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{{comic infobox | {{comic infobox | ||
|name=The A-Team | |name=The A-Team | ||
|image=[[ | |image=[[File:Futurama-23-Cover 0.jpg|225px]] | ||
|us no= | |us no=23 | ||
|uk no= | |uk no=35, 36 | ||
|title caption=Hey meatbag! Buy this comic or back off! | |written by= Ian Boothby | ||
|us publish=February | |art by= John Delaney | ||
|title caption=Hey [[meatbag]]! Buy this comic or back off! | |||
|us publish=2 {{February}}, [[2006]] | |||
|title referee= | |title referee= | ||
|paperback= | |paperback=[[Futurama Comics: To Infinity!]] | ||
|prev=A Fit Worse than Death | |prev=A Fit Worse than Death | ||
|next=Twice Told Tales of Interest | |next=Twice Told Tales of Interest | ||
}} | }} | ||
==The Story== | "'''The A-Team'''" is the twenty-third [[comic]] issue, which was released 2 {{February}}, [[2006]] in the [[United States|US]]. <!-- insert brief plot summary here --> | ||
== The Story == | |||
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===Act II=== | === Act I === | ||
The crew takes off their shirts and the cops banish them to the fandom zone where fans can’t stalk celebrities. If they concentrate the crew will be able to see the real world but the real world can’t see them. Only Mender can see them and reveals that the rest of his crew are holograms since he killed the real crew. Leela gets an idea to download Bender’s mind into his spare body, then use a device to bring the rest of the crew to reality. Mender teleports to his ship and escapes but is followed by the crew. Bender tricks Mender into creating strong donut/vortex, which pulls him in. The crew is about to get sucked in but use Bender’s jealousy of Mender to escape. Bender then decides that Mender is actually a role model for robots. | [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] takes over {{the ship}} and makes a donut causing a vortex, which begins to pull {{the crew}} in, they manage to escape using the power from light support. Another [[Planet Express]] ship emerges and its crew teleports onboard. The other crew are look-alikes of the main crew and are called Shelia, Sly and Mender who accidentally created a vortex and were sucked in. During their time in an uninhabited dimension the crew read, exercised, repaired the ship and cloned a better [[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]. When [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|the Professor]] sees the other crew he is thrilled, because they are the only decent crew the company has had. [[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]] fires [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]], Bender and [[Turanga Leela|Leela]], takes their [[career chip]]s and forces them to wear Non Person shirts which means everyone has to pretend they don’t exist. The crew has the time of their lives since they can’t get in trouble and the cops can’t arrest them. However they prefer their old lives and decide to try and get them back. | ||
==Additional Info== | |||
===Trivia=== | === Act II === | ||
The crew takes off their shirts and the cops banish them to the fandom zone where fans can’t stalk celebrities. If they concentrate the crew will be able to see the real world but the real world can’t see them. Only Mender can see them and reveals that the rest of his crew are holograms since he killed the real crew. Leela gets an idea to download Bender’s mind into his spare body, then use a device to bring the rest of the crew to reality. Mender teleports to his ship and escapes but is followed by the crew. Bender tricks Mender into creating strong donut/vortex, which pulls him in. The crew is about to get sucked in but use Bender’s jealousy of Mender to escape. Bender then decides that Mender is actually a role model for [[robots]]. | |||
== Additional Info == | |||
=== Trivia === | |||
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*Zoidberg | *Zoidberg wasn’t fired despite there being a better {{cat|clone}}. Possibly because, unlike the old crewmembers, the clone did not have a Planet Express career chip. | ||
*Though most likely coincidental, the Professor is seen to have injured his back in the same way it was for most of [[Bendless Love]], Hermes and Zoidberg have the same injury. | *Though most likely coincidental, the Professor is seen to have injured his back in the same way it was for most of "[[Bendless Love]]", Hermes and Zoidberg have the same injury. | ||
<!--===Quotes=== | <!--===Quotes=== | ||
*'''Fry''': No I'm... doesn't.--> | *'''Fry''': No I'm... doesn't.--> | ||
<!-- The following sections can be included if they are appropriate: | <!-- The following sections can be included if they are appropriate: | ||
===Questions=== | === Questions === | ||
*Who did that? | *Who did that? | ||
**Fry did. | **Fry did. | ||
===Alien Language Sightings=== | === Alien Language Sightings === | ||
'''Time''': <br /> | '''Time''': <br /> | ||
'''Location''': <br /> | '''Location''': <br /> | ||
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'''Translation''': | '''Translation''': | ||
(change to AL2, if necessary) | (change to AL2, if necessary) | ||
===Inside References=== | |||
=== Inside References === | |||
--> | --> | ||
=== | === Allusions === | ||
*Silver Surfer is again almost hit by the Planet Express Ship, he was previously seen in [[...But Deliver Us To Evil!|US#002]] | *Silver Surfer is again almost hit by the Planet Express Ship, he was previously seen in [[...But Deliver Us To Evil!|US#002]]. | ||
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===Fast Forward=== | |||
=== Fast Forward === | |||
List instances of things from this episode that are referenced later. | List instances of things from this episode that are referenced later. | ||
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===Characters=== | The title is a reference to the TV show with the same name. | ||
=== Goofs === | |||
*The crew should still have their other career chips, which they had put back in during "[[The Cryonic Woman]]". | |||
*Leela is able to shake Sheila’s hand despite her being a hologram. | |||
**However it is possible these holograms are solid. | |||
*When Bender interrupts the evening news he isn’t wearing his "Non Person" shirt. | |||
*Also, it isn’t possible for Bender to reach the {{TV}} studio that fast, since it is located at [[Los Angeles]], not [[New New York]]. | |||
=== Characters === | |||
{{chars-begin}} | |||
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*'''Debut:''' Sly | *'''Debut:''' Sly | ||
*[[Sal]] | *[[Sal]] | ||
*[[Smitty]] | |||
*[[Tinny Tim]] | *[[Tinny Tim]] | ||
*[[Turanga Morris and Munda]] | *[[Turanga Morris and Munda]] | ||
*[[ | *[[URL]] | ||
*[[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]] | *[[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]] | ||
*'''Debut:''' Zoidberg clone | *'''Debut:''' Zoidberg {{cat|clone}} | ||
==Comic Credits== | {{chars-end}} | ||
== Comic Credits == | |||
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*Script | *Script | ||
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**[[Andrew Pepoy]] | **[[Andrew Pepoy]] | ||
*Colors | *Colors | ||
**Colorbot 3000 | **Colorbot [[3000]] | ||
*Letters | *Letters | ||
**[[Karen Bates]] | **[[Karen Bates]] | ||
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|next=Twice Told Tales of Interest | |next=Twice Told Tales of Interest | ||
}} | }} | ||
[[Category:A plots focusing on Bender]] | |||
[[Category:A plots focusing on Fry]] | |||
[[Category:A plots focusing on Leela]] | |||
Latest revision as of 00:21, 28 January 2015
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| US Publish Number | 23 |
| UK Publish Number(s) | 35, 36 |
| Written by | Ian Boothby |
| Art by | John Delaney |
| Title caption | Hey meatbag! Buy this comic or back off! |
| Published (US) | 2 February, 2006 |
| In trade paperback | Futurama Comics: To Infinity! |
"The A-Team" is the twenty-third comic issue, which was released 2 February, 2006 in the US.
The Story
Act I
Bender takes over the ship and makes a donut causing a vortex, which begins to pull the crew in, they manage to escape using the power from light support. Another Planet Express ship emerges and its crew teleports onboard. The other crew are look-alikes of the main crew and are called Shelia, Sly and Mender who accidentally created a vortex and were sucked in. During their time in an uninhabited dimension the crew read, exercised, repaired the ship and cloned a better Zoidberg. When the Professor sees the other crew he is thrilled, because they are the only decent crew the company has had. Hermes fires Fry, Bender and Leela, takes their career chips and forces them to wear Non Person shirts which means everyone has to pretend they don’t exist. The crew has the time of their lives since they can’t get in trouble and the cops can’t arrest them. However they prefer their old lives and decide to try and get them back.
Act II
The crew takes off their shirts and the cops banish them to the fandom zone where fans can’t stalk celebrities. If they concentrate the crew will be able to see the real world but the real world can’t see them. Only Mender can see them and reveals that the rest of his crew are holograms since he killed the real crew. Leela gets an idea to download Bender’s mind into his spare body, then use a device to bring the rest of the crew to reality. Mender teleports to his ship and escapes but is followed by the crew. Bender tricks Mender into creating strong donut/vortex, which pulls him in. The crew is about to get sucked in but use Bender’s jealousy of Mender to escape. Bender then decides that Mender is actually a role model for robots.
Additional Info
Trivia
- Zoidberg wasn’t fired despite there being a better clone. Possibly because, unlike the old crewmembers, the clone did not have a Planet Express career chip.
- Though most likely coincidental, the Professor is seen to have injured his back in the same way it was for most of "Bendless Love", Hermes and Zoidberg have the same injury.
Allusions
- Silver Surfer is again almost hit by the Planet Express Ship, he was previously seen in US#002.
The title is a reference to the TV show with the same name.
Goofs
- The crew should still have their other career chips, which they had put back in during "The Cryonic Woman".
- Leela is able to shake Sheila’s hand despite her being a hologram.
- However it is possible these holograms are solid.
- When Bender interrupts the evening news he isn’t wearing his "Non Person" shirt.
- Also, it isn’t possible for Bender to reach the TV studio that fast, since it is located at Los Angeles, not New New York.
Characters
- Bender
- Elzar
- Fry
- Hattie McDoogal
- Hermes
- Leela
- Mayor Poopenmeyer
- Debut: Mender
- Morbo
- Prof. Farnsworth
- Debut: Sheila
- Debut: Sly
- Sal
- Smitty
- Tinny Tim
- Turanga Morris and Munda
- URL
- Zoidberg
- Debut: Zoidberg clone
Comic Credits
- Script
- Pencils
- Inks
- Colors
- Colorbot 3000
- Letters
- Editor
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