What-If Machine

The What-If Machine

First Appearance: Anthology of Interest I

Last Appearance: It is implied at the end of Twice Told Tales Of Interest that the What-If device used in a poker buddy Bender made was destroyed at the end because of a self-destruct chip Bender used thinking it was a epathy chip. But, Professor Farnsworth said (kind of) that the machine will be fixed in a year.

Description

The What-If Machine displays scenarios. These scenarios are given in the form of "what if" questions. The questions only have to make sense in context.

Scenarios

• In (2ACV16), Bender asks, "What if I was 500-feet tall?"
• In (2ACV16), Leela asks, "What would happen if I was a little more impulsive?"
• In (2ACV16), Fry asks, "What if I never fell into that freezer-doodle and came to the future-jiggy?" The Professor clarifies this as "What would happen if Fry never came to the future?"
• In (2ACV16), it is implied that Professor Farnsworth asks, "What if I invented the Fing-Longer?"
• In (3ACV18), Professor Farnsworth asks (for Bender), "What if Bender were human?"
• In (3ACV18), Professor Farnsworth asks (for Fry), "What if life were more like a video game?" (Fry asked the question in a non 'What If' state, then just said 'What if that thing I said ?'.)
• In (3ACV18), Leela asks, "What if I found my true home?"
• In (US#007), Bender asks, "What would happen if I went back in time to 1999?"
• In (US#024) Fry asks "What if it was Xmas every day?"
• In (US#024) Bender asks "What if we skip Leela's question?"
• In (US#024) Fry asks "What if life were like a sitcom?"
• In ("The Read Menace" (US#C04)) Marge asks "What if you [Homer] actually tried to help us?"
• In ("The Read Menace" (US#C04)) Homer asks "What if Flanders was a monkey?"
• In ("The Read Menace" (US#C04)) Lisa asks "What if we knew how to stop the fictional characters?"

Additional Info

The What-If machine only allows three questions a year.

Appearances

• "Anthology of Interest I" (2ACV16)
• "Anthology of Interest II" (3ACV18)
• "New Year's Rockin' Evil" (US#007)
• "Twice Told Tales Of Interest" (US#024)
• "The Read Menace!" (US#C04)

Similar Machines

Machines that are similar to the What if machine are:

• The "Who Ask?" machine which tells who should ask the next question.(3ACV18)
• The "Hows About?" machine (US#024)
• The "What's the Deal With?" machine (US#024)
• The "Who the Hell Wants to Know?" machine (US#024)