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This comic can be read as a whole or from the perspective of either Fry, Bender, Hermes, Leela, Amy or Zoidberg. This article focuses on the whole of the story.
===Act I===
===Act I===
The Professor announces his latest invention (this comic) and explains how it works before falling to sleep.


===Act II===
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===Trivia===
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*This is the first comic to break the fourth wall, this also occurs in [[Bender Breaks Out|US#020]] and [[Futurama (video game)|the game]].
*The comic is readable in seven ways, another subplot involing [[Scruffy]] failled to eventuate.


===Quotes===
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===Outside References===
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===Fast Forward===
===Fast Forward===
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*Bongo promises, through the Professor, to experiment with other methods for reading comics. The promise was forfilled in [[Bender Breaks Out|US#020]].


===Goofs===
===Goofs===
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*In most of his frames, Kif is missing his sleaves. We could assume it is a slightly diferent uniform if it weren't for their appearance in one frame.
*When the characters are leaving the secret room, if the comic is read in its entirity, the departures of Fry, Bender and Hermes overlap. It is particularly noticable as Bender places the copier in the doorway (1st Bender departure) before Hermes walks through the doorway and Fry re-exists, the copier is still there on Bender's second exiting frame.
*After the transformation is complete, in the next frame she appears, Leela has boots on both her hands and feet.


===Special Features===
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*''The Bongo Beat'', news from Bongo Comics.
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===Characters===
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*[[Amy Wong|Amy]]
*[[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]]
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]
*[[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]]
*[[Kif Kroker|Kif]]
*'''Debut:''' Kif's unamed sister
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]
*[[Richard Nixon's head|Nixon's head]]
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Prof. Farnsworth]]
*[[Scruffy]]
*[[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]


==Comic Credits==
==Comic Credits==
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*Script
**[[Patric M. Verrone]]
*Pencils
**[[Tom King]]
*Inks
*Inks
**[[Unknown]]
**[[Phyllis Novin]]
*Scripts
**[[Unknown]]
*Colors
*Colors
**[[Unknown]]
**[[Joey Mason]]
*Letters
**[[Karen Bates]]
*Editor
**[[Bill Morrison]]
*Bender Wrangler
**[[Matt Groening]]


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Six Characters In Search Of A Story

US Issue Number: 014
UK Issue Number(s): 018, 019
Title Caption: Meat-bag tested, Bender approved!
Published (US): July 23rd 2003

The Story

This comic can be read as a whole or from the perspective of either Fry, Bender, Hermes, Leela, Amy or Zoidberg. This article focuses on the whole of the story.

Act I

The Professor announces his latest invention (this comic) and explains how it works before falling to sleep.

Act II

Additional Info

Trivia

  • This is the first comic to break the fourth wall, this also occurs in US#020 and the game.
  • The comic is readable in seven ways, another subplot involing Scruffy failled to eventuate.

Quotes

Fast Forward

  • Bongo promises, through the Professor, to experiment with other methods for reading comics. The promise was forfilled in US#020.

Goofs

  • In most of his frames, Kif is missing his sleaves. We could assume it is a slightly diferent uniform if it weren't for their appearance in one frame.
  • When the characters are leaving the secret room, if the comic is read in its entirity, the departures of Fry, Bender and Hermes overlap. It is particularly noticable as Bender places the copier in the doorway (1st Bender departure) before Hermes walks through the doorway and Fry re-exists, the copier is still there on Bender's second exiting frame.
  • After the transformation is complete, in the next frame she appears, Leela has boots on both her hands and feet.

Special Features

  • The Bongo Beat, news from Bongo Comics.

Characters

(In alphabetical order)

Comic Credits

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