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== Additional Info == | == Additional Info == | ||
=== Allusions === | === Allusions === | ||
*The title is a parody of the long-running {{w|NBC}} legal drama television series ''{{w|Law & Order}}''. | * The title of the episode is a parody of the long-running {{w|NBC}} legal drama television series ''{{w|Law & Order}}''. | ||
*The concept of trying people for crimes committed in the future was a major plot point of the [[2004]] film ''{{w|Minority Report (film)|Minority Report}}''. | * The concept of trying people for crimes committed in the future was a major plot point of the [[2004]] film ''{{w|Minority Report (film)|Minority Report}}''. | ||
* A light cycle race scene in the episode, featuring [[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] and [[URL]] in [[Circuit City]], is an obvious reference to the 1980 science-fiction movie ''{{w|Tron}}''. | |||
=== Continuity === | === Continuity === | ||
*A reference to "[[Space Pilot 3000]]" is shown, with Fry once again delivering a pizza to a prank name at [[Applied Cryogenics]]. | * A reference to "[[Space Pilot 3000]]" is shown, with Fry once again delivering a pizza to a prank name at [[Applied Cryogenics]]. | ||
* The episode includes the first time [[Dandy Jim]] is seen alone, after only being seen with his [[hobo]] friend [[Gus]] before. | |||
=== Characters === | === Characters === |
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No. | 104 | ||||
Production number | 6ACV16 | ||||
Written by | Josh Weinstein | ||||
Directed by | N/A | ||||
Title caption | N/A | ||||
First air date | 7 July, 2011[1] | ||||
Broadcast number | S08E04 | ||||
Title reference | Law & Order, or the phrase "law and order" | ||||
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"Law and Oracle" is the one hundredth and fourth episode of Futurama, the sixteenth of the sixth production season and the fourth of the eighth broadcast season.
Story
Fed up with his go-nowhere job, Fry joins the police force.[2]
Production
Countdown to Futurama began releasing promotional material for the episode in May 2011. It has so far released two items: concept art of the police station's future crimes division on 20 May and part of the storyboard showing Fry be pranked by Ipgee, Terry and Lou on 21 May.
Promotional material
Page 84 of the storyboard, released by Countdown to Futurama.
Additional Info
Allusions
- The title of the episode is a parody of the long-running NBC legal drama television series Law & Order.
- The concept of trying people for crimes committed in the future was a major plot point of the 2004 film Minority Report.
- A light cycle race scene in the episode, featuring [[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] and URL in Circuit City, is an obvious reference to the 1980 science-fiction movie Tron.
Continuity
- A reference to "Space Pilot 3000" is shown, with Fry once again delivering a pizza to a prank name at Applied Cryogenics.
- The episode includes the first time Dandy Jim is seen alone, after only being seen with his hobo friend Gus before.