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*[[Alcazar]] owns [[Lightspeed Briefs]], which Leela is seen hanging to dry.
*[[Alcazar]] owns [[Lightspeed Briefs]], which Leela is seen hanging to dry.


===Outside References===
===Allusions===
*The playing of "Thus Spake Zarusthara" when the Planet Express crew logs on to the Internet, and Fry's line "My God, it's full of ads!" are references to ''2001: A Space Odyssey''.
*The playing of "[[wikipedia:Also sprach Zarathustra (Richard Strauss)|Also sprach Zarathustra]]" when the Planet Express crew logs on to the Internet, and Fry'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''.
*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''.
*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 ''[[wikipedia:Married with Children|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]]
*[[Donkey Kong]] makes his second Futurama appearance in ''Death Factory III'', he was previously spotted in the opening 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.
*A [[Wikipedia:Macintosh|Macintosh]] style menu is used by Bender when selecting a disguise.
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Revision as of 20:02, 3 September 2008

Season 2 episode
A Bicyclops Built for Two
A Bicyclops Built for Two.jpg
No.22
Production number2ACV09
Written by[[Eric Kaplan]][[Category:Episodes written by Eric Kaplan|A Bicyclops Built for Two]]
Directed by[[Susan Dietter]][[Category:Episodes directed by Susan Dietter|A Bicyclops Built for Two]]
Title captionThis episode has been modified to fit your primitive screen
First air dateMarch 19, 2000
Broadcast numberS02E13
Opening cartoon"Hollywood Capers"
Nomination(s)Emmy Awards
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation, 2000, Bari Kumar (colour stylist) (won)
Annie Awards
Outstanding Individual Achievement for Directing in an Animated Television Production, 2000, Susie Dietter
Additional
Commentary
(Transcript)
Transcript

Pictures

Season 2
  1. I Second that Emotion
  2. Brannigan, Begin Again
  3. A Head in the Polls
  4. Xmas Story
  5. Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love?
  6. The Lesser of Two Evils
  7. Put Your Head on My Shoulders
  8. Raging Bender
  9. A Bicyclops Built for Two
  10. A Clone of My Own
  11. How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back
  12. The Deep South
  13. Bender Gets Made
  14. Mother's Day
  15. The Problem with Popplers
  16. Anthology of Interest I
  17. War Is the H-Word
  18. The Honking
  19. The Cryonic Woman
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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

  • The video game played by the crew is "Death Factory III: The Legend of Death Factory II"
  • This episode makes several obvious references to the TV Series "Married with Children", where Katey Sagal played Peg 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:01:38
Location: Sign in the internet
Language: AL1
Translation: plump. juicy. humans. web

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

Inside References

Allusions

Characters

(In alphabetical order)

Episode Credits