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The New Justice Team

Production Number: 4ACV04
Title Caption: SOON TO BE A MAJOR RELIGION
First Aired: March 2, 2003

The Story

Act I:

Leela's parents are going to visit the surface in a few days, and as they are mutants who are not allowed above ground for legal reasons, Leela is getting them special permits from Citihall. Meanwhile, the Professor is getting a supercollider from πkea, which turns out to be exhausting to assemble - Fry and Leela are sore all over and receive treatment by Zoidberg with genuine Miracle Cream. The supercollider super-explodes, and the Professor asks Leela and Fry to take it back. On the way, both are attacked by a mugger who attempts to kill them, but are able to defeat him with powers usually not found with humans. They find out that the Miracle Cream temporarily causes superpowers in humans, including laser-proof skin, ultra-resistance to damage, super strength and lickety speed, but not the ability to command the loyalty of sea creatures. As they have super powers and are Americans, they decide to form a team of super heros, including Bender who provides the costumes and as a robot already has some sort of super powers. They choose appropriate names: Fry becomes Captain Yesterday, Bender is Super King and Leela chooses to be Clobberella - thus the New Justice Team is forged and fights crimes all over New New York.

Act II:

The new team of super heroes quickly becomes well known and fights crime very efficiently, but all three are anxious to protect their secret identities, sometimes they need reminding though (in the case of Fry). As the crew pick up the special one day permits for Leela's parents with the Mayor at Citihall, he calls for the New Justice Team and they have to make a quick exit to reappear in their super hero costumes. The Mayor warns them that at precisely 9 A.M. tomorrow, the Museum of Natural History will be robbed by the super villain Zookeeper and his gang of highly trained animals. Their target: the priceless Quantum Gemerald. Leela thus arranges for her parents to meet her at the said museum at 10 A.M. However, at the next morning, the Zookeeper and his gang turn up an hour late. The New Justice Team foils his attempt to steal the Gemerald, yet the Zookeeper escapes and Leela can't reveal her secret identity and so her parents miss her and return to the sewers disappointedly, thinking her daughter is ashamed of them.

Act III:

This disappointment causes Leela quite some pain, and thus she reveals her secret identity to her parents to make them understand why she couldn't meet with them. Through an indiscretion by Morris, the secret becomes known to the Zookeeper, who captures Leela's parents and coerces the New Justice Team into stealing the Quantum Gemerald themselves and deliver it to him. This is complicated by the fact that they have run out of Miracle Cream, and they have to pull off the heist without their super powers. They deliver the gem to the Zookeeper, and Leela's parents are released. As they have now committed a crime and are out of Miracle Cream anyway, Bender and Fry commit a few more crimes under the cover of their super hero identities.

Additional Info

Trivia

Quotes

Characters

(In alphabetical order)

Episode Credits

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+[[Image:New Justice Team.jpg|right|thumb|The New Justice Team]]
-<!-- Fill in the correct production number, the caption from the opening sequence, and the first aired date
+'''Production Number''': 4ACV04<br />
-If you don't know the correct value, note it in the summary and move on -->
+'''Title Caption''': SOON TO BE A MAJOR RELIGION<br />
-'''Production Number''': 0ACV00<br />
+'''First Aired''': March 2, 2003<br>
-'''Title Caption''': [[Unknown]]<br />
-'''First Aired''': [[Unknown]]
 ==The Story==
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 ===Act I: ===
+[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]'s [[Turanga Morris and Munda|parents]] are going to visit the surface in a few days, and as they are [[Sewer mutants|mutants]] who are not allowed above ground for legal reasons, Leela is getting them special permits from [[Citihall]]. Meanwhile, the [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor]] is getting a supercollider from πkea, which turns out to be exhausting to assemble - [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] and Leela are sore all over and receive treatment by [[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]] with genuine [[Dr. FlimFlam's Miracle Cream|Miracle Cream]]. The supercollider super-explodes, and the Professor asks Leela and Fry to take it back. On the way, both are attacked by a mugger who attempts to kill them, but are able to defeat him with powers usually not found with humans. They find out that the Miracle Cream temporarily causes superpowers in humans, including laser-proof skin, ultra-resistance to damage, super strength and lickety speed, but not the ability to command the loyalty of sea creatures. As they have super powers and are Americans, they decide to form a team of super heros, including [[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]] who provides the costumes and as a robot already has some sort of super powers. They choose appropriate names: Fry becomes [[Captain Yesterday]], Bender is [[Super King]] and Leela chooses to be [[Clobberella]] - thus the [[New Justice Team]] is forged and fights crimes all over [[New New York]].
 ===Act II: ===
+The new team of super heroes quickly becomes well known and fights crime very efficiently, but all three are anxious to protect their secret identities, sometimes they need reminding though (in the case of Fry). As the crew pick up the special one day permits for Leela's parents with the [[Mayor C. Randall Poopenmeyer|Mayor]] at Citihall, he calls for the New Justice Team and they have to make a quick exit to reappear in their super hero costumes. The Mayor warns them that at precisely 9 A.M. tomorrow, the [[Museum of Natural History]] will be robbed by the super villain [[Zookeeper]] and his gang of highly trained animals. Their target: the priceless [[Quantum Gemerald]]. Leela thus arranges for her parents to meet her at the said museum at 10 A.M. However, at the next morning, the Zookeeper and his gang turn up an hour late. The New Justice Team foils his attempt to steal the Gemerald, yet the Zookeeper escapes and Leela can't reveal her secret identity and so her parents miss her and return to the sewers disappointedly, thinking her daughter is ashamed of them.
 ===Act III: ===
+This disappointment causes Leela quite some pain, and thus she reveals her secret identity to her parents to make them understand why she couldn't meet with them. Through an indiscretion by Morris, the secret becomes known to the Zookeeper, who captures Leela's parents and coerces the New Justice Team into stealing the Quantum Gemerald themselves and deliver it to him. This is complicated by the fact that they have run out of Miracle Cream, and they have to pull off the heist without their super powers. They deliver the gem to the Zookeeper, and Leela's parents are released. As they have now committed a crime and are out of Miracle Cream anyway, Bender and Fry commit a few more crimes under the cover of their super hero identities.
-<!-- Add an Act IV if the episode had a cold opening (A short scene before the opening credits). -->
+==Additional Info==
-==Additional Info==
 ===Trivia===
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 ===Characters===
 (In alphabetical order)
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+*[[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]]
-  Format Examples:
+*[[Amy Wong|Amy]]
+*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]
 *[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]
-*'''Debut:''' [[Flexo]]
+*[[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]]
-*The Grand Midwife
+*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]
--->
+*[[Turanga Morris and Munda|Turanga Morris]]
+*[[Turanga Morris and Munda|Turanga Munda]]
+*[[Mayor C. Randall Poopenmeyer]]
+*[[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]
+*[[Leg Mutant]]
+*[[Raoul Inglis]]
+*'''Debut''': [[The Zookeeper]]
 ==Episode Credits==
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 *Writer
-**[[Unknown]]
+**[[Ron Weiner]]
 *Director
-**[[Unknown]]
+**[[Susie Dietter]]
 *Voice Actors
 **[[Billy West]]
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 **[[John DiMaggio]]
 *DVD Commentary
-**[[Unknown]]
+**[[Matt Groening]]
+**[[David X. Cohen]]
+**[[Rich Moore]]
+**[[Ron Weiner]]
+**[[Susie Dietter]]
+**[[Billy West]]
+**[[Maurice LaMarche]]
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