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|name=The Read Menace! | |name=The Read Menace! | ||
|image=[[ | |image=[[File:Futuramasimpsons4.jpg|225px]] | ||
|us no=X04 | |us no=X04 | ||
|uk no=017 | |uk no=017 | ||
|title caption=None | |title caption=None | ||
|us publish=March | |us publish=23 March, 2005 | ||
|uk publish=10 March, 2005 | |||
|written by=Ian Boothby | |||
|art by=James Lloyd | |||
|title referee=Reference to the 1949 movie, ''The Red Menace''. | |title referee=Reference to the 1949 movie, ''The Red Menace''. | ||
|paperback=[[The Simpsons Futurama Crossover Crisis]] | |paperback=[[The Simpsons Futurama Crossover Crisis]] | ||
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|next= | |next= | ||
}} | }} | ||
==The Story== | |||
===Act I=== | == The Story == | ||
=== Act I === | |||
The characters from books have taken over [[New New York]] and the [[Planet Express]] delivery crew, along with [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|the Professor]], [[Amy Wong|Amy]], [[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Zoidberg]] and the Simpsons attempt to escape in the [[Planet Express ship]]. They are soon attacked by pulp fiction spaceships and so, lacking a good plan, to go faster they paint flames and lightning bolts onto the ship. When they take a break from painting, [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] throws a beer towards Homer but he misses it and the bottle blows up the ships. They are then brought aboard the [[Nimbus]] which has been taken over by Springfielders under the leadership of Smithers who is living out his dream of being a space pirate. [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] asks for help to save [[Earth]], but Smithers refuses until he is told that Mr Burns is dating [[Mom]]. Back in Earth's atmosphere, Smithers presses the wrong button and everyone falls out of the Nimbus, renting parachutes on the way, they land in a crowd of fictional characters. The New New Yorkers and the Simpsons are attacked by characters from their favourite books, Bart tells them that his family is also fictional and the Simpsons are allowed to go. | The characters from books have taken over [[New New York]] and the [[Planet Express]] delivery crew, along with [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|the Professor]], [[Amy Wong|Amy]], [[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Zoidberg]] and the Simpsons attempt to escape in the [[Planet Express ship]]. They are soon attacked by pulp fiction spaceships and so, lacking a good plan, to go faster they paint flames and lightning bolts onto the ship. When they take a break from painting, [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] throws a beer towards Homer but he misses it and the bottle blows up the ships. They are then brought aboard the [[Nimbus]] which has been taken over by Springfielders under the leadership of Smithers who is living out his dream of being a space pirate. [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] asks for help to save [[Earth]], but Smithers refuses until he is told that Mr Burns is dating [[Mom]]. Back in Earth's atmosphere, Smithers presses the wrong button and everyone falls out of the Nimbus, renting parachutes on the way, they land in a crowd of fictional characters. The New New Yorkers and the Simpsons are attacked by characters from their favourite books, Bart tells them that his family is also fictional and the Simpsons are allowed to go. | ||
===Act II=== | |||
=== Act II === | |||
They reach the [[Planet Express headquarters|Planet Express building]] and look through the Professor's inventions for ways to stop the fictional characters. Lisa uses the [[What-If Machine]] to ask what if they knew how to defeat the fictional characters. They go to [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]'s apartment and take a page out of the first Simpsons Comic and put it in the vortex the fictional characters came out of, this causes the giant Homer from that comic to emerge. They offer him a beer if he stops the fictional characters. It works, but then they have the giant Homer to deal with. They hire [[Sal]] to move the vortices and are able to send giant Homer and the rest of Springfield back to their [[mental realm]]s. Later, as [[Larry]] and [[Igner]] reminisce over their brief time with two parents, inside [[MomCorp]] Mom uses a lock of hair to create a clone of Mr. Burns... | They reach the [[Planet Express headquarters|Planet Express building]] and look through the Professor's inventions for ways to stop the fictional characters. Lisa uses the [[What-If Machine]] to ask what if they knew how to defeat the fictional characters. They go to [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]'s apartment and take a page out of the first Simpsons Comic and put it in the vortex the fictional characters came out of, this causes the giant Homer from that comic to emerge. They offer him a beer if he stops the fictional characters. It works, but then they have the giant Homer to deal with. They hire [[Sal]] to move the vortices and are able to send giant Homer and the rest of Springfield back to their [[mental realm]]s. Later, as [[Larry]] and [[Igner]] reminisce over their brief time with two parents, inside [[MomCorp]] Mom uses a lock of hair to create a clone of Mr. Burns... | ||
==Additional Info== | == Additional Info == | ||
===Trivia=== | === Trivia === | ||
*The What-If machine only allows three questions a year. | *The What-If machine only allows three questions a year. | ||
*This is the first time the [[Space Pope]] has spoken. | *This is the first time the [[Space Pope]] has spoken. | ||
===Continuity=== | === Quotes === | ||
{{q| | |||
<poem>'''Zapp''': Leela what a sexy surprise. | |||
'''Smithers''': Did I give you permission to stop go-go dancing?</poem> | |||
<poem>'''Bart''': Why are you all standing in shadow? | |||
'''Spider Man''': Copyright protection!</poem> | |||
<poem>'''Lisa''': This must be so odd for Dad. I can't even imagine what he's thinking. | |||
'''Homer''': [thinking] Hmmm...so that's what the inside of my nose looks like.</poem> | |||
<poem>'''Lisa''': That's a great picture! So realistic! | |||
'''Fry''': Yeah, so much so that Leela [[Opening Sequence|crashes into it almost every week]].</poem> | |||
<poem>'''Leela''': It's working! Now he's hugging the TV. Now he's kissing the TV. | |||
'''Bender''': Now he's...ew! Well, that's one building I'm never going into again!</poem> | |||
}} | |||
=== Continuity === | |||
*Bart finds a yoghurt filled cap in Fry's drawer, it is unclear if this is the same cap, or yoghurt, from "[[How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back]]" but if so it has moved from Planet Express to [[Bender and Fry's Apartment]] | *Bart finds a yoghurt filled cap in Fry's drawer, it is unclear if this is the same cap, or yoghurt, from "[[How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back]]" but if so it has moved from Planet Express to [[Bender and Fry's Apartment]] | ||
===Outside References=== | === Outside References === | ||
*Also appearing on the cover of this issue is the main character from Bongo's ''{{w|Roswell, Little Green Man}}. | *Also appearing on the cover of this issue is the main character from Bongo's ''{{w|Roswell, Little Green Man}}. | ||
*After becoming a space pirate, Smithers dresses up like the anime character [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Harlock Captain Harlock]. | *After becoming a space pirate, Smithers dresses up like the anime character [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Harlock Captain Harlock]. | ||
===Goofs=== | === Goofs === | ||
*[[Hattie McDoogal|Hattie]]'s clothes are the wrong colour. | *[[Hattie McDoogal|Hattie]]'s clothes are the wrong colour. | ||
*When Bender falls apart, his eyes are balls instead of long bulbs | *When Bender falls apart, his eyes are balls instead of long bulbs | ||
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*Leela requests twelve parachutes but only eleven are used as Marge is carrying Maggie. | *Leela requests twelve parachutes but only eleven are used as Marge is carrying Maggie. | ||
===Characters=== | === Characters === | ||
{{chars-begin}} | |||
*[[Headless body of Agnew|Agnew]] | *[[Headless body of Agnew|Agnew]] | ||
*[[Amy Wong|Amy]] | *[[Amy Wong|Amy]] | ||
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*[[Zapp Brannigan]] | *[[Zapp Brannigan]] | ||
*[[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Zoidberg]] | *[[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Zoidberg]] | ||
===='''The Simpsons''' Characters==== | {{chars-end}} | ||
==== '''The Simpsons''' Characters ==== | |||
{{chars-begin}} | |||
*Bart Simpson | *Bart Simpson | ||
*Hans Moleman | *Hans Moleman | ||
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*Mr. Burns | *Mr. Burns | ||
*Smithers | *Smithers | ||
====Other Fictional Characters==== | {{chars-end}} | ||
==== Other Fictional Characters ==== | |||
*{{w|Anne of Green Gables}} | *{{w|Anne of Green Gables}} | ||
*{{w|Artful Dodger}} | *{{w|Artful Dodger}} | ||
*{{w|Captain Nemo}} | *{{w|Captain Nemo}} | ||
*{{w|Dorothy Gale}} | *{{w|Dorothy Gale}} | ||
*Mayor | *Mayor [[Count Dracula|Dracula]] | ||
*{{w|Inspector Javert}} | *{{w|Inspector Javert}} | ||
*[[Sherlock Holmes]] | |||
*{{w|Spider-Man}} | *{{w|Spider-Man}} | ||
*{{w|Superman}} | *{{w|Superman}} | ||
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*{{w|Wolverine (comics)|Wolverine}} | *{{w|Wolverine (comics)|Wolverine}} | ||
==Comic Credits== | == Comic Credits == | ||
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*Story | *Story | ||
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[[Category:A plots focusing on Professor Farnsworth]] | |||
[[Category:B plots focusing on Mom]] | |||
[[Category:B plots focusing on Zapp]] | |||
[[Category:Media featuring invasions]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 18:41, 27 May 2014
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| US Publish Number | X04 |
| UK Publish Number(s) | 017 |
| Written by | Ian Boothby |
| Art by | James Lloyd |
| Title caption | None |
| Published (US) | 23 March, 2005 |
| Published (UK) | 10 March, 2005 |
| Title reference | Reference to the 1949 movie, The Red Menace. |
| In trade paperback | The Simpsons Futurama Crossover Crisis |
The Story
Act I
The characters from books have taken over New New York and the Planet Express delivery crew, along with the Professor, Amy, Zoidberg and the Simpsons attempt to escape in the Planet Express ship. They are soon attacked by pulp fiction spaceships and so, lacking a good plan, to go faster they paint flames and lightning bolts onto the ship. When they take a break from painting, Bender throws a beer towards Homer but he misses it and the bottle blows up the ships. They are then brought aboard the Nimbus which has been taken over by Springfielders under the leadership of Smithers who is living out his dream of being a space pirate. Leela asks for help to save Earth, but Smithers refuses until he is told that Mr Burns is dating Mom. Back in Earth's atmosphere, Smithers presses the wrong button and everyone falls out of the Nimbus, renting parachutes on the way, they land in a crowd of fictional characters. The New New Yorkers and the Simpsons are attacked by characters from their favourite books, Bart tells them that his family is also fictional and the Simpsons are allowed to go.
Act II
They reach the Planet Express building and look through the Professor's inventions for ways to stop the fictional characters. Lisa uses the What-If Machine to ask what if they knew how to defeat the fictional characters. They go to Fry's apartment and take a page out of the first Simpsons Comic and put it in the vortex the fictional characters came out of, this causes the giant Homer from that comic to emerge. They offer him a beer if he stops the fictional characters. It works, but then they have the giant Homer to deal with. They hire Sal to move the vortices and are able to send giant Homer and the rest of Springfield back to their mental realms. Later, as Larry and Igner reminisce over their brief time with two parents, inside MomCorp Mom uses a lock of hair to create a clone of Mr. Burns...
Additional Info
Trivia
- The What-If machine only allows three questions a year.
- This is the first time the Space Pope has spoken.
Quotes
Zapp: Leela what a sexy surprise.
Smithers: Did I give you permission to stop go-go dancing?
Bart: Why are you all standing in shadow?
Spider Man: Copyright protection!
Lisa: This must be so odd for Dad. I can't even imagine what he's thinking.
Homer: [thinking] Hmmm...so that's what the inside of my nose looks like.
Lisa: That's a great picture! So realistic!
Fry: Yeah, so much so that Leela crashes into it almost every week.
Leela: It's working! Now he's hugging the TV. Now he's kissing the TV.
Bender: Now he's...ew! Well, that's one building I'm never going into again!
Continuity
- Bart finds a yoghurt filled cap in Fry's drawer, it is unclear if this is the same cap, or yoghurt, from "How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back" but if so it has moved from Planet Express to Bender and Fry's Apartment
Outside References
- Also appearing on the cover of this issue is the main character from Bongo's Roswell, Little Green Man.
- After becoming a space pirate, Smithers dresses up like the anime character Captain Harlock.
Goofs
- Hattie's clothes are the wrong colour.
- When Bender falls apart, his eyes are balls instead of long bulbs
- Morbo and Linda appear to have once more been placed in New New York rather than Los Angeles.
- Leela requests twelve parachutes but only eleven are used as Marge is carrying Maggie.
Characters
The Simpsons Characters
- Bart Simpson
- Hans Moleman
- Homer Simpson (issue #87 and issue #1 variants)
- Lisa Simpson
- Maggie Simpson
- Marge Simpson
- Mr. Burns
- Smithers
Other Fictional Characters
- Anne of Green Gables
- Artful Dodger
- Captain Nemo
- Dorothy Gale
- Mayor Dracula
- Inspector Javert
- Sherlock Holmes
- Spider-Man
- Superman
- Thor
- Tweedledum and Tweedledee
- Wolverine
Comic Credits
- Story
- Colors
- Pencils
- Letters
- Inks
- Editor
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