http://theinfosphere.org/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=98.198.118.224&feedformat=atomThe Infosphere, the Futurama Wiki - User contributions [en]2024-03-29T01:48:21ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.36.3http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Talk:Near-Death_Wish&diff=117242Talk:Near-Death Wish2012-08-19T00:25:31Z<p>98.198.118.224: /* The State of the Professor's Genitals */ new section</p>
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<div>The title might be a reference to the ''Death Wish'' movies with Charles Bronson. --[[User:Spaceball|Spaceball]] ([[User talk:Spaceball|talk]]) 09:31, 6 May 2012 (CEST)<br />
:I think it's just a reference to the term "death wish" and the [[Near-Death Star]]. [[User:DannyJC13|DannyJC13]] ([[User talk:DannyJC13|talk]]) 11:58, 6 May 2012 (CEST)<br />
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== Cultural references ==<br />
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No "The Matrix" mentioned? Why?<br />
:Instead of complaining you could add it yourself? [[User:DannyJC13|DannyJC13]] ([[User talk:DannyJC13|talk]]) 18:03, 16 August 2012 (CEST)<br />
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== The State of the Professor's Genitals ==<br />
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I added the...loud...point that Bender made about the Professor being uncircumcised. It's a bit adult, but valid trivia. I'm not sure if you guys want to keep it up or not. [[Special:Contributions/98.198.118.224|98.198.118.224]] 02:25, 19 August 2012 (CEST)</div>98.198.118.224http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Near-Death_Wish&diff=117011Near-Death Wish2012-08-16T05:07:20Z<p>98.198.118.224: /* Continuity */</p>
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<div>{{episode infobox<br />
|name=Near-Death Wish<br />
|image=[[File:Near-Death Wish preview 1.png|225px]]<br />
|image text=A screenshot from the episode shown during the live stream of the ''Futurama'' cast and crew live chat, showing [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]], [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]], [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] and two elderly people in Trop Vieux Manor.<br />
|season=7<br />
|broadcast season=9<br />
|no=124<br />
|written by=Eric Horsted<br />
|directed by=Lance Kramer<br />
|caption=There's No Bismuth Like Show Bismuth<br />
|first aired=15 August, 2012<ref name="MSN TV">{{cite web|url=http://tv.msn.com/tv/episode/futurama/untitled.22/|title=Futurama - 'Near-Death Wish' Episode Info|site={{w|MSN TV}}|accessdate=2012-06-29}}</ref><br />
|number=7ACV10<br />
|broadcast number=S09E10<br />
|title reference=The [[Near-Death Star]] and the term "{{w|Deathwish|death wish}}"<br />
|prev ep=Free Will Hunting<br />
|next ep=31st Century Fox<br />
}}<br />
{{confused|Near-Death Star}}<br />
{{future video}}<br />
"'''Near-Death Wish'''" is the one hundred and twenty-fourth episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', the tenth of the [[Season 7|seventh production season]] and the [[Broadcast season 9|ninth broadcast season]].<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
When [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|the Professor]] learns that his parents are coming out of virtual retirement from the [[Near-Death Star]], he becomes upset.<ref name="MSN TV"/><br />
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== Production ==<br />
On 28 July 2011, it was revealed at the {{w|San Diego Comic-Con}} that, in an episode of the seventh production season, Professor Farnsworth's parents would be revealed to be still alive and living in the [[Near Death Star]].<ref name="slurmed-comiccon">{{cite web |url=http://slurmed.com/news/2011-07-27/san-diego-comic-con-2011-futurama-panel-sneak-peeks-and-video |title=San Diego Comic-Con 2011 Futurama panel sneak peeks + videos |publisher=The Futurama Point |author=JavieR |date=2011-07-27 |accessdate=2011-08-22}}</ref> On 29 February 2012, [[CGEF]] revealed the episode's title, its writer to be [[Eric Horsted]] and its director to be [[Lance Kramer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gotfuturama.com/Information/EpisodeGuide/7ACV/|title=Episode Guide: 7 ACV|date=2012-02-29|site=[[CGEF]]|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peelified.com/index.php?topic=22731.msg1299002#msg1299002|title="Futurama: Futurama News (pre-season 7)"|site=[[PEEL]]|author="Just Fan"|date=2012-02-29|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref> On 29 June, {{w|MSN TV}} revealed the episode's air date.<ref name="MSN TV"/><br />
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On 12 July, following the broadcast of the episode "[[Zapp Dingbat]]", the public were given the opportunity to participate in a live chat with the ''Futurama'' cast and crew. Several clips of "Near-Death Wish" were shown during the live stream.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.peelified.com/index.php?topic=23178.msg1326287#msg1326287 |title="Newsarama! (Futurama News Thread)" (page 1) |site=[[PEEL]] |author="Tastes Like Fry" |date=2012-07-12 |accessdate=2012-07-13}}</ref><br />
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=== Image gallery ===<br />
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<gallery><br />
Near-Death Wish preview 2.png|A screenshot from the episode shown during the live stream, showing Fry, Bender and Leela traveling within the Near-Death Star.<br />
Near-Death Wish preview 3.png|A screenshot from the episode shown during the live stream, showing cars approaching [[Planet Express headquarters]].<br />
</gallery><br />
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== Additional information ==<br />
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== Continuity ==<br />
*The [[Fry-Leela relationship]] is featured again.<br />
<br />
=== Allusions ===<br />
*The episode's title is a reference to the [[Near-Death Star]] and the term "{{w|Deathwish|death wish}}".<br />
*The "Theater in the Ground" is reference {{w|Theatre in the Round|Theatre in the Round}}.<br />
*Professor Farnsworth parodies the Phantom in {{w|Phantom of the Opera|Phantom of the Opera}} at Fry's Holophoner recital.<br />
*The Opening Title Caption parodies the phrase "There's No Business Like Show Business" which is also the title to the 1954 movie and the song in the 1946 musical Annie Get Your Gun.<br />
*Fry states "We must boldly go where we have already gone once before," in an homage to Star Trek.<br />
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=== Goofs ===<br />
*In "[[The Sting]]", when [[Fry]] is thought to be dead, the [[Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor]] claims to be the oldest living member left in his family.<br />
**There three possible solutions: the majority of the events of [[The Sting]] are part of a dream as part of Leela's coma and thus non-Canon, the Professor is senile, and/or the attribution of "living" only applies to non-dead persons who are not in "virtual retirement".<br />
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=== Trivia ===<br />
* It is revealed in this episode that the [[Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor]] is uncircumcised.<br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
{{chars-begin}}<br />
*[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]]<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]<br />
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]<ref name="MSN TV"/><br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Farnsworth's father|Ned Farnsworth]]<ref name="MSN TV"/><br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Farnsworth's mother|Velma Farnsworth]]<ref name="MSN TV"/><br />
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]<br />
*[[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]<br />
{{chars-end}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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{{navigation bottom<br />
|prev ep=Free Will Hunting<br />
|next ep=31st Century Fox<br />
}}</div>98.198.118.224http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Near-Death_Wish&diff=117010Near-Death Wish2012-08-16T05:06:00Z<p>98.198.118.224: /* Allusions */</p>
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<div>{{episode infobox<br />
|name=Near-Death Wish<br />
|image=[[File:Near-Death Wish preview 1.png|225px]]<br />
|image text=A screenshot from the episode shown during the live stream of the ''Futurama'' cast and crew live chat, showing [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]], [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]], [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] and two elderly people in Trop Vieux Manor.<br />
|season=7<br />
|broadcast season=9<br />
|no=124<br />
|written by=Eric Horsted<br />
|directed by=Lance Kramer<br />
|caption=There's No Bismuth Like Show Bismuth<br />
|first aired=15 August, 2012<ref name="MSN TV">{{cite web|url=http://tv.msn.com/tv/episode/futurama/untitled.22/|title=Futurama - 'Near-Death Wish' Episode Info|site={{w|MSN TV}}|accessdate=2012-06-29}}</ref><br />
|number=7ACV10<br />
|broadcast number=S09E10<br />
|title reference=The [[Near-Death Star]] and the term "{{w|Deathwish|death wish}}"<br />
|prev ep=Free Will Hunting<br />
|next ep=31st Century Fox<br />
}}<br />
{{confused|Near-Death Star}}<br />
{{future video}}<br />
"'''Near-Death Wish'''" is the one hundred and twenty-fourth episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', the tenth of the [[Season 7|seventh production season]] and the [[Broadcast season 9|ninth broadcast season]].<br />
<br />
== Plot ==<br />
When [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|the Professor]] learns that his parents are coming out of virtual retirement from the [[Near-Death Star]], he becomes upset.<ref name="MSN TV"/><br />
<br />
== Production ==<br />
On 28 July 2011, it was revealed at the {{w|San Diego Comic-Con}} that, in an episode of the seventh production season, Professor Farnsworth's parents would be revealed to be still alive and living in the [[Near Death Star]].<ref name="slurmed-comiccon">{{cite web |url=http://slurmed.com/news/2011-07-27/san-diego-comic-con-2011-futurama-panel-sneak-peeks-and-video |title=San Diego Comic-Con 2011 Futurama panel sneak peeks + videos |publisher=The Futurama Point |author=JavieR |date=2011-07-27 |accessdate=2011-08-22}}</ref> On 29 February 2012, [[CGEF]] revealed the episode's title, its writer to be [[Eric Horsted]] and its director to be [[Lance Kramer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gotfuturama.com/Information/EpisodeGuide/7ACV/|title=Episode Guide: 7 ACV|date=2012-02-29|site=[[CGEF]]|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peelified.com/index.php?topic=22731.msg1299002#msg1299002|title="Futurama: Futurama News (pre-season 7)"|site=[[PEEL]]|author="Just Fan"|date=2012-02-29|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref> On 29 June, {{w|MSN TV}} revealed the episode's air date.<ref name="MSN TV"/><br />
<br />
On 12 July, following the broadcast of the episode "[[Zapp Dingbat]]", the public were given the opportunity to participate in a live chat with the ''Futurama'' cast and crew. Several clips of "Near-Death Wish" were shown during the live stream.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.peelified.com/index.php?topic=23178.msg1326287#msg1326287 |title="Newsarama! (Futurama News Thread)" (page 1) |site=[[PEEL]] |author="Tastes Like Fry" |date=2012-07-12 |accessdate=2012-07-13}}</ref><br />
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=== Image gallery ===<br />
<br />
<gallery><br />
Near-Death Wish preview 2.png|A screenshot from the episode shown during the live stream, showing Fry, Bender and Leela traveling within the Near-Death Star.<br />
Near-Death Wish preview 3.png|A screenshot from the episode shown during the live stream, showing cars approaching [[Planet Express headquarters]].<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
== Additional information ==<br />
<br />
== Continuity ==<br />
*The [[Fry-Leela relationship]] is featured again.<br />
<br />
=== Allusions ===<br />
*The episode's title is a reference to the [[Near-Death Star]] and the term "{{w|Deathwish|death wish}}".<br />
*The "Theater in the Ground" is reference {{w|Theatre in the Round|Theatre in the Round}}.<br />
*Professor Farnsworth parodies the Phantom in {{w|Phantom of the Opera|Phantom of the Opera}} at Fry's Holophoner recital.<br />
*The Opening Title Caption parodies the phrase "There's No Business Like Show Business" which is also the title to the 1954 movie and the song in the 1946 musical Annie Get Your Gun.<br />
*Fry states "We must boldly go where we have already gone once before," in an homage to Star Trek.<br />
<br />
=== Goofs ===<br />
*In "[[The Sting]]", when [[Fry]] is thought to be dead, the [[Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor]] claims to be the oldest living member left in his family.<br />
**There three possible solutions: the majority of the events of [[The Sting]] are part of a dream as part of Leela's coma and thus non-Canon, the Professor is senile, and/or the attribution of "living" only applies to non-dead persons who are not in "virtual retirement".<br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
{{chars-begin}}<br />
*[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]]<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]<br />
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]<ref name="MSN TV"/><br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Farnsworth's father|Ned Farnsworth]]<ref name="MSN TV"/><br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Farnsworth's mother|Velma Farnsworth]]<ref name="MSN TV"/><br />
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]<br />
*[[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]<br />
{{chars-end}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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{{navigation bottom<br />
|prev ep=Free Will Hunting<br />
|next ep=31st Century Fox<br />
}}</div>98.198.118.224http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Near-Death_Wish&diff=117009Near-Death Wish2012-08-16T05:04:39Z<p>98.198.118.224: /* Goofs */</p>
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<div>{{episode infobox<br />
|name=Near-Death Wish<br />
|image=[[File:Near-Death Wish preview 1.png|225px]]<br />
|image text=A screenshot from the episode shown during the live stream of the ''Futurama'' cast and crew live chat, showing [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]], [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]], [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] and two elderly people in Trop Vieux Manor.<br />
|season=7<br />
|broadcast season=9<br />
|no=124<br />
|written by=Eric Horsted<br />
|directed by=Lance Kramer<br />
|caption=There's No Bismuth Like Show Bismuth<br />
|first aired=15 August, 2012<ref name="MSN TV">{{cite web|url=http://tv.msn.com/tv/episode/futurama/untitled.22/|title=Futurama - 'Near-Death Wish' Episode Info|site={{w|MSN TV}}|accessdate=2012-06-29}}</ref><br />
|number=7ACV10<br />
|broadcast number=S09E10<br />
|title reference=The [[Near-Death Star]] and the term "{{w|Deathwish|death wish}}"<br />
|prev ep=Free Will Hunting<br />
|next ep=31st Century Fox<br />
}}<br />
{{confused|Near-Death Star}}<br />
{{future video}}<br />
"'''Near-Death Wish'''" is the one hundred and twenty-fourth episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', the tenth of the [[Season 7|seventh production season]] and the [[Broadcast season 9|ninth broadcast season]].<br />
<br />
== Plot ==<br />
When [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|the Professor]] learns that his parents are coming out of virtual retirement from the [[Near-Death Star]], he becomes upset.<ref name="MSN TV"/><br />
<br />
== Production ==<br />
On 28 July 2011, it was revealed at the {{w|San Diego Comic-Con}} that, in an episode of the seventh production season, Professor Farnsworth's parents would be revealed to be still alive and living in the [[Near Death Star]].<ref name="slurmed-comiccon">{{cite web |url=http://slurmed.com/news/2011-07-27/san-diego-comic-con-2011-futurama-panel-sneak-peeks-and-video |title=San Diego Comic-Con 2011 Futurama panel sneak peeks + videos |publisher=The Futurama Point |author=JavieR |date=2011-07-27 |accessdate=2011-08-22}}</ref> On 29 February 2012, [[CGEF]] revealed the episode's title, its writer to be [[Eric Horsted]] and its director to be [[Lance Kramer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gotfuturama.com/Information/EpisodeGuide/7ACV/|title=Episode Guide: 7 ACV|date=2012-02-29|site=[[CGEF]]|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peelified.com/index.php?topic=22731.msg1299002#msg1299002|title="Futurama: Futurama News (pre-season 7)"|site=[[PEEL]]|author="Just Fan"|date=2012-02-29|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref> On 29 June, {{w|MSN TV}} revealed the episode's air date.<ref name="MSN TV"/><br />
<br />
On 12 July, following the broadcast of the episode "[[Zapp Dingbat]]", the public were given the opportunity to participate in a live chat with the ''Futurama'' cast and crew. Several clips of "Near-Death Wish" were shown during the live stream.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.peelified.com/index.php?topic=23178.msg1326287#msg1326287 |title="Newsarama! (Futurama News Thread)" (page 1) |site=[[PEEL]] |author="Tastes Like Fry" |date=2012-07-12 |accessdate=2012-07-13}}</ref><br />
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=== Image gallery ===<br />
<br />
<gallery><br />
Near-Death Wish preview 2.png|A screenshot from the episode shown during the live stream, showing Fry, Bender and Leela traveling within the Near-Death Star.<br />
Near-Death Wish preview 3.png|A screenshot from the episode shown during the live stream, showing cars approaching [[Planet Express headquarters]].<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
== Additional information ==<br />
<br />
== Continuity ==<br />
*The [[Fry-Leela relationship]] is featured again.<br />
<br />
=== Allusions ===<br />
*The episode's title is a reference to the [[Near-Death Star]] and the term "{{w|Deathwish|death wish}}".<br />
*The "Theater in the Ground" is reference {{w|Theatre in the Round|Theatre in the Round}}.<br />
*Professor Farnsworth parodies the Phantom in {{w|Phantom of the Opera|Phantom of the Opera}} at Fry's Holophoner recital.<br />
*The Opening Title Caption parodies the phrase "There's No Business Like Show Business" which is also the title to the 1954 movie and the song in the 1946 musical Annie Get Your Gun.<br />
<br />
=== Goofs ===<br />
*In "[[The Sting]]", when [[Fry]] is thought to be dead, the [[Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor]] claims to be the oldest living member left in his family.<br />
**There three possible solutions: the majority of the events of [[The Sting]] are part of a dream as part of Leela's coma and thus non-Canon, the Professor is senile, and/or the attribution of "living" only applies to non-dead persons who are not in "virtual retirement".<br />
<br />
=== Characters ===<br />
{{chars-begin}}<br />
*[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]]<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]<br />
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]<ref name="MSN TV"/><br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Farnsworth's father|Ned Farnsworth]]<ref name="MSN TV"/><br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Farnsworth's mother|Velma Farnsworth]]<ref name="MSN TV"/><br />
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]<br />
*[[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]<br />
{{chars-end}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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{{navigation bottom<br />
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|next ep=31st Century Fox<br />
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<div>{{commentary infobox<br />
|prev ep=When Aliens Attack<br />
|next ep=I Second that Emotion<br />
|name= Fry and the Slurm Factory<br />
|image= [[File:Fry and the Slurm Factory.jpg|225px]]<br />
|number=1ACV13<br />
|season= 1<br />
|disc=3<br />
|parti A=Matt Groening<br />
|parti A job=Creator<br />
|parti B=David X. Cohen<br />
|parti B job=Executive producer<br />
|parti C=Rich Moore<br />
|parti C job=Supervising director<br />
|parti D=Lewis Morton<br />
|parti D job=Writer<br />
|parti E=Ron Hughart<br />
|parti E job=Director<br />
|parti F=John DiMaggio<br />
|parti F job=Actor ([[Bender]], etc.)<br />
}}<br />
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=== Topics of Discussion ===<br />
*Identifying actors<br />
**[[Pamela Anderson's Head|Pamela Anderson]] cameos as [[Dixie]] after appearing in a [[A Fishful of Dollars|previous episode]] as her self, the dialogue was recorded at the same time.<br />
*The translation of the [[Alien Languages|Alien Language]] is:<br />
**''The following species are ineligible: space wasps, space beavers, any other animal with the word 'space' in front of it, space chickens, and the elusive '''yak-face'''.''<br />
***Yak face is a rare Star Wars figure of {{sw|Saelt-Marae}} not released in the USA. Mint figures have sold for thousands of dollars.<br />
*[[Slurm]] is intended to sound disgusting.<br />
**It was one of the earliest ideas, they decided to fill the universe with numerous pop culture items.<br />
*[[Bender]] is slightly different color when sick.<br />
*Bender's 6502 processor is from the Apple 2 home computer<br />
*[[John DiMaggio|John]] was constantly using the "Why you so stoopid, stoopid?" line before it was written in.<br />
*3D scrabble is inspired by the game 3D chess from ''Star Trek''.<br />
*[[Billy West]], while recording for [[Glurmo]], stared at a picture of {{q|Gene Wilder}}<br />
**Glurmo was going to be Slurmy Slonka<br />
*Early on, the [[Grunka Lunkas]] were to be seen shovelling a mountain of cocaine.<br />
**They were to be caracatures of the Oompa Lompas, but [[Matt Groening]] (who'd never seen ''{{w|Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory}}'') redesigned them.<br />
**There was originally a joke about them having a good union.<br />
*After this episode, the writers' room gained a sign reading "Real Writers' Room".<br />
*Some of the Slurm shirts are in Hebrew.<br />
*[[Amy Wong|Amy]]'s scream when she falls down is always the same recording, [[Lauren Tom|Lauren]] records a few every time anyway.<br />
*The Slurm extraction process used to be more disgusting.<br />
*Two thirds of the episodes feature a trial and/or running away.<br />
*The [[Slurm Queen]]'s torture scene is similar to situations in old ''Batman'' episodes.<br />
*Time cards are reused wherever possible. The one reading "Run away" is wearing out.<br />
*[[Slurms MacKenzie|Slurms]]' party music was originally a temporary track.<br />
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=== Highlights / Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Censor''': Incidentally, some X-Rays can see through metal.</poem><br />
}}<br />
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=== Goofs ===<br />
*A commentator notes that Fry became sterile in this episode later [[Roswell that Ends Well|impregnated his grandmother]], thinking this to be an error. However the worms from "[[Parasites Lost]]", between the two episodes, fix the problem.<br />
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<div>{{character infobox<br />
|name =Spotty Teen Robot<br />
|type =s<br />
|image =[[File:Spotty Teen Robot.png|225px]]<br />
|image text =The Spotty Teen Robot working at [[Loew's ℵ0-Plex]] {{et|2ACV08}}.<br />
|gender =Male<br />
|species =[[Robot]]<br />
|job =Various <br />
|origin =[[Earth]]<br />
|first appear ={{e|2ACV08}}<br />
|voiced by =Tress MacNeille<br />
}}<br />
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The '''Spotty Teen Robot''' is a [[robot]] supposed to look like a teen.<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
In [[3001]], he is seen working at [[Loew's ℵ0-Plex]] {{et|2ACV08}}, and later worked at [[Fishy Joe's]] {{et|2ACV15}}. He attended the [[Big Robot Party]] {{et|4ACV08}}}, and the [[Roboticon 3003]] {{et|4ACV14}}. He attended the [[Violet Dwarf Star Implosion]] ([[Into the Wild Green Yonder|ITWGY]]), he wanted to join [[Planet Express]] {{et|6ACV14}}, and attended the [[Police Academy]] {{et|6ACV16}}. On [[Parade Day Parade]], he was talking with the [[Dr. Ben Beeler]], when a giant globe rolled toward them, [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] could only save Beeler, leaving him to be crushed {{et|6ACV19}}.<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
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== Trivia ==<br />
*He may be a parody/parallel of the [http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Squeaky-Voiced_Teen Squeaky-Voiced Teen] from [[Matt Groening|Matt Groening's]] other show, ''[[The Simpsons]]''.<br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{e|2ACV08}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV15}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV08}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV14}}<br />
*{{f|4}} (seen in [[audience scene|audience]]) <br />
*{{e|6ACV14}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV16}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV19}}<br />
*{{e|7ACV01}}<br />
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[[Category:Robots]]</div>98.198.118.224http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Free_Will_Hunting&diff=116681Free Will Hunting2012-08-10T09:00:15Z<p>98.198.118.224: /* Goofs */</p>
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<div>{{episode infobox<br />
|name=Free Will Hunting<br />
|image=[[File:Free Will Hunting preview 1.png|225px]]<br />
|image text=A screenshot from the episode shown during the live stream of the ''Futurama'' cast and crew live chat, showing robots turning gears.<br />
|season=7<br />
|broadcast season=9<br />
|no=123<br />
|written by=David X. Cohen<br />
|directed by=Raymie Muzquiz<br />
|caption=Warning: Do Not Show To Horses<br />
|title reference=The 1997 film ''{{w|Good Will Hunting}}''<br />
|first aired=8 August, 2012<ref name="MSN TV">{{cite web|url=http://tv.msn.com/tv/series-episodes/futurama/?ipp=40|title=Futurama - Episode Guide|site={{w|MSN TV}}|accessdate=2012-06-09}}</ref><br />
|number=7ACV09<br />
|broadcast number=S09E09<br />
|prev ep=Fun on a Bun<br />
|next ep=Near-Death Wish<br />
}}<br />
{{future video}}<br />
'''"Free Will Hunting"''' is the one hundred and twenty-third episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', the ninth of the [[Season 7|seventh production season]] and the [[Broadcast season 9|ninth broadcast season]]. As as a robot, [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] lacks free will so he embarks on a quest for the meaning of life.<ref name="MSN TV"/> This will feature a return to [[Chapek 9]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2012/06/10-spoilers-90210-seeks-ryan-gosling-shawn-juliet-split-psych-amy-smart-men-at-work.html|title=10 Spoilers: '90210' Season 5 seeks Ryan Gosling, Shawn and Juliet sort of split on 'Psych,' and Amy Smart returns to 'Men at Work'|first=Carina Adly|last=MacKenzie|work=Zap2It|date=17 June, 2012|accessdate=28 June, 2012}}</ref><br />
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== Plot ==<br />
{{Expand section|date=July 2012}}<br />
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== Production ==<br />
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On 27 November 2011, [[CGEF]] revealed the episode's title to be "Freewill Hunting".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gotfuturama.com/Futurama/News/1322408962,18577,/Awesome_Auction_Action.html|title=Awesome Auction Action!|date=27 November 2011|site=[[CGEF]]|accessdate=27 November 2011}}</ref> On 29 February 2012, it revealed the actual title, its writer to be [[David X. Cohen]] and its director to be [[Raymie Muzquiz]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gotfuturama.com/Information/EpisodeGuide/7ACV/|title=Episode Guide: 7 ACV|date=2012-02-29|site=CGEF|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peelified.com/index.php?topic=22731.msg1299002#msg1299002|title="Futurama: Futurama News (pre-season 7)"|site=[[PEEL]]|author="Just Fan"|date=2012-02-29|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref> On 28 June, {{w|MSN TV}} revealed the episode's plot and air date.<ref name="MSN TV"/><br />
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On 12 July, following the broadcast of the episode "[[Zapp Dingbat]]", the public were given the opportunity to participate in a live chat with the ''Futurama'' cast and crew. Several clips of "Free Will Hunting" were shown during the live stream.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.peelified.com/index.php?topic=23178.msg1326287#msg1326287 |title="Newsarama! (Futurama News Thread)" (page 1) |site=[[PEEL]] |author="Tastes Like Fry" |date=2012-07-12 |accessdate=2012-07-13}}</ref><br />
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== Additional information ==<br />
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=== Trivia ===<br />
*Bender delivers a package to Mr. 147573952589676412927 — which is equal to 2<sup>67</sup> − 1.<br />
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=== Allusions ===<br />
*The episode's title is a parody of the 1997 drama film, ''{{w|Good Will Hunting}}''.<br />
*The robot tattooist has the name of the printer manufacturer, Epson, upside down on it's chest.<br />
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=== Continuity ===<br />
*{{e|6ACV25}}<br />
**When Bender became overclocked, he found out the meaning of life, which he later forgot.<br />
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=== Goofs ===<br />
* In this story, they can't charge Bender, because as a robot he doesn't have free will, but this has never been brought up before, when he or any other robot is on trial.<br />
** In all other cases, either he was found not-guilty because his programming didn't allow him to be charged guilty, or he was found guilty because his programming would not allow him to be found not-guilty. The closing statement about free-will is actually irrelevant except to trigger the coding for his soul-searching.<br />
* The Professor states he programmed all robots, so they would be unable to harm him, but in the Late Philip J Fry, Bender and him get into a fist fight, Also in Bender's Game he almost sells the professor out to the orcs, and in Bendless Love he three times bends the Professor's spine. Why has this never worked before now?<br />
** Regarding the fist fight, Bender isn't doing anything of major consequence to the Professor, while bending his spine merely affected him, though Bender was unaware of his actions and was on impulse. The other thing is part of a fantasy.<br />
* If the free-will device was built after the Robots, then how did they know what shape it was going to be, to give to the robots?<br />
** Farnsworth was designing it around that anticipated shape.<br />
* Bender seems incapable of overcoming his programming in this episode, but in Space Pilot 3000 he's able to after being electrocuted.<br />
** Even if the program has changed, it does not mean that Bender had free will.<br />
* Fry and Leela cannot land on Chapek 9's surface because of the anti-human sentiment, despite the robots cheering the humans for providing crucial lugnuts in Fear of a Bot Planet.<br />
** Entirely possible that human hatred did not completely vanish, or the elders continued using humanity as a scapegoat for issues<br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
{{chars-begin}}<br />
*[[Amy]]<br />
*[[Bender]]<br />
*[[Clamps]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Dean Suspendington]]<br />
*[[Donbot]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Fabricio]]<br />
*[[Farnsworth]]<br />
*[[Fatbot]] (cameo)<br />
*[[Fry]]<br />
*[[Hedonismbot]]<br />
*[[Hermes]]<br />
*[[Hyper-Chicken]]<br />
*[[Joey Mousepad]]<br />
*[[Judge 724]]<br />
*[[Leela]]<br />
*[[Mom]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Paco]]<br />
*[[Resin-offering robot|Mr. 147573952589676412927]]<br />
*[[Robot Elders]]<br />
*[[Ron Whitey]] (cameo)<br />
*[[Scruffy]]<br />
*[[Spotty Teen Robot]] (cameo)<br />
*[[Yellow and red lawyer]]<br />
*[[Zoidberg]]<br />
{{chars-end}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{reflist}}<br />
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<div>{{episode infobox<br />
|name=The Thief of Baghead<br />
|image=[[File:Countdown to Futurama 2012 (video 4).png|225px]]<br />
|image text=[[Leela]], [[Farnsworth]], [[Fry]], [[Amy]], [[Hermes]] and [[Zoidberg]] waiting for [[Bender]] to take a photograph of them.<br />
|season=7<br />
|broadcast season=9<br />
|no=118<br />
|written by=Dan Vebber<br />
|directed by=Edmund Fong<br />
|title reference=The film ''{{w|The Thief of Bagdad (1940 film)|The Thief of Bagdad}}'' and the film ''{{w|Baghead}}''<br />
|caption=If this show's a-rockin', don't come a-knockin'<br />
|first aired=4 July 2012<br />
|number=7ACV04<br />
|broadcast number=S09E04<br />
|prev ep=Decision 3012<br />
|next ep=Zapp Dingbat<br />
|hasstoryboard=yes<br />
}}<br />
"'''The Thief of Baghead'''" is the one hundred and eighteenth episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', the fourth of the [[Season 7|seventh production season]] and the [[Broadcast season 9|ninth broadcast season]]. It aired on 4 July 2012 on [[Comedy Central]]. [[Bender]] wants to take a photo of [[Langdon Cobb|an actor whose face has never been seen]] so he joins the paparazzi.<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
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=== Act I: "Picture time! Everybody get together!" ===<br />
After watching an episode of ''[[All My Circuits]]'', [[Amy]] suggests that the crew take a trip to the aquarium. While there, Bender shows his liking for photography, and mentions that he is the last photographer on [[Earth]] to use {{w|Photographic film|film}}. After discovering [[Calculon]] is at the aquarium, Bender follows him around and harasses him by taking photos of him, to the point where Calculon leaves out of frustration. Back at [[Planet Express headquarters]], Bender shows off his photos to [[Leela]] and [[Zoidberg]], but is disappointed with the ones of Calculon. However, Zoidberg is impressed with them, and suggests that Bender go to [[Hollywood]] and take them to the offices of ''[[Us People]]'' magazine. Bender does so, and the managing editor of the magazine, [[Larvae Levin]], is pleased enough with the photos that he offers Bender a job as a paparazzo.<br />
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=== Act II: "I'd like to introduce you to Bender! The newest member of our paparazzo family!" ===<br />
Bender is successful at getting many front page images for the magazine. Later, Zoidberg shows him a documentary about the greatest actor in the universe, [[Langdon Cobb]], a man who believes he should be admired for his acting and not for his looks, and therefore always wears a brown paper bag on his head. The documentary states that no one has ever taken a photo of Cobb's true appearance, which inspires Bender to take one.<br />
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While breaking into Cobb's compound, Bender is chased by an unusual mushroom dog, but escapes it and manages to take a picture of Cobb by hiding in his fireplace. Cobb begs Bender to never show the image to anyone, and Bender agrees. However, he immediately takes the picture to [[Fry]]; when Fry sees it, a green light bursts from his eyes and mouth and his body is reduced to a shell. Curious, Bender shows the image to Amy and [[Hermes]], too, and finds that it has the same effect. He realises that the image of Langdon has this effect on all living creatures. The Professor recognizes the symptoms and identifies the cause; Langdon Cobb is an alien from [[Bryoria 6]], an organism with two bodies linked by quantum entanglement; the actor is the Id of the creature, and the unusual fungus animal that chased Bender is the ego, which feeds off of attention. Any living creature that looks on the Id's face will have its life force sucked out to feed the ego. In order to rescue their friends, they must weaken Cobb's ego so that they can attack it and free the victims' life forces. Zoidberg suggests that they could do this by taking advantage of an upcoming acting competition between Cobb and Calculon; if they can ensure that Calculon wins, Cobb should be weakened. Leela and Bender present their plan to Calculon while Zoidberg and the Professor break into Cobb's compound to be ready to attack the ego when it weakens. Calculon agrees to their plan out of a desire to outshine Cobb, and performs the final death scene of Romeo and Juliet; to ensure a strong performance, he decides to drink real poison and die on stage.<br />
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=== Act III: "There's a humongous fungus among us!" ===<br />
Calculon delivers a moving performance and goes through with his plan to drink the poison. However, Cobb is still declared the winner of the competition, and his ego only becomes stronger. It attacks the theatre where the competition is taking place. Bender theorizes that if he shows Cobb the picture of himself, it will suck out his life force; to do so, he must manually develop the film in the dark room in his torso. While Bender takes his time to develop the photo perfectly, Cobb explains to the others that, rather than sucking out life forces as the other members of his species do, he has been sustaining himself by milking the admiration that the people of Earth have for actors. By the time Bender develops the photo properly, Leela, Zoidberg and the Professor have had their life forces sucked out as well. Unfortunately, Cobb cannot be hurt by the photo; however, his admiration of its quality inflates his ego to the point that it bursts, releasing the absorbed life forces of all of his victims and restoring them to full health.<br />
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== Production ==<br />
In 2012, two revelations concerning the episode were made. On 29 February, [[CGEF]] revealed the episode's title, its writer to be [[Dan Vebber]] and its director to be [[Edmund Fong]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gotfuturama.com/Information/EpisodeGuide/7ACV/|title=Episode Guide: 7 ACV|date=2012-02-29|site=[[CGEF]]|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peelified.com/index.php?topic=22731.msg1299002#msg1299002|title="Futurama: Futurama News (pre-season 7)"|site=[[PEEL]]|author="Just Fan"|date=2012-02-29|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref> On 2 May, {{w|MSN TV}} revealed the episode's plot and air date.<ref name="MSN">{{cite web|url=http://tv.msn.com/tv/series-episodes/futurama/?ipp=40|title=Futurama - Episode Guide|site={{w|MSN TV}}|accessdate=2012-05-02}}</ref><br />
<br />
In May, ''[[Countdown to Futurama]]'' began releasing promotional material for the episode. It has so far released eleven items: A design of a new [[character]], the [[Mushroom Ego]], and part of [[Storyboard:The Thief of Baghead|the storyboard]] showing the Mushroom Ego chase Bender on 18 May,<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 1">{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/23296228659/countdown-to-futurama-mushroom-dog-were-18-days|title=Countdown to Futurama: Mushroom Dog|author=Matt Tobey|date=2012-05-18|site=Comedy Centrl|accessdate=2012-05-18}}</ref> a [[promotional picture]] showing [[Fry]], [[Hermes]] and [[Amy]] husks and a character design of Fry and Amy zombies on 19 May,<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 2">{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/23355365230/countdown-to-futurama-husks-and-zombies-today-we|title=Countdown to Futurama: Husks and Zombies|author=Matt Tobey|date=2012-05-19|site=Comedy Centrl|accessdate=2012-05-19}}</ref> a design of another new character, Langdon Cobb,<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 3">{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/23479575034/countdown-to-futurama-langdon-cobb-so-far-we|title=Countdown to Futurama: Langdon Cobb|author=Matt Tobey|date=2012-05-21|site=Comedy Centrl|accessdate=2012-05-21}}</ref> and part of the storyboard showing an excerpt of an ''[[All My Circuits]]'' episode on 21 May,<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 4">{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/23488631380/countdown-to-futurama-all-my-circuits-storyboard|title=Countdown to Futurama: All My Circuits Storyboard|author=Matt Tobey|date=2012-05-21|site=Comedy Centrl|accessdate=2012-05-21}}</ref> a video clip featuring Bender making [[Zoidberg]], Hermes, Amy, Fry, [[Leela]] and [[Farnsworth]] angry as he attempts to take a photograph of them<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 5">{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/23552096012/countdown-to-futurama-just-take-the-damn-picture|title=Countdown to Futurama: Just Take the Damn Picture|author=Matt Tobey|date=2012-05-22|site=[http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/ Comedy Centrl [sic<nowiki>]</nowiki>]|accessdate=2012-05-22}}</ref> and the third ''Futurama'' [[podcast]]<ref name="Podcast">{{cite web|url=http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/futurama-countdown-to-futurama/id526059138|title=iTunes - Podcasts - Futurama: Countdown to Futurama by Comedy Central (Week 3)|author=[[Comedy Central]]|date=2012-05-22|site={{w|iTunes Store}}|accessdate=2012-05-23}}</ref> - which confirmed that a storyline involving Calculon competing in the World Acting Championship that was revealed at the 2011 {{w|San Diego Comic-Con International|San Diego Comic-Con}}<ref name="slurmed-comiccon">{{cite web |url=http://slurmed.com/news/2011-07-27/san-diego-comic-con-2011-futurama-panel-sneak-peeks-and-video |title=San Diego Comic-Con 2011 Futurama panel sneak peeks + videos |publisher=The Futurama Point |author=JavieR |date=2011-07-27 |accessdate=2011-08-22}}</ref> was from the episode - on 22 May, a character design of Zoidberg and Farnsworth dressed as burglars on 23 May,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/23622207598/countdown-to-futurama-zoidberg-and-farnsworth|title=Countdown to Futurama: Zoidberg and Farnsworth Burglars|author=Matt Tobey|date=2012-05-23|site=Comedy Centrl|accessdate=2012-05-23}}</ref> a promotional picture showing Bender dressed as a tourist on 24 May<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 12">{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/23678431894/countdown-to-futurama-tourist-bender-today-we|title=Countdown to Futurama: Tourist Bender|author=Matt Tobey|date=2012-05-24|site=Comedy Centrl|accessdate=2012-05-24}}</ref> and the fourth ''Futurama'' podcast - which revealed that the reason why Zoidberg and Farnsworth get dressed as burglars is that they break into Langdon Cobb's estate to find some dirt on him - on 29 May.<ref name="Podcast"/><br />
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== Additional information ==<br />
<br />
=== Allusions ===<br />
*The episode's title is a reference to the film ''{{w|The Thief of Bagdad (1940 film)|The Thief of Bagdad}}''.<br />
*The [[Monsterey Bay Aquarium]]'s name is a play on the name of the {{w|Monterey Bay Aquarium}}.<br />
*[[Fry]] and [[Amy]]'s zombie appearances are a reference to the aliens in the [[1988]] science fiction-horror film ''{{w|They Live}}''.<br />
*[[Larvae Levin]] is a parody of reporter and producer {{w|Harvey Levin}}, founder of gossip website {{w|TMZ}}.<br />
*[[Selena Go-Bot]] is a parody of American actress and singer {{w|Selena Gomez}}.<br />
*[[Parts Hilton]] is a parody of celebutante {{w|Paris Hilton}}.<br />
*''[[Us People]]'' magazine is an amalgamation of ''{{w|Us Weekly}}'' and ''{{w|People Magazine}}''.<br />
*[[Leela]] mispronounces [[William Shakespeare]]'s first name as "Will.i.am Shakespeare", a reference to American hip-hop musician {{w|will.i.am}}.<br />
*The "id" and the "ego" are two parts of the psyche according to Freud.<br />
*After Langdon Cobb tells his butler, LeRoy, that he wants to relax with his bag off and that LeRoy should leave, LeRoy responds by saying "By your command." This is a reference to the {{w|Cylon}} catchphrase from the television series ''{{w|Battlestar Galactica}}''.<br />
*[[Zoidberg]] says to [[Farnsworth]] "Faster, Professor! Kill! Kill!", a reference to the 1965 film ''{{w|Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!}}''<br />
<br />
=== Continuity ===<br />
*[[Bender's camera]] makes its first appearance since "[[The Bots and the Bees]]".<br />
*[[Bender's sunglasses]] were last seen in "[[Decision 3012]]".<br />
*The ''[[Tea with Titans]]'' segment of [[Channel √2 News]] was last seen in ''[[Bender's Game]]''.<br />
*The referee uses the phrase "Ladies and gentlemen and [[smizmar]]s", previously used by another referee in "[[Raging Bender]]".<br />
*The [[Professor Farnsworth|Professor]]'s device used to scan for life in the year [[1000000000]] in "[[The Late Philip J. Fry]]" is used to scan [[Fry]], [[Amy]] and [[Hermes]]' husks when their life forces are removed.<br />
*Fry uses his supposed catchphrase, "[[Help! Police!]]" in this episode.<br />
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=== Quotes ===<br />
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{{q|<br />
<poem>'''[[Calculon]]''': [as [[Calculon (All My Circuits)|''All My Circuits'' counterpart]]] It seems someone in this room... is a murderer! ...It's me. But the real question is, which of you is the victim? And that secret I shall take to my grave!<br />
''[He stabs himself with a sword.]''</poem><br />
<poem>'''[[Hermes]]''': Film? Who uses film? We've had digital cameras for a thousand years!<br />
'''[[Bender]]''': Digital?!? ''[Bender turns his head to his right, spits and turns his head back.]'' No digital camera can capture the warmth and grain o' good, ol' film.<br />
'''[[Farnsworth]]''': How can you even tell?!? Your eyes are digital cameras.</poem><br />
<poem>'''[[Leela]]''': ''[to Calculon]'' Now, your only chance is a classic death scene, one with a lot of thy's and thou's.<br />
'''[[Bender]]''': ''Voíla!'' The tragic end of "Rome-o and Julie-t."<br />
'''Leela''': That's ''Romeo and Juliet'', dummy...by will.i.am Shakespeare.</poem><br />
<poem>'''[[Fry]]''': What happened? Did you save us Leela?<br />
'''[[Leela]]''': Actually no, for once it was Bender.<br />
'''Fry''': Really? Well thanks for whatever you did Bender.<br />
'''[[Bender]]''': It was a lot, and you'll never be able to pay me back.</poem><br />
}}<br />
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===Trivia===<br />
*The topics on the blackboard of the office of Us People include:<br />
**[[Hypnotoad]] paternity suit<br />
**[[Morbo]]'s backside blow<br />
**[[Harold Zoid]]'s shocking revelation<br />
**[[H.G. Blob]]'s botox disaster<br />
**[[Langdon Cobb]] bags Oscar<br />
**(In [[Alien Language 1]]) Earth invasions gone wild<br />
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===Goofs ===<br />
<br />
*The Professor repeatedly is annoyed when the crew says "soul" instead of life force, however in "[[Obsoletely Fabulous]]" it was shown that they have soul detectors in the future, suggesting the soul have been scientifically proven to exist.<br />
<!--<br />
And maybe that's why the Professor is annoyed, because these are _not_ souls, but rather life forces, which is apparently something different?<br />
--><br />
*Langdon Cobb's house had a fifty foot force field around it, so his ego shouldn't have been able to get out and to the concert hall.<br />
**The ego had swollen to a size were it could have easily jumped over or broke through the force field.<br />
*If Bender's camera is simply a non futuristic film camera, then the heat of the fire he hid in to take Langdon Cobb's photo should have caused the camera to melt or the film to burn.<br />
*The Professor explains that looking upon a Quantum Lichen drains any living things life force. This shouldn't mean that their bodies are reduced to skin, as their bones, fat blood, and organs would remain.<br />
**Unless, a life force includes the living matter it inhabits. Only the dead cells (hair and the topmost layer of skin) remained after the life forces were removed.<br />
*If a robot drunk battery acid, it would corrode their insides.<br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
{{chars-begin}}<br />
*[[Amy]]<br />
*[[Bender]]<br />
*[[Boxy Robot]]<br />
*[[Calculon]]<br />
*[[Scoop Chang]]<br />
*[[Farnsworth]]<br />
*[[Fly Mutant]]<br />
*[[Fry]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Selena Go-Bot]]<br />
*[[Hermes]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Parts Hilton]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Langdon Cobb]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Larvae Levin]]<br />
*[[Leela]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[LeRoy]]<br />
*[[Monique]]<br />
*[[Morbo]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Pookie]]<br />
*[[Richard Nixon's head]]<br />
*'''Debut''': The [[Robot boy]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Starlet #3's head]]<br />
*[[Zapp Brannigan|Zapp]]<br />
*[[Zoidberg]]<br />
{{chars-end}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:A plots focusing on Bender]]</div>98.198.118.224http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Talk:Fun_on_a_Bun&diff=116453Talk:Fun on a Bun2012-08-03T22:02:12Z<p>98.198.118.224: Strange goofs addition</p>
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<div>== Strange goofs addition ==<br />
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Found this in the goofs section:<br />
* During the Battle, all the ships are far to weak to actual stand up to space travel.<br />
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Since there is no explanation and the grammar is atrocious, I've opted to remove it from the page until its author can explain himself. [[Special:Contributions/98.198.118.224|98.198.118.224]] 00:02, 4 August 2012 (CEST)</div>98.198.118.224http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Fun_on_a_Bun&diff=116452Fun on a Bun2012-08-03T22:00:50Z<p>98.198.118.224: /* Goofs */</p>
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<div>{{episode infobox<br />
|name=Fun on a Bun<br />
|image=[[File:Fun on a Bun screenshot.png|225px]]<br />
|image text=[[Bender]] pulling a woolly mammoth's body out of a hole.<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 6">{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/25373731446/countdown-to-futurama-woolly-mammoth-clip-with|title=Countdown to Futurama: Woolly Mammoth Clip|author=Matt Tobey|date=2012-06-18|site=[http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/ Comedy Centrl [sic<nowiki>]</nowiki>]|accessdate=2012-06-19}}</ref><br />
|season=7<br />
|broadcast season=9<br />
|no=122<br />
|written by=Dan Vebber<br />
|directed by=Stephen Sandoval<br />
|title reference=[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]]'s catchphrase "[[fun on the bun]]"<br />
|caption=N/A<br />
|first aired=1 August 2012<ref name="MSN TV"/><br />
|number=7ACV08<br />
|broadcast number=S09E08<br />
|hasanimatic=yes<br />
|hasstoryboard=yes<br />
|prev ep=The Six Million Dollar Mon<br />
|next ep=Free Will Hunting<br />
|hasanimatic=yes<br />
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{{confused|Fun on the bun}}<br />
"'''Fun on a Bun'''" is the one hundred and twenty-second episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', the eighth of the [[Season 7|seventh production season]] and the [[Broadcast season 9|ninth broadcast season]]. [[Fry]] is the victim of a horrific sausage-making accident.<ref name="MSN TV"/><br />
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== Plot ==<br />
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The [[Planet Express crew]] visits [[Oktoberfest]], which has now turned into a classy affair, much to Fry's dismay. [[Bender]] enters a sausage-making contest where Fry becomes the victim of a horrific sausage-making accident. He joins a group of neanderthals and leads a battle against an army of modern spaceships led by [[Zapp Brannigan]].<ref name="Week 7 Podcast">{{cite web | url = http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/futurama-countdown-to-futurama/id526059138 | title = iTunes - Podcasts - Futurama: Countdown to Futurama by Comedy Central (Week 7) | author = [[Comedy Central]] | date = 2012-06-20 | site = {{w|iTunes Store}} | accessdate = 2012-06-28}}</ref> He and [[Leela]] lose their memories of each other.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.ign.com/articles/2012/06/18/futuramas-back-and-bigger-than-the-red-hot-chili-peppers|author=Max Nicholson|date=2012-06-18|title=Futurama's Back...|site=IGN|accessdate=2012-06-18}}</ref><br />
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== Production ==<br />
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In 2011, a few revelations concerning the episode were made. On 15 November, ''Futurama'' assistant director [[Aimee Steinberger]] revealed that "[the production team was] done with [the episode]", calling it "[her] most time intensive grueling ep ever", and that [[Animatic:Fun on a Bun|the animatic]] would be screened "on the [[20th Century Fox|FOX]] lot [on the next day]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/#!/aimeekitty/status/136597639612469248|author=[[Aimee Steinberger]]|date=2011-11-15|title=aimeekitty|site={{w|Twitter}}|accessdate=2011-11-16}}</ref> On the next day, after leaving the screening, she revealed that "Everyone [had] liked it"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/#!/aimeekitty/status/136911753979248640|author=Aimee Steinberger|date=2011-11-16|title=aimeekitty|site=Twitter|accessdate=2011-11-16}}</ref> and, after watching the animatic, ''Futurama'' writer [[Eric Rogers]] revealed that it "might be [the best episode of the ninth broadcast season]", calling it "EPIC".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/#!/Kitchelfilms/status/137026436946067456|author=[[Eric Rogers]]|date=2011-11-16|title=Kitchelfilms|site=Twitter|accessdate=2011-11-17}}</ref><br />
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In 2012, more revelations concerning the episode were made. On 29 February, [[CGEF]] revealed the episode's title, its writer to be [[Dan Vebber]] and its director to be [[Stephen Sandoval]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gotfuturama.com/Information/EpisodeGuide/7ACV/|title=Episode Guide: 7 ACV|date=2012-02-29|site=[[CGEF]]|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peelified.com/index.php?topic=22731.msg1299002#msg1299002|title="Futurama: Futurama News (pre-season 7)"|site=[[PEEL]]|author="Just Fan"|date=2012-02-29|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref> On 20 April, Steinberger revealed that she "[had seen] fully animated color acts 2 and 3 back from [[Rough Draft, Korea|Korea]] on [her 7ACV08 the previous day]" and that she "still [thought it was] a really great show"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/#!/aimeekitty/status/193403665237815299|author=Aimee Steinberger|date=2012-04-20|title=aimeekitty|site=Twitter|accessdate=2012-04-21}}</ref> and Rogers jokingly asked her if "[she had been] expecting it to be worse".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/#!/ERogTweets2Much/status/193412455408484352|author=Eric Rogers|date=2012-04-20|title=ERogTweets2Much|site=Twitter|accessdate=2012-04-21}}</ref> On the next day, she, in reply to him, revealed that "[it had been] demanding a lot" and that "[she thought that] when [it was] done [it would] be nice"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/#!/aimeekitty/status/193503099539816448|author=Aimee Steinberger|date=2012-04-21|title=aimeekitty|site=Twitter|accessdate=2012-04-21}}</ref> and he, in reply to her, revealed that "[it was] a monster, for sure, but [that [[Rough Draft]]] always [delivered]" and that "[it would] be awesome as always".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/#!/ERogTweets2Much/status/193503352896761856|author=Eric Rogers|date=2012-04-21|title=ERogTweets2Much|site=Twitter|accessdate=2012-04-21}}</ref> By 8 June,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peelified.com/index.php?topic=23053.msg1319010#msg1319010|title=Futurama: Futurama News (including but not limited to Countdown to Season 7) - Page 8|author=Just Fan|date=2012-06-08|site=PEEL|accessdate=2012-06-09}}</ref> {{w|MSN TV}} had revealed the episode's plot and air date.<ref name="MSN TV">{{cite web|url=http://tv.msn.com/tv/series-episodes/futurama/?ipp=40|title=Futurama - Episode Guide|site={{w|MSN TV}}|accessdate=2012-06-09}}</ref><br />
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In June, ''[[Countdown to Futurama]]'' began releasing promotional material for the episode. It has so far released seven items: a design of the cover of ''[[Unfrozen Dude Magazine]]'' on 13 June,<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 1">{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/25032474238/countdown-to-futurama-unfrozen-dude-magazine-we|title=Countdown to Futurama: Unfrozen Dude Magazine|author=Matt Tobey|date=2012-06-13|site=[http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/ Comedy Centrl [sic<nowiki>]</nowiki>]|accessdate=2012-06-13}}</ref> a design of a [[Neanderthal chief]] on 14 June,<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 2">{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/25102640496/countdown-to-futurama-neanderthal-chief|title=Countdown to Futurama: Neanderthal Chief|author=Matt Tobey|date=2012-06-14|site=[http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/ Comedy Centrl [sic<nowiki>]</nowiki>]|accessdate=2012-06-16}}</ref> part of the [[Storyboard:Fun on a Bun|storyboard]] set in a sausage contest showing [[Bender]] angry about winning third place and Zapp as a judge on 15 June,<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 3">{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/25162886775/countdown-to-futurama-sausage-judge-todays|title=Countdown to Futurama: Sausage Judge|author=Matt Tobey|date=2012-06-15|site=[http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/ Comedy Centrl [sic<nowiki>]</nowiki>]|accessdate=2012-06-16}}</ref> a design of a Neanderthal version of Fry on 16 June,<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 4">{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/25230053168/countdown-to-futurama-neanderthal-fry-sorry-to|title=Countdown to Futurama: Neanderthal Fry|author=Matt Tobey|date=2012-06-16|site=[http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/ Comedy Centrl [sic<nowiki>]</nowiki>]|accessdate=2012-06-18}}</ref> a [[promotional picture]] showing a drunk Fry on 17 June,<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 5">{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/25296612577/countdown-to-futurama-drunk-fry-a-drunk-fry|title=Countdown to Futurama: Drunk Fry|author=Matt Tobey|date=2012-06-17|site=[http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/ Comedy Centrl [sic<nowiki>]</nowiki>]|accessdate=2012-06-18}}</ref> a video clip featuring Bender and a drunken Fry, wearing a chicken over his head, searching for woolly mammoth with an elephant detector on 18 June<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 6"/> and a promotional picture of a group of Neanderthals charging with woolly mammoth on 19 June.<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 7">{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/25446665234/countdown-to-futurama-mastodon-well-thats-it|title=Countdown to Futurama: Mastodon|author=Matt Tobey|date=2012-06-19|site=[http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/ Comedy Centrl [sic<nowiki>]</nowiki>]|accessdate=2012-06-21}}</ref> The seventh ''Countdown to Futurama'' podcast revealed more information about the episode, including elements of its plot.<ref name="Week 7 Podcast"/><br />
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On 12 July, following the broadcast of the episode "[[Zapp Dingbat]]", the public were given the opportunity to participate in a live chat with the ''Futurama'' cast and crew. Several clips of "Fun on a Bun" were shown during the live stream.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.peelified.com/index.php?topic=23178.msg1326287#msg1326287 |title="Newsarama! (Futurama News Thread)" (page 1) |site=[[PEEL]] |author="Tastes Like Fry" |date=2012-07-12 |accessdate=2012-07-13}}</ref><br />
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== Reception ==<br />
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On 3 May 2012, Aimee Steinberger revealed that she had "watched the finalish color, full animation for [the episode] at the FOX lot [on that day]", that "it really did turn out nice" and that she was "Really proud of [it]"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/#!/aimeekitty/status/198164139879841794|title=aimeekitty|author=Aimee Steinberger|date=2012-05-03|site=Twitter|accessdate=2012-05-03}}</ref> and Eric Rogers called it the "[[2013]] [[Emmy]] nominee", "Epic fun"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/#!/ERogTweets2Much/status/198165752409358337|title=ERogTweets2Much|author=Eric Rogers|date=2012-05-03|site=Twitter|accessdate=2012-05-03}}</ref> and "awesome".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/#!/DannyJC13/status/198166741627580417|title=ERogTweets2Much|author=Eric Rogers|date=2012-05-03|site=Twitter|accessdate=2012-05-03}}</ref><br />
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== Additional information ==<br />
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=== Trivia ===<br />
*This episode is among the ''Futurama'' [[:Category:Media featuring its title|media featuring its title within the story]].<br />
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=== Allusions ===<br />
*The episode's title is a reference to [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]]'s catchphrase "[[fun on the bun]]".<br />
*Bender putting a giant set of ribs in front of [[Zapp Brannigan]] is a reference to the closing credits of the {{w|The Flintstones}}.<br />
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=== Continuity ===<br />
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*{{e|1ACV04}}<br />
**Zapp tells Leela that "this time I'm the one criticizing the sausage."<br />
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*When [[Leela]] regains all her memories of Fry, scenes of them together are shown from "[[Space Pilot 3000]]", "[[The Series Has Landed]]", "[[Fear of a Bot Planet]]", "[[My Three Suns]]", "[[A Flight to Remember]]", "[[Leela's Homeworld]]", "[[Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles]]", "[[The Sting]]", "[[The Farnsworth Parabox]]", "[[The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings]]", "''[[Bender's Game]]''", "''[[Into the Wild Green Yonder]]''", "[[The Late Philip J. Fry]]", "[[The Prisoner of Benda]]", "[[The Mutants Are Revolting]]" and "[[Overclockwise]]".<br />
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=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''[[Professor Farnsworth|Professor]]''': [[Planet Express crew|Crew]], you're working too hard.<br />
''[Bender staples another picture of a clown to the wall, which has been poorly coloured in, like a child's drawing.]''<br />
'''[[Bender]]''': Tell me about it.<br />
'''Professor''': For once, I thought it might be nice to do something in a social setting! Finally get to know each other. Why, I don't even know half your names! ''[He points to Fry.]'' You, boy! What do they call you?<br />
'''[[Fry]]''': Most folks just call me 'Orange Joe'.</poem><br />
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=== Goofs ===<br />
* Ground sloth and saber-toothed cats were only found in the Americas, thus Neanderthals would have never interacted with them.<br />
** The 11 thousand years since then could change that.<br />
* At the beginning of and during Oktoberfest, Fry is unhappily sober because all beer is dispensed in tiny steins, but during the invasion, much larger mugs are shown.<br />
* During the invasion, the ship is seen firing, but in previous episodes a gunner (Fry) was in place. The gunner position itself is unnecessary if Leela can control the ships guns all from her console.<br />
** It is most likely that the ship has a targeting system via Leela's console, but a manual gunner position is available to take the strain off of the captain so he/she can concentrate on flying.<br />
* Although the map of Germany and the location of the famous Neanderthal are quite accurate, the Oktoberfest is actually held in Munich in the southeast (although in the 1000 years between our day and theirs it could have changed location). The glaciers of the Alps nearby would have made a good place for finding prehistoric mammoths and people, since for example Ötzi the Iceman was found there.<br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
{{chars-begin}}<br />
*[[Amy]]<br />
*[[Bender]]<br />
*[[Elzar]]<br />
*[[Fry]]<br />
*[[Hermes]]<br />
*[[Kif]]<br />
*[[Leela]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Neanderthal chief]]<br />
*[[Ron Whitey]]<br />
*[[Zapp]]<br />
*[[Zoidberg]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:A plots focusing on Fry]]</div>98.198.118.224http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Near-Death_Wish&diff=116304Near-Death Wish2012-07-31T04:28:27Z<p>98.198.118.224: /* Goofs */</p>
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<div>{{episode infobox<br />
|name=Near-Death Wish<br />
|image=[[File:Near-Death Wish preview 1.png|225px]]<br />
|image text=A screenshot from the episode shown during the live stream of the ''Futurama'' cast and crew live chat, showing [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]], [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]], [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] and two elderly people in Trop Vieux Manor.<br />
|season=7<br />
|broadcast season=9<br />
|no=124<br />
|written by=Eric Horsted<br />
|directed by=Lance Kramer<br />
|caption=N/A<br />
|first aired=15 August, 2012<ref name="MSN TV">{{cite web|url=http://tv.msn.com/tv/episode/futurama/untitled.22/|title=Futurama - 'Near-Death Wish' Episode Info|site={{w|MSN TV}}|accessdate=2012-06-29}}</ref><br />
|number=7ACV10<br />
|broadcast number=S09E10<br />
|title reference=The [[Near-Death Star]] and the term "{{w|Deathwish|death wish}}"<br />
|prev ep=Free Will Hunting<br />
|next ep=31st Century Fox<br />
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"'''Near-Death Wish'''" is the one hundred and twenty-fourth episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', the tenth of the [[Season 7|seventh production season]] and the [[Broadcast season 9|ninth broadcast season]].<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
When [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|the Professor]] learns that his parents are coming out of virtual retirement from the [[Near-Death Star]], he becomes upset.<ref name="MSN TV"/><br />
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== Production ==<br />
On 28 July 2011, it was revealed at the {{w|San Diego Comic-Con}} that, in an episode of the seventh production season, Professor Farnsworth's parents would be revealed to be still alive and living in the [[Near Death Star]].<ref name="slurmed-comiccon">{{cite web |url=http://slurmed.com/news/2011-07-27/san-diego-comic-con-2011-futurama-panel-sneak-peeks-and-video |title=San Diego Comic-Con 2011 Futurama panel sneak peeks + videos |publisher=The Futurama Point |author=JavieR |date=2011-07-27 |accessdate=2011-08-22}}</ref> On 29 February 2012, [[CGEF]] revealed the episode's title, its writer to be [[Eric Horsted]] and its director to be [[Lance Kramer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gotfuturama.com/Information/EpisodeGuide/7ACV/|title=Episode Guide: 7 ACV|date=2012-02-29|site=[[CGEF]]|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peelified.com/index.php?topic=22731.msg1299002#msg1299002|title="Futurama: Futurama News (pre-season 7)"|site=[[PEEL]]|author="Just Fan"|date=2012-02-29|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref> On 29 June, {{w|MSN TV}} revealed the episode's air date.<ref name="MSN TV"/><br />
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On 12 July, following the broadcast of the episode "[[Zapp Dingbat]]", the public were given the opportunity to participate in a live chat with the ''Futurama'' cast and crew. Several clips of "Near-Death Wish" were shown during the live stream.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.peelified.com/index.php?topic=23178.msg1326287#msg1326287 |title="Newsarama! (Futurama News Thread)" (page 1) |site=[[PEEL]] |author="Tastes Like Fry" |date=2012-07-12 |accessdate=2012-07-13}}</ref><br />
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=== Image gallery ===<br />
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<gallery><br />
Near-Death Wish preview 2.png|A screenshot from the episode shown during the live stream, showing Fry, Bender and Leela traveling within the Near-Death Star.<br />
Near-Death Wish preview 3.png|A screenshot from the episode shown during the live stream, showing cars approaching [[Planet Express headquarters]].<br />
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== Additional information ==<br />
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=== Allusions ===<br />
*The episode's title is a reference to the [[Near-Death Star]] and the term "{{w|Deathwish|death wish}}".<br />
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=== Goofs ===<br />
*In "[[The Sting]]", when [[Fry]] is thought to be dead, the [[Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor]] claims to be the oldest living member left in his family. However, the events of this scene were all part of [[Leela]]'s dream, so it is unknown if it is the truth or not. Plus the Professor has a terrible memory.<br />
** The question becomes a matter of "living" status for those in virtual retirement. As of right now (before the airing of this episode) those sent to the Near-Death Star never returned.<br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
{{chars-begin}}<br />
*[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]]<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]<br />
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]<ref name="MSN TV"/><br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Farnsworth's father]]<ref name="MSN TV"/><br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Farnsworth's mother]]<ref name="MSN TV"/><br />
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]<br />
*[[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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<div>{{episode infobox<br />
|name=The Six Million Dollar Mon<br />
|image=[[File:The Six Million Dollar Mon screenshot.png|225px]]<br />
|image text=[[Hermes]] - with an extendo arm and cycloscanner eyes - and [[LaBarbara]] in [[Conrad family home|bed]].<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 7"/><br />
|season=7<br />
|broadcast season=9<br />
|no=121<br />
|written by=Ken Keeler<br />
|directed by=Peter Avanzino<br />
|title reference=The American television series ''{{w|The Six Million Dollar Man}}'' and the fact that Hermes pronounces "man" as "mon"<br />
|caption=This Episode Worth 250 Futurama Points<br />
|first aired=25 July 2012<ref name="MSN TV"/><br />
|number=7ACV07<br />
|broadcast number=S09E07<br />
|special guest=[[Dan Castellaneta]]<br />
|prev ep=The Butterjunk Effect<br />
|next ep=Fun on a Bun<br />
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"'''The Six Million Dollar Mon'''" is the one hundred and twenty-first episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', the seventh of the [[Season 7|seventh production season]] and the [[Broadcast season 9|ninth broadcast season]].<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
=== Act I: "When I fight machinery, machinery always wins." ===<br />
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After conducting an annual performance review, Hermes discovers that he is the most inefficient employee of Planet Express and has himself fired and replaced by a [[Mark 7-G|machine]]. Surprisingly, Zoidberg is the only member upset by his departure, as he believed that Hermes hatred for him was merely a friendly inside joke (rather than out of genuine malice) and shows open resentment towards [[Planet Express|the company's]] new accountant. After Hermes tells his family the news over his wife's nearly-fatal spicy goat soup, he and Labarbara go for a walk, where they are attacked by Roberto. [[Smitty and URL]] come to their rescue at the last minute using URL's robotic chest harpoon, leading Hermes to conclude that he could use a robotic upgrade for himself. Because of his multiple escapes, Roberto is taken immediately to the Electromagnetic Chair and executed. Using Bender's help, Hermes finds a [[Organ Dealer|shadowy surgeon]] to perform the operation on him and returns home to show his family, much to their surprise and shock, that he now has a robotic chest harpoon.<br />
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=== Act II: "Nice shiny metal ass, Hermes." ===<br />
The next day, Hermes shows off his new chest artillery to the [[Planet Express crew]]. Everyone is impressed and, upon demonstrating it to retrieve a box just out of [[Mark 7-G|Mark's]] reach, re-hires himself as Planet Expresses accountant. Zoidberg is thrilled to have him back, and even though Hermes explicitly states that he's ''not'' Zoidberg's friend, Zoidberg laughs it off, saying how, "When he [Hermes] stops insulting is when [Zoidberg] worries." When [[Professor Farnsworth|the Professor's]] dentures fall down the<br />
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=== Act III: "He wants a brain. He wants a robot brain." ===<br />
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== Production ==<br />
On 28 July 2011, it was revealed at {{w|San Diego Comic-Con International|the San Diego Comic-Con}} that, in an episode of the seventh production season, "Hermes [would] realize he [was] less efficient than a machine, so he [would] chop some unnecessary parts of his body and [would] become a cyborg".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://slurmed.com/news/2011-07-27/san-diego-comic-con-2011-futurama-panel-sneak-peeks-and-video|title=San Diego Comic-Con 2011 Futurama panel sneak peeks + videos|author=JavieR|date=2011-07-27|site=[[The Futurama Point]]|accessdate=2012-06-06}}</ref> On 30 August, a photograph of the cover of the episode's production script was posted on a {{w|Tumblr}} blog - revealing the episode's title.<ref name="Tumblr">{{cite web|url=http://oldblueeyes.tumblr.com/post/9597761424/just-got-back-from-a-table-read-of-a-forthcoming|title=Pizza & Orange Juice|date=2011-08-13|accessdate=2012-05-13}}</ref> On 29 February 2012, [[CGEF]] confirmed the episode's title and revealed its writer to be [[Ken Keeler]] and its director to be [[Peter Avanzino]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gotfuturama.com/Information/EpisodeGuide/7ACV/|title=Episode Guide: 7 ACV|date=2012-02-29|site=[[CGEF]]|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peelified.com/index.php?topic=22731.msg1299002#msg1299002|title="Futurama: Futurama News (pre-season 7)"|site=[[PEEL]]|author="Just Fan"|date=2012-02-29|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref><br />
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In June, ''[[Countdown to Futurama]]'' began releasing promotional material for the episode. It has so far released eight items: A [[promotional picture]] showing [[Leela]], [[Amy]], [[Zoidberg]], [[Farnsworth]], a {{w|mecha}} Hermes, [[Bender]] and [[Fry]] in the [[Planet Express employee lounge]] and a design of the mecha Hermes - together with the revelation that the episode was the one associated with the Hermes plot at the San Diego Comic-Con - on 6 June,<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 1">{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/24549394332/countdown-to-futurama-mecha-hermes-i-know-what|title=Countdown to Futurama: Mecha Hermes|author=Matt Tobey|date=2012-06-06|site=Comedy Centrl|accessdate=2012-06-06}}</ref> a design of the cover of the magazine ''[[Astounding Tales]]'' on 7 June,<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 2">{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/24619167851/countdown-to-futurama-astounding-tales-get-the|title=Countdown to Futurama: Astounding Tales|author=Matt Tobey|date=2012-06-07|site=Comedy Centrl|accessdate=2012-06-07}}</ref> part of [[Storyboard:The Six Million Dollar Mon|the storyboard]] showing Bender suggest to Hermes getting an implant on 8 June,<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 3">{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/24690495576/countdown-to-futurama-extendo-arms-storyboard|title=Countdown to Futurama: Extendo Arms Storyboard|author=Matt Tobey|date=2012-06-08|site=Comedy Centrl|accessdate=2012-06-08}}</ref> a design of a new [[character]], [[Mark 7-G]], on 9 June,<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 4">{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/24750099926/countdown-to-futurama-mark-7-g-meet-mark-7-g-a|title=Countdown to Futurama: Mark 7-G|author=Matt Tobey|date=2012-06-09|site=Comedy Centrl|accessdate=2012-06-09}}</ref> a design of Hermes with an extendo arm and cycloscanner eyes and a design of four stages undergone by a ventriloquist dummy of Hermes on 10 June,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/24817910208/countdown-to-futurama-cylon-eye-and-lil-hermes|title=Countdown to Futurama: Cylon Eye and Lil Hermes|author=Matt Tobey|date=2012-06-10|site=Comedy Centrl|accessdate=2012-06-10}}</ref> a promotional picture showing Zoidberg controlling the Hermes dummy on 11 June<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 6">{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/24892615204/countdown-to-futurama-hermes-dummy-as-you-can|title=Countdown to Futurama: Hermes Dummy|author=Matt Tobey|date=2012-06-11|site=Comedy Centrl|accessdate=2012-06-11}}</ref> and a video clip featuring Hermes - with the extendo arm and the cycloscanner eyes - and [[LaBarbara]] in [[Conrad family home|bed]] on 12 June.<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 7">{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/24963932007/countdown-to-futurama-hermes-robot-extension|title=Countdown to Futurama: Hermes’ Robot Extension|author=Matt Tobey|date=2012-06-12|site=[http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/ Comedy Centrl [sic<nowiki>]</nowiki>]|accessdate=2012-06-12}}</ref><br />
<br />
By 8 June,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peelified.com/index.php?topic=23053.msg1319010#msg1319010|title=Futurama: Futurama News (including but not limited to Countdown to Season 7) - Page 8|author=Just Fan|date=2012-06-08|site=[[PEEL]]|accessdate=2012-06-09}}</ref> {{w|MSN TV}} had revealed the episode's air date.<ref name="MSN TV">{{cite web|url=http://tv.msn.com/tv/series-episodes/futurama/?ipp=40|title=Futurama - Episode Guide|site={{w|MSN TV}}|accessdate=2012-06-09}}</ref><br />
<br />
Comedy Central's website released another promotional picture, showing mecha Hermes about to drive a drill into Farnsworth's head.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comedycentral.com/press/series/futurama.jhtml?gallery=true|title=Comedy Central Press <nowiki>|</nowiki> Futurama|author=Michelle Rosenblatt|site=[[Comedy Central]]|accessdate=2012-07-12}}</ref><br />
<br />
On 12 July, following the broadcast of the episode "[[Zapp Dingbat]]", the public were given the opportunity to participate in a live chat with the ''Futurama'' cast and crew. Several clips of "The Six Million Dollar Mon" were shown during the live stream.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.peelified.com/index.php?topic=23178.msg1326287#msg1326287 |title="Newsarama! (Futurama News Thread)" (page 1) |site=[[PEEL]] |author="Tastes Like Fry" |date=2012-07-12 |accessdate=2012-07-13}}</ref><br />
<br />
== Additional information ==<br />
<br />
=== Allusions ===<br />
{{cultural mentions}}<br />
*The episode's title is a reference to the American television series ''{{w|The Six Million Dollar Man}}'' - {{w|Steve Austin (fictional character)|the title character of which}} is, like Hermes here, a cyborg - and the fact that Hermes pronounces "man" as "mon".<br />
*''[[Astounding Tales]]''<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 2"/> is a reference to the American science fiction magazine ''{{w|Analog Science Fiction and Fact}}'' - which was initially published as "''Astounding Stories''" - and the American anthology comic book series ''{{w|Astonishing Tales}}''.<br />
*The book ''Lady Chatterley's Janitor'' is a reference to the 1928 book ''{{w|Lady Chatterley's Lover}}''. In keeping with the running gag of Scruffy only reading sexually explicit material, Lady Chatterley's Lover is well-known for containing explicit descriptions of sex.<br />
*Hermes reads a book called "''[[The Invisible Mon]]''" - which is a reference to the [[H. G. Wells]] science fiction novella ''{{w|The Invisible Man}}''.<br />
*The song sung by Zoidberg is a parody of the ''{{w|Monster Mash}}''.<br />
*The Professor showing Hermes' brain to his family is a possible reference to Dr. Mark Shelley, a Navy doctor who allowed the family of a deceased Marine to handle his brain and take pictures.<br />
<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
<br />
*This is the second episode of [[season 7]] where a recurring [[character]] has been killed (The first being [[Calculon]] in "[[The Thief of Baghead]]").<br />
*One of the gravestones in the cemetery reads [[Helper]], another short-lived replacement for one of the main cast members.<br />
<br />
=== Continuity ===<br />
*{{e|4ACV13}}, {{e|7ACV01}}<br />
**[[Farnsworth's operation clothes]] make their third appearance.<br />
<br />
=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Hermes''': No more implants. I don't want to end up a cold, emotionless machine like [[Bender|you]].</poem><br />
<poem>'''LaBarbara''': Hermes! Oh, ya foolish man!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zoidberg''': You don't understand. He was the only one who cared enough to insult me.<br />
'''Leela''': I insult you, you fat sack.<br />
'''Zoidberg''': Sure, when it's convenient.</poem><br />
}}<br />
<br />
=== Goofs ===<br />
* [[Hermes's Robot Body]] starts talking like Roberto before his (Roberto's) brain is inserted.<br />
** It is discovered that if robots die a certain way, their software is uploaded into the computational cloud and capable of taking-over other electronic devices. ({{et|6ACV19}})<br />
* When Roberto melts, one of the three key-rings inside his chest cabinet does not.<br />
** The keys on the plot-driven key-ring (and only that key-ring) may be made of a different metal more resistant to heat (eg: Dolomite).<br />
* The magnetic waves from the electromagnetism chair would have fried Roberto's brain.<br />
** Magnetism, even at that power, would only really damage a hard-drive (in our time) Roberto's brain looks more like a motherboard with no indication of any kind of storage device on it.<br />
* Hermes robot body, goes from having a hole in its head, where the brain was taken out, to not having one, when Roberto attacks.<br />
** The reshaping of the head could have closed the opening.<br />
* Hermes stated Zoidberg didn't reattach his nerves in which case, he would have died the moment he tried to move.<br />
** It is possible that the autonomic nervous system was reengaged, but the parts of the somatic nervous system (i.e. pain receptors in the skin) were left separate.<br />
* Bender wears a spacesuit with an oxygen hosepipe attached to it while releasing ash into space, but from previous episodes it is clear that he can easily live in the vacuum without a spacesuit and he doesn't need air to breathe.<br />
** The hosepipe also anchors him to the ship, an important function that prevents the events from [[Godfellas]] from happening again.<br />
<br />
=== Alien Language Sightings ===<br />
'''Time''':06:46<br /><br />
'''Location''': Alley wall next to [[Organ Dealer]]'s store<br /><br />
'''Language''': [[Alien languages#AL1|AL1]]<br /><br />
'''Translation''': If you lived here you'd be homeless by now<br />
<br />
=== Characters ===<br />
{{chars-begin}}<br />
*[[Amy]]<br />
*[[Bender]]<br />
*[[Dwight]]<br />
*[[Farnsworth]]<br />
*[[Fry]]<br />
*[[Hermes]]<br />
*[[LaBarbara]]<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 7"/><br />
*[[Leela]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Mark 7-G]]<br />
*[[Organ Dealer]]<br />
*[[Roberto]]<br />
*[[Robot Devil]]<br />
*[[Ron Whitey]]<br />
*[[Sal]]<br />
*[[Scruffy]]<br />
*[[Zoidberg]]<br />
{{chars-end}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:A plots focusing on Hermes]]</div>98.198.118.224http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=The_Six_Million_Dollar_Mon&diff=116268The Six Million Dollar Mon2012-07-29T22:42:01Z<p>98.198.118.224: /* Goofs */</p>
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<div>{{episode infobox<br />
|name=The Six Million Dollar Mon<br />
|image=[[File:The Six Million Dollar Mon screenshot.png|225px]]<br />
|image text=[[Hermes]] - with an extendo arm and cycloscanner eyes - and [[LaBarbara]] in [[Conrad family home|bed]].<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 7"/><br />
|season=7<br />
|broadcast season=9<br />
|no=121<br />
|written by=Ken Keeler<br />
|directed by=Peter Avanzino<br />
|title reference=The American television series ''{{w|The Six Million Dollar Man}}'' and the fact that Hermes pronounces "man" as "mon"<br />
|caption=This Episode Worth 250 Futurama Points<br />
|first aired=25 July 2012<ref name="MSN TV"/><br />
|number=7ACV07<br />
|broadcast number=S09E07<br />
|special guest=[[Dan Castellaneta]]<br />
|prev ep=The Butterjunk Effect<br />
|next ep=Fun on a Bun<br />
|hasstoryboard=yes<br />
}}<br />
"'''The Six Million Dollar Mon'''" is the one hundred and twenty-first episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', the seventh of the [[Season 7|seventh production season]] and the [[Broadcast season 9|ninth broadcast season]].<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
=== Act I: "When I fight machinery, machinery always wins." ===<br />
Hermes discovers he's the most inefficient employee of Planet Express and has himself fire and replaced by a machine. Zoidberg is the only member upset by his departure believing Hermes hatred for him is merely a friendly inside joke. <br />
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After telling his family the news and having a diner of near-fatally spicy goat soup, he and Labarbara go for a walk, where they are attacked by Roberto. Smitty and URL come to their rescue at the last minute using URL's robotic chest harpoon, leading Hermes to conclude that requires robotic upgrades for himself. Because of his multiple escapes, Roberto is taken immediately to the Electromagnetic Chair and executed.<br />
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Using Bender's help, Hermes finds a shadowy surgeon to perform the operation on him and returns home to show his family, much to their surprise and shock, that he now has a robotic chest harpoon.<br />
<br />
=== Act II: "Nice shiny metal ass, Hermes." ===<br />
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=== Act III: "He wants a brain. He wants a robot brain." ===<br />
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== Production ==<br />
On 28 July 2011, it was revealed at {{w|San Diego Comic-Con International|the San Diego Comic-Con}} that, in an episode of the seventh production season, "Hermes [would] realize he [was] less efficient than a machine, so he [would] chop some unnecessary parts of his body and [would] become a cyborg".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://slurmed.com/news/2011-07-27/san-diego-comic-con-2011-futurama-panel-sneak-peeks-and-video|title=San Diego Comic-Con 2011 Futurama panel sneak peeks + videos|author=JavieR|date=2011-07-27|site=[[The Futurama Point]]|accessdate=2012-06-06}}</ref> On 30 August, a photograph of the cover of the episode's production script was posted on a {{w|Tumblr}} blog - revealing the episode's title.<ref name="Tumblr">{{cite web|url=http://oldblueeyes.tumblr.com/post/9597761424/just-got-back-from-a-table-read-of-a-forthcoming|title=Pizza & Orange Juice|date=2011-08-13|accessdate=2012-05-13}}</ref> On 29 February 2012, [[CGEF]] confirmed the episode's title and revealed its writer to be [[Ken Keeler]] and its director to be [[Peter Avanzino]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gotfuturama.com/Information/EpisodeGuide/7ACV/|title=Episode Guide: 7 ACV|date=2012-02-29|site=[[CGEF]]|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peelified.com/index.php?topic=22731.msg1299002#msg1299002|title="Futurama: Futurama News (pre-season 7)"|site=[[PEEL]]|author="Just Fan"|date=2012-02-29|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref><br />
<br />
In June, ''[[Countdown to Futurama]]'' began releasing promotional material for the episode. It has so far released eight items: A [[promotional picture]] showing [[Leela]], [[Amy]], [[Zoidberg]], [[Farnsworth]], a {{w|mecha}} Hermes, [[Bender]] and [[Fry]] in the [[Planet Express employee lounge]] and a design of the mecha Hermes - together with the revelation that the episode was the one associated with the Hermes plot at the San Diego Comic-Con - on 6 June,<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 1">{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/24549394332/countdown-to-futurama-mecha-hermes-i-know-what|title=Countdown to Futurama: Mecha Hermes|author=Matt Tobey|date=2012-06-06|site=Comedy Centrl|accessdate=2012-06-06}}</ref> a design of the cover of the magazine ''[[Astounding Tales]]'' on 7 June,<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 2">{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/24619167851/countdown-to-futurama-astounding-tales-get-the|title=Countdown to Futurama: Astounding Tales|author=Matt Tobey|date=2012-06-07|site=Comedy Centrl|accessdate=2012-06-07}}</ref> part of [[Storyboard:The Six Million Dollar Mon|the storyboard]] showing Bender suggest to Hermes getting an implant on 8 June,<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 3">{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/24690495576/countdown-to-futurama-extendo-arms-storyboard|title=Countdown to Futurama: Extendo Arms Storyboard|author=Matt Tobey|date=2012-06-08|site=Comedy Centrl|accessdate=2012-06-08}}</ref> a design of a new [[character]], [[Mark 7-G]], on 9 June,<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 4">{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/24750099926/countdown-to-futurama-mark-7-g-meet-mark-7-g-a|title=Countdown to Futurama: Mark 7-G|author=Matt Tobey|date=2012-06-09|site=Comedy Centrl|accessdate=2012-06-09}}</ref> a design of Hermes with an extendo arm and cycloscanner eyes and a design of four stages undergone by a ventriloquist dummy of Hermes on 10 June,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/24817910208/countdown-to-futurama-cylon-eye-and-lil-hermes|title=Countdown to Futurama: Cylon Eye and Lil Hermes|author=Matt Tobey|date=2012-06-10|site=Comedy Centrl|accessdate=2012-06-10}}</ref> a promotional picture showing Zoidberg controlling the Hermes dummy on 11 June<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 6">{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/24892615204/countdown-to-futurama-hermes-dummy-as-you-can|title=Countdown to Futurama: Hermes Dummy|author=Matt Tobey|date=2012-06-11|site=Comedy Centrl|accessdate=2012-06-11}}</ref> and a video clip featuring Hermes - with the extendo arm and the cycloscanner eyes - and [[LaBarbara]] in [[Conrad family home|bed]] on 12 June.<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 7">{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/24963932007/countdown-to-futurama-hermes-robot-extension|title=Countdown to Futurama: Hermes’ Robot Extension|author=Matt Tobey|date=2012-06-12|site=[http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/ Comedy Centrl [sic<nowiki>]</nowiki>]|accessdate=2012-06-12}}</ref><br />
<br />
By 8 June,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peelified.com/index.php?topic=23053.msg1319010#msg1319010|title=Futurama: Futurama News (including but not limited to Countdown to Season 7) - Page 8|author=Just Fan|date=2012-06-08|site=[[PEEL]]|accessdate=2012-06-09}}</ref> {{w|MSN TV}} had revealed the episode's air date.<ref name="MSN TV">{{cite web|url=http://tv.msn.com/tv/series-episodes/futurama/?ipp=40|title=Futurama - Episode Guide|site={{w|MSN TV}}|accessdate=2012-06-09}}</ref><br />
<br />
Comedy Central's website released another promotional picture, showing mecha Hermes about to drive a drill into Farnsworth's head.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comedycentral.com/press/series/futurama.jhtml?gallery=true|title=Comedy Central Press <nowiki>|</nowiki> Futurama|author=Michelle Rosenblatt|site=[[Comedy Central]]|accessdate=2012-07-12}}</ref><br />
<br />
On 12 June, following the broadcast of the episode "[[Zapp Dingbat]]", the public were given the opportunity to participate in a live chat with the ''Futurama'' cast and crew. Several clips of "The Six Million Dollar Mon" were shown during the live stream.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.peelified.com/index.php?topic=23178.msg1326287#msg1326287 |title="Newsarama! (Futurama News Thread)" (page 1) |site=[[PEEL]] |author="Tastes Like Fry" |date=2012-07-12 |accessdate=2012-07-13}}</ref><br />
<br />
== Additional information ==<br />
<br />
=== Allusions ===<br />
{{cultural mentions}}<br />
*The episode's title is a reference to the American television series ''{{w|The Six Million Dollar Man}}'' - {{w|Steve Austin (fictional character)|the title character of which}} is, like Hermes here, a cyborg - and the fact that Hermes pronounces "man" as "mon".<br />
*''[[Astounding Tales]]''<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 2"/> is a reference to the American science fiction magazine ''{{w|Analog Science Fiction and Fact}}'' - which was initially published as "''Astounding Stories''" - and the American anthology comic book series ''{{w|Astonishing Tales}}''.<br />
*The book ''Lady Chatterley's Janitor'' is a reference to the 1928 book ''{{w|Lady Chatterley's Lover}}''. In keeping with the running gag of Scruffy only reading sexually explicit material, Lady Chatterley's Lover is well-known for containing explicit descriptions of sex.<br />
*Hermes reads a book called "''[[The Invisible Mon]]''" - which is a reference to the [[H. G. Wells]] science fiction novella ''{{w|The Invisible Man}}''.<br />
*The song sung by Zoidberg is a parody of the ''{{w|Monster Mash}}''.<br />
*The Professor showing Hermes' brain to his family is a possible reference to Dr. Mark Shelley, a Navy doctor who allowed the family of a deceased Marine to handle his brain and take pictures.<br />
<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
<br />
*This is the second episode of [[season 7]] where a recurring [[character]] has been killed (The first being [[Calculon]] in "[[The Thief of Baghead]]").<br />
*One of the gravestones in the cemetery reads [[Helper]], another short-lived replacement for one of the main cast members.<br />
<br />
=== Continuity ===<br />
*{{e|4ACV13}}, {{e|7ACV01}}<br />
**[[Farnsworth's operation clothes]] make their third appearance.<br />
<br />
=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Hermes''': No more implants. I don't want to end up a cold, emotionless machine like [[Bender|you]].</poem><br />
<poem>'''LaBarbara''': Hermes! Oh, ya foolish man!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zoidberg''': You don't understand. He was the only one who cared enough to insult me.<br />
'''Leela''': I insult you, you fat sack.<br />
'''Zoidberg''': Sure, when it's convenient.</poem><br />
}}<br />
<br />
=== Goofs ===<br />
* [[Hermes's Robot Body]] starts talking like Roberto before his (Roberto's) brain is inserted.<br />
** It is discovered that if robots die a certain way, their software is uploaded into the computational cloud and capable of taking-over other electronic devices. ({{et|6ACV19}})<br />
* When Roberto melts, one of the three key-rings inside his chest cabinet does not.<br />
** The keys on the plot-driven key-ring (and only that key-ring) may be made of a different metal more resistant to heat.<br />
* The magnetic waves from the electromagnetism chair would have fried Roberto's brain.<br />
** Magnetism, even at that power, would only really damage a hard-drive (in our time) Roberto's brain looks more like a motherboard with no indication of any kind of storage device on it.<br />
* Hermes robot body, goes from having a hole in its head, where the brain was taken out, to not having one, when Roberto attacks.<br />
** The reshaping of the head could have closed the opening.<br />
* Hermes stated Zoidberg didn't reattach his nerves in which case, he would have died the moment he tried to move.<br />
** It is possible that the autonomic nervous system was reengaged, but the parts of the somatic nervous system (i.e. pain receptors in the skin) were left separate.<br />
<br />
=== Alien Language Sightings ===<br />
'''Time''':06:46<br /><br />
'''Location''': Alley wall next to [[Organ Dealer]]'s store<br /><br />
'''Language''': [[Alien languages#AL1|AL1]]<br /><br />
'''Translation''': If you lived here you'd be homeless by now<br />
<br />
=== Characters ===<br />
{{chars-begin}}<br />
*[[Amy]]<br />
*[[Bender]]<br />
*[[Dwight]]<br />
*[[Farnsworth]]<br />
*[[Fry]]<br />
*[[Hermes]]<br />
*[[LaBarbara]]<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 7"/><br />
*[[Leela]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Mark 7-G]]<br />
*[[Organ Dealer]]<br />
*[[Roberto]]<br />
*[[Robot Devil]]<br />
*[[Ron Whitey]]<br />
*[[Sal]]<br />
*[[Scruffy]]<br />
*[[Zoidberg]]<br />
{{chars-end}}<br />
<br />
== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
<br />
{{navigation bottom<br />
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[[Category:A plots focusing on Hermes]]</div>98.198.118.224http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Talk:Decision_3012&diff=115915Talk:Decision 30122012-07-21T05:07:54Z<p>98.198.118.224: /* Robot Uprising */</p>
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<div>== Cannon ==<br />
Should this episode be considered cannon? Because technically, although it may have actually happened, no one remembers it, and it's extremely unlikely to affect anything after this episode.<br />
<br />
Because it is not a comic, The Game, or an Anthology of Interest-esque episode and is part of the regular season, it must be considered cannon.[[Special:Contributions/98.198.118.224|98.198.118.224]] 05:47, 30 June 2012 (CEST)<br />
:I don't think that necessarily has to be true. Just because we haven't found a situation where there might be an exception doesn't mean that there can't be one. [[Special:Contributions/66.32.188.127|66.32.188.127]] 16:20, 1 July 2012 (CEST)<br />
::This isn't an exception; just because the events of the episode were erased due to paradox correction does not change the fact that they occurred. Even the Anthology of Interest stories, which are clearly non-canonical, contain events which are canon. -- [[User:DeepSpaceHomer|DeepSpaceHomer]] ([[User talk:DeepSpaceHomer|talk]]) 00:07, 2 July 2012 (CEST)<br />
:::I think that they really didn't occur; in the reality that the next episode takes on, the events of this episode other than Nixon being reelected never happened, which is the exact definition of a non-cannon episode. [[Special:Contributions/66.32.188.127|66.32.188.127]] 22:28, 2 July 2012 (CEST)<br />
::::This is the problem with time travel. In Bender's Big Score, a time duplicate Fry led a long life in the 2000s despite the original traveling back to the 3000s. Is the life of the duplicate Fry cannon? Timeline A would follow Fry (A), Fry (B) becomes a whale biologist on Timeline B, Fry (Γ) remains in the Cryogenic Tube and Timeline Γ merges with Timeline A, and the whole thing gets kinda convoluted. Think of the Time Paradox Benders at the end of BBS.<br />
::::I think it can be considered cannon if the timelines could be mapped out as linearly as possible. The Travers B timeline ends abruptly at the end of the election, so it actually happened, but the "time" itself stopped suddenly and rapidly merged with the Travers A timeline (in which he is born but has not come back from the future). My head hurts.[[Special:Contributions/98.198.118.224|98.198.118.224]] 22:45, 3 July 2012 (CEST)<br />
::::This is a pretty big problem with time travel. Everything is very confusing when there is a paradox. And actually, there were a few paradoxes in BBS, like the question of where the tattoo came from. I'm thinking maybe we should have a section called "cannon" in which we discuss the issue as thoroughly as possible. I also think we should put the label "Disputed Cannon" on this episode, because that does mean that there are different opinions on whether or not it's cannon, not that it's non-cannon. Also, on the article on cannon, we could have a section labeled "Decision 3012" similar to the one on this article.[[Special:Contributions/66.32.188.127|66.32.188.127]] 17:35, 4 July 2012 (CEST)<br />
:::::I'll second a Disputed Cannon tag on the article, or at least a mention as a note. In fact, something exclusive to paradoxes would be ideal. It can be applied then to BBS, Roswell, this episode, and any other that deals with paradoxes within the universe. Also, I have no idea how to do anything like that.[[Special:Contributions/98.198.118.224|98.198.118.224]] 13:23, 5 July 2012 (CEST)<br />
:::::I don't know either. Someone with an actual account will have to make the label, since neither of us knows how. But for now, the Disputed Canon label should suffice until a label for paradoxes is created. [[Special:Contributions/66.32.188.127|66.32.188.127]] 16:34, 5 July 2012 (CEST)<br />
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== Robot Uprising ==<br />
Is the future robot uprising in this episode the same future robot uprising shown in The Late Philip J. Fry? Because it would make a lot of sense.<br />
:We could add that, making sure people know it's speculation on our part and not definite. [[Special:Contributions/66.32.188.127|66.32.188.127]] 03:40, 29 June 2012 (CEST)<br />
::The timing doesn't fit. An astute speculation, but wrong.[[Special:Contributions/98.198.118.224|98.198.118.224]] 07:07, 21 July 2012 (CEST)<br />
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== Terminator? ==<br />
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Is really nobody seeing the Terminator Reference in this Episode?<br />
: Rise of the machines, sent back in time as time traveling savior, Bender with glasses and gun. Yes. Still, it's more of a revisit of an older theme (Big Score) rather than a new reference. [[Special:Contributions/188.26.54.248|188.26.54.248]] 23:58, 5 July 2012 (CEST)<br />
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== Hoover dam? ==<br />
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In the scene after the protest outside of the Travers presidential headquaters when Leela slams Bender into the wall, Bender's motives are questioned and he says "'cause they won't let me near the Hoover Dam anymore." Anyone have some insight into why? Or, is it another of Bender's lies?[[Special:Contributions/98.198.118.224|98.198.118.224]] 05:55, 30 June 2012 (CEST)<br />
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I would say it has something to do with Las Vegas. It's not difficult to imagine he isn't welcome there.<br />
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== Oversight? ==<br />
While recounting his time in the future, the candidate says "I escaped JUST as the robots arrived" but the animation shows he left before Bender kicked down the wall, so he wouldn't have known what was going to happen. Assumingly, the whole Bender monologue is there simply for our benefit, as nobody who was there to see it ever made it back.<br />
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Also, since he failed and Nixon got elected, it will all happen as the story was told. If that is the case, where did Travers go? In 20 years, he'll jump into the green energy ball and? I'm guessing that's when the paradox correction kicks in, because Travers wasn't killed when he lost the elections, he got reverted, meaning he never went back, but the future mankind still had the code and wanted him to go. Was he deposited back out? [[Special:Contributions/188.26.54.248|188.26.54.248]] 23:58, 5 July 2012 (CEST)<br />
: The Benders in BBS exploded. My best guess (speculative) is that a similar reaction took place for Travers. His existence just...stopped.[[Special:Contributions/98.198.118.224|98.198.118.224]] 07:12, 6 July 2012 (CEST)</div>98.198.118.224http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Talk:The_Butterjunk_Effect&diff=115914Talk:The Butterjunk Effect2012-07-21T05:06:40Z<p>98.198.118.224: /* Grand Amphibian */</p>
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<div>== Grand Amphibian ==<br />
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The Grand Midwife (as she is initially referred)claims to have five jobs, but in this episode she qualifies her position as the Grand Butterfly Durator with "this week". As a result, it is not her fifth job (in the story boards as the Grand Chairwoman of the Federal Reserves. Since the storyboard is non-cannon (or is it?), the fifth job is still unannounced.[[Special:Contributions/98.198.118.224|98.198.118.224]] 07:06, 21 July 2012 (CEST)</div>98.198.118.224http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Talk:The_Butterjunk_Effect&diff=115913Talk:The Butterjunk Effect2012-07-21T05:06:28Z<p>98.198.118.224: /* Grand Amphibian */ new section</p>
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<div>== Grand Amphibian ==<br />
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The Grand Midwife (as she is initially referred)claims to have five jobs, but in this episode she qualifies her position as the Grand Butterfly Durator with "this week". As a result, it is not her fifth job (in the story boards as the Grand Chairwoman of the Federal Reserves. Since the storyboard is non-cannon (or is it?), the fifth job is still unannounced.</div>98.198.118.224http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Zapp_Dingbat&diff=115535Zapp Dingbat2012-07-13T12:51:50Z<p>98.198.118.224: /* Allusions */</p>
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<div>{{episode infobox<br />
|name=Zapp Dingbat<br />
|image=[[File:Zapp Dingbat screenshot.png|225px]]<br />
|image text=[[Zapp Brannigan]] and [[Kif]] with a [[universal translator]].<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 5"/><br />
|season=7<br />
|broadcast season=9<br />
|no=119<br />
|written by=Eric Rogers<br />
|directed by=Frank Marino<br />
|caption=N/A<br />
|first aired=11 July 2012<br />
|number=7ACV05<br />
|broadcast number=S09E05<br />
|title reference={{w|Zapf Dingbats}}, a common typeface which is composed almost entirely of symbols<br />
|prev ep=The Thief of Baghead<br />
|next ep=The Butterjunk Effect<br />
|hasstoryboard=yes<br />
|special guest=[[George Takei]]<br />
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"'''Zapp Dingbat'''" is the one hundred and nineteenth episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', the fifth of the [[Season 7|seventh production season]] and the [[Broadcast season 9|ninth broadcast season]]. It originally aired on 11 July 2012<ref name="MSN"/> on [[Comedy Central]]. [[Leela]] is upset when [[Turanga Munda|her mother]] starts dating [[Zapp Brannigan]].<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
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Leela hosts a 40th anniversary party for her parents. However, during a video montage of their history together, they begin to argue about the direction their lives have taken: [[Turanga Munda|her mother]], an exolinguist, wants to explore the universe now that they are no longer legally constrained to the sewers, while [[Turanga Morris|her father]] fears outer space and wants to surf the great sewer waves of the world. The conflicts lead to them getting a divorce, and Munda moving in with Leela.<br />
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When Leela (along with Fry and Bender) takes her mother out to a bar, they encounter Zapp Branigan in negotiation with shark-like aliens called Carcarons; he botches the negotiations with his poor command of their language, severely insulting them; however, Munda is able to salvage the situation by speaking the language properly. Zapp begins flirting with Munda, and the two begin dating. Leela strongly disapproves of the relationship, convinced that he is attempting to get to her through her mother, but no one believes her, and Munda thinks that she is just jealous. Zapp then hires Munda as his personal translator so the two can spend more time together and she can explore the universe as she always wanted.<br />
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Meanwhile, Morris is not coping with divorce as well; Leela convinces him to take Fry and Bender on the surfing trip he had always dreamed of, which cheers him up greatly. Although both of her parents are now happy, Leela is still relentless in her attempts to break up her mother and Zapp. Ultimately Munda decides to move out of her daughter's apartment. Leela attempts to prove her theory that Zapp is really interested in her by inviting him over for dinner. She tries to seduce him when he arrives, but he refuses her, insisting that he loves Munda. Munda hears this, Zapp proposes to her, and she accepts.<br />
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At the last minute, Fry convinces Leela to support her mother's decision and attend the wedding. In the middle of the ceremony, however, the Carcarons arrive to sign a peace treaty, and Zapp and Munda must meet with them. During the meeting, Zapp reveals that he is planning to trick the Carcarons into war; Munda is horrified by this, and calls off the wedding. She also tells the Carcarons of Zapp's plan, causing them to declare war anyway. Moreover, the Nimbus has been disabled, and can only be operated by an auxiliary control panel. Morris appears, determined to win back Munda, and uses his surfing skills to help the ship ride the energy wave attacks of the Carcarons. Once peace is achieved, Zapp remarries Munda and Morris.<br />
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== Production ==<br />
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On 16 November 2011, [[Eric Rogers]] revealed that he was the author of the episode.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/#!/Kitchelfilms/statuses/136973795658440704|author=[[Eric Rogers]]|date=16 November 2011|title=Kitchelfilms|site={{w|Twitter}}|accessdate=2011-11-17}}</ref><br />
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In 2012, a few revelations concerning the episode were made. On 29 February, [[CGEF]] revealed the episode's title to be "Zapp Dingba {{sic}}" and its director to be [[Frank Marino]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gotfuturama.com/Information/EpisodeGuide/7ACV/|title=Episode Guide: 7 ACV|date=2012-02-29|site=[[CGEF]]|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peelified.com/index.php?topic=22731.msg1299002#msg1299002|title="Futurama: Futurama News (pre-season 7)"|site=[[PEEL]]|author="Just Fan"|date=2012-02-29|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref> On 15 March, Eric Rogers announced the "1st color screening of [his] 1st episode as a full time hack [there] on the show" - probably referring to this episode - and revealed that he "[could not] wait to see what [[Rough Draft Studios|Rough Draft]] [had] done"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/#!/ERogTweets2Much/status/180334870688563201|author=Eric Rogers|date=2012-03-15|title=ERogTweets2Much|site=Twitter|accessdate=2012-03-15}}</ref> and, later that day, that it had been "delightful", that he "could not be happier with how [it] turned" and that it was "gonna be a great episode".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/#!/ERogTweets2Much/status/180358134982901760|author=Eric Rogers|date=2012-03-15|title=ERogTweets2Much|site=Twitter|accessdate=2012-03-16}}</ref> On 2 May, {{w|MSN TV}} revealed the episode's plot and air date.<ref name="MSN"/><br />
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In May, ''[[Countdown to Futurama]]'' began releasing promotional material for the episode. It has so far released eight items: A design of a new [[character]], the [[Carcaron]] admiral, which revealed the episode's actual title on 25 May,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/23739625130/countdown-to-futurama-carcaron-admiral-dont|title=Countdown to Futurama: Carcaron Admiral|author=Matt Tobey|date=2012-05-25|site=Comedy Centrl|accessdate=2012-05-25}}</ref> a [[promotional picture]] showing Leela - in lingerie - and Zapp Brannigan in what appears to be an apartment in space and a character design of Leela in lingerie on 26 May,<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 2">{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/23801052068/countdown-to-futurama-leela-in-lingerie-i-dont|title=Countdown to Futurama: Leela in Lingerie|author=Matt Tobey|date=2012-05-26|site=Comedy Centrl|accessdate=2012-05-26}}</ref> a character design of [[Bender]] in a {{w|Carmen Miranda}}-style dress with a headdress made of rotting fruit and a design of another new character, the [[mouth monster]], on 28 May,<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 3">{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/23933250335/countdown-to-futurama-carmen-miranda-bender-and|title=Countdown to Futurama: Carmen Miranda Bender and Mouth Monster|author=Matt Tobey|date=2012-05-28|site=Comedy Centrl|accessdate=2012-05-28}}</ref> part of [[Storyboard:Zapp Dingbat|the storyboard]] showing Leela's father, [[Fry]] and Bender be chased by three [[leprechauns]],<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 4">{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/23995469479/countdown-to-futurama-leprechauns-storyboard|title=Countdown to Futurama: Leprechauns Storyboard|author=Matt Tobey|date=2012-05-29|site=Comedy Centrl|accessdate=2012-05-29}}</ref> a video clip featuring Zapp Brannigan and [[Kif]] negotiate a peace treaty with the Carcaron admiral and a similar creature<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 5">{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/24008151636/countdown-to-futurama-the-treaty-of-table-7|title=Countdown to Futurama: The Treaty of Table 7|author=Matt Tobey|date=2012-05-29|site=[http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/ Comedy Centrl [sic<nowiki>]</nowiki>]|accessdate=2012-05-29}}</ref> - which revealed the Carcaron admiral to be named "[[Admiral Chew]]" - and the fourth ''Futurama'' [[podcast]]<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 6">{{cite web|url=http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/futurama-countdown-to-futurama/id526059138|title=iTunes - Podcasts - Futurama: Countdown to Futurama by Comedy Central|author=[[Comedy Central]]|date=2012-05-29|site={{w|iTunes Store}}|accessdate=2012-05-30}}</ref> - which revealed "Carcaron" to be the name of Admiral Chew's species - on 29 May and the fifth ''Futurama'' [[podcast]]<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 8">{{cite web|url=http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/futurama-countdown-to-futurama/id526059138|title=iTunes - Podcasts - Futurama: Countdown to Futurama by Comedy Central|author=[[Comedy Central]]|date=2012-06-05|site={{w|iTunes Store}}|accessdate=2012-06-06}}</ref> - which stated that the episode was "the world's first TV episode ever named after {{w|Zapf Dingbats|a font}}" - on 6 June.<br />
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Comedy Central's website released two other promotional pictures, the first showing [[George Takei's head]] watching a stripper and the second showing Zapp holding out a ring.<ref name="Press">{{cite web|url=http://www.comedycentral.com/press/series/futurama.jhtml?gallery=true|title=Comedy Central Press <nowiki>|</nowiki> Futurama|author=Michelle Rosenblatt|site=[[Comedy Central]]|accessdate=2012-07-12}}</ref> By 10 July, Comedy Central had aired an advertisment for the seventh season of ''Futurama'' which featured a new clip from the episode.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1M8JfNK5Ac|title=New Futurama Ad 2012|author=punkyacturbo|date=2012-07-10|site={{w|YouTube}}|format=Video|accessdate=2012-07-12}}</ref><br />
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=== Image gallery ===<br />
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<gallery perrow=4><br />
705-carcaron-admiral.jpg|The first character design.<br />
Leela in lingerie 1.jpg|The first promotional picture.<br />
Leela in lingerie 2.jpg|The second character design.<br />
Carmen Miranda Bender.jpg|The third character design.<br />
Mouth monster.jpg|The fourth character design.<br />
Zapp Dingbat storyboard 1.jpg|The first page of the storyboard to be released.<br />
Countdown to Futurama - week four.png|A screenshot from the fourth podcast.<br />
Countdown to Futurama - week five.png|A screenshot from the fifth podcast.<br />
Zapp Dingbat promotional picture 2.jpg|The second promotional picture.<br />
Zapp Dingbat promotional picture 3.jpg|The third promotional picture.<br />
</gallery><br />
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== Additional information ==<br />
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=== Trivia ===<br />
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*The title "'''Blue Munda'''", which was registered on the US {{w|Copyright Catalog}} on 8 September 2011,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=19&ti=1,19&Search_Arg=futurama&Search_Code=TALL&CNT=25&REC=0&RD=0&RC=0&PID=C5ZaUi7C0eBdvjsbzV0f7HutovTJ&SEQ=20120229183413&SID=1|date=2011-09-08|title=WebVoyage Record View 1|site=US {{w|Copyright Catalog}}|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref> was possibly a working title for this episode.<br />
*The name "[[Carcaron]]" stems from the genus name "''Carcharodon''" for the great white shark.<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 6"/><br />
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=== Allusions ===<br />
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*The episode's title is a reference to {{w|Zapf Dingbats}}, a common typeface which is composed almost entirely of symbols.<br />
*The headdress worn by Bender is a reference to the headdress worn by the late Portuguese-born Brazilian performer {{w|Carmen Miranda}} in the 1943 film ''{{w|The Gang's All Here (1943 film)|The Gang's All Here}}''.<br />
*[[Supernova Scotia]]'s name<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 5"/> is a reference to the Canadian province of {{w|Nova Scotia}}.<br />
*The club in the beginning of the episode is a parody of the famous {{w|Mos Eisley Cantina}}, first seen in the [[Star Wars]] movie ''{{w|Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope|A New Hope}}''. <br />
**{{w|Lightsabers}} from ''Star Wars'' were used to play pool.<br />
**The scene with the dancing hologram in the club is a parody of the infamous ''Star Wars'' Holiday Special.<br />
*Zapp asking Kif to get out on the wing and pretend to be a gremlin is a reference to the [[The Twilight Zone|Twilight Zone]] episode ''{{w|Nightmare at 20,000 Feet}}''. [[William Shatner]], an inspirational source for Zapp's character, starred in the episode.<br />
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=== Continuity ===<br />
*The nameplate on [[Al Gore's head]] jar says "Lance Starman". When Gore [[The Futurama Holiday Spectacular|last appeared]], he said that he would return as [[Captain Lance Starman]].<br />
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*{{e|2ACV10}}<br />
**The [[universal translator]]<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 5"/> was last seen.<br />
*{{f|4}}<br />
**[[Leprechauns]]<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 4"/> were last seen.<br />
*{{e|6ACV02}}<br />
**The [[Zapp-Leela relationship|relationship between Zapp Brannigan and Leela]]<ref name="MSN"/> was last used.<br />
*{{e|6ACV06}}<br />
**The word "[[Mexican]]"<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 5"/> was last used.<br />
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=== Quotes ===<br />
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<poem>'''[[Zapp]]''': [speaking into something] Now, regarding this peace treaty, [[Admiral Chew]]&mdash;<br />
'''[[Kif]]''': That's a napkin dispenser, sir. ''This'' is the universal translator.<br />
''[Kif places a universal translator from "[[A Clone of My Own]]" on the table and then one of its two speakers on each side.]''<br />
'''Zapp''': Whatever.<br />
''[Zapp drops the napkin dispenser - but Kif catches it.]''</poem><br />
<poem>'''[[Bender]]''': I'm bored. Let's drink!</poem><br />
<poem>'''[[Zapp]]''': Very well, Morris Munda. I now pronounce you man and wife. May I kiss the bride?<br />
''[Morris punches Zapp in the chest.]''<br />
'''Zapp''': Congratulations.<br />
''[Zapp falls to the ground in pain and Morris and Munda go back to holding hands/tentacles while looking into each others eye.]''</poem><br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
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{{chars-begin}}<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Admiral Chew]]<br />
*[[Amy]]<br />
*[[Bender]]<br />
*[[Colonel (mutant)]]<br />
*[[Fry]]<br />
*[[George Takei's head]]<br />
*[[Headless Clone of Agnew]]<br />
*[[Kif]]<br />
*[[Hermes]]<br />
*[[Leela]]<br />
*[[Morris]]<br />
*'''Debut''': The [[mouth mutant]]<br />
*[[Munda]]<br />
*[[Nixon]]<br />
*[[Raoul]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Scruffy's goldfish]]<br />
*[[Zapp Brannigan]]<br />
*[[Zoidberg]]<br />
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[[Category:A plots focusing on Zapp]]</div>98.198.118.224http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Talk:Decision_3012&diff=115143Talk:Decision 30122012-07-06T05:12:49Z<p>98.198.118.224: /* Oversight? */</p>
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<div>== Cannon ==<br />
Should this episode be considered cannon? Because technically, although it may have actually happened, no one remembers it, and it's extremely unlikely to affect anything after this episode.<br />
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Because it is not a comic, The Game, or an Anthology of Interest-esque episode and is part of the regular season, it must be considered cannon.[[Special:Contributions/98.198.118.224|98.198.118.224]] 05:47, 30 June 2012 (CEST)<br />
:I don't think that necessarily has to be true. Just because we haven't found a situation where there might be an exception doesn't mean that there can't be one. [[Special:Contributions/66.32.188.127|66.32.188.127]] 16:20, 1 July 2012 (CEST)<br />
::This isn't an exception; just because the events of the episode were erased due to paradox correction does not change the fact that they occurred. Even the Anthology of Interest stories, which are clearly non-canonical, contain events which are canon. -- [[User:DeepSpaceHomer|DeepSpaceHomer]] ([[User talk:DeepSpaceHomer|talk]]) 00:07, 2 July 2012 (CEST)<br />
:::I think that they really didn't occur; in the reality that the next episode takes on, the events of this episode other than Nixon being reelected never happened, which is the exact definition of a non-cannon episode. [[Special:Contributions/66.32.188.127|66.32.188.127]] 22:28, 2 July 2012 (CEST)<br />
::::This is the problem with time travel. In Bender's Big Score, a time duplicate Fry led a long life in the 2000s despite the original traveling back to the 3000s. Is the life of the duplicate Fry cannon? Timeline A would follow Fry (A), Fry (B) becomes a whale biologist on Timeline B, Fry (Γ) remains in the Cryogenic Tube and Timeline Γ merges with Timeline A, and the whole thing gets kinda convoluted. Think of the Time Paradox Benders at the end of BBS.<br />
::::I think it can be considered cannon if the timelines could be mapped out as linearly as possible. The Travers B timeline ends abruptly at the end of the election, so it actually happened, but the "time" itself stopped suddenly and rapidly merged with the Travers A timeline (in which he is born but has not come back from the future). My head hurts.[[Special:Contributions/98.198.118.224|98.198.118.224]] 22:45, 3 July 2012 (CEST)<br />
::::This is a pretty big problem with time travel. Everything is very confusing when there is a paradox. And actually, there were a few paradoxes in BBS, like the question of where the tattoo came from. I'm thinking maybe we should have a section called "cannon" in which we discuss the issue as thoroughly as possible. I also think we should put the label "Disputed Cannon" on this episode, because that does mean that there are different opinions on whether or not it's cannon, not that it's non-cannon. Also, on the article on cannon, we could have a section labeled "Decision 3012" similar to the one on this article.[[Special:Contributions/66.32.188.127|66.32.188.127]] 17:35, 4 July 2012 (CEST)<br />
:::::I'll second a Disputed Cannon tag on the article, or at least a mention as a note. In fact, something exclusive to paradoxes would be ideal. It can be applied then to BBS, Roswell, this episode, and any other that deals with paradoxes within the universe. Also, I have no idea how to do anything like that.[[Special:Contributions/98.198.118.224|98.198.118.224]] 13:23, 5 July 2012 (CEST)<br />
:::::I don't know either. Someone with an actual account will have to make the label, since neither of us knows how. But for now, the Disputed Canon label should suffice until a label for paradoxes is created. [[Special:Contributions/66.32.188.127|66.32.188.127]] 16:34, 5 July 2012 (CEST)<br />
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== Robot Uprising ==<br />
Is the future robot uprising in this episode the same future robot uprising shown in The Late Philip J. Fry? Because it would make a lot of sense.<br />
:We could add that, making sure people know it's speculation on our part and not definite. [[Special:Contributions/66.32.188.127|66.32.188.127]] 03:40, 29 June 2012 (CEST)<br />
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== Terminator? ==<br />
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Is really nobody seeing the Terminator Reference in this Episode?<br />
: Rise of the machines, sent back in time as time traveling savior, Bender with glasses and gun. Yes. Still, it's more of a revisit of an older theme (Big Score) rather than a new reference. [[Special:Contributions/188.26.54.248|188.26.54.248]] 23:58, 5 July 2012 (CEST)<br />
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== Hoover dam? ==<br />
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In the scene after the protest outside of the Travers presidential headquaters when Leela slams Bender into the wall, Bender's motives are questioned and he says "'cause they won't let me near the Hoover Dam anymore." Anyone have some insight into why? Or, is it another of Bender's lies?[[Special:Contributions/98.198.118.224|98.198.118.224]] 05:55, 30 June 2012 (CEST)<br />
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I would say it has something to do with Las Vegas. It's not difficult to imagine he isn't welcome there.<br />
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== Oversight? ==<br />
While recounting his time in the future, the candidate says "I escaped JUST as the robots arrived" but the animation shows he left before Bender kicked down the wall, so he wouldn't have known what was going to happen. Assumingly, the whole Bender monologue is there simply for our benefit, as nobody who was there to see it ever made it back.<br />
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Also, since he failed and Nixon got elected, it will all happen as the story was told. If that is the case, where did Travers go? In 20 years, he'll jump into the green energy ball and? I'm guessing that's when the paradox correction kicks in, because Travers wasn't killed when he lost the elections, he got reverted, meaning he never went back, but the future mankind still had the code and wanted him to go. Was he deposited back out? [[Special:Contributions/188.26.54.248|188.26.54.248]] 23:58, 5 July 2012 (CEST)<br />
: The Benders in BBS exploded. My best guess (speculative) is that a similar reaction took place for Travers. His existence just...stopped.[[Special:Contributions/98.198.118.224|98.198.118.224]] 07:12, 6 July 2012 (CEST)</div>98.198.118.224http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Talk:The_Thief_of_Baghead&diff=115142Talk:The Thief of Baghead2012-07-06T05:08:30Z<p>98.198.118.224: Created page with "The goofs section is kinda riddled with questions. These should probably be rephrased or brought here for answers. I don't want to delete anything from the page since I don't ..."</p>
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<div>The goofs section is kinda riddled with questions. These should probably be rephrased or brought here for answers. I don't want to delete anything from the page since I don't have an account. They are as follows:<br />
:If the Professor knew his gun would take so long to warm up, why didn't he turn it on while he was waiting for the performance to begin?<br />
::The answer here is senility, obviously.<br />
:Langdon Cobb's house had a fifty foot force field around it, so how did his ego get out from its grounds to contest hall?<br />
::The ego grew to a very large size before escaping, so it's reasonable to assume that it grew large enough to scale or jump over the fence.<br />
:If Bender's camera is simply a none[sic] futuristic film camera, then shouldn't the heat of the fire he hid in to take Langdon Cobb's photo, have caused the camera to melt or the film to burn[?]<br />
::This one I don't actually have an answer to. This would actually be a goof.<br />
:The Professor explains that looking upon a Quantum Litchen drains any living things life force, so why does it reduce the body, to a deflated husk? Shouldn't the bones, muscle, fat and blood remain?<br />
::No answer for this one either.<br />
:Even for a robot, shouldn't drinking battery acid, corrode their insides?<br />
::Since it's likely that Calculon is made of steel, the oxidation would be slow enough to not cause fatal damage.<br />
[[Special:Contributions/98.198.118.224|98.198.118.224]] 07:08, 6 July 2012 (CEST)</div>98.198.118.224http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Talk:Decision_3012&diff=115059Talk:Decision 30122012-07-05T11:23:29Z<p>98.198.118.224: /* Cannon */</p>
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<div>== Cannon ==<br />
Should this episode be considered cannon? Because technically, although it may have actually happened, no one remembers it, and it's extremely unlikely to affect anything after this episode.<br />
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Because it is not a comic, The Game, or an Anthology of Interest-esque episode and is part of the regular season, it must be considered cannon.[[Special:Contributions/98.198.118.224|98.198.118.224]] 05:47, 30 June 2012 (CEST)<br />
:I don't think that necessarily has to be true. Just because we haven't found a situation where there might be an exception doesn't mean that there can't be one. [[Special:Contributions/66.32.188.127|66.32.188.127]] 16:20, 1 July 2012 (CEST)<br />
::This isn't an exception; just because the events of the episode were erased due to paradox correction does not change the fact that they occurred. Even the Anthology of Interest stories, which are clearly non-canonical, contain events which are canon. -- [[User:DeepSpaceHomer|DeepSpaceHomer]] ([[User talk:DeepSpaceHomer|talk]]) 00:07, 2 July 2012 (CEST)<br />
:::I think that they really didn't occur; in the reality that the next episode takes on, the events of this episode other than Nixon being reelected never happened, which is the exact definition of a non-cannon episode. [[Special:Contributions/66.32.188.127|66.32.188.127]] 22:28, 2 July 2012 (CEST)<br />
::::This is the problem with time travel. In Bender's Big Score, a time duplicate Fry led a long life in the 2000s despite the original traveling back to the 3000s. Is the life of the duplicate Fry cannon? Timeline A would follow Fry (A), Fry (B) becomes a whale biologist on Timeline B, Fry (Γ) remains in the Cryogenic Tube and Timeline Γ merges with Timeline A, and the whole thing gets kinda convoluted. Think of the Time Paradox Benders at the end of BBS.<br />
::::I think it can be considered cannon if the timelines could be mapped out as linearly as possible. The Travers B timeline ends abruptly at the end of the election, so it actually happened, but the "time" itself stopped suddenly and rapidly merged with the Travers A timeline (in which he is born but has not come back from the future). My head hurts.[[Special:Contributions/98.198.118.224|98.198.118.224]] 22:45, 3 July 2012 (CEST)<br />
::::This is a pretty big problem with time travel. Everything is very confusing when there is a paradox. And actually, there were a few paradoxes in BBS, like the question of where the tattoo came from. I'm thinking maybe we should have a section called "cannon" in which we discuss the issue as thoroughly as possible. I also think we should put the label "Disputed Cannon" on this episode, because that does mean that there are different opinions on whether or not it's cannon, not that it's non-cannon. Also, on the article on cannon, we could have a section labeled "Decision 3012" similar to the one on this article.[[Special:Contributions/66.32.188.127|66.32.188.127]] 17:35, 4 July 2012 (CEST)<br />
:::::I'll second a Disputed Cannon tag on the article, or at least a mention as a note. In fact, something exclusive to paradoxes would be ideal. It can be applied then to BBS, Roswell, this episode, and any other that deals with paradoxes within the universe. Also, I have no idea how to do anything like that.[[Special:Contributions/98.198.118.224|98.198.118.224]] 13:23, 5 July 2012 (CEST)<br />
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== Robot Uprising ==<br />
Is the future robot uprising in this episode the same future robot uprising shown in The Late Philip J. Fry? Because it would make a lot of sense.<br />
:We could add that, making sure people know it's speculation on our part and not definite. [[Special:Contributions/66.32.188.127|66.32.188.127]] 03:40, 29 June 2012 (CEST)<br />
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== Terminator? ==<br />
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Is really nobody seeing the Terminator Reference in this Episode?<br />
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== Hoover dam? ==<br />
<br />
In the scene after the protest outside of the Travers presidential headquaters when Leela slams Bender into the wall, Bender's motives are questioned and he says "'cause they won't let me near the Hoover Dam anymore." Anyone have some insight into why? Or, is it another of Bender's lies?[[Special:Contributions/98.198.118.224|98.198.118.224]] 05:55, 30 June 2012 (CEST)<br />
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I would say it has something to do with Las Vegas. It's not difficult to imagine he isn't welcome there.</div>98.198.118.224http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Talk:Decision_3012&diff=115004Talk:Decision 30122012-07-03T20:45:53Z<p>98.198.118.224: /* Cannon */</p>
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<div>== Cannon ==<br />
Should this episode be considered cannon? Because technically, although it may have actually happened, no one remembers it, and it's extremely unlikely to affect anything after this episode.<br />
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Because it is not a comic, The Game, or an Anthology of Interest-esque episode and is part of the regular season, it must be considered cannon.[[Special:Contributions/98.198.118.224|98.198.118.224]] 05:47, 30 June 2012 (CEST)<br />
:I don't think that necessarily has to be true. Just because we haven't found a situation where there might be an exception doesn't mean that there can't be one. [[Special:Contributions/66.32.188.127|66.32.188.127]] 16:20, 1 July 2012 (CEST)<br />
::This isn't an exception; just because the events of the episode were erased due to paradox correction does not change the fact that they occurred. Even the Anthology of Interest stories, which are clearly non-canonical, contain events which are canon. -- [[User:DeepSpaceHomer|DeepSpaceHomer]] ([[User talk:DeepSpaceHomer|talk]]) 00:07, 2 July 2012 (CEST)<br />
:::I think that they really didn't occur; in the reality that the next episode takes on, the events of this episode other than Nixon being reelected never happened, which is the exact definition of a non-cannon episode. [[Special:Contributions/66.32.188.127|66.32.188.127]] 22:28, 2 July 2012 (CEST)<br />
::::This is the problem with time travel. In Bender's Big Score, a time duplicate Fry led a long life in the 2000s despite the original traveling back to the 3000s. Is the life of the duplicate Fry cannon? Timeline A would follow Fry (A), Fry (B) becomes a whale biologist on Timeline B, Fry (Γ) remains in the Cryogenic Tube and Timeline Γ merges with Timeline A, and the whole thing gets kinda convoluted. Think of the Time Paradox Benders at the end of BBS.<br />
::::I think it can be considered cannon if the timelines could be mapped out as linearly as possible. The Travers B timeline ends abruptly at the end of the election, so it actually happened, but the "time" itself stopped suddenly and rapidly merged with the Travers A timeline (in which he is born but has not come back from the future). My head hurts.[[Special:Contributions/98.198.118.224|98.198.118.224]] 22:45, 3 July 2012 (CEST)<br />
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== Robot Uprising ==<br />
Is the future robot uprising in this episode the same future robot uprising shown in The Late Philip J. Fry? Because it would make a lot of sense.<br />
:We could add that, making sure people know it's speculation on our part and not definite. [[Special:Contributions/66.32.188.127|66.32.188.127]] 03:40, 29 June 2012 (CEST)<br />
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== Terminator? ==<br />
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Is really nobody seeing the Terminator Reference in this Episode?<br />
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== Hoover dam? ==<br />
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In the scene after the protest outside of the Travers presidential headquaters when Leela slams Bender into the wall, Bender's motives are questioned and he says "'cause they won't let me near the Hoover Dam anymore." Anyone have some insight into why? Or, is it another of Bender's lies?[[Special:Contributions/98.198.118.224|98.198.118.224]] 05:55, 30 June 2012 (CEST)<br />
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I would say it has something to do with Las Vegas. It's not difficult to imagine he isn't welcome there.</div>98.198.118.224http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Talk:Decision_3012&diff=114876Talk:Decision 30122012-06-30T03:56:07Z<p>98.198.118.224: /* Cannon */</p>
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<div>== Cannon ==<br />
Should this episode be considered cannon? Because technically, although it may have actually happened, no one remembers it, and it's extremely unlikely to affect anything after this episode.<br />
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Because it is not a comic, The Game, or an Anthology of Interest-esque episode and is part of the regular season, it must be considered cannon.[[Special:Contributions/98.198.118.224|98.198.118.224]] 05:47, 30 June 2012 (CEST)<br />
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== Robot Uprising ==<br />
Is the future robot uprising in this episode the same future robot uprising shown in The Late Philip J. Fry? Because it would make a lot of sense.<br />
:We could add that, making sure people know it's speculation on our part and not definite. [[Special:Contributions/66.32.188.127|66.32.188.127]] 03:40, 29 June 2012 (CEST)<br />
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== Terminator? ==<br />
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Is really nobody seeing the Terminator Reference in this Episode?<br />
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== Hoover dam? ==<br />
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In the scene after the protest outside of the Travers presidential headquaters when Leela slams Bender into the wall, Bender's motives are questioned and he says "'cause they won't let me near the Hoover Dam anymore." Anyone have some insight into why? Or, is it another of Bender's lies?[[Special:Contributions/98.198.118.224|98.198.118.224]] 05:55, 30 June 2012 (CEST)</div>98.198.118.224http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Talk:Decision_3012&diff=114875Talk:Decision 30122012-06-30T03:55:35Z<p>98.198.118.224: /* Hoover dam? */ new section</p>
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<div>== Cannon ==<br />
Should this episode be considered cannon? Because technically, although it may have actually happened, no one remembers it, and it's extremely unlikely to affect anything after this episode.<br />
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Because it is not a comic, The Game, or a Anthology of Interest-esque and is part of the regular season, it must be considered cannon.[[Special:Contributions/98.198.118.224|98.198.118.224]] 05:47, 30 June 2012 (CEST)<br />
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== Robot Uprising ==<br />
Is the future robot uprising in this episode the same future robot uprising shown in The Late Philip J. Fry? Because it would make a lot of sense.<br />
:We could add that, making sure people know it's speculation on our part and not definite. [[Special:Contributions/66.32.188.127|66.32.188.127]] 03:40, 29 June 2012 (CEST)<br />
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== Terminator? ==<br />
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Is really nobody seeing the Terminator Reference in this Episode?<br />
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== Hoover dam? ==<br />
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In the scene after the protest outside of the Travers presidential headquaters when Leela slams Bender into the wall, Bender's motives are questioned and he says "'cause they won't let me near the Hoover Dam anymore." Anyone have some insight into why? Or, is it another of Bender's lies?[[Special:Contributions/98.198.118.224|98.198.118.224]] 05:55, 30 June 2012 (CEST)</div>98.198.118.224http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Talk:Decision_3012&diff=114874Talk:Decision 30122012-06-30T03:47:52Z<p>98.198.118.224: /* Cannon */</p>
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<div>== Cannon ==<br />
Should this episode be considered cannon? Because technically, although it may have actually happened, no one remembers it, and it's extremely unlikely to affect anything after this episode.<br />
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Because it is not a comic, The Game, or a Anthology of Interest-esque and is part of the regular season, it must be considered cannon.[[Special:Contributions/98.198.118.224|98.198.118.224]] 05:47, 30 June 2012 (CEST)<br />
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== Robot Uprising ==<br />
Is the future robot uprising in this episode the same future robot uprising shown in The Late Philip J. Fry? Because it would make a lot of sense.<br />
:We could add that, making sure people know it's speculation on our part and not definite. [[Special:Contributions/66.32.188.127|66.32.188.127]] 03:40, 29 June 2012 (CEST)<br />
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== Terminator? ==<br />
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Is really nobody seeing the Terminator Reference in this Episode?</div>98.198.118.224http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Talk:Decision_3012&diff=114873Talk:Decision 30122012-06-30T03:47:41Z<p>98.198.118.224: /* Cannon */</p>
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<div>== Cannon ==<br />
Should this episode be considered cannon? Because technically, although it may have actually happened, no one remembers it, and it's extremely unlikely to affect anything after this episode.<br />
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Because it is not a comic, The Game, or a Anthology of Interest-esque and is part of the regular season, it must be considered cannon.<br />
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== Robot Uprising ==<br />
Is the future robot uprising in this episode the same future robot uprising shown in The Late Philip J. Fry? Because it would make a lot of sense.<br />
:We could add that, making sure people know it's speculation on our part and not definite. [[Special:Contributions/66.32.188.127|66.32.188.127]] 03:40, 29 June 2012 (CEST)<br />
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== Terminator? ==<br />
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Is really nobody seeing the Terminator Reference in this Episode?</div>98.198.118.224http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Talk:Law_and_Oracle&diff=114442Talk:Law and Oracle2012-06-24T07:51:12Z<p>98.198.118.224: /* leela moves back and forth */</p>
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<div>== The first time characters are mentioned ==<br />
"This marks the first time that several character names are mentioned on the show, including Smitty, URL, and Hattie McDoogal, the latter whose last name is confirmed."<br />
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We have heard both Smitty's and URL's names before, haven't we? And we've heard Hattie, but maybe not her last name. - [[User:Aki|aki]]<sup>[[User talk:Aki|talk]]</sup> 00:06, 9 July 2011 (CEST)<br />
:We've heard their names, but I think this is the first time in-show that we've heard "Officer Smith" and "Hattie McDoogal". I guess even "Officer URL" could count. -- [[User:DeepSpaceHomer|DeepSpaceHomer]] 00:58, 9 July 2011 (CEST)<br />
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== Particular Individual ==<br />
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When URL says this particular individual isn't that a node to Mike's Judge Idiocracy, where the police always says "Does this particular individual is the unfit mother?"<br />
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==leela moves back and forth==<br />
I think when leela moves back and forth on pandora is a reference to the fact that a paper moves back and forth in mid air of our 3D universe. (sorry if I spelled '''forth''' wrong.)<br />
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I think this is more of a lack of depth perception of a 2D-3D character with one eye in a 3D-3D world. Leela's lack of depth perception is mentioned frequently throughout the series.[[Special:Contributions/98.198.118.224|98.198.118.224]] 09:51, 24 June 2012 (CEST)</div>98.198.118.224http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Talk:The_Silence_of_the_Clamps&diff=114441Talk:The Silence of the Clamps2012-06-24T07:47:23Z<p>98.198.118.224: /* Family Bros Pizza */</p>
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<div>== Title? ==<br />
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Fun I should bring this up again. But this time it is actually slightly disputed. Both "Bend on a Wire" and "The Silence of the Clamps" seems possible. However, the latter seems to be quite favourable for several reasons.<br />
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As i_c_weiner [http://www.peelified.com/index.php?topic=18398.msg1094925#msg1094925 correctly points out on PEEL], it would be most likely for "The Silence of the Clamps" to be the episode name, given how it focuses on Clamps (we know that from Maurice LaMarche) and "Bend on a Wire" is a more generic title. --'''[[User:Svip|Svip]]'''<sup>[[User talk:Svip|talk]]</sup> 13:14, 11 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
:Most probably yes, but I think we have to stick with the ACV code until certain. I'd also assume that the row of images and names are an episode ideas listing, whereas the blue/red scripts are more recent and that the colour indicates how complete the script is (not sure which is which though). - [[User:Quolnok|Quolnok]] 22:36, 11 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
::Red is first draft, blue is final draft. That's as much as I know. --'''[[User:Svip|Svip]]'''<sup>[[User talk:Svip|talk]]</sup> 23:23, 11 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Airing Date ==<br />
<br />
I'm a bit confused about the air date right now. I find conflictive dates even on this site.<br />
<br />
On the [http://theinfosphere.org/Main_Page Main Page], the date is 23 June, while on the [http://theinfosphere.org/Episode_Listing episode listing], the [http://theinfosphere.org/The_Silence_of_the_Clamps episode page] and other places, the date is 21 July. This is apparently taken from a [https://twitter.com/#!/erog23/status/57901978931560448 tweet] from Eric Rogers.<br />
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But on other sites, I mostly find the first date(23 June), namely the [http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/futurama/index.jhtml official comedy central page], [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1630886/ IMDB], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silence_of_the_Clamps wikipedia] and [http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/02/futurama_renewed.html vulture].<br />
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So, have I missed something or what?<br />
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--[[User:Rosthouse|Rosthouse]] 14:03, 27 April 2011 (CEST)<br />
:Svip is the one who changed it so I'd ask him. In my opinion, it is because not everyone has had a chance to update or even knows that the date has changed. [[User:Teyrn of Highever|Teyrn of Highever]] 14:37, 27 April 2011 (CEST)<br />
:Svip is probably waiting for Comedy Central to reveal which episode will air on June 23. Only then will ''[[Infosphere:Upcoming episode]]'' be updated. [[User:Sanfazer|Sanfazer]] 23:49, 27 April 2011 (CEST)<br />
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== Zoidberg's name ==<br />
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Is this the first time Zoidberg gives his name as "John"? I don't recall ever hearing anyone say his full name in the series. -- [[User:DeepSpaceHomer|DeepSpaceHomer]] 16:46, 15 July 2011 (CEST)<br />
:Hermes said his full name in BBS. But yes, it is the first time that Zoidberg referred to himself by his full name. -- [[User:Jasonbres|Jasonbres]] 19:54, 15 July 2011 (CEST)<br />
::Oh, I completely forgot about that. I had thought that this episode was the first time we canonically learned Zoidberg's full name, but I was wrong. -- [[User:DeepSpaceHomer|DeepSpaceHomer]] 20:04, 15 July 2011 (CEST)<br />
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== Sheriff Burley ==<br />
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Sheriff Burley appears to be a parody of Mr Furley from Three's Company.<br />
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== Family Bros Pizza ==<br />
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The Pizzeria they're at is Family Bros Pizza formerly owned by the Cygnoids from the episode "A Leela of Her Own". I think the Cygnoids sold it to Fishy Joe at the end of that episode. It still has the slogan "Authentic Earth Pizza".<br />
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IIRC, they sold the franchising rights to Fishy Joe, rather than the store itself. It's very possible that the Cygnoids are continuing to work at the store they set up, but paying the franchising fees to Fishy Joe. In the case of Popplers, Fishy Joe bought all rights to market and distribute.[[Special:Contributions/98.198.118.224|98.198.118.224]] 09:47, 24 June 2012 (CEST)<br />
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== Goof isn't Goof? ==<br />
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This "goof" is present in the Goofs section: "In "Lethal Inspection", we learned that all bending units are equiped with a wireless back-up copy of them being updated everyday. Clearly, the character Billy West was also a bending unit (except he can't bend) so the Robot Mafia had never really killed Bender (really Billy West) meaning the real Bender could still be in danger." I don't think this is a goof of any sort. We've seen several Bending units in the past, and all of the Robot Mafia believes that Clamps killed our Bender. As such, unless someone comments to someone else in the Robot Mafia that the Bender they are after isn't dead, there's no possible way they would know or even think that Bender is still alive, even if seeing another Bending unit that looks just like him. Even if they did, the Robot Mafia probably wouldn't even care or notice, seeing as how not only has Bender been a part of the Mafia in the past, but he had that affair with Fanny and no one in the Mafia cares anymore, so I doubt they would care if they see him and know he was the same Bender. <br />
To add to this, if all robots are equipped with a backup unit, they would also know this, and then wouldn't have stopped looking for him in the first place, if you want to use that. Regardless, this isn't a goof, and I think this should be removed from the section. [[User:Polantaris|Polantaris]] 01:30, 19 July 2011 (CEST)<br />
:There are several points to this. First of all, maybe the Robot Mafia don't know about the backup unit, and second, maybe they ''don't care''. The killing would perhaps just be a mean thing to do to Bender, not meant to take him out completely but more of a punishment. We've seen this before. In short: I agree, no goof. - [[User:Aki|aki]]<sup>[[User talk:Aki|talk]]</sup> 16:43, 19 July 2011 (CEST)<br />
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== Clamps ==<br />
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Shouldn't be added in the goodfellas reference that Clamps is heavily based in Joe Pesci's characters having anger management issues and almost psychopathic behavior. <small>-- the preceding unsigned comment was written by [[Special:Contributions/189.216.160.186|189.216.160.186]]{{#if:|&nbsp;before {{{2}}}|}}.</small><br />
:That's true. But was strike me as odd is that it is not mentioned in the "[[Bender Gets Made]]" article (on a different note; that article could use an update!) and not even in [[Clamps|Clamps' own article]]. I'd rather prefer to avoid having to mention it three times in three different articles. --'''[[User:Svip|Svip]]'''<sup>[[User talk:Svip|talk]]</sup> 12:55, 7 September 2011 (CEST)</div>98.198.118.224http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Talk:Space_Pilot_3000&diff=114420Talk:Space Pilot 30002012-06-23T22:15:24Z<p>98.198.118.224: /* Eye in the garbage can */</p>
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== Eye in the garbage can ==<br />
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Don't add it. Seriously. It's been added and deleted several times from this page. Nibbler's eye doesn't appear in the garbage can until [[Jurassic Bark]]. Simple as that. Don't add it.<br />
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It's the shadow of Nibbler's eye that people are seeing. It's merely lack of clarity.[[Special:Contributions/98.198.118.224|98.198.118.224]] 00:15, 24 June 2012 (CEST)<br />
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== Flying saucers destroying New York ==<br />
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I added that it was revealed Bender did it the first time in 2308.[[User:Anarchy Balsac|Anarchy Balsac]] 18:41, 4 January 2008 (PST)<br />
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== Man #2 ==<br />
Is it just me or does the guy who says "Pft! Tourist!" after Fry flies out of the tubeline sound a lot like Hank Azaria doing Carl Carlson's voice? I can't find anything to confirm this, but it sounds so much like him. Can anyone confirm this? --[[User:DotDarkCloud|dotDarkCloud]] 17:29, 23 June 2008 (CEST)<br />
: Hm, I cannot find any confirmation. There is no credit on this character at all. Neither is it mentioned in the commentary, so my guess would be no. --'''[[User:Svip|Svip]]'''<sup>[[User talk:Svip|Talk]]</sup> 17:45, 23 June 2008 (CEST)<br />
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== Cold opening ==<br />
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An idea I had touched months prior, and am now finally trying it out, I call it the cold opening of an article, similar to those on the show. The idea is that these episode articles start rather "rough", navigation, infobox and plot. No introduction. Sure, straight to the point is nice, but a short introduction, explaining the significances of an episode, a quite recap of its plot and mentions of its guest stars. I am opening this discussion for opinions. --'''[[User:Svip|Svip]]'''<sup>[[User talk:Svip|Talk]]</sup> 23:12, 3 November 2008 (UTC)<br />
:Overdue response, but I agree. I've always thought that a summary or something would be great at the start, something that goes over some key points or something, rather than just "here's what happens, blow-by-blow"--not everyone wants to read the whole thing to find out what the episode is about. --[[User:Buddy13|Buddy]] 00:31, 11 December 2008 (UTC)<br />
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== 1000 years being less than 1000 years ==<br />
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Let me explain. How long is a year? 365 days? I don't think so. 365.25 days? That's better, but still not there. Leap days (every fourth year, unless that year is dividable by 100, but not if it is also dividable with 400) was originally created to take care of that problem. Problem is, that even with these fixes, the year remains somewhat off. So, they made leap seconds, every year, when appropriate, an additional second is added to the year. It may not seem like much, but it will actually make sure that the year cycles does not go out of hand.<br />
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But, a thing like a countdown on the freezer-tube, may take care of the leap days problem, but not the leap second issue. Thus, by a thousand years, the lack of increment every year for the countdown have left it half a day behind. There are some more precise calculations on this issue, but I couldn't find them. --'''[[User:Svip|Svip]]'''<sup>[[User talk:Svip|Talk]]</sup> 22:34, 10 December 2008 (UTC)<br />
:So, are you saying Fry should have come ''after'' the year 3000, or before he came to the future? Chris of the Futurama 23:44, 10 December 2008 (UTC)<br />
::Most clocks also lose time. Since Applied Cryogenics is sort of a shoddy operation, they probably don't have super-expensive atomic clocks on-site. In fact, I imagine that the reason the "ding" sounds like that of a dinner timer is because it's probably built from one. Crappy clocks lose more time than good ones (even atomic clocks lose a second every million years or so). It's not inconceivable that the clock could've lost twelve hours or more in a thousand years. --[[User:Buddy13|Buddy]] 00:29, 11 December 2008 (UTC)<br />
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== "couldn't be happier" indeed! ==<br />
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Ctrl+F and find this phrase in the article. Oddity! Perhaps removal or reworkification? --[[User:Buddy13|Buddy]] 01:12, 6 February 2009 (UTC)<br />
:Why? I don't see anything wrong with it. [[User:Futuramadude|Futuramadude]] 01:24, 6 February 2009 (UTC)<br />
::My point was that it's in there twice. A phrase so rare shouldn't be overused. I once read a book where the author used "precipitous" five times. It was obnoxious. It was like he found it in the dictionary and wanted to use it as often as possible. Anyway, yeah. Repetition bothers me slightly. That's all. --[[User:Buddy13|Buddy]] 02:06, 6 February 2009 (UTC)<br />
:::Dreadfully obnoxious it must have been. [[User:Futuramadude|Futuramadude]] 02:40, 6 February 2009 (UTC)<br />
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== Suicide ==<br />
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So in the trivia we've got "According to Groening, the inspiration for the suicide booth was the 1937 Donald Duck cartoon, "Modern Inventions", in which the Duck is faced with—and nearly killed several times by—various push button gadgets in a Museum of the Future. " as well as "Suicide Booths are taken directly from one of Sheckley's novels, Immortality, Inc."<br />
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By having both in, the implication is that Matt Groening says that Robert Sheckley was influenced by a Disney cartoon. In fact, the whole trivia section is full of claims that don't seem to have any proof behind them. As much as I love Red Dwarf, I never once thought that this in any way paralleled Lister being frozen for a million years, nor have I ever seen any official statements to that effect. As such, I'm taking out some of the more unlikely things, but I'm more than willing to discuss the possibility of them being correct and my being utterly wrong and pretentious.--[[User:Ozzie|Ozzie]] 13:34, 8 February 2009 (UTC)<br />
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== Re: Reception ==<br />
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So, I see we've got the ratings there, and we probably mentioned that it was the highest-rated pilot in fox history. I'm just wondering, does Futurama still hold this record? I'd be interested to know which shows knocked it from the top (if any). --[[User:Buddy13|Buddy]] 02:14, 17 April 2009 (UTC)<br />
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==Goof?==<br />
During both countdowns it's midnight - and dark - simultaneously everywhere around the world. Is there any indication of whether that is an oversight, or an intentional joke? <small>-- the preceding unsigned comment was written by [[User:86.175.39.135|86.175.39.135]]{{#if:|&nbsp;before {{{2}}}|}}.</small><br />
:Both, actually. According to the commentary, [[David X. Cohen]] had the idea of the simultaneous countdowns in his head, and wanted it through, it was only afterwards he really considered the issues, but even then, it was too cool to go amiss. So while they admit it is not possible, they were well aware of that before they put it in, so I suppose "internal joke" is your answer. --'''[[User:Svip|Svip]]'''<sup>[[User talk:Svip|Talk]]</sup> 00:06, 5 May 2009 (UTC)<br />
:If I'm not mistaken (and I may be), I think they mentioned it in the commentary. As for fans, we can always pretend there were time cuts between them, showing scenes from the twenty-four different time zones... or something. --[[User:Buddy13|Buddy]] 00:07, 5 May 2009 (UTC)<br />
::Well, I added it to the production section anyway. --'''[[User:Svip|Svip]]'''<sup>[[User talk:Svip|Talk]]</sup> 00:11, 5 May 2009 (UTC)<br />
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==Wrong translation==<br />
[[Image:girlsgirlsgirls.jpg|thumb|right]]<br />
The Trivia section says that Fry passes a sign in Chinese, which, when translated, says "fire" and "women", probably meaning "hot women". That is not actually correct. The sign reads 少女, not 火女, which in Chinese means young lady, maiden or virgin. The same characters in Japanese carry the same meaning as in Chinese. --<br />
:And is pronounced (in Japanese) "Shoujo" -- It's commonly used to refer to young girls' manga, as well. --[[User:Buddy13|Buddy]] 20:23, 5 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
:And now, having looked at it, it's repeated three times. So I'm going to say that it says "Girls Girls Girls" perhaps? --[[User:Buddy13|Buddy]] 20:30, 5 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
::Given the signs nearby, I'd say that's exactly what it says. - [[User:Quolnok|Quolnok]] 03:11, 6 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
:::Agreed --</div>98.198.118.224http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Talk:All_the_Presidents%27_Heads&diff=114419Talk:All the Presidents' Heads2012-06-23T22:13:42Z<p>98.198.118.224: /* Cleanup */ new section</p>
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<div>== Gadsden Flag ==<br />
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Is that what Bender's Flag replaced? I clearly saw the word "Tread" but i wasn't sure what the name of the flag was. Can someone confirm?--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 22:06, 31 July 2011 (CEST)<br />
:Short answer? Yes. Long answer? See short answer. -- [[User:DeepSpaceHomer|DeepSpaceHomer]] 00:07, 1 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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== Retconned about Teller? ==<br />
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I don't think it's retconned that Teller died from lack of opal powder. I personally believe it's because he wasn't fed, similar to [[Max Weinberg's head]]. But whatever the case may be, this episode does not offer any indication of why Teller actually died in ''ItWGY''. -- [[User:DeepSpaceHomer|DeepSpaceHomer]] 19:37, 3 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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The purpose of the powder was to preserve the head. If the head isn't preserved, the head stops functioning. Besides, he didn't actually die in ''Yonder'', it was prior to that--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 19:40, 3 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
:The purpose of the powder is to preserve the head, yes. But no specific reason is given for why Teller died, and it's a little forward to assert a cause of death when we have been given no information as to why he died. -- [[User:DeepSpaceHomer|DeepSpaceHomer]] 19:55, 3 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
- They still feed the heads....so I would assume the powder just prevents the heads from aging.<br />
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Right, and because the head aged, it stopped working--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 03:39, 6 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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== Bezelling Planisher ==<br />
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What the hell? Googling this term yields "Did you mean 'Bevelling planisher'?" And the image results look nothing like the tool shown. Anyone happen to know what that tool is, its proper name, or what it's used for? --[[User:Buddy13|Buddy]] 02:03, 25 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
- A bezel uses a planishing hammer (much like the one shown in the episode) to smooth out precious metals like sivler and gold. While it would be a bezel's planisher, this is Fry calling it out...[[Special:Contributions/98.198.118.224|98.198.118.224]] 00:12, 24 June 2012 (CEST)<br />
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== Cleanup ==<br />
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This article needs some major cleanup in the goofs section. It looks more like a forum than a wiki. I'll get to it eventually.[[Special:Contributions/98.198.118.224|98.198.118.224]] 00:13, 24 June 2012 (CEST)</div>98.198.118.224http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Talk:All_the_Presidents%27_Heads&diff=114418Talk:All the Presidents' Heads2012-06-23T22:12:22Z<p>98.198.118.224: /* Bezelling Planisher */</p>
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<div>== Gadsden Flag ==<br />
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Is that what Bender's Flag replaced? I clearly saw the word "Tread" but i wasn't sure what the name of the flag was. Can someone confirm?--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 22:06, 31 July 2011 (CEST)<br />
:Short answer? Yes. Long answer? See short answer. -- [[User:DeepSpaceHomer|DeepSpaceHomer]] 00:07, 1 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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== Retconned about Teller? ==<br />
<br />
I don't think it's retconned that Teller died from lack of opal powder. I personally believe it's because he wasn't fed, similar to [[Max Weinberg's head]]. But whatever the case may be, this episode does not offer any indication of why Teller actually died in ''ItWGY''. -- [[User:DeepSpaceHomer|DeepSpaceHomer]] 19:37, 3 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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The purpose of the powder was to preserve the head. If the head isn't preserved, the head stops functioning. Besides, he didn't actually die in ''Yonder'', it was prior to that--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 19:40, 3 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
:The purpose of the powder is to preserve the head, yes. But no specific reason is given for why Teller died, and it's a little forward to assert a cause of death when we have been given no information as to why he died. -- [[User:DeepSpaceHomer|DeepSpaceHomer]] 19:55, 3 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
- They still feed the heads....so I would assume the powder just prevents the heads from aging.<br />
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Right, and because the head aged, it stopped working--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 03:39, 6 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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== Bezelling Planisher ==<br />
<br />
What the hell? Googling this term yields "Did you mean 'Bevelling planisher'?" And the image results look nothing like the tool shown. Anyone happen to know what that tool is, its proper name, or what it's used for? --[[User:Buddy13|Buddy]] 02:03, 25 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
- A bezel uses a planishing hammer (much like the one shown in the episode) to smooth out precious metals like sivler and gold. While it would be a bezel's planisher, this is Fry calling it out...[[Special:Contributions/98.198.118.224|98.198.118.224]] 00:12, 24 June 2012 (CEST)</div>98.198.118.224http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Cold_Warriors&diff=114417Cold Warriors2012-06-23T21:55:54Z<p>98.198.118.224: /* Continuity */</p>
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<div>{{episode infobox<br />
|name=Cold Warriors<br />
|image=[[File:Cold Warriors infobox.png|225px]]<br />
|image text=[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]'s coughing infects [[Fry's guinea pig|the guinea pig]] with the [[common cold]] in [[Fry's past|the past]], marking the start of Fry's science project.<br />
|season=6<br />
|broadcast season=8<br />
|no=112<br />
|written by=Dan Vebber<br />
|directed by=Crystal Chesney-Thompson<br />
|special guest=[[Buzz Aldrin]]<br/>[[Tom Kenny]]<br />
|caption=WE'RE FOLLOWING YOU, BUT NOT ON TWITTER<br />
|title reference=The {{w|common cold}} and the {{w|cold warrior}}s<br />
|first aired=25 August, 2011<br />
|number=6ACV24<br />
|broadcast number=S08E11<br />
|prev ep=All the Presidents' Heads<br />
|next ep=Overclockwise<br />
|broad prev=The Tip of the Zoidberg<br />
|hasstoryboard=yes<br />
}}<br />
"'''Cold Warriors'''" is the one hundred and twelfth episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', the twenty-fourth of the [[Season 6|sixth production season]] and the eleventh of the [[Broadcast season 8|eighth broadcast season]]. It aired 25 August, 2011 on [[Comedy Central]]. [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]'s sneezing reintroduces the [[common cold]] to [[Earth|the world]] of [[3011|the future]], with devastating consequences.<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
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=== Act I: "What the hell's a common cold?" ===<br />
<!--[[File:Cold Warriors 1.png|left|thumb|[[Turanga Leela|Leela]] in the [[Planet Express conference room]].]]--><br />
Fry catches the common cold during an ice fishing trip, though the rest of the Planet Express crew are unaware of what the disease is as it was eradicated 500 years ago. Professor Farnsworth explains that the common cold virus had survived within Fry while he was frozen for 1000 years and has thus been reintroduced to mankind, which has lost all resistance to the virus. During this time, flashbacks to the year 1988 show Fry taking an ice fishing trip with his father, during which he falls through the ice and catches a cold. Later, egged on by his brother Yancy, he decides to enter a science competition judged by Buzz Aldrin in which the winner's entry will be launched into space in a satellite. His idea is to infect his pet guinea pig with the cold virus and see if can be cured by exposure to cosmic rays. A rival competitor, Josh Gedgie, learns of Fry's entry and decides to create an experiment about the common cold as well.<br />
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=== Act II: "Chicken. Water. Fire." ===<br />
<!--[[File:Cold Warriors 2.png|left|thumb|[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] in the [[Planet Express employee lounge]].]]--><br />
In the present day, the pathogens of the cold are detected and Planet Express is quarantined. Bender, who is immune to biological illness and forced to take care of the sick crew, becomes exasperated and breaks through the quarantine after being sneezed on by Zoidberg, spreading the virus across Manhattan. Richard Nixon becomes concerned with the rapid spread of the disease and brings in Dr. Ogden Wernstrom to resolve the situation. Wernstrom's solution is to destroy the virus by enclosing Manhattan in plastic wrap, lifting it into space, and hurling it into the Sun.<br />
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=== Act III: "Blow them to baco bits with a well placed warning shot!" ===<br />
<!--[[File:Cold Warriors 3.png|left|thumb|[[Zapp Brannigan|Zapp]] in the ''[[Nimbus]]''.]]--><br />
Believing that a vaccine can be created using a sample of the original virus, Farnsworth plans to extract it from Fry by grinding his body into a paste. Fry remembers that the winning science competition entry contained a virus sample. The crew escapes the city and finds the satellite containing the experiment, now encased in ice on Enceladus, with a flashback revealing that Gedgie's project won the competition. As the Professor uses Gedgie's virus sample to create a vaccine, and Manhattan is set back in place and its residents are inoculated to stop the outbreak, Fry has a flashback to the ice fishing trip with his father just after being pulled out of the ice, where Fry's father tells him that he loves him, and explains that he is only so hard on Fry because he wants Fry to grow up strong.<br />
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== Production ==<br />
During June [[2011]], ''[[Countdown to Futurama]]'' released two items of promotional material for the episode: concept art of [[Fry's guinea pig]] on 5 June and part of [[Storyboard:Cold Warriors|the storyboard]] showing [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] engaged in a broom fight on 6 June.<br />
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Two [[promotional picture]]s for the episode were released by Comedy Central Press.<ref>[http://www.comedycentral.com/press/series/futurama.jhtml?gallery=true Comedy Central Press | Futurama]</ref><br />
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On 24 August, Comedy Central released a video clip featuring the [[Planet Express crew]] being put under quarantine.<ref name="Video">[http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=395286&title=preview---quarantine Preview - Quarantine]</ref><br />
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=== Image gallery ===<br />
<gallery><br />
File:6ACV24 Production Script.jpg|The production script cover.<br />
File:624-Guinea-Pig.jpg|Concept art of Fry's guinea pig.<br />
File:624-Board A.jpg|Page 43 of the storyboard.<br />
File:Cold Warriors Promo Pic.jpeg|The first promotional picture.<br />
File:Cold Warriors.jpeg|The second promotional picture.<br />
File:Cold Warriors screenshot.png|A screenshot from the video clip.<br />
</gallery><br />
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== Reception ==<br />
"Cold Warriors" was well-received by fans, and many considered it to be one of the better episodes of [[broadcast season 8]].<ref name="cgef-rating">{{cite web |url=http://www.gotfuturama.com/cgi-bin/EpisodeReview.cgi?action=show&Season=6&Episode=24 |title=Episode Reviews: 6ACV24 - Cold Warrios |publisher=[[Can't Get Enough Futurama]] |accessdate=2011-08-27}}</ref> However, it did not do so well on IGN, where it scored only 6.5/10.<ref name="ign-review">{{cite web |url=http://au.tv.ign.com/articles/119/1190891p1.html |title=Futurama: "Cold Warriors" Review |publisher=IGN |author=Canning, Robert |date=2011-08-27 |accessdate=2011-08-27}}</ref> "Cold Warriors" got a 0.7 rating from adults 18-49 and was viewed by 1.524 million, up about 142,000 views from [[The Tip of the Zoidberg|the previous episode]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/08/19/thursday-cable-ratings-jersey-shore-rises-burn-notice-suits-project-runway-rise-too-wilfred-futurama-louie-more/100832/|title=Thursday Cable: 'Jersey Shore' Rises; + 'Burn Notice,' 'Suits,' 'Project Runway,' Rise Too|author=Seidman, Robert|date=2011-8-26|publisher=TV by the Numbers|accessdate=2011-08-27}}</ref><br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
* This episode's storyline is similar to that of the comic book "[[The Cure for the Common Clod]]". Writer [[Eric Rogers]] has commented on this via {{w|Twitter}}, writing that "[t]hey are different stories".<ref><br />
[https://twitter.com/#!/erog23/status/77557642377183232 Twitter: @erog23 (Eric Rogers)]</ref><br />
*This is one of four episodes of broadcast season 8 to be broadcast in production order. The other three are "[[Fry Am the Egg Man]]", "[[Overclockwise]]" and "[[Reincarnation]]".<br />
*If one was to consider each of the [[movies]] as one episode rather than four, then "Cold Warriors" could technically be considered the 100th episode, rather than "[[The Mutants Are Revolting]]".<br />
**Alternatively, if the movies are canon, but non-episodic, "Cold Warriors" is the 96th episode.<br />
*This is the second episode in a row to feature flashbacks in between the episode, with the previous one being "[[The Tip of the Zoidberg]]".<br />
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=== Allusions ===<br />
* The title of the episode is a reference to the {{w|common cold}} and the {{w|cold warrior}}s.<br />
* In the Flashback to 1988, Barack Obama is shown working as a pizza delivery guy.<br />
* [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] calling [[Josh Gedgie]] ''LL Fool J'' is a reference to American rapper and actor {{w|LL Cool J}}, while Gedgie calling Fry ''Grandmaster Phlegm'' is a reference to another rapper, {{w|Grandmaster Flash}}.<br />
* One of the images Wernstrom shows Nixon's head and Zapp is a {{w|Verizon}} coverage map.<br />
* The scene where the hovercopters cover [[Manhattan]] with a wrap is reminiscent of the scene where the helicopters cover {{s|Springfield}} with a {{s|dome}} in ''{{s|The Simpsons Movie}}''.<br />
* The concept of [[Manhattan]] being cut from the planet's surface and taken into space is reminiscent of the novel ''Manhattan Transfer'' by John E. Stith.<br />
* One of the science experiments presented for the space launch involves {{w|Tang (drink)|Tang}}. Tang became popular in the [[United States]] due to its association with [[NASA]] and the manned spaceflight programs of the [[1950s]] and [[1960s]].<br />
* [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] remembers that all ancient satellites were swept up as space junk in [[2113]] while {{w|Facebook}}ing. Furthermore, the [[List of title captions|title caption]] mentions {{w|Twitter}}.<br />
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=== Continuity ===<br />
*This is the first onscreen appearance of [[Yancy Fry Sr.|Yancy Sr.]] and [[Mrs. Fry]] since ''[[Bender's Big Score]]'', and their first speaking roles since "[[Jurassic Bark]]".<br />
*In the episode "[[The Luck of the Fryrish]]", which is the first episode in which Philip's parents appear, Yancy Sr. is seen reading a magazine titled 'Cold Warriors' while Mrs. Fry is giving birth.<br />
*In a flashback, Fry is seen carrying his [[seven-leaf clover]] from "[[The Luck of the Fryrish]]".<br />
*Even though [[Smitty]] retired in "[[Law and Oracle]]", he somehow returned to the force in this episode.<br />
*In the scene in Panucci's Pizzeria in 1988, Fry can be seen writing left-handed like most other characters in [[Matt Groening]]'s cartoons.<br />
*This is the second time that [[Richard Nixon's head|Nixon]] has had a secret meeting with [[Zapp Brannigan|Zapp]] in the [[Secret White House]], previously in "[[In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela]]".<br />
*Dr. Wernstrom pronounces his name as "Vernstrom", but he previously pronounced it as "Wernstrom" in "[[A Big Piece of Garbage]]" and ''[[The Beast with a Billion Backs]]''. Both ways may be correct.<br />
*The ''[[Nimbus]]'' launches a missile resembling the [[Universe to Universe Missile]] from ''The Beast with a Billion Backs'' towards the wrap.<br />
*This episode continues the trend of [[guinea pig]] deaths seen in "[[Anthology of Interest I]]" and ''[[Bender's Big Score]]'' and mentioned in "In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela".<br />
*The footage of Manhattan being returned to its proper place is similar to the footage of [[Atlanta]] being moved in "[[The Deep South]]".<br />
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=== Goofs ===<br />
*Normally, when Bender sleeps, he has his visor down, but, in this episode, he does not.<br />
*According to Wernstrom's diagram's for Nixon, the cold virus has not spread outside of Manhattan. However, both [[Morbo]] and [[Linda]] of √2 news have the cold, despite the location of their broadcast having been identified as Los Angeles in "[[A Big Piece of Garbage]]".<br />
**However, more recent episodes are showing their location in New New York.<br />
***The studio in LA could've closed, causing them to move to [[New New York]].<br />
*Fry's father's story of when he was shot down over Korea and had to consume his interpreter implies that he fought in the Korean War, but it was established in "[[Roswell that Ends Well]]" that he was born in 1948.<br />
**Then again he once claimed that his ancestors fought commies in the revolutionary war so his historical knowledge is iffy at best.<br />
*In this episode, it reveals Fry went to school, but in "[[The Cryonic Woman]]", Fry said he never went to school because his parents thought it was a waste of tax money.<br />
**He may have been taken out of school at a later date.<br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
{{chars-begin}}<br />
*[[Dr. Amy Wong|Amy]]<br />
*[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Buzz Aldrin (character)|Buzz Aldrin]]<br />
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]<br />
*'''Debut''': The [[female CDC scientist]]<br />
*[[Yancy Fry, Jr.]]<br />
*[[Yancy Fry, Sr.]]<br />
*[[Mrs. Fry]]<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Fry's guinea pig]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Josh Gedgie]]<br />
*[[Hattie]]<br />
*[[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]]<br />
*The [[Hyper-Chicken]]<br />
*[[Kif]]<br />
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]<br />
*[[Linda]]<br />
*'''Debut''': The [[male CDC scientist]]<br />
*[[Morbo]]<br />
*The [[paper-hatted salesman]]<br />
*The [[perfume saleswoman]]<br />
*[[Randy Munchnik]]<br />
*[[Richard Nixon's head]]<br />
*[[Barack Obama]]<br />
*[[Mr. Panucci]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Vijay Patel]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Rose Mary]]<br />
*[[Sal]]<br />
*[[Smitty]]<br />
*[[URL]]<br />
*[[Dr. Ogden Wernstrom]]<br />
*[[Zapp]]<br />
*[[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]<br />
{{chars-end}}<br />
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<div>{{character infobox<br />
|name=Korean girls<br />
|type=t<br />
|type2=p<br />
|gender=Female<br />
|species=[[Human]]<br />
|origin=[[Earth]], Asia, Korea<br />
|first appear={{e|6ACV25}}<br />
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The '''Korean girls''' are players of ''[[World of World War II 3]]''. In September [[3011]], [[Mom]] mentioned them during a conversation with [[Walt]] in the [[MomCorp headquarters]] and [[Cubert J. Farnsworth|Cubert]] mentioned them during a conversation with [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] in the [[Planet Express employee lounge]] {{et|6ACV25}}.<br />
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== Image gallery ==<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Korean girls 1.png|[[Mom]] with [[Igner]], [[Larry]], and [[Walt]] in the MomCorp headquarters.<br />
File:Korean girls 2.png|[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] with [[Cubert J. Farnsworth|Cubert]] in the [[Planet Express employee lounge]].<br />
</gallery><br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
*The fact that the girls are Korean may be a nod to [[Rough Draft, Korea]].<br />
** It is far more likely that the nationality of the girls refers to the relative skill of Koreans in video games.<br />
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=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''[[Walt]]''': We were playing video games and the other kids didn't play fair!<br />
'''[[Mom]]''': What?! Nobody rips off my kids but me! We can find out who they are through their motion-capture camera. It better not be those little Korean girls again.</poem><br />
<poem>'''[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]]''': Did you see me?! History came alive an' I killed it!<br />
'''[[Cubert J. Farnsworth|Cubert]]''': If I overclock you some more, maybe we can beat those Korean girls!</poem><br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
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<div>{{episode infobox<br />
|name=Benderama<br />
|image=[[File:Benderama infobox.png|225px]]<br />
|image text=The [[Bender duplicates]] as seen by [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]].<br />
|season=6<br />
|broadcast season=8<br />
|no=105<br />
|written by=Aaron Ehasz<br />
|directed by=Crystal Chesney-Thompson<br />
|caption=OTHERS ASK, "WHAT IF?" WE ASK, "WHY IF."<br />
|opening cartoon=''Hollywood Capers'' (1935)<br />
|first aired=23 June, 2011<br />
|number=6ACV17<br />
|broadcast number=S08E02<br />
|prev ep=Law and Oracle<br />
|next ep=The Tip of the Zoidberg<br />
|broad prev=Neutopia<br />
|broad next=Ghost in the Machines<br />
|special guest=[[Patton Oswalt]]<br />
|hasstoryboard=yes<br />
}}<br />
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"'''Benderama'''" is the one hundred and fifth episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', the seventeenth of the [[Season 6|sixth production season]] and the second of the [[Broadcast season 8|eighth broadcast season]]. It aired 23 June, 2011 on [[Comedy Central]], with "[[Neutopia]]", which actually follows it in production order, immediately preceding its airing. [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] gains the ability to self-replicate, threatening to overrun [[Earth]] with vast swarms of [[Bender duplicates|copies of himself]].<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
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=== Act I: Do you see a robot in this room named "Folder?" ===<br />
[[File:Benderama 1.png|left|thumb|[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] and [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] are interrupted by [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|the Professor]].]]<br />
The Professor opens the episode by unveiling his latest invention, the [[Banach-Tarski Dupla-Shrinker]] (which resembles an overhead projector), a duplication machine that is able to scan an object and then produce two exact yet smaller copies. The Professor explains that as he ages, his frame grows shorter, and he becomes more susceptible to the cold; therefore, he needs twice as many sweaters, in a smaller size. He demonstrates by scanning a full-size sweater, explains that the duplicator uses matter for fuel (and "any old useless matter will do"--in this case, Zoidberg's wedding photos), and produces two identical, smaller sweaters. The Professor asks Bender to fold his new sweaters, and Bender grudgingly complies, although the lazy robot complains about having to perform two separate tasks. Bender spots the unattended duplicator and, devising a way to more efficiently complete his chore, places the machine inside his torso, eats several pieces of lab equipment to power it, and produces two miniature Benders, whom he then asks to fold one sweater each (although they don't actually do this).<br />
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Bender and his duplicates get along well, hanging out together, causing mischief, and even going on a Planet Express job to deliver hygiene products to an unattractive, self-conscious alien giant. The three Benders make a litany of crude jokes at the giant's expense, insulting his appearance, although the mild-mannered alien does not respond to their taunts... until Fry, attempting to be compassionate, remarks that the giant's looks are probably hereditary, inadvertently insulting his mother. This sends the giant into a rage, and he attacks the fleeing Planet Express ship, although the crew manage to escape.<br />
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Back on Earth, Bender and his duplicates fondly reminisce about mocking the giant. When Bender asks his duplicates for a pair of cigars, they move to oblige him, but when he changes his mind and asks for four, they bristle at the idea of having to carry two cigars each. Instead, they activate their own duplicators (since Bender had the original duplicator inside him when he used it to scan himself, all of his duplicates have one as well), creating another four, slightly smaller Bender clones. This process repeats itself, rapidly escalating until Planet Express headquarters is infested with an army of increasingly smaller Benders.<br />
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=== Act II: This place is crawling with yous! ===<br />
[[File:Benderama 2.png|left|thumb|[[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]] and [[Dr. Amy Wong|Amy]] look at Bender discriminatingly.]]<br />
Bender is unconcerned with the steadily increasing number of his clones, as this simply means "there are more Benders around", which he considers to be a good thing. However, the Professor displays a mathematical equation projecting the Benders' population growth, explaining that they will continue to replicate ''ad infinitum'', multiplying exponentially; because they need matter in order to replicate, they will eventually consume the entire planet. The Professor calculates that the Benders are currently in their eleventh generation, making 2,046 Bender duplicates that must be destroyed. The crew scour the Planet Express building, exterminating the tiny Benders like vermin, and are able to account for them all, but Amy realizes that one of the dead Benders is actually a doll, a piece of merchandise left over from [[Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television|Bender's television career]]. Bender is not worried that a single duplicate managed to escape, believing it could do little harm, only for his couch to be eaten out from under him by a swarm of microscopic Benders, which appear as a "grey goo". The Professor laments that the Benders will eat all the matter on Earth, but when they also consume Bender's beer, Leela points out that all Benders, like the original, are powered by alcohol; they will exhaust the world's supply of booze long before they are able to destroy it.<br />
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Sure enough, the Benders soon drink all the alcohol in the world, and with none left to replace it, they begin to die off. As the professor is bathing, however, he notices that his bath water has somehow been transformed into alcohol; the Benders, which have miniaturized to the atomic level, have begun rearranging water and carbon dioxide molecules into alcohol molecules in order to provide themselves with more fuel. Within hours, there will be no fresh water left on Earth.<br />
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=== Act III: Big Bender starts right now! ===<br />
[[File:Benderama 3.png|left|thumb|Bender and his duplicates prepare to take down the monster.]]<br />
As a result of all the drinking water on the planet being converted into alcohol, everyone in the world becomes severely intoxicated. Shortly afterward, the alien giant arrives on Earth to apologize for his earlier attack on the Planet Express ship, but the drunken crew berate him with savage insults (a situation that does not improve when Zapp Brannigan begins firing on him from a tank). When the giant, struggling to control his temper, is unable to reach his therapist, he goes on a rampage, and begins to destroy New New York. Fry pleads with Bender--who, as a robot, is the only member of the crew to remain sober--to stop the giant. The slothful Bender is reluctant, but when Fry offers to fold the Professor's shirts in exchange for Bender saving the world (which Bender computes as Fry performing two tasks against his one), Bender agrees, believing that he got the better end of the deal.<br />
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Bender walks into the street and calls upon the assistance of his many microscopic duplicates, overcoming their inherent laziness by explaining that if they all cooperate to complete their single job, they will each only have to contribute one-quintillionth of the required effort. The numerous copies swarm around Bender, taking the form of a single, gigantic "Big Bender" who engages the giant in a fistfight. Bender initially has the upper hand, but after he insults the giant's mother, the giant begins to pummel him. The giant appears to have won, only for the Benders to swarm across him, devouring him until only dust remains. Exhilarated by his victory, Bender asks his copies to use their powers to help him defeat other "monsters", such as poverty, disease, and "unliteracy"; the Benders, however, are repulsed by the idea of having to do more work, and leave the planet in search of a place where they "won't have to do one-quintillionth of a thing all the time", leaving a battered, partially eaten Earth behind.<br />
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The next morning, the Planet Express crew are all recovering from a collective hangover, although the Professor is in high spirits, as someone finally folded his sweaters. The crew were all too drunk to do this, prompting Fry to ask Bender if he finally learned a lesson about being lazy. Bender replies that maybe he did, but adds with a chuckle that perhaps he rescued one of the mini-Benders solely for the purpose of folding the sweaters for him. Bender exhales the smoke from his cigar toward the camera, revealing that it is not smoke at all, but a cloud of countless mini-Benders, all laughing maniacally.<br />
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== Production ==<br />
During May and June [[2011]], ''[[Countdown to Futurama]]'' released six items of promotional material for the episode: concept art of the unattractive giant monster (together with confirmation that he would be voiced by Patton Oswalt) on 9 May, a [[promotional picture]] featuring various copies of [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] on 10 May, part of [[Storyboard:Benderama|the storyboard]] showing the [[Planet Express crew]] prepare to deliver a package to the monster on 11 May, a promotional picture featuring three Benders riding a bicycle on 12 May, a promotional picture featuring a fight between a giant Bender and the monster on 13 May, and a video clip featuring the crew discussing the many Benders by the [[conference table]] on 15 June.<br />
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On 21 June, ''{{w|Entertainment Weekly}}'' posted another video clip, this one featuring the monster destroying [[New New York]].<ref>[http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/06/21/patton-oswalt-futurama-video/ 'Futurama': A giant Patton Oswalt unleashes his wrath on New New York]</ref><br />
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=== Image gallery ===<br />
<gallery><br />
Image:617-Giant-Monster.jpg|Concept art of the unattractive giant monster.<br />
Image:617-Benders.jpg|The first promotional picture.<br />
Image:617-Board A.jpg|Page 238 of the storyboard.<br />
Image:617-Cycle.jpg|The second promotional picture.<br />
Image:617-Giants.jpg|The third promotional picture.<br />
Image:Benderama Maths.png|A screenshot from the ''Countdown to Futurama'' video clip.<br />
Image:Unattractive giant monster EW.png|A screenshot from the Entertainment Weekly video clip.<br />
</gallery><br />
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== Reception ==<br />
In its original U.S. broadcast on 23 June, 2011, "Benderama" scored a 1.1 share among adults 18-49 and 2.47 million viewers.<ref>{{cite web |url =http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/06/24/thursday-cable-ratings-burn-notice-swamp-people-suits-nba-draft-wilfred-top-night-futurama-louie-more/96496/|title =Thursday Cable Ratings: Burn Notice, Swamp People, Suits, NBA Draft, Wilfred top Night + Futurama, Louie & More|author = Seidman, Robert|date = 2011-06-24||site = TVbytheNumbers.com|accessdate = 2011-06-25}}</ref><br />
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In a preview of "[[Neutopia]]" and "Benderama", Katie Schenkel from ''CliqueClack TV'' commented that these two episodes "[weren't] [her] favourite".<ref name="cliqueclack-preview">{{cite web |url=http://cliqueclack.com/tv/2011/06/20/futurama-benderama-neutopia-preview/ |title=Futurama comes back … with a stumble |author=Schenkel, Katie |date=2011-06-20 |accessdate=2011-06-20 |publisher=CliqueClack TV}}</ref> Reflecting on "Benderama", Schenkel commented that the end of the episode had its own plot, after the main plot had been resolved, as if the main plot wasn't long enough,<ref name="cliqueclack-preview"/> in addition, Schenkel commented that she felt that the guest star, [[Patton Oswalt]] &ndash; while excellent in his performance &ndash; was given a throwaway role.<ref name="cliqueclack-preview"/> Of the two episodes, Schenkel preferred "Benderama" over "Neutopia".<ref name="cliqueclack-preview"/><br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
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=== Trivia ===<br />
* Benderama is among the few [[one-word titled media]] and one of only four [[season 6]] episodes to include the full [[opening sequence]], the other three being "[[Rebirth]]", "[[That Darn Katz!]]", and "[[All the Presidents' Heads]]".<br />
* The song played during the montage of the Planet Express crew killing all the Bender clones is {{w|The Presidents of the United States}} version of "Rock and Roll Pest Control" by the {{w|Young Fresh Fellows}}.<br />
* This is the third time that ''Futurama'' gets away with almost dropping the S-bomb on the show. In ''[[The Beast with a Billion Backs]]'', Bender says, "No shklit." In "[[Lethal Inspection]]", a member of the sith is named [[Darth Ithead]], and in this episode, Morbo says that everyone is "tetty much protally fitshaced," a drunken spoonerism on "pretty much totally sh*tfaced".<br />
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=== Allusions ===<br />
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[[file:The Scary Door 6ACV17.png|thumb|right|The ''[[The Scary Door]]'' episode resembles the "{{w|The Brain Center at Whipple's}}" episode of ''{{w|The Twilight Zone}}''.]]<br />
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*The title is a portmanteau of "[[Bender]]" and "''[[Futurama]]''".<br />
*[[The Scary Door narrator|''The Scary Door'' narrator]] says "A picture of yourself in a boat on a river", a play on the first line of {{w|The Beatles}}' song "{{w|Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds}}" - "Picture yourself in a boat on a river".<br />
** The plot of the Scary Door episode is somewhat similar to that of the ''{{w|The Twilight Zone|Twilight Zone}}'' episode "{{w|The Brain Center at Whipple's}}".<br />
*[[Banach-Tarski Dupla-Shrinker|The duplicator's]] name is a reference to the {{w|Banach–Tarski paradox}}. The real Banach-Tarski paradox involves cutting up one object into (non-measurable) pieces and gluing the pieces back together to make two new objects of the same size without using any extra material. The professor dispenses with this aspect since he does need more material, and the new objects are smaller. This may be deliberate: since the paradox relies on the axiom of choice, this may indicate that the ''Futurama'' universe does not ''choose'' to allow this axiom. <br />
*Bender says, "Hi, I'm Bender, this is my robot Bender and this is my other robot Bender." This is a reference to the TV series ''{{w|Newhart}}'', specifically the character of Larry and his brothers Darryl, whom he always introduced, "Hi, I'm Larry, this is my brother Darryl and this is my other brother Darryl."<br />
* Farnsworth asks Scruffy what the tiny Bender is doing in his soup. This is a play on an old vaudeville joke where a customer asks a waiter what a fly is doing in his soup, and the waiter usually replies, "The backstroke."<br />
* Farnsworth refers to the bathroom as "the situation room", most likely a reference to the {{w|CNN}} {{w|The Situation Room|program of the same name}} or the {{w|White House Situation Room|room in the White House of the same name}}.<br />
*After 50 foot Bender falls and "dies", Fry falls to his knees and screams "no", similar to the vision in the [[What-If Machine]] from "[[Anthology of Interest I]]". The scene is a reference to ''{{w|King Kong}}''.<br />
*Bender compares the alien giant to {{w|Edward James Olmos}} who had a starring role in the television show {{w|Battlestar_Galactica_(2004_TV_series)|Battlestar Galactica}}.<br />
*The concept of the duplicate Benders threatening the world is a reference to the hypothetical end-of-the-world scenario called the {{w|grey goo}} theory, involving molecular nanotechnology originally described by mathematician {{w|John von Neumann}}.<br />
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=== Continuity ===<br />
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[[File:Braino bill.png|thumb|right|[[Braino]] appearing on the Earthican $30 bill.]]<br />
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* A new episode of ''[[The Scary Door]]'' appears. ''The Scary Door'' was first seen in "[[A Head in the Polls]]".<br />
* [[Braino]], a respected genius and one of [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|the Professor's]] idols, appears on the $30 bill. Braino previously appeared mentioned, on a bust and on a [[Vinci|Vincian]] statue in "[[The Duh-Vinci Code]]".<br />
* When [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|the Professor]] shows the mathematical formula, showing how the Benders multiply, the only ones understanding it are [[Dr. Amy Wong|Amy]] and [[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]]. Amy has studied advanced mathematics and physics at [[Mars University|university]], and became a doctor of applied physics in "[[That Darn Katz!]]". Hermes is a [[bureaucrat]] and is often seen calculating.<br />
*The [[fembot]] [[Ruth]], who previously appeared [[Ruth and Esther|alongside]] [[Esther|another fembot]] in "[[The Futurama Holiday Spectacular]]", appears in minimal size, tricking a small Bender into purchasing her promiscuous services, only to have him killed by a mousetrap. Seeing as "[[The Futurama Holiday Spectacular]]" in entirety was non-[[canon]], this is her first canon appearance.<br />
*Zoidberg correctly identified Hermes' genitalia, having previously thought it was his "tail" in ''[[Bender's Big Score]]'' and was his umbilical cord in "[[Rebirth]]".<br />
** He was drunk at the time though.<br />
* The scene with big Bender fighting the unattractive giant monster, big Bender's near-death experience, and Fry's reaction to it, is highly reminiscent of a similar scene in "[[Anthology of Interest I]]". Both scenes are a reference to - among other films - ''{{w|King Kong}}''.<br />
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=== Goofs ===<br />
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[[file:Helicopter goof.jpg|thumb|right|The helicopter is missing on the TV.]]<br />
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* Hermes' buttons disappear when he says the crew has to be respectful of the unattractive giant monster's appearance.<br />
* When [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] watches the [[unattractive giant monster]] destroy [[New New York]] on [[TV]] and he meanwhile is seen just outside the window, a helicopter visible outside is missing on the TV, in spite of the exact same angle.<br />
* The number of [[Benders]] is incorrect near the beginning. 2*2(4)*2(8)*2(16)*2(32)*2(64)*2(128)*2(256)*2(512)*2(1024)*2 or 2^11 = 2048, not 2046, as [[Farnsworth]] said. Also, when the Professor says there is 11 generations of Benders, he would be wrong if he was including the original, which would make sense considering he shot him when he asked if he was included.<br />
**This is not a goof, the correct calculation is 2^1+2^2+2^3+2^4+2^5+2^6+2^7+2^8+2^9+2^10=2046, which excludes the original Bender (2^0) who was only shot due to the smaller Bender within him.<!--Move to trivia when active show edit swarm dies back a bit--><br />
*** Farnsworth doesn't specify they all multiplied in sync, so it could be any (even) number. Each Bender could have decided to multiply on its own. But if they did, computation is: 2, 4, 8, 16, etc, sum being 2046 for 10 generations (not 11, but if we consider the original to be the first generation, math is correct. Farnsworth says "according to my calculations, there are 11 generations at the moment" hinting that there are 11 total, original plus 10).<br />
* 11th generation benders are shown manipulating water atoms that appear to be about the size of a softball. A bender of this generation would be much larger than a water molecule (three atoms).<br />
** This is not a goof. A sufficiently long amount of time happens between the mentioning of the 11th generation and that of the manipulating of molecules to assume that these are later generations Bender reaching an atomic scale.<br />
* It is pointed out that Bender could consume all matter of the Earth and it is never cited a shrink effect on atoms (if so series shown would be summation of original mass multiplied number of Benders in each generation), so replicas are probably composed of ordinary mass and it could not be replicated at atomic scale as operating robot and replication had to be arrested at some point.<br />
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=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]''': Enough good ones, everyone. We have a delivery to an alien space giant.<br />
'''[[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]]''': You'll have to be respectful. This customer is fifty-feet tall and sensitive about his appearance.<br />
''[Amy jumps from inside the ship and looks at items on the cart.]''<br />
'''[[Dr. Amy Wong|Amy]]''': Colossal tooth whitener, mega deodorant, humongous acne cream... Aw, and one regular-sized condom.<br />
'''[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]]''': All that ''and'' a small wiener? This guy's got it goin' on.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': Scruffy, what is that tiny Bender doing in my soup?!<br />
'''[[Scruffy]]''': It appears to be giving you the finger, sir. Enjoy.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': Let this beatin' be a lesson about never attacking those more handsome than oneself.<br />
'''[[Unattractive giant monster]]''': All I wanted was to apologise to you people! But now I have to kill you.<br />
'''Bender''': How? By makin' me look at you?<br />
''[Bender laughs.]''<br />
'''Unattractive giant monster''': No. By makin' you look at... [[Unattractive giant monster's mother|My momma]]!<br />
''[Bender screams.]''<br />
'''Bender''': Your momma's so ugly!<br />
'''Unattractive giant monster''': I told you not to talk about my momma!</poem><br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
{{chars-begin}}<br />
*[[Dr. Amy Wong|Amy]]<br />
*[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Bender duplicates]]<br />
*[[Braino]]<br />
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]<br />
*[[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Dr. Judy Lesterman]]<br />
*[[Kif Kroker|Kif]]<br />
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]<br />
*[[Linda van Schoonhoven|Linda]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Linda van Schoonhoven's children|Linda's children]] (mention)<br />
*[[Morbo]]<br />
*[[Ruth]]<br />
*[[The Scary Door narrator|''The Scary Door'' narrator]]<br />
*[[Scruffy]]<br />
*'''Debut''': The [[unattractive giant monster]]<br />
*'''Debut''': The [[unattractive giant monster's mother]] (mention)<br />
*The [[underwater house salesman]]<br />
*[[Zapp Brannigan|Zapp]]<br />
*[[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]<br />
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<div>{{character infobox<br />
|name=Yancy Fry Sr.<br /><small>&</small><br />Mrs. Fry<br />
|catname=Fry's Parents<br />
|type=s<br />
|type2=d<br />
|image=[[Image:Mrandmrsfry.png|225px]]<br />
|species=[[Human]]<br />
|origin=[[Earth]]<br />
|voice A=Yancy<br />
|voice A by=John DiMaggio <br />
|voice B=Mrs. Fry<br />
|voice B by=Tress MacNeille<br />
|family=''See [[#Family|family]] section.''<br />
|first appear={{elink|3ACV04|The Luck of the Fryrish}}<br />
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'''Mr. And Mrs. Fry''' are [[Philip J. Fry]]'s parents who lived in a completely trashed house. Mrs. Fry loves sports more than her children, proven when she was giving birth to Fry, she cared more about a baseball game and was too busy playing golf when Yancy Jr. was trying to steal Fry's clover. She was also too excited about a football game to wonder where Fry had disappeared to. Yancy Fry Sr was a Vietnam veteran and spent most of his time building a nuclear bomb shelter for fear of a communist attack. His worries about the Y2K computer bug made him believe it was the cause of Fry’s disappearance. They both didn’t care about Fry and thought sending Fry to school was a waste of tax money and didn’t bother much looking for him when he was frozen.<br />
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===Family===<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry]], son and Yancy's father.<br />
*[[Yancy Fry, Jr.]], first born son.<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry, II]], grandson.<br />
*[[Enos Fry]], Yancy's father (Though, he died in a nuclear test, and Philip fathered his own father).<br />
*[[Mildred Fry]], Yancy's mother<br />
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]], distant grandson.<br />
*[[Cubert Farnsworth]], Hubert Farnsworth's clone<br />
*Mr and Mrs. Gleisner, Mrs. Fry's parents.<br />
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==Additional Info==<br />
===Quotes===<br />
*'''Yancy Fry Sr.:''' So what should we name him?<br \>'''Mrs. Fry:''' You pick, I picked dinner last night.<br \>'''Yancy Fry Sr.:''' Well, I was thinking of Philip after those screwdrivers.<br \><br />
*'''Mrs Fry:''' Your brother may be missing but his crap sure isn't.<br \><br />
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===Appearances===<br />
*{{elink|3ACV04|The Luck of the Fryrish}}<br />
*{{elink|4ACV07|Jurassic Bark}}<br />
*{{clink|US#024|Twice Told Tales of Interest}}<br />
*{{flink|Bender's Big Score}}<br />
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[[Category:Humans]]</div>98.198.118.224http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Dixie_Chicks&diff=66319Dixie Chicks2010-08-13T07:19:19Z<p>98.198.118.224: </p>
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<div>{{character infobox<br />
|name=The Dixie Chicks<br />
|type=t<br />
|image=[[Image:Dixie Chicks.png|225px]]<br />
|origin=[[Earth]]<br />
|species=[[Human]]<br />
|gender=Females<br />
|first appear={{flink|Bender's Game}}<br />
|voiced by=<br />
|wikipedia=Dixie Chicks<br />
}}<br />
The '''Dixie Chicks''' was a popular music group. By [[3008]], they have been transformed into a monstrous blob after a horrible matter transporter accident (a reference to "The Fly" perhaps). They sang the national anthem at the [[Space Demolition Derby]]. [[Rich Little]]'s head was recently absorbed into them.<br />
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==Additional Info==<br />
[[File:Rich Little Absorbed into Dixie Chicks.png|left|thumb]]<br />
===Appearances===<br />
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*{{flink|Bender's Game}}<br />
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