The Prince and the Product

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Season 8 episode
Broadcast season 11 episode
The Prince and the Product
Prince and the Product Leela falls for prince.png
Leela has seemingly fallen for a prince...
No.149
Production number8ACV09
Writers
Ari John Kaplan
Eric Kaplan
Directed byCorey Barnes
Title captionWhat Chatbots Talk About In Their Free Time
Title caption referenceAI Chatbot programs
First air date18 September, 2023 [1]
Broadcast numberS11E09
Title referenceThe Prince and the Pauper (1881) by Mark Twain
Opening cartoon"Soda Squirt" by Ub Iwerks (1933)
Additional
Commentary
(Transcript)
Transcript

Pictures

Season 8
  1. The Impossible Stream
  2. Children of a Lesser Bog
  3. How the West Was 1010001
  4. Parasites Regained
  5. Related to Items You've Viewed
  6. I Know What You Did Next Xmas
  7. Rage Against the Vaccine
  8. Zapp Gets Cancelled
  9. The Prince and the Product
  10. All the Way Down
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"The Prince and the Product" is the one hundred and forty-ninth episode of Futurama, the ninth of the eighth production season and the ninth of the eleventh broadcast season. It aired on 18 September, 2023 [1], on Hulu. In this non-canonical episode, Leela seemingly falls for the Prince of Space, jeopardizing her and Fry's relationship. Throughout the episode, anthology segments featuring the crew as toys are also presented as "sponsors."


Plot

The Prince of Space

Windos

Round Wheels

Rubber Ducks and Eggulons

Production

The writers of record for this episode are Ari John Kaplan and Eric Kaplan.[2]

Reception

Additional information

Trivia

  • Running gag: Throughout, Bender does some loop-de-loops.

Allusions

  • Windos are a generic name for wind-up toys.
  • Round Wheels is a parody of Hot Wheels.
  • Eggulons are a parody of Weebles. Hermes even paraphrases the classic jingle for the toys, "Weebles wobble, but they don't fall down."

Continuity

Quotes

Alien Language Sightings

Goofs

Characters

(In alphabetic order)

References