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== Additional Info ==
== Additional Info ==
=== Cultural References ===
=== Allusions ===
*The title and the overall plot is a parody of the {{w|Herman Melville}}-penned novel ''{{w|Moby Dick}}'', which was previously referenced in "[[The Day the Earth Stood Stupid]]", and the {{w|Möbius strip}}.
*The title and the overall plot is a parody of the {{w|Herman Melville}}-penned novel ''{{w|Moby Dick}}'', which was previously referenced in "[[The Day the Earth Stood Stupid]]", and the {{w|Möbius strip}}.
**''Möbius Dick'' is also well known in the mathematics community as the answer to a pun-based math riddle: ''What's non-orientable and lives in the ocean?''
**''Möbius Dick'' is also well known in the mathematics community as the answer to a pun-based math riddle: ''What's non-orientable and lives in the ocean?''
=== Trivia ===
*The episode was for some time thought to be the broadcast season's second, but the announcement that "[[Benderama]]" would air on 23 June in its place<ref name="airdate">{{cite web |url=http://www.gotfuturama.com/Futurama/News/1304464909,59072,/How_many_Benders_is_too_many.html |title=How many Benders is too many? |publisher=[[CGEF]] |author=reed |date=2011-05-03 |accessdate=2011-05-04}}</ref> proved otherwise.


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 00:18, 5 May 2011

Season 6 episode
Broadcast season 8 episode
Möbius Dick
N/A
No.103
Production number6ACV15
Written byDan Vebber
Directed byN/A
Title captionN/A
First air date30 June, 2011
Broadcast numberS08E02
Title referenceMoby Dick and Möbius strips
Additional
Commentary
(Transcript)
Transcript

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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On the far right of this image can the episode for 6ACV15 be seen, with what appears to be a whale and the beginning of the title, 'Möbius Dick'.

"Möbius Dick" is the one hundredth and third episode of Futurama, the fifteenth of the sixth production season and the second of the eighth broadcast season.

Story

The crew encounters a dangerous four-dimensional space whale.[1]

Additional Info

Allusions

Trivia

  • The episode was for some time thought to be the broadcast season's second, but the announcement that "Benderama" would air on 23 June in its place[2] proved otherwise.

References