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<div>{{television infobox<br />
|name = The Scary Door<br />
|image = [[File:The Scary Door.jpg|225px]] <br />
|genre = Anthology<br />
|first appear = {{e|2ACV03}}<br />
|runtime = 15 seconds<br />
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'''''The Scary Door''''' is a science-fiction horror [[television]] program in the [[31st century]]. It is a spoof of the classic science fiction TV series ''{{w|The Twilight Zone}}'', and references several other TV shows and films, including the ending of ''{{w||War of the Worlds}}''. Seven episodes of ''The Scary Door'' have so far been seen in ''[[Futurama]]'' media.<br />
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= References to ''The Twilight Zone'' =<br />
[[File:the twilight zone.jpg|thumb|left|The title card to the 1960's series [[The Twilight Zone]].]]<br />
While referencing multiple shows and films, the main reference to ''The Scary Door'' is the classic TV series ''{{w|The Twilight Zone}}'', famous for its dramatic stories with big twists by the end, often revealing that everything was entirely the other way around of what one would have expected, or introducing extreme irony; for example in ''Time Enough At Last'', a man who loves reading enjoys the fact that he is the sole survivor of human race as he finally gets time to read - but then he breaks his glasses.<br />
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Most obviously, the opening sequence to the two are very similar: the camera drifts through space, with several strange objects flying around, with a host (originally {{w|Rod Serling}}) introducing the viewer to the strange area of ''The Twilight Zone'' (or in Futurama's version, one enters ''The Scary Door'').<br />
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While some episodes clearly are references to specific episodes of ''The Twilight Zone'' (for example ''Last Man on Earth'', which has almost the exact story as ''Time Enough At Last'' but takes it a bit further in irony), others are less specific. ''The Gambler'' have multiple references to episodes of Twilight Zone, as well as a lot of original scenes. Others, such as ''The Most Evil Creature of Them All'', are not specific references to episodes but rather mockery of the show overall, which sometimes is extremely overdramatic and always have a twist. The soundtrack is also very similar, including the dramatic twist music in every episode.<br />
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= Episodes =<br />
The name of the episodes aren't official but describe the main subject of the episode.<br />
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== The Last Man on Earth ==<br />
[[file:The Scary Door Ep1.jpg|right|thumb|220px|Episode 1, "The Last Man on Earth".]]<br />
'''Appearance''': {{e|2ACV03}}<br />
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=== Transcript ===<br />
:''[Opening credits.]''<br />
<poem>'''Announcer''': You are entering the vicinity of an area adjacent to a location. The kind of place where there might be a monster, or some kind of weird mirror. These are just examples; it could also be something much better. Prepare to enter: The Scary Door.</poem><br />
:''['''Scene''': In a desolated world, a man with glasses walks through a library that was somehow spared from destruction.]''<br />
<poem>'''Announcer''': As per your request, please find enclosed the last man on Earth.</poem><br />
<poem>'''[[The Last Man on Earth (character)|Man]]''': Finally, solitude. I can read books for all eternity!</poem><br />
:''[He drops his glasses and they break]''<br />
<poem>'''Man''': It's not fair... [panicked] it's not fair! [calmer] Wait, my eyes aren't that bad; I can still read the large-print books.</poem><br />
:''[As he reaches for a book, his eyes fall out]''<br />
<poem>'''Man''': [hysterical] It's not f-... [calmer] Well, lucky I know how to read Braille.</poem><br />
:''[His hands fall off. He screams, and then his tongue falls out. Then his head falls off.]''<br />
<poem>'''Man''': Hey, look at that weird mirror...</poem><br />
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=== Credits ===<br />
*'''Announcer''': [[Maurice LaMarche]]<br />
*'''[[The Last Man on Earth (character)|The Last Man on Earth]]''': [[Maurice LaMarche]]<br />
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=== Reference ===<br />
*''The Twilight Zone'' episode ''{{w|Time Enough at Last}}''.<br />
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== The Gambler ==<br />
[[File:The Scary Door Ep2.jpg|right|thumb|220px|Episode 2, "The Gambler".]]<br />
'''Appearance''': {{e|3ACV15}}<br />
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=== Transcript ===<br />
:''[Opening credits.]''<br />
<poem>'''Announcer''': You're entering a realm which is unusual. Maybe it's magic, or contains some kind of monster... The second one. Prepare to enter ''the Scary Door''.</poem><br />
:''['''Scene''': An elderly man wearing a green visor exits 3-Eyed Jack's Casino.]''<br />
<poem>'''Announcer''': Please send the man 'round back and pick up Clyde Smith. A professional gambler who's about to have an unfortunate accident.</poem><br />
:''[While crossing the street, Clyde is hit by a car.]''<br />
:''[Clyde wakes up in front of a slot machine. He pulls the lever and it comes up with three Bars.]''<br />
<poem>'''Clyde''': ''[laughs]'' A casino where I'm winning? That car must've killed me; I must be in heaven!</poem><br />
:''[He pulls the lever again, three Bars come up again.]''<br />
<poem>'''Clyde''': A casino where I always win? That's boring. I must really be... [dramatic] In hell!</poem><br />
:''[Enter man.]<br />
<poem>'''Sebastian Cabot''': No, Mr. Smith, you're not in heaven ''or'' hell. You're on an airplane!</poem><br />
:''[Man opens curtain, revealing airplane windows. Clyde looks out the window and sees a gremlin on the wing, tearing out the wiring.]''<br />
<poem>'''Clyde''': There's a gremlin destroying the plane! You've gotta believe me!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Sebastian Cabot''': Why should I believe you? You're '''Hitler!'''</poem><br />
:''[Man holds up a mirror, revealing that Clyde's reflection is that of [[Adolf Hitler]].]''<br />
<poem>'''Clyde''': No!</poem><br />
:''[Clyde is transformed into Hitler. He turns to the person next to him.]''<br />
<poem>'''Clyde''': {{w|Eva Braun}}, help me!</poem><br />
:''[Eva Braun pulls off her face to reveal that she's actually a giant fly. Clyde screams.]''<br />
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=== Reference ===<br />
*''The Twilight Zone'' episodes ''{{w|Nightmare at 20,000 Feet}},'' ''{{w|A Nice Place to Visit}},'' and ''{{w|The Man in the Bottle}}''.<br />
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=== Credits ===<br />
*'''Announcer''': [[Maurice LaMarche]]<br />
*'''Clyde Smith''': [[Dave Herman]]<br />
*'''Sebastian Cabot''': [[Phil LaMarr]]<br />
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== The Most Evil Creature of them All ==<br />
[[File:Scary door 3.jpg|right|thumb|220px|Episode 3, "The Most Evil Creature of them All".]]<br />
'''Appearance''': {{e|4ACV17}}<br />
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=== Transcript ===<br />
:''[Opening credits.]''<br />
<poem>'''Announcer''': You're on a scenic route through a state recreational area known as the human mind. You ask a passer-by for directions, only to find he has no face or something. Suddenly up ahead, a door in the road. You swerve, narrowly avoiding The Scary Door.</poem><br />
:''['''Scene''': A scientist is in a Frankensteinesque laboratory mixing chemicals in a beaker.]''<br />
<poem>'''Scientist''': I have combined the DNA of the world's most evil animals to make the most evil creature of them all.</poem><br />
:''[A pod reminiscent of the ones from the movie "The Fly" opens with a cloud of steam. It clears, revealing a naked human male.]''<br />
<poem>'''Naked Man''': It turns out it's man.</poem><br />
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=== Credits ===<br />
*'''Announcer''': [[Maurice LaMarche]]<br />
*'''Scientist''': [[Billy West]]<br />
*'''Man''': [[Dave Herman]]<br />
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== First Degree Irony ==<br />
[[File:Scary door 4.png|right|thumb|220px|Episode 4, "First Degree Irony".]]<br />
'''Appearance:''' {{clink|US#028|Let's Twist Again}}<br />
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=== Transcript ===<br />
:''[Opening credits.]''<br />
<poem>'''Announcer:''' Imagine, if you will, a three by seven inch wooden frame -- a frame that's a gateway to a world of imagination. Wipe your mind on the welcome mat. You're about to enter The Scary Door.</poem><br />
:''['''Scene''': A man in a car]''<br />
<poem>'''Announcer:''' Meet Brad Thompson, a man on his way home from a boring day at the office.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Brad:''' Man, I wish something exciting would happen... anything at all.</poem><br />
:''[A fire truck drives behind him.]''<br />
<poem>'''Brad:''' What's this? A fire truck is trying to pass me? To get to my neighborhood? I'll bet my neighbours house is on fire. I'd better speed up if I want to watch that.</poem><br />
:''[He gets to his neighbour's house]''<br />
<poem>'''Brad:''' Wait a minute. My neighbour's house isn't on fire. But then, what's with all the smoke?</poem><br />
<poem>'''Man:''' Oh... hi Brad, sorry to be the one to have to tell you, but... '''you're''' on fire!</poem><br />
:''[Brad is shown on fire]''<br />
<poem>'''Brad:''' Yaaaaah!</poem><br />
:''[Brad's skeleton is on the floor]''<br />
<poem>'''Fireman:''' We tried to warn him that he was spontaneously combusting, but he drove away from us.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Announcer:''' Official cause of death, third degree burns... actual cause of death, first degree irony!</poem><br />
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== That Humblest of God's Creatures ==<br />
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[[File:Scary Door 5.jpg|right|thumb|220px|Episode 5, "That Humblest of God's Creatures".]]<br />
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'''Appearance:''' {{f|3}}<br />
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=== Transcript ===<br />
:''[Opening credits.]''<br />
<poem>'''Announcer:''' Imagine, if you will, an announcer you can barely understand. He refers to a ''[mutters]'', but you're not quite sure what he said. He seems to be eating something, or perhaps he's a little drunk. It's remotely possible that he just said something about ''the Scary Door''.</poem><br />
:''['''Scene:''' A farm. Suddenly, it is attacked by UFOs shooting at everything in sight. Military forces are there, firing at the UFOs.]''<br />
<poem>'''Private:''' It's all over! Our guns and bombs are useless against the aliens.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Farmer:''' The saucers! They's a-crashin'!</poem><br />
:''[The UFOs starts to crash.]''<br />
<poem>'''Announcer:''' In the end, it was not guns or bombs that defeated the aliens, but that humblest of all God's creatures, the Tyrannosaurus Rex.</poem><br />
:''[A Tyrannosaurus Rex is seen crashing a UFO and eating the alien inside.]''<br />
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=== Credits ===<br />
*'''Announcer:''' [[Maurice LaMarche]]<br />
*'''Private:''' [[Dave Herman]]<br />
*'''Farmer:''' [[Billy West]]<br />
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=== Reference ===<br />
*{{w|The War of the Worlds}} by {{w|H. G. Wells}}<br />
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== The Aliens Are Among Us ==<br />
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[[file:The Scary Door 6.png|thumb|right|220px|Episode 6, "The Aliens Are Among Us".]]<br />
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'''Appearance:''' {{e|6ACV11}}<br />
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=== Transcript ===<br />
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:''[Opening credits.]''<br />
<poem>'''Announcer''': You're taking a vacation from normality. The setting: a weird motel where the bed is stained with mystery. And there's also some mystery floating in the pool. Your key card may not open the exercise room because someone smeared mystery on the lock. But it will open ''the Scary Door''.</poem><br />
:''['''Scene''': Outside Capitol Hill where a press conference is taking place.]''<br />
<poem>'''Announcer''': Submitted for your Emmy consideration: a popular Senator with unpopular ideas.<br />
</poem><br />
<poem>'''Senator''': There's no such thing as space aliens!<br />
</poem><br />
<poem>'''Man''': Oh? How can you be so sure them aliens aren't already among us?<br />
</poem><br />
<poem>'''Senator''': I'll tell you how! ''[takes off the man's face revealing an alien lifeform]'' Because you ''ARE'' ONE!!!<br />
</poem><br />
:''[musical sting]''<br />
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=== Credits ===<br />
*'''Announcer''': [[Maurice LaMarche]]<br />
*'''Senator''': [[Billy West]]<br />
*'''Man/Alien''': [[John DiMaggio]]<br />
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== Be Careful What You Wish For ==<br />
[[File:The Scary Door 6ACV17.png|thumb|right|220px|Episode 7, "Be Careful What You Wish For".]]<br />
'''Appearance:''' {{e|6ACV17}}<br />
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=== Transcript ===<br />
:''[Opening credits.]''<br />
<poem>'''[[The Scary Door narrator|''The Scary Door'' narrator]]''': Enclosed is a .pdf attachment, {{w|Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds|a picture of yourself in a boat on a river}}. It's a river that flows in two directions. Make that three. It's a magic river. That's how. It is flowing down the eerie canal to... ''The Scary Door''. That's ''eerie'' with two ''E''s. ''['''C.U.''': On TV, a scientist's laboratory. The scientist finishes welding a [[Robot]].]'' Consider, if you have the energy, Dr. Daniel Zenus, an inventor with a terminal case of the lazies.</poem><br />
<poem>'''[[Dr. Daniel Zenus]]''': This Robot will do everything for me! Robot, activate yourself and do my research.</poem><br />
:''[The Robot flips its own on switch and powers up. It begins tinkering with test tubes as the scientist leans back in a chair with a pillow.]''<br />
<poem>'''Dr. Daniel Zenus''': Ah!</poem><br />
:''['''Cut to''': Later.]''<br />
<poem>'''Dr. Daniel Zenus''': Next, assume my social obligations.</poem><br />
:''[The scientist kicks back in an armchair as the Robot, wearing a black tie, offers his arm to the scientist's wife. She takes it and they exit. We see a clock. The hands spin. Years later, the scientist, now older, is still kicking back as an official enters.]''<br />
<poem>'''Official''': Dr. Zenus, for a lifetime of scientific achievement, we present this award to... Your Robot!</poem><br />
:''[The official gives the Robot the trophy. A boy enters.]''<br />
<poem>'''Boy''': Daddy, I love you!</poem><br />
:''[The boy turns away from the scientist and hugs the Robot.]''<br />
<poem>'''Dr. Daniel Zenus''': If only I'd programmed the Robot to be more careful what I wished for! Robot, experience this tragic irony for me!</poem><br />
:''[The Robot buries his face in his hands.]''<br />
<poem>'''Robot''': [extendedly] No!</poem><br />
:''[The scientist pops open a beer and takes a sip.]''<br />
<poem>'''Dr. Daniel Zenus''': Ah!</poem><br />
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=== Credits ===<br />
:'''Announcer/Robot''': [[Maurice LaMarche]]<br />
:'''Dr. Daniel Zenus''': [[David Herman]]<br />
:'''Official''': [[Phil LaMarr]]<br />
:'''Boy''': [[Lauren Tom]]<br />
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=== Notes ===<br />
*In the Comic-Con reading of this episode, LaMarche was the voice of Dr. Zenus as well as the announcer and Billy West did the voice of the robot.<br />
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= Background =<br />
The comic "[[Let's Twist Again]]" reveals that the ideas for ''The Scary Door'' come from an [[Alternate Universes|alternate universe]] where everything is ironic and there is only one writer for the show.<br />
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= Additional info =<br />
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== Trivia ==<br />
* The third episode which appears behind the ending credits of "[[Spanish Fry]]" was originally going to appear in "[[The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz]]", but the scene was [[List of deleted scenes#DVD 1 3|deleted]].<br />
* One episode was seen in each of the first five season, including one in the four movies that encompass [[season 5]]. [[Season 6]], however, includes two episodes of ''The Scary Door''.<br />
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== Appearances ==<br />
*{{e|2ACV03}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV05}} (in [[List of deleted scenes#Season 3|a deleted scene]])<br />
*{{e|3ACV15}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV17}}<br />
*{{f|3}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV11}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV17}}<br />
*{{clink|US#028|Let's Twist Again}}<br />
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[[Category:The Scary Door]]</div>67.6.89.50http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Teenage_Mutant_Leela%27s_Hurdles&diff=109464Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles2012-03-19T06:40:09Z<p>67.6.89.50: /* Allusions */</p>
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<div>{{episode infobox<br />
|name=Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles<br />
|no=63<br />
|image=[[File:Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles.jpg|225px]]<br />
|image text=Teenage Leela reads a story to the young [[Planet Express]] crew<br />
|season=4<br />
|broadcast season=5<br />
|number=4ACV09<br />
|caption=Now interactive! Joystick controls Fry's left ear<br />
|first aired=30 March, 2003<br />
|written by=Jeff Westbrook<br />
|directed by=Bret Haaland<br />
|title reference=The ''{{w|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles}}'' franchise.<br />
|caption reference=<br />
|opening cartoon=''Moonlight for Two''<br />
|sponsor=<br />
|broadcast number=S05E07<br />
|prev ep=Crimes of the Hot<br />
|next ep=The Why of Fry<br />
|broad prev=Less than Hero<br />
|broad next=<br />
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"'''Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles'''" is the sixty-third episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', the ninth of the [[Season 4|fourth production season]] and the seventh of the [[Broadcast season 5|fifth broadcast season]]. It aired 30 March, 2003 on FOX. An attempt to [[youthasizing|youthasize]] [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Farnsworth]] causes the entire [[Planet Express]] crew to revert backwards in age, and Farnsworth's first attempt to fix the problem only makes matters worse.<br />
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== The Story ==<br />
=== Act I: "We've talked it over and everybody thinks you're too old" ===<br />
[[File:Heather.png|left|thumb|Heather, Professor Farnsworth's personal youthasizer]]<br />
When his pet gargoyle [[Pazuzu]] escapes from the Planet Express lab, [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]] sets off to hunt down the errant monster with Fry, Leela and Bender in tow. The Professor exhibits the typical behaviour of the elderly, including driving extremely slowly, and being very forgetful - forgetting, even, the purpose of their journey. He visits a [[Florida]] diner to catch the early bird dinner special, where the waitress, [[Wanda]], tells him his "angry crotchety grandpa" discount card has expired, despite it being good for a lifetime. After the Professor's nuclear-powered teeth cause mayhem in the diner, the crew decide that he is too old and needs to be youthasized. They take him to the [[The Bubbling Geezer]] spa where [[Heather]], a Neptunian, is assigned as his personal youthasizer. When Heather's initial treatments bringing about no change, the Professor is directed to bathe in age-reducing tar. [[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]] overdoes the pumping of the whirlpool function of the tar pit and everyone gets covered in tar. The Professor, previously at a biological age of 161, is now aged 53 again, and the crew members have reverted to their teenage years ([[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] is 14). [[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]] even reverts to a larval, codfish-like form.<br />
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=== Act II: "Shut up and go live with your parents!" ===<br />
While the Professor tries to restore their normal ages, the crew have to adjust to their teenage selves - mostly by acting very childishly. [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] chooses to live with her parents to experience the childhood she never had. Her parents agree to this, though Leela has to ask them to be strict, to give her the full teen experience. [[Amy Wong|Amy]]'s parents are less pleased, however, as they fear they will have to wait longer for a grandchild. Fry and Leela go out on a date and win a race through the sewers against [[Moose and Mandy]], but end up damaging the [[NNY Sewers#Martin Luther Thing, Jr. High School|Martin Luther Thing Jr. High School]].<br />
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Meanwhile, the Professor thinks he has thought of a way to restore their correct ages - a genetically engeneered oil-eating bacterium that should destroy the tar still stuck to their DNA (in Bender's case, his RNA, ''Robo'' Nucleic Acid). Leela refuses the treatment, as she wants to continue living out her teenage years with her parents. The rest of the crew enter the [[Bacterial Spew Chamber]] for controlled infection with the bacteria. The plan, however, backfires: though the tar is broken down, the [[chroniton]]s within it are now roaming free inside the crew's bodies, making them younger by the minute. The Professor is now 35 years old, and Amy is only eight. They all now face a fate worse than death: pre-life... and ''then'' death.<br />
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=== Act III: "He always had to be the center of attention!" ===<br />
[[File:The Fountain of Aging.jpg|left|thumb|The Planet Express crew reach the Fountain of Aging]]<br />
While the Professor is desperately thinking of a way to stop the youthing process, Leela (who is still a teen as she didn't take the treatment) takes care of the crew members - all around four or five years old - at her parents' home. While reading them a story, she stumbles on the tale of the [[The Fountain of Aging|Fountain of Aging]]. She informs the Professor, who agrees that it may really exist. The whole crew flies to an extremely old solar system, where they locate the Fountain. The youthasized crew, except the Professor, have now reverted to their embryonic stage, except for Bender, of whom all that is left is a CD with Bending Robot Blueprints. One of Zoidberg's [[Norman Zoidberg|brothers]] falls into the Fountain and gets caught in its eddy, and the crew watches as he ages rapidly and crumbles to dust. The Professor, now around three years old, enters the Fountain holding the others. The current is too strong, however, and the Professor loses his grip, releasing everyone into the whirlpool's current. As the crew are pulled towards the center of the fountain, Leela jumps in to rescue them, tied to a safety rope. Leela manages to retrieve everyone - now all roughly their correct ages again - except the Professor, who is still caught in the vortex. At the last minute the Professor is saved, however, by Pazuzu: an act for which Farnsworth grants him his freedom, and he is shown in Notre Dame in [[Paris]] afterwards recounting the story to his son.<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
* The book Leela reads the stories from is "A Child's Garden of Space Legends".<br />
* The poster behind Leela in her bedroom is from the "mu-teen" magazine, it shows "Tentacle Chachi" and "Four-Legged Chachi".<br />
* The stories from the book include "Snow-White Dwarf and the Seven Red Dwarfs", "Charlotte's Tholian Web" and "The Fountain of Aging".<br />
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=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Randy''': Hey Grandpa, move your wrinkly old kiester!<br />
'''Professor''': ''[3 seconds later.]'' Shut up!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor''': But I like being old. I don't have to talk to my parents, no one asks me to help move their stuff, I don't need to understand today's "edgy" TV sitcoms.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor''': Go to Hell, [[Heather]]!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor''': ''[Gasping.]'' Fifty-three years old? Oh... now I'll need a fake ID to rent ultraporn!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Amy''': [sobs] I'm gonna stay in my room!<br />
'''Leo Wong''': You so fat, you gonna stay all around room!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Leela''': I know, everyone pretend a goblin ate your tongues, and I'll read you a story.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor''': Still, they called the tooth fairy a legend, and now he's head of the FBI!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': When I grow up, I wanna be a steam shovel!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor''': With my last breath, I curse Zoidberg!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor''': [muffled] Give me back my floppy face!</poem><br />
}}<br />
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=== Allusions ===<br />
*The title of the episode is a spoof of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", a series of comic books made most famous by its animated adaptations from 1987 and 2003.<br />
*The Professor destroys {{w|Deep Space Nine}} with the 'high beams' of the Planet Express Ship.<br />
*The oil eating bacteria is based on Namco's ''Pac-Man'', which was previously [[General Colin Pac-Man|referenced]] in "[[Anthology of Interest II]]".<br />
*The race was inspired by {{sw|Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace|The Phantom Menace's}} {{sw|Podracer|Podracers}}.<br />
*[[Pazuzu]] could be named after a god in Assyrian and Babylonian mythology, the king of the demons of the wind.<br />
**Pazuzu is also the name of the demon in ''The Exorcist,'' who was (supposedly) the same demon.<br />
*[[Moose and Mandy]] could be based on a couple from the classic Archie comics. Archie's Moose goes by the same name and has a similar appearance and manner. Mandy could be a reference to his girlfriend, Midge. This might also mean that Fry corresponds to Archie, due to his red hair, and Leela to Betty (or Veronica).<br />
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=== Goofs ===<br />
*While en route to the Fountain of Aging, Professor Farthsworth's custard-bowl haircut changes between shots from being all orange, to orange with dark brown sides, to all orange again.<br />
*Professor Farnsworth was wrong, Leela could simply relive her childhood by going back to the spa and perform the accident on purpose.<br />
*Although Fry, Amy and Hermes are different ages as adults, they all de-age at the same pace.<br />
*When Farnsworth steps in the fountain, Fry and Amy's skin colors are switched.<br />
*Pazuzu is shown to be under the Planet Express Ship's left wing, although he would've obviously suffocated, or he hid there whilst the Professor was sleeping.<br />
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=== Continuity ===<br />
*Wanda's comment that Professor Farnsworth's discount card is expired, despite the fact that it should be good for a lifetime, may be an allusion to the law put forward in "[[A Clone of My Own]]". Farnsworth is 161, meaning he should have died (his lifetime expired) one year ago.<br />
*In this episode, Zoidberg goes through larval stages, but in "[[A Taste of Freedom]]" he is seen as a Humanoid child.<br />
**It is possible that after the slug stage, [[Decapodians]] become a Humanoid child that will eventually grow into adult size.<br />
*In this episode, Bender has a growing factor (being built small and advance in height & appearance as he ages) unlike "[[Bendless Love]]", where he was built the same way he is now.<br />
**It is possible that Bender's RNA is effected in this way by the tar but that naturally he does not age. Other Robot children have been shown before thus it is conceivable that while Bender was built as he is now his RNA allows him to have a childhood form (imagine cloning a Human adult, the clone is in adult form but its DNA is able to exist in a childhood state even if it never has done).<br />
**Another likely explanation would be that the younger versions of him were previous models of [[Bending Units]] that his personality inhabited, but it kept on getting rebuilt and upgraded. The newest version of him could have been built four years prior to "Bendless Love".<br />
**In the commentary for the episode, it is remarked that no one can see what is going on while Bender is being assembled. A child form for Bender also fits in with the revelations from "[[Lethal Inspection]]".<br />
*The [[chroniton]]s that affect the [[Planet Express crew]] are the same ones used to grow the [[Mutant Atomic Supermen]] "[[Time Keeps on Slippin']]".<br />
*[[Curious Pussycat]] makes its second appearance.<br />
*Pazuzu speaks French, even though in "[[A Clone of My Own]]" Professor Farnsworth referred to French as an "incomprehensible, dead language" and the French people in "[[Space Pilot 3000]]" spoke English.<br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
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*[[Amy Wong|Amy]]<br />
*[[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]]<br />
*[[Dwayne]]<br />
*[[Dwight Conrad]]<br />
*[[El Chupanibre]]<br />
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Heather]]<br />
*[[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]]<br />
*[[Leo and Inez Wong|Inez Wong]]<br />
*[[LaBarbara Conrad]]<br />
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]<br />
*[[Leo and Inez Wong|Leo Wong]]<br />
*[[Turanga Morris and Munda|Turanga Morris]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Moose and Mandy]]<br />
*[[Turanga Morris and Munda|Turanga Munda]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Pazuzu]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Pazuzu's son]]<br />
*[[Randy Munchnik]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Wanda]]<br />
*[[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]<br />
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== Episode Credits ==<br />
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*Writer<br />
**[[Jeff Westbrook]]<br />
*Director<br />
**[[Bret Haaland]]<br />
*Voice Actors<br />
**[[Billy West]]<br />
**[[Katey Sagal]]<br />
**[[John DiMaggio]]<br />
**[[Phil LaMarr]]<br />
**[[Lauren Tom]]<br />
**[[Dave Herman]]<br />
**[[Tress MacNeille]]<br />
*DVD Commentary<br />
**[[Matt Groening]]<br />
**[[David X. Cohen]]<br />
**[[Rich Moore]]<br />
**[[Jeff Westbrook]]<br />
**[[Bret Haaland]]<br />
**[[John DiMaggio]]<br />
**[[Maurice LaMarche]]<br />
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