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<div>{{item infobox<br />
|name=Device that Makes Anyone Sound Like Farnsworth<br />
|image=[[File:Farnsworthsounddevice.png|225px]]<br />
|type=Voice Manipulator<br />
|inventor=[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|The Professor]]<br />
|owner=The Professor<br />
|first appear={{e|3ACV12}}<br />
}}<br />
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The '''Device that Makes Anyone Sound Like Farnsworth''' was created by [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth]] himself. It's a brown-coloured machine which changes one's voice to sound like his. [[Cubert Farnsworth|Cubert]] and [[Dwight Conrad|Dwight]] used it to trick the [[Planet Express]] crew into going on a fake delivery to a planet that doesn't exist ([[The Route of All Evil|3ACV12]]). There's no target market for this device, only potential consumer, which Farnsworth describes as targets that will tremble in fear as their new masters hand down edicts in his glorious, booming voice. <br />
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== Additional Information ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
*If the Professor were to use it, his voice would be outputted approximately one second after he talks into it, although for other people the original voice cannot even be heard, and the Farnsworth voice is perfectly timed.<br />
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=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Farnsworth''': This is my latest invention, a device that lets anyone sound exactly like me!<br />
'''Cubert''': ''[Speaking into it.]'' Good news, everyone! I'm a horse's butt!<br />
'''Farnsworth''': I am? That's not good news at all, you little-- ''[The Professor shakes his fist and Cubert screams in his voice.]''</poem><br />
}}<br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{e|3ACV12}}<br />
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[[Category:Farnsworth's creations]]<br />
[[Category:Technology]]</div>74.170.234.227http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=The_Mutants_Are_Revolting&diff=72103The Mutants Are Revolting2010-09-30T02:45:08Z<p>74.170.234.227: /* Act I: "Good news, everyone!" */</p>
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<div>{{episode infobox<br />
|name=The Mutants Are Revolting<br />
|season=6<br />
|broadcast season=7<br />
|no=100<br />
|image=[[File:Million Mutant March.png|225px]]<br />
|image text=[[Turanga Leela|Leela]] leads the [[Devolution Revolution]].<br />
|written by=Eric Horsted<br />
|directed by=Raymie Muzquiz<br />
|special guest=[[Mark Mothersbaugh]] as Himself<br />
|caption=100<br />
|first aired=2 September, 2010<ref name="TRIUMPHANT RETURN">{{cite web |url=http://www.comedycentral.com/press/press_releases/2010/060210_futurama-season-premiere-june-24.jhtml |title=Futurama Season Premiere 24 June |publisher=[[Comedy Central]] |author=Comedy Central|date=2010-06-02 |accessdate=2010-06-03}}</ref><br />
|number=6ACV12<br />
|broadcast number=S07E12<br />
|prev ep=Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences<br />
|next ep=Holiday Val-U-Pak<br />
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"'''The Mutants Are Revolting'''" is the one hundredth episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', the twelfth of the [[Season 6|sixth production season]] and the [[Broadcast season 7|seventh broadcast season]]. This episode was branded as the season finale for the seventh broadcast season, as well as episode 100 of the series. It aired 2 September, 2010 on [[Comedy Central]]. After [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] is banished to the [[NNY Sewers|sewers]] along with the other [[Sewer Mutants|mutants]], she and the [[Planet Express]] crew lead [[Devolution Revolution|a revolution for mutant rights]].<br />
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== The Story ==<br />
=== Act I: "Good news, everyone!" ===<br />
[[File:Leela deported.png|thumb|left|Leela is deported to [[NNY Sewers|the sewers]] when Fry spills her being an illegal [[Sewer Mutants|Mutant]].]]<br />
The [[Planet Express]] crew has been hired for their 100th delivery and [[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]] plans the [[100th Delivery Party|party of the millennium]]. [[Mrs. Astor]], the person they are supposed to deliver it to, lives in the [[Waldorf Asteroid]]. Once the mission is complete, she invites [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] and [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Fransworth]] to [[Annual Astor Endowment Fundraiser|her fundraiser]] in the [[New New York Historical Society]] [[New New York Historical Society building|building]]. Fry invites [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] along, but during the fundraiser, which supports the [[United Mutant Scholarship Fund]], Fry accidentally spills that Leela is not an alien but a [[Sewer Mutants|mutant]] who illegally lives on the surface. Leela is banished to the sewers and sees the horrors of living down there. In an attempt to rectify his mistake, Fry, along with the rest of the crew (except Bender), go to [[New New York|Citihall]]. Finding out that they've harbored a mutant, [[Mayor Poopenmeyer]] sentences them to 2 weeks below the surface. Meanwhile, Bender organises a giant party with a lot of people. However, when he realises that he misses the rest of the crew, he orders everyone out and wallows in self-pity. Fry thinks living beneath the surface will be a good thing as he will now understand what being a mutant feels like. Leela is angry at Fry (and all surface people for that matter) and states that if he wants to understand he should jump in [[Lake Mutagenic]] and become one.<br />
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=== Act II: "You are all surface." ===<br />
[[File:Land Titanic wreck.png|thumb|left|Fry, Amy, Zoidberg, Hermes and the Professor find the remains of [[Land Titanic]].]]<br />
Fry comes up with an excuse not too and Leela is left angry at him. Whilst walking the sewers, the crew stumble on the Land Titanic, a land bus in the shape of the {{w|Titanic}} which struck a mail box and sunk beneath the surface. After looking through the ship for a while, they find a safe containing a rare [[Quantum Gemerald|Quantum Force Gemerald]] and a list of passengers on board the vessel, including Astor's late husband. The crew decide to stay in one of the cabins. Fry, unable to sleep, walks towards [[Lake Mutagenic|the toxic lake]]. Leela, feeling guilty about how she treated Fry, goes to look for him to apologize. She find him and tries to stop him but Fry, thinking she's still mad at him, jumps in anyway. She goes out on the lake and pulls him out, only to find now that he is severely mutated. Having enough of the situtation, Leela, along with Fry and the rest of the crew, starts a revolt against the street dwellers. Fry returns to the surface for Bender, so that he can bend the [[Westside Pipeway]] to resend all the sewage back up the pipes. This leads to the streets of [[New New York]] being covered with sewage. Mrs. Astor demands something to be done, and the Mayor orders an [[Antarians|Antarian]] to send all the waste to [[Madison Cube Garden]].<br />
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=== Act III: "What goes down must back up!" ===<br />
[[File:Mrs. Astor and Mayor Poopenmeyer decide to grant the Sewer Mutants their freedom.jpg|thumb|left|[[Mrs. Astor]] and [[Mayor Poopenmeyer]] decide how to handle the [[Devolution Revolution]].]]<br />
The mutants go up onto the surface with Leela in charge, and demand equal rights. Mrs. Astor orders [[Hobsy|her butler]] to fire an [[I See BM]] missle, which misses the mutants and hits the cube garden, sending a tidal wave of sewage at them. Just before they are covered, Fry appears and uses the jewel to separate the sewage (a lot like Moses and the Red Sea). Fry reveals to Mrs. Astor that they found the wreckage of the Land Titanic, along with a list of passengers, which included mutants. Fry reveals an [[Leela's Grandmother|old and aged mutant]], who was a young worker on the Land Titanic when it sunk. She reveals [[Mr. Astor]] gave [[Life Car|his seat]] up for her and [[Leela's Great-Grandmother|her mother]]. Mrs. Astor asks for the mutants to be allowed to the surface, in which Mayor Poopenmeyer agrees. Leela states she now has the stomach to kiss Fry for all he's done. When they kiss, Fry returns to normal and the body of another mutant is formed. It turns out that Mr. Astor fell into the toxic lake and mutated many years ago and, when Fry jumped into the lake, he lodged himself into his mouth. Mr. and Mrs. Astor are united once again and hug. The crew returns to the [[Planet Express headquarters]] with Leela's family and celebrate their 100th delivery by dancing with each other.<br />
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== Production ==<br />
[[File:Photo of production script for 6ACV12.png|thumb|right|The cover of the script for "The Mutants Are Revolting".]]<br />
A photo of [[Mike Rowe]]'s production script have been uploaded by Mike Rowe onto his Facebook page. The cover of the script highlights it as the 100th episode, as well as revealing the title, "The Mutants Are Revolting". This episode was dedicated to the memory of [[Alex Johns]], a producer of ''Futurama'' who passed away at 43 years old.<br />
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== Additional Information ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
*This is one among few ''Futurama'' [[:Category:Media featuring its title|media featuring its title]].<br />
*The title of this episode has double meaning, which is referenced in a newspaper headline in the episode - the first being that the mutants revolt against the humans, and the second being that the mutants look revolting. This may be a reference to the stonewall riots, a well known New York event in the gay rights movement where a sign with the words "homosexuals are revolting" was featured in many news articles of the event.<br />
*This is the second time ''Futurama'' makes a reference to the Titanic, the first being in "[[A Flight to Remember]]".<br />
*The narrator of "The Mutant" [[documentary]] is the same voice that narrated the fictional documentaries "I Dated A Robot" and "Global Warming".<br />
*This is the first time that a ''Futurama'' theme caption pops out ''over'' the main title.<br />
*The episode's title caption is 100 using bent girders to spell it to signify that this is ''Futurama'''s 100th episode.<br />
*The song playing at Bender's party is "{{w|The Boogie That Be}}" by the {{w|Black-Eyed Peas}}.<br />
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=== Allusions ===<br />
[[File:The Westside Pipeway.png|thumb|right|The [[Westside Pipeway]] is a reference to the ''Great Machine'' in ''{{w|Metropolis (film)|Metropolis}}''.]]<br />
*When [[H. G. Blob]] enters the 100th delivery party, he says "Hey, Hey Hey", much like {{w|Fat Albert}}.<br />
*The [[Land Titanic]]'s name and appearance, how it sunk, and its old ballroom floor, as well as finding a huge diamond in a safe, are all references to the famous {{w|Titanic}} incident.<br />
*[[Dwayne]] asks [[Devo]] to play "{{w|Whip It}}", which is probably Devo's most famous single.<br />
**The song that Devo plays instead of "Whip It" is "{{w|Beautiful World}}", another popular single by them.<br />
**When [[Dwayne]] asks, "Are we not men now?", he's making another Devo reference to the song "{{w|Jocko Homo}}", specifically the lyric "Are we not men? We are Devo!"<br />
*The song playing at the end that the Planet Express Crew dances to is "Bend It" by {{w|Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich}}.<br />
*The [[Million Mutant March]] is a reference to the {{w|Million Man March}}.<br />
*A location in the sewers that [[Turanga Leela|Leela]]'s parents show her is [[Ol' Filth-ful]], a reference to {{w|Ol' Faithful}}.<br />
*The missile that is fired at [[Madison Cube Garden]] is an [[I See BM]], a reference to an {{w|ICBM}}, which stands for Inter-continental Ballistic Missile.<br />
*Mutant [[Fry]] declaring, "Let my people stay" and using a toilet plunger to part the massive sewage is a reference to the story of {{w|Moses}} in {{w|Exodus}} and the parting of the {{w|Red Sea}}. More specifically, the scene is a parody of the scene from ''{{w|The Ten Commandments (1956 film)|The Ten Commandments}}''.<br />
*The [[Westside Pipeway]] resembles the ''Great Machine'' from {{w|Fritz Lang}}'s movie ''{{w|Metropolis (film)|Metropolis}}''. The film is about a future where the rich and powerful live on top a city, while the exploited workers live a life of austerity underground.<br />
*The "2, 4, 6 eyes..." chant is a reference to the well known "2, 4, 6, 8..." chant.<br />
*The most famous scene of ''{{w|The Seven Year Itch}}'' is parodied, as previously done in "[[Attack of the Killer App]]".<br />
*The "[[Waldorf Asteroid]]" is a parody of the {{w|Waldorf-Astoria}}, a famous luxury hotel.<br />
*In addition, Mr. Astor is probably a direct reference to {{w|John Jacob Astor IV}} of the {{w|RMS Titanic}}, who is rumored to have selflessly sacrificed his spot in a lifeboat for a young immigrant named Louis.<br />
*When mutant [[Fry]] says, "What goes down, must back up!", the line is a reference to Newton's Law Of Gravity: "What goes up, must come back down."<br />
*After getting washed away by the westside pipeway's explosion, Leela's dad says that those mutants are "with the C.H.U.D.s now," a reference to the 1984 B-horror film, C.H.U.D. (an acronym for "Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers"). The ninth season episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'', titled "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson", also has a couple of references to the C.H.U.D.s.<br />
*The [[Michael Collins Mix]] references {{w|Michael Collins (Irish leader)|Michael Collins}} and the famous {{w|Tom Collins|Collins Mix}}. As the drink was seen in the context of the [[Devolution Revolution]], it is likely that it is a parody of Michael Collins, who was an {{w|Ireland|Irish}} revolutionary leader. This may be a double allusion. Michael Collins was the name of the astronaut who piloted the command module for Apollo 11, making him one of the first three people to travel to the moon. On the bottle of Collins mix, there is a moon and stars.<br />
*Twice in the episode, a mutant with three breasts can be seen, a possible homage to the character Mary from the science fiction movie {{w|Total Recall}}. The only difference is that the mutant is less human in appearance.<br />
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=== Continuity ===<br />
[[File:Angry Norwegian 6ACV12.png|thumb|right|A priceless can of ''[[Angry Norwegian]]'' (bottom right) is seen in the sewers. In "[[A Fishful of Dollars]]", Fry had the last known can in existence.]]<br />
*At the 100th delivery party, many characters from previous episodes can be seen.<br />
**[[Ethan 'Bubblegum' Tate]], introduced in "[[Time Keeps on Slippin']]".<br />
**[[The Masked Unit]], from "[[Raging Bender]]".<br />
**[[Robot 1-X]], from "[[Obsoletely Fabulous]]".<br />
**[[Roberto]], introduced in "[[Insane in the Mainframe]]".<br />
**[[Horrible Gelatinous Blob]], introduced in "[[The Series Has Landed]]".<br />
**[[Calculon]], introduced in "[[I, Roommate]]".<br />
**[[Robot Devil]], introduced in "Hell is Other Robots".<br />
**The [[Pet Show Judge]], from "[[The Day the Earth Stood Stupid]]".<br />
**[[Hedonismbot]], introduced in "[[Crimes of the Hot]]".<br />
**[[Monique]], introduced in "[[I, Roommate]]".<br />
**All of [[Robot House]] from "[[Mars University]]" are present.<br />
**[[LaBarbara]] and [[Barbados Slim]] are seen dancing together. <br />
**[[Fanny]], from ''[[Into the Wild Green Yonder]]''.<br />
**[[Lrrr]], introduced in "[[When Aliens Attack]]".<br />
**The [[Nude Bartender]] from ''[[Bender's Big Score]]''.<br />
*It is established that the Farnsworths have been living at [[New New York]] for 200 years. However, given that the Professor is over 170 himself, this is less than impressive.<br />
*The fact that [[Lake Mutagenic]] mutates unmutated beings is re-established.<br />
*We learn that [[Leela]] has [[Leela's Grandmother|a living grandmother]].<br />
*The fact that [[Leela]] claims herself as an alien, but is really a [[Sewer Mutants|Mutant]] is re-established.<br />
*The Mutants fight for their rights on the surface, which we've come to know in "[[Leela's Homeworld]]" that it was illegal for them to be there.<br />
*The running gag of [[Bender]] saying, "Neat" and then taking a picture with a flash camera reappears here.<br />
*The bull horn that [[Leela]] uses is the same one that Leela used to lead the feministas from ''Into the Wild Green Yonder''.<br />
*The [[Fry-Leela relationship|relationship between Fry and Leela]] is a main theme in the episode. The [[Bender-Amy relationship|relationship between Bender and Amy]], however, is only referenced at the end when they dance together.<br />
*A priceless can of [[Angry Norwegian]] anchovies can be seen on the ground as Fry leaves the Titanic to go swim in the lake. He had a similar can in the episode, "[[A Fishful of Dollars]]".<br />
*The [[Hyper-Chicken]] apparently survived his car crash from "Proposition Infinity".<br />
*Before Bender's party, he calls for Fry and Hermes, the only two known humans he does not wish to kill. Hermes was added to Bender's "do-not-kill" list in "[[Lethal Inspection]]".<br />
*The Nude Bartender from Planet XXX is seen attending Bender's party even though, evidently, he was not censored with the rest of the planet in "[[In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela]]".<br />
* In "[[The Series Has Landed]]" Amy says that rings are stupid, and no-one likes them anymore, implying that it was once popular to like rings. In the flashback, we see [[Mr. Astor]] wearing them on his hat.<br />
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=== Goofs ===<br />
*When [[Mr. Astor]] lifts his hat for the first time, his head is full of hair. When he lifts it for the second time, however, he's bald.<br />
*During the documentary on Mutants, a poodle is seen walking by (and the narrator states "below poodle feet") even though in an earlier episode, Farnsworth established that Christmas trees were "gone with the way of the poodle", meaning poodles no longer existed.<br />
**It is possible that poodle remains were found since then and that the poodle was cloned, bringing them back to life. This is suggested to be possible in "[[Jurassic Bark]]", where the remains of [[Seymour]], Fry's dog, are almost used to clone him.<br />
**In "Into the Wild Green Yonder" all extinct species were brought back.<br />
*In one scene when Hermes and Fry are by the ship talking about Leela and the Party and so forth, Hermes' shirt is seen without buttons, then in the next scene his shirt has buttons.<br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
{{chars-begin}}<br />
*[[Antarians|An Antarian]]<br />
*[[Amy Wong|Amy]]<br />
*[[Angleyne]]<br />
*[[Barbados Slim]]<br />
*[[Barrier Bots| A Barrier Bot]]<br />
*[[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]]<br />
*[[Billionaire Bot]]<br />
*[[Blek's wife]]<br />
*[[Horrible Gelatinous Blob|H. G. Blob]]<br />
*[[Bont]]<br />
*[[Calculon]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Colonel (mutant)]]<br />
*[[The Crushinator]]<br />
*[[Dean Epsilon]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Devo]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[DJ Robot]]<br />
*[[Dwayne]]<br />
*[[Malfunctioning Eddie]]<br />
*[[Elzar]]<br />
*[[Fanny]]<br />
*[[Fender]]<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]<br />
*[[Hair Robot]]<br />
*[[Hattie McDoogal]]<br />
*[[Hedonismbot]]<br />
*[[Helper]]<br />
*[[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Hobsy]]<br />
*[[Humorbot 5.0]]<br />
*[[Hyper-Chicken]]<br />
*[[Ipgee]]<br />
*[[Jack Nicholson]]<br />
*[[Killbots|A Killbot]]<br />
*[[LaBarbara Conrad]]<br />
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Leela's Grandmother]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Leela's Great-Grandmother]] (in flashback)<br />
*[[Linda]]<br />
*[[Lisa]]<br />
*[[Lrrr]]<br />
*[[Mayor C. Randall Poopenmeyer|Mayor Poopenmeyer]]<br />
*[[Monique]] acting unit<br />
*[[Moose and Mandy]]<br />
*[[Morbo]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Mr. Astor]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Mrs. Astor]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Mutated Mark Mothersbaugh]]<br />
*[[Nude Bartender]]<br />
*[[Petunia]]<br />
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]<br />
*[[Roberto]]<br />
*[[Robot Devil]]<br />
*[[Robot Santa]]<br />
*[[Ron Whitey]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Royalty Girl]]<br />
*[[Sal]]<br />
*[[Smitty]]<br />
*[[Turanga Morris and Munda|Turanga Morris]]<br />
*[[Turanga Morris and Munda|Turanga Munda]]<br />
*[[URL]]<br />
*[[Vyolet]]<br />
*[[Waiter on the Green]]<br />
*[[Walt]], [[Larry]] and [[Igner]]<br />
*[[Whale Biologist]]<br />
*[[Zoidberg]]<br />
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[[Category:Media featuring its title]]</div>74.170.234.227http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Susan&diff=63258Susan2010-07-20T08:13:12Z<p>74.170.234.227: </p>
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<div>{{character infobox<br />
|name=Susan<br />
|type=t<br />
|image=[[File:Susan Boil.png|225px]]<br />
|origin=[[Earth]]<br />
|family=[[Turanga Leela]], conjoined<br />
|species=[[Humans|Human]] ([[Mutants|mutant]])<br />
|gender=Female<br />
|voiced by=Craig Ferguson<br />
|first appear={{e|6ACV03}}<br />
}}<br />
'''Susan the boil''' is a talking and singing boil on [[Turanga Leela|Leela]]'s body. She has always tried to hide it until [[Fry]] discovered and filmed it. Leela asks Fry to delete the video, but to win a [[Attack of the Killer App|challenge]] against [[Bender]], Fry sent the video to [[Twitcher]]. Soon, everybody knows about the boil, but sooner everybody has forgotten the story.<br />
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It is possible that this is further evidence of Leela's mutation, similar to how [[Andy Goldman]]'s mutation presented. This, in addition to her elbow talons, makes for a total of three obvious mutations.<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
*This character is a parody of Scottish singing sensation {{w|Susan Boyle}} who achieved world fame overnight after appearing on {{w|Britain's Got Talent}} thanks to the internet.<br />
*This is the second female ''Futurama'' character to be voiced by a man. The first being [[Frida Waterfall]].<br />
*Susan's sentience is most likely due to the fact that Leela herself is a [[Mutants|mutant]].<br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{e|6ACV03}}</div>74.170.234.227http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela&diff=61465In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela2010-07-02T00:17:29Z<p>74.170.234.227: /* Trivia */</p>
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<div>{{episode infobox<br />
|name=In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela<br />
|season=6<br />
|broadcast season=7<br />
|no=90<br />
|image=[[File:6ACV02 promotional picture Adam and Eve.jpg|225px]]<br />
|image text=A preview screen cap of a naked Zapp and Leela<br />
|written A=Teleplay & story<br />
|written A by=Carolyn Premish<br />
|written B=Story<br />
|written B by=Matt Groening<br />
|directed by=Dwayne Carey-Hill<br />
|caption=Apply directly to the eyes<br />
|first aired=24 June, 2010<br />
|title reference=''{{w|In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (song)|In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida}}''<br />
|number=6ACV02<br />
|special guest=[[Chris Elliott]]<br />
|broadcast number=S07E02<br />
|prev ep=Rebirth<br />
|next ep=Attack of the Killer App<br />
|hasstoryboard=yes<br />
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"'''In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela'''" is the ninetieth episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', the second of the [[Season 6|sixth production season]] and the [[Broadcast season 7|seventh broadcast season]]. It aired on 24 June 2010 on [[Comedy Central]]. It guest stars [[Chris Elliott]] as the [[V-GINY]] censor ship. When a '[[V-GINY|Death sphere]]' is threatening to destroy Earth, [[Nixon]] calls for [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]] for a plan. The Professor has devised an undetectable ship which [[Turanga Leela]] and [[Zapp Brannigan]] must use to get into the 'death sphere' and destroy it. But not all goes according to plan.<br />
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== The Story ==<br />
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=== Act I ===<br />
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[[Zapp Brannigan]] is called to the [[Secret White House]], where [[Richard Nixon|President Richard Nixon]] has bad news. A death sphere have been seen destroying planets in nearby systems, and they now know it is headed for [[Earth]]. But when Zapp Brannigan is too cowardly to devise a plan, Nixon decides to try and ask a man he once deemed crazy, [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth]]. The Professor, acting on the fact that every death sphere has a small weakness, has devised a plan involving a [[Tiny One-Man Stealth Fighter]].<br />
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After some deciding about who should go, they decide to send [[Turanga Leela]] and Zapp Brannigan together. They lift off at [[Cape Knievel]]. However, a side effect of its perfect cloak, means that only the ship itself is hidden, not its inhabitants, whom just appear to be floating. They make it near the death sphere, where it appears to have written [[V-GINY]] across it and lots of surveillance on its surface.<br />
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Meanwhile, back on [[Earth]], the Professor is trying to figure out what the V-GINY is. But as it does not exist in any known catalogue, he assumes his thinking in his [[Chamber of Understanding]].<br />
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Turanga Leela and Zapp Brannigan make it inside the sphere, which seems to be censoring television broadcasts by spitting a black spit on them. Inside, Leela and Brannigan are spotted, and they flee, but as they make a narrow escape out of the hatch, they lose control of the ship.<br />
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=== Act II ===<br />
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Leela and Brannigan awake in a jungle, where Leela is pinned underneath a tree. However, Brannigan is unable to lift it, so she is forced to sit still. Leela complains about her spacesuit being too hot, and Brannigan suggests taking them off, Leela complies and put on leaves to hide their 'naughty bits'. Leela, however, notices a strange act in Brannigan's behaviour, where he is far more considerate and tries to help her out while pinned. Brannigan goes out for food.<br />
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Back at Earth, [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] is beginning to wonder about why Leela isn't back yet, much to the annoyance of [[Bender]], who feels he is being a third wheel. And while the crew discuss how best to make use of their time as the death sphere approaches, Farnsworth announces he has identified the death sphere to be a collision of two satellites; [[USAF Flying Destiny]] and [[FCC V-Chip]]. Farnsworth has further discovered that the ship is just acting in its programming, and thus destroying indecent planets, like [[Planet XXX]], [[Poopiter]] and [[That world that can't be mentioned in polite company]]. Farnsworth's plan is to convince the people of Earth to be less indecent, so that the censor ship may reconsider destroying it.<br />
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Meanwhile, Brannigan returns with nuts and fruit berries for Leela. He explains that there are no intelligent life to be found on the planet as well as the ship being destroyed following the crash. After discussing the planet they have landed on, Brannigan notices how it is sort of like the Garden of Eden. A talking snake appears to explain how their situation is just like Adam and Eve, but Brannigan throws it off as just being delirious from dehydration.<br />
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In [[New New York]], Farnsworth's plan goes under way to convince people to be more decent, but it takes the form of a 'the world is end' protest, which is easily dismissed as crazy. They see [[Sal]] attempting to pay five dollars for a night with [[Petunia]], who announces she could go for just three dollars, much to Sal's disgust, and thus goes into the [[Pubic Library]] (and not public library as Fry thought).<br />
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The talking snake continues to convince Leela, she should do it with Zapp. Meanwhile, Zapp fetches the telescope so they could view whether Earth was still whole. On [[Lo'ihi Island]] in the Pacific Ocean on Earth, the [[Planet Express]] crew makes one desperate attempt to convince the censor ship of there being some decency left on Earth. However, during their purity chant, Bender cannot keep it in his pants and starts doing it with the satellite dish.<br />
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And as such, Leela observes V-GINY destroying the Earth. Leela becomes convinced that perhaps she should attempt to do it with Zapp to recreate the human race. As they discuss their plan for their new humanity, an apple falls onto Leela's head, whom begin seductively suggesting a kiss to Zapp.<br />
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=== Act III ===<br />
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Leela begins to notice that the nut berries Zapp brought her earlier was quite too salty for nut berries, and the apple is really helping, as the salt made her quite delirious. In fact, they were exactly as salty as Fry's trail mix. She then discovers that the nuts and berries were actually the trail mix Fry gave her before the trip and Zapp confesses. Zapp begins to discuss how the entire scenario with them on the planet was entirely of his making to get in Leela's pants with avoiding mentioning of finding the ship, water and other provisions.<br />
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Even the tree upon her is of Zapp's making and the ship is still operational. But Leela remembers seeing Earth being destroyed, however, as they are talking, Fry arrives on the scene. Leela wonders how he ended up on this planet as well, to which Zapp confesses the Earth blowing up was simply a visualisation created by the ship's holographic targeting projector. Zapp explains his motives was simply to get Leela to make out with him, which she can easily believe, and thus beats him up.<br />
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And just as they reunite with the crew, the V-GINY arrives. The V-GINY explains that the Earth may yet be redeemed if Zapp and Leela make love like Adam and Eve. Leela decides to comply as it is to save Earth, while Zapp has become nervous by doing it. The crew is horrified by the act and Fry demands the V-GINY to censor it, which ironically decides to label it as 'approved for all audiences' and then leaves Earth.<br />
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== Production ==<br />
By 20 August, 2009, the writing of this episode was ready for its table reading.<ref name="tablereading-peel">{{cite web |url=http://www.peelified.com/index.php?topic=17869.msg1059046#msg1059046 |title="By Hawking's chair! Futurama is back! (News thread) (No spoilers)" Page 17 |site=[[PEEL]] |author="i_c_weiner" |date=2009-08-20 |accessdate=2009-08-21}}</ref><br />
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Due to ''Futurama'' being on ''[[Comedy Central]]'', a cable channel, the writers and producers can now be a bit more lenient about the show's content.<ref name="ew-interview-episode2"/> Though, David X. Cohen stresses, that they aren't doing anything that wouldn't have been accepted on its former network, [[Fox Network|FOX]], but they are doing it in an amount that might not have been content with the FOX censors.<ref name="ew-interview-episode2">{{cite web |url=http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/05/25/futurama-david-x-cohen-preview/ |title=Futurama Exclusive: Exec producer David X. Conhen Previews the return |publisher=Entertainment Weekly |author=Snierson, Dan |date=2010-05-25 |accessdate=2010-05-25 |speaker={{n|Cohen|David|X.}} |quote=For example, we have an episode that was Matt Groening’s brainchild, with Zap Brannigan and Leela getting stranded on a Garden of Eden planet. Matt wanted to do a story based on this science-fiction trope where man and woman land on a planet and at the end of the episode you realize that they’re Adam and Eve and they’re going to recreate society. But he wanted to do that at the starting point of the episode, so we have Zap and Leela stranded on this beautiful Garden of Eden planet and they’re naked and wearing fig leaves immediately. It’s a little more cartoon flesh than we would have shown in the old days.}}</ref><br />
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To increase momentum for the new season, "In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela" aired right after "[[Rebirth]]" on 24 June, 2010.<ref name="airdate-ccinsider">{{cite web |url=http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/2010/05/05/exclusive-first-look-at-the-first-new-episode-of-futurama/ |title=Exclusive First Look at the First New Episode of Futurama |publisher=Comedy Central Insider |author=Tobey, Matt |date=2010-05-05 |accessdate=2010-05-06}}</ref><br />
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In an interview to ''Entertainment Weekly'', [[David X. Cohen]] reveals that the plot, being Matt Groening's brainchild, playing on the [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AdamAndEvePlot Adam and Eve trope], wherein two characters must 'recreate' an entire species as the lone survivors. In this episode, Zapp Brannigan and Leela land on a Garden of Eden planet, but unlike the trope, this story is based on, this part of the plot occurs in the beginning of the episode, and never actually gets to the reproduction of the human species.<ref name="ew-interview-episode2">{{cite web |url=http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/05/25/futurama-david-x-cohen-preview/ |title=Futurama Exclusive: Exec producer David X. Conhen Previews the return |publisher=Entertainment Weekly |author=Snierson, Dan |date=2010-05-25 |accessdate=2010-05-25 |speaker={{n|Cohen|David|X.}} |quote=For example, we have an episode that was Matt Groening’s brainchild, with Zap Brannigan and Leela getting stranded on a Garden of Eden planet. Matt wanted to do a story based on this science-fiction trope where man and woman land on a planet and at the end of the episode you realize that they’re Adam and Eve and they’re going to recreate society. But he wanted to do that at the starting point of the episode, so we have Zap and Leela stranded on this beautiful Garden of Eden planet and they’re naked and wearing fig leaves immediately. It’s a little more cartoon flesh than we would have shown in the old days.}}</ref><br />
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=== Storyboard ===<br />
{{main|Storyboard:In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela}}<br />
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A storyboard released from act 12 of "In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela" previews a scene possibly entitled "Undressing". Leela is lying on the floor with her legs trapped under a log, saying her suit is making her sweat. Zapp suggests to strip them off and the scene ends with Leela stripping her suit off.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/2010/05/17/countdown-to-futurama-undressing-storyboard/ |title=Countdown to Futurama: Undressing Storyboard |publisher=Comedy Central Insider |author=Tobey, Matt |date=2010-05-17 |accessdate=2010-05-17}}</ref> This is the same scene shown in [[:File:6ACV02 promotional picture Adam and Eve.jpg|the second]] promotional picture for the episode, in which Leela and Zapp have already stripped their suits off.<br />
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== Reception ==<br />
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"In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela" aired 24 June, 2010 10:30pm EST on [[Comedy Central]], preceded by "[[Rebirth]]" as a lead-in to ''{{w|The Daily Show}}''. The episode received 2.775 million viewers according to {{w|Nielsen Ratings}},<ref name="cable-ratings">{{cite web |url=http://pifeedback.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/63310451/m/792106403?r=421108403#421108403 |title=Thursday 6/24/10 |site=MediaWeek |author="TravisYanan" |date=2010-06-25 |accessdate=2010-06-26}}</ref> 0.2 million less than "Rebirth". It received 1.8/3 of households and 1.5/5 of adults between 18 and 49.<ref name="cable-ratings"/><br />
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It received mixed reviews, some people saying it was better that "Rebirth" due to it being a standalone episode, but most people saying was not as good. A great portion of the Futurama fans hated the ending, and many of them did not like that Fry and Leela's [[Fry-Leela relationship|relationship]] was probably in a strange limbo once again. There have also been complaints about Leela's lack of devotion to Fry.<br />
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Due to its airing together with "Rebirth", "In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela" was immediately compared to that and many reviewers did not consider "In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela" as strong an episode as "Rebirth".<br />
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== Additional info ==<br />
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=== Trivia ===<br />
*The opening sequence was abridged in this episode. Consequently, there is no opening cartoon.<br />
*With this episode, [[David Herman]] was officially promoted to a series regular.<br />
*The sound effect used for the stealth ship's cloaking is the transporter sound from Star Trek<br />
*The picket signs that the Planet Express crew hold are as follows:<br />
**Amy: "Shame on everything!"<br />
**Zoidberg: "Sin no more!"<br />
**Hermes: "Judgement Day is at hand!"<br />
**Bender: "[[Bender is great!]]"<br />
**Fry: "The end is nigh!"<br />
**Farnsworth: "Repent!"<br />
*The title of the episode is based on the song "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida", which translates to "In the Garden of Eden."<br />
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=== Allusions ===<br />
*The episode's title is a spoof of the song {{w|In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (song)|In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida}}, which was apparently first called ''In the Garden of Eden''.<br />
*Leela and Zapp's infiltration of the sphere includes many references to {{w|Star Wars}}, including Leela mentioning ''the Force'' and a voice very reminiscent of Alec Guinness as Obi-Wan Kenobi.<br />
*Zapp once again mention his "captain's log", a reference to {{w|Star Trek}}.<br />
*Hermes tried to find references to the V-Giny ship in the Janeway's Guide, a reference to the captain of {{w|Star Trek: Voyager}} and {{w|Jane's Information Group|Jane's}}.<br />
*The index search for V-Giny against silhouettes is similar to the method of identifying the Cygnus in {{w|The Black Hole}}.<br />
*The V-Giny ship is similar in both name and origin (i.e., from an old 20th century Earth vessel) to V'Ger from {{w|Star Trek: The Motion Picture}}.<br />
*In yet another reference to {{w|Star Trek}}, the plot point of two probes colliding and merging in both form and programming is taken from the {{w|Star Trek The Original Series| Original Series}} episode {{w|The Changeling (Star Trek: The Original Series)|"The Changeling"}}.<br />
*Nixon's head says, "Sock it to me!" This is a reference to his appearance on ''Laugh-In''.<br />
*Zapp makes a reference to ''CSI: Miami''.<br />
*The V-Chip censored such programs as ''{{w|The Simpsons|The Pimpsons}}'' and ''[[Futurama|Assarama]]'', very obvious inappropriate versions of both of Matt Groening's shows.<br />
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=== Continuity ===<br />
*[[Richard Nixon's head|Nixon's head]]'s map of the Solar System shows Uranus being renamed [[Urectum]].<br />
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=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': Mr. President, what the hell?</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': I haven't felt much of anything since my [[Bender's guinea pig|guinea pig]] died.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': I surrender and volunteer for treason.</poem><br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
{{chars-begin}}<br />
*[[Amy Wong|Amy]]<br />
*[[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]]<br />
*[[Calculon]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Emperor Chop Chop]]<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]<br />
*[[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]]<br />
*[[Kif Kroker|Kif]]<br />
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]<br />
*[[Linda]]<br />
*[[Monique]]<br />
*[[Morbo]]<br />
*[[Richard Nixon's head]]<br />
*[[Petunia]]<br />
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]<br />
*[[Sal]]<br />
*[[Transition Announcer]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[V-GINY]]<br />
*[[Zapp Brannigan]]<br />
*[[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]<br />
{{chars-end}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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<div>The '''[[Shipping|relationship]] between [[Philip J. Fry]] and [[Turanga Leela]]''' is a recurring [[theme]] and a [[story arc]] on ''[[Futurama]]''.<br />
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== Development ==<br />
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=== Initial development ===<br />
Upon Fry's initial arrival in the future, he shows a physical interest in Leela. This is quickly squashed when she turns to face him, revealing her eye. Later in the episode, Fry and Leela begin to form an emotional connection, as both are entirely alone in the universe. In "[[My Three Suns]]", it is shown that although Fry routinely rejects her advice, landing him in a great deal of trouble, he ultimately cares for her, as evidenced by the fact that the thought of Leela dying was the key to make him cry out the Trisolian emperor.<br />
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It can be debated whether the initial beginnings of the actual relationship started in "[[Space Pilot 3000]]" or "[[A Flight to Remember]]", but there is a certainly a difference; in the first episode, Fry is immediately interested in Leela, while in the latter episode, Fry and Leela actually kiss for the first time, which may indeed have sparked Leela as a love interest for Fry.<br />
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Not much mention is made of Fry's interest in Leela during the second season. Hints at Fry's continued affection mainly focus around the jealousy he shows towards other men in Leela's life, such as Al.<br />
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Leela has been quoted as saying that she loves Fry's boyish charm, but hates his childishness.<br />
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=== The one-sided quest ===<br />
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The relationship is indeed one-sided throughout the show, with Fry's numerous and fruitless attempts at winning Leela's heart. In "[[Parasites Lost]]", Leela begins to fall for Fry's new intelligent and capable personality, but this proves to be the work of the worms inside Fry. After the worms leave, Fry reverts to his awkward self, and Leela immediately loses interest in him.<br />
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In "[[The Cyber House Rules]]", Fry is the only member of the Planet Express crew who believes Leela is beautiful as she is, and doesn't need phaser eye surgery to make her fit in with "average" people.<br />
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Once, in "[[Time Keeps on Slippin']]", he manages to get her to marry him, but unfortunately time skips past what he did to make her love him. Leela believes Fry tricked her into marrying him, and before anyone can prove otherwise, another time skip leaves them divorced.<br />
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In the episode, "[[Love and Rocket]]", Fry saves Leela's life on Valentine's Day when her portable oxygen tank runs out during a desperate attempt to halt the insane autopilot of the Planet Express Ship. Fry and Leela appear to grow closer, and may have even shared a romantic moment together on the balcony of Planet Express, if only Dr. Zoidberg hadn't interrupted them.<br />
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In "[[Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles]]", teenage Leela and Fry go on a date, though this apparently never leads to anything else.<br />
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Fry once again puts Leela's safety before his own in the episode "[[The Why of Fry]]". When Fry travels back to the year 1999 to stop Nibbler from freezing him, Nibbler asks Fry, "Is there nothing in the future worth saving [from the brainspawn]?" Fry decides that Leela is the one thing worth saving, and allows himself to be frozen so that he may save her 1000 years in the future.<br />
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=== Love's a two way street ===<br />
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The viewer is finally afforded a glimpse into Leela's mind in "[[The Sting]]", which is set almost entirely in her dreams. From this perspective, it is clear that she cares greatly about Fry as well. When Leela awakens from her coma in the hospital, it is revealed that Fry stayed by her side the entire time, once again demonstrating his continued loyalty and faith in her.<br />
In "[[The Farnsworth Parabox]]", Fry and Leela see what their lives would have been if they had got married. In an [[Parallel Universes|alternate universe]], "Universe 1", Fry-1 and Leela-1 have apparently been married at least one year prior to Fry-A and Leela-A's arrival.<br />
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At the end of the original run, in "[[The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings]]", Fry trades his hands for those of the Robot Devil in order to win Leela's heart with his holophonor, which he was unable to do when he last played for her, in "[[Parasites Lost]]". Fry's newfound skill wins him great fame, and he is commissioned by [[Hedonismbot]] to write an opera. He decides to write the opera about Leela. After Leela is deafened by Bender's airhorn, the Robot Devil makes a deal with her for Calculon's ears. The Robot Devil then crashes the opera, and presents Fry with a terrible choice: Give up his hands and be left unable to complete the opera which may finally cause Leela to return his feelings for her, or lose Leela to the Robot Devil forever. Fry gives up his opportunity to win her heart in order to save her life, and the Robot Devil takes back his hands. After Fry's terrible attempt at playing his holophonor with his regular hands, the audience leaves, except for Leela. As Fry is about to leave the stage, Leela, the only patron left in the audience, stops him, and asks him to play the end of his opera. Fry plays the last scene, in which Holo-Fry and Holo-Leela turn to each other, kiss, and walk off towards the horizon. Unfortunately, Leela's reaction is never shown, although it is clear by events of the next season that Leela still remains "just friends" with Fry.<br />
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=== Into the wild green yonder ===<br />
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In ''[[Bender's Big Score]]'', Leela's love interest becomes [[Lars Fillmore]], whom she claims to Fry is "the only man she could ever love". When she realizes Lars was actually Fry's [[time paradox duplicate]], her statement suddenly gains new significance.<br />
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At the end of ''[[The Beast with a Billion Backs]]'', after [[Yivo]] dumps the universe (except for [[Colleen]]), Fry returns to his quest for Leela's love, although she is angry that Fry went out with [[Colleen]]. There was no development of the relationship in ''[[Bender's Game]]'' save for Fry commenting on how he enjoyed riding Leegola, although he could not find an explanation for this.<br />
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And it is not until the very end at ''[[Into the Wild Green Yonder]]'', that Leela finally returns Fry's affection, and kisses him. It's quite possible that she was caught up in the moment due to the circumstances that she may not come back after the end. Of course, we'll see what happens when [[Futurama]] makes its triumphant return.<br />
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=== The upcoming season 6 ===<br />
While there has been no confirmation of their romance continuing in [[season 6]], there have been few hints of it. Executive producer David X. Cohen declared that the first episode of the season, ''[[Rebirth]]'', would be mainly about their relationship. Also, in a recent commercial for the new season, aired on Comedy Central, a short clip is shown, in which Fry and Leela are kissing in the foreground, while Bender is reacting surprisingly to it in the middleground. Still, there is no proof of them dating or marrying yet.<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Fry''': You're smart, you're beautiful, and best of all, you'll go out with me-e?<br />
'''Leela''': Fry, please try to understand: You're a man, I'm a woman. We're just too different.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Leela''': Fry, I don't care if you're not the most important person in the universe. It just really means a lot to me that you're here right now.<br />
'''Fry''': Then I am the most important guy in the universe.</poem><br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
:''This list is incomplete.''<br />
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*{{e|1ACV01}}<br />
*{{e|1ACV07}}<br />
*{{e|1ACV10}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV01}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV04}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV07}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV09}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV02}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV09}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV14}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV03}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV09}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV10}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV12}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV15}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV18}}<br />
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*{{f|2}}<br />
*{{f|4}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV01}}<br />
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