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'''US Issue Number''': 023<br />
|uk no=35, 36
'''UK Issue Number(s)''': 035, 036<br />
|written by= Ian Boothby
'''Title Caption''': Hey meatbag! Buy this comic or back off!<br />
|art by= John Delaney
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"'''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==
== The Story ==
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===Act I===
Bender takes over the ship and makes a donut causing a vortex which pulls the crew in but they manage to escape using light support. However 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 and
Hermes fires Fry Bender and Leela 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 jobs and decide to try and get them back.


===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 reveal 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 who uses 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 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 wasn't fired despite there being a better clone
*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.
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===Questions===
=== Questions ===
*Who did that?
*Who did that?
**Fry did.
**Fry did.


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===Outside 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]].
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The title is a reference to the TV show with the same name.
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=== 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]].


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=== Characters ===
===Characters===
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*[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]]
*[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]]
*[[Elzar]]
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]
*[[Hattie McDoogal]]
*[[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]]
*[[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]]
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]
*[[Mayor C. Randall Poopenmeyer|Mayor Poopenmeyer]]
*'''Debut:''' Mender
*'''Debut:''' Mender
*[[Morbo]]
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Prof. Farnsworth]]
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Prof. Farnsworth]]
*'''Debut:''' Shelia
*'''Debut:''' Sheila
*'''Debut:''' Sly
*'''Debut:''' Sly
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*[[Smitty]]
*[[Smitty]]
*[[Tinny Tim]]
*[[Turanga Morris and Munda]]
*[[URL]]
*[[URL]]
*[[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]
*[[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]
*'''Debut:''' Zoidberg clone
*'''Debut:''' Zoidberg {{cat|clone}}
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The A-Team
Futurama-23-Cover 0.jpg
US Publish Number23
UK Publish Number(s)35, 36
Written byIan Boothby
Art byJohn Delaney
Title captionHey meatbag! Buy this comic or back off!
Published (US)2 February, 2006
In trade paperbackFuturama 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

(In alphabetic order)

Comic Credits

Futurama comics
Issues 1 — 20 "Monkey Sea, Monkey Doom!" • "...But Deliver Us to Evil!" • "The Owner of Mars Attacks!" • "DOOP the Right Thing!" • "Who's Dying to Be a Gazillionaire?" • "Xmas Time Is Fear" • "New Year's Rockin' Evil" • "Planet X-Press Men" • "Freaky Fry-day" • "The Big Sweep" • "The Cure for the Common Clod" • "Sideshow Fry" • "The Bender You Say" • "Six Characters in Search of a Story" • "Fry Me to the Moon" • "Kickin' It Old School" • "The Time Bender Trilogy:" (Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3) • "Bender Breaks Out"
21 — 40

"More than a Filling!" • "A Fit Worse than Death" • "The A-Team" • "Twice Told Tales of Interest" • "Robot Robin Hood" • "A Whole Lotta Leela" • "Rotten to the Core" • "Let's Twist Again" • "Downsized!" • "Fry and the Double-Bag Must-Have Item" • "As the Wormhole Turns" • "Doctor What" • "Attack of the 50-ft Amy" • "Planet Michelle" • "Son of the Sun" • "You Don't Wanna Know Jak!" • "Full Metal Racket" • "Rumble in the Jungle" • "Rust in Peace" • "Robot Santa's Little Helpers"

41 — 60

"Soldier Boys" • "Homeward Boned" • "Welcome to my Nightmall" • "The Fry and the Furious!" • "Anthology of Interest II" • "Follow the Reader" • "Chitty Chitty Bend Bend" • "Claw and Order" • "Dummy Up!" • "Your Mother Wears Pilot Boots" • "Fry Cook!" • "Ro-Botox!" • "A Bump in the Flight" • "How Much is that Mutant in the Window?" • "The Trouble With Trilogies" • "Do You Want Fry with That?" • "Steampunk'd" • "Boomsday!" • "How to Secede Without Really Trying" • "The Bot Who Cried Wolf"

61 — 80

"Troop Grit" • "Lost Our Leela" • "Igner-Ance is Bliss!" • "Secret Santa" • "The Sun Also Raises!" • "The Board Game Games" • "Tartar House Five" • "Futuramarutuf" • "Don't Go Taking my Heart!" • "The Devil and Professor F." • "Pizza Wars" • "Trading Spaces" • "Night of the Automated Dead" • "What the What if?" • "Bendership Galactica" • "Captain Brannigan: The Windbag Soldier" • "New New New York" • "Little Orphan Android" • "Kif of Death!" • "Dumbsday!"

81 — 100

"A Touch of Medieval" • Futurama Comics #82

Simpsons Crossovers "Somewhere Over the Brain-bow!" • "Liquid Diamond Is Forever!" • "Slaves of New New York!" • "The Read Menace!"
Mini-comics "H.G. Blob in Revenge of the Blob" • "The Continuum Less Travelled" • "Leela & Amy in Hostile Makeover" • "Captain Zapp Brannigan in The Seven Day Itch" • "Captain Zapp Brannigan in Purple Tentacle Tour" • "Captain Zapp Brannigan in Rank Call!" • "Zoidberg Makes a House Call" • "H.G. Blob in A Funny Feeling in my Tummy" • "Breaking News"
Collections Futurama-O-Rama • Futurama Adventures • Futurama: The Time Bender Trilogy • Futurama Conquers The Universe • The Simpsons Futurama Crossover Crisis • Futurama Comics: To Infinity!
Special issues "Monkey Sea, Monkey Doom!" • "Futurama Returns" • "Delivery-Boy Man"
Comics related Bongo Comics Group • Futuramaland
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