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"'''Ro-Botox!'''" is the fifty-second [[comic]] issue, released 24 November, 2010 in the US.  <!-- insert brief plot summary here -->
'''Futurama Comic 52''' is the fifty-second [[comic]] issue, 24 November, 2010 in the US.  <!-- insert brief plot summary here -->


== The Story ==
== The Story ==
Looking to put the shine back in his shiniest body part, [[Bender]] undergoes a series of robotic enhancements. However, one 'nip' here and one 'tuck' there prove not to be enough for the rejuvenated robot, and before long he is on a path to destruction. Also, [[Zapp Brannigan]] shows his mettle and earns a medal.
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=== Act I ===
=== Act I ===
[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] has recorded a video of himself dancing and uploaded it to botbox.com, but the only thing on camera is his face and butt, both of which  are showing signs of age; sagging, corrosion, creases, rust and robo-acne. Bender finds this quite upsetting, especially after learning that there have been 4 gorblillion views from across the universe. [[Amy Wong|Amy]] suggests that he see the cosmetic surgeon that she and her mother use. The surgeon suggests that he needs a few dozen operations, and manages to convince him to use [[Cubert Farnsworth|Cubert]]'s college fund to pay for a re-sculpting of his ass. As he and Amy head back to the office, various citizens find themselves complementing Bender, he even manages to bring in a customer. Bender sees this as an opportunity to greatly improve his life and tricks [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] into co-signing for a loan.


=== Act II ===
=== Act II ===
 
After a few more operations, Bender has brought in so many customers that [[Planet Express]] has become the world's number one shipping company, ''Shipping Illustrated'' writes a profile on the company and puts Bender on the cover. With all the attention, Bender has become a popular celebrity. Bender visits the doctor hoping to have more surgery, but the doctor refuses, telling him his needs time to recover and has become addicted. On a delivery, paparazzi cause [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] to crash the ship. After boarding, they demand to see Bender, but refuse to believe that the robot they are talking to is him. They then take Fry and Leela to use as celebrity chasing slaves. Bender visits the surgeon and has his body restored, then rescues his friends by distracting the paparazzi with the heads of some celebrities' children.
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== Additional Info ==
== Additional Info ==
=== Trivia ===
=== Trivia ===
*Main comic begins on 2 August 3010
*It is among the few [[one-word titled media]].
*Second consecutive issue featuring a Zapp Brannigan mini-comic.
*Main comic begins on 2 August, 3010.
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<poem>'''Bender''': "Cosmetic surgeon"? I don't know... doing something for vain reasons isn't like me at all.</poem>
*'''Fry''': No I'm... doesn't.
<poem>'''Hattie McDoogal''': Hey, that's a nice whatchacallit...ass!</poem>
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=== Goofs ===
=== Goofs ===
*According to promotional material; [[John Delaney]], artist for the mini comic, is listed as a writer. [[Dan Davis]], inker of the mini comic, is listed for art.
*According to promotional material; [[John Delaney]], artist for the mini comic, is listed as a writer. [[Dan Davis]], inker of the mini comic, is listed for art.
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=== Special Features ===
=== Special Features ===
*According to the promotional blurb "this issue features the third of six awesome Futurama posters, suitable for unfolding." Like the previous issues' posters, it is a black light poster. This poster is a re-coloured version of [[Robot Santa's Little Helpers]]' cover art.
*According to the promotional blurb "this issue features the third of six awesome Futurama posters, suitable for unfolding." Like the previous issues' posters, it is a black light poster. This poster is a re-coloured version of "[[Robot Santa's Little Helpers]]"' cover art.
*Comic - ''Captain Zapp Brannigan in Purple Tentacle Tour''
*Comic - ''Captain Zapp Brannigan in Purple Tentacle Tour''
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*:[[Kif Kroker|Kif]] and some [[Democratic Order of Planets|DOOP]] soldiers find Zapp, who had been lost in a battle field, but managed to save the life of one soldier from his unit. [[Private Carroll]] is in a coma that may be permanent, but Zapp receives a medal, the [[Purple Tentacle]], and over the next few weeks uses his story to boost recruitment. But when Carroll wakes up, Zapp tells him  the "truth" about how Carroll had protected him, with this new story still leaving Zapp in a heroic role. Zapp publicly gives his medal to Carroll and tells the world the new version of the story, which makes him more popular than ever.
 
=== Characters ===
=== Characters ===
(In alphabetical order)
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*[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]]
*[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]]
*'''Debut:''' [[The Brangelina Children]]
*[[Calculon]] {{small|(mini comic only)}}
*[[Djambi]]
*'''Debut:''' Dr. Drew's Head {{small|(mini comic only)}}
*'''Debut:''' [[Dr. K'Rittakhul]]
*[[Elzar]] {{small|(mini comic only)}}
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*[[Harold Zoid]] {{small|(mini comic only)}}
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*[[Hedonism Bot]]
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*[[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]]
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*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]
*[[Zapp Brannigan]]
*[[Mom]]
*[[Morbo]]
*[[Linda]] {{small|(mini comic only)}}
*[[Reverend Lionel Preacherbot|Preacherbot]]
*'''Debut:''' [[Private Carroll]] {{small|(mini comic only)}}
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]
*[[Raoul]]
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*[[Tinny Tim]]
*[[Vyolet]]
*[[Dr. Ogden Wernstrom|Wernstrom]]
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*[[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]
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== Comic Credits ==
== Comic Credits ==
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**[[Mike Kazaleh]] (main comic)
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*Inks
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*Colors
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Ro-Botox!
Futurama Comic 52.png
US Publish Number52
UK Publish Number(s)60
Written byEric Rogers
Artists
main comicMike Kazaleh
mini comicJohn Delaney
Title captionCollectable black light poster #3 of 6 inside!
Published (US)24 November, 2010

"Ro-Botox!" is the fifty-second comic issue, released 24 November, 2010 in the US.

The Story

Act I

Bender has recorded a video of himself dancing and uploaded it to botbox.com, but the only thing on camera is his face and butt, both of which are showing signs of age; sagging, corrosion, creases, rust and robo-acne. Bender finds this quite upsetting, especially after learning that there have been 4 gorblillion views from across the universe. Amy suggests that he see the cosmetic surgeon that she and her mother use. The surgeon suggests that he needs a few dozen operations, and manages to convince him to use Cubert's college fund to pay for a re-sculpting of his ass. As he and Amy head back to the office, various citizens find themselves complementing Bender, he even manages to bring in a customer. Bender sees this as an opportunity to greatly improve his life and tricks Fry into co-signing for a loan.

Act II

After a few more operations, Bender has brought in so many customers that Planet Express has become the world's number one shipping company, Shipping Illustrated writes a profile on the company and puts Bender on the cover. With all the attention, Bender has become a popular celebrity. Bender visits the doctor hoping to have more surgery, but the doctor refuses, telling him his needs time to recover and has become addicted. On a delivery, paparazzi cause Leela to crash the ship. After boarding, they demand to see Bender, but refuse to believe that the robot they are talking to is him. They then take Fry and Leela to use as celebrity chasing slaves. Bender visits the surgeon and has his body restored, then rescues his friends by distracting the paparazzi with the heads of some celebrities' children.

Additional Info

Trivia

Quotes

    Bender: "Cosmetic surgeon"? I don't know... doing something for vain reasons isn't like me at all.

    Hattie McDoogal: Hey, that's a nice whatchacallit...ass!

Goofs

  • According to promotional material; John Delaney, artist for the mini comic, is listed as a writer. Dan Davis, inker of the mini comic, is listed for art.
    • Inkers sometimes help refine the art.

Special Features

  • According to the promotional blurb "this issue features the third of six awesome Futurama posters, suitable for unfolding." Like the previous issues' posters, it is a black light poster. This poster is a re-coloured version of "Robot Santa's Little Helpers"' cover art.
  • Comic - Captain Zapp Brannigan in Purple Tentacle Tour
    Kif and some DOOP soldiers find Zapp, who had been lost in a battle field, but managed to save the life of one soldier from his unit. Private Carroll is in a coma that may be permanent, but Zapp receives a medal, the Purple Tentacle, and over the next few weeks uses his story to boost recruitment. But when Carroll wakes up, Zapp tells him the "truth" about how Carroll had protected him, with this new story still leaving Zapp in a heroic role. Zapp publicly gives his medal to Carroll and tells the world the new version of the story, which makes him more popular than ever.

Characters

(In alphabetic order)

Comic Credits

Futurama comics
Issues 1 — 20 "Monkey Sea, Monkey Doom!" • "...But Deliver Us to Evil!" • "The Owner of Mars Attacks!" • "DOOP the Right Thing!" • "Who's Dying to Be a Gazillionaire?" • "Xmas Time Is Fear" • "New Year's Rockin' Evil" • "Planet X-Press Men" • "Freaky Fry-day" • "The Big Sweep" • "The Cure for the Common Clod" • "Sideshow Fry" • "The Bender You Say" • "Six Characters in Search of a Story" • "Fry Me to the Moon" • "Kickin' It Old School" • "The Time Bender Trilogy:" (Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3) • "Bender Breaks Out"
21 — 40

"More than a Filling!" • "A Fit Worse than Death" • "The A-Team" • "Twice Told Tales of Interest" • "Robot Robin Hood" • "A Whole Lotta Leela" • "Rotten to the Core" • "Let's Twist Again" • "Downsized!" • "Fry and the Double-Bag Must-Have Item" • "As the Wormhole Turns" • "Doctor What" • "Attack of the 50-ft Amy" • "Planet Michelle" • "Son of the Sun" • "You Don't Wanna Know Jak!" • "Full Metal Racket" • "Rumble in the Jungle" • "Rust in Peace" • "Robot Santa's Little Helpers"

41 — 60

"Soldier Boys" • "Homeward Boned" • "Welcome to my Nightmall" • "The Fry and the Furious!" • "Anthology of Interest II" • "Follow the Reader" • "Chitty Chitty Bend Bend" • "Claw and Order" • "Dummy Up!" • "Your Mother Wears Pilot Boots" • "Fry Cook!" • "Ro-Botox!" • "A Bump in the Flight" • "How Much is that Mutant in the Window?" • "The Trouble With Trilogies" • "Do You Want Fry with That?" • "Steampunk'd" • "Boomsday!" • "How to Secede Without Really Trying" • "The Bot Who Cried Wolf"

61 — 80

"Troop Grit" • "Lost Our Leela" • "Igner-Ance is Bliss!" • "Secret Santa" • "The Sun Also Raises!" • "The Board Game Games" • "Tartar House Five" • "Futuramarutuf" • "Don't Go Taking my Heart!" • "The Devil and Professor F." • "Pizza Wars" • "Trading Spaces" • "Night of the Automated Dead" • "What the What if?" • "Bendership Galactica" • "Captain Brannigan: The Windbag Soldier" • "New New New York" • "Little Orphan Android" • "Kif of Death!" • "Dumbsday!"

81 — 100

"A Touch of Medieval" • Futurama Comics #82

Simpsons Crossovers "Somewhere Over the Brain-bow!" • "Liquid Diamond Is Forever!" • "Slaves of New New York!" • "The Read Menace!"
Mini-comics "H.G. Blob in Revenge of the Blob" • "The Continuum Less Travelled" • "Leela & Amy in Hostile Makeover" • "Captain Zapp Brannigan in The Seven Day Itch" • "Captain Zapp Brannigan in Purple Tentacle Tour" • "Captain Zapp Brannigan in Rank Call!" • "Zoidberg Makes a House Call" • "H.G. Blob in A Funny Feeling in my Tummy" • "Breaking News"
Collections Futurama-O-Rama • Futurama Adventures • Futurama: The Time Bender Trilogy • Futurama Conquers The Universe • The Simpsons Futurama Crossover Crisis • Futurama Comics: To Infinity!
Special issues "Monkey Sea, Monkey Doom!" • "Futurama Returns" • "Delivery-Boy Man"
Comics related Bongo Comics Group • Futuramaland
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