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|art by=John Delaney
|art by=Mike Kazaleh
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|title caption=Size Murders!
|us publish=26 May, 2010
|us publish=26 May, 2010
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'''Dummy Up!''' is the forty-ninth [[comic]] issue, released 26 May, 2010 in the US. <!-- insert brief plot summary here -->
==The Story==
Prepare yourself for the successfully comedic pairing of [[Bender]] and his ventriloquist dummy friend, Small Fry. However, things go awry when big and real [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] believes the dummy plans to take over his life. Meanwhile, [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] looks for a way to remove stress from her life and attain inner peace.
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===Act I===


===Act II===
== The Story ==


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=== Act I ===
After [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] has a bad date with Cthulhu, and [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] gets into a fight with him, she and [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] decide to spend the evening at the office. [[Planet Express]] appears to be under attack, but it's just the semi-annual surprise stress test. Leela's stress level is too high, so she is sent to a yoga studio. Bender returns, severely mangled, and after the repairs his sense of humour needs rebooting, so he plans to take Fry to the comedy club. The next day, Leela attempts yoga, but the instructor is [[Fnog]], who is still highly sexist and infuriates her. At Bits & Giggles that night, Bender heckles the comedian and takes the stage, only to be booed off. Back at Planet Express, [[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Zoidberg]] gives Leela a pill that an unethical pharmaceutical company promised will make a person one with {{the universe}}. Meanwhile, at [[apartment 00100100|their apartment]], Bender reveals to Fry his ventriloquist dummy; Small Fry.


==Additional Info==
=== Act II ===
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Bender's new act is incredibly popular, but afterwards Small Fry tries to kill Fry, which Bender find hard to believe. Having taken the pill the night before, Leela is able to communicate with inanimate objects and animals, which quickly becomes tiresome. Bender is booked for The 2nite Show. He leaves the Frys in the green room so he can talk to [[Calculon]], and returns later to see the room destroyed and on fire. On a delivery the next day, Leela crashes the [[Planet Express ship|ship]] into an asteroid while arguing with the control panel and her chair. Fry is sent to dislodge the ship, and Small Fry attempts to kill him again. Back at the office, Bender reveals that he's been offered an hour long show, so he's created dummies of [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|the Professor]], [[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]], Leela and Zoidberg to help him out. Leela tells the Professor, Hermes and Zoidberg that the voices are making her crazy, so Hermes fires her. However, his jacket tells her a secret which she uses to blackmail him into letting her keep the job. The five dummies move to attack their counterparts, and it is revealed that Bender used the Professor's cloning tanks to make them, but altered their brains so that they'd hate humans. The Professor's clone has built a duplicate of Bender, and the two groups have a brief battle, with the originals winning. Farnsworth installs a mental voice-mail chip in Leela's head to allow her to ignore the voices she doesn't want to hear, and she promptly uses it to ignore Fry's advances. Bender doesn't get his {{TV}} series, which instead goes to his duplicate.
===Trivia===


===Quotes===
== Additional Info ==
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=== Trivia ===
Format Example:
*Bender claims to have met Calculon 37 times before, including one occasion on which they saved [[Kwanzaa]].
*'''Fry''': No I'm... doesn't.
*Zoidberg states that blushing is incredibly painful to [[Decapodians|his species]].
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*This was the last comic to be released before the beginning of the [[second run]].
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===Alien Language Sightings===
=== Quotes ===
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{{q|
'''Location''': <br />
<poem>'''Fnog''': Ah yes, Dr. Zoidberg! My greatest student! He came to me with his mind an empty cup waiting to be filled!
'''Language''': [[Alien Languages#AL1|AL1]]<br />
'''Zoidberg''': Can that cup be filled with clam chowder maybe?</poem>
'''Translation''':  
<poem>'''Professor''': Yes, yes, you’re perfectly fine except for one small thing.
(change to AL2, if necessary)
'''Bender''': Normally, I’d be telling a joke right now about what that small thing is.</poem>
<poem>'''Fry''': Ha! With these painkillers I’m on, everything’s funny to me! Even my incredible pain!</poem>
}}


===Continuity===
=== Allusions ===
References to other things in the Futurama Universe
*Leela goes on a blind date with {{w|Cthulhu}} at the start of the issue.
*A pair of {{w|Autobot|Autobots}} from the ''{{w|Transformers}}'' franchise appear.
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*[[Conan O'Brien's head]] is {{w|2010 Tonight Show conflict|bumped from hosting ''The 2nite Show''}} in favour of Calculon.
*Bender calls Cthulhu "Squidward," a reference to {{w|Squidward Tentacles|the character}} from the animated TV show ''{{w|SpongeBob SquarePants}}''.


===Allusions===
=== Goofs ===
References in Futurama to things in the real world
*This issue was promoted as having been drawn by [[John Delaney]], however [[Mike Kazaleh]] was responsible.
*Zoidberg's clone has teeth, these were retconed out in early seasons of the show.
*Leela's clone's [[wristlojackimator]] is coloured white in one frame.
<!--*The poor scale, regularly seen in Kazaleh's drawings, results in the clones looking to be the same size as the originals after the fight-->
*Leela crosses a New New York street on foot. The cars driving past, and the taxi that almost hits her, all have wheels.


===Goofs===
=== Characters ===
List any mistakes made in the issue, like continuity errors, erroneous statements, etc.
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===Special Features===
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===Characters===
(In alphabetical order)
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*[[Amy Wong|Amy]]
*[[Amy Wong|Amy]]
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]
*'''Debut:''' [[Flexo]]
*[[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]]
*[[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]
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*[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]]
*[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]]
**And smaller duplicate {{small|(Bitty Bender)}}
*[[Calculon]]
*[[Conan O'Brien's head]]
*Cthulhu
*[[Fnog]]
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]
**And smaller duplicate {{small|(Small Fry)}}
*[[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]]
**And smaller duplicate {{small|(Half-Pint Hermes)}}
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]
**And smaller duplicate {{small|(Li'l Leela)}}
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]
**And smaller duplicate {{small|(Puny Professor)}}
*[[Roberto]]
*[[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]
**And smaller duplicate {{small|(Zat's-A-Small Zoidberg)}}
{{chars-end}}


==Comic Credits==
== Comic Credits ==
*Script
*Script
**[[Ian Boothby]]
**[[Ian Boothby]]
*Pencils
*Pencils
**[[John Delaney]]
**[[Mike Kazaleh]]
*Inks
*Inks
**Unknown
**[[Dan Davis]]
*Colors
*Colors
**Unknown
**[[Art Villanueva]]
*Letters
*Letters
**Unknown
**[[Karen Bates]]


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Latest revision as of 22:57, 26 May 2014

Dummy Up!
Futurama-49-Cover 0.jpg
US Publish Number49
UK Publish Number(s)58
Written byIan Boothby
Art byMike Kazaleh
Title captionSize Murders!
Published (US)26 May, 2010

Dummy Up! is the forty-ninth comic issue, released 26 May, 2010 in the US.

The Story

Act I

After Leela has a bad date with Cthulhu, and Bender gets into a fight with him, she and Fry decide to spend the evening at the office. Planet Express appears to be under attack, but it's just the semi-annual surprise stress test. Leela's stress level is too high, so she is sent to a yoga studio. Bender returns, severely mangled, and after the repairs his sense of humour needs rebooting, so he plans to take Fry to the comedy club. The next day, Leela attempts yoga, but the instructor is Fnog, who is still highly sexist and infuriates her. At Bits & Giggles that night, Bender heckles the comedian and takes the stage, only to be booed off. Back at Planet Express, Zoidberg gives Leela a pill that an unethical pharmaceutical company promised will make a person one with the universe. Meanwhile, at their apartment, Bender reveals to Fry his ventriloquist dummy; Small Fry.

Act II

Bender's new act is incredibly popular, but afterwards Small Fry tries to kill Fry, which Bender find hard to believe. Having taken the pill the night before, Leela is able to communicate with inanimate objects and animals, which quickly becomes tiresome. Bender is booked for The 2nite Show. He leaves the Frys in the green room so he can talk to Calculon, and returns later to see the room destroyed and on fire. On a delivery the next day, Leela crashes the ship into an asteroid while arguing with the control panel and her chair. Fry is sent to dislodge the ship, and Small Fry attempts to kill him again. Back at the office, Bender reveals that he's been offered an hour long show, so he's created dummies of the Professor, Hermes, Leela and Zoidberg to help him out. Leela tells the Professor, Hermes and Zoidberg that the voices are making her crazy, so Hermes fires her. However, his jacket tells her a secret which she uses to blackmail him into letting her keep the job. The five dummies move to attack their counterparts, and it is revealed that Bender used the Professor's cloning tanks to make them, but altered their brains so that they'd hate humans. The Professor's clone has built a duplicate of Bender, and the two groups have a brief battle, with the originals winning. Farnsworth installs a mental voice-mail chip in Leela's head to allow her to ignore the voices she doesn't want to hear, and she promptly uses it to ignore Fry's advances. Bender doesn't get his TV series, which instead goes to his duplicate.

Additional Info

Trivia

  • Bender claims to have met Calculon 37 times before, including one occasion on which they saved Kwanzaa.
  • Zoidberg states that blushing is incredibly painful to his species.
  • This was the last comic to be released before the beginning of the second run.

Quotes

    Fnog: Ah yes, Dr. Zoidberg! My greatest student! He came to me with his mind an empty cup waiting to be filled!
    Zoidberg: Can that cup be filled with clam chowder maybe?

    Professor: Yes, yes, you’re perfectly fine except for one small thing.
    Bender: Normally, I’d be telling a joke right now about what that small thing is.

    Fry: Ha! With these painkillers I’m on, everything’s funny to me! Even my incredible pain!

Allusions

Goofs

  • This issue was promoted as having been drawn by John Delaney, however Mike Kazaleh was responsible.
  • Zoidberg's clone has teeth, these were retconed out in early seasons of the show.
  • Leela's clone's wristlojackimator is coloured white in one frame.
  • Leela crosses a New New York street on foot. The cars driving past, and the taxi that almost hits her, all have wheels.

Characters

(In alphabetic order)

Comic Credits