Love's Labours Lost in Space

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Season 1 episode
Love's Labours Lost in Space
Love's Labours Lost in Space.jpg
No.4
Production number1ACV04
Written by[[Brian Kelley]][[Category:Episodes written by Brian Kelley|Love's Labours Lost in Space]]
Directed by[[Brian Sheesley]][[Category:Episodes directed by Brian Sheesley|Love's Labours Lost in Space]]
Title captionPresented in Brain Control Where Available
First air dateApril 13, 1999
Broadcast numberS01E04
Title referenceWilliam Shakespeare's Love's Labours Lost
Opening cartoonBugs Bunny in "The Wacky Wabbit"
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: "Most guys are put off by my eye."

Leela is in a restaurant, on a date with a guy named Doug. Things are going well, until she sees his "vile lizard tongue," of which she is immediately disgusted.

Act II: "I need the apartment tonight - go see a saucy puppet show."

After hearing about the date from Leela, everyone dismisses Leela as being too picky with the men she goes out with. Wanting to help, Amy, Fry, Bender, and Zoidberg take Leela to a trendy dance club, The Hip Joint, to find a man for Leela, most of whom Bender dismiss as being gay. While Fry ends up going home with a girl from the 21st century, Amy with an entity of pure energy, and Zoidberg with a lobster, Leela goes home alone (a kind janitor makes an advance on her before noticing her eye).

The next day at work, the Professor assigns them a mission in which they are to go and rescue endangered animals from a planet called Vergon 6 which was formally filled with dark matter, a substance currently used as spaceship fuel, but was mined completely hollow and is set to implode. This immediately piques Leela's interest, due to her concern for the safety of animals. On their way to the planet, Fry and Bender discuss with Leela her specific interests in a man. Leela describes her dream man as being adventurous and self-confident, and maybe a snappy dresser, currently unaware that an apparent contender, Zapp Brannigan, is nearby.

Act III: "Wow! The Zapp Brannigan!"

The crew takes off on their mission, and upon arriving at Vergon 6 they find the Zapp Brannigan's ship, the Nimbus, already on the scene. Leela decides to go meet Zapp and ask for his help saving the animals. Zapp immediately begins to hit on Leela. When Leela tells him about the mission, he places them under arrest for attempting to break Brannigan's Law. He has Leela brought to his room and manages to seduce her. Leela wakes up in the morning horrified.

Act IV: "I'll call him Nibbler."

Smug with satisfaction over "scoring" with Leela, Zapp releases them all and they resume their mission to save the animals unassisted. They run around collecting animals and loading them onto the ship. Leela comes across a strange creature, who she later names Nibbler. While they are hunting for the last animals, Nibbler eats all the animals they have captured. They try to flee, but the ship is out of gas; Zapp refuses to help unless they abandon Nibbler. Leela refuses, and Nibbler drops a load of Dark Matter in his litter box. Fry and Bender take the fuel to the engines, and they escape before the planet implodes.

Additional Info

Trivia

Note: Several animals appear in the ship's hold that don't seem to correspond to an animal on the list.
  • When Nibbler drops the dark matter, the ship should not cause the planet to cave in, since the total weight of the ship (and the objects inside the ship) does not change at all. Similar weight variation occurs in later episodes, it is believed there's some sort of wormhole in the Nibblonian digestive system. This is supported by the end of "Bender's Big Score Part 4" (5ACV04)
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  • This episode is named #2 on IGN's list of Top 25 Futurama Episodes.

Quotes

Promo pic of this episode
  • Zapp Brannigan: We both know you won't make it halfway to Vergon 6 before the craving sets in. Then you'll come crawling back for another taste of sweet, sweet candy... bam!
  • Kif: I suppose, Captain. I'm not as big a fan of velour as you are.
  • Kif: The jackass wants to see you in his quarters.
  • Leela: So we have to bring back two of each kind. Just like Noah's Ark!
    Bender: Why two?
    Leela: (whispers something in Benders ear)
    Bender: Aw! Heheheheeh!
  • Zapp Brannigan: Cham-paggin?
    Leela: I wasn't aware you were such a connai-sewer.
    Zapp Brannigan: Well, I've studied abroad - or two. Hahahah!
  • Bender: He's pending for a bending!
  • Zapp Brannigan: Hmmm, that's got a nice feel to it.
  • Zapp Brannigan: I like your style, I find it very... erotic.
    Leela: What?
    Zapp Brannigan: Erotic! Erotic! Erotic!

Characters

(In alphabetical order)

Outside References

  • Zapp Brannigan's character was inspired by Captain Kirk from Star Trek. To create the character, the writers imagined what it would be like if William Shatner himself, not James T. Kirk, were the captain of the Enterprise.
  • Kif Kroker is another derivative of Star Trek - based on the idea of Spock hating his captain, yet being dependant on him and doing his every whim.

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