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*Nibbler eats a big can of [[Kibbles 'N' Snouts]].
*Nibbler eats a big can of [[Kibbles 'N' Snouts]].
*Bender whistles the Harlem Globetrotters' theme song, "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Georgia_Brown Sweet Georgia Brown]," three times in this episode. He may be whistling this song in particular because he says in the later episode "[[Time Keeps on Slippin']]" that he dreams of being a Harlem Globetrotter.
*Bender whistles the Harlem Globetrotters' theme song, "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Georgia_Brown Sweet Georgia Brown]," three times in this episode. He may be whistling this song in particular because he says in the later episode "[[Time Keeps on Slippin']]" that he dreams of being a Harlem Globetrotter.
*The crew sings an edited version of {{w|Happy Birthday}} at Nibbler's party. This is because the actual song is copyrighted and the studio would have had to pay to use it.
*The crew sings [[The Birthday Song|an edited version]] of "{{w|Happy Birthday to You|Happy Birthday}}" at Nibbler's party. This is because the actual song is copyrighted and the studio would have had to pay to use it.
*This is the first appearance of [[Leela]]'s parents (background)
*This is the first appearance of [[Leela]]'s parents (background)
**Turanga Morris's mouth is normal rather than sideways.
**Turanga Morris's mouth is normal rather than sideways.
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<poem>'''Calculon''': Give it to me straight, doctor. Don't sugar-coat it.
<poem>'''Calculon''': Give it to me straight, doctor. Don't sugar-coat it.
'''DoctorBot''': All right. Your entire family died when a plane piloted by your fiance crashed into your uninsured home, and you have inoperable cancer.
'''DoctorBot''': All right. Your entire family died when a plane piloted by your fiance crashed into your uninsured home, and you have inoperable cancer.
'''Bender''': [laughs hysterically] Bet you didn't expect that one, Calculon!</poem>
'''Bender''': ''[laughs hysterically]'' Bet you didn't expect that one, Calculon!</poem>
<poem>'''Fry''': Leela, your 'scardness' is being transmitted straight to Bender. If you care about Nibbler, stop caring about him!
<poem>'''Fry''': Leela, your 'scardness' is being transmitted straight to Bender. If you care about Nibbler, stop caring about him!
'''Leela''': I can't. I love every living creature.
'''Leela''': I can't. I love every living creature.
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'''Leela''': As a friend.
'''Leela''': As a friend.
'''Fry''': ''[dissapointed]'' Damn.</poem>
'''Fry''': ''[dissapointed]'' Damn.</poem>
'''Raoul''': Let's have a tissue tape parade!
<poem>'''Raoul''': Let's have a tissue tape parade!
'''Bender''': No, thanks!
'''Bender''': No, thanks!</poem>
<poem>'''Fry''' Uh-oh. Is this going to be another experiment that crosses the line man was not meant to cross? [Professor Farnsworth signals "a little."] </poem>
<poem>'''Fry''': Uh-oh. Is this going to be another experiment that crosses the line man was not meant to cross? [Professor Farnsworth signals "a little."] </poem>
<poem>'''Bender''': So its a cake you want, is it? I'll make you a cake you'll never forget.</poem>
<poem>'''Bender''': So its a cake you want, is it? I'll make you a cake you'll never forget.</poem>
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=== Goofs ===
=== Goofs ===

Revision as of 01:49, 12 March 2011

Season 2 episode
I Second that Emotion
I Second that Emotion.jpg
Bender feels the same Leela feels
No.14
Production number2ACV01
Written byPatric M. Verrone
Directed byMark Ervin
Title captionMade from meat byproducts
First air date21 November, 1999
Broadcast numberS02E05
Title referenceSong 'I Second that Emotion' by The Miracles
Opening cartoon"Fresh Hare" (1942)
SponsorGlagnar's Human Rinds
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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"I Second That Emotion" is the fourteenth episode of Futurama, the first of the second production season and the fifth of the second broadcast season. It aired 21 November, 1999 on FOX.

After flushing Nibbler down the toilet, Bender is forced to install an empathy chip. He ends up being upset about Nibbler, and starts an expedition to save Nibbler. This leads them through the sewers to the monster that is El Chupanibre.

The Story

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Act I: "How could you flush Nibbler down the toilet!"

After Nibbler breaks a fang biting Bender's shiny metal ass, they have to take him to the vet to get a new tooth. The vet speculates that Nibbler may be 5 years old, so the crew throws him a birthday party. Bender, jealous of the attention Nibbler is getting, bakes an amazing cake, which Nibbler eats before anyone can see it. In anger, Bender flushes Nibbler down the toilet.

Act II: "There's mutants down there!"

Leela is inconsolable. Everyone sees that Bender is completely incapable of understanding empathy, so the Professor equips him with an Empathy Chip that "allows" (i.e. forces) Bender to feel all of Leela's emotions as she feels them--and not just sadness, but happiness, anger, jealousy and fear. Unable to bear the pain (and fed up with feeling the emotions), Bender flushes himself down the toilet to go hunt for Nibbler. In spite of the urban legends about a race of hideous mutants who live there, Fry and Leela enter the sewers to search for Bender. After finding him they realise they are lost, and while trying to find a way out they run into the dreaded sewer mutants.

Act III: "Aren't you supposed to be eating our brains?"

El Chupanibre

The Mutants turn out to be harmless and take them to their city, telling the legend of a dreaded monster known as El Chupanibre. Leela begins to wonder if Nibbler is the monster, so the mutants, not wanting to take any chances, use her as bait to capture the monster. Nibbler soon appears, but the mutants confirm that he is not the monster--in fact the real El Chupanibre, a huge, vicious, drooling monster, is right behind him. Bender attempts to fight it off, but Leela's fear and sense of concern for Nibbler's safety hinders him. In order to defeat the monster, Bender convinces Leela to act heartless and self-centered, giving him the capacity to knock him into the giant toilet and flush him into the sub-sewer.

Back at the Planet Express building, the Professor removes the empathy chip and sees that it was actually damaged, apparently indicating Bender's emotions were real, only to correct himself when he sees that it was actually running at three times normal capacity. Bender has learned nothing and leaves, but Leela claims that she herself has learned from him and leaves the room with a curt "So long, jerkwads!"

Additional Info

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Trivia

  • Nibbler eats a big can of Kibbles 'N' Snouts.
  • Bender whistles the Harlem Globetrotters' theme song, "Sweet Georgia Brown," three times in this episode. He may be whistling this song in particular because he says in the later episode "Time Keeps on Slippin'" that he dreams of being a Harlem Globetrotter.
  • The crew sings an edited version of "Happy Birthday" at Nibbler's party. This is because the actual song is copyrighted and the studio would have had to pay to use it.
  • This is the first appearance of Leela's parents (background)
    • Turanga Morris's mouth is normal rather than sideways.
    • Turanga Munda has arms instead of tentacles in this appearance.

Quotes

    Calculon: Give it to me straight, doctor. Don't sugar-coat it.
    DoctorBot: All right. Your entire family died when a plane piloted by your fiance crashed into your uninsured home, and you have inoperable cancer.
    Bender: [laughs hysterically] Bet you didn't expect that one, Calculon!

    Fry: Leela, your 'scardness' is being transmitted straight to Bender. If you care about Nibbler, stop caring about him!
    Leela: I can't. I love every living creature.
    Fry: Even me?
    Leela: As a friend.
    Fry: [dissapointed] Damn.

    Raoul: Let's have a tissue tape parade!
    Bender: No, thanks!

    Fry: Uh-oh. Is this going to be another experiment that crosses the line man was not meant to cross? [Professor Farnsworth signals "a little."]

    Bender: So its a cake you want, is it? I'll make you a cake you'll never forget.

Goofs

  • The bathroom that features prominently in this episode is through the door that people usually enter from. So either the bathroom is in the wrong place, or people must enter the TV area by passing through the bathroom.
  • Bender comments that lifting the seat is an annoyance, implying that he must know how men use toilet. Yet when he flushes himself out, he comments "what do those humans design this for anyway?"
  • It is said that mutants are a myth in this episode, yet in "I, Roommate" Bender says, "or we could live underground with the mutants, a little fire'll show 'em who's boss."

Characters

(In alphabetic order)

Episode Credits