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'''Production Number''': | '''Production Number''': 3ACV22<br /> | ||
'''Title Caption''': | '''Title Caption''': If accidentally watched, induce vomiting.<br /> | ||
'''First Aired''': | '''First Aired''': 4/14/02 <br /> | ||
< | '''Title Reference''': Refers to the competitive cooking show [http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/show_ia_the_series/ Iron Chef] | ||
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==The Story== | ==The Story== | ||
===Act II: === | ===Act I: This food actually tastes better as vomit!=== | ||
Opens with [[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]] watching [[Good Morning Earth]] with [[Morbo]] and [[Linda]], Morbo hosts a segment with Bender's idol, the famous chef [[Elzar]]. Bender is cooking brunch in his usual, inedible style. Meanwhile, the [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor]] is showing off a scale model of the world's largest bottle. While the rest of the crew try to avoid eating Bender's cooking without hurting his feelings, [[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]] stays behind and accidentally breaks the bottle. As he is returning to serve up glasses of mop-squeezings, he overhears Fry and [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] talking about how bad his cooking is. His feelings are so hurt, he leaves a note and runs away. | |||
===Act II: I thought you said "romo" === | |||
Bender tries to convince [[Elzar]] to teach him to cook, but he refuses. Miserable, he ends up meeting some hobos and joins them in hopping a train to the biggest hobo jungle in the quadrant, [[Bumbase Alpha]], located on a remote asteroid. Meanwhile, Back at PE, Zoidberg concocts a plan to frame Fry for breaking the bottle. | |||
===Act III: That jerk Elzar ruined my dream of being a chef! === | |||
At Bumbase Alpha he meets [[Minor Characters#Helmut Spargle|Helmut Spargle]], the chef who had once trained Elzar to cook. Spargle agrees to teach Bender to cook in order to get revenge on Elzar, who he blames for ending his career. In his final test, Bender serves Spargle a meal -- which kills him. Before he dies, he passes on the secret of perfect flavor, in the form of a diamond vial containing the essence of pure flavor. Bender vows to avenge his late teacher by defeating Elzar.< br/> | |||
Back at Planet Express Headquarters, the Professor discovers the broken bottle and Zoidberg's fake clues pointing to Fry. Though he doesn't remember commiting the crime, Fry shrugs and pays the Professor $10 to replace the bottle. Zoidberg begins to feel guilty for framing his friend. | |||
===Act IV: You're going down! === | |||
Bender confronts Elzar and challenges him. They compete on the TV program "Iron Cook," where their secret ingredient was Soylent Green. Elzar produces a variety of eye-pleasing dishes, including a salad garnished with $100 bills. Although Bender's food looks awful, the judges declare that it tastes better and make him the winner. Bender gives a stirring speach, after which Zoidberg charges the stage to confess for framing Fry. Since he cannot repay the money, he attempts to commit [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seppuku seppuku], but ends up merely breaking a $5,000 sword on his shell. | |||
=== Act V: Let me see that vial! === | |||
Back at PE, after watching the episode of Iron Cook on TV, the Professor tests Bender's vial of "pure flavor" and determines it to be water - laced with LSD! | |||
==Additional Info== | ==Additional Info== | ||
===Trivia=== | ===Trivia=== | ||
*We learn in this episode that Bender has 8 senses, which do not include taste but ''do'' include an unexplaned sense, "Smision." | |||
===Quotes=== | ===Quotes=== | ||
*'''Morbo''': Pathetic humans, ''prepare to write down the recipe''!!! | |||
*'''Hobo''': We're going nearly the speed of light so, uh, roll when you land. | |||
*''' | *'''Bender''': That is why I decline the title of Iron Cook, and accept only the lesser title of Zinc Saucie, which I just made up. Also, it comes with double prize money. | ||
*'''Martha Stewart's Head''': I'm swimming in my own soylent waste. It's a good thing! | |||
*'''Bender''': Master Spargle, if you can hear me up there in that ditch where I left you, this is for you! | |||
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===Alien Language Sightings=== | ===Alien Language Sightings=== | ||
'''Time''': <br /> | '''Time''': 00:15:10<br /> | ||
'''Location''': <br /> | '''Location''': Store front sign as Bender walks by<br /> | ||
'''Language''': [[Alien Languages#AL1|AL1]]<br /> | '''Language''': [[Alien Languages#AL1|AL1]]<br /> | ||
'''Translation''': | '''Translation''': Used Human Probes | ||
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'''Time''': 00:05:53<br /> | |||
'''Location''': Logo for show "Iron Cook"<br /> | |||
'''Language''': [[Alien Languages#AL2|AL2]]<br /> | |||
'''Translation''': Iron Cook | |||
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===Inside References=== | ===Inside References=== | ||
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===Outside References=== | ===Outside References=== | ||
*The montage showing Helmut Spargle teaching Bender to cook includes several references. | |||
**The music playing is from a training montage in [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087538/ The Karate Kid]. | |||
**Bender peeling a hoverpotato with an enegy blade is a modeled after a scene from [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076759/ Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope], when Obi-Wan was teaching Luke to feel the force and use a light saber using a small, hovering drone that fired energy beams at him. | |||
**Bender accidentally chops up his arm along with a cucumber, and Spargle demonstrates that the blade is still sharp enough to slice through a tomato without crushing it - a reference to commercials for [http://www.ginsuguys.net/servlet/StoreFront Ginsu knives]. | |||
*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070723/ Soylent Green] is a reference to the cult-classic sci-fi movie by the same name. | |||
*The space train has cars bearing labels, all refrences to real railroad companies. | |||
**"Baltimore & Oregon" is a reference to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_and_Ohio_Railroad Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]. | |||
**"Starlight Express" is a refrence to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orient_Express Orient Express] | |||
**"Wrath-of-Conrail" is a combination of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consolidated_Rail_Corporation Conrail] and the second Star Trek film [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084726/ The Wrath of Khan]. | |||
*Koji's line "Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto" is a reference to the song [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Roboto Mr. Roboto] by the band [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Styx_%28band%29 Styx]. | |||
*The show "Good Morning Earth" is a reference to the long-running [http://abc.go.com ABC] morning show [http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/ Good Morning America]. | |||
*The prism track splitter on the space rail track near Bumbase Alpha may be a reference to the cover for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd Pink Floyd] album [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Side_of_the_Moon The Dark Side of the Moon]. | |||
===Fast Forward=== | ===Fast Forward=== | ||
*When Zoidberg sneaks into the bathroom to plant fake evidence, Fry is singing "I'm walking on sunshine," the same song he had taught his beloved pet [[Seymore Butts|Seymore]]. Seymore appears in the episode [[Jurasic Bark|Jurassic Bark (4ACV07)]] | |||
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===Characters=== | ===Characters=== | ||
(In alphabetical order) | (In alphabetical order) | ||
*[[Amy Wong|Amy]] | |||
*[[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]] | |||
*[[Elzar]] | |||
*[[Harlem Globetrotters#Ethan "Bubblegum" Tate|Ethan "Bubblegum" Tate]] | |||
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] | *[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] | ||
*' | *[[Minor Characters#Hattie MacDoogle|Hattie]] | ||
* | *[[Minor Characters#Helmut Spargle|Helmut Spargle]] | ||
*[[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]] | |||
*[[Minor Characters#Koji|Koji]] | |||
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]] | |||
*[[Linda]] | |||
*[[Head Museum|Martha Stewart's Head]] | |||
*[[Morbo]] | |||
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]] | |||
*[[Scruffy]] | |||
*[[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]] | |||
==Episode Credits== | ==Episode Credits== | ||
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**[[ | **[[Jeff Westbrook]] | ||
*Director | *Director | ||
**[[ | **[[Mike Smith]] | ||
*Voice Actors | *Voice Actors | ||
**[[Billy West]] | **[[Billy West]] | ||
**[[Katey Sagal]] | **[[Katey Sagal]] | ||
**[[John DiMaggio]] | **[[John DiMaggio]] | ||
**[[Tress MacNeille]] | |||
**[[Maurice LaMarche]] | |||
**[[David Herman]] | |||
**[[Phil LaMarr]] | |||
**[[Lauren Tom]] | |||
**[[Frank Welker]] | |||
*DVD Commentary | *DVD Commentary | ||
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**[[John DiMaggio]] | |||
**[[Matt Groening]] | |||
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**[[Brian Sheesley]] | |||
**[[ | **[[David X. Cohen]] | ||
**[[Jeff Westbrook]] | |||
**[[Billy West]] | |||
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Revision as of 07:10, 16 July 2006
Production Number: 3ACV22
Title Caption: If accidentally watched, induce vomiting.
First Aired: 4/14/02
Title Reference: Refers to the competitive cooking show Iron Chef
The Story
Act I: This food actually tastes better as vomit!
Opens with Bender watching Good Morning Earth with Morbo and Linda, Morbo hosts a segment with Bender's idol, the famous chef Elzar. Bender is cooking brunch in his usual, inedible style. Meanwhile, the Professor is showing off a scale model of the world's largest bottle. While the rest of the crew try to avoid eating Bender's cooking without hurting his feelings, Zoidberg stays behind and accidentally breaks the bottle. As he is returning to serve up glasses of mop-squeezings, he overhears Fry and Leela talking about how bad his cooking is. His feelings are so hurt, he leaves a note and runs away.
Act II: I thought you said "romo"
Bender tries to convince Elzar to teach him to cook, but he refuses. Miserable, he ends up meeting some hobos and joins them in hopping a train to the biggest hobo jungle in the quadrant, Bumbase Alpha, located on a remote asteroid. Meanwhile, Back at PE, Zoidberg concocts a plan to frame Fry for breaking the bottle.
Act III: That jerk Elzar ruined my dream of being a chef!
At Bumbase Alpha he meets Helmut Spargle, the chef who had once trained Elzar to cook. Spargle agrees to teach Bender to cook in order to get revenge on Elzar, who he blames for ending his career. In his final test, Bender serves Spargle a meal -- which kills him. Before he dies, he passes on the secret of perfect flavor, in the form of a diamond vial containing the essence of pure flavor. Bender vows to avenge his late teacher by defeating Elzar.< br/>
Back at Planet Express Headquarters, the Professor discovers the broken bottle and Zoidberg's fake clues pointing to Fry. Though he doesn't remember commiting the crime, Fry shrugs and pays the Professor $10 to replace the bottle. Zoidberg begins to feel guilty for framing his friend.
Act IV: You're going down!
Bender confronts Elzar and challenges him. They compete on the TV program "Iron Cook," where their secret ingredient was Soylent Green. Elzar produces a variety of eye-pleasing dishes, including a salad garnished with $100 bills. Although Bender's food looks awful, the judges declare that it tastes better and make him the winner. Bender gives a stirring speach, after which Zoidberg charges the stage to confess for framing Fry. Since he cannot repay the money, he attempts to commit seppuku, but ends up merely breaking a $5,000 sword on his shell.
Act V: Let me see that vial!
Back at PE, after watching the episode of Iron Cook on TV, the Professor tests Bender's vial of "pure flavor" and determines it to be water - laced with LSD!
Additional Info
Trivia
- We learn in this episode that Bender has 8 senses, which do not include taste but do include an unexplaned sense, "Smision."
Quotes
- Morbo: Pathetic humans, prepare to write down the recipe!!!
- Hobo: We're going nearly the speed of light so, uh, roll when you land.
- Bender: That is why I decline the title of Iron Cook, and accept only the lesser title of Zinc Saucie, which I just made up. Also, it comes with double prize money.
- Martha Stewart's Head: I'm swimming in my own soylent waste. It's a good thing!
- Bender: Master Spargle, if you can hear me up there in that ditch where I left you, this is for you!
Alien Language Sightings
Time: 00:15:10
Location: Store front sign as Bender walks by
Language: AL1
Translation: Used Human Probes
Time: 00:05:53
Location: Logo for show "Iron Cook"
Language: AL2
Translation: Iron Cook
Outside References
- The montage showing Helmut Spargle teaching Bender to cook includes several references.
- The music playing is from a training montage in The Karate Kid.
- Bender peeling a hoverpotato with an enegy blade is a modeled after a scene from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, when Obi-Wan was teaching Luke to feel the force and use a light saber using a small, hovering drone that fired energy beams at him.
- Bender accidentally chops up his arm along with a cucumber, and Spargle demonstrates that the blade is still sharp enough to slice through a tomato without crushing it - a reference to commercials for Ginsu knives.
- Soylent Green is a reference to the cult-classic sci-fi movie by the same name.
- The space train has cars bearing labels, all refrences to real railroad companies.
- "Baltimore & Oregon" is a reference to Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
- "Starlight Express" is a refrence to the Orient Express
- "Wrath-of-Conrail" is a combination of Conrail and the second Star Trek film The Wrath of Khan.
- Koji's line "Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto" is a reference to the song Mr. Roboto by the band Styx.
- The show "Good Morning Earth" is a reference to the long-running ABC morning show Good Morning America.
- The prism track splitter on the space rail track near Bumbase Alpha may be a reference to the cover for the Pink Floyd album The Dark Side of the Moon.
Fast Forward
- When Zoidberg sneaks into the bathroom to plant fake evidence, Fry is singing "I'm walking on sunshine," the same song he had taught his beloved pet Seymore. Seymore appears in the episode Jurassic Bark (4ACV07)
Characters
(In alphabetical order)
- Amy
- Bender
- Elzar
- Ethan "Bubblegum" Tate
- Fry
- Hattie
- Helmut Spargle
- Hermes
- Koji
- Leela
- Linda
- Martha Stewart's Head
- Morbo
- Professor Farnsworth
- Scruffy
- Zoidberg
Episode Credits
- Writer
- Director
- Voice Actors
- DVD Commentary