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*Professor Frink's line "Realities collapsing. Worlds colliding. Must warn others..." is taken from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisis_on_Infinite_Earths Crisis on Infinite Earths].
*Professor Frink's line "Realities collapsing. Worlds colliding. Must warn others..." is taken from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisis_on_Infinite_Earths Crisis on Infinite Earths].
*"Dr. Frahnkensteen" and "Eyegor" from "Young Frankenstein" can be seen at the scientists' meeting.
*"Dr. Frahnkensteen" and "Eyegor" from "Young Frankenstein" can be seen at the scientists' meeting.
*In a commercial, Gil the Salesman (now working for [[Malfunctioning Eddie]]) advertises George Jetson's flying car (mentioning that George "was killed in a treadmill accident while walking his dog"), and a British phone booth that's "compact outside [and] roomy inside", a reference to the Doctor's TARDIS from ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who Doctor Who]''.
*In a commercial, Gil Gunderson (now working for [[Malfunctioning Eddie]]) advertises George Jetson's flying car (mentioning that George "was killed in a treadmill accident while walking his dog"), and a British phone booth that's "compact outside [and] roomy inside", a reference to the Doctor's TARDIS from ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who Doctor Who]''.
*[[wikipedia:Comic Book Guy|Comic Book Guy]] mentions wanting a "[[starwars:Slave Leia costume|metal slave bikini]] like [[starwars:Leia Organa Solo|Princess Leia's]] from [[starwars:Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi|''Return of the Jedi'']]."
*[[wikipedia:Comic Book Guy|Comic Book Guy]] mentions wanting a "[[starwars:Slave Leia costume|metal slave bikini]] like [[starwars:Leia Organa Solo|Princess Leia's]] from [[starwars:Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi|''Return of the Jedi'']]."
*The first delivery the Simpsons tag along on is to "an ice planet in the [[starwars:George Lucas|Lucas]] [[starwars:The galaxy|galaxy]]", which turns out to be a parody of the [[starwars:Hoth|Hoth]] sequence in [[starwars:Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back|Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back]].  
*The first delivery the Simpsons tag along on is to "an ice planet in the [[starwars:George Lucas|Lucas]] [[starwars:The galaxy|galaxy]]", which turns out to be a parody of the [[starwars:Hoth|Hoth]] sequence in [[starwars:Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back|Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back]].  

Revision as of 23:26, 6 July 2009

Non-canon
Slaves of New New York!
Futuramasimpsons3.jpg
US Publish NumberX03
UK Publish Number(s)Simpsons Comics 103
Written byN/A
Art byN/A
Title captionNone
Published (US)January 26, 2005
Title referenceReferenced to the movie Gangs of New York.

The Story

Act I

At a science meeting, Professor Farnsworth’s invention is destroyed and he quickly invents a machine that brings fiction to reality. He uses it on a Simpsons comic and all of springfield are brought to reality. Farnsworth suggests using them for slave labour and the Simpson family quickly escape and hide in the Planet Express building. In excange for not being sold into slavery, the Simpsons go on some missions with the Planet Express crew and they turn out to be disastrous.

Act II

Meanwhile in New New York, the Springfield Mafia become the Robot Mafia’s maid men, Moe works in O'Zorgnax Pub, Apu works at 7-11, Gil works with Malfunctioning Eddie, most of Springfield work for DOOP and Mr. Burns and Mom fall in love. Bart is playing with Farnsworth’s inventions and the switch for the reality machine falls off. Bender throws it in the library bringing characters from every book ever written to reality...

Additional Info

Trivia

  • The Springfielders are from Simpsons comic #87 (Hail to the Cat), the Mental Realm visited in the previous issues, which allows them to remember their friends from Planet Express.

Quotes

  • Professor: Good news, everyone!
    Hermes: "Good news, everyone!" is a registered trademark of Planet Express. The management guarantees no actual good news.
  • Mutant: Did you say comix?
    Professor: No, comics! Now keep on truckin' back to the underground, mutant!
  • Comic Book Guy: I always knew one day robots would enslave us! Fine, I surrender! But only if I can have a metal slave bikini like Princess Leia's from "Return of the Jedi".
    Url: Aw, man, I don't even have a stomach, and that image makes me nauseous!
  • Ralph Wiggum: The space ship is hugging me!
  • Lisa: Does this sort of thing happen a lot in your line of work?
    Bender: Being totally boned? Oh yeah.
  • Brannigan: Kif, you shrunk my velour top again!
    Kif: Yes, it must have shrunk after your last visit to the Buffet Galaxy!
  • Homer: I don't wanna complain, but your replicator makes really bland food.
    Fry: Homer you've just been printing pictures of food from the internet.
    Homer: Oh.
    Zoidberg: So are you going to finish that?
  • Bender: NOOOOO! An alien is bursting out of my chest! And it's got my last beer!

Outside References

  • Professor Frink's line "Realities collapsing. Worlds colliding. Must warn others..." is taken from Crisis on Infinite Earths.
  • "Dr. Frahnkensteen" and "Eyegor" from "Young Frankenstein" can be seen at the scientists' meeting.
  • In a commercial, Gil Gunderson (now working for Malfunctioning Eddie) advertises George Jetson's flying car (mentioning that George "was killed in a treadmill accident while walking his dog"), and a British phone booth that's "compact outside [and] roomy inside", a reference to the Doctor's TARDIS from Doctor Who.
  • Comic Book Guy mentions wanting a "metal slave bikini like Princess Leia's from Return of the Jedi."
  • The first delivery the Simpsons tag along on is to "an ice planet in the Lucas galaxy", which turns out to be a parody of the Hoth sequence in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.
  • Later, there are two more deliveries parodying Aliens and 2001: A Space Odyssey, respectively.
  • in the 3rd delivery you can see Uatu the watcher

Characters

(In alphabetical order)

Comic Credits