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===Act I: Awesome! Awesome to the max!===
===Act I: Awesome! Awesome to the max!===
[[Planet Express]]' stockholder meeting is taking place at the [[New New York#Lodgatorium Comfort Dome Inn|Lodgatorium Comfort Dome Inn]], and [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] and [[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]] get hungry and visit the [[Religion#Bot-Mizwah|Bot-Mizwah]] next door to get some free food. Zoidberg must stay out (no shell fish). [[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]] tells the stockholders of Planet Express that the company is on the verge of bancrupcy, while Fry and Zoidberg move on to a Cryogenic Support Group which also offers free food.  
[[Planet Express]]' stockholder meeting is taking place at the [[New New York#Lodgatorium Comfort Dome Inn|Lodgatorium Comfort Dome Inn]], and [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] and [[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]] get hungry and visit the [[Religion#Bot-Mizwah|Bot-Mizwah]] next door to get some free food. Zoidberg must stay out (no shellfish). [[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]] tells the stockholders of Planet Express that the company is on the verge of bancrupcy, while Fry and Zoidberg move on to a Cryogenic Support Group which also offers free food.  
There Fry meets [[That Guy]], a 1980ies stockbroker who had himself frozen until a cure to his terminal disease, [[boneitis]], could be found. Fry invites him to work for Planet Express, and they return to the stockholder meeting where [[Hattie McDoogal]] is demanding to nominate a new CEO because the [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor]] has insulted her cat. [[Turanga Leela|Leela]], Bender, Amy, Hermes and the Professor (10,000 shares each) vote for Farnsworth, Fry (10,000 shares) and [[Scruffy]] (40,000 shares) vote for That Guy. Now Hattie (1 share) demands the floor and votes for That Guy, making him the new CEO of Planet Express.
There Fry meets [[That Guy]], a 1980's stockbroker who had himself frozen until a cure to his terminal disease, [[boneitis]], could be found. Feeling compassion for a fellow person from the 20th century, Fry invites him to work for Planet Express, and they return to the stockholder meeting where [[Hattie McDoogal]] is demanding to nominate a new CEO because the [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor]] has insulted her cat. [[Turanga Leela|Leela]], Bender, Amy, Hermes and the Professor (10,000 shares each) vote for Farnsworth, while Fry (10,000 shares) and [[Scruffy]] (40,000 shares) vote for That Guy. Now Hattie (1 share) demands the floor and votes for That Guy, making him the new CEO of Planet Express.


===Act II: Miss Johnson, have I changed? - No Sir, Mr. Fry!===
===Act II: Miss Johnson, have I changed? - No Sir, Mr. Fry!===
That Guy is turning Planet Express upside down and blaming everything on the old management, that is the Professor. He makes Fry his  vice chairman and intends to bring Planet Express right to the top of the delivery business, which means that they have to attack ''[[Mom]]'s Friendly Delivery Company''. Of course, Mom is not amused to learn this. That Guy follows his secret of success, which is that everything is about appearances, and gives Planet Express a completely new look and a completely new image. Zoidberg is not happy about the companys development, and sells all his shares to That Guy for a sandwich. Mom is getting agitated about the new "Delivery Kings" that business magazines write about so much (even if PlanEx hasn't made even one delivery since the takeover), and has a private meeting with That Guy after they have a talk at [[Elzar's Fine Cuisine]]. As the crew is voicing their concerns about the way That Guy is handling business, and Fry is defending him, That Guy tells them they are all fired and that Mom is going to take over Planet Express.
That Guy is turning Planet Express upside down and blaming everything on the old management, that is, the Professor. He makes Fry his  vice-chairman and intends to bring Planet Express right to the top of the delivery business, which means that they have to attack ''[[Mom]]'s Friendly Delivery Company''. Of course, Mom is not amused to learn this. That Guy follows his secret of success, which is that everything is about appearances, and gives Planet Express a completely new look and a completely new image. Zoidberg is not happy about the company's development, and sells all his shares to That Guy for a sandwich. Mom is getting agitated about the new "Delivery Kings" that business magazines write about so much (even if PlanEx hasn't made even one single delivery since the takeover), and has a private meeting with That Guy after they have a talk at [[Elzar's Fine Cuisine]]. As the crew is voicing their concerns about the way That Guy is handling business, and Fry is defending him, That Guy tells them they are all fired and that Mom is going to take over Planet Express.


===Act III: My only regret is... that I have... boneitis.===
===Act III: My only regret is... that I have... boneitis.===
Fry insists that he is innocent of the selling of the company, but no one listens to him. He decides to block the takeover, and goes to the [[Intergalactic Stock Exchange]] in [[Earth]]s orbit where the takeover is to take place in the Business Centre. All of PlanEx stockholders are there, plus Mom, her three sons and That Guy. Both companies have to agree to the takeover, and even though all of the Planet Express crew vote against it, it turns out that the shares Zoidberg sold to That Guy gave him majority control. The takeover is approved, and [[MomCorp]] now wants to buy all the shares it doesn't own at the price of 107 $ per share, which makes every remaining stockholder a millionaire. Fry asks That Guy if he will not stop the takeover, but he refuses because he's an 80ies guy. Just then, That Guy realizes that he forgot to get his boneitis cured, and dies horribly on the spot. After his death, Fry now has control of his shares and gives control of the company back to the Professor. The crew tries to stop him doing the right thing, but it is too late - the shares of Planet Express are, once again, worthless and the takeover has been stopped. The crew grudgingly goes back to work.
Fry insists that he is innocent of the selling of the company, but no one listens to him. He decides to block the takeover, and goes to the [[Intergalactic Stock Exchange]] in [[Earth]]s orbit where the takeover is to take place in the Business Centre. All of PlanEx's stockholders are there, plus Mom, [[Walt, Larry and Igner|her three sons]] and That Guy. Both companies have to agree to the takeover, and even though all of the Planet Express crew vote against it, it turns out that the shares Zoidberg sold to That Guy gave him majority control. The takeover is approved, and [[MomCorp]] now wants to buy all the shares it doesn't own at the price of 107 $ per share, which makes every remaining stockholder a millionaire. Fry asks That Guy if he will not stop the takeover, but he refuses because he's an 80's guy. Just then, That Guy realizes that he forgot to get his boneitis cured, and dies horribly on the spot. After his death, Fry now has control of his shares and gives control of the company back to the Professor. The crew tries to stop him doing the right thing, but it is too late - the shares of Planet Express are, once again, worthless and the takeover has been stopped. The crew grudgingly goes back to work.


==Additional Info==
==Additional Info==
===Trivia===
===Trivia===
*That Guy had a ''Miami Vice'' lunchbox.
*That Guy had a ''[[Wikipedia:Miami Vice|Miami Vice]]'' lunchbox.
*At the Bot-Mitzvah, the banner reads ''Hayom ata robot'', or ''Today, I am a robot.''
*At the Bot-Mitzvah, the banner reads ''Hayom ata robot'', or ''Today, I am a robot.''
*That Guy and Fry get their new suits at ''Giorgio Amonster''.
*That Guy and Fry get their new suits at ''Giorgio Amonster''.
*[[Jackie Anderson]] and the [[Pawnbroker]] are at the ape fight.
*[[Jackie Anderson]] and the [[Pawnbroker]] are at the ape fight.
*The man from the 80's is listed in the script as "Steve Castle", but is only ever referred to in dialog as "that guy".


===Quotes===
===Quotes===
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*'''Professor:''' I'll ruin you like I ruined this company!
*'''Professor:''' I'll ruin you like I ruined this company!
*'''That Guy:''' ''(checking his new business suit)'' That's what I call a hostile makeover!
*'''That Guy:''' ''(checking his new business suit)'' That's what I call a hostile makeover!
*'''Professor:''' This isn't a business! I've always thought of it as a source of cheap labour, like a family.
*'''Professor:''' This isn't a ''business!'' I've always thought of it as a source of cheap labour, like a family.
*'''Leela:''' Zoidberg owned 51% of the company?<br/>'''Hermes:''' The shares were worthless, and he kept asking for toilet paper!
*'''Leela:''' Zoidberg owned 51% of the company?<br/>'''Hermes:''' The shares were worthless, and he kept asking for toilet paper!


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*The PlanEx commercial is a parody of that of Apple Computers in 1984.  And the fact that the crew hates the commercial is a reference to Apple Computers' own opinion of the commercial which only aired once; during the Super Bowl.
*The PlanEx commercial is a parody of that of Apple Computers in 1984.  And the fact that the crew hates the commercial is a reference to Apple Computers' own opinion of the commercial which only aired once; during the Super Bowl.
*During the voting for the future of Planet Express--with the option of two buttons, one in favour, the other opposed--Mom's son Igner is confused and inexplicably registers a vote for "[[wikipedia:Pat Buchanan|Pat Buchanan]]", in reference to the infamous Florida voting controversy of the 2000 U.S. Presidential election. With everyone staring angrily at Igner, he says in his defence "the ballot was confusing," thus making fun of the Election even more.
*During the voting for the future of Planet Express--with the option of two buttons, one in favour, the other opposed--Mom's son Igner is confused and inexplicably registers a vote for "[[wikipedia:Pat Buchanan|Pat Buchanan]]", in reference to the infamous Florida voting controversy of the 2000 U.S. Presidential election. With everyone staring angrily at Igner, he says in his defence "the ballot was confusing," thus making fun of the Election even more.
*In the scene where "That Guy" and Fry are watching an ape fight, Calculon is struck by an oversize tricycle hurled from the ring. His angry "Get your stinkin' trike off me, you damn dirty ape!" is an obvious parody of George Taylor's line "Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!" from the 1968 film ''[[wikipedia:Planet of the Apes|Planet of the Apes]]''.
*In the scene where "That Guy" and Fry are watching an ape fight, [[Calculon]] is struck by an oversize tricycle hurled from the ring. His angry "Get your stinkin' trike off me, you damn dirty ape!" is an obvious parody of George Taylor's line "Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!" from the 1968 film ''[[wikipedia:Planet of the Apes|Planet of the Apes]]''.
*The stock exchange space station shows stock abbreviations including RUN and DMC (in reference to hip-hop group Run-D.M.C.), KIRK, GORN, and Q (Star Trek references), and FOX ([[20th Century Fox]], the producer of ''[[Futurama]]''), the last showing a loss of 61 points.  OSX and WIN also appears (references to [[wikipedia:Mac OS X|Mac OS X]] and [[wikipedia:Microsoft Windows|Microsoft Windows]] respectively, interestingly, OSX have gone up, while WIN have gone down).
*The stock exchange space station shows stock abbreviations including RUN and DMC (in reference to hip-hop group [[Wikipedia:Run-D.M.C.|Run-D.M.C.]]), [[Wikipedia:James T. Kirk|KIRK]], [[Wikipedia:Gorn|GORN]], and [[Wikipedia:Q (Star Trek)|Q]] (Star Trek references), and FOX ([[20th Century Fox]], the producer of ''[[Futurama]]''), the last showing a loss of 61 points.  OSX and WIN also appears (references to [[wikipedia:Mac OS X|Mac OS X]] and [[wikipedia:Microsoft Windows|Microsoft Windows]] respectively, interestingly, OSX have gone up, while WIN have gone down).
*The station's appearance, as well as a waltz playing on the soundtrack, is a reference to a similar scene in the film [[wikipedia:2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]. The exchange's giant-image holographic public-address system ("I am Jor-El, Master of Scheduling!") is a reference to a scene in the 1978 Superman film, featuring a character named Jor-El and a tribunal of larger-than-life projected faces.
*The station's appearance, as well as a waltz playing on the soundtrack, is a reference to a similar scene in the film [[wikipedia:2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]. The exchange's giant-image holographic public-address system ("I am Jor-El, Master of Scheduling!") is a reference to a scene in the 1978 Superman film, featuring a character named Jor-El and a tribunal of larger-than-life projected faces.
*"That Guy" had a Miami Vice lunchbox.
*"That Guy" had a Miami Vice lunchbox.

Revision as of 05:11, 31 December 2008

Season 3 episode
Broadcast season 4 episode
Future Stock
Future Stock.jpg
No.53
Production number3ACV21
Written by[[Aaron Ehasz]][[Category:Episodes written by Aaron Ehasz|Future Stock]]
Directed by[[Brian Sheesley]][[Category:Episodes directed by Brian Sheesley|Future Stock]]
Title captionLove it or shove it
First air dateMarch 31, 2002
Broadcast numberS04E09
Title referenceThe book Future Shock by Alvin Toffler, or the album of the same name by Herbie Hancock
Additional
Commentary
(Transcript)
Transcript

Pictures

Season 3
  1. Amazon Women in the Mood
  2. Parasites Lost
  3. A Tale of Two Santas
  4. The Luck of the Fryrish
  5. The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz
  6. Bendless Love
  7. The Day the Earth Stood Stupid
  8. That's Lobstertainment!
  9. The Cyber House Rules
  10. Where the Buggalo Roam
  11. Insane in the Mainframe
  12. The Route of All Evil
  13. Bendin' in the Wind
  14. Time Keeps on Slippin'
  15. I Dated a Robot
  16. A Leela of Her Own
  17. A Pharaoh to Remember
  18. Anthology of Interest II
  19. Roswell that Ends Well
  20. Godfellas
  21. Future Stock
  22. The 30% Iron Chef
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The Story

Act I: Awesome! Awesome to the max!

Planet Express' stockholder meeting is taking place at the Lodgatorium Comfort Dome Inn, and Fry and Zoidberg get hungry and visit the Bot-Mizwah next door to get some free food. Zoidberg must stay out (no shellfish). Hermes tells the stockholders of Planet Express that the company is on the verge of bancrupcy, while Fry and Zoidberg move on to a Cryogenic Support Group which also offers free food. There Fry meets That Guy, a 1980's stockbroker who had himself frozen until a cure to his terminal disease, boneitis, could be found. Feeling compassion for a fellow person from the 20th century, Fry invites him to work for Planet Express, and they return to the stockholder meeting where Hattie McDoogal is demanding to nominate a new CEO because the Professor has insulted her cat. Leela, Bender, Amy, Hermes and the Professor (10,000 shares each) vote for Farnsworth, while Fry (10,000 shares) and Scruffy (40,000 shares) vote for That Guy. Now Hattie (1 share) demands the floor and votes for That Guy, making him the new CEO of Planet Express.

Act II: Miss Johnson, have I changed? - No Sir, Mr. Fry!

That Guy is turning Planet Express upside down and blaming everything on the old management, that is, the Professor. He makes Fry his vice-chairman and intends to bring Planet Express right to the top of the delivery business, which means that they have to attack Mom's Friendly Delivery Company. Of course, Mom is not amused to learn this. That Guy follows his secret of success, which is that everything is about appearances, and gives Planet Express a completely new look and a completely new image. Zoidberg is not happy about the company's development, and sells all his shares to That Guy for a sandwich. Mom is getting agitated about the new "Delivery Kings" that business magazines write about so much (even if PlanEx hasn't made even one single delivery since the takeover), and has a private meeting with That Guy after they have a talk at Elzar's Fine Cuisine. As the crew is voicing their concerns about the way That Guy is handling business, and Fry is defending him, That Guy tells them they are all fired and that Mom is going to take over Planet Express.

Act III: My only regret is... that I have... boneitis.

Fry insists that he is innocent of the selling of the company, but no one listens to him. He decides to block the takeover, and goes to the Intergalactic Stock Exchange in Earths orbit where the takeover is to take place in the Business Centre. All of PlanEx's stockholders are there, plus Mom, her three sons and That Guy. Both companies have to agree to the takeover, and even though all of the Planet Express crew vote against it, it turns out that the shares Zoidberg sold to That Guy gave him majority control. The takeover is approved, and MomCorp now wants to buy all the shares it doesn't own at the price of 107 $ per share, which makes every remaining stockholder a millionaire. Fry asks That Guy if he will not stop the takeover, but he refuses because he's an 80's guy. Just then, That Guy realizes that he forgot to get his boneitis cured, and dies horribly on the spot. After his death, Fry now has control of his shares and gives control of the company back to the Professor. The crew tries to stop him doing the right thing, but it is too late - the shares of Planet Express are, once again, worthless and the takeover has been stopped. The crew grudgingly goes back to work.

Additional Info

Trivia

  • That Guy had a Miami Vice lunchbox.
  • At the Bot-Mitzvah, the banner reads Hayom ata robot, or Today, I am a robot.
  • That Guy and Fry get their new suits at Giorgio Amonster.
  • Jackie Anderson and the Pawnbroker are at the ape fight.
  • The man from the 80's is listed in the script as "Steve Castle", but is only ever referred to in dialog as "that guy".

Quotes

  • Scruffy: Now hold on there. Scruffy votes his forty thousand shares for the mysterious stranger.
    Leela: Forty thousand? How come you have four times as much stock as the rest of us?
    Scruffy: Scruffy believes in this company. *sniffles*
  • Leela: Oh my god! I'm a millionare! Suddenly I have an opinion on the capital gains tax!
  • That Guy: There are two kinds of people. Sheep and sharks. Anyone who is a sheep is fired. Who is a sheep?
    Zoidberg: Errr, excuse me... which is the one people like to hug?
    That Guy: Gutsy question, you're a shark.
  • Hermes: We can't compete with Mom! Her company is big and evil! Ours is small and neutral!
    That Guy: Switzerland is small and neutral! We are more like Germany, ambitious and misunderstood!
    Amy: Look, everyone wants to be like Germany, but do we really have the pure strength of will?
  • Professor: I'll ruin you like I ruined this company!
  • That Guy: (checking his new business suit) That's what I call a hostile makeover!
  • Professor: This isn't a business! I've always thought of it as a source of cheap labour, like a family.
  • Leela: Zoidberg owned 51% of the company?
    Hermes: The shares were worthless, and he kept asking for toilet paper!

Allusions

  • The PlanEx logo in the commercial looks a lot like the FedEx logo.
  • The PlanEx commercial is a parody of that of Apple Computers in 1984. And the fact that the crew hates the commercial is a reference to Apple Computers' own opinion of the commercial which only aired once; during the Super Bowl.
  • During the voting for the future of Planet Express--with the option of two buttons, one in favour, the other opposed--Mom's son Igner is confused and inexplicably registers a vote for "Pat Buchanan", in reference to the infamous Florida voting controversy of the 2000 U.S. Presidential election. With everyone staring angrily at Igner, he says in his defence "the ballot was confusing," thus making fun of the Election even more.
  • In the scene where "That Guy" and Fry are watching an ape fight, Calculon is struck by an oversize tricycle hurled from the ring. His angry "Get your stinkin' trike off me, you damn dirty ape!" is an obvious parody of George Taylor's line "Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!" from the 1968 film Planet of the Apes.
  • The stock exchange space station shows stock abbreviations including RUN and DMC (in reference to hip-hop group Run-D.M.C.), KIRK, GORN, and Q (Star Trek references), and FOX (20th Century Fox, the producer of Futurama), the last showing a loss of 61 points. OSX and WIN also appears (references to Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows respectively, interestingly, OSX have gone up, while WIN have gone down).
  • The station's appearance, as well as a waltz playing on the soundtrack, is a reference to a similar scene in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey. The exchange's giant-image holographic public-address system ("I am Jor-El, Master of Scheduling!") is a reference to a scene in the 1978 Superman film, featuring a character named Jor-El and a tribunal of larger-than-life projected faces.
  • "That Guy" had a Miami Vice lunchbox.
  • A stock broker robot orders to "Sell one hundred soylent beans!", referring to the movie Soylent Green.
  • That Guy says that this company (Planet Express) is gonna get up and stay up like Cyndi Lauper which is a reference to Lauper's great popularity in the 80's, That Guy's time span, and decline after the 90's.
  • When That Guy is about to sell Planet Express he says "It's Hammertime" a catchphrase inspired by another popular 80's musician, MC Hammer.
  • Amy asks "Look, everyone wants to be like Germany, but do we really have the pure strength of will?", a reference to the 1934 Nazi propaganda film Triumph of the Will.
  • The shop where Fry and That Guy buy their tuxeedos is called Giorgio Armonster, a reference to fine clothes and perfume shop Giorgio Armani.
  • Scruffy reads the National Pornographic which looks a lot like a National Geographic publication.
  • The businessman from the 1980s is loosely based on the character of Gordon Gekko from the movie Wall Street. In turn, Gekko was modelled after real world corporate raider Ivan Boesky. That Guy's real name in the scripts was Steve Castle.
  • That Guy's plan to boost PlanEx's "image" in order to sell the worthless company that does nothing's stocks off at exorbitant prices is a direct satire of the Enron scandal.

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