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[[File:{{PAGENAME}}.png|thumb|225px|A turtle laying on its back. {{er|4ACV08}}]]
'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' is a [[1980s|1982]] {{cat|s=no|science}}-fiction [[films in Futurama|film]] based on "{{w|The Minority Report|Minority Report}}" author {{w|Philip K. Dick}}'s [[1968]] {{cat|publication|novel}} ''{{w|Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?}}'' and starring [[United States|American]] {{cat|actor}} {{w|Harrison Ford}}, of ''[[Star Wars]]'' fame, in the lead role, as {{cat|police officer}} {{w|Rick Deckard}}. It is set in a {{w|dystopia}}n [[Los Angeles]], in {{November}} [[2019]]. A {{w|cult film}}, it was one of the first films to be released on [[DVD releases|D.V.D.]].

''[[Futurama]]'' has referenced ''{{PAGENAME}}'' at least once.

== References to ''{{PAGENAME}}'' in ''Futurama'' ==

* In "[[Crimes of the Hot]]", {{Bender}} cries after seeing [[Channel √2 News|news]] footage of an {{w|Africa}}n turtle that is migrating to {{w|Holland}} due to intense [[global warming]] laying on its back and beating its legs and goes there to save one &mdash; likely a reference to ''Blade Runner''{{'}}s "{{w|Voight-Kampff test}}", which contains a question (heard during the first scene of the film) that says "the tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot [[Sol|sun]], beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can't. Not without your help". In addition, {{w|list of Blade Runner characters#Holden|the man}} who asks the question tells {{w|list of Blade Runner characters#Leon Kowalski|the subject}} of the test that tortoises are the "same thing" as turtles. <ref>See also ''[[Naturama#Act II: "The Pinta Island Tortoise"]]''.</ref>
* In "[[Rebirth]]", {{the professor}} says that "{{Leela}} was so upset" that {{Fry}} was dead that "she went all ''Blade Runner'' and [[Build-A-Bot Workshop|built]] [[Robo-Fry|a duplicate]]" &mdash; a reference to ''Blade Runner''{{'}}s "{{w|Replicant}}s", described in the film's opening text as "[beings] virtually identical to <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[humans]]]".

== Additional information ==

[[File:{{PAGENAME}} 2.png|thumb|A turtle laying on its back on ''[[The Scary Door]]''. {{er|3ACV15}}]]

=== Trivia ===

* Both "Crimes of the Hot" and "Rebirth" are a [[broadcast]][[episode Listing (broadcast order)|-season]] premiere. <ref>And so are "[[Space Pilot 3000]]" and (technically) "[[Benderama]]". (See below.)</ref>
* In {{commentary|1ACV01}}, [[Matt Groening]] says that he and [[David X. Cohen]] told [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] that "[they] didn't want [[31st century|the future]] to be dark and drippy like ''Blade Runner'', but [they] didn't want it to be bland and boring like ''{{w|The Jetsons}}''".
* "[[I Dated a Robot]]" begins with [[The Scary Door#The Gambler|an episode]] of ''[[The Scary Door]]'', where the first image on the screen is a turtle laying on its back and beating its legs. Later in the actual [[episode Listing|episode]], Harrison Ford's {{head}} is held {{cat|prison}}er at a {{cat|website}} <!-- Nappster --> that makes illegal copies of celebrities.
* In "[[Lethal Inspection]]", [[Scruffy]] says that "the candle that burns twice as bright burns half as long" &mdash; a quote from {{w|China|Chinese}} philosopher {{w|Laozi}}'s ''{{w|Tao Te Ching}}''. This quote is used in ''Blade Runner'', with the word "light" in the place of the word "candle".
* In "[[Benderama]]", Bender compares [[unattractive giant monster|an alien space giant]] to "{{w|Edward James Olmos}} on {{w|IMAX}}". [[Mexico|Mexican]]-American actor Edward James Olmos starred in ''Blade Runner'' as police officer {{w|list of Blade Runner characters#Gaff|Gaff}}, who has the last line in the film.
* In "[[Simpsorama]]", {{s|Moe Szyslak|Moe}} refers to Bender as a "blade rummy" &mdash; possibly a reference to ''Blade Runner''.

== See also ==

* ''{{w|{{PAGENAME}}}}'' at [[Wikipedia]]
* [[The Cryonic Woman]]

== Notes ==

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