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'''US Issue Number''': 031<br />
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'''UK Issue Number(s)''': 048<br />
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'''Title Caption''': Dark Matter Happens<br /><!--These can vary between US and UK issues, add if needed-->
|written by=Ian Boothby
'''Published (US)''': 26th May, 2007
|art by=Mike Kazaleh
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"'''As the Wormhole Turns'''" is the thirty-first [[comic]] issue, which was released 26 May, 2007 in the US.  <!-- insert brief plot summary here -->


==The Story==
== The Story ==
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[[Turanga Leela|Leela]] takes [[Nibbler]] to see the vet and discovers he has worms. Due to his production of dark matter fuel, the worms adapt to create wormholes, so the vet prescribes him pills to get rid of them. However [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|the Professor]] and [[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]] realize that they can now walk through the wormholes to planets, saving them money on starship fuel, so they replace Nibbler's pills with mints. The wormholes start to attract tourism and illegal immigrants so [[Richard Nixon's head|Richard Nixon]] puts [[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]] in charge of immigration. Although the registration results in large lines, Zoidberg and [[Bender]] start to accept bribes.
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===Act I===
Leela takes Nibbler to the veterinarian and gets some shocking news. Her cute little Nibblonian has worms! Worms that cause wormholes. Nibbler's disgusting ability to open portals to new worlds at the drop of a, well, you know, is at first considered a blessing, until the two-way wormholes put the DOOP in deep doo-doo!
===Act II===


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=== Act II ===
People start to protest about the immigrants until Bender shows the supermodels who have immigrated. An alien species called Tauronians start to conquer [[Earth]], so [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] and Leela convince the [[Omicronians]] along with other alien species to invade Earth so fighting over it would turn Earth into an ash planet and would put them off invading. Instead they decide there's nothing wrong with an ash planet and all the immigrants leave Earth because they don't want to live on an ash planet. Hermes brings out forms which the aliens need to fill out in order to invade Earth, with promise of contacting them when the processing is done. Thanks to the [[Central Bureaucracy]] this will take about 600 years.


==Additional Info==
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===Trivia===
=== Trivia ===
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* Richard Nixon's head jar design is different from the usual design


===Quotes===
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'''Leela''': I agree.
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'''Bender''': Money well spent.</poem>
<poem>'''Leela''': Bender! You should be ashamed of yourself. Legal immigration is one of the cornerstones of our society.
'''Bender''': Aren't you really a mutant pretending to be an alien in order to live on the surface world legally?
'''Leela''': I'll be sitting here quietly if anybody needs me.</poem>
<poem>'''Bender''': So you don't want any more immigrants?
'''Protester''': That's right.
'''Bender''': Well that's too bad because we just got some from a planet of supermodels. Come on out!</poem>
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===Alien Language Sightings===
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*Alien immigrants to Earth included [[Fnog]], who was thought to already be here, and others such as {{w|Cyborg (comics)|Cyborg}}, {{w|Seven of Nine}}, {{w|Marvin the Martian}} and {{w|Donald Duck}}.<!--some of the others I don't know the identities of but recognise-->
'''Location''': <br />
*Second appearance of Krypton, near destruction, which had actually been destroyed in {{clink|US#022|A Fit Worse than Death}}.
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===Inside References===
=== Goofs ===
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===Outside References===
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===Fast Forward===
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===Special Features===
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===Characters===
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*[[Lrrr]]
*[[Nibbler]]
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]
*[[Richard Nixon's head]]
*[[Scruffy]]


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**[[Nathan Hamill]]
*Pencils
**[[Mike Kazaleh]]
*Letters
**[[Karen Bates]]
*Editor
**[[Bill Morrison]]
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As the Wormhole Turns
Futurama-31-Cover.jpg
US Publish Number31
UK Publish Number(s)48
Written byIan Boothby
Art byMike Kazaleh
Title captionDark Matter Happens
Published (US)26th May, 2007

"As the Wormhole Turns" is the thirty-first comic issue, which was released 26 May, 2007 in the US.

The Story

Act I

Leela takes Nibbler to see the vet and discovers he has worms. Due to his production of dark matter fuel, the worms adapt to create wormholes, so the vet prescribes him pills to get rid of them. However the Professor and Hermes realize that they can now walk through the wormholes to planets, saving them money on starship fuel, so they replace Nibbler's pills with mints. The wormholes start to attract tourism and illegal immigrants so Richard Nixon puts Zoidberg in charge of immigration. Although the registration results in large lines, Zoidberg and Bender start to accept bribes.

Act II

People start to protest about the immigrants until Bender shows the supermodels who have immigrated. An alien species called Tauronians start to conquer Earth, so Fry and Leela convince the Omicronians along with other alien species to invade Earth so fighting over it would turn Earth into an ash planet and would put them off invading. Instead they decide there's nothing wrong with an ash planet and all the immigrants leave Earth because they don't want to live on an ash planet. Hermes brings out forms which the aliens need to fill out in order to invade Earth, with promise of contacting them when the processing is done. Thanks to the Central Bureaucracy this will take about 600 years.

Additional Info

Trivia

  • Richard Nixon's head jar design is different from the usual design

Quotes

    Richard Nixon's head: Unfortunately, we have no more money in the budget for a border patrol. I spent it all on jowl wax.
    Fry: Looks good.
    Leela: I agree.
    Bender: Money well spent.

    Leela: Bender! You should be ashamed of yourself. Legal immigration is one of the cornerstones of our society.
    Bender: Aren't you really a mutant pretending to be an alien in order to live on the surface world legally?
    Leela: I'll be sitting here quietly if anybody needs me.

    Bender: So you don't want any more immigrants?
    Protester: That's right.
    Bender: Well that's too bad because we just got some from a planet of supermodels. Come on out!


Outside References

Characters

(In alphabetical order)

Comic Credits

Futurama comics
Issues 1 — 20 "Monkey Sea, Monkey Doom!" • "...But Deliver Us to Evil!" • "The Owner of Mars Attacks!" • "DOOP the Right Thing!" • "Who's Dying to Be a Gazillionaire?" • "Xmas Time Is Fear" • "New Year's Rockin' Evil" • "Planet X-Press Men" • "Freaky Fry-day" • "The Big Sweep" • "The Cure for the Common Clod" • "Sideshow Fry" • "The Bender You Say" • "Six Characters in Search of a Story" • "Fry Me to the Moon" • "Kickin' It Old School" • "The Time Bender Trilogy:" (Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3) • "Bender Breaks Out"
21 — 40

"More than a Filling!" • "A Fit Worse than Death" • "The A-Team" • "Twice Told Tales of Interest" • "Robot Robin Hood" • "A Whole Lotta Leela" • "Rotten to the Core" • "Let's Twist Again" • "Downsized!" • "Fry and the Double-Bag Must-Have Item" • "As the Wormhole Turns" • "Doctor What" • "Attack of the 50-ft Amy" • "Planet Michelle" • "Son of the Sun" • "You Don't Wanna Know Jak!" • "Full Metal Racket" • "Rumble in the Jungle" • "Rust in Peace" • "Robot Santa's Little Helpers"

41 — 60

"Soldier Boys" • "Homeward Boned" • "Welcome to my Nightmall" • "The Fry and the Furious!" • "Anthology of Interest II" • "Follow the Reader" • "Chitty Chitty Bend Bend" • "Claw and Order" • "Dummy Up!" • "Your Mother Wears Pilot Boots" • "Fry Cook!" • "Ro-Botox!" • "A Bump in the Flight" • "How Much is that Mutant in the Window?" • "The Trouble With Trilogies" • "Do You Want Fry with That?" • "Steampunk'd" • "Boomsday!" • "How to Secede Without Really Trying" • "The Bot Who Cried Wolf"

61 — 80

"Troop Grit" • "Lost Our Leela" • "Igner-Ance is Bliss!" • "Secret Santa" • "The Sun Also Raises!" • "The Board Game Games" • "Tartar House Five" • "Futuramarutuf" • "Don't Go Taking my Heart!" • "The Devil and Professor F." • "Pizza Wars" • "Trading Spaces" • "Night of the Automated Dead" • "What the What if?" • "Bendership Galactica" • "Captain Brannigan: The Windbag Soldier" • "New New New York" • "Little Orphan Android" • "Kif of Death!" • "Dumbsday!"

81 — 100

"A Touch of Medieval" • Futurama Comics #82

Simpsons Crossovers "Somewhere Over the Brain-bow!" • "Liquid Diamond Is Forever!" • "Slaves of New New York!" • "The Read Menace!"
Mini-comics "H.G. Blob in Revenge of the Blob" • "The Continuum Less Travelled" • "Leela & Amy in Hostile Makeover" • "Captain Zapp Brannigan in The Seven Day Itch" • "Captain Zapp Brannigan in Purple Tentacle Tour" • "Captain Zapp Brannigan in Rank Call!" • "Zoidberg Makes a House Call" • "H.G. Blob in A Funny Feeling in my Tummy" • "Breaking News"
Collections Futurama-O-Rama • Futurama Adventures • Futurama: The Time Bender Trilogy • Futurama Conquers The Universe • The Simpsons Futurama Crossover Crisis • Futurama Comics: To Infinity!
Special issues "Monkey Sea, Monkey Doom!" • "Futurama Returns" • "Delivery-Boy Man"
Comics related Bongo Comics Group • Futuramaland
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