Difference between revisions of "Troop Grit"

Troop Grit
US Publish Number	61
UK Publish Number(s)	64
Written by	Ian Boothby
Art by	John Delaney
Published (US)	30 May, 2012
Published (UK)	9 August, 2012

Revision as of 12:09, 10 August 2012

This article is in need of an update.

Editors are encouraged to update and expand the article.

Troop Grit is the sixty-first comic issue, released 30 May, 2012 in the US.

The Story

Bender takes charge of a scout troop, but after declaring that membership is for robots only, he is soon challenged by Leela's all-girl, evil mutant troop. Not wanting to be left out, Fry forms a troop of his own, with himself as its only member! When Planet Express sponsors a field trip and delivery competition, Fry, Leela, and Bender set out to prove to each other who has the top troop!

Additional Info

Trivia

Here are the list of climates changes on the planet.
- Mountain World
- Swamp World
- Tropical Island World
- Forest World
- Desert World
- Volcano World
- Ice World

Continuity

Bender refers to his TV show, which was featured in the previous issue.

Allusions

Leela's scout troop names themselves "the sisterhood of evil mutants" in reference to X-Men enemies "The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants". Also in reference to X-Men, Fry is seen using Cerebro to attempt to recruit scouts for his troop.
During Fry's flashback, Yancy is watching ALF.
The crew get lost and ask the cast of Lost in Space for directions.
Fry is seen on a fake cover of SAD magazine, a publication that resembles MAD magazine.
Leela's troop puts on a performance of the musical Wicked.

Goofs

When exiting the ship on the planet, Bungalow-Bot's lower body is not drawn below Leela's ponytail.

Special Features

The Bongo Beat - review of The Simpsons 500th episode screening.
Junk Mail
Fun Products!

Characters

(In alphabetic order)

Comic Credits

Script
- Ian Boothby
Pencils
- John Delaney
Inks
- Andrew Pepoy
Colors
- Robert Stanley
Letters
- Karen Bates

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

@@ Line 8: / Line 8: @@
 |title caption=
 |us publish=30 May, 2012
-|uk publish=
+|uk publish=9 August, 2012
 |title referee=
 |paperback=