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|no=44
|image=[[File:The Route of All Evil.jpg|225px]]
|image text=[[Dwight]] and [[Cubert]] showing Hermes and Farnsworth the "Awsome Express" box
|season=3
|broadcast season=5
|number=3ACV12
|caption=Disclaimer: Any resemblance to actual robots would be really cool
|first aired=8 December, 2002
|written by=Dan Vebber
|directed by=Brian Sheesley
|title reference=The saying, "''the root of all evil''," referring to the love of money
|caption reference=
|opening cartoon=
|sponsor=
|broadcast number=S05E03
|prev ep=Insane in the Mainframe
|next ep=Bendin' in the Wind
|broad prev=Jurassic Bark
|broad next=A Taste of Freedom
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"'''The Route of All Evil'''" is the forty-fourth episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', the twelfth of the [[Season 3|third production season]] and the third of the [[Broadcast season 5|fifth broadcast season]], being the episode airing furtherest from when it was produced.  It aired 8 December, 2002 on FOX.  [[Cubert Farnsworth|Cubert]] and [[Dwight Conrad|Dwight]] form a competing business to [[Planet Express]].
 
== The Story ==
=== Act I: "We can all fight when we're drunk!" ===
When [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]], [[Bender Bending Rodr&iacute;guez|Bender]] and [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] are unable to decide on which beer to buy, Leela suggests that they brew their own. Meanwhile, [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|the Professor]], [[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]] and [[LaBarbara Conrad|LaBarbara]] are yelling at [[Cubert Farnsworth|Cubert]] and [[Dwight Conrad|Dwight]] for being suspended from boarding school for salting a [[Brett Blob|bully]]. While the crew brew beer in Bender, the kids wander the office. After Cubert and Dwight trick the crew into wasting a week on a fake delivery to Dogdoo 8 (which, unlike Dogdoo 7, doesn't exist), Hermes and the Professor force them to get jobs. They start a delivery company, ''[[Awesome Express]]''.
 
=== Act II: "Those newspapers won'ts delivers themselveses!" ===
The kids order a pedal-powered space ship from a magazine for use on the deliveries, and start a paper route. Bender is now swollen with beer. [[Sal]] drops off the papers for delivery and the boys get to work. A montage later and they are very successful.
 
=== Act III: "We don't work for you anymore." ===
Awesome Express becomes more profitable than [[Planet Express]], but this fails to impress Hermes or the Professor. Rejected, the boys decide to crush Planet Express instead, and hire away the crew. The fathers hope to fight back with their loyal dregs, namely [[Scruffy]] and [[Zoidberg]]. Before they get very far, Cubert is able to inherit Planet Express after discovering the Professor had been declared legally dead three years ago. They rename the entire company Awesome Express.
 
=== Act IV: "You rotten kids!" ===
Hermes and the Professor leave the building, depressed. Bender "gives birth" to an ale (Benderbrau). Dwight and Cubert's failure to actually deliver the newspapers becomes apparent,  they go to their fathers, who had been feeling sorry for themselves, for help.
 
=== Act V: "We'd like to have a word with your daddy." ===
The four gather up the undelivered papers and deliver them. They head to the [[Horrible Gelatinous Blob|Blob]] household to apologise for breaking the window. Hermes and the Professor fight H. G. and take a severe beating, ending up in hospital. H. G. visits them to apologise, Bender shares some of his beer with the men, and Brett learns to be more like his father.
 
== Additional Info ==
=== Trivia ===
*The commentary for this episode was recorded ''before'' it aired on television, due to the actor who played Dwight being out of the country. They had to wait for his return to re-record some lines.
*When the beer is growing inside Bender, the process is compared to pregnancy.
 
=== Quotes ===
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<poem>'''Cubert (with Farnsworth's voice)''': Good news everyone: I smell like a horse's butt!
<poem>'''Cubert (with Farnsworth's voice)''': Good news everyone: I smell like a horse's butt!
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=== Questions ===
*Who did that?
**Fry did.
=== Inside References ===
References to other things in the Futurama Universe
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=== Outside References ===
*The prince on the small asteroid, who is later knocked out by paper and speaks [[French]] is a reference to the {{w|The Little Prince}}.
*The dog chasing Dwight and Cubert (Awesome Express) as they fly through an asteroid field is eaten by a [[starwars:Exogorth|giant space slug]] extending from a [[starwars:Asteroid|asteroid]], a parody of a scene in [[starwars:Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back|Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back]], in which the [[starwars:Millennium Falcon|Millennium Falcon]] flies out from inside a similar beast as it tries in vain to re-eat the ship.
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=== Goofs ===
*The [http://www.webelements.com/ periodic table] seen on Dwight's lunchbox has been outdated since 1997 when the elements Hassium and Meitnerium were added; whoever was responsible obviously wasn't aware of the additions. Further elements have been added since the episode was made, and at least one of the many scientists on staff would have been aware of the growing nature of the table, so perhaps they chose to omit these elements.
=== Characters ===
{{chars-begin}}
*[[Amy Wong|Amy]]
*[[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]]
*'''Debut''': [[Brett Blob]]
*[[Cubert Farnsworth|Cubert]]
*'''Debut''': [[Dwight Conrad|Dwight]]
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]
*[[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]]
*[[Horrible Gelatinous Blob|H. G. Blob]]
*[[LaBarbara Conrad|LaBarbara]]
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]
*'''Debut''': [[The Little Prince]]
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]
*[[Sal]]
*[[Scruffy]]
*[[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]
{{chars-end}}
== Episode Credits ==
{{credits-begin}}
*Writer
**[[Dan Vebber]]
*Director
**[[Brian Sheesley]]
*Voice Actors
**[[Billy West]]
**[[Bumper Robinson]]
**[[Dawnn Lewis]]
**[[Katey Sagal]]
**[[Kath Soucie]]
**[[John DiMaggio]]
**[[Maurice LaMarche]]
**[[Phil LaMarr]]
**[[Tress MacNeille]]
*DVD Commentary
**[[Dan Vebber]]
**[[Maurice LaMarche]]
**[[John DiMaggio]]
**[[Billy West]]
**[[Matt Groening]]
**[[Rich Moore]]
**[[Brian Sheesley]]
**[[David X. Cohen]]
{{credits-end}}
{{navigation bottom
|prev ep=Insane in the Mainframe
|next ep=Bendin' in the Wind
|broad prev=Jurassic Bark
|broad next=A Taste of Freedom}}
[[Category:A plots focusing on Cubert]]
[[Category:A plots focusing on Dwight]]
[[Category:A plots focusing on Hermes]]
[[Category:A plots focusing on Professor Farnsworth]]
[[Category:B plots focusing on Bender]]
[[Category:Episodes]]
[[Category:Media]]

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The Route of All Evil
The Route of All Evil.jpg
Dwight and Cubert showing Hermes and Farnsworth the "Awsome Express" box
No.44
Production number3ACV12
Written byDan Vebber
Directed byBrian Sheesley
Title captionDisclaimer: Any resemblance to actual robots would be really cool
First air date8 December, 2002
Broadcast numberS05E03
Title referenceThe saying, "the root of all evil," referring to the love of money
Additional
Commentary
(Transcript)		Transcript

Pictures

Season 3
  1. Amazon Women in the Mood
  2. Parasites Lost
  3. A Tale of Two Santas
  4. The Luck of the Fryrish
  5. The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz
  6. Bendless Love
  7. The Day the Earth Stood Stupid
  8. That's Lobstertainment!
  9. The Cyber House Rules
  10. Where the Buggalo Roam
  11. Insane in the Mainframe
  12. The Route of All Evil
  13. Bendin' in the Wind
  14. Time Keeps on Slippin'
  15. I Dated a Robot
  16. A Leela of Her Own
  17. A Pharaoh to Remember
  18. Anthology of Interest II
  19. Roswell that Ends Well
  20. Godfellas
  21. Future Stock
  22. The 30% Iron Chef
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"The Route of All Evil" is the forty-fourth episode of Futurama, the twelfth of the third production season and the third of the fifth broadcast season, being the episode airing furtherest from when it was produced. It aired 8 December, 2002 on FOX. Cubert and Dwight form a competing business to Planet Express.

The Story

Act I: "We can all fight when we're drunk!"

When Fry, Bender and Leela are unable to decide on which beer to buy, Leela suggests that they brew their own. Meanwhile, the Professor, Hermes and LaBarbara are yelling at Cubert and Dwight for being suspended from boarding school for salting a bully. While the crew brew beer in Bender, the kids wander the office. After Cubert and Dwight trick the crew into wasting a week on a fake delivery to Dogdoo 8 (which, unlike Dogdoo 7, doesn't exist), Hermes and the Professor force them to get jobs. They start a delivery company, Awesome Express.

Act II: "Those newspapers won'ts delivers themselveses!"

The kids order a pedal-powered space ship from a magazine for use on the deliveries, and start a paper route. Bender is now swollen with beer. Sal drops off the papers for delivery and the boys get to work. A montage later and they are very successful.

Act III: "We don't work for you anymore."

Awesome Express becomes more profitable than Planet Express, but this fails to impress Hermes or the Professor. Rejected, the boys decide to crush Planet Express instead, and hire away the crew. The fathers hope to fight back with their loyal dregs, namely Scruffy and Zoidberg. Before they get very far, Cubert is able to inherit Planet Express after discovering the Professor had been declared legally dead three years ago. They rename the entire company Awesome Express.

Act IV: "You rotten kids!"

Hermes and the Professor leave the building, depressed. Bender "gives birth" to an ale (Benderbrau). Dwight and Cubert's failure to actually deliver the newspapers becomes apparent, they go to their fathers, who had been feeling sorry for themselves, for help.

Act V: "We'd like to have a word with your daddy."

The four gather up the undelivered papers and deliver them. They head to the Blob household to apologise for breaking the window. Hermes and the Professor fight H. G. and take a severe beating, ending up in hospital. H. G. visits them to apologise, Bender shares some of his beer with the men, and Brett learns to be more like his father.

Additional Info

Trivia

  • The commentary for this episode was recorded before it aired on television, due to the actor who played Dwight being out of the country. They had to wait for his return to re-record some lines.
  • When the beer is growing inside Bender, the process is compared to pregnancy.

Quotes

    Cubert (with Farnsworth's voice): Good news everyone: I smell like a horse's butt!
    Professor Farnsworth: I do? That's not good news at all!

    Cubert: Plus, they're making bootleg beer inside company property!
    Bender: Lies! Lies and slander!
    Farnsworth: Accusing gentle Bender of a misdeed? That's the last straw!

    Zoidberg: What's going on? Is this angry yelling or busted hearing aid yelling?
    Hermes: I'm afraid it's both.
    Farnsworth (shouting): What?

    Dwight: I heard alcohol makes you stupid.
    Fry: No I'm... doesn't.

    Cubert: Hey, Leela, help me apply these flame decals I got in my cereal; they'll make the ship go faster.
    Leela: ... and what's your scientific basis for thinking that?
    Cubert: I'm twelve.

Outside References

Goofs

  • The periodic table seen on Dwight's lunchbox has been outdated since 1997 when the elements Hassium and Meitnerium were added; whoever was responsible obviously wasn't aware of the additions. Further elements have been added since the episode was made, and at least one of the many scientists on staff would have been aware of the growing nature of the table, so perhaps they chose to omit these elements.

Characters

(In alphabetic order)

Episode Credits

Futurama episodes/films
1ACV
(Season 1)		 "Space Pilot 3000" • "The Series Has Landed" • "I, Roommate" • "Love's Labours Lost in Space" • "Fear of a Bot Planet" • "A Fishful of Dollars" • "My Three Suns" • "A Big Piece of Garbage" • "Hell Is Other Robots" • "A Flight to Remember" • "Mars University" • "When Aliens Attack" • "Fry and the Slurm Factory"
2ACV
(Season 2)		 "I Second that Emotion" • "Brannigan, Begin Again" • "A Head in the Polls" • "Xmas Story" • "Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love?" • "The Lesser of Two Evils" • "Put Your Head on My Shoulders" • "Raging Bender" • "A Bicyclops Built for Two" • "A Clone of My Own" • "How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back" • "The Deep South" • "Bender Gets Made" • "Mother's Day" • "The Problem with Popplers" • "Anthology of Interest I" • "War Is the H-Word" • "The Honking" • "The Cryonic Woman"
3ACV
(Season 3)		 "Amazon Women in the Mood" • "Parasites Lost" • "A Tale of Two Santas" • "The Luck of the Fryrish" • "The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz" • "Bendless Love" • "The Day the Earth Stood Stupid" • "That's Lobstertainment!" • "The Cyber House Rules" • "Where the Buggalo Roam" • "Insane in the Mainframe" • "The Route of All Evil" • "Bendin' in the Wind" • "Time Keeps on Slippin'" • "I Dated a Robot" • "A Leela of Her Own" • "A Pharaoh to Remember" • "Anthology of Interest II" • "Roswell that Ends Well" • "Godfellas" • "Future Stock" • "The 30% Iron Chef"
4ACV
(Season 4)		 "Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch" • "Leela's Homeworld" • "Love and Rocket" • "Less than Hero" • "A Taste of Freedom" • "Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television" • "Jurassic Bark" • "Crimes of the Hot" • "Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles" • "The Why of Fry" • "Where No Fan Has Gone Before" • "The Sting" • "Bend Her" • "Obsoletely Fabulous" • "The Farnsworth Parabox" • "Three Hundred Big Boys" • "Spanish Fry" • "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings"
5ACV
(Season 5)
Bender's Big Score The Beast with a Billion Backs Bender's Game Into the Wild Green Yonder
Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 • Part 4 Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 • Part 4 Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 • Part 4 Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 • Part 4
6ACV
(Season 6)		 "Rebirth" • "In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela" • "Attack of the Killer App" • "Proposition Infinity" • "The Duh-Vinci Code" • "Lethal Inspection" • "The Late Philip J. Fry" • "That Darn Katz!" • "A Clockwork Origin" • "The Prisoner of Benda" • "Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences" • "The Mutants Are Revolting" • "The Futurama Holiday Spectacular" • "The Silence of the Clamps" • "Möbius Dick" • "Law and Oracle" • "Benderama" • "The Tip of the Zoidberg" • "Ghost in the Machines" • "Neutopia" • "Yo Leela Leela" • "Fry Am the Egg Man" • "All the Presidents' Heads" • "Cold Warriors" • "Overclockwise" • "Reincarnation"
7ACV
(Season 7)		 "The Bots and the Bees" • "A Farewell to Arms" • "Decision 3012" • "The Thief of Baghead" • "Zapp Dingbat" • "The Butterjunk Effect" • "The Six Million Dollar Mon" • "Fun on a Bun" • "Free Will Hunting" • "Near-Death Wish" • "31st Century Fox" • "Viva Mars Vegas" • "Naturama" • "Forty Percent Leadbelly" • "2-D Blacktop" • "T.: The Terrestrial" • "Fry and Leela's Big Fling" • "The Inhuman Torch" • "Saturday Morning Fun Pit" • "Calculon 2.0" • "Assie Come Home" • "Leela and the Genestalk" • "Game of Tones" • "Murder on the Planet Express" • "Stench and Stenchibility" • "Meanwhile"
8ACV
(Season 8)		 "The Impossible Stream" • "Children of a Lesser Bog" • "How the West Was 1010001" • "Parasites Regained" • "Related to Items You've Viewed" • "I Know What You Did Next Xmas" • "Rage Against the Vaccine" • "Zapp Gets Cancelled" • "The Prince and the Product" • "All the Way Down"
Specials Everybody Loves Hypnotoad: "Amazon Adventure" • "The Lost Adventure" • "Simpsorama"
S01E
(Broadcast season 1)		 "Space Pilot 3000" • "The Series Has Landed" • "I, Roommate" • "Love's Labours Lost in Space" • "Fear of a Bot Planet" • "A Fishful of Dollars" • "My Three Suns" • "A Big Piece of Garbage" • "Hell Is Other Robots"
S02E
(Broadcast season 2)		 "A Flight to Remember" • "Mars University" • "When Aliens Attack" • "Fry and the Slurm Factory" • "I Second that Emotion" • "Brannigan, Begin Again" • "A Head in the Polls" • "Xmas Story" • "Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love?" • "Put Your Head on My Shoulders" • "The Lesser of Two Evils" • "Raging Bender" • "A Bicyclops Built for Two" • "How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back" • "A Clone of My Own" • "The Deep South" • "Bender Gets Made" • "The Problem with Popplers" • "Mother's Day" • "Anthology of Interest I"
S03E
(Broadcast season 3)		 "The Honking" • "War Is the H-Word" • "The Cryonic Woman" • "Parasites Lost" • "Amazon Women in the Mood" • "Bendless Love" • "The Day the Earth Stood Stupid" • "That's Lobstertainment!" • "The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz" • "The Luck of the Fryrish" • "The Cyber House Rules" • "Insane in the Mainframe" • "Bendin' in the Wind" • "Time Keeps on Slippin'" • "I Dated a Robot"
S04E
(Broadcast season 4)		 "Roswell that Ends Well" • "A Tale of Two Santas" • "Anthology of Interest II" • "Love and Rocket" • "Leela's Homeworld" • "Where the Buggalo Roam" • "A Pharaoh to Remember" • "Godfellas" • "Future Stock" • "A Leela of Her Own" • "The 30% Iron Chef" • "Where No Fan Has Gone Before"
S05E
(Broadcast season 5)		 "Crimes of the Hot" • "Jurassic Bark" • "The Route of All Evil" • "A Taste of Freedom" • "Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch" • "Less than Hero" • "Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles" • "The Why of Fry" • "The Sting" • "The Farnsworth Parabox" • "Three Hundred Big Boys" • "Spanish Fry" • "Bend Her" • "Obsoletely Fabulous" • "Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television" • "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings"
S06E
(Broadcast season 6)		 "Bender's Big Score Part 1" • "Bender's Big Score Part 2" • "Bender's Big Score Part 3" • "Bender's Big Score Part 4" • "The Beast with a Billion Backs Part 1" • "The Beast with a Billion Backs Part 2" • "The Beast with a Billion Backs Part 3" • "The Beast with a Billion Backs Part 4" • "Bender's Game Part 1" • "Bender's Game Part 2" • "Bender's Game Part 3" • "Bender's Game Part 4" • "Into the Wild Green Yonder Part 1" • "Into the Wild Green Yonder Part 2" • "Into the Wild Green Yonder Part 3" • "Into the Wild Green Yonder Part 4"
S07E
(Broadcast season 7)		 "Rebirth" • "In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela" • "Attack of the Killer App" • "Proposition Infinity" • "The Duh-Vinci Code" • "Lethal Inspection" • "The Late Philip J. Fry" • "That Darn Katz!" • "A Clockwork Origin" • "The Prisoner of Benda" • "Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences" • "The Mutants Are Revolting" • "The Futurama Holiday Spectacular"
S08E
(Broadcast season 8)		 "Neutopia" • "Benderama" • "Ghost in the Machines" • "Law and Oracle" • "The Silence of the Clamps" • "Yo Leela Leela" • "All the Presidents' Heads" • "Möbius Dick" • "Fry Am the Egg Man" • "The Tip of the Zoidberg" • "Cold Warriors" • "Overclockwise" • "Reincarnation"
S09E
(Broadcast season 9)		 "The Bots and the Bees" • "A Farewell to Arms" • "Decision 3012" • "The Thief of Baghead" • "Zapp Dingbat" • "The Butterjunk Effect" • "The Six Million Dollar Mon" • "Fun on a Bun" • "Free Will Hunting" • "Near-Death Wish" • "31st Century Fox" • "Viva Mars Vegas" • "Naturama"
S10E
(Broadcast season 10)		 "Forty Percent Leadbelly" • "2-D Blacktop" • "T.: The Terrestrial" • "Fry and Leela's Big Fling" • "The Inhuman Torch" • "Saturday Morning Fun Pit" • "Calculon 2.0" • "Assie Come Home" • "Leela and the Genestalk" • "Game of Tones" • "Murder on the Planet Express" • "Stench and Stenchibility" • "Meanwhile"
S11E
(Broadcast Season 11)		 "The Impossible Stream" • "Children of a Lesser Bog" • "How the West Was 1010001" • "Parasites Regained" • "Related to Items You've Viewed" • "I Know What You Did Next Xmas" • "Rage Against the Vaccine" • "Zapp Gets Cancelled" • "The Prince and the Product" • "All the Way Down"
Specials Everybody Loves Hypnotoad: "Amazon Adventure" • "The Lost Adventure" • "Simpsorama"
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