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<div>{{episode infobox<br />
|name=Jurassic Bark<br />
|image=[[File:Jurassic Bark.jpg|225px]]<br />
|no=61<br />
|season=4<br />
|number=4ACV07<br />
|caption=Not affiliated with Futurama Brass Knuckle Co.<br />
|first aired=17 November, 2002<br />
|written by=Eric Kaplan<br />
|directed by=Swinton O. Scott III<br />
|title reference=The famous dinosaur resurrection film ''{{w|Jurassic Park (film)|Jurassic Park}}''<br />
|broadcast season=5<br />
|broadcast number=S05E02<br />
|opening cartoon="Hiss and Make Up" in Merry Melodies<br />
|nomination='''Emmy Awards'''<br />Outstanding Animated Program, 2003<br />
|special commentary=writers<br />
|prev ep=Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television<br />
|next ep=Crimes of the Hot<br />
|broad prev=Crimes of the Hot<br />
|broad next=The Route of All Evil<br />
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"'''Jurassic Bark'''" is the sixty-first episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', the seventh of the [[Season 4|fourth production season]] and the second of the [[Broadcast season 5|fifth broadcast season]]. It aired 17 November, 2002 on FOX. [[Bender]] grows jealous when [[Fry]] attempts to clone his beloved [[Seymour|fossilized dog]].<br />
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== The Story ==<br />
=== Act I: "That's like digging up Lassie and putting her on display in the Louvre!" ===<br />
[[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]] and [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] are practicing some magic tricks, which involves a newspaper. From this paper Fry learns that an intact [[20th century]] pizzeria has been unearthed under [[New New York]], and the two of them go visit the exhibition in the museum that shows the findings. It sports a complete pizzeria reconstruction, and Fry realizes it is actually [[Panucci's Pizza]], the place he used to work at before he was frozen. He tells the [[Tour Guide]] he recognizes all the stuff. Among the exhibits are the fossilized remains of a dog that Fry recognizes to be his own. He first met him in August 1997 when he was making a delivery to a prank address (Seymour Asses), and fed a piece of the surplus pizza to the dog that in turn started to follow him around and recognize him as master. The dog aquired the name of the prank address, [[Seymour Asses]] or ''Seymour'' for short. Fry tries to take the remains of Seymour with him, but is caught and thrown out of the museum. Fry is organizing some protesters to put up public pressure so he can have his dog back. He keeps dancing in front of the museum for three days in ghastly weather, until the museum asks him some questions about the dog and then agrees to return it to him. The [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor]] finds out that Seymour was fast-fossilized, preserving the cellular structure and making it possible to clone him. Fry can't wait to get his best friend back, which leaves Bender sad and worried.<br />
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=== Act II: "Know ye now what feels like to be Dog God!" ===<br />
The Professor needs a while to reset the [[Clone-O-Mat]] from human mode to dog mode. When the cloning is complete, Seymour will be resurrected with all his memories as he was at the time of his death. In a flashback to 31 December 1999, we see that Seymour did not want to let Fry go on the fateful delivery trip to [[Applied Cryogenics]], but Fry consoled him and told him that he would not be gone for long and that Seymour should await his return in front of Panucci's Pizza. Meanwhile, Fry starts his preparations for the awaited return of his pet - he buys dog toys, a collar and dog food, much to the dismay of Bender who feels he is not getting enough attention from Fry. He is trying to talk Fry out of resurrecting his dog and at the same time seems to pick up some dog characteristics himself. In another flashback, this time to 1 January 2000, we learn that Seymour tried to lead Fry's family to him, but [[Yancy Fry Sr.|Fry's father]] would not leave his home because of his fear of Y2K. Meanwhile, [[Amy Wong|Amy]] and [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] are practicing hand to hand fighting in rather revealing outfits, during which Amy is getting her cute butt kicked bigtime. Bender introduces a kind of dog of his own, [[Robo-Puppy]], which does not have the desired effect of making Fry jealous. Just then, the Professor announces that the Clone-O-Mat is ready. The process takes up a lot of energy which is to be provided by molten lava in the sub-basement of the [[Planet Express|Planet Express Building]], where indeed a lava pit is boiling. Right in the middle of the cloning process, Bender enters and tries to persuade Fry to go to the talent show with him that they have been practicing magic tricks for, but Fry tells him to leave him alone. Bender gets mad at this and hurls Seymour's remains into the lava pit, thinking that Fry will now be his friend again.<br />
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=== Act III: "Professor! Lava! ''Hot!''" ===<br />
Fry is of course mad at Bender, but the Professor tells him that the dog may survive the lava because the fossil was made of dolomite, an immensely tough and heat-resistant rock. Fry is about to dive into the lava pit, because he figures Seymour would have come after him too - and indeed, in a further flashback to 1 January 2000, we see Seymour looking for Fry everywhere and eventually locating his frozen body at Applied Cryogenics. Back in 3004, Fry is fielded by Amy and Leela before he reaches the pit, and breaks down crying. Bender then realizes that Fry really loved this dog and did not just toy with his emotions. He decides to dive into the lava pit himself, calculating he has a chance of survival because he is 40% dolomite. In yet another flashback to 2000, we see the Fry family enter Applied Cryogenics where the [[Cryogenicist]] tells them their dog is there madly scrabbling at Fry's cryogenic tube. They drag Seymour away to find their son without realizing Fry is in that tube. Again in 3004, when Bender takes a long time to reappear, Leela is getting ready to dive after him into the lava, as Bender reappears through the floor of the sub-basement, glowing red-hot and with Seymour's remains in his arms. The cloning process is restarted and Fry learns that Seymour was fifteen years old when he died, meaning that he lived on for twelve years after he was frozen. Fry then refuses to continue the cloning, thinking that Seymour had forgotten him. In the closing shot, we see - in one final flashback - Seymour sitting outside Panucci's Pizza for years and years, always waiting for his master's return as he was told, while around him the world changes and he grows old until he lies down and closes his eyes.<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
*As Fry is doing his people's native dance ''(The Hustle)'', Leela is watching his display critically, armed with a book called "Dances of the Ancient Bronx".<br />
*When Fry points out that Seymour could fetch, Bender fetches as well - an Easter Island stone figure ''(moai)''. When Fry points out Seymour could dig up bones, Bender presents the remains of Charlemagne in his chest cabinet.<br />
*The paleontologist who discovers Seymour is named "Dr. Ben Beeler," presumably a reference to producer and prolific writer [[Ken Keeler]].<br />
*The last part of the episode, where Seymour is waiting outside on the sidewalk, was originally set to the theme of ''{{w|2001: A Space Odyssey}}'', but it was exchanged with the song "{{w|I Will Wait for You}}" from ''{{w|The Umbrellas of Cherbourg}}'' as sung by {{w|Connie Francis}}, which writer Eric Kaplan's parents played and sang on the piano while he was a child.<br />
*In an original version of the script, it was Fry's mother that was found fossilized. The staff, however, found this upsetting.<br />
*It is possible to see [[Nibbler's shadow|Nibbler's eyestalk poking out of the trash can]] for a brief moment before Fry is frozen. This was explained in the tenth episode of the fourth season, "[[The Why of Fry]]".<br />
*This episode was nominated in 2003 for an Emmy in Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour).<br />
*The episode's emotionally powerful ending recalls three real life dogs who became famous for their enduring faithfulness after their masters' death: Scotland's Greyfriars Bobby, Japan's Hachiko, and America's Shep. The ending is one of the more emotional and poignant scenes in the Futurama series, which differs from its usual comedic style.<br />
*The tear-jerker ending was apparently so sad, that the producers got hate mail from crying fans.<br />
*We see Scruffy lowering the Clone-O-Mat to the basement by means of a simple rope.<br />
*The lava pit bears a warning sign: ''WARNING Contents of Earth May be hot''.<br />
*Right under [[Applied Cryogenics]] motto ''(You can solve all your problems by freezing them!)'' is a frozen woman, bearing an angry expression and a rolling pin, presumably the manager's wife or mother-in-law.<br />
*Fry finds out that Seymour lived twelve more years after he disappeared. If you count the seasonal cuts in the final montage, there are exactly twelve segments before Seymour dies.<br />
*This episode is named #8 on IGN's list of the [http://www.ign.com/articles/2009/06/12/top-25-futurama-episodes?page=4 Top 25 Futurama Episodes].<br />
*This episode was named #2 on TV.com's list of [http://www.tv.com/story/12579.html?ref_story_id=12579&ref_type=1101&ref_name=story Top 10 Futurama Episodes].<br />
*In an ironic twist, in "Bender's Big Score" it is shown that when Fry becomes depressed and is going to be assassinated by Bender, he goes back to the day he was frozen and stays in the past for 12 more years with Seymour.<br />
*Seymour's eventual fate at the end of the episode appears to have been retconned in "Bender's Big Score". Since the time duplicate Fry stays in the 21st Century and lives at least the first 10 years of the 2000s with Seymour and the rest of his family before going on the boat to look for Leelu, it would appear as though Seymour was simply waiting for Fry to get back from the voyage, rather than waiting all 12 years for him to return from the Cryogenics lab. This then raises the question of whether or not the ending of "Jurassic Bark" can still be seen as part of the show's continuity. It is possible that he merely fell asleep and Fry came and woke him up before Bender came and attempted to kill him.<br />
**However, this would explain why Seymour's fossilized remains were ''standing'', when Seymour is shown to be laying down at the end of the episode.<br />
*The halftime score of the 2000 Rose Bowl Game that Fry's mother is watching is shown to be Wisconsin 9, Stanford 3 in the 2nd quarter. In actuality the score was reversed but Wisconsin went on to win 17-9, which in itself was referenced by Fry's mother in the episode "Luck of the Fryrish".<br />
*Dolomite is an actual mineral with its melting point ranging from about 2,570 to 4,660 ºC. Molten lava is a liquid between about 700 and 1,200 ºC.<br />
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=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Speaker''': I hope in time you will realize what an idiot you've been.<br />
'''Fry''': I wouldn't count on it!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': [eyeing fossilized Seymour] Blech, that's the least appetizing calzone I've ever seen.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Crowd''': What do you want?<br />
'''Fry''': Fry's dog!<br />
'''Crowd''': When do you want it?<br />
'''Fry''': Fry's dog!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': [referring to Robo-Puppy] I was out walking him. Yes, you can walk him. Of course, after he goes, you have to refill the canisters.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': Professor! Lava! Hot!!</poem><br />
}}<br />
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=== Continuity ===<br />
[[File:Fry3.gif|thumb|[[Nibbler's shadow|Nibbler's as well as Fry's shadow]].]]<br />
*{{e|1ACV01}}<br />
**There are several clips from this episode. And few sections including Seymour between scenes we saw previously.<br />
**The title of the exhibition at the museum is "Treasures of the Stupid Ages - Loot from the recent Pizzeria excavation". In this episode, Fry's time is referred to as "the Stupid Ages" by Leela.<br />
*{{e|4ACV04}}<br />
**The tour guide appears to be the same person who was eaten by an elephant.<br />
*{{e|4ACV10}}<br />
**A second shadow appears when Fry's falls into the tube in the flashback, compared to only one in [[Space Pilot 3000|1ACV01]] and none in [[Anthology of Interest I|2ACV16]]. The reason for the addition is explained in this episode.<br />
*{{e|4ACV12}}<br />
**Seymour's fossilised remains appear again at Fry's funeral.<br />
*{{f|1}}<br />
**Seymour's fossilised remains appear once again in the [[Planet Express]] lounge.<br />
**How Seymour got fossilised is explained.<br />
**We see the hungover cryogenisist the night before when he is drunk.<br />
*{{e|6ACV09}}<br />
**Hermes finds another fossilised dog, but throws it away as he suspects it's "another one of Fry's old dogs".<br />
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=== Allusions ===<br />
*''{{w|Star Trek}}''<br />
**Fry makes the Vulcan signal and says ''live long and prosper'' to Seymour when they first meet.<br />
*''{{w|Shaft}}''<br />
**Farnsworth mentions that Dolomite is the "Tough black mineral that won't cop out when there's heat all about", much like Shaft's description in the film's theme song - "... The Cat that won't cop out when there's danger all about".<br />
*''{{w|The Simpsons}}''<br />
**During Seymour's searching montage, he passes a mini-golf course that has the sign: "Because someone inconsiderate created an unsanitary condition, the windmill green is closed until further notice," referencing the numerous times Homer and Marge have defiled it.<br />
*''{{w|Dolemite}}''<br />
** The dolomite scenes mainly reference the blaxploitation flick Dolemite.<br />
*''{{w|Scooby Doo}}''<br />
**The scene where Leela attempts to lure Bender out with a [[LöBrau Beer|"Bender Snack"]] is a parody of the ''Scooby Doo'' cast attempting to lure out the frightened title character in a similar manner.<br />
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=== Goofs ===<br />
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[[File:NNYP Slice of Old New York.png|thumb|left|"Archaeologists" spelled incorrectly.]]<br />
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*The shorts on Amy's tights disappear in some shots.<br />
*The rope on the handle of the Clone-O-Mat changes to a chain the second time Farnsworth pulls it.<br />
*The characters stand right next to the magma (Amy and Leela even sit on the rim) without getting hurt; in reality, even approaching within a few yards would burn them severely.<br />
*During the final cloning scene prior to the last flashback of Seymour waiting for Fry, both Amy and Leela revert to their usual clothing instead of the wrestling outfits they were wearing earlier.<br />
*The score of the Rose Bowl was reversed in the game, Stanford was leading 9-3 at halftime in the actual game.<br />
*Fry's assumption of how long Seymour lived after Fry was frozen seems based on an assumption that Seymour was 0 when Fry met him, however, this is never firmly established.<br />
**However, the montage at the end of the episode seems to confirm this.<br />
*When Bender enters the lounge with Robo-Puppy, he is holding him on a leash, yet after he says the line "Of course, after he goes you have to refill the canisters.", the leash completely vanishes.<br />
*Archaeologists is spelled "Archeologists" in the headline of the [[New New York Post]].<br />
*The lava reflected Fry's image like water, in reality lava does not reflect.<br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
{{chars-begin}}<br />
*[[Amy Wong|Amy]]<br />
*[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Dr. Ben Beeler]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Charlemagne]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Cryogenist]]<br />
*[[Cubert Farnsworth]]<br />
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]<br />
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]<br />
*[[Nibbler]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Robo-Puppy]]<br />
*[[Scruffy]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Seymour Asses]]<br />
*[[Tour Guide]]<br />
*[['tude Guard]]<br />
*[[Yancy Fry, Sr.]]<br />
*[[Yancy Fry, Jr.]]<br />
*[[Yancy and Mrs. Fry|Mrs. Fry]]<br />
*[[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]<br />
{{chars-end}}<br />
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== Episode Credits ==<br />
{{credits-begin}}<br />
*Writer<br />
**[[Eric Kaplan]]<br />
*Director<br />
**[[Swinton O. Scott III]]<br />
*Voice Actors<br />
**[[Billy West]]<br />
**[[Katey Sagal]]<br />
**[[John DiMaggio]]<br />
**[[Tress MacNeille]]<br />
**[[Lauren Tom]]<br />
**[[Maurice LaMarche]]<br />
**[[David Herman]]<br />
*DVD Commentary<br />
**[[Matt Groening]]<br />
**[[David X. Cohen]]<br />
**[[Rich Moore]]<br />
**[[Eric Kaplan]]<br />
**[[Swinton O. Scott III]]<br />
**[[Billy West]]<br />
*Bonus Writers Commentary<br />
**[[Matt Groening]]<br />
**[[David X. Cohen]]<br />
**[[Eric Kaplan]]<br />
**[[Ken Keeler]]<br />
**[[Bill Odenkirk]]<br />
**[[Patric M. Verrone]]<br />
**[[Ron Weiner]]<br />
**[[Jeff Westbrook]]<br />
*Special Guest<br />
**[[Tom Kenny]]<br />
**[[Frank Welker]]<br />
**[[Kath Soucie]]<br />
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{{credits-end}}<br />
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|name=Insane in the Mainframe<br />
|no=43<br />
|image=[[File:Insane in the Mainframe.jpg|225px]]<br />
|season=3<br />
|broadcast season=<br />
|number=3ACV11<br />
|caption=Bender's Humor by<br /><span style="font-family:serif;">Microsoft Joke</span><br /><br />
|first aired=8 April, 2001<br />
|written by=Bill Odenkirk<br />
|directed by=Peter Avanzino<br />
|title reference=A lyric from the song "{{w|Insane in the Brain}}" and {{w|Mainframe computer|mainframe computers}}<br />
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|opening cartoon="The Mild West"<br />
|sponsor=Thompson's Teeth<br />
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"'''Insane in the Mainframe'''" is the forty-third episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', the eleventh of the [[Season 3|third production season]] and the twelfth of the [[Broadcast season 3|third broadcast season]]. It aired 8 April, 2001 on FOX. [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] and [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] are admitted to an [[HAL Institute|insane asylum]] for criminal insane robots after being arrested for holding up a [[Big Apple Bank|bank]]. Fry becomes so deluded by the place and begins to believe he is a robot, and is released from the asylum.<br />
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== The Story ==<br />
=== Act I: "Hooray for Zoidberg!" ===<br />
Following a celebration of [[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]'s ten years with [[Planet Express]], [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] realizes that he hasn't planned for his future, so he spends 94% of his retirement fund (a $100 bill, stored in his sock) on ''Whif -N- Win'' lottery tickets. After winning nothing, he decides to open a retirement account for $6, making him immediately $4 overdrawn. At the bank [[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]] meets his old friend, [[Roberto]], and he and Fry accidentally help him rob the bank.<br />
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=== Act II: "What do you say we plead insanity?" ===<br />
Fry and Bender [[New New York v. Fry and Bender|appear in court]], represented by the [[Hyper-Chicken]]. Fry is going to reveal that it was Roberto who robbed the bank, but is cut short after Roberto calls and threatens to kill him. Hyper-chicken convinces them to plead insanity under the reason that he is their lawyer, and is successful. Both Fry and Bender are sent to the [[HAL Institute|HAL Institute for Criminally Insane Robots]] because being poor was recently classified as a mental illness and the human asylum is overfilled.<br />
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=== Act III: "I find that offensive!" ===<br />
Fry finds the physical exam, designed for robots, quite painful, but is still thought to be a robot, due to the simple fact that the asylum is for robots. He is put in a room with [[Malfunctioning Eddie]], who explodes when introduced to Fry. Unit 2013 shows him around the building and introduces him to the other robots. Bender enjoys himself, but Fry is taking the experience badly, and starts going insane. Eddie is discharged and Fry's new roommate is Roberto, who is in the asylum because he robbed the same bank again. Soon, Fry is "cured"--believing he is a robot.<br />
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=== Act IV: "I need to get a disguise!" ===<br />
Fry returns to Planet Express, where he tries to find his primary function. After trial and error, Fry determines he is not a tool bot, a calculator or a food-mo-tron. Fry drinks an exorbitant amount of alcohol to "fuel his power cells" and passes out. Meanwhile, Bender and Roberto escape the asylum.<br />
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=== Act V: "Fire lasers! Duck, lasers!" ===<br />
Roberto holds up the same bank a third time and he and Bender flee to Planet Express. Roberto uses Zoidberg, [[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]], [[Turanga Leela|Leela]], [[Amy Wong|Amy]], [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|the Professor]] and Bender hostage. He decides to kill some of them, but Fry wakes up and informs everyone that he has found his primary function--battle droid. Fry engages Roberto in battle by swinging his fists in circles around his body. Roberto stabs him, but hits a can of pi-in-1 oil in his coat pocket, which starts leaking and convinces Roberto that he is a battle droid. Roberto throws his knife at Fry, cutting his arm, and jumps out the window where he is arrested. Fry notices the blood from his cut arm and finally realizes he is a human.<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
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*The title of the episode is a reference to a lyric from the song "{{w|Insane in the Brain}}" and {{w|mainframe computer}}s. "Insane in the Brain" would later be referenced in "[[The Why of Fry]]", in which one of the Brain Spawn says "are you insane in the membrane?"<br />
*Electroshock therapy is currently a rare last-option treatment for Obsessive Compulsive Disorders and depression. In the future, however, it is a pleasant treatment that helps robots relax. This is due to electricity being the equivalent of cannabis for robots.<br />
*Hermes has a button on his calculator labeled "Carry The One".<br />
*Fry, believing he is a Battle Droid, begins attacking Roberto with a "fighting style" similar to the one used by Bender against [[El Chupanibre]] in "[[I Second that Emotion]]".<br />
*This episode is the last to feature a [[Sponsors|sponsor]] before "[[Bender's Big Score Part 1]]".<br />
*There appear to be two incinerators in [[Planet Express headquarters|Planet Express]], on the wall of [[Hermes' office]] and in the [[Planet Express hangar]].<br />
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=== Continuity ===<br />
*[[Bender's banjo]] makes its third appearance.<br />
*Bender is later seen dressed up as {{w|Napoleon}} again in "[[Godfellas]]" and "[[Decision 3012]]".<br />
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=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Roberto''': Back off! I got hostages!<br />
'''Zoidberg''': Hooray! I'm helping!<br />
'''Smitty''': Do you have any better hostages?</poem><br />
<poem>'''Whitey''': Counsellor, what evidence do you offer to support this new plea of insanity?<br />
'''Hyper-Chicken''': Well, for one, they done hired me to represent them.<br />
'''Whitey''': Insanity plea is accepted.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Fry''': But I'm not a robot like you! I don't like having disks crammed into me, unless they're Oreos, and only in the mouth.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Fry''': It is time for you to ingest sandwiches from my compartment. ''[Pulls two sandwiches from the crotch of his pants.]''</poem><br />
<poem>'''Fry''': Negative, bossy meat creature. I know now what my primary function is: I am a battle-droid. Sworn to protect the weak from crazy robots.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Hermes''': Fry! Don't be a hero! It's not covered by the health plan!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Roberto''': Help! Help! He is a battle-droid! Somebody help me! Mommy! I'm sorry I spilled the transmission fluid, Mommy! No! No! Don't weld me to the wall, Mommy!</poem><br />
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=== Goofs ===<br />
*When Fry and Bender are boxed up and rolled out of the courtroom, Fry shouts "ow, my head" when he is on his side then "ow, my feet" when he is on his head.<br />
*Bender is raised off a conveyor belt with a giant magnet, but it doesn't corrupt his inhibition unit.<br />
**Magnets only affect him when they go near his upper chest or head.<br />
*Bender exclaims "Je suis Napoleon" at one point in the episode, which means "I am Napoleon" in French, but the French language is supposed to be dead and not understood by anyone in the future.<br />
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=== Outside References ===<br />
*Nurse Ratchet is a reference to the character Nurse Ratched from ''One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest'', and perhaps also the Autobot Medic Ratchet who is a character in numerous Transformers series.<br />
*[[Mad Hatterbot|Another robot]] is modelled off the Mad Hatter from ''Alice in Wonderland''.<br />
*[[Dr. Perceptron]] is a reference to a concept from artificial intelligence.<br />
*The [[HAL Institute]] for Criminally Insane Robots is a reference to the computer HAL, from ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]''.<br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
{{chars-begin}}<br />
*[[Amy Wong|Amy]]<br />
*[[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Big Apple Bank Surveillance Camera]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Dr. Perceptron]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Frankie]]<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]<br />
*[[Hair Robot]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Mad Hatterbot]]<br />
*[[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]]<br />
*[[Hyper-Chicken]]<br />
*[[Judge Whitey]]<br />
*[[LaBarbara]] {{miso}}<br />
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Linctron]]<br />
*[[Malfunctioning Eddie]]<br />
*[[Richard Nixon's head|Richard Nixon]] <small>(on 1000 dollar bill)</small><br />
*'''Debut''': [[Norm (robot)|Norm]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Nurse Ratchet]]<br />
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]<br />
*[[Randy Munchnik]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Roberto]]<br />
*[[Smitty]]<br />
*[[Big Apple Bank teller]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Unit 2013]]<br />
*[[URL]]<br />
*[[Victor]]<br />
*[[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]<br />
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*Writer<br />
**[[Bill Odenkirk]]<br />
*Director<br />
**[[Peter Avanzino]]<br />
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**[[Billy West]]<br />
**[[Katey Sagal]]<br />
**[[John DiMaggio]]<br />
**[[Maurice LaMarche]]<br />
**[[David Herman]]<br />
*DVD Commentary<br />
**[[Bill Odenkirk]]<br />
**[[David X. Cohen]]<br />
**[[Matt Groening]]<br />
**[[Peter Avanzino]]<br />
**[[Rich Moore]]<br />
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|name=That's Lobstertainment!<br />
|no=40<br />
|image=[[File:30th Century Fox.png|225px]]<br />
|season=3<br />
|broadcast season=<br />
|number=3ACV08<br />
|caption=<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Deciphered From Crop Circles</span><br />
|first aired=25 February, 2001<br />
|written by=Patric M. Verrone<br />
|directed by=Bret Haaland<br />
|title reference=''{{w|That's Entertainment!}}''<br />
|caption reference=<br />
|opening cartoon=Box Car Blues<br />
|sponsor=<br />
|broadcast number=S03E08<br />
|special guest=[[Hank Azaria]]<br />
|prev ep=The Day the Earth Stood Stupid<br />
|next ep=The Cyber House Rules<br />
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|broad next=The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz<br />
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"'''That's Lobstertainment!'''" is the fortieth episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', the eighth of the [[Season 3|third production season]] and [[Broadcast season 3|third broadcast season]]. It aired 25 February, 2001 on FOX. It guest stars [[Hank Azaria]] as [[Harold Zoid]]. [[Dr. Zoidberg]]'s famous uncle Harold Zoid wants to be back on the big screen, and talks Zoidberg into financing [[The Magnificent Three|his new film]].<br />
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== The Story ==<br />
=== Act I: "So these three parasitic worms bore into a human's head..." ===<br />
During amateur nite at the Comedy Simulator, [[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]] follows [[Humorbot 5.0]]. Unfortunately, Zoidberg isn't funny at all, and gets booed off the stage.<br />
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Zoidberg is miserable, because his uncle Zoid was a comedian, and he wants to follow in his footsteps. The [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor]], being a [[Harold Zoid]] fan, pulls out an old 78 Million RPM HoloDisk to show the crew. The HoloDisk shows [[A Close Shaving|a silent film]] from [[2922]], in which Harold Zoid portrays a barber who ends up beheading his customer. Zoidberg decides to write a letter to his uncle to ask for help on his comedy routine. He writes the letter using ink collected from his ink pouch.<br />
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In the Final Curtain: Old Actors' Home, Harold Zoid reads the letter. Another resident of the home asks Harold Zoid what the [[Coinage#S|scribble-di-gook]] is. Harold Zoid explains that Zoidberg may be his ticket out of the home, and then writes a letter to Zoidberg asking for money and telling Zoidberg to come to Hollywood, which Zoidberg reads to the crew.<br />
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=== Act II: "Welcome to Hollywood!" ===<br />
They set off for Hollywood. The crew then goes on a tour bus. [[30th Century Fox]] studios is the first stop. Bender jumps off the bus when it passes [[Calculon]]'s house, and impersonates a hot-water heater to gain entry. Zoidberg then leaves the tour to meet Uncle Zoid for lunch. Uncle Zoid tells Zoidberg that he's unfunny, and tells him he should go into drama. Conveniently, Uncle Zoid has a script for a drama, but needs a million dollars to get it produced, and Zoidberg agrees.<br />
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=== Act III: "The legendary Harold Zoid!" ===<br />
Zoidberg is upset about lying to his uncle, but Bender comes in and offers to ask Calculon for the money. The crew goes to the studio, and Bender presents the script to Calculon. Bender entices him by guaranteeing Calculon the Oscar. Initially, Calculon declines on the basis that he doesn't like the font. However, once he spots the legendary Harold Zoid's name, he agrees to star in the film.<br />
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The film, ''[[The Magnificent Three]]'', is about a son, the vice-president, who doesn't wish to follow in his father's footsteps (the president).<br />
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Harold Zoid turns out to be a horrible director, and gives ridiculous instructions to the actors and extras. While looking for a parking spot for the premiere, [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] lands the [[Planet Express Ship|ship]] in the La Brea Tar Pit, and the ship sinks, trapping her and [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]. Not surprisingly, the film's premiere is a terrible failure. Calculon threatens to kill Bender, Zoidberg, and Uncle Zoid, if they don't get him the Oscar.<br />
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=== Act IV: "How 'bout we rig the awards?" ===<br />
After reading in ''[[Daily Variety]]'' that the Oscar nominations were announced, and realising that ''The Magnificent Three'' was snubbed, Calculon is infuriated, and Uncle Zoid offers to rig the awards. Leela is unable to start the ship to escape the tar, and Fry spots a caveman skeleton outside the window, which he misidentifies as Sylvester Stallone. Back at the home, Uncle Zoid despairs. Zoidberg, however, sets off to save their lives. At the [[1074th Academy Awards]], Bender sneaks Zoidberg inside disguised as food. Harold Zoid enters and tells Joan Rivers' head that he's only there to fill space.<br />
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=== Act V: "I always knew I'd die at the bottom of a pit, but a pit full of tar?" ===<br />
[[Billy Crystal's head]], the host, begins giving out the awards. The Planet Express Ship hits the bottom of the tar pit, and Leela detects the L.A. subway system below them.<br />
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Bender and Zoidberg take over and Zoidberg announces Calculon as a nominee for Best Actor. Zoidberg sees Uncle Zoid's depression, and announces him the winner instead. Harold Zoid makes an acceptance speech, and then takes Zoidberg and Bender to the afterparty. Calculon storms in and demands the oscar, but gives it back. Then the ground begins to shake, and the Planet Express Ship explodes from the subway system. Fry and Leela are allowed into the party because the caveman's skeleton has stuck to Fry's pant leg, and the doorman assumes it's Sylvester Stallone.<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
*Zoidberg's showname Bobcat Zoidberg references {{w| Bobcat Goldthwait|Bobcat Goldthwait}}, but his comedy style is similar to {{w|Yakov Smirnoff}}<br />
*The commentaries actually mention [http://www.gotfuturama.com/ gotfuturama.com]<br />
*Some of the main characters are riding a tour bus in [[Los Angeles|Hollywood]] with the name {{sw|Star Tours (real-world)|Star Tours}} (a real-life ''[[Star Wars]]''-themed Disney theme park attraction). Under the bus logo, a disclaimer reads "Note: Bus Does Not Leave Earth."<br />
*The head (in a [[Head Jars|jar]]) of {{sw|Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace}} character {{sw|Jar-Jar Binks}}, is in the audience of the Oscars.<br />
*[[Michelle]] and [[Pauly Shore (character)|Pauly Shore]] can also be seen in the audience of the Oscars.<br />
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=== Continuity ===<br />
*[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] did indeed meet [[Calculon]] once, in "[[The Honking]]".<br />
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=== Cultural References ===<br />
*The title could be a reference to the [[1974]] film ''{{w|That's Entertainment!}}''.<br />
*The in-episode film ''[[A Close Shaving]]'' is based on the silent films of {{w|Buster Keaton}}, of whom writer [[Patric M. Verrone]] is a fan. The title is based on the [[1995]] {{w|Wallace and Gromit}} cartoon ''{{w|A Close Shave}}''.<ref>{{cite commentary|episode=That's Lobstertainment!|}}</ref><br />
*'Star Trek: the Pepsi Generation' is an actual short movie released in 1988.<br />
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=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Zoidberg''': This letter has to be very personal, so I'm writing it in my own ink. ''[He puts a jar under his armpit and fills it with black ink. He dips a quill pen in and starts writing.]'' [thinking] Dear Uncle Zoid, greetings from your long-lost nephew. Norm and Sam and Sadie's boy, remember?</poem><br />
<poem>'''Calculon''': Are you my new hot water heater?<br />
'''Bender''': No, I'm Bender. We met once, remember?<br />
'''Calculon''': Absolutely not.<br />
'''Bender''': Come on, don't you remember how much I was bugging you, don't you? 'Cause it was a lot, you remember, right?<br />
'''Calculon''': ''[He pushes him away.]'' Look, I'm programmed to be very busy. Unless you can heat water to 212 degrees, I'm not interested. ''[He closes the door and Bender immediately rings the bell. Calculon opens the door again.]'' Have you got an extra GOTO 10 line? I said I don't need a bender.<br />
'''Bender''': Bender? That was the other guy. My name's Boiler.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Boxy Robot''': [beep]</poem><br />
<poem>'''Harold Zoid''': Eating real food in a restaurant, as we both often do. So, you want to be a comedian, is it?<br />
'''Zoidberg''': It's my lifelong dream.<br />
'''Harold Zoid''': [shouting] Well that dream dies now. ''[He bangs his claw on the table.]'' You're unfunny and untalented. That's why you're perfect for drama.<br />
'''Zoidberg''': Hmm. Serious drama. Perhaps it is time to give up comedy.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': That plot makes perfect sense, wink wink.<br />
'''Zoidberg''': Bender, you said wink wink out loud.<br />
'''Bender''': No I didn't, raise middle finger.</poem><br />
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=== Goofs ===<br />
*In [[Bender Should Not Be Allowed on TV]] Calculon claims he never does two takes. Here he does as many as 95 takes at least.<br />
**The large amount of respect he has for Zoid may explain his willingness to do multiple takes for him.<br />
*The 78 Million RPM HoloDisk may be spelled wrong. General useage implies that optical media should be spelled "disc" while magnetic media is spelled "disk". The holodisk appears to be an optical disc (a spoof on a large laserdisc, actually), but it's unclear whether the phonograph needle used to play the holodisk is an optical or magnetic reader.<br />
*Although the words "Star Trek" are supposedly banned, "Star Trek: The Pepsi Generation" is nominated for best product placement. The commentaries cover by claiming they actually said "Start Wreck".<br />
*When Leela and Fry go into the Hollywood party, Leela walks through a post.<br />
*In this episode, Leela and Fry discovered Sylvester Stallone's bones but we can see him in the [[Head Museum]] in "[[A Head in the Polls]]"<br />
**In actuality, this may not be Sylvester Stallone's skeleton, but instead the skeleton of a caveman.<br />
*At one point during Zoidberg's comedy routine, part of his claw goes through the microphone.<br />
*Although in "[[The Cryonic Woman]]" [[Los Angeles]] was seen as a polluted, primitive distopia, this episode shows it as a clean and modern city.<br />
*In "[[A Fishful of Dollars]]", a clothing company is called Calvin <u>Clone</u>, but in this episode it's called Calvin ''Klone''.<br />
**This may not be a goof so much as an avoidance of copyright infringement.<br />
**The company could have changed its name.<br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
{{chars-begin}}<br />
*[[Amy Wong|Amy]]<br />
*[[Bender Bending Rodriguez]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Billy Crystal's Head]]<br />
*[[Boxy Robot]]<br />
*[[Calculon]]<br />
*[[Humorbot 5.0]]<br />
*[[Florp]]<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Harold Zoid]] <br />
*[[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Jack Nicholson]]<br />
*'''Debut''': {{w|Jar Jar Binks}} (cameo)<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Joan Rivers' head]]<br />
*[[Kif Kroker|Kif]]<br />
*[[Michelle]] (cameo)<br />
*[[Monique]]<br />
*[[Morbo]]<br />
*[[Pauly Shore (character)|Pauly Shore]] (cameo)<br />
*[[Petunia]]<br />
*[[Soda Machine Robot]]<br />
*[[Zapp Brannigan]]<br />
*[[Dr. John Zoidberg]]<br />
*[[Human Friend]]<br />
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== Episode Credits ==<br />
{{credits-begin}}<br />
*Writer<br />
**[[Patric M. Verrone]]<br />
*Director<br />
**[[Bret Haaland]]<br />
*Voice Actors<br />
**[[Billy West]]<br />
**[[David Herman]]<br />
**[[Katey Sagal]]<br />
**[[John DiMaggio]]<br />
*DVD Commentary<br />
**[[Patric M. Verrone]]<br />
**[[David X. Cohen]]<br />
**[[Matt Groening]]<br />
**[[Rich Moore]]<br />
**[[John DiMaggio]]<br />
**[[Bret Haaland]]<br />
*Special Guest<br />
**[[Hank Azaria]]<br />
{{credits-end}}<br />
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