Hell Is Other Robots

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Season 1 episode
Hell Is Other Robots
Hell is Other Robots.jpg
No.9
Production number1ACV09
Written by[[Eric Kaplan]][[Category:Episodes written by Eric Kaplan|Hell Is Other Robots]]
Directed by[[Rich Moore]][[Category:Episodes directed by Rich Moore|Hell Is Other Robots]]
Title captionCondemned by the Space Pope
First air dateMay 18, 1999
Broadcast numberS01E09
Opening cartoon"Betty Boop and Grampy"
Special guest(s)Mike "Michael D" Diamond
Adam "King Ad-Rock" Horovitz
Dan Castellaneta
Additional
Commentary
(Transcript)
Transcript

Pictures

Season 1
  1. Space Pilot 3000
  2. The Series Has Landed
  3. I, Roommate
  4. Love's Labours Lost in Space
  5. Fear of a Bot Planet
  6. A Fishful of Dollars
  7. My Three Suns
  8. A Big Piece of Garbage
  9. Hell Is Other Robots
  10. A Flight to Remember
  11. Mars University
  12. When Aliens Attack
  13. Fry and the Slurm Factory
Season 2 →

The Story

Act I: "Tonight we're gonna party like it's 1999... again!"

Fry, Leela and Bender go to a Beastie Boys concert at Madison Cube Garden. Bender runs into Fender, an old friend who is now working for the band. After Fender gets Bender and company back-stage, he takes Bender to a party where robots are abusing electricity, or "Jacking On". After Bender's addiction leads him to wreck the Planet Express Ship by steering it into an electrical storm in space, nearly killing everyone, they confront him about his problem. After a night of turmoil, he winds up in a Church of Robotology.

Leela bashes the Robot Devil over the head

Act II: "Is this another scam to get free yarmulkes"

Bender comes to work whistling a happy tune, and tells his friends about his new-found religion. Everyone is shocked, and suspicious, but gradually they reach the horrific realization that Bender is being sincere! When his new personality starts driving them crazy, Fry and Leela take him the Power Strip in Atlantic City and tempt him with liquor and cheap hookerbots. While he seduces a group of fembots in a jacuzzi at the Trump Trapezoid Hotel, the Robot Devil arrives and takes him to Robot Hell.

Act III: "Robot hell is quite real... here's our brochure"

Fry and Leela find Bender missing, and Nibbler follows his trail. It leads to an abandoned amusement park in New Jersey, where a fun house mirror is a doorway into an "actual, factual Robot Hell." Meanwhile, the Robot Devil takes Bender on a musical tour of the different levels of hell. When Fry and Leela find them, they take advantage of the Fairness in Hell Act of 2275 and challenge the Robot Devil to a fiddle contest. Leela bashes him over the head with the golden fiddle and they escape with Bender.

Additional Info

Promo pic of this episode

Trivia

  • During the musical scene, Bender is strapped to a roulette wheel with different methods of cooking on it, intended to simulate the smell of cigars. One of the spaces on the wheel says "Pleasant Massage".
  • Preacherbot's cleric bears a strong resemblance to Humorbot 5.0, who appears a couple seasons later.
  • This episode is one of the few to feature its own name within itself.

The Robot Hell Song

See Robot Hell.

Quotes

  • Bender: Oh, they're tormenting me with up-tempo singing and dancing!
  • Robot Devil: Sorry, but I hold all the cards here. There's nothing you can do. Now if you'll just sign this fiddle contest waiver...
  • Bender: Well, we're boned!
  • Bender: From now on, I'll just be me.
    Leela: Uhm, do you think you could be a little less evil than that?
    Bender: I don't know. Do you think you could survive a seven hundred foot fall?
    Fry: Hehe, good ol' Bender.


Characters

(In alphabetical order)

Episode Credits