Parasites Regained

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Season 8 episode Broadcast season 11 episode
Parasites Regained
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No.	144
Production number	8ACV04
Written by	Maiya Williams
Directed by	Corey Barnes
Title caption	Find The Hidden Story!
First air date	14 August, 2023
Broadcast number	S11E04
Title reference	The previous episode in the story, and Paradise Regained by John Milton
Opening cartoon	Betty Boop's May Party by Fleischer Studios (1933)
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"Parasites Regained" is the one hundred and forty-fourth episode of Futurama, the fourth of the eighth production season and the fourth of the eleventh broadcast season. It aired on 14 August, 2023 , on Hulu.

Production

The writer of record for this episode is Maiya Williams. Much like "Children of a Lesser Bog," the overseas production for this episode was handled by Digital eMation.

Additional information

Trivia

• At the pet clinic, Nibbler exclaimed "Mon Dieu!" which is French for "My God!"

Allusions

• The title of this episode is a reference to the 1671 poem Paradise Regained.

• Scoopy-Poo Dog Park is a portmanteau of Scooby-Doo and the word "poo".

• The name of the alien movie is Quizblorg, Quizblorg ℵ₁ and is being played at Loew's ℵ₀-Plex. The mathematical symbol ℵ₁ (pronounced "aleph-one") is the next cardinal number after ℵ₀, hence this is likely a sequel to Quizblorg, Quizblorg. The movie has won the "Palme d'Oorknob", alluding to the Palme d'Or prize.

• In the game of 3D crossword, the puzzle is "What's a 2x3x5 letter name, for a 3x23x29 number name, for a movie featuring a 1x4x9 object?" with the answer being 2001: A Space Odyssey. Here, 2x3x5=30 is the number of letters in "Two Thousand and One A Space Odyssey", 3x23x29=2001 is the year that appears in the name of the movie, and 1x4x9 is the ratio of the monolith featured in the movie.

• The game of Quantum Wordle alludes to the word-guessing game Wordle, and the word is seen flashing between boson and meson.

Dune references

The episode heavily relies on references to the Dune franchise, including both the books and the movie adaptations. Here is a list of all spotted references.

• The native people are dung beetles and they pronounce the word "dung" as "dune-g".

• The dung beetles have a custom of exchanging body fluids.

• Their Messiah is named "Kwiznos Cadillach", where as the original name is "Kwisatz Haderach".

Continuity

• Dave Spiegel, and his owner, Fluffers, from the episode The Day the Earth Stood Stupid, are seen in Scoopy-Poo Dog Park.
• The coffee shop across the street from the Planet Express Headquarters is seen again, this time visited by Leela and Nibbler

Alien Language Sightings

Time: 2:03
Location: Quizblorg, Quizblorg ℵ1 film
Language: AL1
Translation: Laughter

Characters

(In alphabetic order)

References

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