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"'''Robot Santa's Little Helpers'''" is the fortieth [[comic]] issue, which was released 26 November, 2008 in the US.  <!-- insert brief plot summary here -->


==The Story==
== The Story ==
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=== Act I ===
It's time for another traditional, ultra-violent [[Xmas]] in the 30th century, when Bender takes on a job as a mall Santa Robot. Without [[Bender]], [[Fry]] and [[Leela]] take [[Dr. Zoidberg]] along as the [[Planet Express]] ship's cook on a delivery mission to [[Robot Santa]]'s home planet of [[Neptune]]. What no one expects is an evil plot for robot world domination and what might very well be the last Xmas ever!
[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] visits a mall Santa to read off a long list of demands while [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] and [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] do their [[Xmas]] shopping. The mall Santa informs him that more Santas are needed, and given the various advantages he takes the job. After shopping, they return to work for another dangerous mission. There is a delivery to be made to Antler Stadium on [[Neptune]]. With Bender busy, [[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Zoidberg]] fills in as the ship's chef because his cooking is equally bad. Bender enjoys his day insulting and assaulting people for money and booze. Meanwhile on the mission Zoidberg eats all of the food, causing Fry to use more curse words together than he ever has before and him and Leela to leave Zoidberg teary and feeling unwanted. Without any food available, Fry and Leela change their plan of air dropping the crate to hand delivering it and bartering for food. Zoidberg is told to stay put, but decides to leave in search of friends who value him for who he is.
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===Act I===
=== Act II ===
While wandering the planet, Zoidberg meets one of Santa's elves, who has run away in hopes of finding someone to help him heal the injured elves. Zoidberg suggests they open a hospital and the elf leads him to a camp. Here there are injured elves who have escaped from [[Robot Santa Claus|Santa]]. After completing the delivery, the crew notice Zoidberg is missing and head out to find him. Arriving at Santa's workshop, they see Santa and head elf Chauncey discussing the year's plan of controlling the mall Santas and having them attack anyone they see. Zoidberg has finished with his patients and the elf that brought him reveals that his actual plans have nothing to do with building a hospital and he was just using Zoidberg. Leela finds the remote to the mall Santas, but Santa appears and moments later, the healed elves and Zoidberg show up. Santa uses the remote causing Bender and the other Santas to attack people. Leela throws Fry's gift to her of candy-cane perfume at the remote, which Zoidberg eats, along with one of Santa's hands. The mall Santas return to normal. Suddenly, the elves attack Santa and the crew make their escape.


===Act II===
== Additional Info ==
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=== Trivia ===
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*Leela has designed a holo-pilot for the ship, which resembles an overweight, balding Amy with some kind of skin condition.
*Antler Stadium and Santa's Workshop are apparently on opposite sides of the planet, but the crew choose to walk from one to the other instead of using the ship.
*The UK releases have skipped this issue, it is unknown if it will be released there.
*The name is a reference to {{s|Santa's Little Helper}} from ''[[The Simpsons]]''.


==Additional Info==
=== Goofs ===
===Goofs===
*Once again, the comic staff have forgotten that [[Sewer Mutants]] are not permited to come to the surface.
*In [[The Series Has Landed]], Leela was able to get the [[Planet Express Ship]] to the moon in about 2 seconds.  At the same speed, the ship should be able to get to Neptune in about 2 and a half hours, which is not long enough a time for food to become a large issue.
*In "[[The Series Has Landed]]", Leela was able to get the {{Planet Express|Ship}} to the moon in less than 2 seconds.  At the same speed, the ship should be able to get to [[Neptune]] in about 2 and a half hours, which is not long enough a time for food to become a large issue.
**Additionally, Bender is not the ship's cook anymore and now holds the position of "Assistant Manger of Sales".
***This is the job he apparently had in ''[[Bender's Big Score]]''.
*On the cover, the spikes on Robot Santa's pompom appear; however, they are absent throughout the comic.


 
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===Goofs===
*In [[The Series Has Landed]], Leela was able to get the [[Planet Express Ship]] to the moon in about 2 seconds.  At the same speed, the ship should be able to get to neptune in about 2 and a half hours, which is not long enough a time for food to become a large issue.
 
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*[[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]
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==Comic Credits==
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*Script
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**[[Unknown]]
**[[Eric Rogers]]
*Pencils
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*Inks
*Inks
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**[[Dan Davis]]
*Colors
*Colors
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**[[Nathan Kane]]
*Letters
*Letters
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**[[Karen Bates]]
*Editor
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**[[Bill Morrison]]
**[[Bill Morrison]]


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Robot Santa's Little Helpers
Futurama-40-Cover.jpg
US Publish Number40
Written byEric Rogers
Art byMike Kazaleh
Title captionRogers - Kazaleh - Davis
Published (US)26 November, 2008

"Robot Santa's Little Helpers" is the fortieth comic issue, which was released 26 November, 2008 in the US.

The Story

Act I

Bender visits a mall Santa to read off a long list of demands while Fry and Leela do their Xmas shopping. The mall Santa informs him that more Santas are needed, and given the various advantages he takes the job. After shopping, they return to work for another dangerous mission. There is a delivery to be made to Antler Stadium on Neptune. With Bender busy, Zoidberg fills in as the ship's chef because his cooking is equally bad. Bender enjoys his day insulting and assaulting people for money and booze. Meanwhile on the mission Zoidberg eats all of the food, causing Fry to use more curse words together than he ever has before and him and Leela to leave Zoidberg teary and feeling unwanted. Without any food available, Fry and Leela change their plan of air dropping the crate to hand delivering it and bartering for food. Zoidberg is told to stay put, but decides to leave in search of friends who value him for who he is.

Act II

While wandering the planet, Zoidberg meets one of Santa's elves, who has run away in hopes of finding someone to help him heal the injured elves. Zoidberg suggests they open a hospital and the elf leads him to a camp. Here there are injured elves who have escaped from Santa. After completing the delivery, the crew notice Zoidberg is missing and head out to find him. Arriving at Santa's workshop, they see Santa and head elf Chauncey discussing the year's plan of controlling the mall Santas and having them attack anyone they see. Zoidberg has finished with his patients and the elf that brought him reveals that his actual plans have nothing to do with building a hospital and he was just using Zoidberg. Leela finds the remote to the mall Santas, but Santa appears and moments later, the healed elves and Zoidberg show up. Santa uses the remote causing Bender and the other Santas to attack people. Leela throws Fry's gift to her of candy-cane perfume at the remote, which Zoidberg eats, along with one of Santa's hands. The mall Santas return to normal. Suddenly, the elves attack Santa and the crew make their escape.

Additional Info

Trivia

  • Leela has designed a holo-pilot for the ship, which resembles an overweight, balding Amy with some kind of skin condition.
  • Antler Stadium and Santa's Workshop are apparently on opposite sides of the planet, but the crew choose to walk from one to the other instead of using the ship.
  • The UK releases have skipped this issue, it is unknown if it will be released there.
  • The name is a reference to Santa's Little Helper from The Simpsons.

Goofs

  • Once again, the comic staff have forgotten that Sewer Mutants are not permited to come to the surface.
  • In "The Series Has Landed", Leela was able to get the Planet Express Ship to the moon in less than 2 seconds. At the same speed, the ship should be able to get to Neptune in about 2 and a half hours, which is not long enough a time for food to become a large issue.
    • Additionally, Bender is not the ship's cook anymore and now holds the position of "Assistant Manger of Sales".
  • On the cover, the spikes on Robot Santa's pompom appear; however, they are absent throughout the comic.

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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