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[[Image:Time keeps on slipping.JPG|right|thumb|Time Keeps On Slipping]]
[[Image:Time keeps on slipping.JPG|right|thumb|Time Keeps On Slipping]]
'''Production Number''': 3ACV14<br />
'''Production Number''': 3ACV14<br />
'''Title Caption''': For Proper Viewing, Take Red Pill Now<br />
'''Title Caption''': For proper viewing, take red pill now<br />
'''First Aired''': May 6, 2001
'''First Aired''': May 6, 2001


==The Story==
==The Story==


===Act I: I am Ethan Bubblegum Tate===
===Act I: Cool your jets===
While visiting Central Park, a spaceship lands and the Harlem Globetrotters emerge and challenge earth to a game of basketball simply to embarrass them if they lose. Professor Farnsworth offers to play them and plans to build a team of mutant atomic supermen, however when he builds them they are only babies. To speed up the growth, Farnsworth sends the crew to collect Cronotons. While collecting the cronotons, Fry tries but fails to impress Leela. Professor gives the supermen the cronotons and they grow into adults, including a man with a cannon in his chest and a giant spider. The basketball game starts held by Marv Albert’s head. The supermen are winning 48-42 and while playing a strange flash happens and everyone is in a different position. Another flash happens and Professor times the game out and says that time is lurching forward randomly and it is because of the interference with the cronotons, and that time and space are ripping apart. In addition the fifth man is killed and Fry offers to play to show Leela his skills. However in two minutes he allows the globetrotters to win 200 points causing earth to lose the game.  
While the staff of [[Planet Express]] are visiting [[Central Park Lake]], a spaceship lands and the [[Globetrotters]] emerge and challenge [[Earth]] to a game of basketball simply to embarrass them if they lose. [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]] offers to play them and plans to beat them with a team of mutant atomic supermen, however they are currently only babies. To speed up the growth, Farnsworth sends the crew to collect [[Cronotons]]. While collecting the Cronotons, [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] tries but fails to impress [[Turanga Leela|Leela]]. Professor gives the [[Mutant Atomic Supermen|supermen]] the cronotons and they grow into adults, mutations include a man with a cannon in his chest and a giant spider. The basketball game starts and is commentated by Marv Albert's head. The supermen are winning 48-42.


===Act II: By Wednesday it will be August===
===Act II: Enough about your promiscous mother===
The leader of the globetrotters, Ethan Bubblegum Tate offers to help find out what is happening with time and space. The Professor concludes that by Thursday it will be the end of existence. Time continues to skip forward and the professor says that everyone acts normally during the time skip, but they have no memory of it. Bender shows that he is a big fan of Bubblegum Tate and that he wants to be a globetrotter, and Fry shows Leela a special room that will stop time skips. However it is just a romantic chamber and this annoys Leela. She explains to Zoidberg that Fry is sweet but very immature.  
While playing a strange flash happens and everyone is in a different position. Another flash happens and Professor times the game out and says that time is lurching forward randomly and it is because of the interference with the cronotons, and that time and space are ripping apart. In addition the fifth man is killed and Fry offers to play to show Leela his skills. However in two minutes he allows the Globetrotters to win 200 points causing earth to lose the game.  The leader of the Globetrotters, [[Minor_Characters#Ethan_.22Bubblegum.22_Tate|Ethan "Bubblegum" Tate]] offers to help find out what is happening with time and space. The Professor concludes that by Thursday it will be the end of existence.


===Act III: So are we dating now?===
===Act III: Nothing but nebula===
Through the smellescope, Farnsworth finds out that time is leaking, causing time skips on earth. Bubblegum thinks that moving a cluster of stars to a certain area will cause time skips in the empty part of the universe. A machine is built using all of earth’s money to move the stars. After Leela successfully moves the stars Bender shows Bubblegum his homemade globetrotter uniform and Fry again tries to impress Leela. A time skip occurs and Fry and Leela are on their wedding day. The time skips carry on and Leela thinks that Fry tricked her into marrying him and divorces him.  
Time continues to skip forward and the Professor says that everyone acts normally during the time skip, but they have no memory of it. [[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]] explains that he is a big fan of the Globetroters and that he wants to be one. Fry shows Leela a special room that will stop time skips. However it is just a romantic chamber and this annoys Leela. She explains to [[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]] that Fry is sweet but very immature. Through the smellescope, Farnsworth finds out that time is leaking, causing time skips on earth. Bubblegum thinks that moving a cluster of stars to a certain area will cause the time skips to move to an empty part of the universe. A machine is built using all of earth's money to move the stars. After Leela successfully moves the stars Bender shows Bubblegum his homemade Globetrotter uniform and Fry again tries to impress Leela. A time skip occurs and Fry and Leela have just gotten married.


===Act IIII: Perhaps we could explode the whole damned nebula===
===Act IV: You tricked me into marrying you===
Farnsworth realises that Bubblegum’s theory was impossible. The rest of the globetrotters decide to cause an implosion in the cronoton nebula which would create a black hole. Farnsworth has a doomsday device for that to work and the Globetrotters say that Bender isn’t funky enough to be one which upsets him. Fry tells Leela he is sorry if he did trick her, only to find out he did it by spelling “I love you Leela” with the stars, which are sucked into the black hole and Leela never finds out what happened.
The time skips carry on and Leela, thinking that Fry tricked her into marrage, divorces him. The others try to console him.
 
===Act V: I deserve free money===
Farnsworth realises that Bubblegum's algebra was incorrect. The rest of the globetrotters decide to cause an implosion in the cronoton nebula to create a black hole. Farnsworth provides one of his doomsday devices for that to work and the Globetrotters say that Bender isn't funky enough to be one which upsets him. Fry tells Leela he is sorry if he did trick her, only to find out he did it by spelling "I love you Leela" with the stars, which are sucked into the black hole and Leela never finds out what happened.


==Aditional Info==
==Aditional Info==
===Trivia===
===Trivia===
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*Zoidberg's birthday is the day after Amy's.


===Quotes===
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*'''Fry''': No I'm... doesn't.
*'''Fry''': No I'm... doesn't.
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*'''Zoidberg''': Don't be so hard on yourself, Fry. You lost the woman of your dreams but you still have Zoidberg. You all still have Zoidberg.
*'''Leela''': Fry, stop. I don't wanna hurt you, but there is absolutely, positively no way that you and I will ever, ever-<br/>[Time skips]<br/>'''Preacherbot''': ...man and wife. You may kiss the bride.
*'''Nixon''': Now, how long will it take to build?<br/>'''Tate''': It won't be easy, Nixon. A jim-jam this complex might take months or even-<br/>[Time skips]<br/>'''Farnsworth''': Ah, there we are. One gravity pump. Powerful enough to move the stars themselves. Now to begin the arduous task of attaching it to the ship so th-<br/>[Time skips. The Planet Express ship is taking off with the gravity pump attached]<br/>'''Farnsworth''': Off you go, apparently.
*'''Farnsworth''': Doomsday device? Ah, now the ball's in Farnsworth's court!<br/>[platform rises from floor containing many doomsday devices]<br/>'''Farnsworth''': I suppose I could part with one and still be feared.
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===Fast Forward===
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===Goofs===
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*After the time skip during the wedding, when Fry gets a bouquet in his mouth, Growtreant, who is to screen right, is duplicated.
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===Characters===
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*[[Amy Wong|Amy]]
*'''Debut:''' [[Mutant Atomic Supermen#Aracneon|Aracneon (Spider Mutant)]]
*[[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]]
*'''Debut:''' Curly Joe
*'''Debut:''' [[Minor_Characters#Ethan_.22Bubblegum.22_Tate|Ethan "Bubblegum" Tate]]
*'''Debut:''' [[Mutant Atomic Supermen#Five-Armed Mutant|Five-Armed Mutant]]
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]
*'''Debut:''' [[Mutant Atomic Supermen#Growtreant|Growtreant (Stretch Mutant)]]
*[[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]]
*[[Judge Whitey]]
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]
*[[Linda]]
*'''Debut:''' Marv Albert's Head
*[[Richard Nixon's head|Nixon]]
*'''Debut:''' [[Mutant Atomic Supermen#Optic Blast Mutant|Optic Blast Mutant]]
*[[Religion#Preacherbot|Preacherbot]]
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]
*'''Debut:''' Sweet Clyde Dixon
*'''Debut:''' [[Mutant Atomic Supermen#Thorias|Thorias (Cannon Mutant)]]
*[[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]


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**[[Katey Sagal]]
**[[John DiMaggio]]
**[[John DiMaggio]]
**[[Tress MacNeille]]
**[[Maurice LaMarche]]
**[[Phil LaMarr]]
**[[David Herman]]
**[[Lauren Tom]]
**[[Jeff Cesario]]
*DVD Commentary
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**[[David X. Cohen]]
**[[Ken Keeler]]
**[[Susan Dietter]]
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Time Keeps On Slipping

Production Number: 3ACV14
Title Caption: For proper viewing, take red pill now
First Aired: May 6, 2001

The Story

Act I: Cool your jets

While the staff of Planet Express are visiting Central Park Lake, a spaceship lands and the Globetrotters emerge and challenge Earth to a game of basketball simply to embarrass them if they lose. Professor Farnsworth offers to play them and plans to beat them with a team of mutant atomic supermen, however they are currently only babies. To speed up the growth, Farnsworth sends the crew to collect Cronotons. While collecting the Cronotons, Fry tries but fails to impress Leela. Professor gives the supermen the cronotons and they grow into adults, mutations include a man with a cannon in his chest and a giant spider. The basketball game starts and is commentated by Marv Albert's head. The supermen are winning 48-42.

Act II: Enough about your promiscous mother

While playing a strange flash happens and everyone is in a different position. Another flash happens and Professor times the game out and says that time is lurching forward randomly and it is because of the interference with the cronotons, and that time and space are ripping apart. In addition the fifth man is killed and Fry offers to play to show Leela his skills. However in two minutes he allows the Globetrotters to win 200 points causing earth to lose the game. The leader of the Globetrotters, Ethan "Bubblegum" Tate offers to help find out what is happening with time and space. The Professor concludes that by Thursday it will be the end of existence.

Act III: Nothing but nebula

Time continues to skip forward and the Professor says that everyone acts normally during the time skip, but they have no memory of it. Bender explains that he is a big fan of the Globetroters and that he wants to be one. Fry shows Leela a special room that will stop time skips. However it is just a romantic chamber and this annoys Leela. She explains to Zoidberg that Fry is sweet but very immature. Through the smellescope, Farnsworth finds out that time is leaking, causing time skips on earth. Bubblegum thinks that moving a cluster of stars to a certain area will cause the time skips to move to an empty part of the universe. A machine is built using all of earth's money to move the stars. After Leela successfully moves the stars Bender shows Bubblegum his homemade Globetrotter uniform and Fry again tries to impress Leela. A time skip occurs and Fry and Leela have just gotten married.

Act IV: You tricked me into marrying you

The time skips carry on and Leela, thinking that Fry tricked her into marrage, divorces him. The others try to console him.

Act V: I deserve free money

Farnsworth realises that Bubblegum's algebra was incorrect. The rest of the globetrotters decide to cause an implosion in the cronoton nebula to create a black hole. Farnsworth provides one of his doomsday devices for that to work and the Globetrotters say that Bender isn't funky enough to be one which upsets him. Fry tells Leela he is sorry if he did trick her, only to find out he did it by spelling "I love you Leela" with the stars, which are sucked into the black hole and Leela never finds out what happened.

Aditional Info

Trivia

  • Zoidberg's birthday is the day after Amy's.

Quotes

  • Zoidberg: Don't be so hard on yourself, Fry. You lost the woman of your dreams but you still have Zoidberg. You all still have Zoidberg.
  • Leela: Fry, stop. I don't wanna hurt you, but there is absolutely, positively no way that you and I will ever, ever-
    [Time skips]
    Preacherbot: ...man and wife. You may kiss the bride.
  • Nixon: Now, how long will it take to build?
    Tate: It won't be easy, Nixon. A jim-jam this complex might take months or even-
    [Time skips]
    Farnsworth: Ah, there we are. One gravity pump. Powerful enough to move the stars themselves. Now to begin the arduous task of attaching it to the ship so th-
    [Time skips. The Planet Express ship is taking off with the gravity pump attached]
    Farnsworth: Off you go, apparently.
  • Farnsworth: Doomsday device? Ah, now the ball's in Farnsworth's court!
    [platform rises from floor containing many doomsday devices]
    Farnsworth: I suppose I could part with one and still be feared.

Outside References

  • The front cover of the pop singer Wendy's album is a reference to one of Britney Spears' albums

Goofs

  • After the time skip during the wedding, when Fry gets a bouquet in his mouth, Growtreant, who is to screen right, is duplicated.

Characters

(In alphabetical order)

Episode Credits

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