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===Trivia===
===Trivia===
*The DVD commentaries state the ship-to-ship-intimacy is a spoof from the James Bond movie "Moonraker". It might also have been inspired by the slightly older predecessor "You only live twice" that had a similar setting.
*The DVD commentaries state the ship-to-ship-intimacy is a spoof from the James Bond movie "Moonraker". It might also have been inspired by the slightly older predecessor "You only live twice" that had a similar setting.
*Outside the Nimbus' sickbay, the sign reads "Sick Bay & Horta Burn Clinic", referring to a Star Trek TOS episode featuring a crystalline being named Horta.
*Outside the Nimbus' sickbay, the sign reads "Sick Bay
*Only in this episode, we see Amy's [[Wristlojackimator|wristlojackimator]] in operation - as a holographic day-planner. (See [[#Items on Amy's Calendar|Items on Amy's Calendar]].)
*The doctor in the Nimbus' sickbay resembles Dr. "Bones" McCoy from Star Trek, as such he is named "Veins" in a deleted scene.
 
====Items on Amy's Calendar====
This is the full list of items that appear on [[Amy Wong|Amy]]'s holographic day-planner. The calendar starts with the 1<sup>st</sup> on a Monday. Unreadable portions are shown with question marks.
{|width=100%
|
<ol><li>Bimonthly dimple rotation</li>
<li>Yoga rave</li>
<li>Girlicure</li>
<li>Baby shower</li>
<li>Shop</li>
<li>Drop</li><!--'p' not visible, only thing that makes sense, read with #5-->
<li>Lunch with Molly</li>
<li>Trash Molly with Tina</li>
<li>Trash Tina with Molly</li>
<li>Find new friends</li>
<li>Pony aerobics</li></ol>
|
<ol start="12"><li>Cuteness trainer</li>
<li>10P??? Wang ???</li><!--almost certainly someones name-->
<li>Recharge bra</li>
<li>Extreme aromatherapy</li>
<li>Finish thesis; buy stocks</li>
<li>Adopt all puppies</li>
<li>Pity party for the less popular</li>
<li>Green shirt day</li>
<li>New f??? annou??? toda???</li><!--My guess "New friends announced today", read with #7-10-->
<li>Hang with Walter Koening</li></ol>
|
<ol start="22"><li>Tolstoy seminar</li>
<li>(nothing on this day)</li>
<li>Neutron croquet</li>
<li>Search couch for spare millions</li>
<li>Do something for myself</li>
<li>Hair-t??? Olympics</li><!--not a clue, 'pics' not visible-->
<li>Benefit for divorced princesses</li>
<li>Snub all dark-haired boys</li>
<li>(nothing on this day)</li>
<li>Rearrange teddy bears; promote Mr. Fluffy</li></ol>
|}
 
===Quotes===
*'''Amy''': Spirit! Kif, that's the pony I always wanted but my parents said I had too many ponies already."<br>'''Kif''': "Yes, I programmed it in for you. Four million lines of BASIC!"
*'''Kif''': The Holo-shed's on the fritz again! The characters turned real!<br>'''Zapp''': Damn! The last time that happened, I got slapped with three paternity suits!
*'''Prof. Farnsworth''': If anyone needs me, I'll be in the Angry Dome!<br>
*'''Zapp''': Kif, I'm sensing a very sensual disturbance in the force. Prepare for ship-to-ship intimacy.
*'''Zapp''': By the way, Kif, your flush seems to be set on "stun", not "kill".
*'''Kif''': As long as Amy is with me in my heart, I will have the strength of two. *gnarg* Apparently, Amy hasn't been working out much lately...
*'''The Grand Midwife''': I will now take my leave. I live here, so I won't actually be going anywhere, but you don't have to talk to me anymore.
 
===Goofs===
*In the shot after [[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]] is ejected from the [[Maternifuge]], it looks as if he's got no pants on - belly and legs are carapace-coloured.
*On Amy's Calendar, Sunday the 21<sup>st</sup> says "Hang with Walter Koening", but his name is properly spelled "Koenig".
 
===Characters===
(In alphabetical order)
*[[Amy Wong|Amy]]
*[[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]]
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]
*[[Kif Kroker|Kif]]
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]
*[[Leo and Inez Wong]]
*[[Scruffy]]
*[[Zapp Brannigan]]
*[[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]
*'''Debut:''' [[The Grand Midwife]]
*'''Debut:''' [[Attilla the Hun]]
*'''Debut:''' [[Professor Moriartry]]
*'''Debut:''' [[Evil Lincoln]]
*'''Debut:''' [[Jack the Ripper]]
 
==Episode Credits==
*Writer
**[[Bill Odenkirk]]
*Director
**[[Wes Archer]]
*Voice Actors
**[[Billy West]]
**[[Katey Sagal]]
**[[John DiMaggio]]
**[[Maurice LaMarche]]
**[[Lauren Tom]]
**[[Tress MacNeille]]
 
*DVD Commentary
**[[Matt Groening]]
**[[David X. Cohen]]
**[[Bill Odenkirk]]
**[[Wes Archer]]
**[[Billy West]]
**[[Maurice LaMarche]]
 
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Revision as of 01:17, 10 June 2007

Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch

Production Number: 4ACV01
Title Caption: BIGFOOT'S CHOICE
First Aired: January 12, 2003

The Story

Act I: Prepare for Ship-to-Ship-Intimacy!

Kif just can't stand his long-distance relationship with Amy any more - he wants more. Just at this moment, the crew is to deliver pain medicine to the hive mind of Nigel 7, around where the Nimbus is patrolling. Amy smuggles herself on board of the Planet Express Ship and changes course towards the Nimbus while the crew is in hibernative naptosis to save oxygen. Kif and Amy share an intimate moment on the Nimbus' Holo-shed where he tries to display his romantic feelings to her, when the Holo-shed malfunctions and the holographic characters come alive. Kif and Amy flee towards the bridge, pursued by the holograms. Zapp fires on the pursuers, causing an explosive decompression that whirls everyone around on the bridge. In the process, Kif looses his right glove and has skin contact with everyone present. Later in sickbay, the doctor finds that Kif is pregnant.

Act II: So the toilet seat is the uncle or something?

It turns out that Amphibiosans can exchange genetic material over their skins when romantically engaged. Kif is delighted, but Amy does not quite share his enthusiasm. Besides, it is unclear who is the sire of Kif's offspring. They travel back to Earth and let the Professor figure it out with the Alien Cross-Species Genetic Analyzer - it turns out that Leela has provided the DNA. But Kif states that his romantic involvement is with Amy, his smizmar, who after the rules of his people is considered the mother. On Kif's baby shower with the crew and Zapp in Fry's and Bender's appartment, Amy can't stand it any longer - she is not yet ready for the responsibility of motherhood and runs away in tears, leaving Kif behind alone.

Act III: What a disgusting and beautiful process

Just then, Kif's birthing process is about to start and he returns to his home world Amphibios 9, accompagnied by the Leela, Fry, Bender and Zapp. They enter the ancestral birthing grounds of Clan Kroker in a swamp, where they meet the Grand Midwife. Since his smizmar Amy is not with him, he has to go through the beginning of the birthing ceremony alone, but then Amy arrives and assists in the birth of the several hundred tadpole-like offspring. Leela and Amy defend the little creatures as they are attacked by predators on the way towards the water and succeed. In twenty years time, the offspring will crawl onto land as children, and Amy thinks she will be ready then. Leela indeed turns out to be the genetical mother - many of the tadpoles have just one eye.

Additional Info

Trivia

  • The DVD commentaries state the ship-to-ship-intimacy is a spoof from the James Bond movie "Moonraker". It might also have been inspired by the slightly older predecessor "You only live twice" that had a similar setting.
  • Outside the Nimbus' sickbay, the sign reads "Sick Bay