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* The title of the episode is a parody of the long-running {{w|NBC}} legal drama television series ''{{w|Law & Order}}''.
* The title of the episode is a parody of the long-running {{w|NBC}} legal drama television series ''{{w|Law & Order}}''.
* The concept of trying people for crimes committed in the future was a major plot point of the [[2004]] film ''{{w|Minority Report (film)|Minority Report}}''.
* The concept of trying people for crimes committed in the future was a major plot point of the [[2004]] film ''{{w|Minority Report (film)|Minority Report}}''.
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[[File:Law and Oracle screenshot 2.jpg|thumb|right|A screenshot from the chase scene which is an obvious ''{{w|Tron}}'' parody.]]
[[File:Law and Oracle screenshot 2.jpg|thumb|right|A screenshot from the chase scene which is an obvious ''{{w|Tron}}'' parody.]]
* [[Circuit City]] is a reference to the American retailer of the same name, {{w|Circuit City Stores|Circuit City}}.
* [[Circuit City]] is a reference to the American retailer of the same name, {{w|Circuit City Stores|Circuit City}}.

Revision as of 23:29, 5 July 2011

Season 6 episode
Broadcast season 8 episode
Law and Oracle
Law and Oracle screenshot.jpg
URL and Fry chase down a criminal in Circuit City.
No.104
Production number6ACV16
Written byJosh Weinstein
Directed byN/A
Title captionN/A
First air date7 July, 2011[1]
Broadcast numberS08E04
Title referenceLaw & Order, or the phrase "law and order"
Additional
Commentary
(Transcript)
Transcript
Storyboard

Pictures

Season 6
  1. Rebirth
  2. In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela
  3. Attack of the Killer App
  4. Proposition Infinity
  5. The Duh-Vinci Code
  6. Lethal Inspection
  7. The Late Philip J. Fry
  8. That Darn Katz!
  9. A Clockwork Origin
  10. The Prisoner of Benda
  11. Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences
  12. The Mutants Are Revolting
  13. The Futurama Holiday Spectacular
  14. The Silence of the Clamps
  15. Möbius Dick
  16. Law and Oracle
  17. Benderama
  18. The Tip of the Zoidberg
  19. Ghost in the Machines
  20. Neutopia
  21. Yo Leela Leela
  22. Fry Am the Egg Man
  23. All the Presidents' Heads
  24. Cold Warriors
  25. Overclockwise
  26. Reincarnation
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"Law and Oracle" is the one hundredth and fourth episode of Futurama, the sixteenth of the sixth production season and the fourth of the eighth broadcast season.

Story

Fed up with his go-nowhere job, Fry joins the police force.[2]

Production

During May and June 2011, Countdown to Futurama released three items of promotional material for the episode: concept art of the police station's future crimes division on 20 May, part of the storyboard showing Fry be pranked by Ipgee, Terry and Lou on 21 May, and a video clip showing Fry and URL in a light cycle chase in Circuit City on 16 June.

Image gallery

Additional Info

Allusions

  • The title of the episode is a parody of the long-running NBC legal drama television series Law & Order.
  • The concept of trying people for crimes committed in the future was a major plot point of the 2004 film Minority Report.
A screenshot from the chase scene which is an obvious Tron parody.

Continuity

Characters

(In alphabetic order)

References