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<div>{{season infobox<br />
|season = 5<br />
|start = 23 March, 2008<br />
|end = 30 August, 2009<br />
|episodes = 16 (4 films)<br />
|release = ''[[Bender's Big Score#The DVD|Bender's Big Score]]''<br />''[[The Beast with a Billion Backs#The DVD|The Beast with a Billion Backs]]''<br />''[[Bender's Game#The DVD|Bender's Game]]''<br />''[[Into the Wild Green Yonder#The DVD|Into the Wild Green Yonder]]''<br />[[Volume Five]]<br />
|previous = Season 4<br />
|next = Season 6<br />
}}<br />
{{redirects|Films|in show films|Films in Futurama}}<br />
Production '''Season 5''' or the '''Direct-to-DVD films''' was the first season of ''[[Futurama]]'' after the 4 year hiatus after the [[Cancellation of Futurama|cancellation of the show]] after the last episode of [[Season 4]] aired, it consisted of four films each cut into four episodes, making for a total of 16 episodes for the season.<br />
<br />
Unlike prior seasons, season 5 was ordered by FOX Home Entertainment as four films. FOX Home Entertainment hoped to make more profit out of them by cutting them into episodes and having them aired as regular TV episodes on Comedy Central as a season 5. However, season 5 is not considered part of a run, such as the [[original run]] or the upcoming [[second run]].<br />
<br />
Broadcast wise, the entirety of production season 5 is broadcast season 6. Meaning for the first time an entire production season is aired as one broadcast season. Even though its episodes have been airing in chunks.<br />
<br />
==Plot development==<br />
In the course of season 5, ''Futurama'' initials deals a lot with the cancellation. And the hiatus of the show is at times referred to later. Season 5 picks up on things that first four seasons left unanswered.<br />
<br />
==Production==<br />
[[File:Carbonnuetral.jpg|thumb|left|The logos that appear at the end of each film, promting their {{w|Carbon neutrality}}.]]<br />
<br />
{{further|Bender's Big Score#Production|Into the Wild Green Yonder#Production}}<br />
<br />
[[File:Matt Groening & David X. Cohen at Comic-Con 2007.jpg|thumb|right|[[Matt Groening]] and [[David X. Cohen]] at the San Diego Comic-Con 2007.]]<br />
Due to good sales on the [[DVDs]] for ''Futurama'', FOX Home Entertainment had decided to order a couple of Direct-to-DVD films of ''Futurama'', after negotiations, the producers agreed to fund four films, but on the condition that they would be able to be cut up into four equally sized episodes for television airing.<br />
<br />
Work began on Season 5 in 2005, where the first few writers started brainstorming.<br />
<br />
In January, 2008, Comedy Central obtained the rights to air ''Futurama'' on cable television in the United States, and started airing reruns of the former four seasons. They also bought the rights to air the new season 5, which is simply the films adapted for television broadcast.<br />
<br />
==Films==<br />
{{season 5/films}}<br />
<br />
==Episodes==<br />
{{season 5}}</div>71.10.90.7http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Season_5&diff=52409Season 52009-12-19T21:24:04Z<p>71.10.90.7: /* Production */ Who is But?</p>
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<div>{{season infobox<br />
|season = 5<br />
|start = 23 March, 2008<br />
|end = 30 August, 2009<br />
|episodes = 16 (4 films)<br />
|release = ''[[Bender's Big Score#The DVD|Bender's Big Score]]''<br />''[[The Beast with a Billion Backs#The DVD|The Beast with a Billion Backs]]''<br />''[[Bender's Game#The DVD|Bender's Game]]''<br />''[[Into the Wild Green Yonder#The DVD|Into the Wild Green Yonder]]''<br />[[Volume Five]]<br />
|previous = Season 4<br />
|next = Season 6<br />
}}<br />
{{redirects|Films|in show films|Films in Futurama}}<br />
Production '''Season 5''' or the '''Direct-to-DVD films''' was the first season of ''[[Futurama]]'' after the 4 year hiatus after the [[Cancellation of Futurama|cancellation of the show]] after the last episode of [[Season 4]] aired, it consisted of four films each cut into four episodes, making for a total of 16 episodes for the season.<br />
<br />
Unlike prior seasons, season 5 was ordered by FOX Home Entertainment as four films. FOX Home Entertainment hoped to make more profit out of them by cutting them into episodes and having them aired as regular TV episodes on Comedy Central as a season 5. However, season 5 is not considered part of a run, such as the [[original run]] or the upcoming [[second run]].<br />
<br />
Broadcast wise, the entirety of production season 5 is broadcast season 6. Meaning for the first time an entire production season is aired as one broadcast season. Even though its episodes have been airing in chunks.<br />
<br />
==Plot development==<br />
In the course of season 5, ''Futurama'' initials deals a lot with the cancellation. And the hiatus of the show is at times referred to later. Season 5 picks up on things that first four seasons left unanswered.<br />
<br />
==Production==<br />
[[File:Carbonnuetral.jpg|thumb|left|The logos that appear at the end of each film, promting their {{w|Carbon neutrality}}.]]<br />
<br />
{{further|Bender's Big Score#Production|Into the Wild Green Yonder#Production}}<br />
<br />
[[File:Matt Groening & David X. Cohen at Comic-Con 2007.jpg|thumb|right|[[Matt Groening]] and [[David X. Cohen]] at the San Diego Comic-Con 2007.]]<br />
Due to good sales on the [[DVDs]] for ''Futurama'', FOX Home Entertainment had decided to order a couple of Direct-to-DVD films of ''Futurama'', after negotiations, the producers agreed to fund four films, but on the condition that they would be able to be cut up into four equally sized episodes for television airing.<br />
<br />
Work began on Season 5 in 2005, where the first few writers started brainstorming.<br />
<br />
In January, 2008, Comedy Central obtained the rights to air ''Futurama'' on cable television in the United States, and started airing reruns of the former four seasons. They also bought the rights to air the new season 5, which were simply the films adapted for television broadcast.<br />
<br />
==Films==<br />
{{season 5/films}}<br />
<br />
==Episodes==<br />
{{season 5}}</div>71.10.90.7http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Turanga_Leela&diff=52200Turanga Leela2009-12-11T22:02:11Z<p>71.10.90.7: /* Leela's real homeplanet */ Superheroin is a hell of a drug</p>
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<div>{{update}}<br />
[[Category:Characters]][[Category:Human]][[Category:Mutants]][[Category:Primary Characters]][[Category:Athletes]][[Category:Planet Express]][[Category:Orphans]]<br />
{{character infobox<br />
|name=Turanga Leela<br />
|image=[[Image:Turanga Leela.jpg|225px]]<br />
|species=[[Human]] ([[Sewer Mutants|Mutant]])<br />
|type=p<br />
|origin=[[Earth]]<br />
|birth date=(estimated) January 19, 2975<br />
|age={{age|2975|1|19}}<br />
|voiced by=Katey Sagal<br />
|first appear={{elink|1ACV01|Space Pilot 3000}}<br />
|job=Space captain at [[Planet Express]]<br />
|family=''See [[#Family|family]] section.''<br />
}}<br />
'''Turanga Leela''' is one of the most important employees of [[Planet Express]]. She occupies the position of the ship's captain and pilot and therefore is the head of the regular delivery crew consisting of her, [[Philip J. Fry]], and [[Bender Bending Rodriguez]]. She is known as the most competent of the three main characters.<br />
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==Description==<br />
As a [[Sewer Mutants|mutant]], Leela has a peculiar metabolism different from that of standard humans. Mutagens cannot harm her, and she seems resistant to many poisons, enviromental hazards and illnesses. Her special condition may have helped her fight off the threat by the [[The Sting|Baby Space Bee Queen's poison]], and it proved instrumental for finding the cure against the [[The Cure For The Common Clod|common cold]] that had New New York in its clutches. Also, it might explain why Leela is so fond of sports and well muscled. As a recruit of the [[Earth]] forces, she surpassed every other recruit on the training ground, even well-trained males, and has shown extraordinary strength, dexterity and stamina on numerous occasions.<br />
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Despite her troubled past, Leela is friendly, smart and self-reliant, yet sometimes impatient and quick to anger. She cares deeply for her friends and loved ones, plus issues she feels she must stand up for, like freedom, the enviroment and cute animals, but she does not hesitate to use force if she believes the recipient deserves it. A definitive liking for withering sarcasm and violence also resides within her, but she nevertheless seems to have developed strong maternal instincts at times. She is engaged in a constant low-intensity feud with [[Amy Wong]], the only other female at [[Planet Express]], who more or less accuses her of not being ladylike enough to be a true woman, despite Leela having a strong sensitivity for cuteness and romantic issues. Leela is almost completely unimpulsive.<br />
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Leela lives alone in a somewhat underfurnished apartment (Apartment 1i) somewhere in the city of [[New New York]]. She only shares her loneliness with her alien pet, [[Nibbler]]. However, in light of the final moments of [[Into the Wild Green Yonder|their most recent adventure]] (supposing that the crew survives), this may change, as she has 'finally' admitted her love for [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]].<br />
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==Biography==<br />
===Early Years===<br />
[[Image:Baby_Leela.jpg|thumb|Leela as she was found in the [[Cookieville Minimum-Security Orphanarium|Orphanarium]]]]<br />
Turanga Leela was born as the only child of a married couple of [[Sewer Mutants|mutants]] in the [[NNY Sewers|sewers]] of [[New New York]]. Her parents are [[Turanga Morris and Munda]]. As Leela is probably the least mutated mutant ever born (as described to her parents by a medical professional), and looked almost like a normal child, her parents decided that she should not share the fate of her people living in the sewers. They instead chose to give her a life as normal as possible - a "real" life - by giving her up to the [[Cookieville Minimum Security Orphanarium]], though it was a tough decision and they suffered greatly by giving her away. Attached to the basket she was found in was a note in an [[Alien Languages|alien language]] written by her mother [[Turanga Morris and Munda|Turanga Munda]], who has a Ph.D. in exolinguistics. She meant for the note to convince the finder of her daughter that she was an alien and thus accept her into the orphanarium. The plan worked, and Leela was taken in by the head of the orphanarium, [[Warden Vogel]].<br />
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Leela grew up in the orphanarium unaware of her true roots, believing that she was indeed an alien. She had a hard time there, as she was relentlessly picked on because of her unusual appearance, and was always a lonely outsider. As a child she wore a monocle and, later, braces. Nevertheless, or maybe because of this, she managed to develop a strong and caring personality. As an outlet for her deep frustration, she trained in Arcturan Kung Fu to the level of a black-belt by a master of this martial art, [[Fnog]], despite being a victim of his obvious sexism.<br />
[[Image:Teenage_Leela.jpg|thumb|left|Leela as a teenager]]<br />
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===Hired at Planet Express===<br />
{{further|Season 1}}<br />
After leaving the orphanarium, she began a career as Fate Assignment Officer at [[Applied Cryogenics]], assigning defrostees to their permanent careers and providing them with the proper [[Career Chip|career chips]]. Then one day a defrostee named [[Philip J. Fry]] came along and inspired her to quit her job. Ultimately, she ended up being hired by Fry's many-times-great-nephew [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Hubert Farnsworth]] as the new captain for his interstellar delivery service, [[Planet Express]]. In that position, she acquired her beloved pet [[Nibbler]], after saving him from the implosion of [[Vergon 6]]. She also rescued Fry from the [[Trisolians]], attempted to destroy the giant ball of garbage, escaped from the [[Titanic]] and helped save the world from the [[Omicronians]] in the [[First Omicronian Invasion of Earth]] in the same year that she was hired.<br />
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===Another Cyclops===<br />
{{further|Season 2}}<br />
From going on the [[Internet]], Leela believed to have found another cyclops, and would finally find out her true home planet. The cyclops turned out to be [[Alcazar]], who took her to [[Cyclopia]], where she supposedly was born. Leela decides that she must marry Al to continue their species. When Al tried to marry Leela, however, it turns out that Al was really a shape-shifting grasshopper, who was going to marry four other women of different alien race. She leaves the planet disappointed, but hopeful.<br />
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That same year, she almost lost Nibbler to [[El Chupanibre]], but he was saved by Bender, after Leela learned to be selfish. She was briefly named Miss Universe at the [[Miss Universe Pageant 3001]] by [[Zapp Brannigan]] by accident. She discovered [[Popplers]] but was almost killed by [[Lrrr]] when [[Second Omicronian Invasion of Earth|they found out they were the Omicronians' babies]]. She also served in the [[DOOP Army]] in [[The Battle of Spheron 1]].<br />
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===Helping the Nibblonians===<br />
{{further|Season 3}}<br />
After having her pet Nibbler named Dumbest Pet in Show at a pet competition, Leela is shocked to learn that Nibbler is actually the ruler of [[Nibblonians|an entire alien species]]. They tell her that their old enemy, the [[Brain Spawn]], is making everyone on Earth stupid, and that Fry is the only one that can stop them, due to his lack of the [[Delta Brain Wave]]. She gets Fry to fight the [[Big Brain]], and Fry wins. The brains leave Earth for no "raisin," and Nibbler blanks Leela's memory. Later, she gets a second eye crafted in, but removed it because of [[Adlai Atkins|her new boyfriend's]] insensitivity. She also got married briefly to Fry, joined the [[New New York Mets]] and traveled back in time and caused the Roswell incident.<br />
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===Leela's real homeplanet===<br />
{{further|Season 4}}<br />
Leela was captured by the Sewer Mutants, along with Fry and Bender, who wanted to punish them for dumping toxic waste in the sewers. They were rescued by [[Turanga Morris and Munda|two mysterious strangers]] who got the Head Mutant to change their punishment into a banishment, instead of an execution. Leela, curious about the strangers, jumps back into the sewers and chases the two back to their house, threatening them with a gun. The two tell her that they were the ones who killed her parents, and Leela, in an uncontrolled rage, almost killed them, but was stopped by Fry. It is revealed that the two were actually Leela's parents, and Leela rejoices. Leela also impregnated [[Kif Kroker]], became a superheroine called [[Clobberella]], was stung by a [[Space Bee]], and sold her hand in marriage to the [[Robot Devil]] in exchange for some mechanical ears.<br />
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===Meets Lars Fillmore===<br />
{{further|Bender's Big Score}}<br />
Planet Express is "back on the air," after the Box Company canceled them for two years. [[Hermes Conrad|Hermes']] head is chopped off in an accident at the party, and Leela meets [[Lars Fillmore]] at the Head Museum. Planet Express is stolen by the [[Alien Scammers]], and the [[Machine Language Time Code|secret to time travel]] is found on Fry's ass, but Leela and Lars' relationship grow undisturbed. Fry watches them date with great envy and anger.<br />
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Leela and Lars both get laid off from their jobs, due to the scammers scamming people out of their possesions, but Lars still proposes to Leela. Leela agrees. At the wedding, Hermes' head is chopped off a second time, after Bender went back in time to pick him up a new body. The professor reveals to Lars that a [[Time paradox duplicate]] is always doomed to die. Lars calls off the wedding and leaved Leela to sadness.<br />
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Later, the entire population of Earth is forced to move to a different planet, due to [[Richard Nixon's head|President Nixon]]being scammed. Leela and the rest of the crew move to [[Neptune]]. There, [[Santa Claus]] meets up with the crew, but is unable to attack them, due to his depression from being scammed. They negotiate a plan to reclaim Earth. At first, Nixon is skeptic of their chances to succeed, but Santa gets his [[Santa's Workshop|factory of elves]] to build powerful weapons for the army. The small army that they assembled fought against the scammer's fleet of [[Remote-controlled solid gold Death Star|Solid Gold Death Stars]], but their first leader, Zapp Brannigan, was taken down. Leela takes his place, but soon realizes that she can't control so many ships at one time. Thus,Hermes' head comes to power, and uses his bureaucratical skills to control the other ships and take down the fleet.<br />
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During the 3008 New Years Eve Party that took place on Earth shortly afterwards, Fry sees how sad Leela is without Lars and realizes that if he really loved her, he would care more about her happiness, rather than his own. He tries to get them back together, but he is interrupted by [[Nudar]], who survived the battle and wants to kill them. Lars sacrifices himself and saves Fry and Leela. Leela finds out that Lars is actually Fry's time duplicate, from the tattoo on his butt. <br />
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Later, Bender finds out that there had been thousands of Bender time duplicates in the basement of [[Planet Express building]] all along. The large amount of paradoxes makes a large rip in time and space.<br />
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===Last Tentacle-Free Person in the Universe===<br />
{{further|The Beast with a Billion Backs}}<br />
When the rip in time and space starts producing tentacles that attach itself to people, Leela and the crew (except Fry), become one of the few isolated pockets of tentacle free people. The crew try to escape Earth, but are blocked by [[Dr. Ogden Wernstrom|Dr. Wernstrom's]] [[Diamondillium]] cover. They take cover in the Planet Express Building, along with Wernstrom, but [[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Zoidberg]] is taken. Fry tries to get them to come out and join [[Yivo]], but they refuse. Later, the tentacles infiltrate the building and the Professor, Hermes, and Wernstrom are overcome by the tentacles. Leela escapes with Amy on a [[Party Board]].<br />
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While hiding in an alley, it is revealed to them that Zapp Brannigan was also free. They all hide together in an abandoned soup cabin in a remote area. The next day, Leela finds out that Zapp had slept with Amy, but is more surprised at the fact that the tentacles have found them. Leela manages to escape with a piece of the tentacle, but Zapp and Amy do not.<br />
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Leela goes back to Planet Express and examines the piece with a telescope. She realizes that the tentacles are actually [[Coinage#G|Gentacles]] and that Yivo was actually mating with everyone in the universe. She pretends to have a tentacle attached and goes into the Church of [[Yivo's Religion]] where she reveals to the world the truth. The religion is abandoned, but they eventually go on a date with Yivo to make up. The Earthican council decides to break up with Yivo due to shkler lack of commitment, but Yivo proposes to them before they could say anything. Everyone in the universe moves to [[Parallel universes|Yivo's Universe]], but Leela was forced to go, despite being against it.<br />
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On Yivo, Leela was skeptic about the heavenly paradise at first, but when she finally admits to being happy Bender and his [[Army of the Damned]] invade Yivo and takes them back to their universe.<br />
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==Family==<br />
*[[Turanga Morris and Munda|Turanga Morris, Father]]<br />
*[[Turanga Morris and Munda|Turanga Munda, Mother]]<br />
*Due to an accident, and because of the reproductive process of [[Amphibiosans]], she has several dozen offspring from [[Kif Kroker]], currently living in an immature "tadpole" form in the swamp of the Kroker clan birthing grounds on [[Amphibios 9]]. About half of these have only one eye each, like her.<br />
*In [[Bender's Big Score]] she almost married [[Lars Fillmore]].<br />
*In [[The Beast with a Billion Backs]], she married [[Yivo]], along with the rest of the universe, against her will.<br />
*In [[Time Keeps on Slippin']], she was briefly married to [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] due to the time skips, but then they got divorced during another time skip because she believed he tricked her into marriage. At the end of [[Into the Wild Green Yonder]], she shares a kiss with [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]], after having admitted that she has 'waited too long' to let him know that she loves him. It would appear from that interaction (however brief), that should the crew survive the wormhole, she may be about to embark on a serious relationship with Fry. Time, however, will tell. (''see [[Fry-Leela relationship]] for more info'')<br />
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==Additional Info== <br />
[[Image:Leela's Contact Lens.jpg|right|thumb|Leela's Contact Lens]] <br />
===Trivia=== <br />
*Her name can be interpreted in several ways: "Leela" sounds exactly like the term for "purple" in several languages, including German, Spanish, Danish, Swedish (''lila'') and Hungarian (''lila''). A further possibility is that the name is a parody of the heroine from ''The Fifth Element'', ''Leeloo'' - the perfect woman. Lastly, she might have been inspired by a character from the British Sci-Fi series ''Doctor Who'' bearing the same name (Leela). "Turanga" may be derived from the symphony "{{w|Turangalila}}" by Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992). The term derives from Sanskrit and means, alternately, "Song of Love" and "Hymn to Joy". Alternately, Turanga may derive from {{w|Taronga Zoo}}, the name of which is an Indigenous Australian word for "beautiful view".<br />
*The designers kept trying to make Leela's nose smaller, because it was larger than they thought appropriate for a female character, but [[Matt Groening]] insisted it stay the larger size. <br />
*Unlike [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]], who is frequently chopped to pieces in the series, Leela tends to lose the use of her senses instead, namely sight and hearing. <br />
*As Fate Assignment Officer, her code number was 1BDI (or "one beady eye"). <br />
*Books read by Leela include "True Stories of Courageous Animals" ([[Parasites Lost]]), "A Child's Garden of Space Legends" ([[Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles]]), "Dances of the ancient Bronx" ([[Jurassic Bark]]) and "Great Machete Battles" ([[Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch]]), plus the magazine ''Nosy Inquirer'', headline: ''Bigfoot turns 80!'' ([[The Farnsworth Parabox]]) <br />
*Tends to snore.<br />
*Always uses lipstick, mostly pink, and is rarely seen without it.<br />
[[Image:Lipstick.jpg|thumb|Leela applying lipstick]]<br />
*Used to brew her own beer at the orphanarium.<br />
*Can do the Robot Dance like no one else.<br />
*Owns her own harpoon.<br />
*Tends to fill her day with humdrum activities.<br />
*Is camera-shy.<br />
*Usually prepares her dinners in advance for one month and then freezes them.<br />
*For obvious reasons, no one can give the evil eye quite like her.<br />
*Adept in the use of weaponry like laser guns or machetes.<br />
*Used to play the drums.<br />
*Tends to play with her hair when upset or nervous.<br />
*Frequently accused of poor hygiene (sweaty boot rash, etc), but may be at a disadvantage due to her mutant physiology and energetic lifestyle.<br />
*Usually, Leela only wears jewellery on special occasions. The exception from this was the ring in [[Space Pilot 3000]] that [[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]] stole; it was never seen again. She also wears a bracelet made by [[Turanga Morris and Munda|her father]] at all times.<br />
*Apart from [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] and [[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]], she is the only character that appears in every episode of the show and in every comic.<br />
*Has had four weddings; three were called off, and the other was quickly followed by divorce. [[Reverend Lionel Preacherbot]] performed the first three of these, [[Father Changstein El-Gamal]] performed the fourth. A fifth proposition was made, but the wedding never took place.<br />
**To [[Alcazar]], {{elink|2ACV09|A Bicyclops Built for Two}}<br />
**To [[Philip J. Fry]], followed by divorce, {{elink|3ACV14|Time Keeps on Slippin'}}<br />
**To [[Robot Devil]], {{elink|4ACV18|The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings}}<br />
**To [[Lars Fillmore]], ''[[Bender's Big Score]]'' - {{elink|5ACV03|Bender's Big Score Part 3}}<br />
**To [[Yivo]], no wedding, ''[[The Beast with a Billion Backs]]'' - {{elink|5ACV08|The Beast with a Billion Backs Part 4}}<br />
*Can wield a gun with her foot, and hides one in her boot for easy access.<br />
*May very well be the second-most important person in the universe behind Fry (though she doesn't know it).<br />
[[Image:Elbowtalons.jpg|right|thumb|Leela's elbow talons close-up]] <br />
*Leela, like her parents, has a second mutation. She grows skin covered spikes, called "[[Coinage#E|elbow talons]]", down from her elbows. However, she usually trims these.<br />
*Became a centaur in {{flink|Bender's Game}}.<br />
*Actually continued to legally work at [[Applied Cryogenics]] until [[2ACV11]]<br />
*At the end of [[Into the Wild Green Yonder]], Leela reveals that she is in love with Fry and they finally kiss properly.<br />
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===Quotes=== <br />
*"I guess you never outgrow being an eyeball... oddball."<br />
*"Fry, you're wasting your life in front of that TV. You've got to get out and see the real world." <br />
*"I don't care how hilarious your apron is, we're not cooking him!"<br />
*"OK, if everyone's finished bein' stupid."<br />
*"That's stupid."<br />
*"Look, I don't know about your previous captains, but I intend to do as little dying as possible."<br />
*"For a split second, my common sense was overwhelmed by pity."<br />
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===Catchphrase?===<br />
While not entirely a phrase, her most prominent shout close to a catchphrase is "[[Hi-yah!]]".<br />
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It seems as if a half-hearted attempt was made to give Leela a sort of catchphrase, where she uses old musical references, turning the first word into a verb and applying it to the last word as a noun. The only two examples are:<br />
*"This toads the wet sprocket." ([[Future Stock|3ACV21]]) A reference to the band, Toad the Wet Sprocket. <br />
*"This wangs chung!" ([[A Tale of Two Santas|3ACV03]]) A reference to both the band Wang Chung, and their hit song "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" which includes the line "Everybody Wang Chung tonight".<br />
Bender later uses this formula when referring to Leela's attraction to creative and musically-talented men, saying, "Musicians really Roger your Hammerstein." This is a reference to the famous composers Rogers and Hammerstein.<br />
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She also says "Oh, Lord!" quite a lot, usually just before a previous action comes back to haunt her.<br />
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===Two-Eyed Leela=== <br />
[[Image:Leela 2eyes 1.jpg|right|thumb|"[[Amazon Women in the Mood]]"]] <br />
Leela has been seen with two eyes several times, though each time it appeared different: <br />
*[[When Aliens Attack]] &mdash; To portray the role of Jenny MacNeil, a plastic eye is taped to the side of her face (which [[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]] later eats). This is clearly the least-convincing appearance of a two-eyed Leela.<br />
*[[Amazon Women in the Mood]] &mdash; When the Amazonians are approaching, a puddle ripples, causing Leela's reflection to distort, showing her briefly with two eyes. Her eyes appear to be rounder than the others.<br />
*[[The Cyber House Rules]] &mdash; A second eye is grafted onto Leela's face. She later realizes she's better off being different, and has it removed. Her eyes are more narrow.<br />
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===Appearances===<br />
While Leela appears in all episodes, films and comics, these categories may be of interest:<br />
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*[[:Category:A plots focusing on Leela|A plots focusing on Leela]]<br />
*[[:Category:B plots focusing on Leela|B plots focusing on Leela]]</div>71.10.90.7http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Rebirth&diff=47751Rebirth2009-07-29T02:38:54Z<p>71.10.90.7: /* Production */ Sloppy sentence structure.</p>
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<div>{{episode infobox<br />
|name=6ACV01<br />
|season=6<br />
|broadcast season=7<br />
|no=89<br />
|written by=N/A<br />
|directed by=N/A<br />
|caption=N/A<br />
|first aired=TBA<br />
|number=6ACV01<br />
|broadcast number=S07E01<br />
|prev ep=Into the Wild Green Yonder Part 4<br />
|prev film=Into the Wild Green Yonder<br />
|next ep=6ACV02<br />
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'''6ACV01''' is the eighty-ninth episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', the first of the [[Season 6|sixth production season]], the [[Broadcast season 7|seventh broadcast season]] and the [[second run]] of ''Futurama''. Its air date is to be announced.<br />
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== Story ==<br />
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With the ending of ''[[Into the Wild Green Yonder]]'', fan speculation remains amiss. While some content has been released on the contents of [[season 6]], only clues have been revealed on the first episode.<br />
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[[David X. Cohen]] claimed at the San Diego Comic-Con, 2009, that the story will include a "literal rebirth", but it will at the same time only take a single episode to conclude the conflicts between the ending of the film and how they'll get back to the episode format.<ref name="comiccon-cinemablend">{{cite web |url=http://www.cinemablend.com/television/Comic-Con-Futurama-Ignores-Controversy-Promises-To-Take-On-Twitter-18844.html |title=Comic Con: Futurama Ignores Controversy, Promises To Take On Twitter |publisher=Cinema Blend |date=2009-07-25 |accessdate=2009-07-26 |author=Perkis, Ed}}</ref><ref name="comiccon-ign">{{cite web |url=http://tv.ign.com/articles/100/1007511p1.html |title=SDCC 09: The Future of Futurama |author=Iverson, Dan |publisher=IGN TV |date=2009-07-25 |accessdate=2009-07-26}}</ref><br />
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== Production ==<br />
{{further|Season 6#Production}}<br />
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As the first episode of a new run, the production first and foremost focused on continuing from ''[[Into the Wild Green Yonder]]''{{'}}s cliffhanger ending. [[David X. Cohen]] explained in an early interview, before the confirmation was even near, that he did consider what to do with the position they ended in, almost daily,<ref name="totalfilm">{{cite web |url=http://www.totalfilm.com/features/9-odd-things-we-now-know-about-futurama |title=9 Odd Things We Now Know About Futurama |publisher=Totalfilm |author=White, James |date=2009-02-20 |accessdate=2009-06-11 }}</ref> which [[Matt Groening]] called "painted [themselves] slightly into a corner".<ref name="avclub">{{cite web |url=http://www.avclub.com/articles/matt-groening,25525/ |title=Matt Groening |publisher=A.V. Club |date=2009-03-25 |author=Ryan, Kyle|accessdate=2009-06-11}}</ref> While disagreeing on the ease, they were both in agreement that it could and should be resolved in respect with the film.<ref name="totalfilm" /><ref name="avclub" /><br />
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At the San Diego Comic-Con 2009, Matt Groening and David X. Cohen were asked once again about the issue. Matt Groening wanted to ignore it entirely by then, while Cohen stated that they ''would'' address it, but only for a single episode.<ref name="comiccon-ign"/><br />
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{{character infobox<br />
|name=Amy Wong<br />
|image=[[Image:Amy Wong.jpg|225px]]<br />
|type=p<br />
|species=[[Human]]<br />
|origin=[[Mars]]<br />
|age=28<br />
|birth date=August 4, 2980<br />
|voiced by=[[Lauren Tom]]<br />
|first appear={{elink|1ACV02|The Series Has Landed}}<br />
|family=''See [[#Family|family]] section''<br />
|job=Long-term Intern at [[Planet Express]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Amy Wong''' is a human from [[Mars]] who is of Chinese descent, sole heir to half the planet, and is currently employed as an intern at [[Planet Express]]. She is a primary character and is known as a klutz and socialite.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
[[File:Amy - Junior Champion.png|right|thumb]]<br />
===Early Life===<br />
Amy Wong was raised by her parents, [[Leo and Inez Wong|Leo and Inez]], on [[Wong Ranch]], a buggalo farm that covers the entire western hemisphere of Mars. During her youth she had a weight problem, but enjoyed the perks that come from having rich parents such as having multiple ponies and a pet [[Betsy|buggalo]]. In her spare time Amy took up miniature golf in an attempt to impress her father, becoming a champion in tournaments.<br />
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===Mars University and an Internship===<br />
Joining [[Mars University (Place)|Mars University]]'s student body, thanks to a donation from her parents, Amy began an engineering degree and joined the family sorority, Kappa Kappa Wong. While studying at MU she took an internship at [[Planet Express]], a company owned by [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]], one of her teachers. While the job involves engineering work, Amy would occasionally join the delivery crew on the [[Planet Express Ship|ship]], learning how to fly it and control the winch in order [[The Series Has Landed|to save]] the current crew.<br />
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===A chance meeting===<br />
On [[A Flight to Remember|a company vacation]] aboard the [[Titanic]] Amy claimed to have a boyfriend. Fortunately for her, this ruse ended shortly before evacuating, and her parents finally set her up with someone she liked; the ship's new captain [[Kif Kroker]]. After being dropped off back at Planet Express by her [[Amphibiosans|Amphibiosan]] love interest, he became too nervous to talk to her and instead began calling and hanging up, which he did for an entire year. They also managed to avoid seeing each other during his brief stint as the company's ship's First Mate. Amy moved on and resumed dating other men, including [[Put Your Head on My Shoulder|a short term romance]] with [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]], which ended with his head surgically attached to her body. Fortunately, his body was soon repaired and the head was put back in place.<br />
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Eventually, after one of Kif's failed phone calls, [[Zapp Brannigan|Zapp]] used the couple for a chance to get close to [[Turanga Leela|Leela]]. Zapp crashed and burned, taking the restaurant-ship with him, but [[Kif-Amy relationship|Kif and Amy's relationship]] managed to begin anew. Despite having introduced them, Amy's parents did not approve of Kif when she brought him home for [[Mars Day]] and although he later saved her life when she was kidnapped by the [[Native Martians]], they didn't believe it.<br />
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===Long distance relationship===<br />
Due to Kif's [[DOOP|career]], the couple were forced to maintain the relationship long distance. Amy spent this time at work, [[Bendin' in the Wind|following a band on tour]] and becoming an honourary [[Globetrotters|Globetrotter]] but eventually decided to sneak on board the Planet Express ship and steal it while the crew was sleeping. This rendezvous led to Kif's impregnation, which almost split the couple up, but once it became clear that they would remain in a swamp for twenty years to develop into children, she came around. Not too long after this she [[Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles|became a child again]] herself due to an accident at a health spa, and may have come out of the experience slightly younger than where she started. They continued to date, spending the day on a paddle plane or spending the night at a reception for the silk surplus.<br />
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===Fonfon Rubok===<br />
[[File:Fonfon Rubok.png|right|thumb]]<br />
In the following years Amy had grown her hair long until it was burned down to the previous length by [[Bender]]. Soon after became one of many victims of [[Scammer Aliens|scammers]] who took control of the whole of planet [[Earth]]. After the planet was reclaimed, Amy and Kif had a [[coinage#F|Fonfon Rubok]] the marriage fell apart soon after, when Kif was killed by Zapp's incompetence. He was brought back, but after learning that she and Zapp had spent a night together, he left her.<br />
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===The golfing feminist===<br />
Having long sought the approval of her father, she initially defended him against Leela for his views on women but eventually couldn't take the criticism, joining the [[Feministas]] to get back at him. The group's history leads to their arrest, but they are broken out by Bender and after Leo's plan is foiled, she is reunited with Kif as they and her co-workers escape from Zapp down a wormhole.<br />
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==Family==<br />
*[[Leo and Inez Wong]] - parents<br />
*Hundreds of Kif's unnamed children (adoptive; Leela is the mother)<br />
*[[Kif Kroker]] - [[coinage#F|Fonfon Ru]], or husband (''see [[Kif-Amy relationship]] for more info'')<br />
*Kif's entire [[Kif Kroker#Family|family]] through [[coinage#F|Fonfon Rubok]]<br />
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==Additional Info==<br />
===Trivia===<br />
*Amy is a notorious klutz. She loses things, is the victim/cause of many accidents, and frequently falls over or trips on things.<br />
*Before she met Kif, Amy had many boyfriends and often made Leela jealous or angry of her looks.<br />
*At Mars U., Amy is a member of the sorority Kappa Kappa Wong and is an engineering student of [[Professor_Hubert_J._Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]].<br />
*On two occasions, she has had a relationship with [[Fry]]. (''see [[Fry-Amy relationship]] for more info'')<br />
*Despite being socially aware and 'bubbly', she is a bit of a ditz and suffers from her own naivete (physically and socially) in many episodes.<br />
*Amy speaks Yeti.<br />
*When she gets mad or frustrated, she is actually speaking Cantonese (Chinese Dialect).<br />
*She is an honorary [[Globetrotters|Globetrotter]].<br />
*Only staff member not seen in [[Futurama (video game)|the game]].<br />
*Has several tattoos at various places, including at least four [[Talking Tattoo|talking tattoos]] (one on her upper right arm and three presumably on her buttock- one of which neighs like a horse) and one [[Amy's Obscene Tattoo|obscene tattoo]] on her right upper arm, which cannot be viewed on a standard definition TV.<br />
*Has the same blood type as [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]. This is probably the only reason Professor Farnsworth keeps her around. ([[The_Series_Has_Landed|1ACV02]]).<br />
*Has a pet [[Buggalo]] named [[Betsy]].<br />
*An alternate version of her named [[Gynecaladriel]] appeared in {{flink|Bender's Game}}.<br />
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===Catchphrase===<br />
Amy doesn't have a specific catchphrase, but frequently spouts futuristic slang in place of common modern colloqiualisms, the most common being one that replaces "Duh!".<br />
Variations include:<br />
*Guh! ([[The_Series_Has_Landed|1ACV02]]), ([[Love's Labours Lost in Space|1ACV04]]), ([[A Fishful of Dollars|1ACV06]])<br />
*Buh! ([[Love's Labours Lost in Space|1ACV04]]), ([[A Clone of My Own|2ACV10]])<br />
*Fluh! ([[Xmas Story|2ACV04]])<br />
*Spluh! ([[Put Your Head on My Shoulder|2ACV07]]), ([[The Farnsworth Parabox|4ACV15]]), ([[Bender's Big Score Part 1|5ACV01]])<br />
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In the same vein, Amy also routinely utters variations on the word "Jeesh!" (spelling?), for example, "Spleesh!" Being the only young, hip character on the show, this constantly shifting slang is obviously a nod to the constantly changing "cool things to say" that pop culture tosses around and then tosses aside over time.<br />
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Also, whenever she falls or slips, she screams and the same soundbite is used each time. The sound of something breaking usually follows.<br />
She also frequently comments on Leela's looks or hygiene in a very tactless, catty and often insulting way.<br />
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===Quotes===<br />
*'''Amy''': Nice go-cart, Leela, so hip and sexy. Not like you at all.<br />
*'''Amy''': Ew, pukeatronic!<br />
*'''Amy''': Oh, so this is where you shop for your boots.<br />
*'''Amy''': Hey, let's go car shopping! My parents said if I got all B's they'd buy me a bar. And I got all C's!<br />
*'''Amy''': Hey Professor, what's all this scrumpf blorking out of the machine?<br />
*'''Amy''': Spam, Spam... Hi, How Are You? Ooh, that must be from Kiffy.<br />
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===Appearances===<br />
While Amy appears in most episodes, films and comics, these categories may be of interest:<br />
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*[[:Category:A plots focusing on Amy|A plots focusing on Amy]]<br />
*[[:Category:B plots focusing on Amy|B plots focusing on Amy]]</div>71.10.90.7