Third World of the Antares system

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Antares 3
Third World of the Antares System.jpg
Antares 3, the dumpster planet.
StarAntares
Inhabited byAntarians
First appearance"Attack of the Killer App" (6ACV03)
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The Third World of the Antares system (or Antares 3) is a planet located on the third position of the Antares system. It was visited by the Planet Express crew in 3010 for e-waste extermination. The planet is inhabited by the Antarians. Their children work as slaves and do most of the work, except the whipping. Its atmosphere seems extremely polluted and toxic due to the tons of garbage that is disposed of on the surface, and it is lethal to several species, including a bird who dies after flying through the smoke and a dog who loses his tail after drinking still water.

Additional Info

Trivia

  • Antares is an actual star, so it may have been chosen at random. But there are other explanations.
    • The name of this planet and its function reference the third world of the Solar System.
    • The name of the system might be from the german word "anderes", which translates to "other" to emphasize the role of this planet (or system) as some place to dump the garbage of the civilized world.
  • The nature of the planet and its inhabitants, including their faux-Indian accents, while a general allusion to First World mistreatment of the Third World on Earth, presumably is a reference to the Indian town of Alang in particular. The people of Alang work as "ship breakers"; decommissioned ships from across the world, ranging from passenger lines to chemical tankers, are deliberated beached on the Arabian Sea coastline just outside Alang and are then scrapped by the locals, who salvage whatever they can from the ships' husks. Almost the entire community is involved in either scrapping or supporting the scrappers. Alang is notorious for its reputation for having little or no regard for the safety or long-term health of its workers and the ships that are dismantled there often contain severely harmful toxic substances such as asbestos, PCBs and mercury. Not only does this have a severe impact on the health of the workers, it also impacts badly on the local environment.

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