The episode "War is the H-Word," in which Fry and Bender join the Earth Army and go off to fight an alien race of spheres, is a full-length riff on the Robert Heinlein book and movie Starship Troopers , with its events set in motion by a visit to a convenience store.
In an establishing shot of , there's a sign in the window that offers even more numbers: "Free bag of Ice-9 with six-pack. On a deeper level, it's a reference to Kurt Vonnegut's seminal novel Cat's Cradle , in which a well-meaning scientist develops ice-nine to be used to quickly solidify liquid or murky terrain to make life easier for marching soldiers, only for it to infect the ocean and likely turn all water on earth to ice, killing all life.
A natural promotion, in other words, for people buying beer at In the Futurama episode "Overclockwise," young clone Cubert Farnsworth gives Bender the robot a powerful upgrade to his operating system, "overclocking" him to the point where he gains superpowers.
Speed-reading is among his new abilities, and he devours every book on the big shelf in the Planet Express conference room in a matter of seconds. Then, for just a fraction of a second, a book called How I Conquered Your Planet appears in Bender's hands — a title the guy who says "kill all humans" all the time would certainly enjoy. That's actually a real book, although an obscure, self-published one. Like most every character on a continuing cartoon series, Philip J.
Fry wears the exact same clothes not counting the occasional protective space suit in almost every episode of Futurama. That ensemble was what he was wearing when he arrived in the year , having fallen into a cryogenic freezing chamber in — blue jeans, a white T-shirt, and a red windbreaker. He doesn't much care that his old-fashioned clothes make him stick out in New New York, but then his outfit was also a bit outdated for All things considered, it probably doesn't bother Fry, because his sartorial choices make him resemble one of the coolest dudes who ever lived.
His clothes match exactly the ones worn by bad boy actor James Dean in the classic of juvenile delinquent cinema, Rebel Without a Cause. Never before has there been a character quite like Dr. John Zoidberg. A humanoid crustacean from the planet Decapod 10, he's the desperately lonely but personally off-putting Planet Express staff doctor who knows next to nothing about human anatomy and lives in the dumpster behind his place of business.
He also speaks with a distinctive accent that voice actor Billy West told Comedy Central he settled on by combining impressions of two different entertainers, both of whom are almost completely forgotten to modern audiences. One of them is "marble-mouth George Jessel ," a vaudeville comedian and early film star who had his own radio show in the early '50s.
The other major Zoidberg component: Canadian character actor Lou Jacobi , who West says "had this almost rabbinical" quality to his voice.
When the series introduced Zoidberg's uncle in the episode "That's Lobstertainment! Harold Zoid, a star from the "silent hologram era," has a name and character which riff on silent film comedian Harold Lloyd. There are a handful of "fun facts" about the American presidents that virtually everybody seems to know. For example, most people know that future Futurama Earth President Richard Nixon was the only American president to resign , and that Grover Cleveland is the only president to ever serve two non-consecutive terms in office —, and — Futurama writers buried a clever, jokey reference to this bit of historical knowledge, and one that violates all laws of reality to boot.
In the pilot episode of Futurama, Fry has to take in a lot about life in the year , and all at once. That includes the discovery that scientists have learned to keep human heads living in jars indefinitely, and that the noggins of many individuals take residence in New New York's Head Museum. Actually, because he was president on two separate occasions, the Head Museum holds two Grover Cleveland heads.
In the early seasons of Futurama, Leela feels alone in the universe. Not only is she unhappily single, but she believes she's an orphan and possibly the last living Cyclops. In the episode "A Bicyclops Built for Two," all her dreams look to come true when she falls in love with a man named Alcazar, who purports to be the last male Cyclops. She travels with him to their supposedly empty home planet of Cyclopia, where he lives in a castle.
DeForest Kelley is there but does not speak, as he had died a few years previous to the airing of the episode. When the Planet Express crew fires on Melllvar, he reaches out as a giant green hand and pulls the ship down to the planet, which is a nod to the Star Trek episode "Who Mourns for Adonais" The character Melllvar is predominantly a combination of two TOS energy beings: Trelane a child who becomes obsessed with an element of human history and believed to be an adult by the protagonists for most of the episode and the Companion a shimmering cloud-like being.
In the "fight scene," the landscape of the planet resembles Vazquez Rocks Natural Area Park, where several Star Trek episodes were filmed. When Walter Koenig refuses to say wessels in Russian accent, he is correct and justified. The Russian language does have the English sound of Vee. The proper way would be vessel. Koenig has been faulted for his Russian accent for decades.
When Bender smacks George Takei in the face, he says "my face too" which sounds similar to "My Phase 2". This was passed over in favour of Star Trek: Enterprise, which debuted the same year as the original Broadcast as this episode.
Writer David A. The caterpillars on Fry were genious. Whoever thought that joke up deserves a beer. Im quite surprised by this. I have never seen an episode of Star Trek in my life.
I had no idea who the characters were, yet I still thought this episode was great. It was just smooth, and seemed to have some point to it, not like the last 4 or 5 episodes. Quite a lot of the jokes were non-trekkie too, or at least were amusing even if you werent a trekkie. But alas everyone has their own opinion. I liked the bit at the end where the Star Trek cast show there fear of being stuck with a trekkie geek for eternity. I think thats a fear we all have. Can you imagine being stranded with a total nerd forever, i mean you would never get laid again.
Oh, we got the joke. It's just that some of us don't take ourselves all that seriously. Actually I saw a thread at a Star Trek site I think it was a Star Trek site, it was something sci-fi related and not Futurama related and it had lots of Trekkies saying just how much they enjoyed it. Can any of you help put my colleague out of his misery by completing this Bender line from the episode, its driving him mad. Thanks for the help Rockstar.
I'm no longer tortured, hooray!! Say hello to Melllvar everybody. He is the colleague i mentioned and also my boss on the graveyard shift. I'm not really a trekky but it was still funny I saw that Leela Kirk thing cummin a mile away. Leela was probally the last chick kirk will get to make out with although he can still give head. Just saw this episode and I think it's great. It is a worthy take off of Star Trek. I found it amusing and interesting.
This is one of my favourite episodes, not up there with the top of the list Luck of the Fryish etc. I would rate it an A. Yep I just saw the ep and it is good so I had to dig it out. Great, another nOOb. Just seen it not to bad and like a lot of others I've never seen an episode of Star Trek in my life But I got the meaning of a lot of the jokes from putting my head to the ground over the years, or something Bless you George Costanza Will have to go watch it again cos I always miss half the jokes the first time who doesn't?
Also it's good to have a break like that sometimes from a character or 2 or Roll on Season !! Did anyone get the spoof on the episode 'Who Mourns For Adonais? This is just an example on how subtle the entire episode actually is. I loved this episode, especially the trial, Zapp is again hilarious, also, "Welshy!!! Oh, man, I have forgotten how perfectly excellent this episode is! There were probably a lot of other subtle references that I didn't get, but I think I got the obvious ones.
First, I love the genuine pathos shown between Shatner and Nimoy. I think they are good friends in real life right, any Trekkies out there? I loved everyone entreating Walter Koenig to say everything in a Russian accent and to say "wessel" as others have previously pointed out , and then his reaction of disgust.
George Takei is always a hoot, and Nichelle Nichols' fan dance and sexy voice were awesome. It's sad that DeForest Kelley passed away by that time, but I'm happy that they at least included him in animation form. And Welshie!
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