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"'''A Pharaoh to Remember'''" is the forty-ninth episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', the seventeenth of the [[Season 3|third production season]] and the seventh of the [[Broadcast season 4|fourth broadcast season]].  It aired 10 March, 2002 on FOX.  [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] is getting desperate for being remembered when he's gone, and a trip to [[Osiris 4]], where he becomes Pharaoh seems to be just the satisfaction he needs.
==The Story==
==The Story==
===Act I: Fame is mine===
===Act I: Fame is mine===
[[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]] is outraged when he robs a swimming pool, an act which should land him on the nightly TV news, but no one realizes it was him, with witnesses mistakenly calling the criminal human.  He then makes a variety of attempts to become famous, only to be ignored or ridiculed by witnesses.
[[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]] is outraged when he robs a swimming pool, an act which should land him on the nightly TV news, but no one realizes it was him, with witnesses mistakenly calling the criminal human.  He then makes a variety of attempts to become famous, only to be ignored or ridiculed by witnesses.
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===Characters===
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Season 3 episode
Broadcast season 4 episode
A Pharaoh to Remember
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No.49
Production number3ACV17
Written by[[Ron Weiner]][[Category:Episodes written by Ron Weiner|A Pharaoh to Remember]]
Directed by[[Mark Ervin]][[Category:Episodes directed by Mark Ervin|A Pharaoh to Remember]]
Title captionPsst... big party at your house after the show!
First air date10 March, 2002
Broadcast numberS04E07
Title referencefilm, A Night to Remember
Opening cartoon"Toys Will Be Toys"
Additional
Commentary
(Transcript)
Transcript

Pictures

Season 3
  1. Amazon Women in the Mood
  2. Parasites Lost
  3. A Tale of Two Santas
  4. The Luck of the Fryrish
  5. The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz
  6. Bendless Love
  7. The Day the Earth Stood Stupid
  8. That's Lobstertainment!
  9. The Cyber House Rules
  10. Where the Buggalo Roam
  11. Insane in the Mainframe
  12. The Route of All Evil
  13. Bendin' in the Wind
  14. Time Keeps on Slippin'
  15. I Dated a Robot
  16. A Leela of Her Own
  17. A Pharaoh to Remember
  18. Anthology of Interest II
  19. Roswell that Ends Well
  20. Godfellas
  21. Future Stock
  22. The 30% Iron Chef
← Season 2Season 4 →

"A Pharaoh to Remember" is the forty-ninth episode of Futurama, the seventeenth of the third production season and the seventh of the fourth broadcast season. It aired 10 March, 2002 on FOX. Bender is getting desperate for being remembered when he's gone, and a trip to Osiris 4, where he becomes Pharaoh seems to be just the satisfaction he needs.

The Story

Act I: Fame is mine

Bender is outraged when he robs a swimming pool, an act which should land him on the nightly TV news, but no one realizes it was him, with witnesses mistakenly calling the criminal human. He then makes a variety of attempts to become famous, only to be ignored or ridiculed by witnesses.

Act II: This is the worst funeral ever

He heads to work, depressed, where the rest of the Planet Express crew try to cheer him up by throwing him a funeral to show how he'll be remembered. He is highly disappointed by the group's efforts and becomes angered by their idiocy. This is especially true with Dr. Zoidberg, who sings Danny Boy, only to be hit in the head with Bender's martini glass. After the disappointing funeral, Bender storms off, outraged that no one will remember him when he dies. The next day,the crew has to deliver a giant sandstone block to the planet Osiris 4. After the block is signed for, they are taken as slaves of the Pharaoh Hermenthotip.

Act III: Quit giving the slave drivers pointers

On the boat to the work site, Bender admires the Pharaohs' tombs and realizes that everyone would remember him if he could have a funeral like them. He begins to give the slave drivers pointers on how to make slaves work harder and faster to get the job done sooner. Hermenthotip comes and is about to free the slaves but is crushed by his statue's nose and killed. Bender is upset by the death, but changes the wall of prophecy to make it look like he is supposed to be the Pharaoh's successor. After a short ceremony to determine the new Pharaoh, Bender is chosen, despite his crude drawing on the wall of prophecy.

Act IV: crawl pigs

Bender becomes a crueler pharaoh than Hermenthotip, and makes the slaves work hard to build a much larger statue (1 Billion cubits tall) of him so he will be remembered for all eternity. Bender is unhappy with the statue because it is so big, people will probably remember the statue instead of him. He demands to have it torn down so that the slaves can start over and build a smaller statue. The slave drivers have had enough of Bender's orders and attack him, tying him up like a mummy and throwing him in his tomb, announcing that he suddenly died. He requests his loyal servants to be entombed with him, and Fry and Leela are thrown in as well.

Act V: lets blow this tomb

Bender’s tomb turns out to have an working casino in it, along with an eternity's worth of liquor. Fry and Leela try some pomegranate schnapps and determine it is 100% alcohol. Leela wants to use the explosive alcohol to blow the tomb open and escape, but Bender refuses to allow her. Leela and Fry pretend to forget who Bender is, and he then reluctantly agrees. Moving all the liquor to one wall, Leela uses Bender's wrappings as a makeshift fuse and blow the tomb open. The explosion causes the rest of the statue to fall apart, saddening Bender. Leela tells him that he will still be remembered as a tyrannical ruler, even though there is no monument left. As they return home, Bender mentions that he will try to take over Earth next.

Additional Info

Trivia

Quotes

  • [Bender throws a bouquet and it lands in the Professor's lap]
    Amy: I know whose funeral we'll be attending next.
    Professor: (blushing) Oh, stop.
  • High Priest: Great Wall of Prophecy, reveal to us God's will that we may blindly obey.
    Priests: Free us from thought and responsibility.
    High Priest: We shall read things off you.
    Priests: Then do them.
    High Priest: Your words guide us.
    Priests: We're dumb.
  • Farnsworth: News, everyone! Today you're going to Osiris 4 to deliver this enormous sandstone block.
    [He points to a block the size of the ship sitting next to them]
    Fry: I thought something looked different in here.

Alien Language Sightings

Time: 14:30
Location: On the Wall of Prophecy
Language: AL1
Translation: Rock on! Eddie Rosas

Characters

(In alphabetic order)

Episode Credits