda|Turanga Munda]]<br />
*[[Nina]]<br />
*[[Raoul Inglis]]<br />
*[[Sally]]<br />
*[[Smitty]]<br />
*[[URL]]<br />
*[[Vyolet]]<br />
*[[Warden Vogel]]<br />
{{chars-end}}<br />
<br />
== Episode Credits ==<br />
{{credits-begin}}<br />
*Writer<br />
**[[Kristin Gore]]<br />
*Director<br />
**[[Mark Ervin]]<br />
**[[Swinton O. Scott III]]<br />
*Voice Actors<br />
**[[Billy West]]<br />
**[[Katey Sagal]]<br />
**[[John DiMaggio]]<br />
**[[David Herman]]<br />
**[[Tress MacNeille]]<br />
**[[Phil LaMarr]]<br />
**[[Lauren Tom]]<br />
*DVD Commentary<br />
**[[Kristin Gore]]<br />
**[[Billy West]]<br />
**[[Matt Groening]]<br />
**[[David X. Cohen]]<br />
**[[Swinton O. Scott III]]<br />
**[[Rich Moore]]<br />
{{credits-end}}<br />
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|name=Bender's Game<br />
|image=[[File:Benders Game DVD Cover.jpg|225px]]<br />
|image2=[[File:Benders Game Blu-ray Cover.jpg|225px|Blu-ray edition]]<br />
|directed by=[[Dwayne Carey-Hill]]<br />
|produced by=[[Matt Groening]], [[David X. Cohen]], [[Claudia Katz]], [[Michael Rowe]], [[Patric Verrone]], [[Lee Supercinski]]<br />
|written by=[[Eric Horsted]] (parts one and two), <br/> [[Michael Rowe]] & [[Eric Kaplan]] (part three), <br/> [[David X. Cohen]] & [[Patric M. Verrone]] (part four)<br />
|release date=(EU) 3 November, 2008<br/>(USA) 4 November, 2008<br/>(AU) 10 December, 2008<br />
|blu-ray release=(EU) 3 November, 2008<br/>(USA) 4 November, 2008<br />(AU) 10 December, 2008<br />
|running time=88 minutes<br />
|caption=The flames in your TV are not part of the show.<br />
|opening cartoon = ''Quasi at the Quackadero'' (shown on Jumbotron) <br/> A parody of the 1968 animated film ''Yellow Submarine''.<br />
|official website=<br />
|imdb id=tt1054486<br />
|title referee=''{{w|Ender's Game}}''<br />
|number=5ACV09, 5ACV10,<br /> 5ACV11, 5ACV12<br />
|prev film=The Beast with a Billion Backs<br />
|prev ep=5ACV08<br />
|next film=Into the Wild Green Yonder<br />
|next ep=5ACV13<br />
|ep cut 1=5ACV09|ep cut 2=5ACV10|ep cut 3=5ACV11|ep cut 4=5ACV12<br />
|pictures=BG<br />
}}<br />
'''''Bender's Game''''' is the third of the four Direct-to-DVD films and was released on 3 November, 2008 in Europe, 4 November, 2008 in the US and 10 December in Australia.<br />
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For the first time, the Blu-Ray (HD) edition of the films was released on the same date as the normal DVD.<br />
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Guest stars include [[George Takei]] and [[Rich Little]] as themselves. In addition, [[Gary Gygax]] has an appearance at the end of the credits, and the film is dedicated in honour of him. Gary Gygax is listed at a guest star as well.<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
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== Production ==<br />
This film was subject to [[censorship]] by itself.<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Miscellany ===<br />
:''See [[Miscellany of Bender's Game]] for trivia, goofs, etc.''<br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
{{chars-begin|Plot involved and debuting characters. |For cameo characters, see [[Miscellany of Bender's Game#Character cameos|Miscellany of Bender's Game: Character Cameos]].}}<br />
*[[Amy Wong]] / '''Debut:''' [[Gynecaladriel]]<br />
*[[Bender Bending Rodríguez]] / '''Debut:''' [[Titanius Anglesmith]]<br />
*[[Calculon]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Chinese Boy]]<br />
*[[Cubert Farnsworth]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[The Dixie Chicks]]<br />
*[[Dwight Conrad]]<br />
*[[George Takei|George Takei's Head]]<br />
*[[Hermaphrobot]]<br />
*[[Hermes Conrad]] / '''Debut:''' [[Hermaphrodite]]<br />
*[[Horrible Gelatinous Blob]]<br />
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth]] / '''Debut:''' [[The Great Wizard Greyfarn]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Indian Boy]]<br />
*[[Dr. John A. Zoidberg]] / '''Debut:''' [[Zoidberg (Cornwood)|Monster Zoidberg]]<br />
*[[Killbots]]<br />
*[[Linda]]<br />
*[[Lrrr]]<br />
*[[Mad Hatterbot]]<br />
*[[Mom]] / '''Debut:''' [[Momon]]<br />
*[[Morbo]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Morcs]]<br />
*[[Nibbler]]<br />
*[[Dr. Perceptron]]<br />
*[[Pay 'n' Chew Robot]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Peaches]]<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry]] / '''Debut:''' [[Frydo]]<br />
*[[Nurse Ratchet]]<br />
*[[Rich Little's Head]]<br />
*[[Roberto]] / '''Debut:''' King of [[Wipe Castle]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Rosie the Robot Maid]]<br />
*[[Sal]]<br />
*[[Hoschel]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Scott Bakula|Scott Bakula's Head]]<br />
*[[Slurm Queen]]<br />
*[[Smitty]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Swamp Hag]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Treedledum]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Tunneling Horror]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Lego man]]<br />
*[[Turanga Leela]] / '''Debut:''' [[Leegola]]<br />
*[[Turanga Morris and Munda]]<br />
*[[URL]]<br />
*[[Walt, Larry and Igner]] / '''Debut:''' [[Waltazar, Larius and Ignus]]<br />
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=== Cast ===<br />
[[File:Futurama Returns - Bender's Game.jpg|right|thumb|Teaser from "[[Futurama Returns]]".]]<br />
*[[Billy West]] as [[Philip J. Fry]]/[[Frydo]], [[Professor Hubert Farnsworth]]/[[The Great Wizard Greyfarn]], [[Dr. Zoidberg]]/[[Zoidberg (Cornwood)|Monster Zoidberg]], Farmer, Dwarf, [[Smitty]], [[Treedledum]] and Additional Voices<br />
*[[Katey Sagal]] as [[Turanga Leela]]/[[Leegola]]<br />
*[[John DiMaggio]] as [[Bender]]/[[Titanius Anglesmith]], [[Igner]]/[[Waltazar, Larius and Ignus|Ignus]], [[Sal]], Hood Ornament Thief, [[Hermaphrobot]], Frydo's Reflection #1, [[URL]], Bellboy Robot, and Additional Voices<br />
*[[Tress MacNeille]] as [[Mom]]/[[Momon]], [[Turanga Munda]], [[Nurse Ratchet]], [[Linda]], [[Slurm Queen]], Ship's Computer, Natalie Maines, Intercom Robot, [[Rosie the Robot Maid]], [[Swamp Hag]], Centaurette and Additional Voices<br />
*[[Maurice LaMarche]] as [[Walt]]/[[Waltazar, Larius and Ignus|Waltazar]], [[The Scary Door|The Scary Door Narrator]], [[Dr. Perceptron]], [[Morbo]], [[Calculon]], [[Lrrr]], [[Horrible Gelatinous Blob]], [[Mad Hatterbot]], [[Killbots]], [[Morcs]], Centaur, and Additional Voices<br />
*[[Phil LaMarr]] as [[Hermes Conrad]]/[[Hermaphrodite]], [[Dwight Conrad]], Pay 'n' Chew Robot, Nibblonian #1, Slave Robot, [[Peaches]] and Additional Voices<br />
*[[Lauren Tom]] as [[Amy Wong]]/[[Gynecaladriel]], and [[Chinese Boy]]<br />
*[[David Herman]] as [[Larry]]/[[Waltazar, Larius and Ignus|Larius]], [[Turanga Morris]], [[Scruffy]], [[Dr. Ogden Wernstrom]], [[Roberto]], Nibblonian #2, Cook, Redneck, Military Man, Frydo's Reflection #2 and Additional Voices<br />
*[[Kath Soucie]] as [[Cubert Farnsworth]], [[Indian Boy]]<br />
*[[Frank Welker]] as [[Nibbler]], Trolls, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Monkey, Polar Bear, Rat, Chickens, [[Tunneling Horror]], and Additional Voices<br />
*[[Rich Little]] as Himself as Howard Cosell<br />
*[[George Takei]] as Himself<br />
*[[Gary Gygax]] as Himself (footage from "[[Anthology of Interest I]]")<br />
*[[David X. Cohen]], [[Paul D. Calder]], and [[Danik Thomas]] as the [[Die of Power]] (uncredited)<br />
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=== The DVD ===<br />
The DVD includes the following<br />
* The film itself<br />
** Commentary by Matt Groening, David X. Cohen, Billy West, John DiMaggio, Tress MacNeille, Michael Rowe, Claudia Katz and Dwayne Carey-Hill.<br />
* Storyboard Animatic: Bender's Game, Part One<br />
* Futurama Genetics Lab - Cross-breed Your Favorite Characters!<br />
* Dungeons & Dragons & Futurama featurette<br />
* How To Draw "Futurama" In 83 Easy Steps Featurette<br />
* 3D Models Featurette With Animator Discussion<br />
* Deleted Scene: "Cup or Nozzle?"<br />
* Blooperama 2: Outakes From Bender's Game<br />
* Bender's Anti-Piracy Warning<br />
* A Sneak Peek at the Next "Futurama" Epic, ''[[Into the Wild Green Yonder]]''<br />
* Two hidden extras:<br />
**Billy West's attempt at a single line - '...really wedgie it on in there'<br />
**David X. Cohen's Dodecahedron Collection<br />
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For the Blu-Ray version:<br />
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*The contents mentioned above, but with the following technical enhancements;<br />
** Picture-in-Picture capabilities.<br />
** Authored in BD-J with AVC (MPEG 4) compression. <br />
** 50 GB dual-layer disc<br />
** English 5.1 DTS HD Lossless Master Audio<br />
** English, French, Spanish, Korean, Mandarin and Cantonese subtitles.<br />
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[[Category:Merchandise]]</div>Hildoginhttp://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=The_Cyber_House_Rules&diff=118191The Cyber House Rules2012-09-11T03:57:54Z<p>Hildogin: /* Episode Credits */</p>
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<div>{{episode infobox<br />
|name=The Cyber House Rules<br />
|no=41<br />
|image=[[File:The Cyber House Rules.jpg|225px]]<br />
|season=3<br />
|broadcast season=<br />
|number=3ACV09<br />
|caption=Please rise for the Futurama theme song<br />
|first aired=1 April, 2001<br />
|written by=Lewis Morton<br />
|directed by=Susan Dietter<br />
|title reference=The book ''{{w|The Cider House Rules}}''<br />
|caption reference=<br />
|opening cartoon="Congo Jazz"<br />
|sponsor=<br />
|broadcast number=S03E11<br />
|prev ep=That's Lobstertainment!<br />
|next ep=Where the Buggalo Roam<br />
|broad prev=The Luck of the Fryrish<br />
|broad next=Insane in the Mainframe<br />
}}<br />
"'''The Cyber House Rules'''" is the forty-first episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', the ninth of the [[Season 3|third production season]] and the eleventh of the [[Broadcast season 3|third broadcast season]]. It aired 1 April, 2001 on FOX. [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] finds herself with the opportunity of gaining two eyes to look normal.<br />
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== The Story ==<br />
=== Act I: "It's a baby!" ===<br />
The crew is watching [[Good Morning Earth]] when the doorbell rings. [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] and [[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]]'s laziness forces [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] to answer the door. She finds what she thinks to be a "doorbell baby", but it turns out to be an invitation to a reunion at her [[Cookieville Minimum-Security Orphanarium|orphanarium]]. She is at first reluctant to go, since they constantly teased her while she was there, but Fry convinces her that she can rub her success in their faces. [[Warden Vogel]] greets Leela, and they reminisce briefly. Fry and Bender are enjoying the buffet, when Leela shows them a photo of her group. She reveals that, although he picked on her, she had a crush on fellow orphan, [[Adlai Atkins]]. Leela attempts to show the other [[orphans]] how successful she's become, but in spite of their horrible lives, they still lord their two eyes over her. Adlai, however, stands up for her, and she is wooed when she discovers he's a (tall) doctor. While Bender is partaking of the free bar, Warden Vogel pitches adoption. Bender is swayed by the prospect of a government stipend of one hundred dollars per week. Adlai apologizes for making fun of Leela, and to make up for it, offers to give her a prosthetic eye to appear normal. Bender meanwhile shows Fry his new adoptive children, then leaves to pick up his government stipends.<br />
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=== Act II: "Leela doesn't need surgery!" ===<br />
At [[Planet Express]], the [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor]] thinks getting the surgery is a good idea. [[Amy Wong|Amy]] also agrees, having had cosmetic surgery herself. Fry, however, is adamantly against it, but Leela decides to get the surgery anyway. At [[New New York#Taco Bellevue Hospital|Taco Bellevue Hospital]], Adlai unravels the gauze from Leela's surgery (after first having unwrapped the wrong patient), to reveal her new two-eyed look.<br />
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=== Act III: "I blunk!" ===<br />
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[[File:Orphans.png|thumb|right|The orphans with Bender.]]<br />
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The entire crew is stunned, and all of them (except Fry) are quite impressed. Leela struggles with synchronized blinking, and after a few tries successfully screws up [[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]]' picture. Leela then goes out on the town, showing off her new look (and purchasing several two-eye accessories). Amy teaches her how to apply makeup with two eyes. Leela runs into the blind boy from the orphanarium, and make him feel her two eyes, much to his chagrin. Bender enters with his children, and shows off his check to the crew. The children, however, are hungry. Adlai shows up at PE for Leela's followup exam, and asks her out on a date. Fry points out the he's liked Leela all along, and that Adlai only likes her because she's now got two eyes. Bender takes the kids to a bar, and offers them the free peanuts. After a moment, a cheap floozy hits on Bender. Bender is distracted by all the children hugging him, and the floozy leaves. He threatens the children (with hugging), and they cheer. Adlai takes Leela to the [[Municipal Arboretum]], and gets her an average bouquet from the [[Altairean Bouquet Tree]]. Leela is impressed and leans in for a kiss, which Adlai returns, as plainly as possible. Leela takes the crew out to meet Adlai, and Fry still insists that being weird is what makes Leela special, and points out the abnormalities of the rest of the crew. Bender is also at the restaurant with his kids, and after [[Elzar]] gives him the check, Bender and the kids run out without paying. Adlai is inspired to have kids with Leela.<br />
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=== Act IV: "Daddy, how do I flush you?" ===<br />
Benders kids ask for a story, and Bender reads them "Bender's Arrest Record" by the Police. After the story, he sends the kid to bed and take Fry into the living room to talk. Bender calculates how much he's making from the government stipends, and finds that he's actually ''losing'' money. At Adlai's house, Leela and Adlai are doing a jigsaw puzzle, and brings up the prospect of having children again. Leela suggests that, as orphans, they should adopt a child. Because Bender cleaned out the orphanarium, they are forced to go to Bender, who is running his own orphanarium in an attempt to get rid of the kids. Leela and Adlai are unable to decide.<br />
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=== Act V: "You're under arrest!" ===<br />
Before they can think about it, [[New New York Police Department|NNYPD]] peace officers [[Smitty]] and [[URL]] break down Bender's door and arrest Bender and Fry. Bender and Fry (and the children, thanks to Bender ratting them out) are in a jail cell, when Leela asks to adopt one of them, and is told that she may. She sees an orphan with three ears being taunted by the other children and is reminded of her own childhood. She tells Adlai that she wants this one (Sally), and Adlai is reluctant, but Leela insists. He accepts, and promises to give her an operation to make her acceptable. Leela is outraged, saying that she doesn't ''need'' an operation, but Adlai points out that Leela had an operation as well. Leela finally realizes that she would've been better off being abnormal, to Fry's delight, and threatens Adlai to force him to remove her prosthetic eye. Bender donates his orphans and his government stipend check to the orphanarium, and they rename it in his honour: The Bender B. Rodriguez Orphanarium. The kids give him a drawing of himself with them, and he crumples it up and tosses it inside his chest cabinet. The children walk away in dejection, but Bender sneakily pulls the drawing back out, smooths it out, and places it on the inside of his door. The children notice this and mob him with hugs.<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
*This episode was nominated for an award for positive portrayal of the handicapped.<br />
*This is the first episode in which [[Walt]], [[Larry]] and [[Igner]] appear without [[Mom|their mother]].<br />
*Bender's arrest record picture shows that he is just over six feet tall, including the antenna, and just under six feet without.<br />
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=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Warden Vogel''': Keep adoption in mind. It's a great way to have a kid without having sex.<br />
'''Fry''': Really? [rolls eyes]</poem><br />
<poem>'''Leela''': [to Adlai] Listen here mister, by the end of the day, one of us is going to have one eye!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Albert''': Can we have Bender Burgers again?<br />
'''Bender''': No! The cat shelter's on to me!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': O.K. kids, it's nine o'clock, and you know what that means! Daddy's sick of looking at you, so go to bed!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Fry''': But you're better than normal, Leela; you're ''ab''normal!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Leela''': ''[After getting the surgery.]'' I did it! I blunk!<br />
'''Hermes''': And just in time to screw up this picture I took!<br />
'''Leela''': Hooray!!</poem><br />
<poem>'''[[Smitty]]''': You're under arrest for child neglect, child endangerment, depriving children of food, selling children ''as'' food, and misrepresenting the weight of livestock!</poem><br />
}}<br />
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=== Alien Language Sightings ===<br />
'''Time''': 09:05<br /><br />
'''Location''': In the window of a shop.<br /><br />
'''Language''': [[AL1]]<br /><br />
'''Translation''': humane [[human traps]]<br />
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=== Outside References ===<br />
*The scene in the hospital where the blonde woman is revealed is a reference to the Twilight Zone episode "{{w|The Eye of the Beholder}}" in which a woman undergoes unsuccessful treatments to attempt to make her appear "normal". The end of the episode reveals that (to her horror) she has an appearance we would consider very attractive, while the rest of the population looks like "monsters".<br />
*During the "{{w|Oh, Pretty Woman}}" montage, Leela buys an assortment of glasses. The name of the store she bought them at, "Eye Robot", is a reference to one of Isaac Asimov's collection of stories, homophonically named "I, Robot".<br />
*The episode name is a play on the {{w|John Irving}} book "{{w|The Cider House Rules}}".<br />
**Bender says to the children "Goodnight, you princes of Maine, you kings of New New England" which is another reference to "The Cider House Rules".<br />
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=== Goofs ===<br />
*Although the Professor says "And Fry, you've got that brain thing," if he's referring to Fry's lack of the [[delta brainwave]], it's actually impossible for the Professor to have known about that.<br />
**More specifically, he can't have learned it the way viewers did, but as a scientist he may have learned it independently.<br />
**Given the Professor's eccentric nature, it is also possible he isn't referencing the delta brainwave at all, and is simply calling Fry stupid in a very peculiar way.<br />
***This is likely, as Fry then says, "I already did!" which makes little sense. He also says, "Or do you wanna be like Adlai with no severe mental or social problems whatsoever?" implying that someone in the group has mental problems.<br />
**Also, Fry could simply have told him. We have seen him trying at the end of "[[The Day the Earth Stood Stupid]]". The Professor did not believe him, though, but he might reference to that in a sarcastic or ridiculing way.<br />
*At the end, when the children are hugging Bender, it appears he moves while struggling, but closer inspection shows only the children move, while Bender's limbs remain stationary. It's obvious the children drawing was rotated, while the Bender drawing was not animated to match.<br />
*Leela's second eye's pupil moves several times in the episode, but, during her checkup, where she has to follow the pen, it doesn't.<br />
*Bender says the popsicle sticks have ''absorbed quite a bit of flavor'', but it is referenced many times that he has no sense of taste.<br />
**Bender's envy of the sense of taste could be motive for him just to lie.<br />
*During the "Oh, Pretty Woman" scene, [[Kirk]] feels Leela's eyes and sighs in disappointment, but he could not have known that it was Leela if he was blind and deaf.<br />
**It is possible that he had honed his sense of smell and touch well enough to recognize her individual odor and feeling from her face, much like Helen Keller. A heightened sense of smell would also account for how he knew it was Leela during the actual reunion since he just walks up the group and says "Well, if it isn't old One Eye!"<br />
*When Bender holds the drawing in place with a magnet, it does not make him sing folk songs as it does in other episodes.<br />
**It could be said that the magnet is nowhere near his inhibition unit. In "[[Bendin' in the Wind]]" he is able to pick up the magnet, but it doesn't affect him till he puts it on his head, reminiscent of the magnet Fry put on his head at [[Luna Park]] in "[[The Series Has Landed]]".<br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
{{chars-begin}}<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Adlai Atkins]]<br />
*[[Dr. Amy Wong|Amy]]<br />
*[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]]<br />
*[[Elzar]]<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]<br />
*Small [[Glurmo]] ([[List of deleted scenes#DVD 2 3|deleted scene]])<br />
*[[Hattie McDoogal|Hattie]] (deleted scene)<br />
*[[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]]<br />
*[[Igner]]<br />
*[[Larry]]<br />
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]<br />
*[[Linda van Schoonhoven|Linda]]<br />
*[[Morbo]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Orphans]]<br />
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]<br />
*[[Walt]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Warden Vogel]]<br />
*[[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]<br />
{{chars-end}}<br />
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== Episode Credits ==<br />
{{credits-begin}}<br />
*Writer<br />
**[[Lewis Morton]]<br />
*Director<br />
**[[Susan Dietter]]<br />
*Voice Actors<br />
**[[Billy West]]<br />
**[[Katey Sagal]]<br />
**[[John DiMaggio]]<br />
**[[Tress MacNeille]]<br />
**[[Maurice LaMarche]]<br />
**[[Phil LaMarr]]<br />
**[[Lauren Tom]]<br />
**[[David Herman]]<br />
**[[Tom Kenny]]<br />
**[[Kath Soucie]]<br />
**[[Nicole St. John]]<br />
*DVD Commentary<br />
**[[Susie Dietter]]<br />
**[[David X. Cohen]]<br />
**[[Lewis Morton]]<br />
**[[Maurice LaMarche]]<br />
**[[John DiMaggio]]<br />
**[[Billy West]]<br />
**[[Matt Groening]]<br />
**[[Rich Moore]]<br />
{{credits-end}}<br />
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[[Category:Media featuring children]]</div>Hildoginhttp://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Bender%27s_Big_Score&diff=118190Bender's Big Score2012-09-11T03:56:49Z<p>Hildogin: /* External links */</p>
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<div>{{film infobox<br />
|name=Bender's Big Score<br />
|image=[[File:Bender's Big Score.png|225px|Bender's Big Score]]<br />
|image2=[[File:Bender's Big Score UMD.png|166px|UMD edition]]<br />
|directed by=[[Dwayne Carey-Hill]]<br />
|produced by=Lee Supercinski<br />
|written by=[[Ken Keeler]]<br />[[David X. Cohen]]<br />
|release date=(USA) 27 November, 2007<br/>(AU) 5 March, 2008<br />(EU) 7 April, 2008<br />
|blu-ray release=TBA<br />
|running time=89 minutes<br />
|caption=It just won't stay dead!<br />
|opening cartoon=Where Fry falls in the tube ([[Space Pilot 3000|1ACV01]]).<br />
|title referee=''{{w|Shaft's Big Score}}''<br />
|nomination='''Annie Awards'''<br />Best Home Entertainment Production, 2007 '''(won)'''<ref name="annie-award">{{cite web |url=http://annieawards.org/35thwinners.html |title=Legacy: 35th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2007) |site=Annie Awards |accessdate=2009-04-21}}</ref><br />
|official website=<br />
|imdb id=tt0471711<br />
|number=5ACV01, 5ACV02,<br /> 5ACV03, 5ACV04<br />
|prev ep=The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings<br />
|next film=The Beast with a Billion Backs<br />
|next ep=The Beast with a Billion Backs Part 1<br />
|ep cut 1=Bender's Big Score Part 1|ep cut 2=Bender's Big Score Part 2|ep cut 3=Bender's Big Score Part 3|ep cut 4=Bender's Big Score Part 4<br />
|pictures=BBS<br />
}}<br />
'''''Bender's Big Score''''' is the first of the four Direct-to-DVD films, and was released on 27 November, 2007 in North America, 5 March, 2008 in Australia and 7 April, 2008 in Europe. The film is set in {{year|3007}} and early {{year|3008}}, three years after "[[The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings]]".<br />
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The film was recut into four episodes and aired on Comedy Central in March 2008. A teaser for the films was shown at Comic-Con 2007 as part of the "[[Futurama Returns]]" reading.<br />
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The film was produced in 1080p high definition, but has yet to be announced for a release in this format.<br />
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== Plot outline ==<br />
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== Production ==<br />
The production of the films began in early 2006, when the writing team were assembled and started to conduct the writing for the films.<ref name="commentary">{{cite commentary |film=Bender's Big Score}}</ref><br />
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By June, 2007, the voice acting of the films were finished.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uk.tv.ign.com/articles/801/801261p1.html |title=Exclusive: Futurama Actress Gives Update |author=Goldman, Eric |date=2007-07-03 |publisher=IGN |accessdate=2009-04-21}}</ref><br />
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Some parts of the plot for ''Bender's Big Score'' was actually old ideas lying around from during the [[original run]], which had never made into airing, such as the [[Nude Beach Planet]].<ref name="commentary"/><br />
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== Reception ==<br />
''Bender's Big Score'' was released on 27 November, 2007 in North America, and later in March and April in 2008 in Australia and Europe, respectively.<br />
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Generally, the film was well received, and was [[Nominations and awards|nominated and won]] the Annie Award for "Best Home Entertainment Production".<ref name="annie-award"/> Dan Iverson from IGN scored it a 8 out of 10, and attributed it to the film's ability to live up to the legacy of the show during its original run, but also criticised heavy [[Fry-Leela relationship]] subplot.<ref name="ign">{{cite web |url=http://dvd.ign.com/articles/836/836327p1.html |title=Futurama: Bender's Big Score Review |author=Iverson, Dan |date=2007-11-19 |publisher=IGN |accessdate=2009-04-21}}</ref> In addition, he praised the guest star performances of [[Mark Hamill]] and [[Coolio]] as the [[Chanukah Zombie]] and [[Kwanzaa-bot]], respectively, during the secondary musical performance, but also felt that the two musical stages were not at the same level as the [[Bureaucrat Song]] in "[[How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back]]".<ref name="ign"/><br />
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On UGN, Brooke Tarnoff also felt that the film lived up to the quality level of the original run, but praised the musical numbers as "hilarious" and gave the film an "A" rating.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ugo.com/ugo/html/article/?id=18018&sectionId=25 |title=Futurama : Bender's Big Score Review |publisher=UGN |author=Tarnoff, Brooke |accessdate=2009-04-21}}</ref><br />
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As of June, 2009, the film have sold 808,165 copies with a income of $14,675,554,<ref name="thenumbers">{{cite web |url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2007/0FTBB-DVD.php |title=Futurama - Bender's Big Score - DVD Sales |site=The Numbers |accessdate=2009-06-27}}</ref> and sold 222,036 copies during its first week,<ref name="thenumbers"/> making it the best selling of the four films, with ''[[The Beast with a Billion Backs]]'' as the runner up with little more than a quarter of ''Bender's Big Score''{{'}}s sales; 226,575.<ref name="thenumbers-tbwabb">{{cite web |url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2008/0FR02-DVD.php |title=Futurama - The Beast with a Billion Backs - DVD Sales |site=The Numbers |accessdate=2009-06-27}}</ref><br />
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However, the DVD sales may not be an obvious remark as to the film's quality over the others, but rather an attempt by the fans of ''Futurama'' to convince the production companies and networks willing to consider it, here being ''[[20th Century Fox]]'' and ''[[Comedy Central]]'' as the serious parties, whom the fans wanted to send a justification for renewing the show as a TV season. The mere fact that ''Bender's Big Score'' sold better in its first week than any of the two last films did in total could indicate people's initial disappointment with the purchase of the film and that they were not convinced enough to purchase the follow up, ''The Beast with a Billion Backs''.<br />
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== Censorship ==<br />
When Part 1 of this film was shown on Sky3/Pick TV,the following cuts were made.<br />
*The bit where Bender is sitting on the couch looking at his e-mails and saying "Porn, porn, free porn, get rich watching porn? Huh, I find that rather hard to believe." is cut.<br />
*The West Johnson Porniversity website and the bit where Bender says "Hmm. Scientists at West Johnson Porniversity need test subjects to rate top quality roborotica. Ooh! Top quality." is cut.<br />
*The "Scan for Virus?" alert and the bit where Bender says "Warning: Peform Virus Scan? Pfft! I'm waiting for porn over here!" then him clicking on the no button and saying "Ooh yeah! Come on, baby!" then him coughing and downloading the obedience virus is cut.<br />
Also when Part 3 is shown on Sky3/Pick TV, the bit where Nudar says "Heh heh! You've got no code, no porn, and you're ugly! Let's dance!" and the aliens dancing and Bender spitting out the head cleaner and the head cleaner going onto Nudar's belly is cut.<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Miscellany ===<br />
{{see|Miscellany of Bender's Big Score}} ''for trivia, quotes, etc.''<br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
{{chars-begin|(this list is not yet complete)}}<br />
*[[Headless body of Agnew]]<br />
*[[Al Gore's head|Al Gore]]<br />
*[[Amy Wong|Amy]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Atanarjuat and Fufu]]<br />
*[[Barbados Slim]]<br />
*[[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]]<br />
*[[Ethan 'Bubblegum' Tate|Bubblegum Tate]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Dr. Cahill]]<br />
*[[Calculon]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Chanukah Zombie]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Charles de Gaulle's head]]<br />
*[[Cubert Farnsworth]]<br />
*[[Curly Joe]]<br />
*[[Dwight Conrad]]<br />
*[[Elzar]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Eric Cartman's head]] (cameo)<br />
*[[Father Changstein el Gamahl]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Fleb]]<br />
*[[Fly Mutant]]<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]<br />
*[[Hattie McDoogal]]<br />
*[[Hedonism Bot]]<br />
*[[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]]<br />
*[[Horrible Gelatinous Blob]]<br />
*[[Hypnotoad]]<br />
*[[Ipgee]]<br />
*[[Jackie Anderson]]<br />
*[[Kif Kroker]]<br />
*[[Kwanzaa-bot]] <br />
*[[LaBarbara Conrad]]<br />
* '''Debut:''' [[Lars Fillmore]]<br />
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Leelu]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Leroy]]<!-- Panucci?--><br />
*[[Linda]]<br />
*[[Leo and Inez Wong|Leo and Inez]]<br />
*[[Lrrr]]<br />
*[[Michelle]]<br />
*[[Monique]]<br />
*[[Morbo]]<br />
*[[Narrator]]<br />
*[[Nibbler]]<br />
*[[Nibblonians]]<br />
*[[Nudar]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Nude Bartender]]<br />
*[[Number 9 Man]]<br />
*[[Mr. Panucci]]<br />
*[[Petunia]]<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry, II]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Philip Joshua Fry]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Phillip Fry]]<br />
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]<br />
*[[Galactic Entity|The Galactic Entity]]<br />
*[[Richard Nixon's head]]<br />
*[[Robot Mafia]]<br />
*[[Robot Santa]]<br />
*[[Sal]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Scammer Aliens]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Schlump]]<br />
*[[Scruffy]]<br />
*[[Seymour Asses|Seymour]]<br />
*[[Smitty and URL]]<br />
*[['Sweet' Clyde Dixon|'Sweet' Clyde]]<br />
*[[Turanga Morris and Munda]]<br />
*[[Terry]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Dr. Schlovinowitz]]<br />
*[[Tinny Tim]]<br />
*[[Yancy Fry, Jr.]]<br />
*[[Yancy and Mrs. Fry]]<br />
*[[Zapp Brannigan]]<br />
*[[Dr. John Zoidberg|Dr. Zoidberg]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Zylex]]<br />
{{chars-end}}<br />
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=== Cast ===<br />
[[File:Futurama Returns - Bender's Big Score.jpg|right|thumb|Teaser from "[[Futurama Returns]]"]]<br />
* [[Billy West]] as [[Philip J. Fry]], [[Doctor John Zoidberg]], [[Professor Hubert Farnsworth]], [[Lars Fillmore]], [[Zapp Brannigan]], [[Richard Nixon|Earth President Richard Nixon]], [[God Entity]], [[Atanarjuat and Fufu|Inuit #1]],and Silly Willy Video Will Guy<br />
* [[Katey Sagal]] as [[Turanga Leela]]<br />
* [[John DiMaggio]] as [[Bender Bending Rodríguez]], [[Robot Santa]], [[Sal]], [[Mr. Panucci]], [[Barbados Slim]], [[Elzar]], [[Curly Joe]], [[Constantine]] and BOX Executive #1<br />
* [[Tress MacNeille]] as [[Linda]], [[Dr. Cahill]], [[Dr. Schlovinowitz]], [[Turanga Morris and Munda|Turanga Munda]], [[Tinny Tim]], [[Hattie McDoogal]], [[Wristlojackimator|Leela's Wrist Thingy]], Bender's Computer and BOX Executive #2<br />
* [[Maurice LaMarche]] as [[Schlump]],[[Kif Kroker]], [[Hedonismbot]], [[Morbo]], [[Horrible Gelatinous Blob]], [[Donbot]], [[Clamps]], [[Charles de Gaulle's head]], [[Headless body of Agnew]], [[Leelu]], [[Lrrr]], [[Cryogenicist]], [[Leroy]], [[Atanarjuat and Fufu|Inuit #2]], [[Transition Announcer]], Box Executive #3, "Hi, How Are You?" Voice, Spam Voice, [[Nibblonians|Nibblonian]] #1, [[Nibblonians|Nibblonian]] #2, Nobel Prize Presenter, Late Cute Animal News Presenter, and Male Narwhal<br />
* [[Phil LaMarr]] as [[Hermes Conrad]], [[Ethan 'Bubblegum' Tate|Ethan "Bubblegum" Tate]], [[Philip Joshua Fry]], and [[Dwight Conrad]]<br />
* [[Lauren Tom]] as [[Amy Wong]] and [[Philip J. Fry, II]]<br />
* [[David Herman]] as [[Nudar]], [[Scruffy]], [[Turanga Morris]], [[Terry]], [[Father Changstein El-Gamal]], [[Nude Bartender]], [['Sweet' Clyde Dixon|Sweet Clyde]],[[Phillip Fry]],and ''[[Everybody Loves Hypnotoad]]'' Announcer<br />
* [[Kath Soucie]] as [[Cubert Farnsworth]]<br />
* [[Dawnn Lewis]] as [[LaBarbara Conrad]]<br />
* [[Frank Welker]] as [[Nibbler]], [[Fleb]], [[Seymour Asses]], [[Zylex]], and Pandas<br />
* [[Coolio]] as [[Kwanzaabot]]<br />
* [[Al Gore]] as Himself<br />
* [[Mark Hamill]] as [[Chanukah Zombie]]<br />
* [[Tom Kenny]] as [[Yancy Fry, Jr.]]<br />
* [[Sarah Silverman]] as [[Michelle]]<br />
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=== Film Credits ===<br />
{{credits-begin}}<br />
*Writers<br />
**[[David X. Cohen]]<br />
**[[Ken Keeler]]<br />
*Director <br />
**[[Dwayne Carey-Hill]]<br />
*Voices<br />
**[[Billy West]]<br />
**[[Katey Sagal]]<br />
**[[John DiMaggio]]<br />
**[[Phil LaMarr]]<br />
**[[Lauren Tom]] <br />
**[[Maurice LaMarche]]<br />
**[[Tress MacNeille]]<br />
**[[Dave Herman]]<br />
**[[Frank Welker]]<br />
*Special Guests<br />
**[[Al Gore]]<br />
**[[Sarah Silverman]]<br />
**Coolio<br />
**[[Tom Kenny]]<br />
**[[Mark Hamill]]<br />
{{credits-end}}<br />
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=== The DVD ===<br />
The DVD contains the following:<br />
*The film itself.<br />
**[[Commentary:Bender's Big Score|Commentary track]]<br />
*The reading of "[[Futurama Returns]]" from Comic-Con<br />
*A 22 minute episode of [[Everybody Loves Hypnotoad]].<br />
*Deleted storyboard scenes.<br />
*[[A Terrifying Message from Al Gore]].<br />
**Commentary track with Gore, [[Matt Groening]] and [[David X. Cohen]]<br />
*Bite my shiny metal X &mdash; a math lecture about math inside ''Futurama''.<br />
*3D models<br />
*The original first draft of the script<br />
*New character - design sketch<br />
*Original 5-minute Comic-Con promo<br />
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==== Additional ====<br />
*The release with Best Buy in region 1 included an animatic teaser for the upcoming film, ''[[The Beast with a Billion Backs]]''.<br />
**Region 2 discs include the same teaser regardless of retailer.<br />
*The German version is missing the holography cover albeit the German rental version was issued with the holography cover.<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://www.ilovebender.com Official website]<br />
* [http://www.futurama-madhouse.com.ar/videoclips/bbstrailer.shtml Movie Trailer]<br />
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|no=63<br />
|image=[[File:Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles.jpg|225px]]<br />
|image text=Teenage Leela reads a story to the young [[Planet Express]] crew<br />
|season=4<br />
|broadcast season=5<br />
|number=4ACV09<br />
|caption=Now interactive! Joystick controls Fry's left ear<br />
|first aired=30 March, 2003<br />
|written by=Jeff Westbrook<br />
|directed by=Bret Haaland<br />
|title reference=The ''{{w|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles}}'' franchise.<br />
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|opening cartoon=''Moonlight for Two''<br />
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|broadcast number=S05E07<br />
|prev ep=Crimes of the Hot<br />
|next ep=The Why of Fry<br />
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"'''Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles'''" is the sixty-third episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', the ninth of the [[Season 4|fourth production season]] and the seventh of the [[Broadcast season 5|fifth broadcast season]]. It aired 30 March, 2003 on FOX. The [[Planet Express crew]] is exposed to a substance that causes everyone to revert to teenagers... and the [[Professor Farnsworth|Professor]]'s attempt to correct the problem only makes thing worse.<br />
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== The Story ==<br />
=== Act I: "We've talked it over and everybody thinks you're too old" ===<br />
[[File:Heather.png|left|thumb|Heather, Professor Farnsworth's personal youthasizer]]<br />
When his pet gargoyle [[Pazuzu]] escapes from the Planet Express lab, [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]] sets off to hunt down the errant monster with Fry, Leela and Bender in tow. The Professor exhibits the typical behaviour of the elderly, including driving extremely slowly, and being very forgetful - forgetting, even, the purpose of their journey. He visits a [[Florida]] diner to catch the early bird dinner special, where the waitress, [[Wanda]], tells him his "angry crotchety grandpa" discount card has expired, despite it being good for a lifetime. After the Professor's nuclear-powered teeth cause mayhem in the diner, the crew decide that he is too old and needs to be youthasized. They take him to the [[The Bubbling Geezer]] spa where [[Heather]], a Neptunian, is assigned as his personal youthasizer. When Heather's initial treatments bringing about no change, the Professor is directed to bathe in age-reducing tar. [[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]] overdoes the pumping of the whirlpool function of the tar pit and everyone gets covered in tar. The Professor, previously at a biological age of 161, is now aged 53 again, and the crew members have reverted to their teenage years ([[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] is 14). [[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]] even reverts to a larval, codfish-like form.<br />
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=== Act II: "Shut up and go live with your parents!" ===<br />
While the Professor tries to restore their normal ages, the crew have to adjust to their teenage selves - mostly by acting very childishly. [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] chooses to live with her parents to experience the childhood she never had. Her parents agree to this, though Leela has to ask them to be strict, to give her the full teen experience. [[Amy Wong|Amy]]'s parents are less pleased, however, as they fear they will have to wait longer for a grandchild. Fry and Leela go out on a date and win a race through the sewers against [[Moose and Mandy]], but end up damaging the [[NNY Sewers#Martin Luther Thing, Jr. High School|Martin Luther Thing Jr. High School]].<br />
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Meanwhile, the Professor thinks he has thought of a way to restore their correct ages - a genetically engeneered oil-eating bacterium that should destroy the tar still stuck to their DNA (in Bender's case, his RNA, ''Robo'' Nucleic Acid). Leela refuses the treatment, as she wants to continue living out her teenage years with her parents. The rest of the crew enter the [[Bacterial Spew Chamber]] for controlled infection with the bacteria. The plan, however, backfires: though the tar is broken down, the [[chroniton]]s within it are now roaming free inside the crew's bodies, making them younger by the minute. The Professor is now 35 years old, and Amy is only eight. They all now face a fate worse than death: pre-life... and ''then'' death.<br />
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=== Act III: "He always had to be the center of attention!" ===<br />
[[File:The Fountain of Aging.jpg|left|thumb|The Planet Express crew reach the Fountain of Aging]]<br />
While the Professor is desperately thinking of a way to stop the youthing process, Leela (who is still a teen as she didn't take the treatment) takes care of the crew members - all around four or five years old - at her parents' home. While reading them a story, she stumbles on the tale of the [[The Fountain of Aging|Fountain of Aging]]. She informs the Professor, who agrees that it may really exist. The whole crew flies to an extremely old solar system, where they locate the Fountain. The youthasized crew, except the Professor, have now reverted to their embryonic stage, except for Bender, of whom all that is left is a CD with Bending Robot Blueprints. One of Zoidberg's [[Norman Zoidberg|brothers]] falls into the Fountain and gets caught in its eddy, and the crew watches as he ages rapidly and crumbles to dust. The Professor, now around three years old, enters the Fountain holding the others. The current is too strong, however, and the Professor loses his grip, releasing everyone into the whirlpool's current. As the crew are pulled towards the center of the fountain, Leela jumps in to rescue them, tied to a safety rope. Leela manages to retrieve everyone - now all roughly their correct ages again - except the Professor, who is still caught in the vortex. At the last minute the Professor is saved, however, by Pazuzu: an act for which Farnsworth grants him his freedom, and he is shown in Notre Dame in [[Paris]] afterwards recounting the story to his son.<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
* The book Leela reads the stories from is "A Child's Garden of Space Legends".<br />
* The poster behind Leela in her bedroom is from the "mu-teen" magazine, it shows "Tentacle Chachi" and "Four-Legged Chachi".<br />
* The stories from the book include "Snow-White Dwarf and the Seven Red Dwarfs", "Charlotte's Tholian Web" and "The Fountain of Aging".<br />
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=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Randy''': Hey Grandpa, move your wrinkly old kiester!<br />
'''Professor''': ''[3 seconds later.]'' Shut up!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor''': But I like being old. I don't have to talk to my parents, no one asks me to help move their stuff, I don't need to understand today's "edgy" TV sitcoms.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor''': Go to Hell, [[Heather]]!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor''': ''[Gasping.]'' Fifty-three years old? Oh... now I'll need a fake ID to rent ultraporn!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Amy''': [sobs] I'm gonna stay in my room!<br />
'''Leo Wong''': You so fat, you gonna stay all around room!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Leela''': I know, everyone pretend a goblin ate your tongues, and I'll read you a story.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor''': Still, they called the tooth fairy a legend, and now he's head of the FBI!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': When I grow up, I wanna be a steam shovel!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor''': With my last breath, I curse Zoidberg!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor''': [muffled] Give me back my floppy face!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor''': Hello, Mavis! Surprised to see me back again so soon?<br />
'''Wanda''': Mavis is dead.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Morris''': Let's all have some tequila to celebrate!<br />
'''Leela''': Dad, I'm underage!<br />
'''Morris''': Oh, right. Here's a silly straw!</poem><br />
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=== Allusions ===<br />
*The title of the episode is a spoof of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", a series of comic books made most famous by its animated adaptations from 1987 and 2003.<br />
*The Professor destroys {{w|Deep Space Nine}} with the 'high beams' of the Planet Express Ship.<br />
*The oil eating bacteria is based on Namco's ''Pac-Man'', which was previously [[General Colin Pac-Man|referenced]] in "[[Anthology of Interest II]]".<br />
*The race was inspired by {{sw|Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace|The Phantom Menace's}} {{sw|Podracer|Podracers}}.<br />
*[[Pazuzu]] could be named after a god in Assyrian and Babylonian mythology, the king of the demons of the wind.<br />
**Pazuzu is also the name of the demon in ''The Exorcist,'' who was (supposedly) the same demon.<br />
*[[Moose and Mandy]] could be based on a couple from the classic Archie comics. Archie's Moose goes by the same name and has a similar appearance and manner. Mandy could be a reference to his girlfriend, Midge. This might also mean that Fry corresponds to Archie, due to his red hair, and Leela to Betty (or Veronica).<br />
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=== Goofs ===<br />
*While en route to the Fountain of Aging, Professor Farthsworth's custard-bowl haircut changes between shots from being all orange, to orange with dark brown sides, to all orange again.<br />
*Professor Farnsworth was wrong, Leela could simply relive her childhood by going back to the spa and perform the accident on purpose.<br />
**He could have been exaggerating.<br />
*Although Fry, Amy and Hermes are different ages as adults, they all de-age at the same pace.<br />
**They may have been exposed to different amounts of tar.<br />
*When Farnsworth steps in the fountain, Fry and Amy's skin colors are switched.<br />
*Pazuzu is shown to be under the Planet Express Ship's left wing, although he would've obviously suffocated, or he hid there whilst the Professor was sleeping.<br />
*In this episode, Zoidberg has different life phases that change with age. However, in "[[A Taste of Freedom]]", Zoidberg simply gets smaller as he gets younger.<br />
**The younger Zoidberg shown then must have been done with the multiple stages.<br />
*[[Inez Wong]] laments that, with [[Amy|her daughter's]] age reversed, she, "will never have a grandchild now!", even though she already ''has'' [[Kif's offspring|grandchildren]] from the episode, [[4ACV01|"Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch"]].<br />
**She could have simply forgotten them, the same way she forgot that she and Leo were the one's who introduced [[Kif]] to Amy in the first place.<br />
**Or, she may have not considered them to be her true grandchildren, either because she disapproved of Kif, or because Amy didn't give birth to them, or because Amy isn't the genetic mother (only the [[Smizmar]]), or because they aren't [[Humans|human]].<br />
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=== Continuity ===<br />
*Wanda's comment that Professor Farnsworth's discount card is expired, despite the fact that it should be good for a lifetime, may be an allusion to the law put forward in "[[A Clone of My Own]]". Farnsworth is 161, meaning he should have died (his lifetime expired) one year ago.<br />
*In this episode, Zoidberg goes through larval stages, but in "[[A Taste of Freedom]]" he is seen as a Humanoid child.<br />
**It is possible that after the slug stage, [[Decapodians]] become a Humanoid child that will eventually grow into adult size.<br />
*In this episode, Bender has a growing factor (being built small and advance in height & appearance as he ages) unlike "[[Bendless Love]]", where he was built the same way he is now.<br />
**It is possible that Bender's RNA is affected in this way by the tar but that naturally he does not age. Other Robot children have been shown before thus it is conceivable that while Bender was built as he is now his RNA allows him to have a childhood form (imagine cloning a Human adult, the clone is in adult form but its DNA is able to exist in a childhood state even if it never has done).<br />
**Another likely explanation would be that the younger versions of him were previous models of [[Bending Units]] that his personality inhabited, but it kept on getting rebuilt and upgraded. The newest version of him could have been built four years prior to "Bendless Love".<br />
**In the commentary for the episode, it is remarked that no one can see what is going on while Bender is being assembled. A child form for Bender also fits in with the revelations from "[[Lethal Inspection]]".<br />
*The [[chroniton]]s that affect the [[Planet Express crew]] are the same ones used to grow the [[Mutant Atomic Supermen]] "[[Time Keeps on Slippin']]".<br />
*[[Curious Pussycat]] makes its second appearance.<br />
*Pazuzu speaks French, even though in "[[A Clone of My Own]]" Professor Farnsworth referred to French as an "incomprehensible, dead language" and the French people in "[[Space Pilot 3000]]" spoke English.<br />
**A dead language just means nothing is no longer added, like latin.<br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
{{chars-begin}}<br />
*[[Amy Wong|Amy]]<br />
*[[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]]<br />
*[[Dwayne]]<br />
*[[Dwight Conrad]]<br />
*[[El Chupanibre]]<br />
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]<br />
*'''Debut''':[[Farnsworth's tennis instructor]] (Mention)<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Heather]]<br />
*[[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]]<br />
*[[Kif Kroker|Kif]] (mentioned in [[Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles#Goofs|Goofs]])<br />
*[[Inez]]<br />
*[[LaBarbara Conrad]]<br />
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]<br />
*[[Leo]]<br />
*[[Morris]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Moose and Mandy]]<br />
*[[Munda]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Pazuzu]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Pazuzu's son]]<br />
*[[Randy Munchnik]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Wanda]]<br />
*[[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]<br />
{{chars-end}}<br />
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== Episode Credits ==<br />
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*Writer<br />
**[[Jeff Westbrook]]<br />
*Director<br />
**[[Bret Haaland]]<br />
*Voice Actors<br />
**[[Billy West]]<br />
**[[Katey Sagal]]<br />
**[[John DiMaggio]]<br />
**[[Phil LaMarr]]<br />
**[[Lauren Tom]]<br />
**[[Dave Herman]]<br />
**[[Tress MacNeille]]<br />
*DVD Commentary<br />
**[[Matt Groening]]<br />
**[[David X. Cohen]]<br />
**[[Rich Moore]]<br />
**[[Jeff Westbrook]]<br />
**[[Bret Haaland]]<br />
**[[John DiMaggio]]<br />
**[[Maurice LaMarche]]<br />
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[[Category:Media featuring children]]</div>Hildoginhttp://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=The_30%25_Iron_Chef&diff=118187The 30% Iron Chef2012-09-11T03:49:02Z<p>Hildogin: /* Characters */</p>
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<div>{{episode infobox<br />
|name=The 30% Iron Chef<br />
|no=54<br />
|image=[[File:The 30% Iron Chef.jpg|225px]]<br />
|season=3<br />
|broadcast season=4<br />
|number=3ACV22<br />
|caption=If accidentally watched, induce vomiting<br />
|first aired=14 April, 2002<br />
|written by=Jeff Westbrook<br />
|directed by=Mike Smith<br />
|title reference=Refers to the competitive cooking show ''{{w|Iron Chef}}'', and Bender's composition<br />
|caption reference=<br />
|opening cartoon="Toys Will Be Toys"<br />
|sponsor=<br />
|broadcast number=S04E11<br />
|prev ep=Future Stock<br />
|next ep=Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch<br />
|broad prev=A Leela of Her Own<br />
|broad next=Where No Fan Has Gone Before<br />
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"'''The 30% Iron Chef'''" is fifty-fourth episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', twenty-second and last of the [[Season 3|third production season]] and eleventh of the [[Broadcast season 4|fourth broadcast season]]. It aired 14 April, 2002 on FOX. [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]]'s dream of becoming a chef seems to have ended when [[Elzar]] refuses to teach him, but on [[Bumbase Alpha]], he meets [[Helmut Spargle]] who may have the secret Bender needs to be a great chef.<br />
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== The Story ==<br />
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=== Act I: "This food actually tastes better as vomit!" ===<br />
[[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]] is watching [[Good Morning Earth]] with [[Morbo]] and [[Linda]], Morbo hosts a segment with Bender's idol, the famous chef [[Elzar]]. Following Elzar’s instructions, Bender is cooking brunch in his usual, inedible style. [[Fry]] learns that Bender is cooking and leaves to warn/tell the others. Meanwhile, the [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor]] is showing off a [[scale model of the world's largest bottle]]. Fry warns the rest of the crew about Bender’s cooking and they attempt to run away, only to have Bender intercept them. While the rest of the [[Planet Express crew|crew]] try to avoid eating Bender's cooking without hurting his feelings, [[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]] stays behind and accidentally breaks the bottle. As he is returning to serve up glasses of mop-squeezings, he overhears Fry and [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] talking about how bad his cooking is. His feelings are so hurt, he leaves a note and runs away.<br />
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=== Act II: "That jerk Elzar ruined my dream of being a chef!" ===<br />
Bender tries to convince [[Elzar]] to teach him to cook, but Elzar refuses. Miserable, he ends up meeting some [[hobos]] and joins them in hopping a train to the biggest hobo jungle in the quadrant, [[Bumbase Alpha]], located on a remote asteroid. Meanwhile, Back at Planet Express, Zoidberg, after failing to fix the model, concocts a plan to frame Fry for breaking it. At Bumbase Alpha he meets [[Helmut Spargle]], the chef who used to be the host of a [[Down-Home Cooking With Helmut Spargle|TV show]] and had once trained Elzar to cook. Spargle agrees to teach Bender to cook in order to get revenge on Elzar, who he blames for ending his career. In his final test, Bender serves Spargle a meal -- which kills him. Before he dies, he passes on the secret of perfect flavor, in the form of a diamond vial containing the essence of pure flavor. Bender vows to avenge his late teacher by defeating Elzar. Back at Planet Express Headquarters, the Professor discovers the broken bottle and Zoidberg's fake clues pointing to Fry. Though he doesn't remember committing the crime, Fry shrugs and pays the Professor $10 to replace the bottle. Zoidberg begins to feel guilty for framing his friend.<br />
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=== Act III: "You're going down!" ===<br />
Bender confronts Elzar and challenges him to a cook-off. They compete on the [[Television|TV program]] ''[[Iron Cook]]'', where their secret ingredient was Soylent Green. Elzar produces a variety of eye-pleasing dishes, including a salad garnished with $100 bills. Although Bender's food looks awful, the judges declare that it tastes better and make him the winner. Bender gives a stirring speech, after which Zoidberg charges the stage to confess for framing Fry. Since he cannot repay the money, he attempts to kill himself by committing {{w|seppuku}}, but ends up merely breaking a $5,000 sword on his shell. Back at Planet Express, after watching the episode of [[Iron Cook]] on TV, the Professor tests Bender's vial of "pure flavor" and determines it to be ordinary water - laced with a few spoonfuls of LSD. Bender offers to cook the crew food laced with the water and they eagerly accept.<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
*We learn in this episode that Bender has 8 senses, which do not include taste but ''do'' include an unexplained sense, "Smission."<br />
*The dishes prepared by Bender for the crew are:<br />
**A human digestive tract for Professor Farnsworth<br />
**A horse's lower leg for Amy<br />
**A dish with a side of two eye balls for Leela<br />
**Fry's meal is not distinguishable<br />
**Hermes meal is not distinguishable<br />
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=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Morbo''': Pathetic humans, ''prepare to write down the recipe''!!!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Hobo''': We're going nearly the speed of light so, uh, roll when you land.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': That is why I decline the title of Iron Cook, and accept only the lesser title of Zinc Saucier, which I just made up. Also, it comes with double prize money.</poem><br />
<poem>'''[[Martha Stewart's Head]]''': I'm swimming in my own soylent waste. It's a good thing!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': Master Spargle, if you can hear me up there in that ditch where I left you, this is for you!</poem><br />
<poem>'''[[Fry]]''': Man, I don't wanna hurt Bender's feelings but this food actually tastes better as vomit!<br />
'''[[Leela]]''': It's unbearable! How much do you think it would cost to have my tongue removed?</poem><br />
}}<br />
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=== Alien Language Sightings ===<br />
'''Time''': 00:05:50<br /><br />
'''Location''': Store front sign as Bender walks by<br /><br />
'''Language''': [[Alien Languages#AL1|AL1]]<br /><br />
'''Translation''': Used Human Probes<br />
{{clear}}<br />
'''Time''': 00:15:13<br /><br />
'''Location''': Logo for show "Iron Cook"<br /><br />
'''Language''': [[Alien Languages#AL2|AL2]]<br /><br />
'''Translation''': Iron Cook<br />
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=== Inside References ===<br />
References to other things in the Futurama Universe<br />
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=== Outside References ===<br />
*The montage showing Helmut Spargle teaching Bender to cook includes several references.<br />
**The music playing is from a training montage in [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087538/ The Karate Kid].<br />
**Bender peeling a hover-potato with an energy blade is a modeled after a scene from {{sw|Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope}}, when {{sw|Obi-Wan Kenobi}} was teaching {{sw|Luke Skywalker}} to feel {{sw|The Force}} and use a {{sw|Lightsaber}} using a {{sw|Marksman-H combat remote|training device}}.<br />
***Also Spargel’s character and subsequent death are a parody of {{sw|Yoda}}. He also mentions the "{{sw|Dark side of the Force|Dark side}} of cooking".<br />
*Bender accidentally chops up his arm along with a cucumber, and Spargle demonstrates that the blade is still sharp enough to slice through a tomato without crushing it - a reference to commercials for [http://www.ginsuguys.net/servlet/StoreFront Ginsu knives].<br />
*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070723/ Soylent Green] is a reference to the cult-classic sci-fi movie by the same name. <br />
*The space train has cars bearing labels, all references to real railroad companies.<br />
**"Baltimore & Orion" is a reference to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_and_Ohio_Railroad Baltimore and Ohio Railroad].<br />
**"Starlight Express" is a reference to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Lloyd_Webber Andrew Lloyd Webber] train-themed musical [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlight_express Starlight Express].<br />
**"Wrath-of-Conrail" is a combination of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consolidated_Rail_Corporation Conrail] and the second Star Trek film [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084726/ The Wrath of Khan].<br />
*Koji's line "Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto" is a reference to the song [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Roboto Mr. Roboto] by the band [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Styx_%28band%29 Styx].<br />
*The show "Good Morning Earth" is a reference to the long-running [http://abc.go.com ABC] morning show [http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/ Good Morning America].<br />
*The prism track splitter on the space rail track near Bumbase Alpha may be a reference to the cover for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd Pink Floyd] album [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Side_of_the_Moon The Dark Side of the Moon].<br />
*''Iron Cook'' is based on Japanese cooking show ''Iron Chef'' (料理の鉄人 Ryōri no Tetsujin)<br />
*The thousand year galactic war brought to an end by Martha Stewart's "Apple Dandies" (secret ingredient - pork) was possibly a reference to the conflict in Palestine, the warring parties of which refuse to eat pork for religious reasons.<br />
*The episode ends with a few bars of the Cream song "Sunshine of your Love".<br />
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=== Continuity ===<br />
*When Zoidberg sneaks into the bathroom to plant fake evidence, Fry is singing "[[Walking on Sunshine]]," the same song he had sung in the showers on [[Spheron 1]] while scrubbing Kif during the episode "[[War Is the H-Word]]".<br />
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=== Goofs ===<br />
*When the crew (except Bender) try to escape, Fry claims Bender is blocking the only escape route, even though there's another one behind them -- which leads directly to the ship.<br />
** In fact, as sometimes occurs whenever required by the script, the layout of the second floor of the Planet Express building is changed considerably. The Kitchenette is normally just off the Conference Table area, with no partition between them. In this episode however, it is a four-walled room, rotated 180 degrees around its original axis, and is now connected by swinging-door directly to the Employee Lounge. This would also mean that the Employee Lounge is no longer connected to the Conference Room. At the end of the episode, the swinging door has disappeared from the Employee Lounge, replaced by the regular sliding door that normally leads to the Conference Room.<br />
*A few shots of the judges' table shows Hiroki to Tate's right, but he, and some of the table's length, disappears before the judging.<br />
*The spectrum that emerges from the prism is oriented along the wrong axis. This is acknowledged in the commentary.<br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
{{chars-begin}}<br />
*[[Akiu]]<br />
*[[Amy Wong|Amy]]<br />
*[[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Dandy Jim]]<br />
*[[Elzar]]<br />
*[[Ethan 'Bubblegum' Tate]]<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Gus]]<br />
*[[Hattie McDoogal|Hattie]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Helmut Spargle]]<br />
*[[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]]<br />
*[[Hiroki]]<br />
*[[Kif]] (mentioned in [[The 30% Iron Chef#Goofs|Goofs]])<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Koji]]<br />
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]<br />
*[[Linda]]<br />
*[[Martha Stewart's Head]]<br />
*[[Morbo]]<br />
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]<br />
*[[Scruffy]]<br />
*[[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]<br />
{{chars-end}}<br />
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== Episode Credits ==<br />
{{credits-begin}}<br />
*Writer<br />
**[[Jeff Westbrook]]<br />
*Director<br />
**[[Mike Smith]]<br />
*Voice Actors<br />
**[[Billy West]]<br />
**[[Katey Sagal]]<br />
**[[John DiMaggio]]<br />
**[[Tress MacNeille]]<br />
**[[Maurice LaMarche]]<br />
**[[David Herman]]<br />
**[[Phil LaMarr]]<br />
**[[Lauren Tom]]<br />
**[[Frank Welker]]<br />
*DVD Commentary<br />
**[[Tress MacNeille]]<br />
**[[John DiMaggio]]<br />
**[[Matt Groening]]<br />
**[[Rich Moore]]<br />
**[[Brian Sheesley]]<br />
**[[David X. Cohen]]<br />
**[[Jeff Westbrook]]<br />
**[[Billy West]]<br />
{{credits-end}}<br />
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[[Category:Media featuring flashbacks]]</div>Hildoginhttp://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=The_Birdbot_of_Ice-Catraz&diff=118186The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz2012-09-11T03:46:01Z<p>Hildogin: /* Characters */</p>
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<div>{{episode infobox<br />
|name=The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz<br />
|no=37<br />
|image=[[File:The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz.jpg|225px]]<br />
|season=3<br />
|broadcast season=<br />
|number=3ACV05<br />
|caption=Now with Chucklelin<br />
|first aired=4 March, 2001<br />
|written by=Dan Vebber<br />
|directed by=James Purdum<br />
|title reference="The Birdman of Alcatraz", the nickname of famous {{w|Alcatraz}} inmate {{w|Robert Franklin Stroud}}<br />
|caption reference=<br />
|opening cartoon=''{{w|Out of the Inkwell#1921-1926|Bubbles}}''<br />
|sponsor=<br />
|broadcast number=S03E09<br />
|prev ep=The Luck of the Fryrish<br />
|next ep=Bendless Love<br />
|broad prev=That's Lobstertainment!<br />
|broad next=The Luck of the Fryrish<br />
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"'''The Birdbot of the Ice-Catraz'''" is the thirty-seventh episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', the fifth of the [[Season 3|third production season]] and the ninth of the [[Broadcast season 3|third broadcast season]]. It aired 4 March, 2001 on FOX. [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Farnsworth]] have agreed to an extremely controversial mission, at which [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] refuses to remain captain and joins [[Penguins Unlimited]], meanwhile [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] is assigned captain, and manages to pilot a tanker full of [[dark matter]] oil into a penguin reserve on [[Pluto]] and as punishment is forced to clean them up. During his punishment, his system accidentally reboots, causing him to take on the behaviour of the penguins and leads in battle against the penguin hunting Penguins Unlimited.<br />
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== The Story ==<br />
=== Act I: "I'm sending you on an extremely controversial mission!" ===<br />
Although [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]'s cookies are freshalicious, they produce lots of trash. And although the aerosol head spray makes [[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]]'s antenna smell nice, it causes damage to the atmosphere. The [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor]] enters and announces that the crew is to haul the [[Juan Valdez]], a super-tanker full of Colombian [[Dark Matter|dark matter]]. The ship's primary protection from leakage is its six thousand hulls. The Professor's routing, however, takes the ship within three feet of a penguin preserve in order to avoid a toll booth.<br />
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Fry finishes restocking the ship's mess with emergency jam, and [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] decides not to participate in the mission. She chooses instead to join the a group of environmentalist protestors. The Professor then gives command of the ship to Bender. [[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]] goes along as the ship's steward.<br />
<br />
Fry is griping about not being chosen as captain, and mentions that Leela let him sit on her lap and steer. In a comic he drew, which Zoidberg seems excited about.<br />
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Leela is with the Pengins Unlimited "econauts", who are being instructed in the art of protesting by [[The Waterfalls#Free Waterfall Sr.|Free Waterfall Sr.]] He instructs the protestors to form a non-violent peace ring around the tanker, but Leela wants to use more drastic measures, such as ass-kicking.<br />
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After hitching to the tanker, the [[Planet Express Ship|PE Ship]] simply goes around the protestors by moving upward. Apparently, Free Waterfall, Sr. didn't realize spaceships could move in three dimensions. After this minor failure, the protestors head to the penguin preserve to intercept the tanker again.<br />
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Free Waterfall, Sr. gives a brief tour of the facility, and Leela is smitten with the young penguins.<br />
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=== Act II: "You're nothing but a big blowhard!" ===<br />
Back on the ship, Fry is still insenced over not being chosen for the position of captain. Fry toasts Bender, but it quickly turns to insults. Bender's inappropriate behavior and power-tripping has only added to Fry's anger, and Fry storms out.<br />
<br />
Bender, in a depression, is piloting the ship without having had a drink in some time. His reckless course takes the tanker dangerously close to [[Pluto]], while flying upside-down. Zoidberg tries to convince Bender to take a drink, but Bender refuses.<br />
<br />
The protestors await the ship with homemade signs, when Leela notices Bender's erratic flying. The ''Juan Valdez'' strikes an iceberg, and all six thousand hulls are breached, spilling huge amounts of dark matter oil across the penguin preserve.<br />
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[[Morbo]] and [[Linda]] report the story, as dark matter spreads throughout the preserve. However, to lessen the tragedy, ridiculous sound effects have been added to the footage. Morbo reports that Bender's alcohol level was well ''below'' the legal limit when he crashed. Bender consults the [[Hyper-Chicken]], who has gotten him off with community service. He might've done better, but he's awaiting his own trial for incompetence.<br />
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On [[Pluto]], the econauts and the PE crew are cleaning the dark matter oil off the penguins. Smitty and Url supervise Bender's community service, and Leela goes to check on him. [[Smitty and Url]] are chatting, and then embrace in a long hug. Bender sees his opportunity to escape, and puts on a tuxedo. After retracting his arms and legs, he blends in "perfectly" with the penguins. After the embrace, Smitty and Url realize that this may be the reason their chief has told them not to hug.<br />
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=== Act III: "I declare penguin hunting season officially open!" ===<br />
On the way back to the penguin preserve, Leela notices Bender's disappeared. Fry and Zoidberg are playing video games, because they got sent inside for doing a bad job, and eating penguin eggs. Leela expresses her concern and Fry decides to go with her to try and find Bender.<br />
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Bender is sleeping with the flock of penguins, when they all wake up and move into the water. Bender is unable to fight against their movement and is pushed into the water. Before he can get out of the water, he is attacked by an orca, who spits him onto the ice shelf. Bender lands on his head, and the impact resets him. He reboots in penguin mode, the main tasks of which are to acquire food and frolic. The penguins decide to all go fishing, and Bender is immediately accepted as one of them.<br />
<br />
Fry, searching for Bender, has travelled far beyond Pluto and blames the bad navigation on Zoidberg.<br />
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Bender, meanwhile, is interested in starting a penguin family, but is at first foiled by a larger penguin. However, he soon finds an attractive mate. Bender then partakes in all the activities of the penguins, with varying degrees of success. After successfully incubating several penguin eggs, he feeds the chicks by puréeing fish and regurgitating it for them.<br />
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Free Waterfall, Sr. gives a presentation on the effects of the dark matter oil on the penguin population. The effects include increasing egg production to six eggs every fifteen minutes, which hatch in twelve hours. Additionally, the male penguins are laying eggs. After this last revelation, a man in the audience passes out from over-gasping. Free Waterfall, Sr. concludes by saying that the penguins will soon exhaust their food supply and starve to death. Leela asks how they can help, and Free Waterfall, Sr. declares penguin hunting season open.<br />
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=== Act IV: "Cold showers don't work on antarctic creatures!" ===<br />
In the penguin preserve lodge, the econauts are cleaning and loading their weapons, preparing for the hunt. Leela is reluctant to join them, though. However, after being shown the extent of the overpopulation, Leela agrees to help. Leela is outfitted with a weapon and sets out. After some last reservations, Leela is finally convinced to kill the penguins.<br />
<br />
Fry and Zoidberg, meanwhile, are completely lost, and being attacked by a giant space squid.<br />
<br />
Leela finds a flock of penguins, and prepares to fire into it. She forces herself to fire, though she cannot look while she does it. After she fires, she feels terrible, and rushes to see what the damage is.<br />
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=== Act V: "Attack!" ===<br />
She finds she has shot Bender, and once again rebooted him. Although Bender tries to put on a callous fa&ccedil;ade, the penguins have clearly developed an attachment to him. A chick approaches him, and he regurgitates pur&eacute;ed fish into its beak. However, the rest of the Penguins Unlimited econauts come into range and begin firing randomly into the flock of penguins. They confront Leela, who almost convinces them to stop, but they've already prepared the batter for penguin tempura. While they were distracted, Bender and the flock of penguins flanked them and attacked, driving the econauts off. Free Watterfall, Sr. is the only one who doesn't survive, and [[The Waterfalls#Old Man Waterfall|his father]] appears and swears to avenge his son's death. Leela laments the birds' having turned violent, and Bender tells her that he taught them to attack anything that isn't black and white. He then removes his tuxedo. The penguins spot him and charge, as he is no longer black and white. Bender rides on Leela's back to safety, and although Bender breaks off a piece of ice, which begins to float away, the penguins simply swim over to them and continue the assault. At the last moment, the PE Ship lands on the floating piece of ice and it tips severely. An orca places its mouth at the edge and lets the penguins slide down its throat. Bender almost slips in as well, but Fry grabs his hand and pulls him aboard the ship.<br />
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Bender, Leela, and Fry then begin the flight back home. But back on Pluto, two penguins find weapons left behind by the Penguins Unlimited econauts. After struggling to pick them up, they aim them at each other and cock them.<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
*The ''Juan Valdez'' is named both for the Exxon Valdez, an oil tanker that ran aground near the Alaska coastline, and Juan Valdez, the mascot of Colombian coffee. Hence the phrase "rich Colombian dark matter."<br />
*This episode was named #22 on IGN's list of [http://tv.ign.com/articles/716/716663p1.html Top 25 Futurama Episodes].<br />
*Free Waterfall Sr. is holding a sign that says "Free Chilly Willy!"<br />
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=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''[[Bender]]''': I once knew a guy... you look like 'im... but he wasn't either.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': ''[Singing.]'' Greenland is a barren land, a land that bears no green; where there's ice and snow and the whale fishies blow...</poem><br />
<poem>'''[[Prof. Farnsworth]]''': Good news, everyone! I'm sending you on an extremely controversial mission.<br />
'''[[Fry]]''': Controversial?<br />
'''Prof. Farnsworth''': Oh, my, no. ''[The crew is now viewing a hologram in the meeting room.]'' For this highly controversial mission you'll be towing the Juan Valdez, an orbiting supertanker full of rich Columbian [[dark matter]].<br />
'''[[Leela]]''': Dark matter oil? What if we hit something? The tanker could leak.<br />
'''Prof. Farnsworth''': Impossible! The tanker has 6,000 hulls. So, unlike me, it's entirely leak-proof. Now, once you've hauled the tanker past the protestors--<br />
'''Leela''': Protestors?<br />
'''Prof. Farnsworth''': Correct. 6,000 hulls.<br />
'''Leela''': Why do we have to fly within three feet of this penguin preserve on Pluto?<br />
'''Prof. Farnsworth''': ''[Whispering.]'' To avoid the tollbooth.</poem><br />
<poem>'''[[Free Waterfall Sr.]]''': If you're cold, rub your bodies with permafrost. It's nature's long johns. ''[He picks up some snow, puts his hand down his pants and rubs it around.]'' If rubbing frozen dirt in your crotch is wrong, hey, I don't wanna be right!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Free Waterfall Sr.''': Good way to avoid frostbite, folks: Put your hands between your buttocks. That's nature's pocket.<br />
'''Leela''': Uh ... I think I'll go check on Bender.<br />
'''Free Waterfall Sr.''': Watch that he doesn't pick your pocket.</poem><br />
}}<br />
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=== Allusions ===<br />
*The title is reference to Robert Franklin Stroud who was known as "The Birdman Of Alcatraz."<br />
*The entire incident is a reference to the {{w|Exxon Valdez}} disaster, which killed thousands of animals on the Alaskan coastline.<br />
*After being thrown by the orca, Bender makes the same sound as {{sw|R2-D2}} from {{sw|Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back}} after being spit out of the water by a creature in a swamp on {{sw|Dagobah}}. His subsequent landing in the ice references when R2 got stunned by {{sw|Jawas}}.<br />
*Penguins Unlimited is somewhat based on the group {{w|Ducks Unlimited}}, a wetland conservation group founded by and supported by hunters. The group advocates population control by hunting and collects donations and membership dues to be spent on wetland conservation and education on the subject.<br />
* Bender's speech "We will fight them on the beaches! We will fight them on the glaciers!" is based off of {{w|Winston Churchill}}'s famous "{{w|We will fight them on the beaches}}" speech before the House of Commons.<br />
*The song Bender sings when flying the Planet Express ship sober is "Greenland Whale Fisheries", a traditional sea shanty that dates back to 1725. A version of the song can be heard [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtdnJBQyQJU here].<br />
*When Leela enters the Penguins Unlimited HQ and sees Fry and Zoidberg playing videogames, she calls them "Kong donkeys", a clear reference to video game character Donkey Kong (who would appear in "[[Anthology of Interest II]]", in his 1981 arcade incarnation).<br />
*Fry eats the Oreo-like cookie only for the frosting which Bart in the Simpsons episode "Das Bus" does as well.<br />
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=== Goofs ===<br />
*In the scene that takes place on the penguins unlimited ship the hands of Free Waterfall Sr. regularly turn green.<br />
*In the dinner scene, Zoidberg says that he sees "Some ravioli with only two shoeprints on it", however the only meal that was thrown was Fry's, and he's clearly having spaghetti.<br />
**It was probably there from before Fry threw his spaghetti, maybe even before the episode.<br />
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=== Continuity ===<br />
* {{e|1ACV05}}<br />
** Leela is viewed as a human, rather than an alien as she had believed (seen when Bender resets his dial to "Human" upon seeing Leela).<br />
* {{e|2ACV02}}<br />
** Leela is relieved of the [[Planet Express ship]]'s captaincy against her will, which is then given to a subordinate ([[Zapp Brannigan]] in the previous episode, Bender in this episode).<br />
* {{e|2ACV13}}<br />
** Bender's settings dial has expanded beyond giving him different voices to allowing him to mimic the behaviors of different species.<br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
{{chars-begin}}<br />
*[[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]]<br />
*[[Professor Farnsworth]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Free Waterfall Sr.]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Old Man Waterfall]]<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]<br />
*The [[Hyper-Chicken]]<br />
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]<br />
*[[Linda]]<br />
*[[Morbo]]<br />
*[[Scruffy]]<br />
*[[Smitty]]<br />
*[[URL]]<br />
*[[Zapp]] (mentioned in [[The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz#Continuity|Continuity]])<br />
*[[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]<br />
{{chars-end}}<br />
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== Episode Credits ==<br />
{{credits-begin}}<br />
*Writer<br />
**[[Dan Vebber]]<br />
*Director<br />
**[[James Purdum]]<br />
*Voice Actors<br />
**[[Billy West]]<br />
**[[Katey Sagal]]<br />
**[[John DiMaggio]]<br />
**[[Tress MacNeille]]<br />
**[[Maurice LaMarche]]<br />
**[[Phil Hendrie]]<br />
**[[Frank Welker]]<br />
*DVD Commentary<br />
**[[David X. Cohen]]<br />
**[[Dan Vebber]]<br />
**[[Rich Moore]]<br />
**[[John DiMaggio]]<br />
**[[Billy West]]<br />
**[[Matt Groening]]<br />
{{credits-end}}<br />
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|name=The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz<br />
|no=37<br />
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|season=3<br />
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|number=3ACV05<br />
|caption=Now with Chucklelin<br />
|first aired=4 March, 2001<br />
|written by=Dan Vebber<br />
|directed by=James Purdum<br />
|title reference="The Birdman of Alcatraz", the nickname of famous {{w|Alcatraz}} inmate {{w|Robert Franklin Stroud}}<br />
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"'''The Birdbot of the Ice-Catraz'''" is the thirty-seventh episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', the fifth of the [[Season 3|third production season]] and the ninth of the [[Broadcast season 3|third broadcast season]]. It aired 4 March, 2001 on FOX. [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Farnsworth]] have agreed to an extremely controversial mission, at which [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] refuses to remain captain and joins [[Penguins Unlimited]], meanwhile [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] is assigned captain, and manages to pilot a tanker full of [[dark matter]] oil into a penguin reserve on [[Pluto]] and as punishment is forced to clean them up. During his punishment, his system accidentally reboots, causing him to take on the behaviour of the penguins and leads in battle against the penguin hunting Penguins Unlimited.<br />
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== The Story ==<br />
=== Act I: "I'm sending you on an extremely controversial mission!" ===<br />
Although [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]'s cookies are freshalicious, they produce lots of trash. And although the aerosol head spray makes [[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]]'s antenna smell nice, it causes damage to the atmosphere. The [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor]] enters and announces that the crew is to haul the [[Juan Valdez]], a super-tanker full of Colombian [[Dark Matter|dark matter]]. The ship's primary protection from leakage is its six thousand hulls. The Professor's routing, however, takes the ship within three feet of a penguin preserve in order to avoid a toll booth.<br />
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Fry finishes restocking the ship's mess with emergency jam, and [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] decides not to participate in the mission. She chooses instead to join the a group of environmentalist protestors. The Professor then gives command of the ship to Bender. [[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]] goes along as the ship's steward.<br />
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Fry is griping about not being chosen as captain, and mentions that Leela let him sit on her lap and steer. In a comic he drew, which Zoidberg seems excited about.<br />
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Leela is with the Pengins Unlimited "econauts", who are being instructed in the art of protesting by [[The Waterfalls#Free Waterfall Sr.|Free Waterfall Sr.]] He instructs the protestors to form a non-violent peace ring around the tanker, but Leela wants to use more drastic measures, such as ass-kicking.<br />
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After hitching to the tanker, the [[Planet Express Ship|PE Ship]] simply goes around the protestors by moving upward. Apparently, Free Waterfall, Sr. didn't realize spaceships could move in three dimensions. After this minor failure, the protestors head to the penguin preserve to intercept the tanker again.<br />
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Free Waterfall, Sr. gives a brief tour of the facility, and Leela is smitten with the young penguins.<br />
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=== Act II: "You're nothing but a big blowhard!" ===<br />
Back on the ship, Fry is still insenced over not being chosen for the position of captain. Fry toasts Bender, but it quickly turns to insults. Bender's inappropriate behavior and power-tripping has only added to Fry's anger, and Fry storms out.<br />
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Bender, in a depression, is piloting the ship without having had a drink in some time. His reckless course takes the tanker dangerously close to [[Pluto]], while flying upside-down. Zoidberg tries to convince Bender to take a drink, but Bender refuses.<br />
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The protestors await the ship with homemade signs, when Leela notices Bender's erratic flying. The ''Juan Valdez'' strikes an iceberg, and all six thousand hulls are breached, spilling huge amounts of dark matter oil across the penguin preserve.<br />
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[[Morbo]] and [[Linda]] report the story, as dark matter spreads throughout the preserve. However, to lessen the tragedy, ridiculous sound effects have been added to the footage. Morbo reports that Bender's alcohol level was well ''below'' the legal limit when he crashed. Bender consults the [[Hyper-Chicken]], who has gotten him off with community service. He might've done better, but he's awaiting his own trial for incompetence.<br />
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On [[Pluto]], the econauts and the PE crew are cleaning the dark matter oil off the penguins. Smitty and Url supervise Bender's community service, and Leela goes to check on him. [[Smitty and Url]] are chatting, and then embrace in a long hug. Bender sees his opportunity to escape, and puts on a tuxedo. After retracting his arms and legs, he blends in "perfectly" with the penguins. After the embrace, Smitty and Url realize that this may be the reason their chief has told them not to hug.<br />
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=== Act III: "I declare penguin hunting season officially open!" ===<br />
On the way back to the penguin preserve, Leela notices Bender's disappeared. Fry and Zoidberg are playing video games, because they got sent inside for doing a bad job, and eating penguin eggs. Leela expresses her concern and Fry decides to go with her to try and find Bender.<br />
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Bender is sleeping with the flock of penguins, when they all wake up and move into the water. Bender is unable to fight against their movement and is pushed into the water. Before he can get out of the water, he is attacked by an orca, who spits him onto the ice shelf. Bender lands on his head, and the impact resets him. He reboots in penguin mode, the main tasks of which are to acquire food and frolic. The penguins decide to all go fishing, and Bender is immediately accepted as one of them.<br />
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Fry, searching for Bender, has travelled far beyond Pluto and blames the bad navigation on Zoidberg.<br />
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Bender, meanwhile, is interested in starting a penguin family, but is at first foiled by a larger penguin. However, he soon finds an attractive mate. Bender then partakes in all the activities of the penguins, with varying degrees of success. After successfully incubating several penguin eggs, he feeds the chicks by puréeing fish and regurgitating it for them.<br />
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Free Waterfall, Sr. gives a presentation on the effects of the dark matter oil on the penguin population. The effects include increasing egg production to six eggs every fifteen minutes, which hatch in twelve hours. Additionally, the male penguins are laying eggs. After this last revelation, a man in the audience passes out from over-gasping. Free Waterfall, Sr. concludes by saying that the penguins will soon exhaust their food supply and starve to death. Leela asks how they can help, and Free Waterfall, Sr. declares penguin hunting season open.<br />
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=== Act IV: "Cold showers don't work on antarctic creatures!" ===<br />
In the penguin preserve lodge, the econauts are cleaning and loading their weapons, preparing for the hunt. Leela is reluctant to join them, though. However, after being shown the extent of the overpopulation, Leela agrees to help. Leela is outfitted with a weapon and sets out. After some last reservations, Leela is finally convinced to kill the penguins.<br />
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Fry and Zoidberg, meanwhile, are completely lost, and being attacked by a giant space squid.<br />
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Leela finds a flock of penguins, and prepares to fire into it. She forces herself to fire, though she cannot look while she does it. After she fires, she feels terrible, and rushes to see what the damage is.<br />
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=== Act V: "Attack!" ===<br />
She finds she has shot Bender, and once again rebooted him. Although Bender tries to put on a callous fa&ccedil;ade, the penguins have clearly developed an attachment to him. A chick approaches him, and he regurgitates pur&eacute;ed fish into its beak. However, the rest of the Penguins Unlimited econauts come into range and begin firing randomly into the flock of penguins. They confront Leela, who almost convinces them to stop, but they've already prepared the batter for penguin tempura. While they were distracted, Bender and the flock of penguins flanked them and attacked, driving the econauts off. Free Watterfall, Sr. is the only one who doesn't survive, and [[The Waterfalls#Old Man Waterfall|his father]] appears and swears to avenge his son's death. Leela laments the birds' having turned violent, and Bender tells her that he taught them to attack anything that isn't black and white. He then removes his tuxedo. The penguins spot him and charge, as he is no longer black and white. Bender rides on Leela's back to safety, and although Bender breaks off a piece of ice, which begins to float away, the penguins simply swim over to them and continue the assault. At the last moment, the PE Ship lands on the floating piece of ice and it tips severely. An orca places its mouth at the edge and lets the penguins slide down its throat. Bender almost slips in as well, but Fry grabs his hand and pulls him aboard the ship.<br />
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Bender, Leela, and Fry then begin the flight back home. But back on Pluto, two penguins find weapons left behind by the Penguins Unlimited econauts. After struggling to pick them up, they aim them at each other and cock them.<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
*The ''Juan Valdez'' is named both for the Exxon Valdez, an oil tanker that ran aground near the Alaska coastline, and Juan Valdez, the mascot of Colombian coffee. Hence the phrase "rich Colombian dark matter."<br />
*This episode was named #22 on IGN's list of [http://tv.ign.com/articles/716/716663p1.html Top 25 Futurama Episodes].<br />
*Free Waterfall Sr. is holding a sign that says "Free Chilly Willy!"<br />
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=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''[[Bender]]''': I once knew a guy... you look like 'im... but he wasn't either.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': ''[Singing.]'' Greenland is a barren land, a land that bears no green; where there's ice and snow and the whale fishies blow...</poem><br />
<poem>'''[[Prof. Farnsworth]]''': Good news, everyone! I'm sending you on an extremely controversial mission.<br />
'''[[Fry]]''': Controversial?<br />
'''Prof. Farnsworth''': Oh, my, no. ''[The crew is now viewing a hologram in the meeting room.]'' For this highly controversial mission you'll be towing the Juan Valdez, an orbiting supertanker full of rich Columbian [[dark matter]].<br />
'''[[Leela]]''': Dark matter oil? What if we hit something? The tanker could leak.<br />
'''Prof. Farnsworth''': Impossible! The tanker has 6,000 hulls. So, unlike me, it's entirely leak-proof. Now, once you've hauled the tanker past the protestors--<br />
'''Leela''': Protestors?<br />
'''Prof. Farnsworth''': Correct. 6,000 hulls.<br />
'''Leela''': Why do we have to fly within three feet of this penguin preserve on Pluto?<br />
'''Prof. Farnsworth''': ''[Whispering.]'' To avoid the tollbooth.</poem><br />
<poem>'''[[Free Waterfall Sr.]]''': If you're cold, rub your bodies with permafrost. It's nature's long johns. ''[He picks up some snow, puts his hand down his pants and rubs it around.]'' If rubbing frozen dirt in your crotch is wrong, hey, I don't wanna be right!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Free Waterfall Sr.''': Good way to avoid frostbite, folks: Put your hands between your buttocks. That's nature's pocket.<br />
'''Leela''': Uh ... I think I'll go check on Bender.<br />
'''Free Waterfall Sr.''': Watch that he doesn't pick your pocket.</poem><br />
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=== Allusions ===<br />
*The title is reference to Robert Franklin Stroud who was known as "The Birdman Of Alcatraz."<br />
*The entire incident is a reference to the {{w|Exxon Valdez}} disaster, which killed thousands of animals on the Alaskan coastline.<br />
*After being thrown by the orca, Bender makes the same sound as {{sw|R2-D2}} from {{sw|Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back}} after being spit out of the water by a creature in a swamp on {{sw|Dagobah}}. His subsequent landing in the ice references when R2 got stunned by {{sw|Jawas}}.<br />
*Penguins Unlimited is somewhat based on the group {{w|Ducks Unlimited}}, a wetland conservation group founded by and supported by hunters. The group advocates population control by hunting and collects donations and membership dues to be spent on wetland conservation and education on the subject.<br />
* Bender's speech "We will fight them on the beaches! We will fight them on the glaciers!" is based off of {{w|Winston Churchill}}'s famous "{{w|We will fight them on the beaches}}" speech before the House of Commons.<br />
*The song Bender sings when flying the Planet Express ship sober is "Greenland Whale Fisheries", a traditional sea shanty that dates back to 1725. A version of the song can be heard [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtdnJBQyQJU here].<br />
*When Leela enters the Penguins Unlimited HQ and sees Fry and Zoidberg playing videogames, she calls them "Kong donkeys", a clear reference to video game character Donkey Kong (who would appear in "[[Anthology of Interest II]]", in his 1981 arcade incarnation).<br />
*Fry eats the Oreo-like cookie only for the frosting which Bart in the Simpsons episode "Das Bus" does as well.<br />
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=== Goofs ===<br />
*In the scene that takes place on the penguins unlimited ship the hands of Free Waterfall Sr. regularly turn green.<br />
*In the dinner scene, Zoidberg says that he sees "Some ravioli with only two shoeprints on it", however the only meal that was thrown was Fry's, and he's clearly having spaghetti.<br />
**It was probably there from before Fry threw his spaghetti, maybe even before the episode.<br />
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=== Continuity ===<br />
* {{e|1ACV05}}<br />
** Leela is viewed as a human, rather than an alien as she had believed (seen when Bender resets his dial to "Human" upon seeing Leela).<br />
* {{e|2ACV02}}<br />
** Leela is relieved of the [[Planet Express ship]]'s captaincy against her will, which is then given to a subordinate ([[Zapp Brannigan]] in the previous episode, Bender in this episode).<br />
* {{e|2ACV13}}<br />
** Bender's settings dial has expanded beyond giving him different voices to allowing him to mimic the behaviors of different species.<br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
{{chars-begin}}<br />
*[[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]]<br />
*[[Professor Farnsworth]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Free Waterfall Sr.]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Old Man Waterfall]]<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]<br />
*The [[Hyper-Chicken]]<br />
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]<br />
*[[Linda]]<br />
*[[Morbo]]<br />
*[[Scruffy]]<br />
*[[Smitty and URL]]<br />
*[[Zapp]] (mentioned in [[Less than Hero#Continuity|Continuity]])<br />
*[[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]<br />
{{chars-end}}<br />
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== Episode Credits ==<br />
{{credits-begin}}<br />
*Writer<br />
**[[Dan Vebber]]<br />
*Director<br />
**[[James Purdum]]<br />
*Voice Actors<br />
**[[Billy West]]<br />
**[[Katey Sagal]]<br />
**[[John DiMaggio]]<br />
**[[Tress MacNeille]]<br />
**[[Maurice LaMarche]]<br />
**[[Phil Hendrie]]<br />
**[[Frank Welker]]<br />
*DVD Commentary<br />
**[[David X. Cohen]]<br />
**[[Dan Vebber]]<br />
**[[Rich Moore]]<br />
**[[John DiMaggio]]<br />
**[[Billy West]]<br />
**[[Matt Groening]]<br />
{{credits-end}}<br />
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|name=31st Century Fox<br />
|image=[[File:Fut0711 1-withcredit.png|225px]]<br />
|image text=A still showing [[Bender]] carrying a [[NNYPD]] horse on his shoulders.<br />
|season=7<br />
|broadcast season=9<br />
|no=125<br />
|written by=Patric M. Verrone<br />
|directed by=Edmund Fong<br />
|caption=Today's Episode Brought To You By The Letter (Alien Letter)<br />
|first aired=29 August, 2012<br />
|number=7ACV11<br />
|broadcast number=S09E12<br />
|special guest=[[Patrick Stewart]]<br />
|title reference=[[20th Century Fox]]<br />
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{{about|the episode|the in-universe organisation|30th Century Fox}}<br />
"'''31st Century Fox'''" is the one hundred and twenty-fifth episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', the eleventh of the [[Season 7|seventh production season]] and the [[Broadcast season 9|ninth broadcast season]]. It aired 29 August 2012 on [[Comedy Central]]. It guest stars [[Patrick Stewart]] as the [[Hunts Master]]. Bender discovers a cruel hunt of robot animals and decides to take action.<br />
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=== Act I: "Tomorrows clothes at yesterdays prices." ===<br />
=== Act II: "You, sir, have been outfoxed...I spend all night on that." ===<br />
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=== Act III: "It's Bender's middle finger. I'd recognize this anywhere." ===<br />
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== Production ==<br />
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[[File:31st Century Fox preview 2.png|thumb|left|A screenshot from the episode shown during the live stream, showing Bender caught in an animal trap.]]<br />
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On 29 February 2012, [[CGEF]] revealed the episode's title, its writer to be [[Patric M. Verrone]] and its director to be [[Edmund Fong]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gotfuturama.com/Information/EpisodeGuide/7ACV/|title=Episode Guide: 7 ACV|date=2012-02-29|site=[[CGEF]]|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peelified.com/index.php?topic=22731.msg1299002#msg1299002|title="Futurama: Futurama News (pre-season 7)"|site=[[PEEL]]|author="Just Fan"|date=2012-02-29|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref> On 29 June, {{w|MSN TV}} revealed the episode's plot and air date.<ref name="MSN TV"/><br />
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On 12 July, following the broadcast of the episode "[[Zapp Dingbat]]", the public were given the opportunity to participate in a live chat with the ''Futurama'' cast and crew. Several clips of "31st Century Fox" were shown during the live stream.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.peelified.com/index.php?topic=23178.msg1326287#msg1326287 |title="Newsarama! (Futurama News Thread)" (page 1) |site=[[PEEL]] |author="Tastes Like Fry" |date=2012-07-12 |accessdate=2012-07-13}}</ref><br />
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== Reception ==<br />
On 30 January 2012, [[Eric Rogers]] revealed that his favourite episode from the ninth broadcast season was either "[[The Bots and the Bees]]", "[[A Farewell to Arms]]" or this one.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/#!/Kitchelfilms/status/164107479981105152|author=[[Eric Rogers]]|date=2012-01-30|title=Kitchelfilms|site={{w|Twitter}}|accessdate=2012-01-31}}</ref><br />
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== Additional information ==<br />
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=== Trivia ===<br />
*This is the first episode (in production order) of season 7 to be aired out of order, as the broadcast order of both this episode and "[[Viva Mars Vegas]]" were swapped.<br />
*The plot is a direct reference to the short story, "The Most Dangerous Game" written by Richard Connel.<br />
*With this episode, the [[Awesome Express]] uniforms have officially been acknowledged as serving [[Planet Express]].<br />
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=== Allusions ===<br />
*The episode's title is a reference to [[20th Century Fox]], the company that owns Futurama.<br />
*The uniforms tried on by the crew contain many references:<br />
**The first uniforms are stillsuits from the film of {{w|Dune (film)|Dune}} by {{w|Frank Herbert}}.<br />
**The red thong with suspenders is a reference to Sean Connery in the film ''{{w|Zardoz}}''.<br />
**[[Leela]] wears a costume from ''{{w|Barbarella}}''.<br />
**[[Amy]] wears a Pan Am uniform from ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]''.<br />
**[[Fry]] wears an operations uniform from ''[[Star Trek]]''.<br />
**[[Zoidberg]] wears Storm Trooper armor from ''[[Star Wars]]''.<br />
*[[Squidward Scissorhands]] is a reference to {{w|Edward Scissorhands}} and the character of Squidward Tentacles from ''{{w|SpongeBob SquarePants}}''.<br />
*The highway sign reading "Highway jammed with broken heroes on a last-chance power drive" is a reference to the {{w|Bruce Springsteen}} song {{w|Born to Run}}.<br />
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*As Lela tries to kill the robot fox with her sign she cuts off half it's facial fur, a possible reference to ''{{w|The Terminator}}''.<br />
*"Missed it by that much" was a reference to ''{{w|Get Smart}}''.<br />
*"Newmar's Own Catnip" is a reference to both the "Newman's Own" brand of products from Paul Newman and Joan Woodward and Julie Newmar's Catwoman on the television show ''{{w|Batman (TV series)|Batman}}''.<br />
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=== Quotes ===<br />
<poem>'''Farnsworth''': Fox news, everyone! I've decided to make the fox our new corporate mascot!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Leela''': Where's the Hunt Master?<br />
'''Poopenmyer''': Remember when you said "Nobody leave." and then turned your head briefly....He left an hour before that.</poem><br />
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=== Goofs ===<br />
*When shopping for new uniforms, Fry is wearing a red operations uniform from Star Trek, including the emblem. After the Decapodian store owner walks past Fry the emblem vanishes.<br />
*The trench that the Hunts Master knocks Leela in, isn't there before or after (later on the second hunt) he knocks her in.<br />
*Leela states she's okay with a robot fox dying, but later goes to Benders antiviolence to robot animals meeting.<br />
**She could have changed her mind or Bender could have forced her to go to the meeting.<br />
*Bender says he's starving, but as a robot, its been stated he doesn't get hungry.<br />
**He's a self-professed drama queen.<br />
*Bender cuts his finger off with a knife, but he's made of metal.<br />
**He didn't necessarily cut off his finger, he could have just dislodged it from his hand, such as how his arm can disconnect from his torso.<br />
*Bender is unable to break a metal cage, but is strong enough to bend an unbendable bar?<br />
*Bender runs farther than the distance shown when the hunt catches up with him the first time.<br />
*When the horse falls on Bender the first time, it flattens him, but the second time he just keeps running, with it on his back.<br />
*It's stated the fox urinated on the floor, but its made clear by Bender in several stories that robots don't go to the bathroom.<br />
**The fox could have simply done something likened to urination.<br />
*Fry says Bender got rid of all robot animal cruelty in fifty yards of the building, but there is no farm or pier in fifty yards of planet express, as shown in overshots.<br />
**That means Bender didn't really do anything noteworthy and they were really just trying to get him to bring everything to a close.<br />
*Whats the point of robot hen eggs? Or cutting up robot animals? They can't be eaten as they're made of metal, so why waste resources on them simply for cruelty?<br />
**You answer your own question (the Hunts-Master blew up a robot horse just to prove a point) and it was later proven he himself was a robot (and was ready to kill Bender for hunting too.)<br />
**The robot chicken could be a means of mass producing robot hens. It's proven robots can have babies plus the henhouse could be just be a site to show kids how organic hens do it.<br />
**There could be alien species that eat metal and consider robot animals as some perverted form of food. Some consider Human noses aphrodisiacs.<br />
<br />
=== Characters ===<br />
{{chars-begin}}<br />
*[[Amy Wong|Amy]]<br />
*[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]]<ref name="MSN TV"/><br />
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Farnsworth]]<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]<br />
*[[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Hunts Master]]<br />
*[[Leela]]<br />
*[[Mayor Poopenmeyer]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Robotic Fox]]<br />
*[[Ron Whitey]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Squidward Scissorhands]]<br />
*[[Zoidberg]]<br />
{{chars-end}}<br />
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[[Category:20th Century Fox]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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{{navigation bottom<br />
|prev ep=Near-Death Wish<br />
|next ep=Viva Mars Vegas<br />
|broad prev=Viva Mars Vegas<br />
|broad next=Naturama<br />
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<div>{{character infobox<br />
|name=Zapp Brannigan<br />
|image=[[File:Zapp promo 2.jpg|225px]]<br />
|image text=A [[promotional picture]] of Zapp.<br />
|age=<br />
|type=s<br />
|date of birth=Around 2970<br />
|gender=Male<br />
|species=[[Human]]<br />
|origin=[[Earth]]<br />
|job=Captain of the [[DOOP]] starship [[Nimbus]] and high ranking general.<br />
|family=<br />
|first appear={{e|1ACV04}}<br />
|voiced by=Billy West<br />
}}<br />
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'''Zapp Brannigan''' is a 25-Star General in the [[Democratic Order of Planets]], captain of his flagship, the ''[[Nimbus]]'', and head of the [[DOOP Army]].<br />
<br />
== Personality ==<br />
[[File:Zapp promo.png|left|thumb|Zapp Brannigan.]]<br />
<br />
Although he claims to be a strategic genius, Zapp Brannigan is actually an imbecile and a coward whose plans could have easily been conjured up by a child. Zapp is inexplicably well-respected throughout [[Universe Γ|the universe]], appearing as a [[Miss Universe Pageant 3001|Miss Universe]] Judge {{et|2ACV06}} and often (ineffectively) defending [[Earth]] from attacks. Due to his stupidity and incompetence, most battles Zapp leads are lost; however, sometimes the army is lucky. Zapp doesn't care about casualties and cheerfully sends wave after wave of his own men to die in battle {{et|1ACV04}}. He also apparently suffers from a learning disorder that he calls [[sexlexia]], which is a disturbingly erotic disorder {{et|2ACV17}}, though this may simply have been a pick-up line. The central law of DOOP, [[Brannigan's Law]], is named after him (1ACV04).<br />
<br />
Contrary to his robust self image, the real Zapp Brannigan has a prominent beer belly and wears a blonde {{w|toupée}} to hide that he is, in fact, bald {{et|4ACV01}}. His specially designed DOOP uniform includes a revealing {{w|kilt}}.<br />
<br />
== Biography ==<br />
<br />
Zapp Brannigan is hardly ever seen without his second in command, [[Kif Kroker]]. Zapp and Kif have a tough time working together and Zapp treats Kif like a slave, making his job the second most humiliating job there is. Some of the jobs Zapp makes Kif do are shaving his armpit whilst he was bathing. Even though he treats Kif badly he always gives advice, usually bad advice, to Kif whenever he needs it and also calls him his most best and loyal friend.<br />
<br />
He repeatedly attempts to seduce [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] whom he slept with, in his [[Lovenasium]], on their first meeting. After that fateful night, Leela ended the relationship and chose saving [[Nibbler]] over getting back with Zapp and being rescued. Zapp keeps trying to get together with Leela and sometimes even mentioned what happened between them in court but she invariably turns him away sometimes even pretending that she has a [[Philip J. Fry|fiancé]]. At the battle of [[Spheron 1]], Zapp was attracted to new male recruit [[Turanga Leela|Lee Lemon]] and feared he might be gay and was relieved to find out that it was actually Leela.<br />
<br />
Only once was Zapp's incompetence shown when he blew up DOOP's new headquarters with the Nimbus' hyperdeath laser. This led to him and Kif being banned from the DOOP. The two were employed by [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|The Professor]] to work at [[Planet Express]] which led to Zapp convincing [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] and [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] to mutiny against Leela. Zapp escaped and was given back his title as General even though he tried to pilot the [[Planet Express Ship]] into the [[Neutral President]]'s home.<br />
<br />
=== Family ===<br />
*Zapp has at least three children, born to [[Holo-Shed]] characters who became real ([[Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch|4ACV01]]).<br />
*Was "host" to a dozen or so Da Nangian spawn. The children were presumably eaten by [[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]] ([[DOOP The Right Thing!|US#004]]).<br />
<br />
== Commendations and Accomplishments ==<br />
[[File:Killbot2.jpg|right|thumb|Killbot kill limit being reset {{et|1ACV04}}.]]<br />
*[[The Battle of the Octillian System|Defeated an army of Killbots]] by sacrificing his troops until the bots' pre-set "Kill limit" was reached.<br />
*Rented self a medal after leading a successful assault on the Spiderian home world [[Tarantulon 6]].<br />
*Led DOOP to victory over the peaceful [[Spheroids|Ball-People]] of planet [[Spheron 1]].<br />
*Single-handedly defeated the [[Retiree People]] of the [[Assisted Living Nebula]].<br />
*Annihilated the [[Pacifists]] of the [[Gandhi Nebula]].<br />
*Conducted a triumphant carpet bombing on [[Eden 7]].<br />
*Authored "[[Zapp Brannigan's Big Book of War]]", which is likely a plagiarized version of Sun Tzu's '' The Art of War''.<br />
*Sponsored "Brown Out".<br />
<br />
== Production ==<br />
<br />
=== Inspiration ===<br />
Zapp is clearly a parody of classic Sci-Fi captains, specifically Captain {{st|James T. Kirk}} from ''[[Star Trek]]'', with further inspiration drawn from {{w|Flash Gordon}}. His name is possibly a reference to {{w|Zaphod Beeblebrox}} from ''{{w|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy}}'' science fiction comedy media franchise, as is parts of his wit and humour, and both characters call themselves "The Big Z".<br />
<br />
=== Voice ===<br />
The voice acting was originally scheduled for [[Phil Hartman]], who also voiced {{s|Troy McClure}} on ''The Simpsons''. But due to Hartman's death in 1998, the voice acting was given to [[Billy West]]. As a tribute, the makers of ''The Simpsons'' dedicated an {{w|Bart the Mother|episode}} to him and retired his characters. On ''[[Futurama]]'', [[Philip J. Fry]] was named in his honor.<br />
<br />
Billy West has stated that Zapp Brannigan is how he envisions Captain Kirk playing William Shatner. West also based the voice on certain radio announcers he's heard who love the sound of their own voice and often enunciate ending consonants.<br />
<br />
== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
*In [[Commentary:When Aliens Attack|the commentary]] for "[[When Aliens Attack]]", it is speculated that Zapp got promoted from Captain to 25-star General sometime since we last saw him {{et|1ACV10}}. However, it is common for the person in command of a ship to be called "Captain" regardless of their actual rank.<br />
*Wears a girdle {{et|2ACV02}}.<br />
*Was [[DOOP v. Zapp|charged]] for blowing up [[DOOP]] headquarters (2ACV02).<br />
*Is apparently known as "The Velour Fog" {{et|3ACV01}}.<br />
*Is, besides [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]], the only known person to have had sex with both [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] {{et|1ACV04}} and [[Amy Wong|Amy]] {{et|TBwaBB}}.<br />
*Was crushed while riding in an army tank with [[Kif]], trying to destroy a giant version of [[Bender]] {{et|2ACV16}}.<br />
<br />
=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': [saluting] Mr. President, what the hell?</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': Well, well, well...</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': Leela! So it's you I've been attracted to. Oh God, I've never been so happy to be beaten up by a woman.<br />
'''[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]''': Let's do it again sometime.</poem><br />
<poem>'''[[Richard Nixon's head|Richard Nixon]]''': My God, cover yourself. I didn't live a thousand years and travel a quadrillion miles to look at another man's gizmo.<br />
'''Zapp''': Sorry, [[President of Earth|Mr. President]], I didn't realise. Kif; raise him up about nipple high.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': Now, like all great plans, my strategy is so simple an idiot could have devised it.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': Brannigan's law is like Brannigan's love: hard and fast.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': If we can hit that bullseye the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards, checkmate!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': I am the man with no name. Zapp Brannigan at your service.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': Captain's log. Stardate: The Year of the Tiger. The battle has been bravely fought, and the suffering of our troops, beyond measure. But the alien is invulnerable, and our defeat: inevitable. That much is certain, even from my remote command post here at the Times Square Applebee's.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': What an ''erotic'' display of girl-on-girl consolation!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': Now remember, Kif, the quickest way to a girl's bed is through her parents. Have sex with them and you're in.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': I surrender and volunteer for treason.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': She's built like a steakhouse but she handles like a bistro.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': Stop exploding you cowards!!</poem><br />
<poem>[being sentenced to death by snu-snu[sex]]<br />
'''Kif''': Oh.....<br />
'''Zapp''': What are you? Gay?</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': What the hell is that thing!?<br />
'''[[Kif Kroker|Kif]]''': It appears to be the mothership!<br />
'''Zapp''': Then what did we just blow up!?<br />
'''Kif''': ''[Checks on a map.]'' The Hubble Telescope.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': When I'm in command, ''every'' mission is a suicide-mission.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': It's a desolate, ugly little planet with absolutely no natural resources or strategic value. Questions?<br />
'''Soldier''': Why is this [[Spheron 1|Godforsaken planet]] worth dying for?<br />
'''Zapp''': Don't ask ''me'', you're the one who's going to be dying.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': In the game of chess, never let your advisory see your pieces.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': My God, we're defenseless...like fish in a barrel!<br />
'''Richard Nixon's head''': Options?<br />
'''Zapp''': My instinct is to hide in this barrel like the wily fish.</poem><br />
|2}}<br />
<br />
=== Catchphrase ===<br />
Zapp occasionally mispronounces words, saying them the way they are spelt. Some examples include:<br />
*Champagne - Champ-paggin' {{et|1ACV04}}<br />
*Without further ado - Without further adieu {{et|1ACV10}}<br />
*Guacamole - Go-awk-a-mole {{et|2ACV15}}<br />
*Quesadilla - Kay-sa-dill-a {{et|TBwaBB}}<br />
*Grand finale - Grand finally {{et|ItWGY}}<br />
*Syllable - Sill-ah-bull (ItWGY)<br />
*Coup - Coop {{et|7ACV05}}<br />
*Parmesan - Par-mee-zee-en {{et|7ACV05}}<br />
<br />
There are three exceptions: he doesn't have any trouble with "chutzpah," "karaoke," or "au naturel".<br />
Zapp often mentions velour (apparently his favorite material).<br />
<br />
Also, when he sings his butchered version of the song "Lola," he properly pronounces the word "champagne", though it is long after Leela corrects his pronunciation of it during his seduction of her.<br />
<br />
When mocking this trait, Leela pronounces "connoisseur" as "coin-a-sewer".<br />
<br />
=== Appearances ===<br />
{{appear-begin}}<br />
*[[Opening Sequence]]<br />
*{{e|1ACV04}}<br />
*{{e|1ACV10}}<br />
*{{e|1ACV12}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV02}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV06}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV07}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV15}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV16}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV17}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV01}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV10}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV15}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV21}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV01}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV05}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV11}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV16}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV18}}<br />
*{{f|1}}<br />
*{{f|2}}<br />
*{{f|3}}(intro)<br />
*{{f|4}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV01}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV02}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV07}} (montage)<br />
*{{e|6ACV11}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV17}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV19}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV20}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV24}}<br />
*{{e|7ACV02}}<br />
*{{e|7ACV04}}<br />
*{{e|7ACV05}}<br />
*{{e|7ACV13}}<br />
*{{clink|US#002|...But Deliver Us to Evil!}}<br />
*{{clink|US#004|DOOP the Right Thing!}}<br />
*{{clink|US#021|More than a Filling!}}<br />
*{{clink|US#037|Full Metal Racket}}<br />
*{{clink|US#041|Soldier Boys}}<br />
*{{clink|US#042|Homeward Boned}}<br />
*{{clink|US#043|Welcome to my Nightmall}}<br />
*{{clink|US#044|The Fry and the Furious!}}<br />
*{{clink|US#045|Anthology of Interest II|Anthology of Interest II (comic)}}<br />
*{{clink|US#046|Follow the Reader}}<br />
*{{clink|US#050|Your Mother Wears Pilot Boots}}<br />
*{{clink|US#057|Steampunk'd}}<br />
*{{cmlink|US#051-mini|Captain Zapp Brannigan in The Seven Day Itch|Fry Cook!#Special Features}}<br />
*{{cmlink|US#052-mini|Captain Zapp Brannigan in Purple Tentacle Tour|Ro-Botox!#Special Features}}<br />
*{{cmlink|US#054-mini|Captain Zapp Brannigan in Rank Call!|How Much is that Mutant in the Window?#Special Features}}<br />
*{{clink|US#X03|Slaves of New New York!}}<br />
*{{clink|US#X04|The Read Menace!}}<br />
{{appear-end}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Captains]]<br />
[[Category:DOOP]]<br />
[[Category:Humans]]<br />
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<div>{{character infobox<br />
|name=Zapp Brannigan<br />
|image=[[File:Zapp promo 2.jpg|225px]]<br />
|image text=A [[promotional picture]] of Zapp.<br />
|age=<br />
|type=s<br />
|date of birth=Around 2970<br />
|gender=Male<br />
|species=[[Human]]<br />
|origin=[[Earth]]<br />
|job=Captain of the [[DOOP]] starship [[Nimbus]] and high ranking general.<br />
|family=<br />
|first appear={{e|1ACV04}}<br />
|voiced by=Billy West<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''Zapp Brannigan''' is a 25-Star General in the [[Democratic Order of Planets]], captain of his flagship, the ''[[Nimbus]]'', and head of the [[DOOP Army]].<br />
<br />
== Personality ==<br />
[[File:Zapp promo.png|left|thumb|Zapp Brannigan.]]<br />
<br />
Although he claims to be a strategic genius, Zapp Brannigan is actually an imbecile and a coward whose plans could have easily been conjured up by a child. Zapp is inexplicably well-respected throughout [[Universe Γ|the universe]], appearing as a [[Miss Universe Pageant 3001|Miss Universe]] Judge {{et|2ACV06}} and often (ineffectively) defending [[Earth]] from attacks. Due to his stupidity and incompetence, most battles Zapp leads are lost; however, sometimes the army is lucky. Zapp doesn't care about casualties and cheerfully sends wave after wave of his own men to die in battle {{et|1ACV04}}. He also apparently suffers from a learning disorder that he calls [[sexlexia]], which is a disturbingly erotic disorder {{et|2ACV17}}, though this may simply have been a pick-up line. The central law of DOOP, [[Brannigan's Law]], is named after him (1ACV04).<br />
<br />
Contrary to his robust self image, the real Zapp Brannigan has a prominent beer belly and wears a blonde {{w|toupée}} to hide that he is, in fact, bald {{et|4ACV01}}. His specially designed DOOP uniform includes a revealing {{w|kilt}}.<br />
<br />
== Biography ==<br />
<br />
Zapp Brannigan is hardly ever seen without his second in command, [[Kif Kroker]]. Zapp and Kif have a tough time working together and Zapp treats Kif like a slave, making his job the second most humiliating job there is. Some of the jobs Zapp makes Kif do are shaving his armpit whilst he was bathing. Even though he treats Kif badly he always gives advice, usually bad advice, to Kif whenever he needs it and also calls him his most best and loyal friend.<br />
<br />
He repeatedly attempts to seduce [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] whom he slept with, in his [[Lovenasium]], on their first meeting. After that fateful night, Leela ended the relationship and chose saving [[Nibbler]] over getting back with Zapp and being rescued. Zapp keeps trying to get together with Leela and sometimes even mentioned what happened between them in court but she invariably turns him away sometimes even pretending that she has a [[Philip J. Fry|fiancé]]. At the battle of [[Spheron 1]], Zapp was attracted to new male recruit [[Turanga Leela|Lee Lemon]] and feared he might be gay and was relieved to find out that it was actually Leela.<br />
<br />
Only once was Zapp's incompetence shown when he blew up DOOP's new headquarters with the Nimbus' hyperdeath laser. This led to him and Kif being banned from the DOOP. The two were employed by [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|The Professor]] to work at [[Planet Express]] which led to Zapp convincing [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] and [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] to mutiny against Leela. Zapp escaped and was given back his title as General even though he tried to pilot the [[Planet Express Ship]] into the [[Neutral President]]'s home.<br />
<br />
=== Family ===<br />
*Zapp has at least three children, born to [[Holo-Shed]] characters who became real ([[Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch|4ACV01]]).<br />
*Was "host" to a dozen or so Da Nangian spawn. The children were presumably eaten by [[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]] ([[DOOP The Right Thing!|US#004]]).<br />
<br />
== Commendations and Accomplishments ==<br />
[[File:Killbot2.jpg|right|thumb|Killbot kill limit being reset {{et|1ACV04}}.]]<br />
*[[The Battle of the Octillian System|Defeated an army of Killbots]] by sacrificing his troops until the bots' pre-set "Kill limit" was reached.<br />
*Rented self a medal after leading a successful assault on the Spiderian home world [[Tarantulon 6]].<br />
*Led DOOP to victory over the peaceful [[Spheroids|Ball-People]] of planet [[Spheron 1]].<br />
*Single-handedly defeated the [[Retiree People]] of the [[Assisted Living Nebula]].<br />
*Annihilated the [[Pacifists]] of the [[Gandhi Nebula]].<br />
*Conducted a triumphant carpet bombing on [[Eden 7]].<br />
*Authored "[[Zapp Brannigan's Big Book of War]]", which is likely a plagiarized version of Sun Tzu's '' The Art of War''.<br />
*Sponsored "Brown Out".<br />
<br />
== Production ==<br />
<br />
=== Inspiration ===<br />
Zapp is clearly a parody of classic Sci-Fi captains, specifically Captain {{st|James T. Kirk}} from ''[[Star Trek]]'', with further inspiration drawn from {{w|Flash Gordon}}. His name is possibly a reference to {{w|Zaphod Beeblebrox}} from ''{{w|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy}}'' science fiction comedy media franchise, as is parts of his wit and humour, and both characters call themselves "The Big Z".<br />
<br />
=== Voice ===<br />
The voice acting was originally scheduled for [[Phil Hartman]], who also voiced {{s|Troy McClure}} on ''The Simpsons''. But due to Hartman's death in 1998, the voice acting was given to [[Billy West]]. As a tribute, the makers of ''The Simpsons'' dedicated an {{w|Bart the Mother|episode}} to him and retired his characters. On ''[[Futurama]]'', [[Philip J. Fry]] was named in his honor.<br />
<br />
Billy West has stated that Zapp Brannigan is how he envisions Captain Kirk playing William Shatner. West also based the voice on certain radio announcers he's heard who love the sound of their own voice and often enunciate ending consonants.<br />
<br />
== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
*In [[Commentary:When Aliens Attack|the commentary]] for "[[When Aliens Attack]]", it is speculated that Zapp got promoted from Captain to 25-star General sometime since we last saw him {{et|1ACV10}}. However, it is common for the person in command of a ship to be called "Captain" regardless of their actual rank.<br />
*Wears a girdle {{et|2ACV02}}.<br />
*Was [[DOOP v. Zapp|charged]] for blowing up [[DOOP]] headquarters (2ACV02).<br />
*Is apparently known as "The Velour Fog" {{et|3ACV01}}.<br />
*Is, besides [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]], the only known person to have had sex with both [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] {{et|1ACV04}} and [[Amy Wong|Amy]] {{et|TBwaBB}}.<br />
*Was crushed while riding in an army tank with [[Kif]], trying to destroy a giant version of [[Bender]] {{et|2ACV16}}.<br />
<br />
=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': [saluting] Mr. President, what the hell?</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': Well, well, well...</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': Leela! So it's you I've been attracted to. Oh God, I've never been so happy to be beaten up by a woman.<br />
'''[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]''': Let's do it again sometime.</poem><br />
<poem>'''[[Richard Nixon's head|Richard Nixon]]''': My God, cover yourself. I didn't live a thousand years and travel a quadrillion miles to look at another man's gizmo.<br />
'''Zapp''': Sorry, [[President of Earth|Mr. President]], I didn't realise. Kif; raise him up about nipple high.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': Now, like all great plans, my strategy is so simple an idiot could have devised it.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': Brannigan's law is like Brannigan's love: hard and fast.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': If we can hit that bullseye the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards, checkmate!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': I am the man with no name. Zapp Brannigan at your service.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': Captain's log. Stardate: The Year of the Tiger. The battle has been bravely fought, and the suffering of our troops, beyond measure. But the alien is invulnerable, and our defeat: inevitable. That much is certain, even from my remote command post here at the Times Square Applebee's.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': What an ''erotic'' display of girl-on-girl consolation!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': Now remember, Kif, the quickest way to a girl's bed is through her parents. Have sex with them and you're in.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': I surrender and volunteer for treason.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': She's built like a steakhouse but she handles like a bistro.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': Stop exploding you cowards!!</poem><br />
<poem>[being sentenced to death by snu-snu[sex]]<br />
'''Kif''': Oh.....<br />
'''Zapp''': What are you? Gay?</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': What the hell is that thing!?<br />
'''[[Kif Kroker|Kif]]''': It appears to be the mothership!<br />
'''Zapp''': Then what did we just blow up!?<br />
'''Kif''': ''[Checks on a map.]'' The Hubble Telescope.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': When I'm in command, ''every'' mission is a suicide-mission.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': It's a desolate, ugly little planet with absolutely no natural resources or strategic value. Questions?<br />
'''Soldier''': Why is this [[Spheron 1|Godforsaken planet]] worth dying for?<br />
'''Zapp''': Don't ask ''me'', you're the one who's going to be dying.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': In the game of chess, never let your advisory see your pieces.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': My God, we're defenseless...like fish in a barrel!<br />
'''Richard Nixon's head''': Options?<br />
'''Zapp''': My instinct is to hide in this barrel like the wily fish.</poem><br />
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=== Catchphrase ===<br />
Zapp occasionally mispronounces words, saying them the way they are spelt. Some examples include:<br />
*Champagne - Champ-paggin' {{et|1ACV04}}<br />
*Without further ado - Without further adieu {{et|1ACV10}}<br />
*Guacamole - Go-awk-a-mole {{et|2ACV15}}<br />
*Quesadilla - Kay-sa-dill-a {{et|TBwaBB}}<br />
*Grand finale - Grand finally {{et|ItWGY}}<br />
*Syllable - Sill-ah-bull (ItWGY)<br />
*Coup - Coop {{et|7ACV05}}<br />
*Parmesan - Par-mee-zee-en {{et|7ACV05}}<br />
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There are three exceptions: he doesn't have any trouble with "chutzpah," "karaoke," or "au naturel".<br />
Zapp often mentions velour (apparently his favorite material).<br />
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Also, when he sings his butchered version of the song "Lola," he properly pronounces the word "champagne", though it is long after Leela corrects his pronunciation of it during his seduction of her.<br />
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When mocking this trait, Leela pronounces "connoisseur" as "coin-a-sewer".<br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
{{appear-begin}}<br />
*[[Opening Sequence]]<br />
*{{e|1ACV04}}<br />
*{{e|1ACV10}}<br />
*{{e|1ACV12}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV02}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV06}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV07}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV15}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV16}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV17}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV01}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV10}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV15}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV21}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV01}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV05}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV11}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV16}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV18}}<br />
*{{e|7ACV13}}<br />
*{{f|1}}<br />
*{{f|2}}<br />
*{{f|3}}(intro)<br />
*{{f|4}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV01}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV02}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV07}} (montage)<br />
*{{e|6ACV11}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV17}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV19}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV20}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV24}}<br />
*{{e|7ACV02}}<br />
*{{e|7ACV04}}<br />
*{{e|7ACV05}}<br />
*{{clink|US#002|...But Deliver Us to Evil!}}<br />
*{{clink|US#004|DOOP the Right Thing!}}<br />
*{{clink|US#021|More than a Filling!}}<br />
*{{clink|US#037|Full Metal Racket}}<br />
*{{clink|US#041|Soldier Boys}}<br />
*{{clink|US#042|Homeward Boned}}<br />
*{{clink|US#043|Welcome to my Nightmall}}<br />
*{{clink|US#044|The Fry and the Furious!}}<br />
*{{clink|US#045|Anthology of Interest II|Anthology of Interest II (comic)}}<br />
*{{clink|US#046|Follow the Reader}}<br />
*{{clink|US#050|Your Mother Wears Pilot Boots}}<br />
*{{clink|US#057|Steampunk'd}}<br />
*{{cmlink|US#051-mini|Captain Zapp Brannigan in The Seven Day Itch|Fry Cook!#Special Features}}<br />
*{{cmlink|US#052-mini|Captain Zapp Brannigan in Purple Tentacle Tour|Ro-Botox!#Special Features}}<br />
*{{cmlink|US#054-mini|Captain Zapp Brannigan in Rank Call!|How Much is that Mutant in the Window?#Special Features}}<br />
*{{clink|US#X03|Slaves of New New York!}}<br />
*{{clink|US#X04|The Read Menace!}}<br />
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[[Category:DOOP]]<br />
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:''[Opening credits. Caption ''This Episode Worth 250 Futurama Points'']''<br />
:''['''Scene''': Planet Express Meeting Room. Fry, Bender, Leela, Zoidberg, Farnsworth, Amy and Scruffy are sat when Hermes lands from a rocket]''<br />
<poem>'''Hermes''':people, as company bureaucrat, I will today be conducting the annual performance review. With a twist.</poem><br />
:''[Hermes pulls a string revealing a red tie. Everygone gasps.]''<br />
<poem>'''[[Fry]]''': Oh, No. the firing tie.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Hermes''': Correct. I will be evaluating each of you, and the lowest-rated employee, possibly Zoidberg, will be fired at sundown. Zoidberg.</poem><br />
<poem>'''[[Zoidberg]]''': (laughter) Classic Hermes</poem><br />
<poem>'''Hermes''':Let the interviews begin. Good luck, everybody but Zoidberg.</poem><br />
:''['''Scene''': Conrad dining room.]''<br />
<poem>'''Hermes''':On the bright side,I'll never see Zoidberg again.</poem><br />
:''[LaBarbara arrives with some curried goat]''<br />
<poem>'''[[LaBarbara]]''': Aw, there, there, husband. I made your favorite, curried goat.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Hermes''': It'll better be spicy.</poem><br />
:''['''Scene''': Hermes and LaBarbara's room. A Robotic hand attached to an extendo arm finishes braiding LaBarbara's hair. A wider shot reveals that it is Hermes' left hand. Hermes and LaBarbara are seated on their bed. Hermes is holding a book with his right hand. LaBarbara grabs some of her hair.]''<br />
<poem>'''LaBarbara''': Mmm. Well, I must admit it's not bad - an' it will cut two or t'ree hours a day off my '''UNKNOWN''' routine.</poem><br />
:''[LaBarbara looks into a mirror which she is holding with her left hand. The name "''The INVISIBLE MON''" can now be seen on the book which Hermes is holding.]''<br />
<poem>'''Hermes''': Yes. ''[Hermes lies back.]'' Our lives will never be the same. ''[Hermes grabs his glasses with his Robotic hand - breaking them.]'' [angry] Darn it! [back to normal] I'll be right back.</poem><br />
:''[Hermes stands up and walks away with his book still in his right hand. LaBarbara - who is holding another book - looks at Hermes and then looks back at her book.]''<br />
:''[Time lapse. LaBarbara is sleeping with her book in her hands. Hermes - who now has a Cylon eye - returns and seats on the bed. We begin hearing lightsaber sounds. LaBarbara opens her eyes, looks at Hermes, screams and sits up - letting go of her book.]''<br />
<poem>'''LaBarbara''': Hermes! ''[Hermes looks at LaBarbara.]'' Oh, ya foolish man! ''[We stop hearing lightsaber sounds.]'' What do ya need a Cylon eye for?</poem><br />
:''[LaBarbara shrugs. Hermes puts down his book and makes a palms-down gesture. LaBarbara looks scared as she moves away from Hermes.]''<br />
<poem>'''Hermes''': Now, calm down, dear. ''[Hermes crosses his hands.]'' You know - you look even <u>hotter</u> in infrared.</poem><br />
:''[LaBarbara - who now looks surprised - slightly closes her eyes. Hermes and LaBarbara each turn off their lamps and all we see is Hermes' Cylon eye. We hear kissing sounds. Something similar to the eye turns up below and moves around for a while. We begin hearing lightsaber sounds again. LaBarbara screams and turns on her lamp - revealing Hermes to be holding her.]''<br />
<poem>'''LaBarbara''': Husband! ''[LaBarbara stands up and puts her hands on her waist.]'' Some t'ings were not meant to be Cyloned. ''[LaBarbara points at Hermes with both her hands. We hear the sound of a lightsaber turning off sound and stop hearing lightsaber sounds. LaBarbara puts them on her waist again.]'' Now, you must promise me you won't be gettin' any more upgrades.</poem><br />
:''[Hermes - whose Robotic hand is behind his back - puts his right hand on his chest.]''<br />
<poem>'''Hermes''': I promise.</poem><br />
:''[Hermes smiles. The camera zooms in on Hermes' Robotic hand. Hermes crosses two of his Robotic fingers.]''<br />
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== References ==<br />
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<div>{{Television infobox<br />
|name = ''Family Guy''<br />
|genre = Comedy<br />
|format = Animation<br />
|created by = [[Seth MacFarlane]]<br />
|origin = [[United States of America]]<br />
|first appear = {{clink|US#003|The Owner of Mars Attacks!}}<br />
|producer = Seth McFarlanne<br />
|runtime = 22 minutes<br />
|company = Fuzzy Door Productions<br />
|channel = [[FOX]]<br />
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'''''Family Guy''''' is an animated FOX show created by [[Seth MacFarlane]]. Futurama referenced it.<br />
==References to Futurama in Family Guy==<br />
*In the episode "{{w|Deep Throats}}", aired 9 April, 2006, {{w|Peter Griffin}} sings a song without his inspiration (marijuana). His lyrics are possibly describing the [[Tube Transport System]] in [[New New York]]. <br />
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*During the premiere skit in ''{{w|Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story}}'', released 27 September, 2005, a reporter on the red carpet asks {{w|Stewie Griffin}} if Fox has any plans to bring back ''Futurama''. ''Family Guy'' and ''Futurama'' were both animated series on Fox which were cancelled and subsequently aired on {{w|Adult Swim}}; at the time of release ''Family Guy'' was scheduled to return but ''Futurama'' was not.<br />
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*Bender was seen during the {{sw|Chalmun's Cantina}} scene of the "{{w|Blue Harvest (Family Guy)|Blue Harvest}}", released 23 September, 2007.<br />
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*In the fifth "{{w|Road to...}}" episode, "{{w|Road to the Multiverse}}", aired 27 September, 2009, Stewie keeps the multiverse remote in a safe, which has what looks like [[alienese]] characters on the buttons. Also the multiverses are a similar concept to ''Futurama''{{'}}s [[Parallel universes]] and the first one looks very similar to [[New New York]].<br />
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*Bender makes a non-speaking appearance in the episode "{{w|The Splendid Source}}", aired 16 May, 2010, who heard the dirty joke from Al Harrington and passed it on to Tom Tucker. Peter describes this as "oddly enough, for some reason".<br />
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<gallery><br />
File:Bender on family guy.jpg|Bender appearing in ''Blue Harvest''.<br />
File:Alienese on Family Guy.png|Alienese appearing on a safe in "Road to the Multiverse".<br />
File:The Splendid Source.png|Bender appears in "The Splendid Source".<br />
File:The Splendid Source2.png|Bender appears in "The Splendid Source" again.<br />
</gallery><br />
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==References to Family Guy in Futurama==<br />
*In {{e|7ACV01}}, Bender denying that he is Ben's father and Ben saying Bender's catchphrase is similar to the Family Guy episode "Quagmire's Baby", where Peter doubts that the baby left on Quagmire's doorstep is his and then she says, "Giggity".<br />
*In {{clink|US#003|The Owner of Mars Attacks!}}, Randy's "crap" believes that the only thing no one will buy is his complete 723 episode box set of Family Guy.<br />
*In [[Futurama Returns]], Peter Griffin makes a cameo.<br />
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File:Copy of Futurama Comics 03 - The Owner Of Mars Attacks - 04.jpeg|200px.<br />
File:Copy of 14xj5.jpg.<br />
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[[Category:Allusions]]</div>Hildoginhttp://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=List_of_references_to_Futurama_in_popular_culture&diff=117932List of references to Futurama in popular culture2012-09-01T03:06:29Z<p>Hildogin: /* Television */</p>
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<div>This article lists references to the show ''[[Futurama]]'' '''in popular culture''', which are references made by other media to ''Futurama'' itself.<br />
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== Film ==<br />
=== Animation ===<br />
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==== ''{{w|Attack of the Drones}}'' ====<br />
[[File:ZoidbergDaffyDuck.jpg|right|thumb|Zoidberg appearing in ''Attack of the Drones''.]]<br />
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''Attack of the Drones'' ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeC5Rw9vXXI link]) was the fourth {{w|Duck Dodgers}} short and was released in [[2003]], though not theatrically, due to the failure of the film ''{{w|Looney Tunes: Back in Action}}''. [[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Dr. Zoidberg]] makes a cameo appearance in the council, even as much as having a line: "Uh, what do we do?" [[Billy West]] voiced him in this appearances, due to his obligations as {{w|Porky Pig}}.<br />
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The buildings and animation (2D with 3D sequences) are similar to ''Futurama''{{'}}s, and this may be due to the involvement of ''Futurama'' staff [[Dwayne Carey-Hill]], [[Eric Kaplan]] and [[Rich Moore]].<br />
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==== ''{{w|Logorama}}'' ====<br />
[[File:Logorama.png|right|thumb|The Slurm logo appearing in ''Logorama''.]]<br />
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In the [[2009]] short film ''Logorama'', over 2,500 logos are used to tell the story. Among these is the logo for Slurm, which appears among others at {{w|KFC}}. The film's name is similar to ''Futurama''.<br />
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=== Live-action ===<br />
==== ''{{w|The Adventures of Pluto Nash}}'' ====<br />
In the [[2002]] film ''The Adventures of Pluto Nash'', a piece of music similar to the ''Futurama'' theme can be heard in some scenes set on the moon.<br />
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==== ''{{w|Comic Book: The Movie}}'' ====<br />
The [[2004]] mockumentary film ''Comic Book: The Movie'' features a ''Futurama'' cutout. Some ''Futurama'' castmembers also appear in the film, including [[Matt Groening]], [[Mark Hamill]], [[Maurice LaMarche]], and [[Billy West]].<br />
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==== ''{{w|An Inconvenient Truth}}'' ====<br />
[[File:An Inconvenient Truth.jpg|right|thumb|A ''Futurama'' clip appearing in ''An Inconvenient Truth''.]]<br />
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The [[2006]] documentary film ''An Inconvenient Truth'' is linked to ''Futurama'' in several ways:<br />
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*In ''An Inconvenient Truth'', [[Al Gore]] uses a [[Educational films#None Like it Hot!|scene]] from the episode "[[Crimes of the Hot]]" during his initial explanation of [[global warming]].<br />
*The ''Futurama'' cast and crew also made an animated faux-trailer for the film titled ''[[A Terrifying Message from Al Gore]]'' featuring Gore and Bender.<br />
*Al Gore is a recurring guest star on ''Futurama'', appearing in "[[Anthology of Interest I]]", "[[Crimes of the Hot]]", ''[[Bender's Big Score]]'' and "[[The Futurama Holiday Spectacular]]". He has said that ''Futurama'' is his favourite show, prior to his appearance on it, during the time of [[Season 1]].<br />
*His daughter, [[Kristin Gore]], also worked for the show as a screen writer for all of [[Season 3]] and [[Season 4|4's]] episodes, bar three.<br />
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==== {{w|Unfaithful (film)|''Unfaithful''}} ====<br />
''Futurama'' appears in the [[2002]] film ''Unfaithful''. It is unknown where it appears in the movie, but [[20th Century Fox|Fox]] is credited for its use in the film. [[Christopher Tyng]] is also listed in the film's credits for the use of "Music from ''Futurama''" in the film.<br />
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== Internet ==<br />
=== Miscellaneous ===<br />
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==== {{w|Encyclopedia Dramatica|Encyclopædia Dramatica}} ====<br />
Through {{w|4chan}}, Encyclopædia Dramatica claims that there are four memes associated with ''Futurama'' on [http://encyclopediadramatica.ch/Futurama its page]:<br />
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<gallery><br />
File:ISWYDT.jpg|[[Fry|I See What You Did There]]<br />
File:Child Abduction.jpg|[[Bender|Child Abduction]]<br />
File:IAWTC.jpg|[[Scruffy|Second]]<br />
File:All Glory to the Hypno Toad.gif|[[Hypnotoad]]<br />
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==== ''{{w|List of Heroes graphic novels|Heroes}}'' ====<br />
[[File:Heroes.png|right|thumb|The Planet Express ship appearing in ''Heroes''.]]<br />
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A supplement of the {{w|Heroes (TV series)|TV series}}, the [[2010]] ''Heroes'' graphic novel "The Trip, Part 1" (#160; [http://www.nbc.com/heroes/novels/downloads/Heroes_novel_160.pdf link]) features the [[Planet Express ship]] in a full page panel.<br />
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==== {{w|Know Your Meme}} ====<br />
Know Your Meme, a website and web series documenting Internet memes, lists five confirmed memes sourced from ''Futurama'': "Not Sure If X", based on a still of Fry from "[[The Lesser of Two Evils]]"; the [[Hypnotoad]]; "I Don't Want to Live on This Planet Anymore", based on a quote by Professor Farnsworth from "[[A Clockwork Origin]]"; "Shut Up and Take My Money", based on a quote by Fry from "[[Attack of the Killer App]]"; and "Why Not [[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]?".<br />
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<gallery><br />
File:ISWYDT.jpg|[[Philip J. Fry|Not Sure If X]]<br />
File:All Glory to the Hypno Toad.gif|[[Hypnotoad]]<br />
File:I Don't Want to Live on This Planet Anymore.png|[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|I Don't Want to Live on This Planet Anymore]]<br />
File:Shut Up and Take My Money.png|[[Philip J. Fry|Shut Up and Take My Money]]<br />
File:Why Not Zoidberg.jpg|[[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Why Not Zoidberg?]]<br />
</gallery><br />
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==== ''Macromeme'' ====<br />
[[File:Capcha-tattoo.jpg|right|thumb|Clamps appearing in ''Macromeme'']]<br />
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[[Clamps]] appears in a ''Macromeme'' comic ([http://macromeme.com/dog/capcha-tattoo.html link]), where he is shown in a conversation with a robot who has a CAPTCHA tattoo.<br />
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==== {{w|Mozilla Firefox}} ====<br />
[[File:Firefoxshinyass.png|right|thumb|Bender's catchphrase appearing in Mozilla Firefox.]]<br />
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In {{w|Mozilla}}'s Firefox browser (version {{w|Mozilla Firefox 3|3}} or later), if one types "about:robots" in the address bar, a page will appear paying tribute to robots in popular culture. The last point is "Robots have shiny metal posteriors which should not be bitten." This is a reference to Bender's [[catchphrase]], "[[Bite my shiny metal ass]]!"<br />
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==== {{w|Robot Hall of Fame}} ====<br />
Bender was nominated for a place in the Robot Hall of Fame. Before the closure of [http://www.robothalloffame.org/nominate.php its website], he was in second place, garnering 30% of the votes.<br />
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==== ''{{w|xkcd}}'' ====<br />
[[File:xkcd 233 Futurama.jpg|right|thumb|''xkcd'' comic 233 with accompanying tooltip.]]<br />
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''xkcd'' has made several references to ''Futurama'':<br />
*The tooltip for comic 233 ([http://xkcd.com/233/ link]) says "They'd use that ''Futurama'' episode with [[Seymour Asses|Fry's dog]], but even spambots cry at that". This references the {{w|CAPTCHA}} test to determine if a response is computer-generated, as well as the very emotional nature of the episode "[[Jurassic Bark]]".<br />
**Ironically, one of the possible captcha questions that are presented upon editing an [[The Infosphere|Infosphere]] article is ''"Did you cry when Seymour Asses died?"''<br />
*In comic 482 ([http://xkcd.com/482/ link]), the Planet Express ship is visible, and a word balloon proclaims "Hey, a heaping bowl of salt!" This references the episode "[[My Three Suns]]", where Fry mentions he once ate a heaping bowl of salt.<br />
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=== Video ===<br />
==== ''[http://www.youtube.com/show/etc ETC: Entertainment, Technology, Culture]'' ====<br />
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The 58th episode of the {{w|Machinima}}-run show ''ETC: Entertainment, Technology, Culture'' ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60lomq66LpM link]) focuses on the return of ''Futurama'' to television.<br />
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==== ''{{w|Homestar Runner}}'' ====<br />
[[File:Homestar runner.png|right|thumb|Zoidberg appearing in ''Homestar Runner''.]]<br />
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In the [[2008]] ''Homestar Runner'' Halloween episode "[[hrwiki:Most in the Graveyard|Most in the Graveyard]]" ([http://www.homestarrunner.com/ween08.html link]), [[hrwiki:The Poopsmith|the Poopsmith]] is dressed up as Zoidberg. [[hrwiki:The King of Town|The King of Town]] also says [[Professor Farnsworth]]'s catchphrase, "[[Good news, everyone]]!", when one clicks the Poopsmith at the end of the episode.<br />
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==== {{w|RiffTrax}} ====<br />
In the [[2007]] RiffTrax commentary for ''{{sw|The Star Wars Holiday Special}}'' ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ldAssuIkDY link]), {{sw|Ackmena}} tells {{sw|Unidentified Duros 1|two}} {{sw|Unidentified Duros 2|aliens}} to finish their Slurm.<br />
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==== ''[http://www.yugiohtheabridgedseries.com/ Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series]'' ====<br />
[[File:Yugioh.png|right|thumb|Bakura as Hypnotoad in ''Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series''.]]<br />
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Two ''Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series'' episodes have referenced ''Futurama'':<br />
*In episode 7, released in [[2006]] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrDazcwOfmA link]), {{w|Hiroto Honda|Tristan Taylor}} (in robot monkey form) and {{w|Katsuya Jonouchi|Joey Wheeler}} are dubbed over as Bender and Fry in the episode "[[Space Pilot 3000]]".<br />
*In episode 17, released in [[2007]] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g53f0QxEn50 link]), {{w|Yami Marik}} appears as a parody of the Hypnotoad, with the same noise and eyes as it.<br />
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=== WTLNetwork ===<br />
Two WTLNetwork videos make references to ''Futurama'':<br />
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*In "[http://www.thepooptroupe.com/wikitl/Feeble...FEEBLE%3F!%3F Feeble...FEEBLE?!?]", laser-eyed Daisy makes a noise like the [[Hypnotoad]].<br />
*In "[http://www.thepooptroupe.com/wikitl/Percy_Gets_The_Runs Percy Gets the Runs]", Percy passes a sign reading "[[Teddybear Junction|Teddy Bear Junction]]".<br />
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== Music ==<br />
=== Comedy ===<br />
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==== {{w|Josh Thomas (comedian)|Josh Thomas}} ====<br />
Australian comedian Josh Thomas, who has stated he is an atheist, says on the end of his track "Other Sexy Stuff", featured on his [[2010]] album ''Things That I Have Said Before'', that he follows {{w|Oprah Winfrey}} instead. This could be a nod to [[Oprahism]], a religion mentioned in the episode "[[Hell Is Other Robots]]".<br />
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=== Electronic ===<br />
==== [http://www.myspace.com/bendervsflexo Bender vs. Flexo] ====<br />
The band Bender vs. Flexo takes its name from Bender and [[Flexo]].<br />
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==== [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Bizzare+Contact/ Bizzare Contact] ====<br />
Israeli electronic musician Bizzare Contact's track "Peaches on the Moon", featured on the [[2006]] compilation ''The Natural Waves of Sound 003'', heavily samples dialogue from "[[The Series Has Landed]]".<br />
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==== [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Dickster/ Dickster] and [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Tron+(3) Tron] ====<br />
Electronic musicians Dickster and Tron's track "A Few Spoonful's", featured on the [[2009]] compilation ''Quantum Effects'', samples two lines spoken by [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]] in the episode "[[The 30% Iron Chef]]": "According to the spectrolizer, Spargle's magic ingredient was...water!" and "Laced with nothing more than a few spoonfuls of LSD."<br />
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==== [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Mike+Modular Mike Modular] ====<br />
Electronic musician Mike Modular's track "Fry Through Space", a collaboration with fellow electronic musician [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Rinkadink/ Rinkadink] featured on the 2004 compilation ''Wild Life - Jungle Juice'', samples various lines from "[[Space Pilot 3000]]".<br />
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==== [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Rinkadink/ Rinkadink] ====<br />
Electronic musician Rinkadink's track "Anyone Seen Bender?", from his 2004 album ''Rabbit from Darkside'', samples dialogue between [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] and the [[Galactic Entity]] from "[[Godfellas]]"; it also samples a clip of [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] looking for Bender and a clip of [[Horrible Gelatinous Blob|H.G. Blob]] responding to Fry, both from the same episode. "Fry Through Space", a 2004 track by him and [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Mike+Modular Mike Modular] featured on the 2004 compilation ''Wild Life - Jungle Juice'', samples various lines from "[[Space Pilot 3000]]".<br />
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=== Hip-hop ===<br />
==== {{w|Danger Doom|DANGERDOOM}} ====<br />
As well as featuring characters from fellow animated television series such as ''{{w|Aqua Teen Hunger Force}}'', ''{{w|The Brak Show}}'', ''{{w|Family Guy}}'' and ''{{w|Space Ghost Coast to Coast}}'', the song "El Chupa Nibre", from DANGERDOOM's [[2005]] album ''{{w|The Mouse and the Mask}}'', references the monster [[El Chupanibre]] from ''Futurama'' in its title. The song "Space Ho's", also on the same album, features the lyric "Look Leela eyeball to eyeballs".<br />
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==== {{w|MC Lars}} ====<br />
MC Lars referenced the show in the song "Space Game", from his [[2006]] album ''{{w|The Graduate (MC Lars album)|The Graduate}}'', with the lyric "Hey Fry, look, we can still be friends. I won't ask Leela out again".<br />
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==== [[Beastie Boys]] ====<br />
In [[2009]], the Beastie Boys released a song called "{{w|Too Many Rappers}}". In the song, there is a line where it is said that they will be rapping "until the year 3000 and beyond". (Click [http://rapgenius.com/Beastie-boys-too-many-rappers-lyrics here] for the lyrics.) This is likely a reference to ''Futurama'' - considering their appearance in "[[Hell Is Other Robots]]".<br />
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=== Rock ===<br />
==== [http://www.atomicraygunattack.com/ Atomic Raygun Attack] ====<br />
The band Atomic Raygun Attack released an EP entitled ''Atomic Raygun Attack Presents: The Sting'' ([http://www.atomicraygunattack.com/website/mp3s/thesting/ link]) in [[2007]] which bases its six songs off the ''Futurama'' episode "[[The Sting]]".<br />
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==== {{w|Devin Townsend|The Devin Townsend Project}} ====<br />
The title of the song "Bend It Like Bender!" by The Devin Townsend Project, from their [[2009]] album ''{{w|Addicted (The Devin Townsend Project album)|Addicted}}'', references Bender. Additionally, the song contains the line "Game's over, losers! I have all the money!", spoken by Bender in the episode "[[A Head in the Polls]]".<br />
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== Publications ==<br />
=== Comics ===<br />
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==== {{w|52 (comics)|''52''}} ====<br />
[[File:Johnny Warrawa.jpg|right|thumb|Johnny Warrawa wearing a Bender mask.]]<br />
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In an issue of the comic series ''52'' (#21, published September, 2006), the Australian mechanic [[Wikia:dcdatabase:Jonathan Warrawa (New Earth)|Johnny Warrawa]] wears a welding mask shaped like [[Bender]]'s face whilst repairing the droid head of the {{w|Red Tornado}}.<br />
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==== ''{{w|Action Comics}}'' ====<br />
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[[File:ActionComic863.jpg|right|thumb|Zoidberg and Kif appearing in ''Action Comics''.]]<br />
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In ''Action Comics'' (#863, published May, 2008), a {{w|Legion of Super-Heroes}} comic, there is a plot involving aliens being sent to a prison camp. Among them is what appears to be [[Zoidberg]] and possibly [[Kif Kroker]].<br />
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==== ''Deadpool / GLI - Summer Fun Spectacular'' ====<br />
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In the ''Deadpool / GLI - Summer Fun Spectacular'', published July 2007, Bender can be seen on the television screen in the GLI headquarters.<br />
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==== ''{{w|FoxTrot}}'' ====<br />
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[[File:FoxTrot 08-05-2011.gif|right|thumb|In the lower right corner.]]<br />
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[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]], {{sw|R2-D2}} (''[[Star Wars]]''), and Maximillian (''{{w|The Black Hole}}'') make a brief [[cameo]] appearance. Interestingly, ''[[Countdown to Futurama]]'' author [http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/author/matthew-tobey/ Matt Tobey], who posted "[http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/2011/05/12/futurama-fanarama-bender-in-foxtrot/ Futurama Fanarama: Bender in FoxTrot]", mistook R2-D2 for "{{sw|C3PO}} from ''Star Trek''" (actually from ''Star Wars'') and Maximillian for "{{w|Dr. Zaius}} from ''{{w|The Matrix}}''" (actually from ''{{w|Planet of the Apes (franchise)|Planet of the Apes}}''). It is possible, however, that he did so knowingly.<br />
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==== ''{{w|Life in Hell}}'' ====<br />
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[[File:LIH bender.jpg|right|thumb|Bender appearing among rubbish and toys in ''Life in Hell''.]]<br />
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In [[Matt Groening]]'s comic, ''Life in Hell'', a Bender-like doll appears in a [[1999]] Christmas strip.<br />
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==== ''{{w|Off The Mark}}'' ====<br />
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[[File:Off the mark.png|right|thumb|Leela (and others) appearing in ''Off The Mark''.]]<br />
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The 17 September, 2009, issue of the single panel comic ''{{w|Off The Mark}}'', created by {{w|Mark Parisi}}, features [[Leela]] trying to be chatted up by cyclops Mike Wazowski from the film ''{{w|Monsters, Inc.}}'', whilst his friend Sulley is at the bar with [[Fry]] and Bender.<br />
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==== ''Outer Orbit'' ====<br />
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The Planet Express Ship appears in an issue of the {{w|Dark Horse Comics}} miniseries ''Outer Orbit''.<br />
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==== {{w|Top 10 (comics)|''Top 10''}} ====<br />
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In issue 11 of ''Top 10'', a discoloured Fry, Leela, and Bender can be seen in the background of the first frame of page 11. [[Nibbler]] is also featured two panels later wearing a shirt saying "Slam", a reference to the DC Comics' Message Board poster who suggested Nibbler as an [[Easter egg]].<br />
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==== ''{{w|Transmetropolitan}}'' ====<br />
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In ''Transmetropolitan'' #25, there is a billboard which depicts Leela and Bender.<br />
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==== ''{{w|Young Avengers}}'' ====<br />
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In ''Young Avengers'' Special #1 (published February, 2006), the logo for [[Slurm]] can be seen on a vending machine being thrown by the {{w|Hulkling}}.<br />
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==== ''{{w|Zits}}'' ====<br />
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[[File:Zits.png|right|thumb|''Futurama'' mentioned on ''Zits''.]]<br />
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In a ''Zits'' comic (published in the [[2001]] collection, ''Big Honkin' Zits''), Jeremy is excited about a new ''Futurama'' episode.<br />
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=== Magazines ===<br />
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==== ''{{w|Cracked}}'' ====<br />
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''Cracked'' was a humour magazine which based most of its material on popular culture. This gallery shows all appearances of ''Futurama'' in ''Cracked'':<br />
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<gallery><br />
File:Cracked.jpg|''Futurama'' is parodied on the cover of #340 (published December, 1999),...<br />
File:Futuredrama cracked.jpg|... whilst inside, there is a comic parody called "Futuredrama". The full 5 pages can be read [http://www.futurama-madhouse.com.ar/weird/index.shtml here].<br />
File:Cracked342.jpg|In this "Toon Issue" (#342, published March, [[2000]]), Bender is impaled on the spikes of [[Bart Simpson doll|Bart's]] hair, along with other cartoon characters.<br />
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==== ''{{w|Forbes}}'' ====<br />
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[[Mom]] was included in the 2007 Forbes {{w|Forbes Fictional 15|list of the richest fictional characters}}. She was ranked at [http://www.forbes.com/2007/12/11/mom-futurama-money-oped-books-cx_de_fict1507_1211mom.html #4] with an estimated net worth of $15.7 billion. [[MomCorp]] was also included in the list of "The 25 Largest Fictional Companies" which estimated its sales at $291.8 billion.<br />
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==== {{w|Mad (magazine)|''Mad''}} ====<br />
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The ''Mad'' magazine parodies many popular culture things, including ''Futurama''. This gallery shows all appearances of ''Futurama'' in ''Mad'':<br />
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<gallery><br />
File:Germanmadmagazine2.jpg|In this translation of a German edition, there is a parody named "Botterama". The full 4 page comic and information on the more obscure jokes can be read [http://www.futurama-madhouse.com.ar/miscpics/index.shtml here].<br />
File:Germanmadmagazine.jpg|In another German magazine (#31, published April, 2001), ''Futurama'' is parodied on the front cover...<br />
File:Germanmadmagazinecomic.jpg|...and in a comic on an interior page. "Schraub" is German for "screw".<br />
File:Bender in Mad magazine.jpg|On the cover of this 2008 summer issue, dealing with superheroes, instead of coming out in his {{w|Iron Man's armor|usual armour}}, {{w|Iron Man|Tony Stark}} comes out as Bender instead.<br />
</gallery><br />
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==== {{w|Mother Jones (magazine)|''Mother Jones''}} ====<br />
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[[File:Motherjones.jpg|right|thumb|''Futurama'' appearing in ''Mother Jones''.]]<br />
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Four panels of ''Futurama'' are featured on the back of the May/June, 2001 issue of ''Mother Jones''.<br />
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=== Novels ===<br />
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==== ''{{w|Ark Angel}}'' ====<br />
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In the sixth book of the ''{{w|Alex Rider}}'' series, ''Ark Angel'' (published 1 April, 2005), the {{w|Central Intelligence Agency|CIA}} hide behind the pseudonym "Creative Ideas Animations". In their SoHo office, they sell, among others, [[Futurama Animation Cels|''Futurama'' original drawings]].<br />
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== Television ==<br />
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=== Animation ===<br />
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==== ''{{w|Aqua Teen Hunger Force}}'' ====<br />
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In an episode of ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force'' called "Bible Fruit" (aired 23 March, 2008), Frylock, Meatwad and Master Shake have a discussion about watching ''Futurama''. It is a joke about ''Futurama'' being removed from [[Adult Swim]], as [[Comedy Central]] had bought the rights to the show.<br />
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{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Meatwad''': Why don't you ask that TV if he minds showin' me some ''Futurama''. I like me some ''Futurama''.<br />
'''Shake''': Well now we're too damn cheap to receive it, so go the hell over to Carl Central and watch it to your heart's content.<br />
'''Meatwad''': Carl gets ''Futurama''?<br />
'''Shake''': He didn't even want it until we started watching it.</poem><br />
}}<br />
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==== ''{{w|The Cleveland Show}}'' ====<br />
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*"[[Leela: Orphan of the Stars]]" by [[Fry]] is one of the ''Hot 100 Cartoon Songs'' in "{{w|Harder, Better, Faster, Browner}}".<br />
*[[Dawnn Lewis]] provides the voice of Mrs. Bailey, a Jamaican woman, which is very similar to that of [[LaBarbara]], also a Jamaican woman, in "{{w|Murray Christmas}}".<br />
*A [[Bender]] costume appears twice in "{{w|Hot Cocoa Bang Bang}}".<br />
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<gallery><br />
File:Harder, Better, Faster, Browner (The Cleveland Show).png|"Harder, Better, Faster, Browner".<br />
File:Murray Christmas (The Cleveland Show).png|"Murray Christmas".<br />
File:Hot Cocoa Bang Bang (The Cleveland Show) 1.png|"Hot Cocoa Bang Bang".<br />
File:Hot Cocoa Bang Bang (The Cleveland Show) 2.png|"Hot Cocoa Bang Bang".<br />
</gallery><br />
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==== ''{{w|The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy}}'' ====<br />
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In the episode "Dream Mutt" (aired 17 June, 2005) of ''The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy'', Wiggy Jiggy Jed's line "So you can lick my Candy-striped..." may be a reference to Bender's line, "[[Bite my shiny metal ass]]".<br />
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==== ''{{w|Mad (TV series)|Mad}}'' ====<br />
In the episode "Real Veal / Celebrity Wife Swamp" (aired 5 March, 2012) of the show ''Mad'', Bender makes a cameo appearance in the segment "Real Veal", a parody of the 2011 film ''{{w|Real Steel}}''. He is seen in a robot boxing championship losing to "Real Veal", a robot-cow hybrid.<br />
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==== ''{{w|The PJs}}'' ====<br />
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[[File:FryPJs.jpg|right|thumb|Fry appearing on a milk carton in ''The PJs''.]]<br />
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In the episode "Cliffhangin' with Mr. Super" (aired 18 August, 2000) of the show ''The PJs'', Fry makes a cameo appearance on a wanted ad on a milk carton, referring to Fry's disappearance after being frozen. This was an act of reciprocation for ''The PJs'' being etched onto a manhole cover in the episodes "[[I Second that Emotion]]" and "[[The Luck of the Fryrish]]", like the ''The PJs' opening scene.<br />
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==== ''{{w|Shaun the Sheep}}'' ====<br />
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[[File:Shaun the sheep fuel.png|right|thumb|Dark matter appearing on ''Shaun the Sheep''.]]<br />
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In the ''Shaun the Sheep'' episode "The Visitor", aired 4 September 2007, the alien's space ship can use sheep feces as fuel. This resembles Nibbler's [[Dark Matter|waste]].<br />
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==== ''[[South Park]]'' ====<br />
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In the ''South Park'' episode "{{w|Go God Go}}" (aired 1 November, 2006), {{w|Eric Cartman|Cartman}} is stuck in the snow and is buried by an avalanche and is defrosted 500 years later. Although not an explicit reference to ''Futurama'', there is brief reference to cryogenics, and the name of the city "New New Hampshire" is familiar to other names of cities used in ''Futurama'', like "New New York".<br />
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Also, in the {{w|Imaginationland}} specials, [[Bender]], [[Fry]], and [[Leela]] make cameo appearances on the good side of Imaginationland, where many good characters from shows, movies, and video games appear. [[Mom]] and the [[Robot Devil]] make similar appearances on the evil side of Imaginationland.<br />
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==== ''{{w|Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt}}'' ====<br />
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[[File:Fry psg cameo.jpg|right|thumb|Fry can be seen in the background.]]<br />
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In the second episode of this Japanese anime, several characters from other animes or cartoons can be seen in the background for a brief moment, including Fry.<br />
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=== Live-action ===<br />
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==== ''{{w|The Colbert Report}}'' ====<br />
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During the intro for the 22 June, 2009 episode of ''The Colbert Report'', {{w|Stephen Colbert (character)|Colbert}}'s interview with author {{w|Simon Schama}} was headlined "Future-Schama", a pun on the name for ''Futurama''.<br />
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When talking about the U.S. government not shutting down, Colbert was dismayed in his [http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/381281/april-11-2011/countdown-to-government-shutdown 11 April, 2011 episode] (clip available to all but Canadian and British audiences) that all the countdowns on news channels were unemployed. He even had his own countdown, which he decided to repurpose for a countdown to another ''Futurama'' rerun, where he further specified that it would also work for rebroadcasts of his show, as, on Comedy Central, people are never more than an hour away from a ''Futurama'' rerun.<br />
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==== {{w|The Comedy Central Roast}} ====<br />
The Comedy Central Roasts are events hosted by [[Comedy Central]], when a celebrity is made fun of by other celebrities. During the introduction to the Roast of [[William Shatner]], clips of his appearances in movies and television shows were shown, including a clip of his appearance in the episode "[[Where No Fan Has Gone Before]]".<br />
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==== ''{{w|Countdown with Keith Olbermann}}'' ====<br />
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''Countdown with Keith Olbermann'' is a news show hosted by {{w|Keith Olbermann}} who regularly uses catchphrases from ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and ''{{w|Family Guy}}'', but has recently taken to common use of [[Professor Farnsworth]]'s catch phrase, "[[Good news, everyone]]!"<br />
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==== ''{{w|Tosh.0}}'' ====<br />
During the recent premeire of the episode "[[Rebirth]]", an ad for Tosh.0 came on, where Daniel uses ''Futurama'' as a reference to his show.<br />
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==== ''{{w|Doctor Who}}'' ====<br />
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[[File:Titanicdoctorwho.jpg|right|thumb|Space-ship ''[[Titanic]]'' appearing in ''Doctor Who''.]]<br />
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The relaunched ''Doctor Who'' contains a few possible references (or just similarities) to ''Futurama''.<br />
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*In the {{w|Doctor Who (series 1)|series 1}} episode, "{{w|The Long Game}}" (aired 7 May, 2005), a character pretends to be a student at [[Mars University (place)|Mars University]], to which a medical technician replies, "The Martian boondocks. Typical!"<br />
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*The {{w|Doctor Who (series 2)|series 2}} episode, "{{w|New Earth}}" (aired 15 April, 2006), which is set in the year five billion and twenty-three in the city of [[New New York]]. However, if the city had been more accurately named, it would in fact be "New New New New New New New New New New New New New New New New York" as it was [[wikia:c:tardis:New New York|the fifteenth New York]].<br />
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** New New York also appears in the {{w|Doctor Who (series 3)|series 3}} episode, {{w|Gridlock (Doctor Who)|"Gridlock"}} (aired 14 April, 2007), which is set 30 years after "New Earth". It features a character called [[wikia:c:tardis:Thomas Kincade Brannigan|Thomas Kincade]] [[Zapp Brannigan|Brannigan]], and has a similar skyline to ''Futurama''. They also briefly refer to the regular New York as "Old New York", as do the 31st century characters in ''Futurama''.<br />
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*The {{w|Doctor Who (series 4)|series 4}} Christmas Special, {{w|Voyage of the Damned (Doctor Who)|"Voyage of the Damned"}} (aired 25 December, 2007), has [[wikia:c:tardis:Titanic (spaceship)|an interstellar cruiser]] modelled after the original ''{{w|RMS Titanic}}''. This is very similar to the space cruise ship, ''[[Titanic]]'', in the ''Futurama'' episode, "[[A Flight to Remember]]".<br />
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*The {{w|Doctor Who (series 5)|series 5}} episode, "{{w|The Beast Below}}" (aired 10 april, 2010), features a "Star Whale", a giant alien species living in the depth of space, and captured by the Starship UK to pilot it. The concept of a whale-like alien living alone in space is similar to that of the [[four-dimensional space whale]] in the ''Futurama'' episode "[[Möbius Dick]]".<br />
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==== ''{{w|The Einstein Factor}}'' ====<br />
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Contestants in the Australian ABC1 quiz show ''The Einstein Factor'' choose a specialty on which to be quizzed during the first round. During episode ten of the 2005 season, a [http://www.abc.net.au/einsteinfactor/txt/s1326439.htm contestant] chose ''Futurama'' as his specialty. He was the second placing of three contestants in the episode.<br />
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==== ''{{w|Gilmore Girls}}'' ====<br />
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[[File:Gilmore Girls.jpg|right|thumb|Bender action figure in ''Gilmore Girls''.]]<br />
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In the ''Gilmore Girls'' episode "Scene in a Mall" (aired 24 February 2004), Brian has a set of [[Toynami Futurama Figures|action figures]] from the show, which he and Zach discuss at length.<br />
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==== ''{{w|Good News Week}}'' ====<br />
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In an episode of ''Good News Week'', broadcast 31st August 2009, {{w|Paul McDermott (comedian)|Paul McDermott}}, the host, went to a commercial break saying "Stay tuned meatbags!" Meatbag is a word frequently used by Bender.<br />
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==== {{w|Journeyman (TV series)|''Journeyman''}} ====<br />
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[[File:Futurama in Journeyman.png|right|thumb|''Futurama'' appearing on a TV in ''Journeyman''.]]<br />
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In the series ''Journeyman'', in the episode "Emily" (aired 19 November, 2007), {{w|Dan Vasser}} travels back in time to the year 2001, and enters his own house and at that time, on a TV screen, a clip from "[[Parasites Lost]]" is seen and heard ([[Professor Farnsworth]] saying "Come on, let's all give Fry some privacy."). This means that he probably travelled to 21 January.<br />
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==== ''{{w|Kenan & Kel}}'' ====<br />
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In season 4 of the sitcom ''Kenan & Kel'', there is an episode named "Futurama" (aired 31 December, 1999) which is set in the year [[3000]].<br />
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==== {{w|Lost (TV series)|''Lost''}} ====<br />
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*In the episode "{{w|The Man Behind the Curtain}}" (aired 9 May, 2007), the plot element of the {{w|Dharma Initiative}} arrivals being assigned their new jobs and one being angry about it, is similar to the [[Career chip]] in the ''Futurama'' episode "[[Space Pilot 3000]]".<br />
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*In the episode "{{w|Because You Left}}", released 21 January, 2009, Daniel describes the [[Time Travel#Time Skip|time skips]] like a needle skipping on a record player. This is a direct quote from the ''Futurama'' episode "[[Time Keeps on Slippin']]".<br />
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==== {{w|Media Watch (TV program)|''Media Watch''}} ====<br />
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On the 8 September, 2003 episode of ''Media Watch'', a man called Jonathon complained about ''Futurama'' being [[broadcast]] on Channel Seven. The transcript can be read [http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s941536.htm here].<br />
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==== ''{{w|Stargate Universe}}'' ====<br />
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In the ''Stargate Universe'' episode "Earth" (aired 6 November, 2009), {{w|Eli Wallace}} goes under the alias of "Philip Fry".<br />
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==== ''{{w|Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation}}'' ====<br />
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The Australian quiz show, ''Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation'', asks many popular culture questions.<br />
*On episode 9, aired 30 June 2009, in the round "Your Generation", a true or false question was asked: "Did Darren Shatner, the son of [[William Shatner]], compose the theme song to ''Futurama''?" Generation Y answered true and got the question wrong. ''Futurama''{{'}}s theme song was actually composed by [[Christopher Tyng]].<br />
*On the episode aired 26 October 2010, [[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Zoidberg]] was featured as a cut-out in the game "¡chronoloco!".<br />
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==== ''{{w|Warehouse 13}}'' ====<br />
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On the 8 September, 2009 episode of the {{w|Syfy}} series ''Warehouse 13'' (episode 10, "Breakdown"), Claudia says, "Oh, we're boned!" This is one of Bender’s catch-phrases.<br />
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== Video Games ==<br />
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=== Miscellaneous ===<br />
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==== ''{{w|Contra 4}}'' ====<br />
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[[File:Contra4credits.png|right|thumb|Bender's name appearing in the credits of ''Contra 4''.]]<br />
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Bender appears credited with his full name on the Special Thanks section in the ''Contra 4'' credits, released 13 November, 2007.<br />
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==== ''{{w|Gears of War 2}}'' ====<br />
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[[File:Gearsofwar2boneitis.jpg|right|thumb|Boneitis appearing in the special thanks of ''Gears of War 2''.]]<br />
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On ''Gears of War 2'', released 7 November, 2008, in the special thanks section for the makers, Mikey Spano says [[That Guy]]'s quote of "My one regret is that I have [[Boneitis]]!". [[John DiMaggio]] voices the franchise's main character [[wikia:c:gearsofwar:Marcus Fenix|Marcus Fenix]] and supporting character [[wikia:c:gearsofwar:Franklin Tsoko|Franklin]] in the game.<br />
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==== ''{{w|Halo 3}}'' ====<br />
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In ''Halo 3'', released 25 September, 2007, there is an [[easter egg]] called the "[http://www.halopedian.com/IWHBYD_Skull_%28Halo_3%29 I Would Have Been Your Daddy]" [http://www.halopedian.com/Skull skull] which makes characters say rare, weird, or uncommon dialog. One of the quotes that may be heard from the UNSC Marine Corps after killing an enemy is "He's pending for a bending!", a phrase which Bender has exclaimed on the rare occasion.<br />
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==== ''{{w|Team Fortress 2}}'' ====<br />
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[[File:Team fortress 2.png|right|thumb|[[Brain Slugs]] appearing in ''Team Fortress 2''.]]<br />
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In ''Team Fortress 2'', released 10 October, 2007, an unlockable headgear called "[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Triboniophorus_tyrannus Triboniophorus tyrannus]" (released with [http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/First_Community_Contribution_Update the first community contribution update] on 18 March, 2010) is modelled after the [[Brain Slugs]] on ''Futurama''. It can be seen being made and used [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbn-zqf-9i4 here].<br />
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==== ''{{w|Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2}}'' ====<br />
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In the multiplayer map "Carnival" there are several references to Futurama including:<br />
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*Outside a fake Rocket Ship, there is a planet and in front of it the words "Planet Xpress".<br />
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*The rocket ship and subsequent mural have a striking resemblance to the [[Planet Express ship]]. To the right of the Planet Xpress globe sign, there's a sign that reads [[Crushinator|C-R-U-S-H-I-N-A-T-O-R]].<br />
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==== ''{{w|Call of Duty: Black Ops}}'' ====<br />
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In ''Call of Duty: Black Ops'', released 9 November 2010, [[Richard Nixon's head|Richard Nixon]] is a playable character in the zombie survival mode. Occasionally, he makes references to ''Futurama'' by saying things like "NIXON'S BACK!" and "AROOOO!"<br />
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==== ''{{w|TimeSplitters: Future Perfect}}'' ====<br />
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In the game ''TimeSplitters: Future Perfect'', released 21 March, 2005, the Gingerbread Man says Bender's quote of "Bite my crunchy brown ass!" in the character select menu. It can be viewed [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0UOToyA5sI here].<br />
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==== ''{{w|Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines}}'' ====<br />
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In the hospital, of the game ''Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines'' (16 November, 2004), a patient named D. Marsh is diagnosed with frequent bouts of [[Sexlexia]].<br />
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In the bar, Arp Hole, if the player tries to seduce a woman in the bar, one of the dialogue options is, "I find the most erotic part of a woman is the boobies", referencing "[[Amazon Women in the Mood]]".<br />
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==== ''{{w|Fallout: New Vegas}}'' ====<br />
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In the ''Lonesome Road'' DLC (20 September, 2011), using the "Wild Wasteland" perk, a fossilised dog named "Seymour" can be found in the "Cave of the Abaddon", referencing [[Seymour|Fry's dog]], which was [[Jurassic Bark|found by Fry fossilised in the future]].<br />
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=== MMORPG ===<br />
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==== ''{{w|RuneScape}}'' ====<br />
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[[File:Runescape.png|right|thumb|"Not the whole universe! That's where I keep my stuff!".]]<br />
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*The [[Wikia:runescape:Sea slug|Sea slugs']] ability to take over a human's mind is similar to the [[Brain Slugs]] of ''Futurama''.<br />
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*During the final dialogue of the quest [[Wikia:runescape:Troll Romance|Troll Romance]] (released 5 January, 2005), [[Wikia:runescape:Arrg|Arrg]] says "This concept of 'love' confuses and infuriates Arrg." This is a reference to a quote said by [[Lrrr]] in the episode "[[Love and Rocket]]".<br />
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*In the 100th quest, [[Wikia:runescape:Recipe for Disaster|Recipe for Disaster]] (released 15 March, 2006), when the player is informed by [[Wikia:runescape:Gypsy Aris|Gypsy Aris]] that the universe could be destroyed, the player exclaims, "Not the whole universe! That's where I keep my stuff!", a quote originally appearing in ''Futurama''.<br />
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==== ''{{w|World of Warcraft}}'' ====<br />
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[[File:WoWcanals.jpg|right|thumb|Slurm possibly appearing in ''World of Warcraft''.]]<br />
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*In the game ''World of Warcraft'' (released 23 November, 2004), [[Wikia:wowwiki:Professor Putricide|Professor Putricide]]'s voice and many parts of his quotes (such as "[[Good news, everyone]]!") are based on [[Farnsworth]]. It can be seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PStC-LNZ2s here].<br />
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*Outside The Exodar, a small black cat called [[Wikia:wowwiki:Nibblet|Nibblet]] can be seen walking around. This is probably a reference to Nibbler from ''Futurama''.<br />
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*In the Apothecarium area. there is a large, stitched together thing that periodically excretes a load of the green goo that fills the Canals. This is vaguely reminiscent of the [[Slurm Queen]]'s behind in the episode "[[Fry and the Slurm Factory]]".<br />
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{{clear}}<br />
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== Various ==<br />
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=== ''[[The Simpsons]]'' ===<br />
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[[File:Bender on the Simpsons.jpg|right|thumb|Bender appearing on ''The Simpsons''.]]<br />
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''The Simpsons'' is [[Matt Groening]]'s other TV show. It easily references ''Futurama'' the most of all media because of this connection. This is a small sample of the references. For more, see its [[The Simpsons|main page]].<br />
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*In "{{w|Bart Gets Famous}}", there is a head in a jar in a dream about the future from {{w|Bart Simpson}}. This episode aired approximately 5 years and a month before ''Futurama'' started, on 3 February, 1994.<br />
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* In {{w|List of The Simpsons comics#Simpsons Comics|''Simpsons Comics''}} #99 (published October, 2004), there is a cameo appearance by Bender.<br />
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* In "{{w|Future-Drama}}", aired 17 April, 2005, Bender appears in the hovercar {{w|Homer Simpson}} and Bart are driving after crossing a "quantum tunnel". There are references to heads preserved in jars, [[Hovercar]]s and cities similar to ''Futurama''. Homer's under water house resembles one that Fry considers buying in "[[I, Roommate]]". The title, "Future-Drama", is an obvious reference to the title of ''Futurama'' itself.<br />
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* In ''{{w|The Simpsons Game}}'', released 30 October, 2007, Bender and Dr. Zoidberg are characters at the end of Level 15 - "5 Characters In Search Of an Author." Fry also appears in a painting from [[Matt Groening]].<br />
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* In {{w|List of The Simpsons comics#Simpsons Super Spectacular|''Simpsons Super Spectacular''}} #6 (published January, 2008), the [[Planet Express]] crew appear at the end of this comic.<br />
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*In "{{w|Beware My Cheating Bart}}", Fry and Leela are seen on an asteroid in a scene where the camera is zooming out of the universe and a meteor instructs viewers (in [[Alien Language 1]]) to "Watch [[Futurama]]".<br />
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=== ''[[Star Wars]]'' ===<br />
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[[File:Starwarsbender.JPG|right|thumb|Bender appearing in ''Junkheap Hero''.]]<br />
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*In the comic ''{{sw|Skippy the Jedi Droid}}'' (published in ''{{sw|Star Wars Tales 1}}'' on 29 September, 1999), Bender is seen making fun of {{sw|R5-D4|Skippy}}.<br />
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*Bender is seen in the comic ''{{sw|Junkheap Hero}}'' (published in ''{{sw|Star Wars Tales 6}}'' on 20 December, 2000) as a scrapped droid.<br />
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**The {{sw|Bender (droid)|"Bender Droid"}} also appeared in the novel ''{{sw|Death Star (novel)|Death Star}}'', published 16 October, 2007. It is unknown if they are related.<br />
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*A droid with the name "[[Probulator]]" appears in the online game ''{{sw|Star Wars Galaxies}}'', first released 26 June, 2003.<br />
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*The droid {{sw|HK-47}}, and other droids from the ''{{sw|Star Wars}}'' {{sw|Expanded Universe}} have been known to use Bender's phrase of "{{sw|Meatbag}}".<br />
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*Appearing in ''{{sw|Being Boba Fett}}'' (published in ''{{sw|Star Wars Tales 18}}'' on 24 December, 2003), {{sw|Bendu Fry}}'s name was probably derived from Bender and Fry.<br />
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*A clip from "[[War Is the H-Word]]" appears in the "{{sw|The Birth of the Lightsaber}}" featurette on the {{sw|Star Wars Trilogy (DVD)|25th anniversary trilogy DVD}}.<br />
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*Bender was seen in the ''Star Wars'' {{sw|Fan film|parody}} ''{{sw|Family Guy: Blue Harvest}}'' (released 23 September, 2007), in the {{sw|Chalmun's Cantina}} scene.<br />
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*There are a few characters in the ''Star Wars'' Galaxy with names shared in ''Futurama'', though these might just be coincidences. Among them are {{sw|Bender}}, {{sw|Farnsworth}}, {{sw|Fry}} and {{sw|Leela}}.<br />
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*{{sw|Xamar}}'s species, {{sw|Khil}}, has been jokingly referred to as being the same species of Zoidberg, [[Decapodian]].<br />
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=== ''{{w|Transformers}}'' ===<br />
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*In the ''{{w|Transformers: Universe}}'' comic "[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Wreckers:_Finale_Part_1 The Wreckers: Finale Part 1]", Bender appears as a resident of CSSB-16 Spaceport.<br />
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*In the ''{{w|Transformers: Timelines}}'' story "[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Gone_Too_Far Gone Too Far]" (published 13 March, 2008), [[List of products#Olde Fortran Malt Liquor|Old Fortran]] is mentioned.<br />
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*In the ''Transformers: Timelines'' script reading "[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Bee_in_the_City Bee in the City]" (presented 26 April, 2008), the ''{{w|Transformers Animated}}'' incarnation of Bumblebee says "My manwich!", a line used by [[Hermes]] and [[Dwight Conrad]] in ''Futurama'' (Dwight and ''Animated'' Bumblebee were both voiced by [[Bumper Robinson]]).<br />
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*In the ''Transformers Animated'' episode "[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/A_Fistful_of_Energon A Fistful of Energon]" (aired 24 May, 2008), the [http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_%28Animated%29 Starscream] [http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Clone_number_2716057 clones #2716057] and [http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Clone_number_3370318 #3370318] are references to Bender and [[Flexo]]'s serial numbers.<br />
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*In "[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_AllSpark_Almanac The AllSpark Almanac]", a ''Transformers Animated'' guidebook (published 19 August, 2009), there is an advertisement for many films, including ''[[Bikini Party Summer]]'' from the episode "[[That's Lobstertainment!]]".<br />
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*The voice actors [[Frank Welker]], [[Phil LaMarr]], [[Bumper Robinson]], [[Kath Soucie]], [[Tom Kenny]] and [[John DiMaggio]] have done work for both ''Futurama'' and ''Transformers''.<br />
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=== Exalted ===<br />
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*In the ''Exalted'' tabletop RPG supplement, ''Manual of Exalted Power: Alchemicals'' has a reference to [[Bender]] in its index, as part of a joking reference to loops.<br />
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<div>{{Television infobox<br />
|name = ''Family Guy''<br />
|genre = Comedy<br />
|format = Animation<br />
|created by = [[Seth MacFarlane]]<br />
|origin = [[United States of America]]<br />
|first appear = {{clink|US#003|The Owner of Mars Attacks!}}<br />
|producer = Seth McFarlanne<br />
|runtime = 22 minutes<br />
|company = Fuzzy Door Productions<br />
|channel = [[FOX]]<br />
}}<br />
'''''Family Guy''''' is an animated FOX show created by [[Seth MacFarlane]]. Futurama referenced it.<br />
==References to Futurama in Family Guy==<br />
*In the episode "{{w|Deep Throats}}", aired 9 April, 2006, {{w|Peter Griffin}} sings a song without his inspiration (marijuana). His lyrics are possibly describing the [[Tube Transport System]] in [[New New York]]. <br />
<br />
*During the premiere skit in ''{{w|Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story}}'', released 27 September, 2005, a reporter on the red carpet asks {{w|Stewie Griffin}} if Fox has any plans to bring back ''Futurama''. ''Family Guy'' and ''Futurama'' were both animated series on Fox which were cancelled and subsequently aired on {{w|Adult Swim}}; at the time of release ''Family Guy'' was scheduled to return but ''Futurama'' was not.<br />
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*Bender was seen during the {{sw|Chalmun's Cantina}} scene of the "{{w|Blue Harvest (Family Guy)|Blue Harvest}}", released 23 September, 2007.<br />
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*In the fifth "{{w|Road to...}}" episode, "{{w|Road to the Multiverse}}", aired 27 September, 2009, Stewie keeps the multiverse remote in a safe, which has what looks like [[alienese]] characters on the buttons. Also the multiverses are a similar concept to ''Futurama''{{'}}s [[Parallel universes]] and the first one looks very similar to [[New New York]].<br />
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*Bender makes a non-speaking appearance in the episode "{{w|The Splendid Source}}", aired 16 May, 2010, who heard the dirty joke from Al Harrington and passed it on to Tom Tucker. Peter describes this as "oddly enough, for some reason".<br />
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<gallery><br />
File:Bender on family guy.jpg|Bender appearing in ''Blue Harvest''.<br />
File:Alienese on Family Guy.png|Alienese appearing on a safe in "Road to the Multiverse".<br />
File:The Splendid Source.png|Bender appears in "The Splendid Source".<br />
File:The Splendid Source2.png|Bender appears in "The Splendid Source" again.<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
==References to Family Guy in Futurama==<br />
*In {{e|7ACV01}}, Bender denying that he is Ben's father and Ben saying Bender's catchphrase is similar to the Family Guy episode "Quagmire's Baby", where Peter doubts that the baby left on Quagmire's doorstep is his and then she says, "Giggity".<br />
*In {{clink|US#003|The Owner of Mars Attacks!}}, Randy's "crap" believes that the only thing no one will buy is his complete 723 episode box set of Family Guy.<br />
*In [[Futurama Returns]], Peter Griffin makes a cameo.<br />
<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Copy of Futurama Comics 03 - The Owner Of Mars Attacks - 04.jpeg|200px.<br />
File:Copy of 14xj5.jpg.<br />
</gallery><br />
[[Category:Allusions]]</div>Hildoginhttp://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Family_Guy&diff=117929Family Guy2012-09-01T03:04:55Z<p>Hildogin: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{Television infobox<br />
|name = ''Family Guy''<br />
|genre = Comedy<br />
|format = Animation<br />
|created by = [[Seth MacFarlane]]<br />
|origin = [[United States of America]]<br />
|first appear = {{clink|US#003|The Owner of Mars Attacks!}}<br />
|producer = Seth McFarlanne<br />
|runtime = 22 minutes<br />
|company = Fuzzy Door Productions<br />
|channel = [[FOX]]<br />
}}<br />
'''''Family Guy''''' is an animated FOX show created by [[Seth MacFarlane]]. Futurama referenced it.<br />
==References to Futurama in Family Guy==<br />
*In the episode "{{w|Deep Throats}}", aired 9 April, 2006, {{w|Peter Griffin}} sings a song without his inspiration (marijuana). His lyrics are possibly describing the [[Tube Transport System]] in [[New New York]]. <br />
<br />
*During the premiere skit in ''{{w|Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story}}'', released 27 September, 2005, a reporter on the red carpet asks {{w|Stewie Griffin}} if Fox has any plans to bring back ''Futurama''. ''Family Guy'' and ''Futurama'' were both animated series on Fox which were cancelled and subsequently aired on {{w|Adult Swim}}; at the time of release ''Family Guy'' was scheduled to return but ''Futurama'' was not.<br />
<br />
*Bender was seen during the {{sw|Chalmun's Cantina}} scene of the "{{w|Blue Harvest (Family Guy)|Blue Harvest}}", released 23 September, 2007.<br />
<br />
*In the fifth "{{w|Road to...}}" episode, "{{w|Road to the Multiverse}}", aired 27 September, 2009, Stewie keeps the multiverse remote in a safe, which has what looks like [[alienese]] characters on the buttons. Also the multiverses are a similar concept to ''Futurama''{{'}}s [[Parallel universes]] and the first one looks very similar to [[New New York]].<br />
<br />
*Bender makes a non-speaking appearance in the episode "{{w|The Splendid Source}}", aired 16 May, 2010, who heard the dirty joke from Al Harrington and passed it on to Tom Tucker. Peter describes this as "oddly enough, for some reason".<br />
<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Bender on family guy.jpg|Bender appearing in ''Blue Harvest''.<br />
File:Alienese on Family Guy.png|Alienese appearing on a safe in "Road to the Multiverse".<br />
File:The Splendid Source.png|Bender appears in "The Splendid Source".<br />
File:The Splendid Source2.png|Bender appears in "The Splendid Source" again.<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
==References to Family Guy in Futurama==<br />
*In {{e|7ACV01}}, Bender denying that he is Ben's father and Ben saying Bender's catchphrase is similar to the Family Guy episode "Quagmire's Baby", where Peter doubts that the baby left on Quagmire's doorstep is his and then she says, "Giggity".<br />
*In {{clink|US#003|The Owner of Mars Attacks!}}, Randy's "crap" believes that the only thing no one will buy is his complete 723 episode box set of Family Guy.<br />
*In [[Futurama Returns]], Peter Griffin makes a cameo.<br />
<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Copy of Futurama Comics 03 - The Owner Of Mars Attacks - 04.jpeg|200px.<br />
File:Copy of 14xj5.jpg.<br />
</gallery><br />
[[Category:Allusions]]</div>Hildoginhttp://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Family_Guy&diff=117928Family Guy2012-09-01T03:02:58Z<p>Hildogin: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{Television infobox<br />
|name = ''Family Guy''<br />
|genre = Comedy<br />
|format = Animation<br />
|created by = [[Seth MacFarlane]]<br />
|origin = [[United States of America]]<br />
|first appear = {{clink|US#003|The Owner of Mars Attacks!}}<br />
|producer = Seth McFarlanne<br />
|runtime = 22 minutes<br />
|company = Fuzzy Door Productions<br />
|channel = [[FOX]]<br />
}}<br />
'''''Family Guy''''' is an animated FOX show created by [[Seth MacFarlane]]. Futurama referenced it.<br />
==References to Futurama in Family Guy==<br />
*In the episode "{{w|Deep Throats}}", aired 9 April, 2006, {{w|Peter Griffin}} sings a song without his inspiration (marijuana). His lyrics are possibly describing the [[Tube Transport System]] in [[New New York]]. <br />
<br />
*During the premiere skit in ''{{w|Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story}}'', released 27 September, 2005, a reporter on the red carpet asks {{w|Stewie Griffin}} if Fox has any plans to bring back ''Futurama''. ''Family Guy'' and ''Futurama'' were both animated series on Fox which were cancelled and subsequently aired on {{w|Adult Swim}}; at the time of release ''Family Guy'' was scheduled to return but ''Futurama'' was not.<br />
<br />
*Bender was seen during the {{sw|Chalmun's Cantina}} scene of the "{{w|Blue Harvest (Family Guy)|Blue Harvest}}", released 23 September, 2007.<br />
<br />
*In the fifth "{{w|Road to...}}" episode, "{{w|Road to the Multiverse}}", aired 27 September, 2009, Stewie keeps the multiverse remote in a safe, which has what looks like [[alienese]] characters on the buttons. Also the multiverses are a similar concept to ''Futurama''{{'}}s [[Parallel universes]] and the first one looks very similar to [[New New York]].<br />
<br />
*Bender makes a non-speaking appearance in the episode "{{w|The Splendid Source}}", aired 16 May, 2010, who heard the dirty joke from Al Harrington and passed it on to Tom Tucker. Peter describes this as "oddly enough, for some reason".<br />
<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Bender on family guy.jpg|Bender appearing in ''Blue Harvest''.<br />
File:Alienese on Family Guy.png|Alienese appearing on a safe in "Road to the Multiverse".<br />
File:The Splendid Source.png|Bender appears in "The Splendid Source".<br />
File:The Splendid Source2.png|Bender appears in "The Splendid Source" again.<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
==References to Family Guy in Futurama==<br />
*In {{e|7ACV01}}, Bender denying that he is Ben's father and Ben saying Bender's catchphrase is similar to the Family Guy episode "Quagmire's Baby", where Peter doubts that the baby left on Quagmire's doorstep is his and then she says, "Giggity".<br />
*In {{clink|US#003|The Owner of Mars Attacks!}}, Randy's "crap" believes that the only thing no one will buy is his complete 723 episode box set of Family Guy.<br />
*In [[Futurama Returns]], Peter Griffin makes a cameo.<br />
[[File:Copy of Futurama Comics 03 - The Owner Of Mars Attacks - 04.jpeg]]<br />
[[File:Copy of 14xj5.jpg|Peter appearing in ''Futurama Returns'']].<br />
[[Category:Allusions]]</div>Hildoginhttp://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Family_Guy&diff=117927Family Guy2012-09-01T03:01:48Z<p>Hildogin: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{Television infobox<br />
|name = ''Family Guy''<br />
|genre = Comedy<br />
|format = Animation<br />
|created by = [[Seth MacFarlane]]<br />
|origin = [[United States of America]]<br />
|first appear = {{clink|US#003|The Owner of Mars Attacks!}}<br />
|producer = Seth McFarlanne<br />
|runtime = 22 minutes<br />
|company = Fuzzy Door Productions<br />
|channel = [[FOX]]<br />
}}<br />
'''''Family Guy''''' is an animated FOX show created by [[Seth MacFarlane]]. Futurama referenced it.<br />
==References to Futurama in Family Guy==<br />
*In the episode "{{w|Deep Throats}}", aired 9 April, 2006, {{w|Peter Griffin}} sings a song without his inspiration (marijuana). His lyrics are possibly describing the [[Tube Transport System]] in [[New New York]]. <br />
<br />
*During the premiere skit in ''{{w|Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story}}'', released 27 September, 2005, a reporter on the red carpet asks {{w|Stewie Griffin}} if Fox has any plans to bring back ''Futurama''. ''Family Guy'' and ''Futurama'' were both animated series on Fox which were cancelled and subsequently aired on {{w|Adult Swim}}; at the time of release ''Family Guy'' was scheduled to return but ''Futurama'' was not.<br />
<br />
*Bender was seen during the {{sw|Chalmun's Cantina}} scene of the "{{w|Blue Harvest (Family Guy)|Blue Harvest}}", released 23 September, 2007.<br />
<br />
*In the fifth "{{w|Road to...}}" episode, "{{w|Road to the Multiverse}}", aired 27 September, 2009, Stewie keeps the multiverse remote in a safe, which has what looks like [[alienese]] characters on the buttons. Also the multiverses are a similar concept to ''Futurama''{{'}}s [[Parallel universes]] and the first one looks very similar to [[New New York]].<br />
<br />
*Bender makes a non-speaking appearance in the episode "{{w|The Splendid Source}}", aired 16 May, 2010, who heard the dirty joke from Al Harrington and passed it on to Tom Tucker. Peter describes this as "oddly enough, for some reason".<br />
<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Bender on family guy.jpg|Bender appearing in ''Blue Harvest''.<br />
File:Alienese on Family Guy.png|Alienese appearing on a safe in "Road to the Multiverse".<br />
File:The Splendid Source.png|Bender appears in "The Splendid Source".<br />
File:The Splendid Source2.png|Bender appears in "The Splendid Source" again.<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
==References to Family Guy in Futurama==<br />
*In {{e|7ACV01}}, Bender denying that he is Ben's father and Ben saying Bender's catchphrase is similar to the Family Guy episode "Quagmire's Baby", where Peter doubts that the baby left on Quagmire's doorstep is his and then she says, "Giggity".<br />
*In {{clink|US#003|The Owner of Mars Attacks!}}, Randy's "crap" believes that the only thing no one will buy is his complete 723 episode box set of Family Guy.<br />
*In [[Futurama Returns]], Peter Griffin makes a cameo.<br />
[[File:Copy of Futurama Comics 03 - The Owner Of Mars Attacks - 04.jpg]]<br />
[[File:Copy of 14xj5.jpg|Peter appearing in ''Futurama Returns'']].<br />
[[Category:Allusions]]</div>Hildoginhttp://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Family_Guy&diff=117926Family Guy2012-09-01T03:01:07Z<p>Hildogin: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{Television infobox<br />
|name = ''Family Guy''<br />
|genre = Comedy<br />
|format = Animation<br />
|created by = [[Seth MacFarlanne]]<br />
|origin = [[United States of America]]<br />
|first appear = {{clink|US#003|The Owner of Mars Attacks!}}<br />
|producer = Seth McFarlanne<br />
|runtime = 22 minutes<br />
|company = Fuzzy Door Productions<br />
|channel = [[FOX]]<br />
}}<br />
'''''Family Guy''''' is an animated FOX show created by [[Seth MacFarlanne]]. Futurama referenced it.<br />
==References to Futurama in Family Guy==<br />
*In the episode "{{w|Deep Throats}}", aired 9 April, 2006, {{w|Peter Griffin}} sings a song without his inspiration (marijuana). His lyrics are possibly describing the [[Tube Transport System]] in [[New New York]]. <br />
<br />
*During the premiere skit in ''{{w|Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story}}'', released 27 September, 2005, a reporter on the red carpet asks {{w|Stewie Griffin}} if Fox has any plans to bring back ''Futurama''. ''Family Guy'' and ''Futurama'' were both animated series on Fox which were cancelled and subsequently aired on {{w|Adult Swim}}; at the time of release ''Family Guy'' was scheduled to return but ''Futurama'' was not.<br />
<br />
*Bender was seen during the {{sw|Chalmun's Cantina}} scene of the "{{w|Blue Harvest (Family Guy)|Blue Harvest}}", released 23 September, 2007.<br />
<br />
*In the fifth "{{w|Road to...}}" episode, "{{w|Road to the Multiverse}}", aired 27 September, 2009, Stewie keeps the multiverse remote in a safe, which has what looks like [[alienese]] characters on the buttons. Also the multiverses are a similar concept to ''Futurama''{{'}}s [[Parallel universes]] and the first one looks very similar to [[New New York]].<br />
<br />
*Bender makes a non-speaking appearance in the episode "{{w|The Splendid Source}}", aired 16 May, 2010, who heard the dirty joke from Al Harrington and passed it on to Tom Tucker. Peter describes this as "oddly enough, for some reason".<br />
<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Bender on family guy.jpg|Bender appearing in ''Blue Harvest''.<br />
File:Alienese on Family Guy.png|Alienese appearing on a safe in "Road to the Multiverse".<br />
File:The Splendid Source.png|Bender appears in "The Splendid Source".<br />
File:The Splendid Source2.png|Bender appears in "The Splendid Source" again.<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
==References to Family Guy in Futurama==<br />
*In {{e|7ACV01}}, Bender denying that he is Ben's father and Ben saying Bender's catchphrase is similar to the Family Guy episode "Quagmire's Baby", where Peter doubts that the baby left on Quagmire's doorstep is his and then she says, "Giggity".<br />
*In {{clink|US#003|The Owner of Mars Attacks!}}, Randy's "crap" believes that the only thing no one will buy is his complete 723 episode box set of Family Guy.<br />
*In [[Futurama Returns]], Peter Griffin makes a cameo.<br />
[[File:Copy of Futurama Comics 03 - The Owner Of Mars Attacks - 04.jpg|Randy talking about nobody buy his complete 723 episode box set of Family Guy]]<br />
[[File:Copy of 14xj5.jpg|Peter appearing in ''Futurama Returns'']].<br />
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<div>{{Television infobox<br />
|name = ''Family Guy''<br />
|genre = Comedy<br />
|format = Animation<br />
|created by = [[Seth MacFarlanne]]<br />
|origin = [[United States of America]]<br />
|first appear = {{clink|US#003|The Owner of Mars Attacks!}}<br />
|producer = Seth McFarlanne<br />
|runtime = 22 minutes<br />
|company = Fuzzy Door Productions<br />
|channel = [[FOX]]<br />
}}<br />
'''''Family Guy''''' is an animated FOX show created by [[Seth MacFarlanne]]. Futurama referenced it.<br />
==References to Futurama in Family Guy==<br />
*In the episode "{{w|Deep Throats}}", aired 9 April, 2006, {{w|Peter Griffin}} sings a song without his inspiration (marijuana). His lyrics are possibly describing the [[Tube Transport System]] in [[New New York]]. <br />
<br />
*During the premiere skit in ''{{w|Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story}}'', released 27 September, 2005, a reporter on the red carpet asks {{w|Stewie Griffin}} if Fox has any plans to bring back ''Futurama''. ''Family Guy'' and ''Futurama'' were both animated series on Fox which were cancelled and subsequently aired on {{w|Adult Swim}}; at the time of release ''Family Guy'' was scheduled to return but ''Futurama'' was not.<br />
<br />
*Bender was seen during the {{sw|Chalmun's Cantina}} scene of the "{{w|Blue Harvest (Family Guy)|Blue Harvest}}", released 23 September, 2007.<br />
<br />
*In the fifth "{{w|Road to...}}" episode, "{{w|Road to the Multiverse}}", aired 27 September, 2009, Stewie keeps the multiverse remote in a safe, which has what looks like [[alienese]] characters on the buttons. Also the multiverses are a similar concept to ''Futurama''{{'}}s [[Parallel universes]] and the first one looks very similar to [[New New York]].<br />
<br />
*Bender makes a non-speaking appearance in the episode "{{w|The Splendid Source}}", aired 16 May, 2010, who heard the dirty joke from Al Harrington and passed it on to Tom Tucker. Peter describes this as "oddly enough, for some reason".<br />
<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Bender on family guy.jpg|Bender appearing in ''Blue Harvest''.<br />
File:Alienese on Family Guy.png|Alienese appearing on a safe in "Road to the Multiverse".<br />
File:The Splendid Source.png|Bender appears in "The Splendid Source".<br />
File:The Splendid Source2.png|Bender appears in "The Splendid Source" again.<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
==References to Family Guy in Futurama==<br />
*In {{e|7ACV01}}, Bender denying that he is Ben's father and Ben saying Bender's catchphrase is similar to the Family Guy episode "Quagmire's Baby", where Peter doubts that the baby left on Quagmire's doorstep is his and then she says, "Giggity".<br />
*In {{clink|US#003|The Owner of Mars Attacks!}}, Randy's "crap" believes that the only thing no one will buy is his complete 723 episode box set of Family Guy.<br />
*In [[Futurama Returns]], Peter Griffin makes a cameo.<br />
[[File:Copy of Futurama Comics 03 - The Owner Of Mars Attacks - 04|Randy talking about nobody buy his complete 723 episode box set of Family Guy]]<br />
[[File:Copy of 14xj5.jpg|Peter appearing in ''Futurama Returns'']].<br />
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<div>{{Television infobox<br />
|name = ''Family Guy''<br />
|genre = Comedy<br />
|format = Animation<br />
|created by = [[Seth MacFarlanne]]<br />
|origin = [[United States of America]]<br />
|first appear = {{clink|US#003|The Owner of Mars Attacks!}}<br />
|producer = Seth McFarlanne<br />
|runtime = 22 minutes<br />
|company = Fuzzy Door Productions<br />
|channel = [[FOX]]<br />
}}<br />
'''''Family Guy''''' is an animated FOX show created by [[Seth MacFarlanne]]. Futurama referenced it.<br />
==References to Futurama in Family Guy==<br />
*In the episode "{{w|Deep Throats}}", aired 9 April, 2006, {{w|Peter Griffin}} sings a song without his inspiration (marijuana). His lyrics are possibly describing the [[Tube Transport System]] in [[New New York]]. <br />
<br />
*During the premiere skit in ''{{w|Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story}}'', released 27 September, 2005, a reporter on the red carpet asks {{w|Stewie Griffin}} if Fox has any plans to bring back ''Futurama''. ''Family Guy'' and ''Futurama'' were both animated series on Fox which were cancelled and subsequently aired on {{w|Adult Swim}}; at the time of release ''Family Guy'' was scheduled to return but ''Futurama'' was not.<br />
<br />
*Bender was seen during the {{sw|Chalmun's Cantina}} scene of the "{{w|Blue Harvest (Family Guy)|Blue Harvest}}", released 23 September, 2007.<br />
<br />
*In the fifth "{{w|Road to...}}" episode, "{{w|Road to the Multiverse}}", aired 27 September, 2009, Stewie keeps the multiverse remote in a safe, which has what looks like [[alienese]] characters on the buttons. Also the multiverses are a similar concept to ''Futurama''{{'}}s [[Parallel universes]] and the first one looks very similar to [[New New York]].<br />
<br />
*Bender makes a non-speaking appearance in the episode "{{w|The Splendid Source}}", aired 16 May, 2010, who heard the dirty joke from Al Harrington and passed it on to Tom Tucker. Peter describes this as "oddly enough, for some reason".<br />
<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Bender on family guy.jpg|Bender appearing in ''Blue Harvest''.<br />
File:Alienese on Family Guy.png|Alienese appearing on a safe in "Road to the Multiverse".<br />
File:The Splendid Source.png|Bender appears in "The Splendid Source".<br />
File:The Splendid Source2.png|Bender appears in "The Splendid Source" again.<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
==References to Family Guy in Futurama==<br />
*In {{e|7ACV01}}, Bender denying that he is Ben's father and Ben saying Bender's catchphrase is similar to the Family Guy episode "Quagmire's Baby", where Peter doubts that the baby left on Quagmire's doorstep is his and then she says, "Giggity".<br />
*In {{clink|US#003|The Owner of Mars Attacks!}}, Randy's "crap" believes that the only thing no one will buy is his complete 723 episode box set of Family Guy.<br />
*In [[Futurama Returns]], Peter Griffin makes a cameo.<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Copy of Futurama Comics 03 - The Owner Of Mars Attacks - 04|Randy talking about nobody buy his complete 723 episode box set of Family Guy.<br />
File:Copy of 14xj5.jpg|Peter appearing in ''Futurama Returns''.<br />
</gallery><br />
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<hr />
<div>{{Television infobox<br />
|name = ''Family Guy''<br />
|genre = Comedy<br />
|format = Animation<br />
|created by = [[Seth McFarlanne]]<br />
|origin = [[United States of America]]<br />
|first appear = {{clink|US#003|The Owner of Mars Attacks!}}<br />
|producer = Seth McFarlanne<br />
|runtime = 22 minutes<br />
|company = Fuzzy Door Productions<br />
|channel = [[FOX]]<br />
}}<br />
'''''Family Guy''''' is an animated FOX show created by [[Seth McFarlanne]]. Futurama referenced it.<br />
==References to Futurama in Family Guy==<br />
*In the episode "{{w|Deep Throats}}", aired 9 April, 2006, {{w|Peter Griffin}} sings a song without his inspiration (marijuana). His lyrics are possibly describing the [[Tube Transport System]] in [[New New York]]. <br />
<br />
*During the premiere skit in ''{{w|Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story}}'', released 27 September, 2005, a reporter on the red carpet asks {{w|Stewie Griffin}} if Fox has any plans to bring back ''Futurama''. ''Family Guy'' and ''Futurama'' were both animated series on Fox which were cancelled and subsequently aired on {{w|Adult Swim}}; at the time of release ''Family Guy'' was scheduled to return but ''Futurama'' was not.<br />
<br />
*Bender was seen during the {{sw|Chalmun's Cantina}} scene of the "{{w|Blue Harvest (Family Guy)|Blue Harvest}}", released 23 September, 2007.<br />
<br />
*In the fifth "{{w|Road to...}}" episode, "{{w|Road to the Multiverse}}", aired 27 September, 2009, Stewie keeps the multiverse remote in a safe, which has what looks like [[alienese]] characters on the buttons. Also the multiverses are a similar concept to ''Futurama''{{'}}s [[Parallel universes]] and the first one looks very similar to [[New New York]].<br />
<br />
*Bender makes a non-speaking appearance in the episode "{{w|The Splendid Source}}", aired 16 May, 2010, who heard the dirty joke from Al Harrington and passed it on to Tom Tucker. Peter describes this as "oddly enough, for some reason".<br />
<br />
==References to Family Guy in Futurama==<br />
*In {{e|7ACV01}}, Bender denying that he is Ben's father and Ben saying Bender's catchphrase is similar to the Family Guy episode "Quagmire's Baby", where Peter doubts that the baby left on Quagmire's doorstep is his and then she says, "Giggity".<br />
*In {{clink|US#003|The Owner of Mars Attacks!}}, Randy's "crap" believes that the only thing no one will buy is his complete 723 episode box set of Family Guy.<br />
*In [[Futurama Returns]], Peter Griffin makes a cameo.<br />
[[Category:Allusions]]</div>Hildoginhttp://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=List_of_references_to_Futurama_in_popular_culture&diff=117922List of references to Futurama in popular culture2012-09-01T02:40:28Z<p>Hildogin: /* Family Guy */</p>
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<div>This article lists references to the show ''[[Futurama]]'' '''in popular culture''', which are references made by other media to ''Futurama'' itself.<br />
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== Film ==<br />
=== Animation ===<br />
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==== ''{{w|Attack of the Drones}}'' ====<br />
[[File:ZoidbergDaffyDuck.jpg|right|thumb|Zoidberg appearing in ''Attack of the Drones''.]]<br />
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''Attack of the Drones'' ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeC5Rw9vXXI link]) was the fourth {{w|Duck Dodgers}} short and was released in [[2003]], though not theatrically, due to the failure of the film ''{{w|Looney Tunes: Back in Action}}''. [[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Dr. Zoidberg]] makes a cameo appearance in the council, even as much as having a line: "Uh, what do we do?" [[Billy West]] voiced him in this appearances, due to his obligations as {{w|Porky Pig}}.<br />
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The buildings and animation (2D with 3D sequences) are similar to ''Futurama''{{'}}s, and this may be due to the involvement of ''Futurama'' staff [[Dwayne Carey-Hill]], [[Eric Kaplan]] and [[Rich Moore]].<br />
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==== ''{{w|Logorama}}'' ====<br />
[[File:Logorama.png|right|thumb|The Slurm logo appearing in ''Logorama''.]]<br />
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In the [[2009]] short film ''Logorama'', over 2,500 logos are used to tell the story. Among these is the logo for Slurm, which appears among others at {{w|KFC}}. The film's name is similar to ''Futurama''.<br />
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=== Live-action ===<br />
==== ''{{w|The Adventures of Pluto Nash}}'' ====<br />
In the [[2002]] film ''The Adventures of Pluto Nash'', a piece of music similar to the ''Futurama'' theme can be heard in some scenes set on the moon.<br />
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==== ''{{w|Comic Book: The Movie}}'' ====<br />
The [[2004]] mockumentary film ''Comic Book: The Movie'' features a ''Futurama'' cutout. Some ''Futurama'' castmembers also appear in the film, including [[Matt Groening]], [[Mark Hamill]], [[Maurice LaMarche]], and [[Billy West]].<br />
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==== ''{{w|An Inconvenient Truth}}'' ====<br />
[[File:An Inconvenient Truth.jpg|right|thumb|A ''Futurama'' clip appearing in ''An Inconvenient Truth''.]]<br />
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The [[2006]] documentary film ''An Inconvenient Truth'' is linked to ''Futurama'' in several ways:<br />
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*In ''An Inconvenient Truth'', [[Al Gore]] uses a [[Educational films#None Like it Hot!|scene]] from the episode "[[Crimes of the Hot]]" during his initial explanation of [[global warming]].<br />
*The ''Futurama'' cast and crew also made an animated faux-trailer for the film titled ''[[A Terrifying Message from Al Gore]]'' featuring Gore and Bender.<br />
*Al Gore is a recurring guest star on ''Futurama'', appearing in "[[Anthology of Interest I]]", "[[Crimes of the Hot]]", ''[[Bender's Big Score]]'' and "[[The Futurama Holiday Spectacular]]". He has said that ''Futurama'' is his favourite show, prior to his appearance on it, during the time of [[Season 1]].<br />
*His daughter, [[Kristin Gore]], also worked for the show as a screen writer for all of [[Season 3]] and [[Season 4|4's]] episodes, bar three.<br />
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==== {{w|Unfaithful (film)|''Unfaithful''}} ====<br />
''Futurama'' appears in the [[2002]] film ''Unfaithful''. It is unknown where it appears in the movie, but [[20th Century Fox|Fox]] is credited for its use in the film. [[Christopher Tyng]] is also listed in the film's credits for the use of "Music from ''Futurama''" in the film.<br />
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== Internet ==<br />
=== Miscellaneous ===<br />
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==== {{w|Encyclopedia Dramatica|Encyclopædia Dramatica}} ====<br />
Through {{w|4chan}}, Encyclopædia Dramatica claims that there are four memes associated with ''Futurama'' on [http://encyclopediadramatica.ch/Futurama its page]:<br />
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<gallery><br />
File:ISWYDT.jpg|[[Fry|I See What You Did There]]<br />
File:Child Abduction.jpg|[[Bender|Child Abduction]]<br />
File:IAWTC.jpg|[[Scruffy|Second]]<br />
File:All Glory to the Hypno Toad.gif|[[Hypnotoad]]<br />
</gallery><br />
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==== ''{{w|List of Heroes graphic novels|Heroes}}'' ====<br />
[[File:Heroes.png|right|thumb|The Planet Express ship appearing in ''Heroes''.]]<br />
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A supplement of the {{w|Heroes (TV series)|TV series}}, the [[2010]] ''Heroes'' graphic novel "The Trip, Part 1" (#160; [http://www.nbc.com/heroes/novels/downloads/Heroes_novel_160.pdf link]) features the [[Planet Express ship]] in a full page panel.<br />
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==== {{w|Know Your Meme}} ====<br />
Know Your Meme, a website and web series documenting Internet memes, lists five confirmed memes sourced from ''Futurama'': "Not Sure If X", based on a still of Fry from "[[The Lesser of Two Evils]]"; the [[Hypnotoad]]; "I Don't Want to Live on This Planet Anymore", based on a quote by Professor Farnsworth from "[[A Clockwork Origin]]"; "Shut Up and Take My Money", based on a quote by Fry from "[[Attack of the Killer App]]"; and "Why Not [[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]?".<br />
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<gallery><br />
File:ISWYDT.jpg|[[Philip J. Fry|Not Sure If X]]<br />
File:All Glory to the Hypno Toad.gif|[[Hypnotoad]]<br />
File:I Don't Want to Live on This Planet Anymore.png|[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|I Don't Want to Live on This Planet Anymore]]<br />
File:Shut Up and Take My Money.png|[[Philip J. Fry|Shut Up and Take My Money]]<br />
File:Why Not Zoidberg.jpg|[[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Why Not Zoidberg?]]<br />
</gallery><br />
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==== ''Macromeme'' ====<br />
[[File:Capcha-tattoo.jpg|right|thumb|Clamps appearing in ''Macromeme'']]<br />
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[[Clamps]] appears in a ''Macromeme'' comic ([http://macromeme.com/dog/capcha-tattoo.html link]), where he is shown in a conversation with a robot who has a CAPTCHA tattoo.<br />
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==== {{w|Mozilla Firefox}} ====<br />
[[File:Firefoxshinyass.png|right|thumb|Bender's catchphrase appearing in Mozilla Firefox.]]<br />
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In {{w|Mozilla}}'s Firefox browser (version {{w|Mozilla Firefox 3|3}} or later), if one types "about:robots" in the address bar, a page will appear paying tribute to robots in popular culture. The last point is "Robots have shiny metal posteriors which should not be bitten." This is a reference to Bender's [[catchphrase]], "[[Bite my shiny metal ass]]!"<br />
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==== {{w|Robot Hall of Fame}} ====<br />
Bender was nominated for a place in the Robot Hall of Fame. Before the closure of [http://www.robothalloffame.org/nominate.php its website], he was in second place, garnering 30% of the votes.<br />
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==== ''{{w|xkcd}}'' ====<br />
[[File:xkcd 233 Futurama.jpg|right|thumb|''xkcd'' comic 233 with accompanying tooltip.]]<br />
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''xkcd'' has made several references to ''Futurama'':<br />
*The tooltip for comic 233 ([http://xkcd.com/233/ link]) says "They'd use that ''Futurama'' episode with [[Seymour Asses|Fry's dog]], but even spambots cry at that". This references the {{w|CAPTCHA}} test to determine if a response is computer-generated, as well as the very emotional nature of the episode "[[Jurassic Bark]]".<br />
**Ironically, one of the possible captcha questions that are presented upon editing an [[The Infosphere|Infosphere]] article is ''"Did you cry when Seymour Asses died?"''<br />
*In comic 482 ([http://xkcd.com/482/ link]), the Planet Express ship is visible, and a word balloon proclaims "Hey, a heaping bowl of salt!" This references the episode "[[My Three Suns]]", where Fry mentions he once ate a heaping bowl of salt.<br />
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=== Video ===<br />
==== ''[http://www.youtube.com/show/etc ETC: Entertainment, Technology, Culture]'' ====<br />
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The 58th episode of the {{w|Machinima}}-run show ''ETC: Entertainment, Technology, Culture'' ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60lomq66LpM link]) focuses on the return of ''Futurama'' to television.<br />
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==== ''{{w|Homestar Runner}}'' ====<br />
[[File:Homestar runner.png|right|thumb|Zoidberg appearing in ''Homestar Runner''.]]<br />
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In the [[2008]] ''Homestar Runner'' Halloween episode "[[hrwiki:Most in the Graveyard|Most in the Graveyard]]" ([http://www.homestarrunner.com/ween08.html link]), [[hrwiki:The Poopsmith|the Poopsmith]] is dressed up as Zoidberg. [[hrwiki:The King of Town|The King of Town]] also says [[Professor Farnsworth]]'s catchphrase, "[[Good news, everyone]]!", when one clicks the Poopsmith at the end of the episode.<br />
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==== {{w|RiffTrax}} ====<br />
In the [[2007]] RiffTrax commentary for ''{{sw|The Star Wars Holiday Special}}'' ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ldAssuIkDY link]), {{sw|Ackmena}} tells {{sw|Unidentified Duros 1|two}} {{sw|Unidentified Duros 2|aliens}} to finish their Slurm.<br />
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==== ''[http://www.yugiohtheabridgedseries.com/ Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series]'' ====<br />
[[File:Yugioh.png|right|thumb|Bakura as Hypnotoad in ''Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series''.]]<br />
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Two ''Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series'' episodes have referenced ''Futurama'':<br />
*In episode 7, released in [[2006]] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrDazcwOfmA link]), {{w|Hiroto Honda|Tristan Taylor}} (in robot monkey form) and {{w|Katsuya Jonouchi|Joey Wheeler}} are dubbed over as Bender and Fry in the episode "[[Space Pilot 3000]]".<br />
*In episode 17, released in [[2007]] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g53f0QxEn50 link]), {{w|Yami Marik}} appears as a parody of the Hypnotoad, with the same noise and eyes as it.<br />
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=== WTLNetwork ===<br />
Two WTLNetwork videos make references to ''Futurama'':<br />
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*In "[http://www.thepooptroupe.com/wikitl/Feeble...FEEBLE%3F!%3F Feeble...FEEBLE?!?]", laser-eyed Daisy makes a noise like the [[Hypnotoad]].<br />
*In "[http://www.thepooptroupe.com/wikitl/Percy_Gets_The_Runs Percy Gets the Runs]", Percy passes a sign reading "[[Teddybear Junction|Teddy Bear Junction]]".<br />
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== Music ==<br />
=== Comedy ===<br />
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==== {{w|Josh Thomas (comedian)|Josh Thomas}} ====<br />
Australian comedian Josh Thomas, who has stated he is an atheist, says on the end of his track "Other Sexy Stuff", featured on his [[2010]] album ''Things That I Have Said Before'', that he follows {{w|Oprah Winfrey}} instead. This could be a nod to [[Oprahism]], a religion mentioned in the episode "[[Hell Is Other Robots]]".<br />
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=== Electronic ===<br />
==== [http://www.myspace.com/bendervsflexo Bender vs. Flexo] ====<br />
The band Bender vs. Flexo takes its name from Bender and [[Flexo]].<br />
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==== [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Bizzare+Contact/ Bizzare Contact] ====<br />
Israeli electronic musician Bizzare Contact's track "Peaches on the Moon", featured on the [[2006]] compilation ''The Natural Waves of Sound 003'', heavily samples dialogue from "[[The Series Has Landed]]".<br />
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==== [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Dickster/ Dickster] and [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Tron+(3) Tron] ====<br />
Electronic musicians Dickster and Tron's track "A Few Spoonful's", featured on the [[2009]] compilation ''Quantum Effects'', samples two lines spoken by [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]] in the episode "[[The 30% Iron Chef]]": "According to the spectrolizer, Spargle's magic ingredient was...water!" and "Laced with nothing more than a few spoonfuls of LSD."<br />
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==== [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Mike+Modular Mike Modular] ====<br />
Electronic musician Mike Modular's track "Fry Through Space", a collaboration with fellow electronic musician [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Rinkadink/ Rinkadink] featured on the 2004 compilation ''Wild Life - Jungle Juice'', samples various lines from "[[Space Pilot 3000]]".<br />
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==== [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Rinkadink/ Rinkadink] ====<br />
Electronic musician Rinkadink's track "Anyone Seen Bender?", from his 2004 album ''Rabbit from Darkside'', samples dialogue between [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] and the [[Galactic Entity]] from "[[Godfellas]]"; it also samples a clip of [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] looking for Bender and a clip of [[Horrible Gelatinous Blob|H.G. Blob]] responding to Fry, both from the same episode. "Fry Through Space", a 2004 track by him and [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Mike+Modular Mike Modular] featured on the 2004 compilation ''Wild Life - Jungle Juice'', samples various lines from "[[Space Pilot 3000]]".<br />
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=== Hip-hop ===<br />
==== {{w|Danger Doom|DANGERDOOM}} ====<br />
As well as featuring characters from fellow animated television series such as ''{{w|Aqua Teen Hunger Force}}'', ''{{w|The Brak Show}}'', ''{{w|Family Guy}}'' and ''{{w|Space Ghost Coast to Coast}}'', the song "El Chupa Nibre", from DANGERDOOM's [[2005]] album ''{{w|The Mouse and the Mask}}'', references the monster [[El Chupanibre]] from ''Futurama'' in its title. The song "Space Ho's", also on the same album, features the lyric "Look Leela eyeball to eyeballs".<br />
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==== {{w|MC Lars}} ====<br />
MC Lars referenced the show in the song "Space Game", from his [[2006]] album ''{{w|The Graduate (MC Lars album)|The Graduate}}'', with the lyric "Hey Fry, look, we can still be friends. I won't ask Leela out again".<br />
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==== [[Beastie Boys]] ====<br />
In [[2009]], the Beastie Boys released a song called "{{w|Too Many Rappers}}". In the song, there is a line where it is said that they will be rapping "until the year 3000 and beyond". (Click [http://rapgenius.com/Beastie-boys-too-many-rappers-lyrics here] for the lyrics.) This is likely a reference to ''Futurama'' - considering their appearance in "[[Hell Is Other Robots]]".<br />
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=== Rock ===<br />
==== [http://www.atomicraygunattack.com/ Atomic Raygun Attack] ====<br />
The band Atomic Raygun Attack released an EP entitled ''Atomic Raygun Attack Presents: The Sting'' ([http://www.atomicraygunattack.com/website/mp3s/thesting/ link]) in [[2007]] which bases its six songs off the ''Futurama'' episode "[[The Sting]]".<br />
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==== {{w|Devin Townsend|The Devin Townsend Project}} ====<br />
The title of the song "Bend It Like Bender!" by The Devin Townsend Project, from their [[2009]] album ''{{w|Addicted (The Devin Townsend Project album)|Addicted}}'', references Bender. Additionally, the song contains the line "Game's over, losers! I have all the money!", spoken by Bender in the episode "[[A Head in the Polls]]".<br />
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== Publications ==<br />
=== Comics ===<br />
<br />
==== {{w|52 (comics)|''52''}} ====<br />
[[File:Johnny Warrawa.jpg|right|thumb|Johnny Warrawa wearing a Bender mask.]]<br />
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In an issue of the comic series ''52'' (#21, published September, 2006), the Australian mechanic [[Wikia:dcdatabase:Jonathan Warrawa (New Earth)|Johnny Warrawa]] wears a welding mask shaped like [[Bender]]'s face whilst repairing the droid head of the {{w|Red Tornado}}.<br />
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==== ''{{w|Action Comics}}'' ====<br />
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[[File:ActionComic863.jpg|right|thumb|Zoidberg and Kif appearing in ''Action Comics''.]]<br />
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In ''Action Comics'' (#863, published May, 2008), a {{w|Legion of Super-Heroes}} comic, there is a plot involving aliens being sent to a prison camp. Among them is what appears to be [[Zoidberg]] and possibly [[Kif Kroker]].<br />
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==== ''Deadpool / GLI - Summer Fun Spectacular'' ====<br />
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In the ''Deadpool / GLI - Summer Fun Spectacular'', published July 2007, Bender can be seen on the television screen in the GLI headquarters.<br />
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==== ''{{w|FoxTrot}}'' ====<br />
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[[File:FoxTrot 08-05-2011.gif|right|thumb|In the lower right corner.]]<br />
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[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]], {{sw|R2-D2}} (''[[Star Wars]]''), and Maximillian (''{{w|The Black Hole}}'') make a brief [[cameo]] appearance. Interestingly, ''[[Countdown to Futurama]]'' author [http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/author/matthew-tobey/ Matt Tobey], who posted "[http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/2011/05/12/futurama-fanarama-bender-in-foxtrot/ Futurama Fanarama: Bender in FoxTrot]", mistook R2-D2 for "{{sw|C3PO}} from ''Star Trek''" (actually from ''Star Wars'') and Maximillian for "{{w|Dr. Zaius}} from ''{{w|The Matrix}}''" (actually from ''{{w|Planet of the Apes (franchise)|Planet of the Apes}}''). It is possible, however, that he did so knowingly.<br />
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==== ''{{w|Life in Hell}}'' ====<br />
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[[File:LIH bender.jpg|right|thumb|Bender appearing among rubbish and toys in ''Life in Hell''.]]<br />
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In [[Matt Groening]]'s comic, ''Life in Hell'', a Bender-like doll appears in a [[1999]] Christmas strip.<br />
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==== ''{{w|Off The Mark}}'' ====<br />
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[[File:Off the mark.png|right|thumb|Leela (and others) appearing in ''Off The Mark''.]]<br />
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The 17 September, 2009, issue of the single panel comic ''{{w|Off The Mark}}'', created by {{w|Mark Parisi}}, features [[Leela]] trying to be chatted up by cyclops Mike Wazowski from the film ''{{w|Monsters, Inc.}}'', whilst his friend Sulley is at the bar with [[Fry]] and Bender.<br />
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==== ''Outer Orbit'' ====<br />
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The Planet Express Ship appears in an issue of the {{w|Dark Horse Comics}} miniseries ''Outer Orbit''.<br />
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==== {{w|Top 10 (comics)|''Top 10''}} ====<br />
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In issue 11 of ''Top 10'', a discoloured Fry, Leela, and Bender can be seen in the background of the first frame of page 11. [[Nibbler]] is also featured two panels later wearing a shirt saying "Slam", a reference to the DC Comics' Message Board poster who suggested Nibbler as an [[Easter egg]].<br />
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==== ''{{w|Transmetropolitan}}'' ====<br />
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In ''Transmetropolitan'' #25, there is a billboard which depicts Leela and Bender.<br />
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==== ''{{w|Young Avengers}}'' ====<br />
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In ''Young Avengers'' Special #1 (published February, 2006), the logo for [[Slurm]] can be seen on a vending machine being thrown by the {{w|Hulkling}}.<br />
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==== ''{{w|Zits}}'' ====<br />
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[[File:Zits.png|right|thumb|''Futurama'' mentioned on ''Zits''.]]<br />
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In a ''Zits'' comic (published in the [[2001]] collection, ''Big Honkin' Zits''), Jeremy is excited about a new ''Futurama'' episode.<br />
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=== Magazines ===<br />
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==== ''{{w|Cracked}}'' ====<br />
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''Cracked'' was a humour magazine which based most of its material on popular culture. This gallery shows all appearances of ''Futurama'' in ''Cracked'':<br />
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<gallery><br />
File:Cracked.jpg|''Futurama'' is parodied on the cover of #340 (published December, 1999),...<br />
File:Futuredrama cracked.jpg|... whilst inside, there is a comic parody called "Futuredrama". The full 5 pages can be read [http://www.futurama-madhouse.com.ar/weird/index.shtml here].<br />
File:Cracked342.jpg|In this "Toon Issue" (#342, published March, [[2000]]), Bender is impaled on the spikes of [[Bart Simpson doll|Bart's]] hair, along with other cartoon characters.<br />
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==== ''{{w|Forbes}}'' ====<br />
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[[Mom]] was included in the 2007 Forbes {{w|Forbes Fictional 15|list of the richest fictional characters}}. She was ranked at [http://www.forbes.com/2007/12/11/mom-futurama-money-oped-books-cx_de_fict1507_1211mom.html #4] with an estimated net worth of $15.7 billion. [[MomCorp]] was also included in the list of "The 25 Largest Fictional Companies" which estimated its sales at $291.8 billion.<br />
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==== {{w|Mad (magazine)|''Mad''}} ====<br />
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The ''Mad'' magazine parodies many popular culture things, including ''Futurama''. This gallery shows all appearances of ''Futurama'' in ''Mad'':<br />
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<gallery><br />
File:Germanmadmagazine2.jpg|In this translation of a German edition, there is a parody named "Botterama". The full 4 page comic and information on the more obscure jokes can be read [http://www.futurama-madhouse.com.ar/miscpics/index.shtml here].<br />
File:Germanmadmagazine.jpg|In another German magazine (#31, published April, 2001), ''Futurama'' is parodied on the front cover...<br />
File:Germanmadmagazinecomic.jpg|...and in a comic on an interior page. "Schraub" is German for "screw".<br />
File:Bender in Mad magazine.jpg|On the cover of this 2008 summer issue, dealing with superheroes, instead of coming out in his {{w|Iron Man's armor|usual armour}}, {{w|Iron Man|Tony Stark}} comes out as Bender instead.<br />
</gallery><br />
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==== {{w|Mother Jones (magazine)|''Mother Jones''}} ====<br />
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[[File:Motherjones.jpg|right|thumb|''Futurama'' appearing in ''Mother Jones''.]]<br />
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Four panels of ''Futurama'' are featured on the back of the May/June, 2001 issue of ''Mother Jones''.<br />
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=== Novels ===<br />
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==== ''{{w|Ark Angel}}'' ====<br />
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In the sixth book of the ''{{w|Alex Rider}}'' series, ''Ark Angel'' (published 1 April, 2005), the {{w|Central Intelligence Agency|CIA}} hide behind the pseudonym "Creative Ideas Animations". In their SoHo office, they sell, among others, [[Futurama Animation Cels|''Futurama'' original drawings]].<br />
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== Television ==<br />
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=== Animation ===<br />
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==== ''{{w|Aqua Teen Hunger Force}}'' ====<br />
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In an episode of ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force'' called "Bible Fruit" (aired 23 March, 2008), Frylock, Meatwad and Master Shake have a discussion about watching ''Futurama''. It is a joke about ''Futurama'' being removed from [[Adult Swim]], as [[Comedy Central]] had bought the rights to the show.<br />
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{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Meatwad''': Why don't you ask that TV if he minds showin' me some ''Futurama''. I like me some ''Futurama''.<br />
'''Shake''': Well now we're too damn cheap to receive it, so go the hell over to Carl Central and watch it to your heart's content.<br />
'''Meatwad''': Carl gets ''Futurama''?<br />
'''Shake''': He didn't even want it until we started watching it.</poem><br />
}}<br />
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==== ''{{w|The Cleveland Show}}'' ====<br />
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*"[[Leela: Orphan of the Stars]]" by [[Fry]] is one of the ''Hot 100 Cartoon Songs'' in "{{w|Harder, Better, Faster, Browner}}".<br />
*[[Dawnn Lewis]] provides the voice of Mrs. Bailey, a Jamaican woman, which is very similar to that of [[LaBarbara]], also a Jamaican woman, in "{{w|Murray Christmas}}".<br />
*A [[Bender]] costume appears twice in "{{w|Hot Cocoa Bang Bang}}".<br />
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<gallery><br />
File:Harder, Better, Faster, Browner (The Cleveland Show).png|"Harder, Better, Faster, Browner".<br />
File:Murray Christmas (The Cleveland Show).png|"Murray Christmas".<br />
File:Hot Cocoa Bang Bang (The Cleveland Show) 1.png|"Hot Cocoa Bang Bang".<br />
File:Hot Cocoa Bang Bang (The Cleveland Show) 2.png|"Hot Cocoa Bang Bang".<br />
</gallery><br />
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==== [[Family Man]] ====<br />
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*In the episode "{{w|Deep Throats}}", aired 9 April, 2006, {{w|Peter Griffin}} sings a song without his inspiration (marijuana). His lyrics are possibly describing the [[Tube Transport System]] in [[New New York]]. <br />
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*During the premiere skit in ''{{w|Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story}}'', released 27 September, 2005, a reporter on the red carpet asks {{w|Stewie Griffin}} if Fox has any plans to bring back ''Futurama''. ''Family Guy'' and ''Futurama'' were both animated series on Fox which were cancelled and subsequently aired on {{w|Adult Swim}}; at the time of release ''Family Guy'' was scheduled to return but ''Futurama'' was not.<br />
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*Bender was seen during the {{sw|Chalmun's Cantina}} scene of the "{{w|Blue Harvest (Family Guy)|Blue Harvest}}", released 23 September, 2007.<br />
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*In the fifth "{{w|Road to...}}" episode, "{{w|Road to the Multiverse}}", aired 27 September, 2009, Stewie keeps the multiverse remote in a safe, which has what looks like [[alienese]] characters on the buttons. Also the multiverses are a similar concept to ''Futurama''{{'}}s [[Parallel universes]] and the first one looks very similar to [[New New York]].<br />
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*Bender makes a non-speaking appearance in the episode "{{w|The Splendid Source}}", aired 16 May, 2010, who heard the dirty joke from Al Harrington and passed it on to Tom Tucker. Peter describes this as "oddly enough, for some reason".<br />
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<gallery><br />
File:Bender on family guy.jpg|Bender appearing in ''Blue Harvest''.<br />
File:Alienese on Family Guy.png|Alienese appearing on a safe in "Road to the Multiverse".<br />
File:The Splendid Source.png|Bender appears in "The Splendid Source".<br />
File:The Splendid Source2.png|Bender appears in "The Splendid Source" again.<br />
</gallery><br />
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==== ''{{w|The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy}}'' ====<br />
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In the episode "Dream Mutt" (aired 17 June, 2005) of ''The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy'', Wiggy Jiggy Jed's line "So you can lick my Candy-striped..." may be a reference to Bender's line, "[[Bite my shiny metal ass]]".<br />
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==== ''{{w|Mad (TV series)|Mad}}'' ====<br />
In the episode "Real Veal / Celebrity Wife Swamp" (aired 5 March, 2012) of the show ''Mad'', Bender makes a cameo appearance in the segment "Real Veal", a parody of the 2011 film ''{{w|Real Steel}}''. He is seen in a robot boxing championship losing to "Real Veal", a robot-cow hybrid.<br />
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==== ''{{w|The PJs}}'' ====<br />
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[[File:FryPJs.jpg|right|thumb|Fry appearing on a milk carton in ''The PJs''.]]<br />
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In the episode "Cliffhangin' with Mr. Super" (aired 18 August, 2000) of the show ''The PJs'', Fry makes a cameo appearance on a wanted ad on a milk carton, referring to Fry's disappearance after being frozen. This was an act of reciprocation for ''The PJs'' being etched onto a manhole cover in the episodes "[[I Second that Emotion]]" and "[[The Luck of the Fryrish]]", like the ''The PJs' opening scene.<br />
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==== ''{{w|Shaun the Sheep}}'' ====<br />
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[[File:Shaun the sheep fuel.png|right|thumb|Dark matter appearing on ''Shaun the Sheep''.]]<br />
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In the ''Shaun the Sheep'' episode "The Visitor", aired 4 September 2007, the alien's space ship can use sheep feces as fuel. This resembles Nibbler's [[Dark Matter|waste]].<br />
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==== ''[[South Park]]'' ====<br />
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In the ''South Park'' episode "{{w|Go God Go}}" (aired 1 November, 2006), {{w|Eric Cartman|Cartman}} is stuck in the snow and is buried by an avalanche and is defrosted 500 years later. Although not an explicit reference to ''Futurama'', there is brief reference to cryogenics, and the name of the city "New New Hampshire" is familiar to other names of cities used in ''Futurama'', like "New New York".<br />
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Also, in the {{w|Imaginationland}} specials, [[Bender]], [[Fry]], and [[Leela]] make cameo appearances on the good side of Imaginationland, where many good characters from shows, movies, and video games appear. [[Mom]] and the [[Robot Devil]] make similar appearances on the evil side of Imaginationland.<br />
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==== ''{{w|Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt}}'' ====<br />
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[[File:Fry psg cameo.jpg|right|thumb|Fry can be seen in the background.]]<br />
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In the second episode of this Japanese anime, several characters from other animes or cartoons can be seen in the background for a brief moment, including Fry.<br />
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=== Live-action ===<br />
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==== ''{{w|The Colbert Report}}'' ====<br />
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During the intro for the 22 June, 2009 episode of ''The Colbert Report'', {{w|Stephen Colbert (character)|Colbert}}'s interview with author {{w|Simon Schama}} was headlined "Future-Schama", a pun on the name for ''Futurama''.<br />
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When talking about the U.S. government not shutting down, Colbert was dismayed in his [http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/381281/april-11-2011/countdown-to-government-shutdown 11 April, 2011 episode] (clip available to all but Canadian and British audiences) that all the countdowns on news channels were unemployed. He even had his own countdown, which he decided to repurpose for a countdown to another ''Futurama'' rerun, where he further specified that it would also work for rebroadcasts of his show, as, on Comedy Central, people are never more than an hour away from a ''Futurama'' rerun.<br />
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==== {{w|The Comedy Central Roast}} ====<br />
The Comedy Central Roasts are events hosted by [[Comedy Central]], when a celebrity is made fun of by other celebrities. During the introduction to the Roast of [[William Shatner]], clips of his appearances in movies and television shows were shown, including a clip of his appearance in the episode "[[Where No Fan Has Gone Before]]".<br />
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==== ''{{w|Countdown with Keith Olbermann}}'' ====<br />
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''Countdown with Keith Olbermann'' is a news show hosted by {{w|Keith Olbermann}} who regularly uses catchphrases from ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and ''{{w|Family Guy}}'', but has recently taken to common use of [[Professor Farnsworth]]'s catch phrase, "[[Good news, everyone]]!"<br />
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==== ''{{w|Tosh.0}}'' ====<br />
During the recent premeire of the episode "[[Rebirth]]", an ad for Tosh.0 came on, where Daniel uses ''Futurama'' as a reference to his show.<br />
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==== ''{{w|Doctor Who}}'' ====<br />
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[[File:Titanicdoctorwho.jpg|right|thumb|Space-ship ''[[Titanic]]'' appearing in ''Doctor Who''.]]<br />
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The relaunched ''Doctor Who'' contains a few possible references (or just similarities) to ''Futurama''.<br />
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*In the {{w|Doctor Who (series 1)|series 1}} episode, "{{w|The Long Game}}" (aired 7 May, 2005), a character pretends to be a student at [[Mars University (place)|Mars University]], to which a medical technician replies, "The Martian boondocks. Typical!"<br />
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*The {{w|Doctor Who (series 2)|series 2}} episode, "{{w|New Earth}}" (aired 15 April, 2006), which is set in the year five billion and twenty-three in the city of [[New New York]]. However, if the city had been more accurately named, it would in fact be "New New New New New New New New New New New New New New New New York" as it was [[wikia:c:tardis:New New York|the fifteenth New York]].<br />
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** New New York also appears in the {{w|Doctor Who (series 3)|series 3}} episode, {{w|Gridlock (Doctor Who)|"Gridlock"}} (aired 14 April, 2007), which is set 30 years after "New Earth". It features a character called [[wikia:c:tardis:Thomas Kincade Brannigan|Thomas Kincade]] [[Zapp Brannigan|Brannigan]], and has a similar skyline to ''Futurama''. They also briefly refer to the regular New York as "Old New York", as do the 31st century characters in ''Futurama''.<br />
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*The {{w|Doctor Who (series 4)|series 4}} Christmas Special, {{w|Voyage of the Damned (Doctor Who)|"Voyage of the Damned"}} (aired 25 December, 2007), has [[wikia:c:tardis:Titanic (spaceship)|an interstellar cruiser]] modelled after the original ''{{w|RMS Titanic}}''. This is very similar to the space cruise ship, ''[[Titanic]]'', in the ''Futurama'' episode, "[[A Flight to Remember]]".<br />
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*The {{w|Doctor Who (series 5)|series 5}} episode, "{{w|The Beast Below}}" (aired 10 april, 2010), features a "Star Whale", a giant alien species living in the depth of space, and captured by the Starship UK to pilot it. The concept of a whale-like alien living alone in space is similar to that of the [[four-dimensional space whale]] in the ''Futurama'' episode "[[Möbius Dick]]".<br />
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==== ''{{w|The Einstein Factor}}'' ====<br />
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Contestants in the Australian ABC1 quiz show ''The Einstein Factor'' choose a specialty on which to be quizzed during the first round. During episode ten of the 2005 season, a [http://www.abc.net.au/einsteinfactor/txt/s1326439.htm contestant] chose ''Futurama'' as his specialty. He was the second placing of three contestants in the episode.<br />
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==== ''{{w|Gilmore Girls}}'' ====<br />
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[[File:Gilmore Girls.jpg|right|thumb|Bender action figure in ''Gilmore Girls''.]]<br />
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In the ''Gilmore Girls'' episode "Scene in a Mall" (aired 24 February 2004), Brian has a set of [[Toynami Futurama Figures|action figures]] from the show, which he and Zach discuss at length.<br />
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==== ''{{w|Good News Week}}'' ====<br />
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In an episode of ''Good News Week'', broadcast 31st August 2009, {{w|Paul McDermott (comedian)|Paul McDermott}}, the host, went to a commercial break saying "Stay tuned meatbags!" Meatbag is a word frequently used by Bender.<br />
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==== {{w|Journeyman (TV series)|''Journeyman''}} ====<br />
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[[File:Futurama in Journeyman.png|right|thumb|''Futurama'' appearing on a TV in ''Journeyman''.]]<br />
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In the series ''Journeyman'', in the episode "Emily" (aired 19 November, 2007), {{w|Dan Vasser}} travels back in time to the year 2001, and enters his own house and at that time, on a TV screen, a clip from "[[Parasites Lost]]" is seen and heard ([[Professor Farnsworth]] saying "Come on, let's all give Fry some privacy."). This means that he probably travelled to 21 January.<br />
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==== ''{{w|Kenan & Kel}}'' ====<br />
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In season 4 of the sitcom ''Kenan & Kel'', there is an episode named "Futurama" (aired 31 December, 1999) which is set in the year [[3000]].<br />
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==== {{w|Lost (TV series)|''Lost''}} ====<br />
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*In the episode "{{w|The Man Behind the Curtain}}" (aired 9 May, 2007), the plot element of the {{w|Dharma Initiative}} arrivals being assigned their new jobs and one being angry about it, is similar to the [[Career chip]] in the ''Futurama'' episode "[[Space Pilot 3000]]".<br />
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*In the episode "{{w|Because You Left}}", released 21 January, 2009, Daniel describes the [[Time Travel#Time Skip|time skips]] like a needle skipping on a record player. This is a direct quote from the ''Futurama'' episode "[[Time Keeps on Slippin']]".<br />
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==== {{w|Media Watch (TV program)|''Media Watch''}} ====<br />
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On the 8 September, 2003 episode of ''Media Watch'', a man called Jonathon complained about ''Futurama'' being [[broadcast]] on Channel Seven. The transcript can be read [http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s941536.htm here].<br />
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==== ''{{w|Stargate Universe}}'' ====<br />
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In the ''Stargate Universe'' episode "Earth" (aired 6 November, 2009), {{w|Eli Wallace}} goes under the alias of "Philip Fry".<br />
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==== ''{{w|Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation}}'' ====<br />
<br />
The Australian quiz show, ''Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation'', asks many popular culture questions.<br />
*On episode 9, aired 30 June 2009, in the round "Your Generation", a true or false question was asked: "Did Darren Shatner, the son of [[William Shatner]], compose the theme song to ''Futurama''?" Generation Y answered true and got the question wrong. ''Futurama''{{'}}s theme song was actually composed by [[Christopher Tyng]].<br />
*On the episode aired 26 October 2010, [[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Zoidberg]] was featured as a cut-out in the game "¡chronoloco!".<br />
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==== ''{{w|Warehouse 13}}'' ====<br />
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On the 8 September, 2009 episode of the {{w|Syfy}} series ''Warehouse 13'' (episode 10, "Breakdown"), Claudia says, "Oh, we're boned!" This is one of Bender’s catch-phrases.<br />
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== Video Games ==<br />
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=== Miscellaneous ===<br />
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==== ''{{w|Contra 4}}'' ====<br />
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[[File:Contra4credits.png|right|thumb|Bender's name appearing in the credits of ''Contra 4''.]]<br />
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Bender appears credited with his full name on the Special Thanks section in the ''Contra 4'' credits, released 13 November, 2007.<br />
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==== ''{{w|Gears of War 2}}'' ====<br />
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[[File:Gearsofwar2boneitis.jpg|right|thumb|Boneitis appearing in the special thanks of ''Gears of War 2''.]]<br />
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On ''Gears of War 2'', released 7 November, 2008, in the special thanks section for the makers, Mikey Spano says [[That Guy]]'s quote of "My one regret is that I have [[Boneitis]]!". [[John DiMaggio]] voices the franchise's main character [[wikia:c:gearsofwar:Marcus Fenix|Marcus Fenix]] and supporting character [[wikia:c:gearsofwar:Franklin Tsoko|Franklin]] in the game.<br />
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==== ''{{w|Halo 3}}'' ====<br />
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In ''Halo 3'', released 25 September, 2007, there is an [[easter egg]] called the "[http://www.halopedian.com/IWHBYD_Skull_%28Halo_3%29 I Would Have Been Your Daddy]" [http://www.halopedian.com/Skull skull] which makes characters say rare, weird, or uncommon dialog. One of the quotes that may be heard from the UNSC Marine Corps after killing an enemy is "He's pending for a bending!", a phrase which Bender has exclaimed on the rare occasion.<br />
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==== ''{{w|Team Fortress 2}}'' ====<br />
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[[File:Team fortress 2.png|right|thumb|[[Brain Slugs]] appearing in ''Team Fortress 2''.]]<br />
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In ''Team Fortress 2'', released 10 October, 2007, an unlockable headgear called "[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Triboniophorus_tyrannus Triboniophorus tyrannus]" (released with [http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/First_Community_Contribution_Update the first community contribution update] on 18 March, 2010) is modelled after the [[Brain Slugs]] on ''Futurama''. It can be seen being made and used [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbn-zqf-9i4 here].<br />
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==== ''{{w|Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2}}'' ====<br />
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In the multiplayer map "Carnival" there are several references to Futurama including:<br />
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*Outside a fake Rocket Ship, there is a planet and in front of it the words "Planet Xpress".<br />
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*The rocket ship and subsequent mural have a striking resemblance to the [[Planet Express ship]]. To the right of the Planet Xpress globe sign, there's a sign that reads [[Crushinator|C-R-U-S-H-I-N-A-T-O-R]].<br />
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==== ''{{w|Call of Duty: Black Ops}}'' ====<br />
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In ''Call of Duty: Black Ops'', released 9 November 2010, [[Richard Nixon's head|Richard Nixon]] is a playable character in the zombie survival mode. Occasionally, he makes references to ''Futurama'' by saying things like "NIXON'S BACK!" and "AROOOO!"<br />
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==== ''{{w|TimeSplitters: Future Perfect}}'' ====<br />
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In the game ''TimeSplitters: Future Perfect'', released 21 March, 2005, the Gingerbread Man says Bender's quote of "Bite my crunchy brown ass!" in the character select menu. It can be viewed [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0UOToyA5sI here].<br />
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==== ''{{w|Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines}}'' ====<br />
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In the hospital, of the game ''Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines'' (16 November, 2004), a patient named D. Marsh is diagnosed with frequent bouts of [[Sexlexia]].<br />
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In the bar, Arp Hole, if the player tries to seduce a woman in the bar, one of the dialogue options is, "I find the most erotic part of a woman is the boobies", referencing "[[Amazon Women in the Mood]]".<br />
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==== ''{{w|Fallout: New Vegas}}'' ====<br />
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In the ''Lonesome Road'' DLC (20 September, 2011), using the "Wild Wasteland" perk, a fossilised dog named "Seymour" can be found in the "Cave of the Abaddon", referencing [[Seymour|Fry's dog]], which was [[Jurassic Bark|found by Fry fossilised in the future]].<br />
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==== ''{{w|RuneScape}}'' ====<br />
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[[File:Runescape.png|right|thumb|"Not the whole universe! That's where I keep my stuff!".]]<br />
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*The [[Wikia:runescape:Sea slug|Sea slugs']] ability to take over a human's mind is similar to the [[Brain Slugs]] of ''Futurama''.<br />
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*During the final dialogue of the quest [[Wikia:runescape:Troll Romance|Troll Romance]] (released 5 January, 2005), [[Wikia:runescape:Arrg|Arrg]] says "This concept of 'love' confuses and infuriates Arrg." This is a reference to a quote said by [[Lrrr]] in the episode "[[Love and Rocket]]".<br />
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*In the 100th quest, [[Wikia:runescape:Recipe for Disaster|Recipe for Disaster]] (released 15 March, 2006), when the player is informed by [[Wikia:runescape:Gypsy Aris|Gypsy Aris]] that the universe could be destroyed, the player exclaims, "Not the whole universe! That's where I keep my stuff!", a quote originally appearing in ''Futurama''.<br />
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==== ''{{w|World of Warcraft}}'' ====<br />
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[[File:WoWcanals.jpg|right|thumb|Slurm possibly appearing in ''World of Warcraft''.]]<br />
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*In the game ''World of Warcraft'' (released 23 November, 2004), [[Wikia:wowwiki:Professor Putricide|Professor Putricide]]'s voice and many parts of his quotes (such as "[[Good news, everyone]]!") are based on [[Farnsworth]]. It can be seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PStC-LNZ2s here].<br />
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*Outside The Exodar, a small black cat called [[Wikia:wowwiki:Nibblet|Nibblet]] can be seen walking around. This is probably a reference to Nibbler from ''Futurama''.<br />
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*In the Apothecarium area. there is a large, stitched together thing that periodically excretes a load of the green goo that fills the Canals. This is vaguely reminiscent of the [[Slurm Queen]]'s behind in the episode "[[Fry and the Slurm Factory]]".<br />
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== Various ==<br />
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=== ''[[The Simpsons]]'' ===<br />
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[[File:Bender on the Simpsons.jpg|right|thumb|Bender appearing on ''The Simpsons''.]]<br />
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''The Simpsons'' is [[Matt Groening]]'s other TV show. It easily references ''Futurama'' the most of all media because of this connection. This is a small sample of the references. For more, see its [[The Simpsons|main page]].<br />
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*In "{{w|Bart Gets Famous}}", there is a head in a jar in a dream about the future from {{w|Bart Simpson}}. This episode aired approximately 5 years and a month before ''Futurama'' started, on 3 February, 1994.<br />
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* In {{w|List of The Simpsons comics#Simpsons Comics|''Simpsons Comics''}} #99 (published October, 2004), there is a cameo appearance by Bender.<br />
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* In "{{w|Future-Drama}}", aired 17 April, 2005, Bender appears in the hovercar {{w|Homer Simpson}} and Bart are driving after crossing a "quantum tunnel". There are references to heads preserved in jars, [[Hovercar]]s and cities similar to ''Futurama''. Homer's under water house resembles one that Fry considers buying in "[[I, Roommate]]". The title, "Future-Drama", is an obvious reference to the title of ''Futurama'' itself.<br />
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* In ''{{w|The Simpsons Game}}'', released 30 October, 2007, Bender and Dr. Zoidberg are characters at the end of Level 15 - "5 Characters In Search Of an Author." Fry also appears in a painting from [[Matt Groening]].<br />
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* In {{w|List of The Simpsons comics#Simpsons Super Spectacular|''Simpsons Super Spectacular''}} #6 (published January, 2008), the [[Planet Express]] crew appear at the end of this comic.<br />
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*In "{{w|Beware My Cheating Bart}}", Fry and Leela are seen on an asteroid in a scene where the camera is zooming out of the universe and a meteor instructs viewers (in [[Alien Language 1]]) to "Watch [[Futurama]]".<br />
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=== ''[[Star Wars]]'' ===<br />
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[[File:Starwarsbender.JPG|right|thumb|Bender appearing in ''Junkheap Hero''.]]<br />
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*In the comic ''{{sw|Skippy the Jedi Droid}}'' (published in ''{{sw|Star Wars Tales 1}}'' on 29 September, 1999), Bender is seen making fun of {{sw|R5-D4|Skippy}}.<br />
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*Bender is seen in the comic ''{{sw|Junkheap Hero}}'' (published in ''{{sw|Star Wars Tales 6}}'' on 20 December, 2000) as a scrapped droid.<br />
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**The {{sw|Bender (droid)|"Bender Droid"}} also appeared in the novel ''{{sw|Death Star (novel)|Death Star}}'', published 16 October, 2007. It is unknown if they are related.<br />
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*A droid with the name "[[Probulator]]" appears in the online game ''{{sw|Star Wars Galaxies}}'', first released 26 June, 2003.<br />
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*The droid {{sw|HK-47}}, and other droids from the ''{{sw|Star Wars}}'' {{sw|Expanded Universe}} have been known to use Bender's phrase of "{{sw|Meatbag}}".<br />
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*Appearing in ''{{sw|Being Boba Fett}}'' (published in ''{{sw|Star Wars Tales 18}}'' on 24 December, 2003), {{sw|Bendu Fry}}'s name was probably derived from Bender and Fry.<br />
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*A clip from "[[War Is the H-Word]]" appears in the "{{sw|The Birth of the Lightsaber}}" featurette on the {{sw|Star Wars Trilogy (DVD)|25th anniversary trilogy DVD}}.<br />
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*Bender was seen in the ''Star Wars'' {{sw|Fan film|parody}} ''{{sw|Family Guy: Blue Harvest}}'' (released 23 September, 2007), in the {{sw|Chalmun's Cantina}} scene.<br />
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*There are a few characters in the ''Star Wars'' Galaxy with names shared in ''Futurama'', though these might just be coincidences. Among them are {{sw|Bender}}, {{sw|Farnsworth}}, {{sw|Fry}} and {{sw|Leela}}.<br />
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*{{sw|Xamar}}'s species, {{sw|Khil}}, has been jokingly referred to as being the same species of Zoidberg, [[Decapodian]].<br />
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=== ''{{w|Transformers}}'' ===<br />
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*In the ''{{w|Transformers: Universe}}'' comic "[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Wreckers:_Finale_Part_1 The Wreckers: Finale Part 1]", Bender appears as a resident of CSSB-16 Spaceport.<br />
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*In the ''{{w|Transformers: Timelines}}'' story "[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Gone_Too_Far Gone Too Far]" (published 13 March, 2008), [[List of products#Olde Fortran Malt Liquor|Old Fortran]] is mentioned.<br />
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*In the ''Transformers: Timelines'' script reading "[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Bee_in_the_City Bee in the City]" (presented 26 April, 2008), the ''{{w|Transformers Animated}}'' incarnation of Bumblebee says "My manwich!", a line used by [[Hermes]] and [[Dwight Conrad]] in ''Futurama'' (Dwight and ''Animated'' Bumblebee were both voiced by [[Bumper Robinson]]).<br />
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*In the ''Transformers Animated'' episode "[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/A_Fistful_of_Energon A Fistful of Energon]" (aired 24 May, 2008), the [http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_%28Animated%29 Starscream] [http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Clone_number_2716057 clones #2716057] and [http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Clone_number_3370318 #3370318] are references to Bender and [[Flexo]]'s serial numbers.<br />
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*In "[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_AllSpark_Almanac The AllSpark Almanac]", a ''Transformers Animated'' guidebook (published 19 August, 2009), there is an advertisement for many films, including ''[[Bikini Party Summer]]'' from the episode "[[That's Lobstertainment!]]".<br />
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*The voice actors [[Frank Welker]], [[Phil LaMarr]], [[Bumper Robinson]], [[Kath Soucie]], [[Tom Kenny]] and [[John DiMaggio]] have done work for both ''Futurama'' and ''Transformers''.<br />
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*In the ''Exalted'' tabletop RPG supplement, ''Manual of Exalted Power: Alchemicals'' has a reference to [[Bender]] in its index, as part of a joking reference to loops.<br />
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[[Category:Futurama]]</div>Hildoginhttp://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Koalas&diff=117919Koalas2012-09-01T01:50:40Z<p>Hildogin: </p>
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'''''Koalas''''' are species in [[Universe Gamma|the universe]] and they possibly exist in Australia.<br />
==Apperances==<br />
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[[Category:Australia]]</div>Hildoginhttp://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Australia&diff=117918Australia2012-09-01T01:49:23Z<p>Hildogin: Created page with "{{place infobox |name=Australia |location=Pacific Ocean |first appear= |wikipedia=Australia }} '''Australia''' is an earthican country located in the [[w:Pacific Oceans|Pacifi..."</p>
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'''Australia''' is an earthican country located in the [[w:Pacific Oceans|Pacific Ocean]].<br />
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*[[Australian Man]]<br />
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[[Category:Places]]</div>Hildoginhttp://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Koalas&diff=117917Koalas2012-09-01T01:44:32Z<p>Hildogin: Created page with "{{species infobox |name=Koalas |homeworld=possibly Australia |first appear={{f|2}} }} '''''Koalas''''' species in the universe and they possibly exist i..."</p>
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<div>{{species infobox<br />
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'''''Koalas''''' species in [[Universe Gamma|the universe]] and they possibly exist in Australia.<br />
==Apperances==<br />
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