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|name=The Trouble With Trilogies
|image=[[File:Futurama Comic 55.png|225px]]
|us no=55
|uk no=61
|written by=Ian Boothby
|art by=Tone Rodriguez
|title caption=Collectable black light poster <small>#6 of 6 inside!</small>
|us publish=25 May, 2011
|uk publish=
|title referee=
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'''The Trouble With Trilogies''' is the fifty-fifth [[comic]] issue,  released 25 May, 2011 in the US.  <!-- insert brief plot summary here -->

== The Story ==
=== Act I ===
Low on fuel, the [[Planet Express ship]] is about to crash on one of three nearby planets. Evidently the [[Dark Matter]] balls and liquorice jawbreakers were mixed up, which also explains why Fry is on the ground. The crew open the three ''[[Mom]]'s Discount Escape Pods'' , which put them in suspended animation until they each arrive on a planet. 

[[Fry]]'s pod lands on a planet resembling the old west, and due to knocking out the local lawbreaker is offered the position of sheriff, he refuses but accepts the role of deputy. Black Bart warns that his brothers will be there the next day to burn the town to the ground. The sheriff proves himself too much of a coward to stand up to the Barts, so Fry helps him become the greatest coward there is. When the Barts arrive, the sheriff has already brunt the town to the ground and shot himself, so they leave. The townsfolk forgive the sheriff as they had been jerks to him and Fry sets off to find his friends.

=== Act II ===
[[Bender]]'s pod lands in the back of a truck and he catches and drinks a Molotov cocktail being thrown at the vehicle then belches flame at the Muppet who threw it. Max, the driver, takes him to Thunderdome, where he quickly ends up in a fight. Afterwards, Bender is made the leader and is sent out to fight Wylee. After being motivated by beer, Bender fights and easily outwits Wylee. He then heads out of town.

=== Act III ===
[[Leela]] lands in a jungle, where Cameroon of the Naive easily talks her into helping fight off their enemies. After failing to control her dragon with her ponytail, Leela crashes through the window of the enemy ship, learning that the war was actually just so that the Naive would continue needing to buy the invaders scrunchies.

Fry and Bender arrive, having landed on the same planet a few days apart. Both had given advice to the society before wandering off which resulted in the drastic cultural change over the short time, the blue skin being explained with body paint. The Naive reveal the rebuilt and refuelled Planet Express ship and give the crew five minutes to leave.

== Additional Info == 

=== Quotes ===
{{q|
<poem>'''Fry''': My mouth still tastes like... POOP!</poem>
<poem>'''Fry''': I've seen a lot of Westerns, and what you need is practice to help get up your nerve. Ideally, in a musical montage.</poem>
<poem>'''Guard''': What's the password?
'''Mad Max''': Let us in, or I'll feed you to my dingo!
'''Guard''': That was Tuesday's, but close enough!</poem>
<poem>'''Mad Max''': So, what do you think of the town?
'''Bender''': As far as postapocalyptic wastelands go, I'd give it a four!
'''Mad Max''': Out of five?
'''Bender''': If that makes you feel better. Now, where's the nearest exit?</poem>
<poem>'''Bender''': 99 cases of beer in my pod, 99 cases of beer! I'll drink another and rob your mother. 98...
''[Bender crashes his escape pod.]''</poem>
<poem>'''Cameroon''': I'll contact the others and tell them you're ready to lead us into battle.
'''Leela''': No! No! I'm not!
'''Cameroon''': Keep it down, I'm on the phone! Yeah, she's cool with it! Start the war!</poem>
<poem>'''Cameroon''': Leela, I see you!
'''Leela''': I see you, too.
'''Cameroon''': No, take me to the I.C.U. The Intensive Care unit!
'''Leela''': Oh, right!</poem>
<poem>'''Cameroon''': We covered ourselves in blue body paint to blend in with the plants as camouflage.
'''Leela''': Then why not use green paint?
'''Cameroon''': The blue was on sale.</poem>
}}

=== Allusions ===
*The main plots of the issue are based on a western (possibly ''{{w|Black Bart (1948 film)|Black Bart}}''), ''{{w|Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome}}'' and ''{{w|Avatar (2009 film)|Avatar}}''.
*Lord Manumahnuh is based on the Muppet {{w|Mahna Mahna#Versions by the Muppets|Mahna Mahna character}}.
*Plaid Max is based on Mel Gibson's character from ''{{w|Braveheart}}''.
*The panel featuring the Max brothers features a cameo by [[The Simpsons|Homer Simpson]] in the background.
*Master Blaster references the character from ''Mad Max'' and the ''{{w|Transformers}}'' character Blaster.
*Wylee is based on {{w|Wile E. Coyote}} from ''Looney Tunes''.
*The dragons pictured include ''{{w|Puff the Magic Dragon (film)|Puff the Magic Dragon}}'', ''{{w|H.R. Pufnstuf}}'' and a dragon from ''{{w|How to Train Your Dragon}}''.
*A man in the background at the ICU is likely to have been based on Hawkeye Pierce from ''{{w|M*A*S*H}}''.
*Cameroon's name is most likely a reference to {{w|James Cameron}}, creator of {{w|Avatar (2009 film)|Avatar}}, one of the films that are parodied in this issue.

=== Goofs ===
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*[[Dark Matter]] is still being used as fuel despite having been inert since ''[[Into the Wild Green Yonder]]'', however as no other points of continuity are evident, this comic may simply be set before that film.

=== Special Features ===
*This issue features the last of the six black light posters, however it is the first not to have been used as a cover for a previous comic or comic collection. Instead it comes from a page of the 2003 [[calendar]]. The poster features [[Mom]]'s head with an octopus-like body attacking the [[Planet Express staff|staff of Planet Express]] who are riding in a hover-convertable.

=== Characters ===
(In alphabetical order)
*[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]]
*'''Debut''': Black Bart
*'''Debut''': Blue Bart
*'''Debut''': Cameroon
*'''Debut''': Disco Sparkle Bart
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]
*'''Debut''': Lord Manumahnuh
*'''Debut''': Mad Max
*'''Debut''': Master Blaster
*'''Debut''': Plaid Max
*'''Debut''': Rad Max
*'''Debut''': Red Bart
*'''Debut''': Sad Max
*'''Debut''': Sheriff
*'''Debut''': Yellow Bart
*'''Debut''': Wylee

== Comic Credits ==
*Script
**[[Ian Boothby]]
*Pencils
**[[Tone Rodriguez]]
*Inks
**[[Dan Davis]]
*Colors
**[[Robert Stanley]]
*Letters
**[[Karen Bates]]

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