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"'''The Lesser of Two Evils'''" is the nineteenth episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', the sixth of the [[Season 2|second production season]] and the eleventh of the [[Broadcast season 2|second broadcast season]]. It aired 20 February, 2000 on FOX. It is the first episode to be aired out of sync. It guest stars [[Bob Barker]] as [[Bob Barker's head|himself]] in a [[Head Jars|jar]]. After running | "'''The Lesser of Two Evils'''" is the nineteenth episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', the sixth of the [[Season 2|second production season]] and the eleventh of the [[Broadcast season 2|second broadcast season]]. It aired 20 February, 2000 on FOX. It is the first episode to be aired out of sync. It guest stars [[Bob Barker]] as [[Bob Barker's head|himself]] in a [[Head Jars|jar]]. After running into [[Flexo]], another Bending Unit, [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] begins suspecting Flexo of being the evil [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]], but at the Miss Universe pageant, he discovers the opposite. | ||
==The Story== | ==The Story== | ||
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| No. | 19 | ||||
| Production number | 2ACV06 | ||||
| Written by | [[Eric Horsted]][[Category:Episodes written by Eric Horsted|The Lesser of Two Evils]] | ||||
| Directed by | [[Chris Sauve]][[Category:Episodes directed by Chris Sauve|The Lesser of Two Evils]] | ||||
| Title caption | The show that watches back | ||||
| First air date | 20 February, 2000 | ||||
| Broadcast number | S02E11 | ||||
| Opening cartoon | "Felix the Cat" cartoon from 1920. | ||||
| Sponsor | Arachno Spores | ||||
| Special guest(s) | Bob Barker | ||||
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"The Lesser of Two Evils" is the nineteenth episode of Futurama, the sixth of the second production season and the eleventh of the second broadcast season. It aired 20 February, 2000 on FOX. It is the first episode to be aired out of sync. It guest stars Bob Barker as himself in a jar. After running into Flexo, another Bending Unit, Fry begins suspecting Flexo of being the evil Bender, but at the Miss Universe pageant, he discovers the opposite.
The Story
Act I: "Shut up and get to the point!"
Bender, Fry and Leela are watching Cop Department when an advertisement for Past-O-Rama appears on the television, Bender wishes to see a time before life was cheapened by heartless machines. They look around Past-o-rama at various attractions such as a telephone booths and Al Sharpton’s burial chamber, then they come across a ancient car, Fry attempts to drive it but instead takes it through a wall. Unable to stop they hit Flexo, a bending unit with a beard.
Act II: "He's the evil Bender."
The crew are nervously pacing around while Bender is looking at a robot pornography book and Flexo is successfully fixed. Flexo and Bender take Fry to a robot gentlemen's club where they pay a robot to give Fry a lap dance which results in injuires. Fry begins to think Flexo is evil. The crew go into the Professor's bedroom to see what he has to show them. He reveals to them the atom of Jumbonium which is so expensive, that if stolen it will cause Planet Express to go bankrupt, so the Professor hires Flexo to help out.
Act III: "And the winner is..."
Fry falls asleep during his watch because he spent his sleeping time watching Flexo. When the ship lands they discover the atom is gone, and they begin to search for Flexo. Bender and Flexo begin to chase each other through the beauty pageant; it is revealed that Bender in fact stole the atom, and not Flexo. Flexo saw Bender steal the atom and ran to tell Bob Barker's Head. The atom is returned; however, Barker mistakes Flexo for Bender, and Flexo is locked up in Bender's place.
Additional Info
Trivia
- Sponsored by Arachno Spores.
- Past-o-rama's logo is based on the Futurama logo.
- Flexo has a goatee, which is a reference to the goateed Mirror Universe Spock from the Mirror, Mirror episode of the original Star Trek.
- Electric Ladyland is the name of the third Jimi Hendrix album.
- From Leela and Bender's guesses on the value of the Atomic Tiara, its value should be exactly $200,000.
- Contestants in the Miss Universe contest include
- Miss Heaven
- Miss Arrakis
- Miss Unnamed Planet
- Miss Demeanor
- Miss Perfect Little
- Miss Amazonia (Not labeled on the sash, but obviously from Amazonia)
- Miss Methane Planet, Halitina Smogmire
- Miss Earth's Moon, The Crushinator
- Miss Pluto
- Miss Vega 4 (Also known as the Parameciums Homeworld), Gladis Lenux (Info found during Raging Bender)
- Jellyfish Nurse
Continuity
- Miss Universe reappears in "Raging Bender" & The Beast with a Billion Backs.
- Flexo reappears in "Bendless Love".
Allusions
- Past-o-rama shows that people in the 31st century have little knowledge of the distant past a few mistakes include:
- Mammoth hunts in New York
- Star Wars 9: Yoda's Bar Mitzvah
- Appearance of primitive robots
Quotes
- Speaker: ...The stately 1992 Latura.
Fry: Hey, my girlfriend had one of those! Actually, it wasn't hers, it was her dad's. Actually, she wasn't my girlfriend. She just lived next door and never closed her curtains.
Leela: Fry, remember I when I told you about always ending your stories a sentence earlier? - Fry: How's that robot I ran over?
Farnsworth: We did all we could...
Fry: You mean he's...?
Farnsworth: Good as new? Yes!
Alien Language Sightings
Time:03:45
Location: Sign in subway
Language: AL1
Translation: laser tentacle surgery
Characters
- Amy
- Bender
- Debut: Bob Barker's Head
- Calculon
- Florp
- The Crushinator
- Debut: Gladys Lennox
- Debut: Flexo
- Fry
- Hermes
- Jellyfish Nurse
- Leela
- Prof. Farnsworth
- Smitty and Url
- Debut: Stripperbot
- Zapp Brannigan
- Zoidberg
Episode Credits
- Writer
- Director
- Voice Actors
- DVD Commentary
- Special Guest