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A Bicyclops Built for Two

Production Number: 2ACV09
Title Caption: This episode has been modified to fit your primitive screen
First Aired: March 19, 2000

The Story

Act I: "We're online!"

After trying several years ago, the Professor finally connects to the Internet through AOL. Everyone except the Professor logs in to the virtual world. They eventually come across a "video game", Death Factory III: The Legend of Death Factory II, inside Leela meets another cyclops, but Fry kills his character and wins the game, preventing Leela learning about her species. On a delivery, Leela receives an email from Alcazar, the other cyclops, who invites her to their home planet. They dump the cargo, which drifts into the sun of the destination planet.

Act II: "Look at that statue, it's only got one eye."

The crew arive on the planet, where Leela learns of her heritige and Bender steals ALcazars possesions. Alcazar tells of their people's demise and that the two of them are the only survivors. Leela decides to try and continue the species. Alcazar, or "Al", begins to show his true colours, a lowlife jerk. Fry tries to search the forbidden valley but falls into the dungeon. Leela and Al get engaged to save the future of their species.

Act III: "It's time for this bird to walk!"

The rest of the staff arrives for the wedding. Fry gets out of the dungeon. He and Bender search the forbidden valley, it holds four identical castles, the first they visit has cyclops statues replaced with 5-eyed-aliens. Just as Leela is about to say "I do" Fry and Bender burst in with Alcazar's other fiances. He is revealed to be a shape-shifting grasshopper-type-alien. All weddings are called off and Leela continues wondering where she's from.

Additional Info

Trivia

  • This episode makes several obvious references to the TV Series, "Married with Children", where Katey Sagal played Pegg Bundy.
  • To make room for more stolen items Bender dumps his goldfish bowl, toaster and two more goldfish bowls.
  • This episode won an Emmy, outstanding colour direction for Bari Kumar

Quotes

  • Fry: Is there a place on the web that panders to my lust for violence?
    Bender: Is the Space Pope reptilian?
  • Alcazar: Well, this is the real me. But I can explain: We all have needs. Mine was to make it with five weirdos and have them scrub my five castles. I gave you all what you wanted and of course I made a few bucks letting Pig watch through the two-way mirror. Can any of you say you wouldn't have done the exact same thing in my position?
    Bender: He's a saint!

Alien Language Sightings

Time: 02.39
Location: door of a chatroom
Language: AL2
Translation: codebreakers chat room

Inside References

Outside References

  • The playing of "Thus Spake Zarusthara" when the Planet Express crew logs on to the Internet, and Bender's line "My God, it's full of ads!" are references to 2001: A Space Odyssey.
  • Hermes dodges a pop-up ad the same way Neo dodged bullets in The Matrix.
  • The scene with Alcazar and Leela at the couch, and Leela's new outfit/hairstyle, is a reference to one of Katey Sagal's older series Married with Children.
  • Donkey Kong makes his second Futurama appearance in Death Factory III, he was previously spotted in the openning of Space Pilot 3000. he his also seen in Anthology of Interest II, and also in The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings
  • A Macintosh style menu is used by Bender when selecting a disguise.

Characters

(In alphabetical order)

Episode Credits

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