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[[Image:The cryonic woman.JPG|right|thumb|The Cryonic Woman]]
[[Image:The cryonic woman.JPG|right|thumb|The Cryonic Woman]]
'''Production Number''': 2ACV19<br />
'''Production Number''': 2ACV19<br />
'''Title Caption''': NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR HUMAN INTERACTION<br />
'''Title Caption''': Not a Substitute for Human Interaction<br />
'''First Aired''': December 3, 2000  
'''First Aired''': December 3, 2000  


==The Story==
==The Story==
===Act I: I’d like to apply for my old job.===
===Act I: I’d like to reapply for my old job.===
Leela leaves the keys in the Planet Express ship but it is attached by the unbreakable diamond tether and Fry and Bender take off in it, taking the Planet Express building with them. They fly over the world and return with the building badly damaged. Professor Farnsworth fires Fry, Bender and Leela (because she left the keys in the ship). Zoidberg is then popular. Leela has kept their old career chips and they insert them into their palms. At the cryonics lab Leela finds out that she put in the delivery boy chip in her palm and the cryonic counsellor in Fry’s palm. Bender also gets a job there. Fry and Bender enjoy their new job by tricking people into being evil creatures like giant flys, gorillas and evil robots. Fry also prank calls Leela and unfreezes Pauly Shore. The next person they try to trick turns out to by Fry’s ex girlfriend [[Michelle]] and they fall in love.
[[Turanga Leela|Leela]] leaves the keys in the [[Planet Express Ship]] but it is attached by the unbreakable diamond tether and [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] and [[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]] take off in it, taking the Planet Express building with them. They fly over the world and return with the building badly damaged. [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|The Professor]] fires Fry, Bender and Leela (because she left the keys in the ship). Leela has kept their old career chips and they insert them into their palms. At the cryonics lab Leela finds out that she put in the delivery boy chip in her palm and the cryonic counsellor in Fry’s palm. Bender also gets a job there. Fry and Bender enjoy their new job by tricking people into thinking evil creatures like giant flys, gorillas and robots have taken over. Fry also prank call Leela and unfreeze [[Pauly Shore]]. The next person they try to trick turns out to by Fry’s ex girlfriend [[Michelle]] and they fall in love.


===Act II: So you froze yourself to come look for me?===
===Act II: So you froze yourself to come look for me?===
Michelle tells her story of how she got married, but her marriage had difficulties when her husband dated another woman after graduating from college. Michelle has troubles fitting in with giant roaches, tattoos on fat people and other weird things. Things get worse when she meets the rest of the Planet Express crew. Michelle tells Fry that she doesn’t fit in and that the only way out is to freeze themselves again for another 1000 years and that nothing matters but their love. This convinces Fry and they go in the tube, only to find that the year 4000 is a wasteland.
Michelle tells her story of how she got married, divorced and then froze herself. Michelle has trouble fitting in with giant roaches, art tattooed on fat people and other weird things in the 31st century. Things get worse when she meets the rest of the [[Planet Express]] crew. Michelle tells Fry that she doesn’t fit in and that the only way out is to freeze themselves again for another 1000 years and that nothing matters but their love. This convinces Fry and they go in the tube, only to find that the year 4000 is a wasteland.


===Act III: Could we please join your society?===
===Act III: Could we please join your society?===
Fry and Michelle argue and Michelle demands that Fry builds a shelter and the best he can do is a hole which doesn’t satisfy Michelle. The next morning they are woken up by some kids with guns. They are taken to the place they live ruled by a boy named Butch. Fry wants to join but he mustn’t interfere with their work. Michelle really wants power and makes Fry challenge Butch. Butch challenges Fry to death rolling which is a deadly version of skateboarding. The last one holding the bandanna is the leader. Butch pulls Fry along with Fry going through very painful things. They eventually crash into a lamppost both still holding on but Fry manages to take the bandanna off Butch. Butch’s mom comes and tells all the kids to come to Hebrew class. Fry and Michelle argue again and Fry leaves Michelle. He travels through the wasteland and spots something ahead. He finds himself in LA and the Planet Express ship comes. Bender explains that Fry was only frozen for 2 days and that he was in Pauly Shore’s tube and they were delivering it to his movie screening but he was chucked in a ditch when they found out it wasn’t him. Michelle is dating Pauly Shore. Fry asks for his job back but is ejected out of a trap door in the ship after Bender reminds the professor why he fired him.
Fry and Michelle argue and Michelle demands that Fry builds a shelter and the best he can do is a hole which doesn’t satisfy Michelle. The next morning they are woken up by some kids with guns. They are taken to the place they live ruled by a boy named Butch. Michelle wants power and makes Fry challenge Butch's leadership. Fry wins this challenge, but then Butch's mom arrives and tells all the kids to come to Hebrew class. Fry and Michelle argue again and Fry leaves Michelle. He travels through the wasteland and spots something ahead. He finds himself in LA and the Planet Express ship lands. Bender explains that Fry was only frozen for 2 days, that he was in Pauly Shore’s tube and they were delivering it to his movie screening but he was chucked in a ditch when they found out it wasn’t him. Michelle is now dating Pauly Shore. Fry asks for his job back but is ejected out of a trap door in the ship after Bender reminds the professor why he fired him.


==Additional Info==
==Additional Info==
===Trivia===
===Trivia===
*Also seen in a cryotube is Weird Al Yankovic, he is yet to make another appearance.
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*'''Hermes''': Have you lost all self respect?<br />'''Fry''': All what?
*'''Michelle''': Oh, look! Some little kids.<br />'''Fry''': They'll save us. [The kids point guns at them] We're saved!
*'''Bender''': You were only frozen for two days. Uh, by the way, I broke your bed.
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===Inside References===
===Inside References===
References to other things in the Futurama Universe
*Fry has, understandably, forgoten about the use of career chips. These were last mentioned in the [[Space Pilot 3000|pilot]].


===Outside References===
===Outside References===
References in Futurama to things in the real world
*After the ship destroys part of the Great Wall of China, some Mongol raiders enter China through the gap.
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*When Fry is wishing to be back in the year 3000, he mentions [[Brainspawn|brains flying through space]], these [[The Day the Earth Stood Stupid|have yet]] to be encountered.
 
*The bandana wraps around a pole with Fry and Butch on either end, when the dust clears the pole is missing.
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===Characters===
===Characters===
(In alphabetical order)
(In alphabetical order)
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*Director
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**[[Unknown]]
**[[Mark Ervin]]
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**[[Billy West]]
**[[Billy West]]
**[[Katey Sagal]]
**[[Katey Sagal]]
**[[John DiMaggio]]
**[[John DiMaggio]]
**[[Tress MacNeille]]
**[[Maurice LaMarche]]
**[[Phil LaMarr]]
**[[Lauren Tom]]
**[[David Herman]]
**[[Sarah Silverman]]
**[[Kath Soucie]]
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Revision as of 08:54, 24 November 2006

The Cryonic Woman

Production Number: 2ACV19
Title Caption: Not a Substitute for Human Interaction
First Aired: December 3, 2000

The Story

Act I: I’d like to reapply for my old job.

Leela leaves the keys in the Planet Express Ship but it is attached by the unbreakable diamond tether and Fry and Bender take off in it, taking the Planet Express building with them. They fly over the world and return with the building badly damaged. The Professor fires Fry, Bender and Leela (because she left the keys in the ship). Leela has kept their old career chips and they insert them into their palms. At the cryonics lab Leela finds out that she put in the delivery boy chip in her palm and the cryonic counsellor in Fry’s palm. Bender also gets a job there. Fry and Bender enjoy their new job by tricking people into thinking evil creatures like giant flys, gorillas and robots have taken over. Fry also prank call Leela and unfreeze Pauly Shore. The next person they try to trick turns out to by Fry’s ex girlfriend Michelle and they fall in love.

Act II: So you froze yourself to come look for me?

Michelle tells her story of how she got married, divorced and then froze herself. Michelle has trouble fitting in with giant roaches, art tattooed on fat people and other weird things in the 31st century. Things get worse when she meets the rest of the Planet Express crew. Michelle tells Fry that she doesn’t fit in and that the only way out is to freeze themselves again for another 1000 years and that nothing matters but their love. This convinces Fry and they go in the tube, only to find that the year 4000 is a wasteland.

Act III: Could we please join your society?

Fry and Michelle argue and Michelle demands that Fry builds a shelter and the best he can do is a hole which doesn’t satisfy Michelle. The next morning they are woken up by some kids with guns. They are taken to the place they live ruled by a boy named Butch. Michelle wants power and makes Fry challenge Butch's leadership. Fry wins this challenge, but then Butch's mom arrives and tells all the kids to come to Hebrew class. Fry and Michelle argue again and Fry leaves Michelle. He travels through the wasteland and spots something ahead. He finds himself in LA and the Planet Express ship lands. Bender explains that Fry was only frozen for 2 days, that he was in Pauly Shore’s tube and they were delivering it to his movie screening but he was chucked in a ditch when they found out it wasn’t him. Michelle is now dating Pauly Shore. Fry asks for his job back but is ejected out of a trap door in the ship after Bender reminds the professor why he fired him.

Additional Info

Trivia

  • Also seen in a cryotube is Weird Al Yankovic, he is yet to make another appearance.

Quotes

  • Hermes: Have you lost all self respect?
    Fry: All what?
  • Michelle: Oh, look! Some little kids.
    Fry: They'll save us. [The kids point guns at them] We're saved!
  • Bender: You were only frozen for two days. Uh, by the way, I broke your bed.

Inside References

  • Fry has, understandably, forgoten about the use of career chips. These were last mentioned in the pilot.

Outside References

  • After the ship destroys part of the Great Wall of China, some Mongol raiders enter China through the gap.

Goofs

  • When Fry is wishing to be back in the year 3000, he mentions brains flying through space, these have yet to be encountered.
  • The bandana wraps around a pole with Fry and Butch on either end, when the dust clears the pole is missing.

Characters

(In alphabetical order)

Episode Credits

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