The Prince and the Product
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Season 8 episode Broadcast season 11 episode | |||||||
The Prince and the Product | |||||||
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No. | 149 | ||||||
Production number | 8ACV09 | ||||||
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Directed by | Corey Barnes | ||||||
Title caption | What Chatbots Talk About In Their Free Time | ||||||
Title caption reference | AI Chatbot programs | ||||||
First air date | 18 September, 2023 [1] | ||||||
Broadcast number | S11E09 | ||||||
Title reference | The Prince and the Pauper (1881) by Mark Twain | ||||||
Opening cartoon | "Soda Squirt" by Ub Iwerks (1933) | ||||||
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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
- Amy
- Bender
- Farnsworth
- Fry
- Gypsy
- Hattie (no lines)
- Hedonismbot
- Hermes
- Kif
- Debut: King of Space
- Linda
- Lrrr (no lines)
- Morbo
- Preacherbot
- Debut: Prince of Space
- Scruffy
- Terry
- Zapp
- Zoidberg