https://theinfosphere.org/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=Conradici&feedformat=atomThe Infosphere, the Futurama Wiki - User contributions [en]2024-03-28T11:25:31ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.36.3https://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Voodoo_Economists&diff=116961Voodoo Economists2012-08-15T19:50:56Z<p>Conradici: </p>
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<div>{{character infobox<br />
|name=Voodoo Economists<br />
|image=[[File:voodooEconomists.png|225px]]<br />
|type=t<br />
|gender=Male<br />
|species=[[Human]]<br />
|job=Economists for [[President Nixon]]<br />
|first appear={{e|4ACV16}}<br />
}}<br />
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The '''Voodoo Economists''' are employees of the Earthican government under [[President Nixon]]. They are on board with his $300 tax rebate plan. It is unknown if they practice the [[Religion#Vodou/Voodoo|Voodoo Religion]].<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
*"Voodoo economics" was a term used by {{w|George H.W. Bush}} to deride {{w|Ronald Reagan}}'s economic plan when they ran against each other in the {{w|Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 1980|1980 Republican presidential primary}}.<br />
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=== Appearance ===<br />
*{{e|4ACV16}}<br />
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[[Category:Humans]]</div>Conradicihttps://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Fryfro&diff=116640Fryfro2012-08-09T18:30:59Z<p>Conradici: /* Appearances */</p>
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<div>{{update}}<br />
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{{about|the hairstyle|the [[character]]|Frydo}}<br />
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The '''Fryfro''' is the way [[Fry]]'s hair is arranged after he is electrocuted. Its name is a portmanteau of "Fry" and the hairstyle "{{w|afro}}".<br />
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== Image gallery ==<br />
<gallery><br />
Image:Fryfro 1ACV09.png|"[[Hell Is Other Robots]]".<br />
Image:Fryfro 2ACV16.png|"[[Anthology of Interest I]]".<br />
Image:Fryfro 6ACV01.png|"[[Rebirth]]".<br />
Image:Fryfro 6ACV09.png|"[[A Clockwork Origin]]".<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
*[[John DiMaggio]] is a noted fan of the Fryfro, commenting that he would enjoy an episode of ''[[Futurama]]'' revolving around Fry's hair.<ref name="jd-commentary"> {{cite commentary |speaker={{n|DiMaggio|John}} |episode=Hell Is Other Robots |volume=One |disc=2 |quote=That's the best. That's the greatest; Fry with an afro. Can somebody do that for an entire episode? A hair bit for 22 minutes.}}</ref><br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
{{list expansion}}<br />
*{{e|1ACV09}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV16}} (debatable)<br />
*{{e|6ACV01}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV09}}<br />
*{{e|7ACV09}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:Recurring jokes]]</div>Conradicihttps://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Contrabulous_Choosematron&diff=116639Contrabulous Choosematron2012-08-09T18:01:53Z<p>Conradici: /It/ He</p>
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<div>{{character infobox<br />
|name = Contrabulous Choosematron<br />
|type = t<br />
|image = [[File:Contrabulous Choosematron.png|225px]]<br />
|image text = The Contrabulous Choosematron examining [[Hattie McDoogal|Hattie]] in [[3012]] {{et|7ACV02}}.<br />
|gender = [[Manbot|Male]]<br />
|species = [[Robot]]<br />
|voiced by = Phil LaMarr<br />
|job = <br />
|first appear = {{e|7ACV02}}<br />
}}<br />
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The '''Contrabulous Choosematron''' is a [[Robot]] whose purpose is to examine information about people and mark them positive or negative for certain events or tasks. He was used in [[3012]] to decide who should receive tickets to go to [[Mars]] on the [[Martian]] stone spaceship and who should stay on [[Earth]] {{et|7ACV02}}. He did this by gathering information based on a scan of a person's hand.<br />
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He was a member of a sorority with [[Dr. Amy Wong|Amy]].<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
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=== People accepted and declined ===<br />
==== Accepted ====<br />
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The following were accepted to go to Mars:<br />
*[[Amy]]<br />
*[[Mrs. Astor]]<br />
*[[Ben Beeler]]<br />
*[[Mrs. Beeler|Ben Beeler's wife]]<br />
*[[Calculon]]<br />
*[[Elzar]]<br />
*[[Farnsworth]]<br />
*[[Fry]] (twice)<br />
*The [[Great Reveal-o]]<br />
*[[Hattie]]<br />
*[[Headless clone of Agnew]]<br />
*[[Hermes]]<br />
*[[Igner]]<br />
*[[Kif]]<br />
*[[Larry]]<br />
*[[Mayor Poopenmeyer]]<br />
*[[Mom]]<br />
*[[Monique]]<br />
*[[Richard Nixon's head]]<br />
*[[Number 9 Man]]<br />
*[[Queen of Yonkers]]<br />
*[[Scruffy]]<br />
*[[Judge Whitey]]<br />
*[[Walt]]<br />
*[[Zapp]]<br />
*[[Zoidberg]]<br />
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==== Declined ====<br />
The following were forced to stay on Earth:<br />
*[[Leela]]<br />
*[[Petunia]]<br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{e|7ACV02}}<br />
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[[Category:Robots]]</div>Conradicihttps://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Deep_Blue&diff=116594Deep Blue2012-08-07T21:28:51Z<p>Conradici: it's > its</p>
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<div>{{character infobox<br />
|name=Deep Blue<br />
|type=t<br />
|image=[[File:Deep Blue.jpg|225px]]<br />
|species=[[Robot|Supercomputer]]<br />
|origin=[[Earth]]<br />
|voiced by=Tress MacNeille<br />
|first appear={{e|2ACV16}}<br />
|wikipedia=Deep Blue (chess computer)<br />
}}<br />
'''Deep Blue''' was a chess-playing computer developed by IBM, the first machine ever to beat a human champion. Deep Blue is seen in the episode "[[Anthology of Interest I]]" as the summer intern of [[Al Gore's head|Al Gore]]'s [[Vice Presidential Action Rangers]]. This seems to imply that Deep Blue received several more upgrades following 1997 and before 1999, which resulted in it being endowed with a crude [[Robot|artificial intelligence]]. Unfortunately, it appears that Deep Blue's VLSI chess circuits were never removed, thus resulting in its actions always being phrased in chess notation. It had no trouble playing other games like Dungeons and Dragons, though.<br />
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It seems to be alive in the [[31st century]] as it can be seen in the [[Wheel of Robots]].<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Al Gore''': Not all problems can be solved by chess, Deep Blue. One day, you'll understand that.</poem><br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{e|2ACV16}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV18}} ([[Wheel of Robots|WoR]])<br />
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[[Category:Characters]]<br />
[[Category:Robots]]<br />
[[Category:Technology]]</div>Conradicihttps://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Talk:Camp_Rectifier&diff=102058Talk:Camp Rectifier2011-09-24T14:43:18Z<p>Conradici: "Praying on the weak"</p>
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<div>== "Praying on the weak" ==<br />
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Is this an error? It should, technically, be "Preying" on the weak - but this could be a double pun, on the religious aspect of the camp. Any thoughts? [[User:Conradici|Conradici]] 16:43, 24 September 2011 (CEST)</div>Conradicihttps://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Sunset_Squad_Robot&diff=101974Sunset Squad Robot2011-09-22T13:31:11Z<p>Conradici: Tidy up</p>
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<div>{{character infobox<br />
|name=Sunset Squad Robot<br />
|type=t<br />
|image=[[File:SunsetSquadRobot.png|225px]]<br />
|origin=[[Near Death Star]]<br />
|species=[[Robot]]<br />
|job=Collector of 160-year-old humans<br />
|first appear={{e|2ACV10}}<br />
}}<br />
The '''Sunset Squad Robot''' (presumably one of many, as reference is made to "Sunset Squad Robots"), is a robot sent to collect people once they reach the age of 160, and convey them to the [[Near Death Star]]. Specifically, he "collects" [[Professor Farnsworth]] in "[[A Clone of My Own]]". He drives a spaceship resembling a {{w|hearse}}.<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
[[File:SunsetSquadRobotCar.png|left|thumb|The hearse-looking space ship]]<br />
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=== Trivia ===<br />
*The robot is dressed just like the {{w|Grim Reaper}}, a joke on the parallels between death and Near Death Star occupancy.<br />
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===Appearances=== <br />
*{{e|2ACV10}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV08}}<br />
*{{f|4}} ([[Audience scene|cameo]])<br />
*{{clink|US#039|Rust In Peace}}<br />
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[[Category:Robots]]</div>Conradicihttps://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=How_Hermes_Requisitioned_His_Groove_Back&diff=101862How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back2011-09-18T20:21:02Z<p>Conradici: Major edit (opening paragraph and story)</p>
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{{episode infobox<br />
|name=How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back<br />
|no=24<br />
|image=[[File:How Hermes Requisitioned his Groove Back.jpg|225px]]<br />
|season=2<br />
|broadcast season=<br />
|number=2ACV11<br />
|caption=As foretold by Nostradamus<br />
|first aired=2 April, 2000<br />
|written by=Bill Odenkirk<br />
|directed by=Mark Ervin<br />
|title reference="{{w|How Stella Got Her Groove Back}}"<br />
|caption reference=<br />
|opening cartoon=''Felix the Cat Trifles with Time'' (1925)<br />
|sponsor=<br />
|broadcast number=S02E14<br />
|special guest=[[Nora Dunn]]<br />
|prev ep=A Clone of My Own<br />
|next ep=The Deep South<br />
|broad prev=A Bicyclops Built for Two<br />
|broad next=A Clone of My Own<br />
}}<br />
"'''How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back'''" is the twenty-fourth episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', the eleventh of the [[Season 2|second production season]] and the fourteenth of the [[Broadcast season 2|second broadcast season]]. It aired 2 April, 2000 on FOX. It guest stars [[Nora Dunn]] as Morgan Proctor. When an Inspection by the Central Bureaucracy results in a demotion for [[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]], he attempts to kill himself, but is instead persuaded to take a paid vacation on [[Spa 5]]. Meanwhile his replacement, bureaucrat [[Morgan Proctor]], enters into a secret relationship with [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]].<br />
== The Story ==<br />
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=== Act I: "I only gamble with chumps" ===<br />
As [[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]] finishes his work for the day he receives a letter from the [[Central Bureaucracy]]. He's happy to learn that there will be an inspection on the following day, giving him the opportunity to be promoted from grade 36 to grade 35.<br />
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That evening, [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] invites [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] and [[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]] to a poker game she's having with her former co-workers from [[Applied Cryogenics]]. [[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]] invites himself. As the guests arrive [[Ipgee]] informs Leela that she's fired for being over a year late for work. The Applied Cryogenics staff realise that Bender is using x-ray glasses to cheat, and beat him up in Hermes' office, destroying the office in the process.<br />
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On arriving for work the next day, Hermes is horrified by the mess, which he cannot clean up before the arrival of the Inspector. When the Inspector, [[Morgan Proctor]], arrives, Hermes threatens to kill himself by jumping off the Planet Express building. Bender recommends that he do a flip.<br />
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=== Act II: "Mr. Bender, about last night..." ===<br />
Hermes is talked out of suicide, and Zoidberg suggests he visit [[Spa 5]] to recover. [[LaBarbara Conrad|LaBarbara]] and Hermes learn, too late, that Spa 5 is actually a forced labour camp.<br />
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Morgan assigns herself as the serving bureaucrat at Planet Express in Hermes' absence. After inspecting Fry's locker, she realises that Fry is a "dirty, filthy slob", and throws herself at him, declaring that being around "neat-freaks" all the time means there's nothing kinkier to her than a slob. She swears him to secrecy about their relationship. Morgan then demotes Leela to co-pilot, under [[Planet Express ship#Dewey, the autopilot|the autopilot]], and assigns Bender as co-ordinator of the [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|the Professor]]'s bodily functions - a full-time job. At the same time, to the annoyance of the rest of the crew, she promotes Fry to Executive Delivery Boy, with his own office next to hers, and the pair continue their clandestine affair. When Morgan comes to Fry and Bender's apartment to have sex with Fry, however, Bender catches them in bed together. The next day he tries to blackmail her, but Morgan downloads Bender's brain onto a disk, and sends it to the Central Bureaucracy for filing.<br />
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=== Act III: "Stop hogging that healthy liver!" ===<br />
Fry, Leela, [[Amy Wong|Amy]] and the Professor head off to recover Bender's brain at the Central Bureacracy, and are confronted by a huge queue, which they circumvent by pretending that they are delivering Bender to the offices. Using Leela's [[wristlojackimator]], they find their way to the Central Bureaucracy's filing room, where they are met by Morgan. After Fry ends their relationship, Morgan gloats that it will be impossible to find the disk within the master "in" pile. <br />
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Meanwhile, Hermes has reorganised the forced labour camp so efficiently that all the physical labour is now carried out by a single [[Australian Guy|Australian man]], and he has been brought to the Central Bureaucracy by Zoidberg. Hermes petitions the head of the Bureaucracy, [[Number 1.0]], for an 'emergency sort-and-file', and Number 1.0 grants him four minutes to sort the pile, or face having his bureaucratic licence revoked. Launching into a song, Hermes files all the messages in the pile, finishing by reuniting Bender with his brain. However, he completes the task with two seconds to spare, and since a good bureacrat never finishes early, he is demoted to grade 38. <br />
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When Morgan points out that she is still acting bureaucrat at Planet Express, and proposes firing Fry, Hermes reveals that Morgan once failed to stamp a document the requisite five times. Number 1.0 rewards him by promoting him to grade 37, and the Professor gives him back his job - at severely reduced pay. The episode ends with Zoidberg being cut short as he tries to sing his own song.<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Bureaucrat song lyrics ===<br />
{{see|List of song performances#Bureaucrat Song}}<br />
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=== Trivia ===<br />
*The forced labour camp's sign reads "Spa 5 Fitness camp: recommended by Dr. Zoidberg". This, as well as the Australian slave's admission, suggests that most of the workers were provided by Zoidberg, who openly admits that he gets a free bucket of krill for every person he sends there.<br />
*Grade 1.0 seems to have been used in order to leave a possibility for higher ranks with lower decimals, though the dialogue in the episode contradicts this; Hermes says he "will finally be promoted to grade 35, the 35th highest grade there is".<br />
*Fry's "outer space potato man" quote may be a reference to the Sontarans in ''[[Doctor Who]]''.<br />
**While possible, considering that the Sontarans were first seen in 1973, references to them being potato-like are from the revived series of Doctor Who, which makes the reference unlikely.<br />
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=== Continuity ===<br />
*The [[Australian man]] reappears in "[[A Pharaoh to Remember]]".<br />
*This is the last appearance of the [[Number 9 Man]] until ''[[Bender's Big Score]]''.<br />
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=== Allusions ===<br />
*The [[Beholder|floating head]] is based on a creature from ''{{w|Dungeons and Dragons}}'', a so-called ''Beholder''.<br />
*The filing cabinet lined walls of the central bureaucracy are a nod to the Terry Gilliam film 'Brazil', which is set in an inefficient bureaucracy. ([http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7QzTivhVTs4/SD09eYDEDvI/AAAAAAAAASY/4i5K7tvR1Nw/s400/brazil_11.jpg picture])<br />
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*When Hermes mentions "Stampytown", it's a reference to "Funkytown."<br />
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=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Fry''': Jamaican? I thought you were some kinda outer-space potato man.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Hermes''': ''[On top of the Planet Express Building.]'' I'm going to jump!<br />
'''Planet Express Crew''': No! Don't do it!<br />
'''Bender''': Do a flip!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Hermes''': I wasn't cut out to be a bureaucrat anyway! I'm only anal 78.36% of the time!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Hermes''': Sweet something of ... of someplace.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Morgan''': Why is there yogurt in this cap?<br />
'''Fry''': Uh, I can explain that. See, it used to be milk and, well, time makes fools of us all.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Farnsworth''': You can't just waltz into the Central Bureaucracy. It's a tangled web of red tape and regulations. I've never been, but a friend of mine went completely mad trying to find the washroom there.<br />
'''Leela''': Then we'll need a guide. Someone who's been there before.<br />
'''Farnsworth''': Oh, I've been there. Lots of times! ''[He laughs maniacally.]''</poem><br />
<poem>'''Hermes''': When push comes to shove, you gotta do what you love, even if it's not a good idea!</poem><br />
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=== Goofs ===<br />
*The hover-car and Number 1.0's plane screech to a halt. Which shouldn't be the case as they are hovering, and do not touch the ground.<br />
*Hermes' badge number occasionally fluctuates incorrectly.<br />
*It is shown in this episode that Bender's mind and memories can be downloaded into a disk inserted in the neck of any [[Bending Units]]. In "[[Lethal Inspection]]", however, Bending Unit minds are saved daily into a backup body, which Bender was made without.<br />
**A manual backup and an automated backup are two different processes. One just requires a portable backup device into which the data can be copied, the other requires a piece of hardware to allow automatic, wireless backup to a server in an undisclosed location.<br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
{{chars-begin}}<br />
*[[Amy Wong|Amy]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Australian Man]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Beholder]]<br />
*[[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]]<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]<br />
*[[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]]<br />
*[[Ipgee]]<br />
*[[LaBarbara Conrad]]<br />
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]<br />
*[[Lou]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Morgan Proctor]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Number 1.0]]<br />
*[[Number 9 Man]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Old man]]<br />
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Prof. Farnsworth]]<br />
*[[Scruffy]]<br />
*[[Terry]]<br />
*[[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]<br />
{{chars-end}}<br />
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== Episode Credits ==<br />
{{credits-begin}}<br />
*Writer<br />
**[[Bill Odenkirk]]<br />
*Director<br />
**[[Mark Ervin]]<br />
*Voice Actors<br />
**[[Billy West]]<br />
**[[Katey Sagal]]<br />
**[[John DiMaggio]]<br />
**[[Tress MacNeille]]<br />
**[[Phil LaMarr]]<br />
**[[Lauren Tom]]<br />
**[[David Herman]]<br />
**[[Dawnn Lewis]]<br />
*DVD Commentary<br />
**[[Matt Groening]]<br />
**[[David X. Cohen]]<br />
**[[Rich Moore]]<br />
**[[Bill Odenkirk]]<br />
**[[Paul Calder]]<br />
**[[John DiMaggio]]<br />
*Special Guest<br />
**[[Nora Dunn]]<br />
{{credits-end}}<br />
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|next ep=The Deep South<br />
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[[Category:A plots focusing on Fry]]<br />
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[[Category:Media featuring singing]]</div>Conradicihttps://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Heather&diff=101847Heather2011-09-18T11:06:10Z<p>Conradici: Added link to youthasizing</p>
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{{character infobox<br />
|name=Heather<br />
|type=t<br />
|image=[[File:Heather.png|225px]]<br />
|species=[[Neptunian]]<br />
|origin=[[Neptune]]<br />
|job=Youthasizer<br />
|voiced by=Lauren Tom<br />
|first appear={{e|4ACV09}}<br />
}}<br />
A trained professional, '''Heather''' was [[Professor Farnsworth]]'s personal youthasizer at [[The Bubbling Geezer]]. She seems to always be eager and pleasant, even when Professor Farnsworth yells at her. <br />
The [[youthasizing]] treatments she administered include {{w|botulism}} injections mixed in with warm canned mushrooms, anthro-squid back-massages, and soothing full body baths -- in searing hot tar saturated with time-altering [[chronitons]].<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Heather''': Hi! I'm Heather, your personal Youthasizer. Let's get started with a nice botulism treatment, shall we?<br />
'''Farnsworth''': Go to hell, Heather!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Heather''': ''[While preparing a syringe.]'' In small doses, botulism toxin tightens and tones the facial muscles, instead of killing you in the most horrible fashion imaginable.<br />
'''Farnsworth''': Give me back my floppy face!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Heather''': Sir, it is not necessary or wise to be naked.<br />
'''Farnsworth''': Oof, you sound just like my tennis instructor.</poem><br />
}}<br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{e|4ACV09}}<br />
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[[Category:Aliens]]<br />
[[Category:Characters]]<br />
[[Category:Neptunians]]</div>Conradicihttps://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Youthasizing&diff=101846Youthasizing2011-09-18T11:04:25Z<p>Conradici: added Misc and Terminology categories</p>
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<div>'''Youthasizing''' is the process of reducing someone's biological age, through spa treatment including botulism injections, massage, and immersion in a searing-hot tar pit containing time-altering [[chronoton]]s. <br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''[[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]]''': We've decided to do the merciful thing and have you youthasized.<br />
'''[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Farnsworth]]''': Dear God, no!<br />
'''[[Dr. Amy Wong|Amy]]''': Oh, relax, Professor. "Youthasizing" is a trendy, new spa treatment. It's this season's shark-cartilage enema.</poem><br />
<poem>'''[[Heather]]''': Since this is such a serious case of old, we'll have to try our strongest treatment: a soothing full-body bath in searing-hot tar. ''[She indicates the pits.]'' Sir, it's not necessary or wise to be naked.<br />
'''Farnsworth''': You sound just like my tennis instructor. ''[He climbs into the tar.]''<br />
'''Heather''': The tar blisters the age right out of the body in what top scientists suspect is a miracle.</poem><br />
}}<br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{e|4ACV09}}<br />
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[[Category:Misc]]<br />
[[Category:Terminology]]</div>Conradicihttps://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Chroniton&diff=101815Chroniton2011-09-17T19:13:41Z<p>Conradici: </p>
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|name=Chroniton<br />
|image=[[File:Time keeps on slipping.png|225px]]<br />
|first appear={{e|3ACV14}}<br />
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'''Chronitons''' (or '''chronotons'''{{iiw}}) are tiny purple particles that are unstable in the field of time and which can cause time to lurch forwards. [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]] had [[Planet Express Crew|his crew]] collect them to speed up the growth of his [[Mutant Atomic Supermen]]. However, the loss of chronitons caused time to leak (which smells really bad), resulting in constant, random skips forward in time. The crew eventually solved the problem by destroying a cluster of stars, creating a black hole that prevented additional chronitons from escaping the [[Tempus Nebula]]. <br />
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When chronitons attach themselves to a person's DNA (or a robot's RNA), they cause the person to revert to a younger age. This happened to the Planet Express crew, when they where covered with chroniton-saturated tar from [[The Bubbling Geezer]] {{et|4ACV09}}. When the adhesive layer of tar was removed, the chronitons were able to spread throughout the affected body, causing an uncontrollable, and rapid, reversal of age.<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{e|3ACV14}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV09}}<br />
*{{clink|US#017|The Time Bender Trilogy: Part 1}}<br />
*{{clink|US#018|The Time Bender Trilogy: Part 2}}<br />
*{{clink|US#019|The Time Bender Trilogy: Part 3}}<br />
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[[Category:Chemistry]]</div>Conradicihttps://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Youthasizing&diff=101812Youthasizing2011-09-17T18:29:30Z<p>Conradici: Created page.</p>
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<div>'''Youthasizing''' is the process of reducing someone's biological age, through spa treatment including botulism injections, massage, and immersion in a searing-hot tar pit containing time-altering [[chronoton]]s. <br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''[[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]]''': We've decided to do the merciful thing and have you youthasized.<br />
'''[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Farnsworth]]''': Dear God, no!<br />
'''[[Dr. Amy Wong|Amy]]''': Oh, relax, Professor. "Youthasizing" is a trendy, new spa treatment. It's this season's shark-cartilage enema.</poem><br />
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<poem>'''[[Heather]]''': Since this is such a serious case of old, we'll have to try our strongest treatment: a soothing full-body bath in searing-hot tar. ''[She indicates the pits.]'' Sir, it's not necessary or wise to be naked. <br />
'''Farnsworth''': You sound just like my tennis instructor. ''[He climbs into the tar.]'' <br />
'''Heather''': The tar blisters the age right out of the body in what top scientists suspect is a miracle.</poem><br />
}}<br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{e|4ACV09}}</div>Conradicihttps://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Teenage_Mutant_Leela%27s_Hurdles&diff=101809Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles2011-09-17T17:51:03Z<p>Conradici: Major edit, tidying up article.</p>
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<div>{{episode infobox<br />
|name=Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles<br />
|no=63<br />
|image=[[File:Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles.jpg|225px]]<br />
|image text=Teenage Leela reads a story to the young [[Planet Express]] crew<br />
|season=4<br />
|broadcast season=5<br />
|number=4ACV09<br />
|caption=Now interactive! Joystick controls Fry's left ear<br />
|first aired=30 March, 2003<br />
|written by=Jeff Westbrook<br />
|directed by=Bret Haaland<br />
|title reference=The ''{{w|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles}}'' franchise.<br />
|caption reference=<br />
|opening cartoon=''Moonlight for Two''<br />
|sponsor=<br />
|broadcast number=S05E07<br />
|prev ep=Crimes of the Hot<br />
|next ep=The Why of Fry<br />
|broad prev=Less than Hero<br />
|broad next=<br />
}}<br />
"'''Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles'''" is the sixty-third episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', the ninth of the [[Season 4|fourth production season]] and the seventh of the [[Broadcast season 5|fifth broadcast season]]. It aired 30 March, 2003 on FOX. An attempt to [[youthasizing|youthasize]] [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Farnsworth]] causes the entire [[Planet Express]] crew to revert backwards in age, and Farnsworth's first attempt to fix the problem only makes matters worse.<br />
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== The Story ==<br />
=== Act I: "We've talked it over and everybody thinks you're too old" ===<br />
[[File:Heather.png|left|thumb|Heather, Professor Farnsworth's personal youthasizer]]<br />
When his pet gargoyle [[Pazuzu]] escapes from the Planet Express lab, [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]] sets off to hunt down the errant monster with Fry, Leela and Bender in tow. The Professor exhibits the typical behaviour of the elderly, including driving extremely slowly, and being very forgetful - forgetting, even, the purpose of their journey. He visits a [[Florida]] diner to catch the early bird dinner special, where the waitress, [[Wanda]], tells him his "angry crotchety grandpa" discount card has expired, despite it being good for a lifetime. After the Professor's nuclear-powered teeth cause mayhem in the diner, the crew decide that he is too old and needs to be youthasized. They take him to the [[The Bubbling Geezer]] spa where [[Heather]], a Neptunian, is assigned as his personal youthasizer. When Heather's initial treatments bringing about no change, the Professor is directed to bathe in age-reducing tar. [[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]] overdoes the pumping of the whirlpool function of the tar pit and everyone gets covered in tar. The Professor, previously at a biological age of 161, is now aged 53 again, and the crew members have reverted to their teenage years ([[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] is 14). [[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]] even reverts to a larval, codfish-like form.<br />
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=== Act II: "Shut up and go live with your parents!" ===<br />
While the Professor tries to restore their normal ages, the crew have to adjust to their teenage selves - mostly by acting very childishly. [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] chooses to live with her parents to experience the childhood she never had. Her parents agree to this, though Leela has to ask them to be strict, to give her the full teen experience. [[Amy Wong|Amy]]'s parents are less pleased, however, as they fear they will have to wait longer for a grandchild. Fry and Leela go out on a date and win a race through the sewers against [[Moose and Mandy]], but end up damaging the [[NNY Sewers#Martin Luther Thing, Jr. High School|Martin Luther Thing Jr. High School]].<br />
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Meanwhile, the Professor thinks he has thought of a way to restore their correct ages - a genetically engeneered oil-eating bacterium that should destroy the tar still stuck to their DNA (in Bender's case, his RNA, ''Robo'' Nucleic Acid). Leela refuses the treatment, as she wants to continue living out her teenage years with her parents. The rest of the crew enter the [[Bacterial Spew Chamber]] for controlled infection with the bacteria. The plan, however, backfires: though the tar is broken down, the [[chroniton]]s within it are now roaming free inside the crew's bodies, making them younger by the minute. The Professor is now 35 years old, and Amy is only eight. They all now face a fate worse than death: pre-life... and ''then'' death.<br />
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=== Act III: "He always had to be the center of attention!" ===<br />
[[File:The Fountain of Aging.jpg|left|thumb|The Planet Express crew reach the Fountain of Aging]]<br />
While the Professor is desperately thinking of a way to stop the youthing process, Leela (who is still a teen as she didn't take the treatment) takes care of the crew members - all around four or five years old - at her parents' home. While reading them a story, she stumbles on the tale of the [[The Fountain of Aging|Fountain of Aging]]. She informs the Professor, who agrees that it may really exist. The whole crew flies to an extremely old solar system, where they locate the Fountain. The youthasized crew, except the Professor, have now reverted to their embryonic stage, except for Bender, of whom all that is left is a CD with Bending Robot Blueprints. One of Zoidberg's [[Norman Zoidberg|brothers]] falls into the Fountain and gets caught in its eddy, and the crew watches as he ages rapidly and crumbles to dust. The Professor, now around three years old, enters the Fountain holding the others. The current is too strong, however, and the Professor loses his grip, releasing everyone into the whirlpool's current. As the crew are pulled towards the center of the fountain, Leela jumps in to rescue them, tied to a safety rope. Leela manages to retrieve everyone - now all roughly their correct ages again - except the Professor, who is still caught in the vortex. At the last minute the Professor is saved, however, by Pazuzu: an act for which Farnsworth grants him his freedom, and he is shown in Notre Dame in [[Paris]] afterwards recounting the story to his son.<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
* The book Leela reads the stories from is "A Child's Garden of Space Legends".<br />
* The poster behind Leela in her bedroom is from the "mu-teen" magazine, it shows "Tentacle Chachi" and "Four-Legged Chachi".<br />
* The stories from the book include "Snow-White Dwarf and the Seven Red Dwarfs", "Charlotte's Tholian Web" and "The Fountain of Aging".<br />
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=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Randy''': Hey Grandpa, move your wrinkly old kiester!<br />
'''Professor''': ''[3 seconds later.]'' Shut up!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor''': But I like being old. I don't have to talk to my parents, no one asks me to help move their stuff, I don't need to understand today's "edgy" TV sitcoms.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor''': Go to Hell, [[Heather]]!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor''': ''[Gasping.]'' Fifty-three years old? Oh... now I'll need a fake ID to rent ultraporn!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Amy''': [sobs] I'm gonna stay in my room!<br />
'''Leo Wong''': You so fat, you gonna stay all around room!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Leela''': I know, everyone pretend a goblin ate your tongues, and I'll read you a story.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor''': Still, they called the tooth fairy a legend, and now he's head of the FBI!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': When I grow up, I wanna be a steam shovel!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor''': With my last breath, I curse Zoidberg!</poem><br />
}}<br />
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=== Allusions ===<br />
*The title of the episode is a spoof of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", a series of comic books made most famous by its animated adaptations from 1987 and 2003.<br />
*The Professor destroys {{w|Deep Space Nine}} with the 'high beams' of the Planet Express Ship.<br />
*The oil eating bacteria is based on Namco's Pac-man.<br />
*The race was inspired by {{sw|Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace|The Phantom Menace's}} {{sw|Podracer|Podracers}}.<br />
*[[Pazuzu]] could be named after a god in Assyrian and Babylonian mythology, the king of the demons of the wind.<br />
**Pazuzu is also the name of the demon in ''The Exorcist''.<br />
*[[Moose and Mandy]] could be based on a couple from the classic Archie comics. Archie's Moose goes by the same name and has a similar appearance and manner. Mandy could be a reference to his girlfriend, Midge. This might also mean that Fry corresponds to Archie, due to his red hair, and Leela to Betty (or Veronica).<br />
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=== Goofs ===<br />
*While en route to the Fountain of Aging, Professor Farthsworth's custard-bowl haircut changes between shots from being all orange, to orange with dark brown sides, to all orange again.<br />
*Professor Farnsworth was wrong, Leela could simply relive her childhood by going back to the spa and perform the accident on purpose.<br />
*Although Fry, Amy and Hermes are different ages as adults, they all de-age at the same pace.<br />
*When Farnsworth steps in the fountain, Fry and Amy's skin colors are switched.<br />
*Pazuzu is shown to be under the Planet Express Ship's left wing, although he would've obviously suffocated, or he hid there whilst the Professor was sleeping.<br />
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=== Continuity ===<br />
*Wanda's comment that Professor Farnsworth's discount card is expired, despite the fact that it should be good for a lifetime, may be an allusion to the law put forward in "[[A Clone of My Own]]". Farnsworth is 160, meaning he should have died (his lifetime expired) ten years ago.<br />
*In this episode, Zoidberg goes through larval stages, but in "[[A Taste of Freedom]]" he is seen as a Humanoid child.<br />
**It is possible that after the slug stage, [[Decapodians]] become a Humanoid child that will eventually grow into adult size.<br />
*In this episode, Bender has a growing factor (being built small and advance in height & appearance as he ages) unlike "[[Bendless Love]]", where he was built the same way he is now.<br />
**It is possible that Bender's RNA is effected in this way by the tar but that naturally he does not age. Other Robot children have been shown before thus it is conceivable that while Bender was built as he is now his RNA allows him to have a childhood form (imagine cloning a Human adult, the clone is in adult form but its DNA is able to exist in a childhood state even if it never has done).<br />
**Another likely explanation would be that the younger versions of him were previous models of [[Bending Units]] that his personality inhabited, but it kept on getting rebuilt and upgraded. The newest version of him could have been built four years prior to "Bendless Love".<br />
**In the commentary for the the episode, it is remarks that no one can see what is going on while Bender is being assembled. A child form for Bender also fits in with the revelations from "[[Lethal Inspection]]".<br />
*The [[chroniton]]s that affect the [[Planet Express crew]] are the same ones used to grow the [[Mutant Atomic Supermen]] "[[Time Keeps on Slippin']]".<br />
*[[Curious Pussycat]] makes its second appearance.<br />
*Pazuzu speaks French, even though in "[[A Clone of My Own]]" Professor Farnsworth referred to French as an "incomprehensible, dead language" and the French people in "[[Space Pilot 3000]]" spoke English.<br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
{{chars-begin}}<br />
*[[Amy Wong|Amy]]<br />
*[[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]]<br />
*[[Dwayne]]<br />
*[[Dwight Conrad]]<br />
*[[El Chupanibre]]<br />
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Heather]]<br />
*[[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]]<br />
*[[Leo and Inez Wong|Inez Wong]]<br />
*[[LaBarbara Conrad]]<br />
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]<br />
*[[Leo and Inez Wong|Leo Wong]]<br />
*[[Turanga Morris and Munda|Turanga Morris]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Moose and Mandy]]<br />
*[[Turanga Morris and Munda|Turanga Munda]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Pazuzu]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Pazuzu's son]]<br />
*[[Randy Munchnik]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Wanda]]<br />
*[[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]<br />
{{chars-end}}<br />
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== Episode Credits ==<br />
{{credits-begin}}<br />
*Writer<br />
**[[Jeff Westbrook]]<br />
*Director<br />
**[[Bret Haaland]]<br />
*Voice Actors<br />
**[[Billy West]]<br />
**[[Katey Sagal]]<br />
**[[John DiMaggio]]<br />
**[[Phil LaMarr]]<br />
**[[Lauren Tom]]<br />
**[[Dave Herman]]<br />
**[[Tress MacNeille]]<br />
*DVD Commentary<br />
**[[Matt Groening]]<br />
**[[David X. Cohen]]<br />
**[[Rich Moore]]<br />
**[[Jeff Westbrook]]<br />
**[[Bret Haaland]]<br />
**[[John DiMaggio]]<br />
**[[Maurice LaMarche]]<br />
{{credits-end}}<br />
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[[Category:A plots focusing on Professor Farnsworth]]</div>Conradicihttps://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Dr._Judy_Lesterman&diff=101791Dr. Judy Lesterman2011-09-17T16:11:53Z<p>Conradici: Edit of main text, plus 'farmacy' -> pharmacy</p>
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<div>{{character infobox<br />
|name=Dr. Judy Lesterman<br />
|type=t<br />
|type2=<br />
|image=[[File:Dr Lesterman.png|225px]]<br />
|image text=The [[Unattractive giant monster]] calls Dr. Lesterman on his phone {{et|6ACV17}}.<br />
|gender=Female<br />
|species=<br />
|origin=<br />
|family=<br />
|first appear={{e|6ACV17}}<br />
|voiced by=Tress MacNeille<br />
}}<br />
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'''Dr. Judy Lesterman''' is a psychiatrist, and was that of the [[unattractive giant monster]] before his death. After being repeatedly insulted by the Planet Express crew, the monster attempted to call her in the hope of preventing a "temper control incident"; because she was unavailable, the monster went on a rampage through [[New New York]] {{et|6ACV17}}.<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
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=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Dr. Judy Lesterman''': ''[On answering machine.]'' You have reached the office of Dr. Judy Lesterman and Dr. Irah Rodkiss. The office is now closed. If this is a pharmacy call --- ''[The monster hangs up.]''</poem><br />
}}<br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{e|6ACV17}}<br />
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[[Category:Doctors]]</div>Conradicihttps://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Omicronian_saucers&diff=101786Omicronian saucers2011-09-17T13:04:45Z<p>Conradici: Fairly major edit, article cleaned up</p>
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|name=Omicronian Saucers<br />
|image=[[File:Omicronian Saucers 1.jpg|225px]]<br />
|type=Spaceship<br />
|first appear={{e|1ACV12}}<br />
}}<br />
The battle ships of the [[Omicronians]] have a typical "flying saucer" appearance. They come in wide range of sizes, from massive eclipse-causing Motherships to tiny 2-foot drones. Apart from a difference in scale, all Omicronian ships are identical in design.<br />
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The main Omicronian tactic in war is to destroy enemy buildings from above, starting with famous landmarks, and so their ships are armed with 'anti-monument lasers'. The craft are also armed with lasers and torpedoes for use in ship-to-ship combat. <br />
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By coincidence, Omicronian saucers also exactly resemble the (presumably upgraded) [[Hubble Telescope]], which was destroyed after it was mistaken for the Omicronian mothership in the [[First Omicronian Invasion of Earth]].<br />
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The appearance of the Omicronian ships, and their destruction of landmark buildings, parodies the Destroyer saucers that attack [[Earth]] in ''{{w|Independence Day (film)|Independence Day}}''.<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{e|1ACV12}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV15}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV03}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV11}}<br />
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[[Category:Ships]]<br />
[[Category:Technology]]<br />
[[Category:Transportation]]</div>Conradicihttps://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Hovercar&diff=101781Hovercar2011-09-17T11:53:26Z<p>Conradici: Fairly major edit, cleaned up some syntax</p>
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<div>{{item infobox<br />
|name=Hovercar<br />
|image=[[File:Fast car.png|225px]]<br />
|owner=Almost every [[Earthicans|Earthican]]<br>[[DOOP Army]]<br />
|type=Car<br />
|usage=Transportation<br />
|first appear={{e|1}}<br />
}}<br />
'''Hovercars''' are vehicles resembling [[20th century]] cars, but which travel by hovering above the ground. The inventor of the hovercar is unknown, though it is clear that [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth]] was the designer of [[Fast Cars|various models]]. Hovercars are capable of space travel {{et|3ACV02}}, and can attain speeds equal to 99% of the speed of light {{et|4ACV09}}.<br />
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By the [[31st century]], mankind has grown so dependent on hovering that people believe that travel is impossible by any other method. Although hovercars evolved from regular, wheeled cars, wheels have become obsolete by the year [[3000]], and are only occasionally referred to, as weird ''"rubber feet"''. The earliest hovercars seen in the show are from the [[2850s]]. It is entirely possible, however, that they were invented earlier than this {{et|2ACV10}}.<br />
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== Known Brands ==<br />
*[[Beta Romeo]]<br />
*[[Fast Cars|Fast Car]]<br />
*[[Thundercougarfalconbird]]<br />
*[[Underground taxi]]<br />
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== Image gallery ==<br />
<gallery><br />
Erwin Schrödinger 3.png|Front view of a hovercar<br />
Erwin Schrödinger 4.png|Rear view of a hovercar<br />
Hell's Laboratory.jpg|Some hovercars in [[2850s]]<br />
</gallery><br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Appearances ===<br />
(Since hovercars appear in all episodes, only episodes that reveal new information or specifically deal with hovercars should be included.)<br />
*{{e|2ACV07}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV10}}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
*[[Hovercopter]]<br />
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[[Category:Transportation]]</div>Conradicihttps://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Hovercopter&diff=99680Hovercopter2011-08-26T20:46:23Z<p>Conradici: Some cleaning up</p>
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{{item infobox<br />
|name=Hovercopter<br />
|image=[[File:DOOP Heli 1.png|225px]]<br />
|owner=[[Channel √2 News]]<br>[[DOOP Army]]<br>[[President of Earth]]<br />
|type=Copter<br />
|usage=Transportation<br />
|first appear={{e|1}}<br />
}}<br />
'''Hovercopters''' are vehicles resembling helicopters, but which are capable of flight in space as well as a planetary atmosphere. They are closely related to [[hovercar]]s and have evolved from [[20th century|20th]] and [[21st century]] helicopters. Most hovercopters are [[DOOP Hovercopters|military hardware]] owned by the [[DOOP Army]] and are used in various roles including the transportation of soldiers. [[Channel √2 News]] also had a hovercopter reporter until the copter crashed {{et|6ACV04}}. The [[President of Earth]] has an exclusive, white hovercopter {{et|4ACV08}}.<br />
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== Image gallery ==<br />
<gallery><br />
DOOP Heli 2.png|A DOOP Hovercopter<br />
Jim Hovercopter Crash.png|Hovercopter crash<br />
</gallery><br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{e|2ACV17}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV08}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV04}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV16}} (mentioned)<br />
*{{e|6ACV24}}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
*[[Hovercar]]<br />
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[[Category:Transportation]]</div>Conradicihttps://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=DOOP_hovercopters&diff=99677DOOP hovercopters2011-08-26T20:33:20Z<p>Conradici: Fairly major edit, cleaned up some syntax</p>
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<div>{{item infobox<br />
|name=DOOP Hovercopters<br />
|image=[[File:DOOP Heli 1.png|225px]]<br />
|owner=DOOP<br />
|type=[[Hovercopter]]<br />
|first appear={{e|2ACV17}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''DOOP Hovercopters''' are specifically those [[Hovercopters]] owned by the [[DOOP Army]], and like all hovercopters they are able to enter space as well as a planetary atmosphere. There are two types of the DOOP Hovercopter, both resembling 20th and 21st Century [[U.S. Army]] helicopters. The first type are similar to Chinook helicopters and appear to serve a role as gunships, transports, and landing craft. The second have a similar appearance to the Bell 47 (as used in the Korean War). Used for the same actions as the first type, they also function as medical transports.<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
[[File:DOOP Heli 2.png|left|thumb]]<br />
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=== Trivia ===<br />
*In "[[War Is the H-Word]]", hovercopters fly over an army camp which looks identical to the ''{{w|M*A*S*H}}'' camp. The second hovercopter was introduced in this scene and therefore looks like the Bell 47, which was used in the Korean War, and so appears in ''M*A*S*H''.<br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{e|2ACV17}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV08}} - white version of Chinook-like craft, most likely belonging to the [[President of Earth]]<br />
*{{f|2}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV24}} - hundreds of black hovercopters, most likely owned by [[DOOP]], are used to shrinkwrap [[New New York]] in an attempt to enforce a quarantine.<br />
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[[Category:Ships]]<br />
[[Category:Technology]]<br />
[[Category:Transportation]]</div>Conradicihttps://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=War_between_the_Nibblonians_and_the_brain_spawn&diff=99344War between the Nibblonians and the brain spawn2011-08-22T21:11:19Z<p>Conradici: 2 minor edits (activate; from where)</p>
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<div>{{battle infobox<br />
|name=Nibblonian-Brain Spawn War<br />
|image=[[File:Nibblonians eat Brain Spawn.png|225px]]<br />
|date=Beginning milliseconds after the [[Big Bang]], and ending in [[3004]]<br />
|location=Throughout the universe<br />
|result=All Brain Spawn are closed in [[Alternate Universes|a parallel universe]]<br />
|side1=[[Brain Spawn]]<br />
|side2=[[Nibblonians]]<br />
|leaders1=[[Big Brain]]<br />
|leaders2=[[Ken]] & [[Fiona]]<br />
|forces1=Brain Spawn and their [[Mental Realm]]<br />
|forces2=Nibblonians Ships and the [[Quantum Interphase Bomb]]<br />
|casual1=All Brain Spawn trapped in a parallel universe<br />
|casual2=Unknown<br />
|appearance={{e|3ACV07}}<br />
}}<br />
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The '''war between the [[Nibblonians]] and the [[Brain Spawn]]''' was an immense conflict which began milliseconds after the [[Big Bang]] when the Brain Spawn were created. Their only goal was to learn all knowledge of the universe before destroying it, they apparently killed several species, or at least the Dinosaurs. By [[1999]], the Brain Spawn built an immense center of knowledge, the [[Infosphere]]. [[Nibbler]], one of the Nibblonians, asks for a pizza from [[Panucci's Pizza]] as someone called "[[I. C. Wiener]]" so that the only person who can save the universe, [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]], will go to [[Applied Cryogenics]] for a delivery, and so Nibbler can freeze him for one thousand years in the [[Cryogenic Freezing Chamber|freezing chamber]].<br />
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In [[3002]] the Brain Spawn invaded Earth and made every human stupid with the exception of [[Fry]] who stopped the invasion, and the Nibblonians ate the last brains. <br />
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Later, in [[3004]], the Brain Spawn had nearly finished acquiring the knowledge of universe, but [[Nibbler]] sent Fry to activate the [[Quantum Interphase Bomb]] which propels the Infosphere and all Brain Spawn to a [[parallel universe]] from where it's impossible to return to our universe.<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{e|3ACV07}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV10}}<br />
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[[Category:Battles]]</div>Conradicihttps://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Svalbard_Global_Seed_Vault&diff=99122Svalbard Global Seed Vault2011-08-20T12:16:46Z<p>Conradici: /* Production */ vault > vaults</p>
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<div>{{place infobox<br />
|name=Svalbard Global Seed Vault<br />
|image=[[File:Svalbard Global Seed Vault.png|225px]]<br />
|image text=The [[Planet Express crew]] visiting the vault.<br />
|location=[[Norway]], [[Earth]]<br />
|first appear={{e|6ACV13}}<br />
|wikipedia=Svalbard Global Seed Vault<br />
}}<br />
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According to [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]], the '''Svalbard Global Seed Vault''', located on [[Svalbard]] outside of [[Norway]], [[Earth]], and guarded by a [[Norwegian seed guard|Norwegian man]], has preserved seeds of every known plant species, in case of extinction, since [[2008]] ([[The Futurama Holiday Spectacular|6ACV13]]). The [[Planet Express crew]] visited it in order to get [[pine tree]] seeds, which had been contaminated by germs from the nearby [[Germ Warfare Repository]], during [[Xmas 3010]].<br />
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== Production ==<br />
[[File:Svalbard Global Seed Vault main entrance 1.jpg|thumb|left|The {{w|Svalbard Global Seed Vault|actual Global Seed Vault}} in the [[21st century]].]]<br />
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The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is an actual backup seed vault that opened in [[2008]]. It is used as a backup in case other seed vaults are destroyed or contaminated, for example by rise of sea level due to [[global warming]] - Svalbard is relatively safe from this.<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
*The Svalbard Global Seed Vault only appeared in [[The Futurama Holiday Spectacular#Act I: Xmas|a non-canon segment]], so it may not exist in [[Universe Γ|the real universe]].<br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{e|6ACV13}} {{disputed canon}}<br />
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The '''Germ Warfare Repository''' was built in [[Norway]] sometime before 3010. Its main purpose seems to be to collect and preserve viruses and diseases to be used in biological warfare. In a lack of foresight it was built next to the [[Svalbard Global Seed Vault]], leading to viruses travelling from the Repository and contaminating the seeds stored in the vault.<br />
It has only appeared in a non-canon segment of [[The Futurama Holiday Spectacular]], so it might not be real.<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{e|6ACV13}} {{disputed canon}}</div>Conradicihttps://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=M%C3%B6bius_Dick&diff=99120Möbius Dick2011-08-20T12:05:14Z<p>Conradici: </p>
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<div>{{about|the [[episode]]|the [[character]]|Möbius Dick (character)}}<br />
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|name=Möbius Dick<br />
|image=[[File:Möbius Dick infobox.png|225px]]<br />
|image text=[[Turanga Leela|Leela]] stabs [[Möbius Dick (character)|the mysterious four-dimensional space whale]].<br />
|season=6<br />
|broadcast season=8<br />
|no=103<br />
|written by=Dan Vebber<br />
|directed by=Dwayne Carey-Hill<br />
|caption=FEATURING SPARKY, THE INVISIBLE ELF<br />
|first aired=4 August, 2011<br />
|number=6ACV15<br />
|broadcast number=S08E08<br />
|title reference=''{{w|Moby-Dick}}'' and {{w|Möbius strip}}s<br />
|prev ep=The Silence of the Clamps <br />
|next ep=Law and Oracle<br />
|broad prev=All the Presidents' Heads<br />
|broad next=Fry am the Egg Man<br />
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"'''Möbius Dick'''" is the one-hundred-and-third episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', the fifteenth of the [[Season 6|sixth production season]] and the eighth of the [[Broadcast season 8|eighth broadcast season]]. It aired 4 August, 2011 on [[Comedy Central]]. [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] becomes obsessed with hunting down [[Möbius Dick (character)|a mysterious four-dimensional space whale]].<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
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<!--=== Act I: "I remember it like it was interesting." ===<br />
[[File:Möbius Dick 1.png|left|thumb|[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]] in the [[Planet Express conference room]].]]<br />
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=== Act II: "Oh, and there was a giant killer space whale." ===<br />
[[File:Möbius Dick 2.png|left|thumb|[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] in the [[Planet Express ship]].]]<br />
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=== Act III: "Not to mention those single socks from the dryer." ===<br />
[[File:Möbius Dick 3.png|left|thumb|[[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Zoidberg]] in the [[Planet Express laboratory]].]]--><br />
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Farnsworth is mourning the loss of [[First Planet Express crew|his first Planet Express crew]], having it been exactly 50 years since they were lost. To commemorate the anniversary, Farnsworth order the current crew to pick up a memorial and fly it back to Earth. However, on the way back, there is the [[Bermuda Tetrahedron]], which is thought to have killed the lives of many spaceships which have travelled through it. But [[Leela]] insists that they should fly through.<br />
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In the spaceship graveyard inside the Tetrahedron, the crew spots the old [[Planet Express ship 1|Planet Express ship]], where they find the crew to have been gone. However, inside the old ship, the crew is attacked by a [[four-dimensional space whale]] (which Leela refers to as a 'Möbius Dick'), and the flee to their current ship. The whale re-attacks them, eating their cargo and engine, but leaves the ship afloat.<br />
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Leela orders the crew to set the sun-wave sails to replace the spaceship engine. But instead of fleeing the Bermuda Tetrahedron, Leela decides to hunt down the whale. Her obsession with killing it, eventually means the crew is eaten by the whale, wherein the whale consumes her, as it feasts on obsession. But Leela manages to get the whale back to Earth, where she can re-introduce the crew and the first crew to their relatives.<br />
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== Production ==<br />
During June [[2011]], ''[[Countdown to Futurama]]'' released three items of promotional material for the episode: concept art of the [[Planet Express ship]] with sails on 1 June, part of [[Storyboard:Möbius Dick|the storyboard]] showing [[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Zoidberg]] crash in the ship's escape pod on 2 June, and a video clip of the [[Planet Express crew]] hunting [[four-dimensional space whale|the whale]] down on 18 June.<br />
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=== Image gallery ===<br />
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Image:Episode 6ACV14 on episode overview.jpg|The episode overview showing what appears to be a whale.<br />
File:615-Sail-Ship.jpg|Concept art of the Planet Express ship with sails.<br />
File:615-Board A.jpg|Page 121 of the storyboard.<br />
File:Whale.png|A screenshot from the video clip.<br />
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== Reception ==<br />
In the original U.S. broadcast on 4 August, 2011, "Möbius Dick" scored a 0.8 among adults aged 18-49 and 1.459 million viewers, with total viewers down about 34,000 viewers from [[All the Presidents' Heads|the previous week]]. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/08/05/thursday-cable-ratings-jersey-shore-dominates-burn-notice-suits-project-runway-wilfred-futurama-louie-more/99741/|title=Thursday Cable Ratings: 'Jersey Shore' Dominates + 'Burn Notice,' 'Suits,' 'Project Runway,' 'Wilfred,' 'Futurama,' 'Louie' & More|author=Seidman, Robert|date=2011-08-5|publisher=TVbytheNumbers|accessdate=2011-08-6}}</ref><br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
*The episode was for some time thought to be the broadcast season's second episode, but the announcement that "[[Benderama]]" would air on 23 June in its place proved otherwise.<ref name="airdate">{{cite web |url=http://www.gotfuturama.com/Futurama/News/1304464909,59072,/How_many_Benders_is_too_many.html |title=How many Benders is too many? |publisher=[[CGEF]] |author=reed |date=2011-05-03 |accessdate=2011-05-04}}</ref><br />
*This episode is among the ''Futurama'' [[:Category:Media featuring its title|media featuring its title within the story]].<br />
*This is the first episode where [[Dr. John A. Zoidberg]] is addressed informally as "Johnny", which is due to the respect for and liking of him that Professor Farnsworth had at the time.<br />
*Only Hermes' speech is actually reversed while in the fourth dimension. Amy's statement can be interpreted as a series of letters ("G I C C G I") and her "reversed" audio is just her saying the letters in reverse order ("I G C C I G"). Fry's speech is just a palindrome which should sound roughly the same in reverse (it doesn't), but his reversed speech is just the same audio clip with added pre-echo to give the impression that it's being played backwards.<br />
*When Bender is told that the spacebergs are giant diamonds, his pupils momentarily become diamond (lozenge) shaped.<br />
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=== Allusions ===<br />
* The title and the overall plot is a parody of the {{w|Herman Melville}}-penned novel ''{{w|Moby-Dick}}'', which was previously referenced in "[[The Day the Earth Stood Stupid]]". The title is a {{w|portmanteau}} of ''{{w|Moby Dick}}'' and the {{w|Möbius strip}}.<br />
** ''Möbius Dick'' is also well known in the mathematics community as the answer to a pun-based math riddle: ''What's non-orientable and lives in the ocean?''<br />
** ''{{w|Mobius Dick}}'' is the title of a 2000 {{w|science-fiction}} novel by {{w|Andrew Crumey}}.<br />
* The [[Bermuda tetrahedron]] is a reference to the real-life {{w|Bermuda Triangle}}, a region in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean where a number of aircraft and surface vessels allegedly disappeared under mysterious circumstances. It's appearance is an allusion to The Route of Ages, an interdimensional portal from the show Andromeda.<br />
* The members of Professor Farnsworth's first crew are all blatant equivalents to his current crew. [[Lando Tucker]] was not only the crew's captain, but also has the same initials as [[Turanga Leela]] ignoring mutant naming conventions. [[Lifter]] is a robot whose name is its primary function. [[Candy]], while she is female, is a type of comfort food, just as [[Philip J. Fry|French Fries]] are.<br />
* The path Leela charts around the Bermuda Tetrahedon looks similar to the Greek letter {{w|omega}} (Ω), which has many uses in science and mathematics.<br />
* [[Tickle Me Elmo's fire]] parodies {{w|St. Elmo's fire}}, an electrical weather phenomenon<!--NOT THE MOVIE-->, and the {{w|Tickle Me Elmo}} doll based on the ''Sesame Street'' character. As a space phenomena, Tickle Me Elmo's fire is a separate concept from St. Elmo's fire.<br />
* When [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] calls [[Planet Express crew|the crew]] "you space dogs", she is referring both to the expression "you dog", and to the {{w|Soviet space dogs}} of the [[1950s]] and [[1960s]].<br />
* When the crew spots the original Planet Express ship, Amy speculates that it may have been "flavor blasted". This is a reference to {{w|Pepperidge Farm}}, which has a line of "{{w|Goldfish (snack)#Flavor Blasted Varieties|Flavor Blasted}}" Goldfish Snack Crackers.<br />
* When the current crew explores the old ship, multiple allusions are made to the ''{{w|Firefly (TV series)|Firefly}}'' episode "{{w|Bushwhacked (Firefly)|Bushwhacked}}".<br />
* The state of the old Planet Express ship, completely deserted but with food still set at a table, is a reference to the real-life "ghost ship" the ''{{w|Mary Celeste}}''.<br />
* Fry describes their predicament as "like that Bible guy who got swallowed by a whale...Pinocchio!". This refers to both the Biblical figure {{w|Jonah}}, who was swallowed by a beast sometimes described as a whale (Hebrew, dag gadol, great fish), and the Disney version of ''{{w|Pinocchio (1940 film)|Pinocchio}}'', in which the title character is swallowed by the whale Monstro.<br />
* The idea of solar sails was likely inspired by Disney's "{{w|Treasure Planet}}".<br />
* Captain Lando Tucker melded with whale's flesh might be a reference to the second and third films in the ''{{w|Pirates of the Caribbean}}'' series, where several crew members are shown united with the ship ''{{w|Flying Dutchman (Pirates of the Caribbean)|Flying Dutchman}}''.<br />
* While lamenting her daughter Amy, [[Inez Wong]] remarks "My days of joy and luck are over. Guess I gotta quit that club." This is a reference to the {{w|Amy Tan}} novel/film ''{{w|The Joy Luck Club}}'', with the film version starring Inez's voice actress [[Lauren Tom]].<br />
* The [[Fourth Doctor]] from the British television science fiction series ''{{w|Doctor Who}}'' can be seen, amongst others, emerging from the body of the [[four-dimensional space whale]].<br />
* The sequence where the people exit the space whale's mouth is similar to the scene where the abductees leave the alien ship in ''{{w|Close Encounters of the Third Kind}}''. The Professor even says "they haven't aged", a line said by a scientist during that sequence.<br />
**Earlier when the crew discovers the whale's four-dimensional bowels, Amy says the line "Einstein was right", which was also spoken in that scene.<br />
* Leela call Amy ''{{w|Sailor Moon}}'' at one point.<br />
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=== Space ship graveyard ===<br />
A number of spaceships, vehicles, and objects are identifiable in the [[Bermuda Tetrahedron]].<br />
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* {{w|Discovery One}} from ''{{w|2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey}}''<br />
* A black monolith from ''{{w|2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey}}''<br />
* {{w|Oceanic Flight 815}} from ''{{w|Lost (TV series)|Lost}}''<br />
* The {{w|File:ELO-Out of the Blue Lp.jpg|spaceship used on album covers}} for the rock group {{w|Electric Light Orchestra}}<br />
* An [[Omicronians|Omicronian]] mothership or the [[Hubble Telescope]] as seen in "[[When Aliens Attack]]"<br />
* The {{w|Satellite of Love (MST3K)|Satellite of Love}} from ''{{w|Mystery Science Theater 3000}}''<br />
* The spaceship from ''{{w|Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space}}''<br />
* The Jupiter 2 from ''{{w|Lost in Space}}''<br />
* Stereotypical UFO<br />
* {{w|Garmin}} GPS satellite<br />
* {{w|TomTom}} GPS satellite<br />
* [[First Planet Express ship]]<br />
* An {{w|Apollo Command/Service Module}} labelled "{{w|Apollo 100}}"<br />
* An {{w|Apollo Lunar Module}}<br />
* The {{w|File:Generations - Journey.jpg|scarab beetle spaceship}} used on album covers for the band {{w|Journey (band)|Journey}}.<br />
* The {{w|Skylab}} space station<br />
* The guitar spaceship used on album covers for the band {{w|Boston (band)|Boston}}<br />
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=== Continuity ===<br />
* [[Fry]] stated that he knew [[Professor Farnsworth]] had other crews, but not the first one. This is true, Fry was aware of the previous crew that died on duty since "[[Space Pilot 3000]]", as well as [[A Clone of My Own|having met]] [[Captain Musky]] and seeing a [[Old Planet Express ship|previous ship's wreckage]] in the hive of [[Space Bees]].<br />
* [[Turanga Leela|Leela]]'s obsession with killing the whale greatly contradicts the intense pro-animal stance she has in the rest of the series.<br />
* [[Leela's parents]] are shown on the surface without any trouble, confirming their freedom in "[[The Mutants Are Revolting]]".<br />
* [[Turanga Munda]] states "You always think you're gonna disappear in space before your children.", possibly a reference to how the diseased are shot into space as seen in "[[The Sting]]".<br />
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=== Goofs ===<br />
*[[Dr. Zoidberg]] is shown to have been working at Planet Express since at least [[2961]], but it was established in "[[Insane in the Mainframe]]" that he began work in at Planet Express during [[2992]]. This may be the new precedent.<br />
*Zoidberg is drawn with teeth during the Professor's flashback.<br />
**This may be a reference to Zoidberg having teeth in the early episodes. Perhaps he used to have them and lost them due to dental problems?<br />
*During Farnsworth's flashback, before the rocket takes off, a hand with five fingers and nails turns the knobs.<br />
*When the whale is harpooned, the scar-like marking on its eye disappears.<br />
**It also disappears while the whale is pulling the ship.<br />
*When the crew returns from the 4th Dimension, Bender actually falls to the back of the ship first. The order Bender-Amy-Fry-Hermes-Leela-and then Bender again. You can see his hand for a moment behind Amy's, and then it disappears and he falls again moments later.<br />
**Maybe it's a joke?<br />
**To further this goof, when they get up Leela is actually on the top of the crew pile.<br />
*When the whale bites a hole into the planet express ship, Leela should have been blown out into space due to a decompression explosion.<br />
*When the crew is trying to get back to the more modern planet express ship, you will see them moving without the aid of the rope, because they were in space, the swimming action they were using would not work due to the vacuum of space there would be a net movement of zero, because as they pushed their hands to move forward, when they moved them back into their original position to repeat the step the would have simply moved backwards into their original position.<br />
*Before entering the 4th dimension, [[Amy]] is wearing her ion suit, however she is seen wearing her pink track suit while in the 4th dimension and afterwards.<br />
*Before the whale eats the front of the ship, Leela does not have yellow gloves on, however when she jumps out, she suddenly does. She is seen jumping from the ship without gloves to floating in space with them.<br />
*When the whale eats the ship, Leela should have died from the decompression without anything on other than a space helmet.<br />
** Not necessarily, a human body should be able to withstand brief exposure to space. One atmosphere pressure difference and the amount of heat the body radiates in vacuum would not be lethal in the amount of time Leela was exposed. Contrary to popular belief, people do not instantly freeze in space nor do they implode due to the pressure difference.<br />
*Professor Farnsworth complains that the grieving relatives will ask for a refund without the stone monument. The monument is actually made of ivory.<br />
*Kif does not appear at the memorial despite being Amy's [[Fonfon ru]].<br />
** Kif may have been too far away from Earth in the Nibus to get back in time on short notice. Keep in mind that the memorial service was a set date for the first crew and not changed even though the Professor added the current crew to the service. Leela had to go through the Bermuda tetrahedron, not around it, just to try to make it back on time due to the delay of the carvers remaking the monument. Additionally Leela says she had to fly the space whale through space and time in order to arrive at the service on time.<br />
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=== Quotes ===<br />
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<poem>'''[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]''': Okay, which of you space dogs has the guts and know how to harpoon [[four-dimensional space whale|that whale]]?<br />
'''[[Dr. Amy Wong|Amy]]''': I spent a semester in [[Africa]] harpooning [[giraffes]], and giraffes are basically just land space whales.<br />
'''Leela''': Miss Wong, you have the 'poon.</poem><br />
<poem>'''[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]''': Leela, I'm no doctor, but you be exhibiting symptoms of illin'.</poem><br />
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*'''Debut''': [[Amelia Earhart]]<br />
*[[Dr. Amy Wong]]<br />
*[[Bender Bending Rodríguez]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Candy]]<br />
*[[Dwight Conrad]]<br />
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Möbius Dick (character)|Möbius Dick]]<br />
*[[Fourth Doctor]]<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry]]<br />
*[[Hermes Conrad]]<br />
*[[Inez Wong]]<br />
*[[LaBarbara Conrad]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Lando Tucker]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Lando Tucker, Jr.]]<br />
*[[Turanga Leela]]<br />
*[[Leo Wong]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Lifter]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Mrs. Tucker]]<br />
*[[Scruffy]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Sparky]], the invisible elf<br />
*[[Turanga Morris]]<br />
*[[Turanga Munda]]<br />
*[[Dr. John A. Zoidberg]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Charlie]]<br />
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[[Category:Media featuring its title]]</div>Conradicihttps://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Talk:M%C3%B6bius_Dick&diff=99119Talk:Möbius Dick2011-08-20T12:03:42Z<p>Conradici: </p>
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Mobius Dick is also a 2004 novel by Andrew Crumey. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobius_Dick]<br />
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== Ships in the Graveyard ==<br />
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I love the ships in the Graveyard - but can't identify them all. The BEST obscure ship has to be the last one - from "Josie & the Pussycats in Outer Space"! I also recognize the "Jupiter" from "Lost in Space" - what are some of the others?<br />
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There's also the ELO space-ship used in album art of A New World Record, Out of The Blue, Discovery (Disco-Very)<br />
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There was an Oceanic ship.. I believe it to be a reference to LOST series, a series done by ABC Family. I am not sure, though. :3<br />
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== Blonde guy? ==<br />
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Who were all the other people who came out of the 4D bowel at the end? I recognized Dr. Who but not the other two.<br />
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Ok, 2 theories on the blond guy seen in the 4D bowels of the space whale ( --[[User:Malorkus|Malorkus]] 23:21, 7 August 2011 (CEST) ):<br />
:1. He is actor {{w|Sam Rockwell}}, wearing the flight suit from the movie {{w|Moon_(film)|Moon}} and the hairdo from his role as {{w|Zaphod Beeblebrox}} in {{w|The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy_(film)|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy}}.<br />
:2. He is {{w|Richard Branson}}, chairman/founder of {{w|Virgin Galactic}} -- space flight pioneer and presumably gone missing in our near future.<br />
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Also of note, the bowels also seemed to contain 3 Russian Cosmonauts (who later emerge from the whale back at Planet Express) and {{w|Amelia Earhart}} (who we never see later outside of the whale). ( --[[User:Malorkus|Malorkus]] 23:21, 7 August 2011 (CEST) )<br />
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== Allusions ==<br />
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"''Möbius Dick'' is also well known in the mathematics community as the answer to a pun-based math riddle: ''What's non-orientable and lives in the ocean?'' and the title of a 2000 {{w|science-fiction}} novel by {{w|Andrew Crumey}}."<br />
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Because they refer to two separate facts, they should have separate bullet points. Not only that, the puzzle solution and the novel don't even have the same titles. "Möbius Dick" (puzzle, with umlaut) and "Mobius Dick" (novel, without). -- [[User:DeepSpaceHomer|DeepSpaceHomer]] 17:06, 5 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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But they are similar titles, and both bullet points have the same concept, and start out the SAME EXACT WAY. I do not know what your problem is with compound sentences. This is basically what you want<br />
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*I am a bird<br />
*I am a person<br />
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This is what I want<br />
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*I am a bird and a person<br />
Now do you see what I'm trying to do? --[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 17:15, 5 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
:Only one of the above things is "Möbius Dick", the other is not. It's a bit pedantic, yes, but similarity does not equal sameness. Different titles should mean separate facts. -- [[User:DeepSpaceHomer|DeepSpaceHomer]] 17:25, 5 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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So you're separating it all because of an umlaut? No way--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 18:58, 5 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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: Two bullet points make it easier to read than combining them into one. --'''[[User:Svip|Svip]]'''<sup>[[User talk:Svip|talk]]</sup> 19:03, 5 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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Getting to the point is easier to read than unnecessarily expanding the article because of a single umlaut--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 19:10, 5 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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: I am not talking about the umlaut, I am talking about two different allusions might be easier to overlook if they are separated. After all, we are writing a bullet list, not prose. --'''[[User:Svip|Svip]]'''<sup>[[User talk:Svip|talk]]</sup> 19:37, 5 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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Yes you are talking about the umlaut. It's what literally forced you to make them bulleted separately when the points are the exact same idea--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 19:52, 5 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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: Don't go visiting my intentions. I am not talking about the umlaut, I am talking about them being two different works. --'''[[User:Svip|Svip]]'''<sup>[[User talk:Svip|talk]]</sup> 20:05, 5 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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Just because they're different works doesn't mean they get different bullets--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 20:15, 5 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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:The umlaut is only important in the sense that they are different from one another, which is the point I was trying to make originally. They are two separate works, each deserving of it's own line of trivia. -- [[User:DeepSpaceHomer|DeepSpaceHomer]] 20:11, 5 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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I agree with Icy, rhus it's not community consensus, and just because it was 2 to 1 doesn't make it community consensus--[[Special:Contributions/174.255.112.29|174.255.112.29]]<br />
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:They are two different things and I think it should be separated to make it more clear. --[[User:Superbender|Superbender]] 19:11, 7 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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Just because they're different works doesn't mean they get different bullets. They still have the same exact title. Why dont you understand that? A separate bullet causes repetition, something that Icy was trying to prevent. I mean, come on people!--[[Special:Contributions/174.255.112.29|174.255.112.29]]<br />
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: You agree with yourself? How amazing! --'''[[User:Svip|Svip]]'''<sup>[[User talk:Svip|talk]]</sup> 19:21, 7 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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What are you talking about? You still haven't explained anything about how the separate bullets wouldn't be redundant--[[Special:Contributions/174.255.112.29|174.255.112.29]] 19:31, 7 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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: I sure have. But also redundancy is not the issue, it was what looks better and is easier to read. If redundancy makes it better, then I am all in favour of redundancy.<br />
: And also, stop treating me like an idiot, I know you are Icyweaner2999. Your commenting and writing style are so similar and you just seem to be continuing the conversation. You are basically evading a block right now. Which is a clear disrespect of our rules. --'''[[User:Svip|Svip]]'''<sup>[[User talk:Svip|talk]]</sup> 19:34, 7 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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== Joke or Goof? ==<br />
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Not sure if this is an intended joke or goof when the space whale gets harpooned and yanks the ship. Bender is the first person to hit the wall and then disappears behind the other characters piling on the wall. Then Bender hits the last person to pile on the wall.<br />
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== While in the 4th Dimension ==<br />
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The only quote that seems to sound correct backwards is Hermes, while Amy's quote backwards sounds like something possibly being said in Chinese.<br />
:If I get a chance, I can probably record these in Audacity and reverse them to see. --[[User:Buddy13|Buddy]] 07:54, 10 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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== (Trivia) "When Bender is told that the [[spacebergs]] are giant diamonds, his pupils momentarily become diamond (lozenge) shaped." ==<br />
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Icyweaner2999 - sorry, why exactly have you removed this from the article? [[User:Conradici|Conradici]] 14:45, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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Because that's not exactly trivia, nor a goof. It's just a joke scene used for comedy. You only added it for the sake of adding it--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 14:47, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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:Well, I didn't notice Bender's eyes when I watched the episode. There's no harm in this piece of trivia being in the article. -- [[User:DeepSpaceHomer|DeepSpaceHomer]] 15:15, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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::But how is it notable exactly? It was blatant, not trivial--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 15:17, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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:::I'm not rehashing the notability argument. I'll just say that I think it should have remained, and that you should have brought it up in discussion before removing it unilaterally. -- [[User:DeepSpaceHomer|DeepSpaceHomer]] 16:04, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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I didn't think the removal was going to be questioned. Are you saying I have to ask permission every time to edit any page I wish to edit? Besides, Bender's irises can change shape, that's already been established. No reason to make it trivia 7 broadcast seasons in--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 16:07, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
:So it can be put under continuity. It's a relevant fact. And no at no point did I say you need to ask permission before editing. I'm not your boss. But when removing pieces of trivia for reasons like "notability", it's probably better to see what anyone else thinks. -- [[User:DeepSpaceHomer|DeepSpaceHomer]] 16:12, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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So, we can put a page called "Fry's armpit" and you'd consider it notable? Please, the bullet is not notable at all, and if a lack of notability is not a reason to remove a trivia bullet, then let's bring in everything not related to Futurama into this wiki. It's like putting in "Bender used his robotic abilities again in this episode", something unprofessional, unnotable, and frankly, idiotic. Please, think before you run off your big mouth (something you admitted to) to someone who is just trying to keep the wiki clear of nonsense--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 16:16, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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:Wow. You have a temper. I'm not even going to try arguing with insults, so I'll just take my leave to greener pastures. -- [[User:DeepSpaceHomer|DeepSpaceHomer]] 16:23, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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I'm not even angry. I'm just surprised you'd try to provoke me hours after my release.--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 16:27, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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Icy, don't take everything personal. I for one think it ''is'' notable, because it is a fun note that a lot of viewers would miss. Just because someone disagrees with you doesn't mean they "try to provoke" you. - [[User:Aki|aki]]<sup>[[User talk:Aki|talk]]</sup> 16:58, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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First, Conradici said to drop the subject, and second, fun doesn't make it notable. And you're also wrong about DSH. If you actually read his comments, you'd see his language was very provoking.--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 17:00, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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Icyweaner, you need to relax, he wasn't provoking you, he just disagreed with you. Personally, I think that it can stay in the "Trivia" section --[[User:Superbender|Superbender]] 17:04, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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Again, why are none of you giving actual reasons? Vandalism is fun to those who do it, does that mean you keep it? Bender's eyes changing shape is a common occurrence that is not trivia-worthy, it's part of his programming. If it wasn't notable before, what makes it notable now?--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 17:07, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
:I don't recall saying it's never been notable before. Concerning vandalism, it destroys the site and is noteworthy for ''no-one''. This trivia/continuity is fun/interesting for many people, as evident by the opinions expressed in this thread. Third: is this really such a big deal? You're nitpicking. - [[User:Aki|aki]]<sup>[[User talk:Aki|talk]]</sup> 17:17, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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No, I'm not nitpicking. You just contradicted yourself AGAIN. I on the other hand have been explaining how this piece of trivia is unimportant, and none of you have explained how it is important. It's like saying "Fry continues to have red hair". Is that important? No. It's the same situation with Bender's eyes and greed. The eyes becoming diamond-shaped isn't continuity, it's a part of his personality.--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 17:25, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
:On topic: Okay, I'll try to explain more properly. It is continuity in the same way as it is continuity that Bender dances with Amy at the end of 6ACV12 - they have been together before, and so it is a fun note that they still seem to be somewhat close to eachother. It's not necessarily of extreme note, and it is not necessarily meant to be (maybe the writers didn't think about it), but it is an interesting thing to read about the episode.<br />
:Another example is if the Professor talks about his doomsday devices in an episode. This is a big interest of his, having been showcased in multiple episodes, yet it is still fun to note that "The Professor discusses his doomsday devices, that have previously been seen or used in [...]". - [[User:Aki|aki]]<sup>[[User talk:Aki|talk]]</sup> 17:31, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
:Wait, when did I contradict myself? Are you still talking about your personal e-mails to me in which you kept quoting me completely out of context? - [[User:Aki|aki]]<sup>[[User talk:Aki|talk]]</sup> 17:33, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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::What part of "Just because it's fun doesn't make it notable" don't you understand? You're rehashing invalid points. "Fun" and "interesting" in this case are also more subjective than anything. It isn't fun to read unnotable trivia that claims to be interesting without a proper reason--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 17:39, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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:::Because it's not really a reasoning here. We have a very very weak noticeable requirement. It is noticeable enough for our wiki. I find it interesting to note. --'''[[User:Svip|Svip]]'''<sup>[[User talk:Svip|talk]]</sup> 17:43, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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::::Then the notability policy should've been strengthened. The fact that this conversation was supposed to be dropped, as requested by the conversation starter, indicates clear ganging up on another user. All you keep saying is it should be kept without ANY reason. I give reason, and yet I'm being bitten right in my shiny muscular brain. That is very hypocritical--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 17:47, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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:::::No no, you are misinterpreting what we are saying. We just disagree with your reasoning. And I ask you this simple question; does it hurt the article? I don't think so. --'''[[User:Svip|Svip]]'''<sup>[[User talk:Svip|talk]]</sup> 17:51, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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::::''Edit conflict: I wrote the following before Svip's and Icy's new comments. That shouldn't change the points though.''<br />
::::Seeing as you completely ignored my recommendation of indention, I indented your post for you.<br />
::::Ofcourse it is subjective. If we are to be entirely objective, ''Futurama'' as a whole is not relevant enough to garner its own wiki, and we should stick with the poor Wikipedia entries. But we are ''not'' objective. We are ''not'' Wikipedia. We have a completely different view, in which almost anything appearing on the show is notable enough to be mentioned. There are limits, yes, and that is when we bring through a majority vote. So, to settle this once and for all: a vote! I hereby start a vote below, please read the information on it before writing anything there. Any discussion can resume just below '''this''' post, under the heading "(Trivia) "When Bender is told that the [[spacebergs]] are giant diamonds, his pupils momentarily become diamond (lozenge) shaped."", not the heading "Vote". - [[User:Aki|aki]]<sup>[[User talk:Aki|talk]]</sup> 17:53, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
After deleting the entire vote twice in a row ([http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Talk:M%C3%B6bius_Dick&curid=12367&diff=98294&oldid=98291&rcid=99596][http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Talk:M%C3%B6bius_Dick&curid=12367&diff=98297&oldid=98296]), Icy has been banned for one day to cool down. Ofcourse he can still claim his vote after he returns (the vote goes on for two days). If he continues to do such things, longer bans could be placed. - [[User:Aki|aki]]<sup>[[User talk:Aki|talk]]</sup> 18:20, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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=== Vote ===<br />
So it has come to this... a vote. You can under this text write your nick under your opinion. The majority vote will be taken into consideration when editing the article, for the next six months. In six months, the vote can be ignored or reheld. Only non-anonymous users (not IP:s) can vote. Only users that registered before the vote was held (17:45, 9 August 2011 (CEST)) can vote. Votes ignoring this rule will be ignored. Vote by writing "<nowiki>#~~~~</nowiki> under your opinion, and ''nothing else''. Comments on your choice can be written above. - [[User:Aki|aki]]<sup>[[User talk:Aki|talk]]</sup> 17:53, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
:I realized now that I forgot to include a deadline, which there ofcourse has to be preplanned. I hope everyone is alright with 48 hours, to make sure everyone interested can vote. The vote will thus end on 11 August 2011, 17:45 (CEST). - [[User:Aki|aki]]<sup>[[User talk:Aki|talk]]</sup> 18:02, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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'''I agree that the fact that Bender's eyes turn into diamonds can be considered trivia or continuity in the article.'''<br />
#- [[User:Aki|aki]]<sup>[[User talk:Aki|talk]]</sup> 17:53, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
#'''[[User:Svip|Svip]]'''<sup>[[User talk:Svip|talk]]</sup> 17:57, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
#[[User:Superbender|Superbender]] 18:00, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
#[[User:DeepSpaceHomer|DeepSpaceHomer]] 18:01, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
#[[User:Conradici|Conradici]] 18:02, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
#[[User:Buddy13|Buddy]] 03:33, 10 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
#[[User:Polantaris|Polantaris]] 07:11, 10 August 2011 (CEST) - Trivia, not Continuity. It's really just a quirky fact that not everyone would notice. I've seen much more obvious stuff getting added to Trivia sections.<br />
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'''I do not agree that the fact that Bender's eyes turn into diamonds can be considered trivia or continuity in the article.'''<br />
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:Hello all, has this vote carried, then? Can the item be added into the article? [[User:Conradici|Conradici]] 12:38, 20 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
::Yep, shove it in the trivia section. I'd have voted for it if I thought there was a chance we'd have more than one negative vote (evidently that one didn't come up). - [[User:Quolnok|Quolnok]] 14:00, 20 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
:::Great, thank you :) [[User:Conradici|Conradici]] 14:03, 20 August 2011 (CEST)</div>Conradicihttps://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Talk:M%C3%B6bius_Dick&diff=99113Talk:Möbius Dick2011-08-20T10:38:23Z<p>Conradici: </p>
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<div>==Episode Title==<br />
Mobius Dick is also a 2004 novel by Andrew Crumey. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobius_Dick]<br />
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== Ships in the Graveyard ==<br />
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I love the ships in the Graveyard - but can't identify them all. The BEST obscure ship has to be the last one - from "Josie & the Pussycats in Outer Space"! I also recognize the "Jupiter" from "Lost in Space" - what are some of the others?<br />
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There's also the ELO space-ship used in album art of A New World Record, Out of The Blue, Discovery (Disco-Very)<br />
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There was an Oceanic ship.. I believe it to be a reference to LOST series, a series done by ABC Family. I am not sure, though. :3<br />
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== Blonde guy? ==<br />
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Who were all the other people who came out of the 4D bowel at the end? I recognized Dr. Who but not the other two.<br />
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Ok, 2 theories on the blond guy seen in the 4D bowels of the space whale ( --[[User:Malorkus|Malorkus]] 23:21, 7 August 2011 (CEST) ):<br />
:1. He is actor {{w|Sam Rockwell}}, wearing the flight suit from the movie {{w|Moon_(film)|Moon}} and the hairdo from his role as {{w|Zaphod Beeblebrox}} in {{w|The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy_(film)|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy}}.<br />
:2. He is {{w|Richard Branson}}, chairman/founder of {{w|Virgin Galactic}} -- space flight pioneer and presumably gone missing in our near future.<br />
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Also of note, the bowels also seemed to contain 3 Russian Cosmonauts (who later emerge from the whale back at Planet Express) and {{w|Amelia Earhart}} (who we never see later outside of the whale). ( --[[User:Malorkus|Malorkus]] 23:21, 7 August 2011 (CEST) )<br />
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== Allusions ==<br />
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"''Möbius Dick'' is also well known in the mathematics community as the answer to a pun-based math riddle: ''What's non-orientable and lives in the ocean?'' and the title of a 2000 {{w|science-fiction}} novel by {{w|Andrew Crumey}}."<br />
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Because they refer to two separate facts, they should have separate bullet points. Not only that, the puzzle solution and the novel don't even have the same titles. "Möbius Dick" (puzzle, with umlaut) and "Mobius Dick" (novel, without). -- [[User:DeepSpaceHomer|DeepSpaceHomer]] 17:06, 5 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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But they are similar titles, and both bullet points have the same concept, and start out the SAME EXACT WAY. I do not know what your problem is with compound sentences. This is basically what you want<br />
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*I am a bird<br />
*I am a person<br />
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This is what I want<br />
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*I am a bird and a person<br />
Now do you see what I'm trying to do? --[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 17:15, 5 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
:Only one of the above things is "Möbius Dick", the other is not. It's a bit pedantic, yes, but similarity does not equal sameness. Different titles should mean separate facts. -- [[User:DeepSpaceHomer|DeepSpaceHomer]] 17:25, 5 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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So you're separating it all because of an umlaut? No way--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 18:58, 5 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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: Two bullet points make it easier to read than combining them into one. --'''[[User:Svip|Svip]]'''<sup>[[User talk:Svip|talk]]</sup> 19:03, 5 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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Getting to the point is easier to read than unnecessarily expanding the article because of a single umlaut--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 19:10, 5 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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: I am not talking about the umlaut, I am talking about two different allusions might be easier to overlook if they are separated. After all, we are writing a bullet list, not prose. --'''[[User:Svip|Svip]]'''<sup>[[User talk:Svip|talk]]</sup> 19:37, 5 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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Yes you are talking about the umlaut. It's what literally forced you to make them bulleted separately when the points are the exact same idea--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 19:52, 5 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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: Don't go visiting my intentions. I am not talking about the umlaut, I am talking about them being two different works. --'''[[User:Svip|Svip]]'''<sup>[[User talk:Svip|talk]]</sup> 20:05, 5 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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Just because they're different works doesn't mean they get different bullets--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 20:15, 5 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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:The umlaut is only important in the sense that they are different from one another, which is the point I was trying to make originally. They are two separate works, each deserving of it's own line of trivia. -- [[User:DeepSpaceHomer|DeepSpaceHomer]] 20:11, 5 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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I agree with Icy, rhus it's not community consensus, and just because it was 2 to 1 doesn't make it community consensus--[[Special:Contributions/174.255.112.29|174.255.112.29]]<br />
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:They are two different things and I think it should be separated to make it more clear. --[[User:Superbender|Superbender]] 19:11, 7 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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Just because they're different works doesn't mean they get different bullets. They still have the same exact title. Why dont you understand that? A separate bullet causes repetition, something that Icy was trying to prevent. I mean, come on people!--[[Special:Contributions/174.255.112.29|174.255.112.29]]<br />
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: You agree with yourself? How amazing! --'''[[User:Svip|Svip]]'''<sup>[[User talk:Svip|talk]]</sup> 19:21, 7 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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What are you talking about? You still haven't explained anything about how the separate bullets wouldn't be redundant--[[Special:Contributions/174.255.112.29|174.255.112.29]] 19:31, 7 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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: I sure have. But also redundancy is not the issue, it was what looks better and is easier to read. If redundancy makes it better, then I am all in favour of redundancy.<br />
: And also, stop treating me like an idiot, I know you are Icyweaner2999. Your commenting and writing style are so similar and you just seem to be continuing the conversation. You are basically evading a block right now. Which is a clear disrespect of our rules. --'''[[User:Svip|Svip]]'''<sup>[[User talk:Svip|talk]]</sup> 19:34, 7 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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== Joke or Goof? ==<br />
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Not sure if this is an intended joke or goof when the space whale gets harpooned and yanks the ship. Bender is the first person to hit the wall and then disappears behind the other characters piling on the wall. Then Bender hits the last person to pile on the wall.<br />
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== While in the 4th Dimension ==<br />
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The only quote that seems to sound correct backwards is Hermes, while Amy's quote backwards sounds like something possibly being said in Chinese.<br />
:If I get a chance, I can probably record these in Audacity and reverse them to see. --[[User:Buddy13|Buddy]] 07:54, 10 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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== (Trivia) "When Bender is told that the [[spacebergs]] are giant diamonds, his pupils momentarily become diamond (lozenge) shaped." ==<br />
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Icyweaner2999 - sorry, why exactly have you removed this from the article? [[User:Conradici|Conradici]] 14:45, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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Because that's not exactly trivia, nor a goof. It's just a joke scene used for comedy. You only added it for the sake of adding it--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 14:47, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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:Well, I didn't notice Bender's eyes when I watched the episode. There's no harm in this piece of trivia being in the article. -- [[User:DeepSpaceHomer|DeepSpaceHomer]] 15:15, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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::But how is it notable exactly? It was blatant, not trivial--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 15:17, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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:::I'm not rehashing the notability argument. I'll just say that I think it should have remained, and that you should have brought it up in discussion before removing it unilaterally. -- [[User:DeepSpaceHomer|DeepSpaceHomer]] 16:04, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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I didn't think the removal was going to be questioned. Are you saying I have to ask permission every time to edit any page I wish to edit? Besides, Bender's irises can change shape, that's already been established. No reason to make it trivia 7 broadcast seasons in--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 16:07, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
:So it can be put under continuity. It's a relevant fact. And no at no point did I say you need to ask permission before editing. I'm not your boss. But when removing pieces of trivia for reasons like "notability", it's probably better to see what anyone else thinks. -- [[User:DeepSpaceHomer|DeepSpaceHomer]] 16:12, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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So, we can put a page called "Fry's armpit" and you'd consider it notable? Please, the bullet is not notable at all, and if a lack of notability is not a reason to remove a trivia bullet, then let's bring in everything not related to Futurama into this wiki. It's like putting in "Bender used his robotic abilities again in this episode", something unprofessional, unnotable, and frankly, idiotic. Please, think before you run off your big mouth (something you admitted to) to someone who is just trying to keep the wiki clear of nonsense--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 16:16, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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:Wow. You have a temper. I'm not even going to try arguing with insults, so I'll just take my leave to greener pastures. -- [[User:DeepSpaceHomer|DeepSpaceHomer]] 16:23, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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I'm not even angry. I'm just surprised you'd try to provoke me hours after my release.--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 16:27, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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Icy, don't take everything personal. I for one think it ''is'' notable, because it is a fun note that a lot of viewers would miss. Just because someone disagrees with you doesn't mean they "try to provoke" you. - [[User:Aki|aki]]<sup>[[User talk:Aki|talk]]</sup> 16:58, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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First, Conradici said to drop the subject, and second, fun doesn't make it notable. And you're also wrong about DSH. If you actually read his comments, you'd see his language was very provoking.--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 17:00, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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Icyweaner, you need to relax, he wasn't provoking you, he just disagreed with you. Personally, I think that it can stay in the "Trivia" section --[[User:Superbender|Superbender]] 17:04, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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Again, why are none of you giving actual reasons? Vandalism is fun to those who do it, does that mean you keep it? Bender's eyes changing shape is a common occurrence that is not trivia-worthy, it's part of his programming. If it wasn't notable before, what makes it notable now?--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 17:07, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
:I don't recall saying it's never been notable before. Concerning vandalism, it destroys the site and is noteworthy for ''no-one''. This trivia/continuity is fun/interesting for many people, as evident by the opinions expressed in this thread. Third: is this really such a big deal? You're nitpicking. - [[User:Aki|aki]]<sup>[[User talk:Aki|talk]]</sup> 17:17, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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No, I'm not nitpicking. You just contradicted yourself AGAIN. I on the other hand have been explaining how this piece of trivia is unimportant, and none of you have explained how it is important. It's like saying "Fry continues to have red hair". Is that important? No. It's the same situation with Bender's eyes and greed. The eyes becoming diamond-shaped isn't continuity, it's a part of his personality.--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 17:25, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
:On topic: Okay, I'll try to explain more properly. It is continuity in the same way as it is continuity that Bender dances with Amy at the end of 6ACV12 - they have been together before, and so it is a fun note that they still seem to be somewhat close to eachother. It's not necessarily of extreme note, and it is not necessarily meant to be (maybe the writers didn't think about it), but it is an interesting thing to read about the episode.<br />
:Another example is if the Professor talks about his doomsday devices in an episode. This is a big interest of his, having been showcased in multiple episodes, yet it is still fun to note that "The Professor discusses his doomsday devices, that have previously been seen or used in [...]". - [[User:Aki|aki]]<sup>[[User talk:Aki|talk]]</sup> 17:31, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
:Wait, when did I contradict myself? Are you still talking about your personal e-mails to me in which you kept quoting me completely out of context? - [[User:Aki|aki]]<sup>[[User talk:Aki|talk]]</sup> 17:33, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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::What part of "Just because it's fun doesn't make it notable" don't you understand? You're rehashing invalid points. "Fun" and "interesting" in this case are also more subjective than anything. It isn't fun to read unnotable trivia that claims to be interesting without a proper reason--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 17:39, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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:::Because it's not really a reasoning here. We have a very very weak noticeable requirement. It is noticeable enough for our wiki. I find it interesting to note. --'''[[User:Svip|Svip]]'''<sup>[[User talk:Svip|talk]]</sup> 17:43, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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::::Then the notability policy should've been strengthened. The fact that this conversation was supposed to be dropped, as requested by the conversation starter, indicates clear ganging up on another user. All you keep saying is it should be kept without ANY reason. I give reason, and yet I'm being bitten right in my shiny muscular brain. That is very hypocritical--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 17:47, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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:::::No no, you are misinterpreting what we are saying. We just disagree with your reasoning. And I ask you this simple question; does it hurt the article? I don't think so. --'''[[User:Svip|Svip]]'''<sup>[[User talk:Svip|talk]]</sup> 17:51, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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::::''Edit conflict: I wrote the following before Svip's and Icy's new comments. That shouldn't change the points though.''<br />
::::Seeing as you completely ignored my recommendation of indention, I indented your post for you.<br />
::::Ofcourse it is subjective. If we are to be entirely objective, ''Futurama'' as a whole is not relevant enough to garner its own wiki, and we should stick with the poor Wikipedia entries. But we are ''not'' objective. We are ''not'' Wikipedia. We have a completely different view, in which almost anything appearing on the show is notable enough to be mentioned. There are limits, yes, and that is when we bring through a majority vote. So, to settle this once and for all: a vote! I hereby start a vote below, please read the information on it before writing anything there. Any discussion can resume just below '''this''' post, under the heading "(Trivia) "When Bender is told that the [[spacebergs]] are giant diamonds, his pupils momentarily become diamond (lozenge) shaped."", not the heading "Vote". - [[User:Aki|aki]]<sup>[[User talk:Aki|talk]]</sup> 17:53, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
After deleting the entire vote twice in a row ([http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Talk:M%C3%B6bius_Dick&curid=12367&diff=98294&oldid=98291&rcid=99596][http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Talk:M%C3%B6bius_Dick&curid=12367&diff=98297&oldid=98296]), Icy has been banned for one day to cool down. Ofcourse he can still claim his vote after he returns (the vote goes on for two days). If he continues to do such things, longer bans could be placed. - [[User:Aki|aki]]<sup>[[User talk:Aki|talk]]</sup> 18:20, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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=== Vote ===<br />
So it has come to this... a vote. You can under this text write your nick under your opinion. The majority vote will be taken into consideration when editing the article, for the next six months. In six months, the vote can be ignored or reheld. Only non-anonymous users (not IP:s) can vote. Only users that registered before the vote was held (17:45, 9 August 2011 (CEST)) can vote. Votes ignoring this rule will be ignored. Vote by writing "<nowiki>#~~~~</nowiki> under your opinion, and ''nothing else''. Comments on your choice can be written above. - [[User:Aki|aki]]<sup>[[User talk:Aki|talk]]</sup> 17:53, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
:I realized now that I forgot to include a deadline, which there ofcourse has to be preplanned. I hope everyone is alright with 48 hours, to make sure everyone interested can vote. The vote will thus end on 11 August 2011, 17:45 (CEST). - [[User:Aki|aki]]<sup>[[User talk:Aki|talk]]</sup> 18:02, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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'''I agree that the fact that Bender's eyes turn into diamonds can be considered trivia or continuity in the article.'''<br />
#- [[User:Aki|aki]]<sup>[[User talk:Aki|talk]]</sup> 17:53, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
#'''[[User:Svip|Svip]]'''<sup>[[User talk:Svip|talk]]</sup> 17:57, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
#[[User:Superbender|Superbender]] 18:00, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
#[[User:DeepSpaceHomer|DeepSpaceHomer]] 18:01, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
#[[User:Conradici|Conradici]] 18:02, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
#[[User:Buddy13|Buddy]] 03:33, 10 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
#[[User:Polantaris|Polantaris]] 07:11, 10 August 2011 (CEST) - Trivia, not Continuity. It's really just a quirky fact that not everyone would notice. I've seen much more obvious stuff getting added to Trivia sections.<br />
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'''I do not agree that the fact that Bender's eyes turn into diamonds can be considered trivia or continuity in the article.'''<br />
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:Hello all, has this vote carried, then? Can the item be added into the article? [[User:Conradici|Conradici]] 12:38, 20 August 2011 (CEST)</div>Conradicihttps://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Osirians&diff=98691Osirians2011-08-14T16:01:23Z<p>Conradici: (removed 'the')</p>
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<div>{{species infobox<br />
|name=Osirians<br />
|image=[[File:Osirians Ra'an.jpg|225px]]<br />
|image text=A crowd of Osirians<br />
|homeworld=[[Osiris 4]]<br />
|first appear={{e|3ACV17}}<br />
}}<br />
The '''Osirians''' inhabit the planet [[Osiris 4]]. Their culture is based on that of the human Ancient Egyptians, from whom the Osirians learned pyramid-building, burial customs, and space travel. Those native to the planet appear to be either human or of a species based on {{w|Anubis}} and {{w|Thoth}}. Osirian society is made up of High Priests, higher class workers, and slaves. The High Priests and higher classes enjoy a life of luxury while the slaves work day and night.<br />
<br />
Over all Osirians rules the Pharaoh. On a Pharaoh's death he is mummified and buried along with his most prized possessions, as well as bags filled with live cats, which Osirians consider to be sacred. Performers who sing at the burial ceremony are also thrown into the deceased Pharaoh's tomb. A new Pharaoh is chosen by consulting the [[Wall of Prophecy]]. [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] once became a Pharoah after engraving the Wall with an image of himself ([[A Pharaoh to Remember|3ACV17]]).<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Osirians ==<br />
=== Known upper class Osirians ===<br />
*Pharaoh [[Hamenthotep]]<br />
*Pharaoh [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]]<br />
*[[Osirian High Priest|High Priest]]<br />
*[[Osirian Priests|Priests]]<br />
*[[Osirian Guards|Guards]]<br />
<gallery perrow="5"><br />
File:A Pharoh to Remember.png|[[Bender]] as Pharaoh<br />
Image:Osirians Thothan.jpg|Thothan<br />
Image:Osirians Human.jpg|Human<br />
Image:Osirians Annubite.jpg|Annubite<br />
Image:Osiris Slaves.jpg|Bender, [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] and [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] as slaves<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
== Aditional Info ==<br />
=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{e|3ACV17}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Alien species]]<br />
[[Category:Intelligent species]]</div>Conradicihttps://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Osirians&diff=98690Osirians2011-08-14T16:00:16Z<p>Conradici: </p>
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<div>{{species infobox<br />
|name=Osirians<br />
|image=[[File:Osirians Ra'an.jpg|225px]]<br />
|image text=A crowd of Osirians<br />
|homeworld=[[Osiris 4]]<br />
|first appear={{e|3ACV17}}<br />
}}<br />
The '''Osirians''' inhabit the planet [[Osiris 4]]. Their culture is based on that of the human Ancient Egyptians, from whom the Osirians learned pyramid-building, burial customs, and space travel. Those native to the planet appear to be either human or of a species based on {{w|Anubis}} and {{w|Thoth}}. Osirian society is made up of the High Priests, higher class workers, and slaves. The High Priests and higher classes enjoy a life of luxury while the slaves work day and night.<br />
<br />
Over all Osirians rules the Pharaoh. On a Pharaoh's death he is mummified and buried along with his most prized possessions, as well as bags filled with live cats, which Osirians consider to be sacred. Performers who sing at the burial ceremony are also thrown into the deceased Pharaoh's tomb. A new Pharaoh is chosen by consulting the [[Wall of Prophecy]]. [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] once became a Pharoah after engraving the Wall with an image of himself ([[A Pharaoh to Remember|3ACV17]]).<br />
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<br />
<br />
== Osirians ==<br />
=== Known upper class Osirians ===<br />
*Pharaoh [[Hamenthotep]]<br />
*Pharaoh [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]]<br />
*[[Osirian High Priest|High Priest]]<br />
*[[Osirian Priests|Priests]]<br />
*[[Osirian Guards|Guards]]<br />
<gallery perrow="5"><br />
File:A Pharoh to Remember.png|[[Bender]] as Pharaoh<br />
Image:Osirians Thothan.jpg|Thothan<br />
Image:Osirians Human.jpg|Human<br />
Image:Osirians Annubite.jpg|Annubite<br />
Image:Osiris Slaves.jpg|Bender, [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] and [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] as slaves<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
== Aditional Info ==<br />
=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{e|3ACV17}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Alien species]]<br />
[[Category:Intelligent species]]</div>Conradicihttps://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Mr._Peppy&diff=98510Mr. Peppy2011-08-12T11:59:50Z<p>Conradici: </p>
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<div>{{character infobox<br />
|name=Mr. Peppy<br />
|type=s<br />
|image=[[File:mr peppy fry.jpg|265px]]<br />
|image text=Mr. Peppy with Fry at a Dog Park <br />
|gender=Asexual species<br />
|species=[[Bone Vampire]]<br />
|first appear={{e|6ACV22}}<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''Mr. Peppy''' is a [[bone vampire]], who was [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]'s pet for a brief period in [[3011]]. Fry discovered him as a fertile egg at the [[Local Group Farmer's Market]], which he decided to nurse until it hatched. When Mr. Peppy eventually hatched, the crew discovered that it was a bone vampire, an alien known to suck out the bones of creatures, leaving the flesh behind. As it was clear that Mr. Peppy was dangerous and, further, could reproduce asexually, the crew decided it would be best to release the creature back into the wild.<br />
<br />
On his species' planet of origin, the crew discover that the bone vampires have been hunted to extinction by the local farmers whose livestock they have almost wiped out. After an unsuccessful attempt to kill Mr. Peppy, the locals realise that due to their current overpopulation of livestock, Mr. Peppy might instead be useful to them and thus his life is spared.<br />
<br />
== Production ==<br />
<br />
[[File:622-Mr-Peppy.jpg|thumb|left|Concept art of Mr. Peppy.]]<br />
<br />
On 30 May, [[2011]], ''[[Countdown to Futurama]]'' released concept art of the character.<ref name=Countdown/><br />
<br />
== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{e|6ACV22}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Aliens]]<br />
[[Category:Monsters]]</div>Conradicihttps://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Fry_Am_the_Egg_Man&diff=98502Fry Am the Egg Man2011-08-12T11:43:46Z<p>Conradici: fixed a couple of typos</p>
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<div>{{episode infobox<br />
|name=Fry am the Egg Man<br />
|image=[[File:Fry am the Egg Man infobox.png|225px]]<br />
|image text=[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] holds [[Mr. Peppy|the horrific monster]].<br />
|season=6<br />
|broadcast season=8<br />
|no=110<br />
|written by=Michael Rowe<br />
|directed by=Dwayne Carey-Hill<br />
|title reference=The line "I am the egg man" from the song "{{w|I Am the Walrus}}"<br />
|caption=THE ONE BRIGHT SPOT IN YOUR LIFE!<br />
|first aired=11 August, 2011<br />
|number=6ACV22<br />
|broadcast number=S08E09<br />
|prev ep=Yo Leela Leela<br />
|next ep=All the Presidents' Heads<br />
|broad prev=Möbius Dick<br />
|broad next=The Tip of the Zoidberg<br />
|hasstoryboard=yes<br />
}}<br />
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"'''Fry am the Egg Man'''" is the one-hundred-and-tenth episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', the twenty-second of the [[Season 6|sixth production season]] and the ninth of the [[Broadcast season 8|eighth broadcast season]]. It aired 11 August, 2011 on [[Comedy Central]]. [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] nurtures an alien egg that hatches into [[Mr. Peppy|a horrific monster]].<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
<!--=== Act I: "I'll use that free app that tells you what restaurants you're near." ===<br />
[[File:Fry am the Egg Man 1.png|left|thumb|[[Turanga Leela|Leela]] in the [[Planet Express ship]].]]<br />
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=== Act II: "''Dios mío''." ===<br />
[[File:Fry am the Egg Man 2.png|left|thumb|[[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Zoidberg]] in the [[Planet Express conference room]].]]<br />
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=== Act III: "I left a trail of bread crumbs." ===<br />
[[File:Fry am the Egg Man 3.png|left|thumb|[[Dr. Amy Wong|Amy]] on Doohan 6.]]--><br />
{{plot-update}}<br />
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== Production ==<br />
During May and June [[2011]], ''[[Countdown to Futurama]]'' released three items of promotional material for the episode: concept art of a new [[character]], [[Mr. Peppy]], on 30 May, part of [[Storyboard:Fry am the Egg Man|the storyboard]] showing [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] and Fry at the drive-thru on 31 May, and a video clip featuring Bender and Mr. Peppy playing fetch on 19 June.<br />
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=== Image gallery ===<br />
<gallery><br />
File:622-Mr-Peppy.jpg|Concept art of Mr. Peppy.<br />
File:622-Board A.jpg|Page 76 of the storyboard.<br />
File:Get the ball.png|A screenshot from the video clip.<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
== Additional Info ==<br />
<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
*This is one of four episodes of broadcast season 8 to be broadcast in production order. The other three are "[[Cold Warriors]]", "[[Overclockwise]]" and "[[Reincarnation]]".<br />
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=== Allusions ===<br />
*The title is a play on the lyric "I am the egg man" from {{w|The Beatles}}' song "{{w|I Am the Walrus}}".<br />
*The "[[Local Group Farmer's Market]]" refers to the {{w|Local Group|the group of galaxies}} that includes the [[Milky Way]].<br />
*When [[Fry]] says to [[Dr. Zoidberg]] "Leggo me eggo you crab-o," this is a parody of the famous Eggo Waffles commercial slogan.<br />
*The planet Doohan 6 and its Scottish-like inhabitants are a reference to {{w|James Doohan|James 'Scotty' Doohan}} of {{w|Star Trek}} fame.<br />
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=== Continuity ===<br />
*[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] watches ''[[All My Circuits]]'', a [[TV]] program that has appeared several times before.<br />
*[[Fishy Joe's]] makes its first appearance since "[[The Problem with Popplers]]".<br />
*Despite the fact that [[Fishy Joe's]] sold popplers (Omicronian young) as food in "[[The Problem with Popplers]]", [[Lrrr]] is still eating at Fishy Joe's.<br />
*The Amazonian women reappear at the Local Group Farmer's Market selling "Aunt Snu-Snu's Maple Syrup". The term "snu-snu" on [[Amazonia]] means "sex" as established in "[[Amazon Women in the Mood]]".<br />
**Also, [[Fry]] is once again aroused by the presence of the Amazonian women.<br />
*Zuban Cigars are re-established as fine smokables since "[[Three Hundred Big Boys]]"<br />
<br />
=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Fry''': You can't sit on something for a week without falling in love with it.</poem><br />
}}<br />
<br />
=== Characters ===<br />
{{chars-begin}}<br />
*[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]]<br />
*[[Boxy Robot (All My Circuits)|Boxy Robot]]<br />
*[[Calculon (All My Circuits)|Calculon]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Mr. Peppy]]<br />
*[[Fishy Joe]]<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]<br />
*[[Lrrr]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Angus McZongo]]<br />
*[[Monique (All My Circuits)|Monique]]<br />
*[[Ornik]]<br />
*[[Thog]]<br />
*'''Debut''': The [[smart-ass teen]]<br />
{{chars-end}}<br />
<br />
== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
<br />
{{navigation bottom<br />
|prev ep=Yo Leela Leela<br />
|next ep=All the Presidents' Heads<br />
|broad prev=Möbius Dick<br />
|broad next=The Tip of the Zoidberg<br />
}}</div>Conradicihttps://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Jrrr&diff=98437Jrrr2011-08-11T21:19:54Z<p>Conradici: Fixed typo</p>
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<div>{{update}}<br />
{{character infobox<br />
|name=Jrrr<br />
|type=t<br />
|image=[[File:Jurr.jpg|225px]]<br />
|first appear={{e|2ACV15}}<br />
|voiced by=Lauren Tom<br />
|gender=Probably Male<br />
|species=[[Omicronians|Omicronian]]<br />
|origin=[[Omicron Persei 8]]<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''Jrrr''' is a baby [[Omicronians|Omicronian]] who was an essential participant in the [[Second Omicronian Invasion of Earth]]. He was discovered by [[Turanga Leela]] in a box of week-old [[Popplers]]. When he first spoke, Leela found out Popplers were actually an intelligent species and so she tried to save his brothers' and sisters' lives. In return, he saved her from being eaten by [[Lrrr]].<br />
<br />
== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia === <br />
*His name is a pun on his ruler's name, Lrrr, and Junior, abbreviated as Jr.<br />
*He is one among few ''Futurama'' [[:Category:Male characters voiced by a woman|male characters to be voiced by a woman]].<br />
*He has darker horns similar to those of his ruler Lrrr, indicating he is royalty or related to Lrrr.<br />
<br />
=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Jrrr''': I am Jrrr, from the planet [[Omicron Persei 8]]! Could someone lower this thing for me?</poem><br />
<poem>'''Jrrr''': When my species grows up, we eat our moms.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Jrrr''': There are many reasons to eat: hunger, boredom, wanting to be the world's fattest man... but not revenge.</poem><br />
}}<br />
<br />
=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{e|2ACV15}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Male characters voiced by a woman]]</div>Conradicihttps://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=IObey&diff=98435IObey2011-08-11T20:53:02Z<p>Conradici: therefore>thereby</p>
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<div>{{item infobox<br />
|name=iObey<br />
|image=[[File:iObey.jpg|225px]]<br />
|type=Software<br />
|inventor=Unknown, but possibly the [[Scammer Aliens|scammers]]<br />
|first appear={{f|1}}<br />
}}{{lowercase}}<br />
'''iObey''' is a virus that can be sent to [[robots]] via email, and once it is downloaded, the robot is forced to obey the every demand of the sender of the email. The [[Scammer Aliens|Alien Scammers]] sent the virus to [[Bender]] (disguised as an Email entitled ''Get Rich watching Porn''), thereby making him their personal slave. When a robot downloads the virus, his/her pupils become pixelized red swirls. The victim also seems to be fully aware of the fact that he/she is being controlled.<br />
<br />
It is possible that this program is entirely legal. <br />
<br />
== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
*Can be controlled by voice, or remote control.<br />
<br />
=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{f|1}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Black market products]]<br />
[[Category:Products]]<br />
[[Category:Technology]]</div>Conradicihttps://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Omicronians&diff=98354Omicronians2011-08-10T20:03:06Z<p>Conradici: (fairly major edit, cleaned up some sentences etc)</p>
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<div>{{species infobox<br />
|name = Omicronians<br />
|image = [[File:Lrr.jpg|225px]]<br />
|image text = [[Lrrr]], Omicronian ruler<br />
|first appear = {{e|1ACV12}}<br />
|homeworld = [[Omicron Persei 8]]<br />
}}<br />
The '''Omicronians''' are a violent, agressive race that is 14 billion years old. They are residents of [[Omicron Persei 8]] and possibly other planets in [[Omicron Persei System|that system]].<br />
<br />
== Culture ==<br />
The Omicronians are fans of [[20th century]] [[television]], particurlarly the programming of the [[Fox Network (in-universe)|FOX Network]]. They watch these programs "live" in the year [[3000]], since radio waves from [[Earth]] take one thousand years to reach [[Omicron Persei 8]] {{et|1ACV12}}. Their technology is more advanced than that of the human race, as evidenced by their [[Omicronian Saucers|battle ships]], and they know the secret of immortality (1ACV12). The Omicronian war machine is one of the chief threats to the [[Democratic Order of Planets|DOOP]], and the Omicronians have been known to react disproportionately to even the slightest disturbance or irritation. They [[First Omicronian Invasion of Earth|first invaded Earth]] when [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] accidentally knocked FOX off air resulting in the Omicronians being unable to watch the finale of [[Single Female Lawyer]]. Since then, there have been two further invasions of Earth: the [[Second Omicronian Invasion of Earth|second invasion]] occurred when Humans began - originally unwittingly - eating [[Popplers|the Omicronian young]]; though the [[Third Omicronian Invasion of Earth|third invasion]] was actually a fake.<br />
<br />
== Biology ==<br />
[[File:Omicronian Larva.jpg|right|thumb|A larval Omicronian, a "[[poppler]]", in their conscious stage {{et|2ACV15}}.]]<br />
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Omicronians stand around eight feet tall, and have reptilian characteristics. Their skin can have various colours, ranging from a greenish-yellow to dark brown. Their eyes are yellow with oval pupils. They eat in great quantities, and are not particularly picky eaters, having been known to swallow [[humans]] and [[orangutangs]] whole. Aside from their larger size and strength, their only super-human ability seems to be their capacity to swallow very large objects (such as people) in a similar manner to the [[Nibblonian]]s. However, the Omicronians' swallowing capacity is arguably inferior as the Nibblonians are much smaller.<br />
<br />
The males' horns, coloured white or brownish, would appear to act as their reproductive organs, and large horns signify a powerful male {{et|6ACV11}}. [[Lrrr]] being the only Omicronian seen with dark horns might suggest that dark horns represent royalty, but it is not known if this is biological or cultural (Lrrr's horns could have been darkened artificially).<br />
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Omicronians can apparently experience the effects of narcotics in the same way as humans, as evidenced when Lrrr eats [[Free Waterfall, Jr.|a hippie]] and undergoes a psychedelic trip {{et|2ACV15}}.<br />
<br />
=== Reproduction ===<br />
<br />
Omicronians begin their lives in an immature, larval state, which are placed in large pits by the billions on nursery planets. In this state, they resemble fried shrimp and are reportedly delicious: they became extremely popular when sold under the brand name ''[[Popplers]]'', distributed by the fast food franchise [[Fishy Joe's]] {{et|2ACV15}}. As they mature they exhibit a rapid development of sentience: it would appear that young Omicronians instinctively know how to speak once they have reached a certain stage. It seems unlikely that the parents are actively involved in their upbringing, but this is only speculation; there is however evidence to suggest the younger generation consumes the previous one: a [[Jrrr|young Omicronian]] informs [[Turanga Leela|Leela]], "When my species grows up, we eat our mums". <br />
<br />
The act of reproduction for this species may be hazardous to any life-forms within a "safe, 500 meter radius" {{et|4ACV17}}, and the female's organs must first move into position before commencing intercourse {{et|6ACV11}}.<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
{{stub}}<br />
<br />
== Characters ==<br />
*[[Lrrr]], Ruler of Omicron Persei 8<br />
*[[Ndnd]], wife of Lrrr<br />
*[[Jrrr]], a baby poppler that Leela saved from being eaten.<br />
*[[Lrrr's father]]<br />
<br />
== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
*Their names are also the only words in ''[[Futurama]]'' to be spelled with no vowels.<br />
*Some Omicronians share the wide-spread belief among [[Alien]] races that [[Human Horn]] is a strong aphrodisiac {{et|4ACV17}}.<br />
<br />
=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Lrrr''': People of Earth, I am Lrrr of the planet Omicron Persei 8. ''[He hears feedback behind him.]'' Turn down that TV, Ndnd.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Jrrr''': There are many good reasons to eat: Hunger, boredom, wanting to be the world's fattest man. But not revenge.</poem><br />
}}<br />
<br />
=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{e|1ACV12}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV15}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV18}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV03}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV17}}<br />
*{{f|1}} ([[Turanga-Fillmore wedding|cameo]])<br />
*{{f|2}}<br />
*{{f|3}}<br />
*{{f|4}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV11}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV12}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Alien species]]<br />
[[Category:Intelligent species]]</div>Conradicihttps://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Tarantulon_6&diff=98328Tarantulon 62011-08-09T19:23:48Z<p>Conradici: </p>
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<div>{{place infobox<br />
|name=Tarantulon 6<br />
|image=[[File:Tarantulon 6.jpg|225px]]<br />
|first appear={{e|4ACV16}}<br />
|inhabited by=[[Spiderians]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Tarantulon 6''' is a planet inhabited by the [[Spiderians]]. The planet was [[The Battle of Tarantulon 6|once at war]] with [[Earth]] and the [[DOOP Army]] (for unknown reasons). The Spiderians lost the war and the planet's considerable resources of jewels, often found woven in with Spiderian silk, were plundered by the conquering Earthican army. <br />
<br />
== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{e|4ACV16}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Places]]<br />
[[Category:Planets]]</div>Conradicihttps://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Spiderians&diff=98327Spiderians2011-08-09T19:21:39Z<p>Conradici: /* Trivia */</p>
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<div>{{species infobox<br />
|name=Spiderians<br />
|image=[[File:Spiderians.png|225px]]<br />
|homeworld=[[Tarantulon 6]]<br />
|first appear={{e|4ACV16}}<br />
}}<br />
'''Spiderians''' are a species of sentient spiders native to [[Tarantulon 6]]. A newscast at the beginning of "[[Three Hundred Big Boys]]" tells of their defeat by [[Zapp Brannigan]] and the [[Earth]] army. As a result, their vast silk resources are plundered by Earth, and every citizen receives a $300 tax rebate.<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
*The spiderians seem to have 3 types of resources: silk murals (one of which was priced at $1 billion), elaborate webs with jewels woven into them, and fancy gowns with eight arms.<br />
*According to [[Dr. Ben Beeler]], the spiderians are more closely related to Earth elephants than Earth spiders.<br />
*According to Zapp Brannigan, they taste like king crab.<br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{e|4ACV16}}<br />
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=== Gallery ===<br />
<gallery><br />
File:SpiderianGown.png|A spiderian creation tentatively called "Royal Pajamas" by Earthicans.<br />
File:SpiderianMural.png|One of many elaborate silk murals priced at $1 billion.<br />
File:SpiderianCobwebs.png|An intricate spiderian web with jewels woven into it.<br />
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[[Category:Alien species]]<br />
[[Category:Intelligent species]]</div>Conradicihttps://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Spiderians&diff=98325Spiderians2011-08-09T19:04:37Z<p>Conradici: /* Trivia */</p>
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<div>{{species infobox<br />
|name=Spiderians<br />
|image=[[File:Spiderians.png|225px]]<br />
|homeworld=[[Tarantulon 6]]<br />
|first appear={{e|4ACV16}}<br />
}}<br />
'''Spiderians''' are a species of sentient spiders native to [[Tarantulon 6]]. A newscast at the beginning of "[[Three Hundred Big Boys]]" tells of their defeat by [[Zapp Brannigan]] and the [[Earth]] army. As a result, their vast silk resources are plundered by Earth, and every citizen receives a $300 tax rebate.<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
*The spiderians seem to have 3 types of resources: silk murals (one of which was priced at $1 billion), elaborate webs with jewels woven into them, and fancy gowns with eight arms.<br />
*According to [[Dr. Ben Beeler]], the spiderians are more closely related to Earth elephants than Earth spiders.<br />
*According to Zapp Brannigan, they taste "like king crab".<br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{e|4ACV16}}<br />
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=== Gallery ===<br />
<gallery><br />
File:SpiderianGown.png|A spiderian creation tentatively called "Royal Pajamas" by Earthicans.<br />
File:SpiderianMural.png|One of many elaborate silk murals priced at $1 billion.<br />
File:SpiderianCobwebs.png|An intricate spiderian web with jewels woven into it.<br />
</gallery><br />
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[[Category:Alien species]]<br />
[[Category:Intelligent species]]</div>Conradicihttps://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Battle_of_Tarantulon_6&diff=98324Battle of Tarantulon 62011-08-09T18:52:55Z<p>Conradici: </p>
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<div>{{battle infobox<br />
|name=Battle of Tarantulon 6<br />
|image=[[File:Tarantulon 6.jpg|225px]]<br />
|date=[[Timeline of Futurama|3004]]<br />
|location=[[Tarantulon 6]]<br />
|result=Victory to the [[DOOP Army]]<br />
|side1=[[DOOP Army]]|side2=[[Spiderians]]<br />
|leaders1=[[Zapp Brannigan]]|leaders2=Unknown<br />
|forces1=DOOP Soldiers<br />Hover Jeeps|forces2=Spiderians<br />
|casual1=Unknown|casual2=Spiderians<br />
|appearance={{e|4ACV16}}<br />
}}<br />
In 3004 [[Earth]] sent the [[DOOP Army]], led by [[Zapp Brannigan]], to invade [[Tarantulon 6]]. The Earth forces won the war and conquered the defending [[Spiderians|Spiderian]] army. Part of the battle is recorded in a tapestry woven by the Spiderians even as they were being defeated. <br />
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One trillion dollars worth of treasure, including jewels and Spiderian silk, was plundered from the planet, resulting in a subsequent tax refund of three hundred dollars to each [[Earthicans|Earthican]].<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{e|4ACV16}}</div>Conradicihttps://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Tarantulon_6&diff=98321Tarantulon 62011-08-09T18:16:13Z<p>Conradici: </p>
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<div>{{place infobox<br />
|name=Tarantulon 6<br />
|image=[[File:Tarantulon 6.jpg|225px]]<br />
|first appear={{e|4ACV16}}<br />
|inhabited by=[[Spiderians]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Tarantulon 6''' is a planet inhabited by the [[Spiderians]]. The planet was [[The Battle of Tarantulon 6|once at war]] with [[Earth]] and the [[DOOP Army]] (for unknown reasons). The Spiderians lost the war and the planet's considerable resources of jewels, often founded woven in with Spiderian silk, were plundered by the conquering Earthican army. <br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{e|4ACV16}}<br />
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[[Category:Places]]<br />
[[Category:Planets]]</div>Conradicihttps://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Brain_Balls&diff=98316Brain Balls2011-08-09T17:56:23Z<p>Conradici: </p>
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<div>{{character infobox<br />
|type=t<br />
|name=Brain Balls<br />
|image=[[File:Brain Ball.jpg|225px]]<br />
|species=[[Spheroids]]<br />
|origin=[[Spheron 1]]<br />
|first appear={{e|2ACV17}}<br />
}}<br />
The '''Brain Balls''' are the leaders of the [[Spheroids]], and the former rulers of [[Spheron 1]]. <br />
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== History ==<br />
Not much is known about the political affairs of the Brain Balls, but their last act on Spheron 1 was to enter into negotiations with [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] and [[Henry Kissinger]] in an attempt to end [[The Battle of Spheron 1|their war]] with [[Earth]]. However, when a scheme devised by [[Zapp Brannigan]] and [[Richard Nixon's head|Richard Nixon]] gave Bender the ability to blow up the planet by saying the word "ass", Earth held the trump card, and the Brain Balls were forced to surrender their homeworld.<br />
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Before entering into negotiations, Zapp Brannigan noted that "they've got a lot of brains, and they've got a lot of ''chutzpah''!"<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
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=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Brain Ball #2''': The Elders tell of a young ball much like you. He bounced three metres in the air. Then he bounced 1.8 metres in the air. Then he bounced four metres in the air. Do I make myself clear?<br />
'''Kissenger''': Mr. Ambassador, our people tell the same story. Oy.</poem><br />
}}<br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{e|2ACV17}}<br />
*{{f|4}} ([[Audience scene|cameo]])</div>Conradicihttps://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Spheron_1&diff=98314Spheron 12011-08-09T17:39:27Z<p>Conradici: </p>
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<div>{{place infobox<br />
|name=Spheron 1<br />
|image=[[File:Spheron 1.jpg|225px]]<br />
|inhabited by=[[Spheroids]]<br />
|status=Domain to Earth<br />
|first appear={{e|2ACV17}}<br />
}}<br />
'''Spheron 1''' is a planet "with absolutely no resources or strategic value" (according to [[Zapp Brannigan]]). The surface doesn't have much plantlife, and is mainly made up of sand. Its apparent sole inhabitants are the [[Spheroids]], with whom [[Earth]] was once [[The Battle of Spheron 1|at war]]. [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] and [[Henry Kissinger's head|Henry Kissinger]] went to make peace with the [[Brainballs|planetary leaders]] only to find [[Richard Nixon's head|Nixon]] and Zapp Brannigan had hidden a bomb inside Bender, set to detonate when he says the word "ass". The planet eventually surrendered to Earth.<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{e|2ACV17}}<br />
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[[Category:Places]]<br />
[[Category:Planets]]</div>Conradicihttps://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Spheroids&diff=98312Spheroids2011-08-09T17:35:31Z<p>Conradici: </p>
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<div>{{species infobox<br />
|name=Spheroids<br />
|image=[[File:Spheriods.png|225px]]<br />
|homeworld=[[Spheron 1]] (former)<br />
|first appear={{e|2ACV17}}<br />
}}<br />
The '''Spheroids''' is a species of sphere like shape. Their history and language remain unknown to [[humans]]. Despite the fact that their homeworld, [[Spheron 1]], is of no military strategic value, [[Earth]] [[The Battle of Spheron 1|invaded them anyway]]. The Spheroids are ruled by the [[Brain Balls]], who are the only known members of their species shown with the ability to communicate.<br />
As a consequence of the war with Earth, the Spheroids lost their homeworld, and had to move off world to places unknown. A sighting of them in ''[[Into the Wild Green Yonder]]'' confirms that they are not extinct.<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
[[File:Bomb Ball.jpg|thumbnail|left|Bomb spheroid]]<br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{e|2ACV17}}<br />
*{{f|4}}<br />
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[[Category:Alien species]]<br />
[[Category:Intelligent species]]</div>Conradicihttps://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Talk:M%C3%B6bius_Dick&diff=98290Talk:Möbius Dick2011-08-09T16:02:52Z<p>Conradici: /* (Trivia) "When Bender is told that the spacebergs are giant diamonds, his pupils momentarily become diamond (lozenge) shaped." */</p>
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<div>==Episode Title==<br />
Mobius Dick is also a 2004 novel by Andrew Crumey. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobius_Dick]<br />
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== Ships in the Graveyard ==<br />
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I love the ships in the Graveyard - but can't identify them all. The BEST obscure ship has to be the last one - from "Josie & the Pussycats in Outer Space"! I also recognize the "Jupiter" from "Lost in Space" - what are some of the others?<br />
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There's also the ELO space-ship used in album art of A New World Record, Out of The Blue, Discovery (Disco-Very)<br />
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There was an Oceanic ship.. I believe it to be a reference to LOST series, a series done by ABC Family. I am not sure, though. :3<br />
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== Blonde guy? ==<br />
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Who were all the other people who came out of the 4D bowel at the end? I recognized Dr. Who but not the other two.<br />
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Ok, 2 theories on the blond guy seen in the 4D bowels of the space whale ( --[[User:Malorkus|Malorkus]] 23:21, 7 August 2011 (CEST) ):<br />
:1. He is actor {{w|Sam Rockwell}}, wearing the flight suit from the movie {{w|Moon_(film)|Moon}} and the hairdo from his role as {{w|Zaphod Beeblebrox}} in {{w|The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy_(film)|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy}}.<br />
:2. He is {{w|Richard Branson}}, chairman/founder of {{w|Virgin Galactic}} -- space flight pioneer and presumably gone missing in our near future.<br />
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Also of note, the bowels also seemed to contain 3 Russian Cosmonauts (who later emerge from the whale back at Planet Express) and {{w|Amelia Earhart}} (who we never see later outside of the whale). ( --[[User:Malorkus|Malorkus]] 23:21, 7 August 2011 (CEST) )<br />
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== Allusions ==<br />
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"''Möbius Dick'' is also well known in the mathematics community as the answer to a pun-based math riddle: ''What's non-orientable and lives in the ocean?'' and the title of a 2000 {{w|science-fiction}} novel by {{w|Andrew Crumey}}."<br />
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Because they refer to two separate facts, they should have separate bullet points. Not only that, the puzzle solution and the novel don't even have the same titles. "Möbius Dick" (puzzle, with umlaut) and "Mobius Dick" (novel, without). -- [[User:DeepSpaceHomer|DeepSpaceHomer]] 17:06, 5 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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But they are similar titles, and both bullet points have the same concept, and start out the SAME EXACT WAY. I do not know what your problem is with compound sentences. This is basically what you want<br />
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*I am a bird<br />
*I am a person<br />
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This is what I want<br />
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*I am a bird and a person<br />
Now do you see what I'm trying to do? --[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 17:15, 5 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
:Only one of the above things is "Möbius Dick", the other is not. It's a bit pedantic, yes, but similarity does not equal sameness. Different titles should mean separate facts. -- [[User:DeepSpaceHomer|DeepSpaceHomer]] 17:25, 5 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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So you're separating it all because of an umlaut? No way--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 18:58, 5 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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: Two bullet points make it easier to read than combining them into one. --'''[[User:Svip|Svip]]'''<sup>[[User talk:Svip|talk]]</sup> 19:03, 5 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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Getting to the point is easier to read than unnecessarily expanding the article because of a single umlaut--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 19:10, 5 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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: I am not talking about the umlaut, I am talking about two different allusions might be easier to overlook if they are separated. After all, we are writing a bullet list, not prose. --'''[[User:Svip|Svip]]'''<sup>[[User talk:Svip|talk]]</sup> 19:37, 5 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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Yes you are talking about the umlaut. It's what literally forced you to make them bulleted separately when the points are the exact same idea--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 19:52, 5 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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: Don't go visiting my intentions. I am not talking about the umlaut, I am talking about them being two different works. --'''[[User:Svip|Svip]]'''<sup>[[User talk:Svip|talk]]</sup> 20:05, 5 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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Just because they're different works doesn't mean they get different bullets--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 20:15, 5 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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:The umlaut is only important in the sense that they are different from one another, which is the point I was trying to make originally. They are two separate works, each deserving of it's own line of trivia. -- [[User:DeepSpaceHomer|DeepSpaceHomer]] 20:11, 5 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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I agree with Icy, rhus it's not community consensus, and just because it was 2 to 1 doesn't make it community consensus--[[Special:Contributions/174.255.112.29|174.255.112.29]]<br />
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:They are two different things and I think it should be separated to make it more clear. --[[User:Superbender|Superbender]] 19:11, 7 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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Just because they're different works doesn't mean they get different bullets. They still have the same exact title. Why dont you understand that? A separate bullet causes repetition, something that Icy was trying to prevent. I mean, come on people!--[[Special:Contributions/174.255.112.29|174.255.112.29]]<br />
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: You agree with yourself? How amazing! --'''[[User:Svip|Svip]]'''<sup>[[User talk:Svip|talk]]</sup> 19:21, 7 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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What are you talking about? You still haven't explained anything about how the separate bullets wouldn't be redundant--[[Special:Contributions/174.255.112.29|174.255.112.29]] 19:31, 7 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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: I sure have. But also redundancy is not the issue, it was what looks better and is easier to read. If redundancy makes it better, then I am all in favour of redundancy.<br />
: And also, stop treating me like an idiot, I know you are Icyweaner2999. Your commenting and writing style are so similar and you just seem to be continuing the conversation. You are basically evading a block right now. Which is a clear disrespect of our rules. --'''[[User:Svip|Svip]]'''<sup>[[User talk:Svip|talk]]</sup> 19:34, 7 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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== Joke or Goof? ==<br />
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Not sure if this is an intended joke or goof when the space whale gets harpooned and yanks the ship. Bender is the first person to hit the wall and then disappears behind the other characters piling on the wall. Then Bender hits the last person to pile on the wall.<br />
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== While in the 4th Dimension ==<br />
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The only quote that seems to sound correct backwards is Hermes, while Amy's quote backwards sounds like something possibly being said in Chinese.<br />
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== (Trivia) "When Bender is told that the [[spacebergs]] are giant diamonds, his pupils momentarily become diamond (lozenge) shaped." ==<br />
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Icyweaner2999 - sorry, why exactly have you removed this from the article? [[User:Conradici|Conradici]] 14:45, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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Because that's not exactly trivia, nor a goof. It's just a joke scene used for comedy. You only added it for the sake of adding it--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 14:47, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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:Well, I didn't notice Bender's eyes when I watched the episode. There's no harm in this piece of trivia being in the article. -- [[User:DeepSpaceHomer|DeepSpaceHomer]] 15:15, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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::But how is it notable exactly? It was blatant, not trivial--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 15:17, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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:::I'm not rehashing the notability argument. I'll just say that I think it should have remained, and that you should have brought it up in discussion before removing it unilaterally. -- [[User:DeepSpaceHomer|DeepSpaceHomer]] 16:04, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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I didn't think the removal was going to be questioned. Are you saying I have to ask permission every time to edit any page I wish to edit? Besides, Bender's irises can change shape, that's already been established. No reason to make it trivia 7 broadcast seasons in--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 16:07, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
:So it can be put under continuity. It's a relevant fact. And no at no point did I say you need to ask permission before editing. I'm not your boss. But when removing pieces of trivia for reasons like "notability", it's probably better to see what anyone else thinks. -- [[User:DeepSpaceHomer|DeepSpaceHomer]] 16:12, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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So, we can put a page called "Fry's armpit" and you'd consider it notable? Please, the bullet is not notable at all, and if a lack of notability is not a reason to remove a trivia bullet, then let's bring in everything not related to Futurama into this wiki. It's like putting in "Bender used his robotic abilities again in this episode", something unprofessional, unnotable, and frankly, idiotic. Please, think before you run off your big mouth (something you admitted to) to someone who is just trying to keep the wiki clear of nonsense--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 16:16, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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:Wow. You have a temper. I'm not even going to try arguing with insults, so I'll just take my leave to greener pastures. -- [[User:DeepSpaceHomer|DeepSpaceHomer]] 16:23, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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I'm not even angry. I'm just surprised you'd try to provoke me hours after my release.--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 16:27, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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Icy, don't take everything personal. I for one think it ''is'' notable, because it is a fun note that a lot of viewers would miss. Just because someone disagrees with you doesn't mean they "try to provoke" you. - [[User:Aki|aki]]<sup>[[User talk:Aki|talk]]</sup> 16:58, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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First, Conradici said to drop the subject, and second, fun doesn't make it notable. And you're also wrong about DSH. If you actually read his comments, you'd see his language was very provoking.--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 17:00, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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Icyweaner, you need to relax, he wasn't provoking you, he just disagreed with you. Personally, I think that it can stay in the "Trivia" section --[[User:Superbender|Superbender]] 17:04, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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Again, why are none of you giving actual reasons? Vandalism is fun to those who do it, does that mean you keep it? Bender's eyes changing shape is a common occurrence that is not trivia-worthy, it's part of his programming. If it wasn't notable before, what makes it notable now?--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 17:07, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
:I don't recall saying it's never been notable before. Concerning vandalism, it destroys the site and is noteworthy for ''no-one''. This trivia/continuity is fun/interesting for many people, as evident by the opinions expressed in this thread. Third: is this really such a big deal? You're nitpicking. - [[User:Aki|aki]]<sup>[[User talk:Aki|talk]]</sup> 17:17, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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No, I'm not nitpicking. You just contradicted yourself AGAIN. I on the other hand have been explaining how this piece of trivia is unimportant, and none of you have explained how it is important. It's like saying "Fry continues to have red hair". Is that important? No. It's the same situation with Bender's eyes and greed. The eyes becoming diamond-shaped isn't continuity, it's a part of his personality.--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 17:25, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
:On topic: Okay, I'll try to explain more properly. It is continuity in the same way as it is continuity that Bender dances with Amy at the end of 6ACV12 - they have been together before, and so it is a fun note that they still seem to be somewhat close to eachother. It's not necessarily of extreme note, and it is not necessarily meant to be (maybe the writers didn't think about it), but it is an interesting thing to read about the episode.<br />
:Another example is if the Professor talks about his doomsday devices in an episode. This is a big interest of his, having been showcased in multiple episodes, yet it is still fun to note that "The Professor discusses his doomsday devices, that have previously been seen or used in [...]". - [[User:Aki|aki]]<sup>[[User talk:Aki|talk]]</sup> 17:31, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
:Wait, when did I contradict myself? Are you still talking about your personal e-mails to me in which you kept quoting me completely out of context? - [[User:Aki|aki]]<sup>[[User talk:Aki|talk]]</sup> 17:33, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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::What part of "Just because it's fun doesn't make it notable" don't you understand? You're rehashing invalid points. "Fun" and "interesting" in this case are also more subjective than anything. It isn't fun to read unnotable trivia that claims to be interesting without a proper reason--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 17:39, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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:::Because it's not really a reasoning here. We have a very very weak noticeable requirement. It is noticeable enough for our wiki. I find it interesting to note. --'''[[User:Svip|Svip]]'''<sup>[[User talk:Svip|talk]]</sup> 17:43, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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::::Then the notability policy should've been strengthened. The fact that this conversation was supposed to be dropped, as requested by the conversation starter, indicates clear ganging up on another user. All you keep saying is it should be kept without ANY reason. I give reason, and yet I'm being bitten right in my shiny muscular brain. That is very hypocritical--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 17:47, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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:::::No no, you are misinterpreting what we are saying. We just disagree with your reasoning. And I ask you this simple question; does it hurt the article? I don't think so. --'''[[User:Svip|Svip]]'''<sup>[[User talk:Svip|talk]]</sup> 17:51, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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::::''Edit conflict: I wrote the following before Svip's and Icy's new comments. That shouldn't change the points though.''<br />
::::Seeing as you completely ignored my recommendation of indention, I indented your post for you.<br />
::::Ofcourse it is subjective. If we are to be entirely objective, ''Futurama'' as a whole is not relevant enough to garner its own wiki, and we should stick with the poor Wikipedia entries. But we are ''not'' objective. We are ''not'' Wikipedia. We have a completely different view, in which almost anything appearing on the show is notable enough to be mentioned. There are limits, yes, and that is when we bring through a majority vote. So, to settle this once and for all: a vote! I hereby start a vote below, please read the information on it before writing anything there. Any discussion can resume just below '''this''' post, under the heading "(Trivia) "When Bender is told that the [[spacebergs]] are giant diamonds, his pupils momentarily become diamond (lozenge) shaped."", not the heading "Vote". - [[User:Aki|aki]]<sup>[[User talk:Aki|talk]]</sup> 17:53, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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=== Vote ===<br />
So it has come to this... a vote. You can under this text write your nick under your opinion. The majority vote will be taken into consideration when editing the article, for the next six months. In six months, the vote can be ignored or reheld. Only non-anonymous users (not IP:s) can vote. Only users that registered before the vote was held (17:45, 9 August 2011 (CEST)) can vote. Votes ignoring this rule will be ignored. Vote by writing "<nowiki>#~~~~</nowiki> under your opinion, and ''nothing else''. Comments on your choice can be written above. - [[User:Aki|aki]]<sup>[[User talk:Aki|talk]]</sup> 17:53, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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'''I agree that the fact that Bender's eyes turn into diamonds can be considered trivia or continuity in the article.'''<br />
#- [[User:Aki|aki]]<sup>[[User talk:Aki|talk]]</sup> 17:53, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
#'''[[User:Svip|Svip]]'''<sup>[[User talk:Svip|talk]]</sup> 17:57, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
#[[User:Superbender|Superbender]] 18:00, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
#[[User:DeepSpaceHomer|DeepSpaceHomer]] 18:01, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
#[[User:Conradici|Conradici]] 18:02, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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'''I do not agree that the fact that Bender's eyes turn into diamonds can be considered trivia or continuity in the article.'''</div>Conradicihttps://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=User_talk:Conradici&diff=98263User talk:Conradici2011-08-09T15:33:06Z<p>Conradici: /* Look */</p>
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== Look ==<br />
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I know you're new, but you really should learn the difference between blatant and trivial. For next time, keep in mind that adding "trivia" for the sake of adding it isn't very helpful--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 15:26, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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:Wow. Thanks for that warm welcome. I'm fully aware of the difference between blatant and trivial, thank you very much. As someone pointed out, they hadn't noticed the moment under discussion; I thought the point of the Trivia section was to include interesting things that people might have missed, and I figured this might have been one. I don't know why it's riled you so much - it's only one entry, after all - that you've felt moved to write on my user page. [[User:Conradici|Conradici]] 15:39, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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:Wow. Thanks for the wonderful first impression. Just because people miss it doesn't mean it's notable. In fact, you just told me you posted it based on speculation. Just because it's one entry doesn't mean it should be there if it's not notable. It's like in "Plankton v. Krabs" when Mr. Krabs's eyes drop gold bars when he realized how cheap the lawyer was. What makes Bender's notable? --[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 15:43, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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::Seriously, what? I post an item that I thought would fit into the trivia section of the article; maybe it does, maybe it doesn't. As you know, I'm new. You remove the entry, and I - politely - asked you why. The next thing I get is an offensively phrased message on my user page from you. "First impression", indeed. Thanks very much. [[User:Conradici|Conradici]] 15:58, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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I answered why. Two times. First, in my summary, the second time was on the talkpage. You chose to ignore that, and I politely reminded you about notability in trivia. I carefully worded my message and there is no way it was offensive. Because I tried to be polite, once again, I get sarcasm from somebody who thinks they know everything about the wiki from just 1 trivia edit--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 16:01, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
<br />
:Ok, this is going nowhere. If you genuinely can't see that going on a newbie's wall, starting a topic/sentence with the word "Look", going on to imply that they are stupid, and finishing off by being patronising, isn't likely to be taken by that person as offensive, then I really have no intention in continuing a conversation with you. I didn't argue with you about your change, but you wrote to me as if I had kicked up some sort of fuss. <br />
:I will think more carefully about any edits I make in the future; perhaps now we can leave it there. [[User:Conradici|Conradici]] 16:19, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
<br />
In no way does that one word imply that you're stupid. It implies analysis and/or favors--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 16:21, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
<br />
:Eh? Saying "you really should learn the difference between blatant and trivial" is an implication that I'm ignorant. [[User:Conradici|Conradici]] 16:32, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
<br />
:Anyway, can we just drop this now? Thanks. [[User:Conradici|Conradici]] 16:34, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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Icy, quit being a jerk, particularly towards new users. Conradici, please don't take his act as a representation of how the community is in general. We are overall very nice. - [[User:Aki|aki]]<sup>[[User talk:Aki|talk]]</sup> 16:56, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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I was trying to be polite. Aki, she said to drop it, and you brought it up again. You don't even respect her wishes, so why should she respect you?--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 16:58, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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Actually, I'm a "he". And, thanks Aki, I really appreciate it :) [[User:Conradici|Conradici]] 17:02, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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Oh, so you squash an attempt to explain things nicely, but you praise a bully?--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 17:04, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
<br />
Sorry, Icyweaner, but the one who has come across as a bully is you. [[User:Conradici|Conradici]] 17:17, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
:Haha, I often see people mistaking a she for a he (I do it too, assuming all Internet geeks are male :p), but mistaking a he for a she is a much more seldom occurrence. Is it the name Conradici that is girllike somehow?<br />
:Icy, I just wanted to make sure that Conradici didn't get the wrong impression of the site. Who is right and who is wrong is less relevant, the main point is that we can discuss these things politely. - [[User:Aki|aki]]<sup>[[User talk:Aki|talk]]</sup> 17:20, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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Explain how. I gave you a calm, non-threatening and POLITE explanation. Aki picked up a dropped conversation. So, explain again how I'm the bully?--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 17:20, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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:AAARGH. Icyweaner, I've told you already I considered your posting of an insulting admonishment on my user page, taking umbrage with me as if I had made a fuss when I hadn't, to be unnecessarily offensive and therefore bullying. We really do not need to have this argument again: clearly, we've got off on a bad foot. I hope that we can move on from this unpleasantness; if not, I really will have to leave this wiki.<br />
:Aki - Conradici's not my real name (it's Conrad; my surname in Italian is Radici so I combined the two) - does it sound girly, then?! Dammit! ("The Femzoil must be sashaying girlishly into my processor...") ;) [[User:Conradici|Conradici]] 17:33, 9 August 2011 (CEST)</div>Conradicihttps://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=User_talk:Conradici&diff=98248User talk:Conradici2011-08-09T15:17:26Z<p>Conradici: /* Look */</p>
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*Remember to sign your posts to talk pages by using four tildes (<nowiki>~&#126;~&#126;</nowiki>). Alternatively, you can create a custom signature at [[User:{{PAGENAME}}/sig]], and insert it by typing <nowiki>{{User:</nowiki>{{PAGENAME}}<nowiki>/sig}}</nowiki>, preferably followed by five tildes to insert the date. This can also be configured on the [[Special:Preferences]] page.<br />
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Feel free to delete this message when you're done reading it. After all, your user space belongs to you. I hope this information is helpful, and that you'll have a good experience contributing to our knowledge-base and our community.<br />
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Sincerely,<br /><br />
- [[User:Aki|aki]]<sup>[[User talk:Aki|talk]]</sup>, and "The Infosphere Welcoming Committee" 13:16, 8 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
<br />
== Look ==<br />
<br />
I know you're new, but you really should learn the difference between blatant and trivial. For next time, keep in mind that adding "trivia" for the sake of adding it isn't very helpful--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 15:26, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
<br />
:Wow. Thanks for that warm welcome. I'm fully aware of the difference between blatant and trivial, thank you very much. As someone pointed out, they hadn't noticed the moment under discussion; I thought the point of the Trivia section was to include interesting things that people might have missed, and I figured this might have been one. I don't know why it's riled you so much - it's only one entry, after all - that you've felt moved to write on my user page. [[User:Conradici|Conradici]] 15:39, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
<br />
:Wow. Thanks for the wonderful first impression. Just because people miss it doesn't mean it's notable. In fact, you just told me you posted it based on speculation. Just because it's one entry doesn't mean it should be there if it's not notable. It's like in "Plankton v. Krabs" when Mr. Krabs's eyes drop gold bars when he realized how cheap the lawyer was. What makes Bender's notable? --[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 15:43, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
<br />
::Seriously, what? I post an item that I thought would fit into the trivia section of the article; maybe it does, maybe it doesn't. As you know, I'm new. You remove the entry, and I - politely - asked you why. The next thing I get is an offensively phrased message on my user page from you. "First impression", indeed. Thanks very much. [[User:Conradici|Conradici]] 15:58, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
<br />
I answered why. Two times. First, in my summary, the second time was on the talkpage. You chose to ignore that, and I politely reminded you about notability in trivia. I carefully worded my message and there is no way it was offensive. Because I tried to be polite, once again, I get sarcasm from somebody who thinks they know everything about the wiki from just 1 trivia edit--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 16:01, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
<br />
:Ok, this is going nowhere. If you genuinely can't see that going on a newbie's wall, starting a topic/sentence with the word "Look", going on to imply that they are stupid, and finishing off by being patronising, isn't likely to be taken by that person as offensive, then I really have no intention in continuing a conversation with you. I didn't argue with you about your change, but you wrote to me as if I had kicked up some sort of fuss. <br />
:I will think more carefully about any edits I make in the future; perhaps now we can leave it there. [[User:Conradici|Conradici]] 16:19, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
<br />
In no way does that one word imply that you're stupid. It implies analysis and/or favors--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 16:21, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
<br />
:Eh? Saying "you really should learn the difference between blatant and trivial" is an implication that I'm ignorant. [[User:Conradici|Conradici]] 16:32, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
<br />
:Anyway, can we just drop this now? Thanks. [[User:Conradici|Conradici]] 16:34, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
<br />
Icy, quit being a jerk, particularly towards new users. Conradici, please don't take his act as a representation of how the community is in general. We are overall very nice. - [[User:Aki|aki]]<sup>[[User talk:Aki|talk]]</sup> 16:56, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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I was trying to be polite. Aki, she said to drop it, and you brought it up again. You don't even respect her wishes, so why should she respect you?--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 16:58, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
<br />
Actually, I'm a "he". And, thanks Aki, I really appreciate it :) [[User:Conradici|Conradici]] 17:02, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
<br />
Oh, so you squash an attempt to explain things nicely, but you praise a bully?--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 17:04, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
<br />
Sorry, Icyweaner, but the one who has come across as a bully is you. [[User:Conradici|Conradici]] 17:17, 9 August 2011 (CEST)</div>Conradicihttps://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=User_talk:Conradici&diff=98234User talk:Conradici2011-08-09T15:02:14Z<p>Conradici: </p>
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*Remember to sign your posts to talk pages by using four tildes (<nowiki>~&#126;~&#126;</nowiki>). Alternatively, you can create a custom signature at [[User:{{PAGENAME}}/sig]], and insert it by typing <nowiki>{{User:</nowiki>{{PAGENAME}}<nowiki>/sig}}</nowiki>, preferably followed by five tildes to insert the date. This can also be configured on the [[Special:Preferences]] page.<br />
*If you have a personal website (Futurama-centric or completely unrelated), feel free to add it to the [[Infosphere:Community Portal|Community Portal]]}}<br />
*Above all, be sure to '''be bold''' and have fun!<br />
<br />
Feel free to delete this message when you're done reading it. After all, your user space belongs to you. I hope this information is helpful, and that you'll have a good experience contributing to our knowledge-base and our community.<br />
<br />
Sincerely,<br /><br />
- [[User:Aki|aki]]<sup>[[User talk:Aki|talk]]</sup>, and "The Infosphere Welcoming Committee" 13:16, 8 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
<br />
== Look ==<br />
<br />
I know you're new, but you really should learn the difference between blatant and trivial. For next time, keep in mind that adding "trivia" for the sake of adding it isn't very helpful--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 15:26, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
<br />
:Wow. Thanks for that warm welcome. I'm fully aware of the difference between blatant and trivial, thank you very much. As someone pointed out, they hadn't noticed the moment under discussion; I thought the point of the Trivia section was to include interesting things that people might have missed, and I figured this might have been one. I don't know why it's riled you so much - it's only one entry, after all - that you've felt moved to write on my user page. [[User:Conradici|Conradici]] 15:39, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
<br />
:Wow. Thanks for the wonderful first impression. Just because people miss it doesn't mean it's notable. In fact, you just told me you posted it based on speculation. Just because it's one entry doesn't mean it should be there if it's not notable. It's like in "Plankton v. Krabs" when Mr. Krabs's eyes drop gold bars when he realized how cheap the lawyer was. What makes Bender's notable? --[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 15:43, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
<br />
::Seriously, what? I post an item that I thought would fit into the trivia section of the article; maybe it does, maybe it doesn't. As you know, I'm new. You remove the entry, and I - politely - asked you why. The next thing I get is an offensively phrased message on my user page from you. "First impression", indeed. Thanks very much. [[User:Conradici|Conradici]] 15:58, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
<br />
I answered why. Two times. First, in my summary, the second time was on the talkpage. You chose to ignore that, and I politely reminded you about notability in trivia. I carefully worded my message and there is no way it was offensive. Because I tried to be polite, once again, I get sarcasm from somebody who thinks they know everything about the wiki from just 1 trivia edit--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 16:01, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
<br />
:Ok, this is going nowhere. If you genuinely can't see that going on a newbie's wall, starting a topic/sentence with the word "Look", going on to imply that they are stupid, and finishing off by being patronising, isn't likely to be taken by that person as offensive, then I really have no intention in continuing a conversation with you. I didn't argue with you about your change, but you wrote to me as if I had kicked up some sort of fuss. <br />
:I will think more carefully about any edits I make in the future; perhaps now we can leave it there. [[User:Conradici|Conradici]] 16:19, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
<br />
In no way does that one word imply that you're stupid. It implies analysis and/or favors--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 16:21, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
<br />
:Eh? Saying "you really should learn the difference between blatant and trivial" is an implication that I'm ignorant. [[User:Conradici|Conradici]] 16:32, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
<br />
:Anyway, can we just drop this now? Thanks. [[User:Conradici|Conradici]] 16:34, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
<br />
Icy, quit being a jerk, particularly towards new users. Conradici, please don't take his act as a representation of how the community is in general. We are overall very nice. - [[User:Aki|aki]]<sup>[[User talk:Aki|talk]]</sup> 16:56, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
<br />
I was trying to be polite. Aki, she said to drop it, and you brought it up again. You don't even respect her wishes, so why should she respect you?--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 16:58, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
<br />
Actually, I'm a "he". And, thanks Aki, I really appreciate it :) [[User:Conradici|Conradici]] 17:02, 9 August 2011 (CEST)</div>Conradicihttps://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=User_talk:Conradici&diff=98225User talk:Conradici2011-08-09T14:34:12Z<p>Conradici: /* Look */</p>
<hr />
<div>== Welcome! ==<br />
Welcome to the '''Infosphere!''' We're glad to have you as a member. If you need any help, feel free to ask anyone on the [[Infosphere:Welcoming Committee#Members|welcoming committee]]. You can also post questions on the [[Help talk:FAQ|FAQ talk page]].<br />
<br />
<p style="font-size:large;">New users '''must''' read the [[Help:Contents|Help]] pages before creating a new page.</p><br />
<br />
Here are some tips to get you started:<br />
*If you need general information, editing tips, or answers to frequently asked questions, check out the [[Help:Contents|help]] page.<br />
*'''Before''' you do any significant editing, be sure to familiarize yourself with our [[Help:Standards|wiki standards]] and our [[Infosphere:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]].<br />
**If you have an idea for a major change that will help The Infosphere, suggest it over at the [[Infosphere:Conference Table|Conference Table]].<br />
*If you want to create a new article, make sure that it doesn't already exist and that the article you've created is linked to from another article. Our [[Help:Templates|article templates]] should help you out. <br />
*If you're not sure what you can do to help out, head over to [[current events]].<br />
*To practice editing, go over to the [[Infosphere:Playground|playground]].<br />
*You can help decide what's on the [[Main Page]] by [[Infosphere:Featured article nominations|voting]] on [[Infosphere:Featured article nominations|Featured Articles]] or making [[Infosphere:Featured article nominations|new nominations]].<br />
{{#if:|*We suggest [[Special:Userlogin|creating an account]] to help improve your ability to edit, and our ability to contact you<br />
*Remember to sign your posts to talk pages by using four tildes (<nowiki>~&#126;~&#126;</nowiki>).|*You can also use "<nowiki>{{</nowiki>subst:UserpageTemplate<nowiki>}}</nowiki>" on your [[User:{{PAGENAME}}|Userpage]], if you wish to have a simple starting point. Additionally, you can make use of [[Infosphere:Userboxes|userboxes]]<br />
*Remember to sign your posts to talk pages by using four tildes (<nowiki>~&#126;~&#126;</nowiki>). Alternatively, you can create a custom signature at [[User:{{PAGENAME}}/sig]], and insert it by typing <nowiki>{{User:</nowiki>{{PAGENAME}}<nowiki>/sig}}</nowiki>, preferably followed by five tildes to insert the date. This can also be configured on the [[Special:Preferences]] page.<br />
*If you have a personal website (Futurama-centric or completely unrelated), feel free to add it to the [[Infosphere:Community Portal|Community Portal]]}}<br />
*Above all, be sure to '''be bold''' and have fun!<br />
<br />
Feel free to delete this message when you're done reading it. After all, your user space belongs to you. I hope this information is helpful, and that you'll have a good experience contributing to our knowledge-base and our community.<br />
<br />
Sincerely,<br /><br />
- [[User:Aki|aki]]<sup>[[User talk:Aki|talk]]</sup>, and "The Infosphere Welcoming Committee" 13:16, 8 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
<br />
== Look ==<br />
<br />
I know you're new, but you really should learn the difference between blatant and trivial. For next time, keep in mind that adding "trivia" for the sake of adding it isn't very helpful--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 15:26, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
<br />
:Wow. Thanks for that warm welcome. I'm fully aware of the difference between blatant and trivial, thank you very much. As someone pointed out, they hadn't noticed the moment under discussion; I thought the point of the Trivia section was to include interesting things that people might have missed, and I figured this might have been one. I don't know why it's riled you so much - it's only one entry, after all - that you've felt moved to write on my user page. [[User:Conradici|Conradici]] 15:39, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
<br />
:Wow. Thanks for the wonderful first impression. Just because people miss it doesn't mean it's notable. In fact, you just told me you posted it based on speculation. Just because it's one entry doesn't mean it should be there if it's not notable. It's like in "Plankton v. Krabs" when Mr. Krabs's eyes drop gold bars when he realized how cheap the lawyer was. What makes Bender's notable? --[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 15:43, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
<br />
::Seriously, what? I post an item that I thought would fit into the trivia section of the article; maybe it does, maybe it doesn't. As you know, I'm new. You remove the entry, and I - politely - asked you why. The next thing I get is an offensively phrased message on my user page from you. "First impression", indeed. Thanks very much. [[User:Conradici|Conradici]] 15:58, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
<br />
I answered why. Two times. First, in my summary, the second time was on the talkpage. You chose to ignore that, and I politely reminded you about notability in trivia. I carefully worded my message and there is no way it was offensive. Because I tried to be polite, once again, I get sarcasm from somebody who thinks they know everything about the wiki from just 1 trivia edit--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 16:01, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
<br />
:Ok, this is going nowhere. If you genuinely can't see that going on a newbie's wall, starting a topic/sentence with the word "Look", going on to imply that they are stupid, and finishing off by being patronising, isn't likely to be taken by that person as offensive, then I really have no intention in continuing a conversation with you. I didn't argue with you about your change, but you wrote to me as if I had kicked up some sort of fuss. <br />
:I will think more carefully about any edits I make in the future; perhaps now we can leave it there. [[User:Conradici|Conradici]] 16:19, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
<br />
In no way does that one word imply that you're stupid. It implies analysis and/or favors--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 16:21, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
<br />
:Eh? Saying "you really should learn the difference between blatant and trivial" is an implication that I'm ignorant. [[User:Conradici|Conradici]] 16:32, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
<br />
:Anyway, can we just drop this now? Thanks. [[User:Conradici|Conradici]] 16:34, 9 August 2011 (CEST)</div>Conradicihttps://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=User_talk:Conradici&diff=98224User talk:Conradici2011-08-09T14:32:41Z<p>Conradici: /* Look */</p>
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== Look ==<br />
<br />
I know you're new, but you really should learn the difference between blatant and trivial. For next time, keep in mind that adding "trivia" for the sake of adding it isn't very helpful--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 15:26, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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:Wow. Thanks for that warm welcome. I'm fully aware of the difference between blatant and trivial, thank you very much. As someone pointed out, they hadn't noticed the moment under discussion; I thought the point of the Trivia section was to include interesting things that people might have missed, and I figured this might have been one. I don't know why it's riled you so much - it's only one entry, after all - that you've felt moved to write on my user page. [[User:Conradici|Conradici]] 15:39, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
<br />
:Wow. Thanks for the wonderful first impression. Just because people miss it doesn't mean it's notable. In fact, you just told me you posted it based on speculation. Just because it's one entry doesn't mean it should be there if it's not notable. It's like in "Plankton v. Krabs" when Mr. Krabs's eyes drop gold bars when he realized how cheap the lawyer was. What makes Bender's notable? --[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 15:43, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
<br />
::Seriously, what? I post an item that I thought would fit into the trivia section of the article; maybe it does, maybe it doesn't. As you know, I'm new. You remove the entry, and I - politely - asked you why. The next thing I get is an offensively phrased message on my user page from you. "First impression", indeed. Thanks very much. [[User:Conradici|Conradici]] 15:58, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
<br />
I answered why. Two times. First, in my summary, the second time was on the talkpage. You chose to ignore that, and I politely reminded you about notability in trivia. I carefully worded my message and there is no way it was offensive. Because I tried to be polite, once again, I get sarcasm from somebody who thinks they know everything about the wiki from just 1 trivia edit--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 16:01, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
<br />
:Ok, this is going nowhere. If you genuinely can't see that going on a newbie's wall, starting a topic/sentence with the word "Look", going on to imply that they are stupid, and finishing off by being patronising, isn't likely to be taken by that person as offensive, then I really have no intention in continuing a conversation with you. I didn't argue with you about your change, but you wrote to me as if I had kicked up some sort of fuss. <br />
:I will think more carefully about any edits I make in the future; perhaps now we can leave it there. [[User:Conradici|Conradici]] 16:19, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
<br />
In no way does that one word imply that you're stupid. It implies analysis and/or favors--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 16:21, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
<br />
:Eh? Saying "you really should learn the difference between blatant and trivial" is an implication that I'm ignorant. [[User:Conradici|Conradici]] 16:32, 9 August 2011 (CEST)</div>Conradicihttps://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=User_talk:Conradici&diff=98218User talk:Conradici2011-08-09T14:19:46Z<p>Conradici: /* Look */</p>
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<br />
I know you're new, but you really should learn the difference between blatant and trivial. For next time, keep in mind that adding "trivia" for the sake of adding it isn't very helpful--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 15:26, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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:Wow. Thanks for that warm welcome. I'm fully aware of the difference between blatant and trivial, thank you very much. As someone pointed out, they hadn't noticed the moment under discussion; I thought the point of the Trivia section was to include interesting things that people might have missed, and I figured this might have been one. I don't know why it's riled you so much - it's only one entry, after all - that you've felt moved to write on my user page. [[User:Conradici|Conradici]] 15:39, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
<br />
:Wow. Thanks for the wonderful first impression. Just because people miss it doesn't mean it's notable. In fact, you just told me you posted it based on speculation. Just because it's one entry doesn't mean it should be there if it's not notable. It's like in "Plankton v. Krabs" when Mr. Krabs's eyes drop gold bars when he realized how cheap the lawyer was. What makes Bender's notable? --[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 15:43, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
<br />
::Seriously, what? I post an item that I thought would fit into the trivia section of the article; maybe it does, maybe it doesn't. As you know, I'm new. You remove the entry, and I - politely - asked you why. The next thing I get is an offensively phrased message on my user page from you. "First impression", indeed. Thanks very much. [[User:Conradici|Conradici]] 15:58, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
<br />
I answered why. Two times. First, in my summary, the second time was on the talkpage. You chose to ignore that, and I politely reminded you about notability in trivia. I carefully worded my message and there is no way it was offensive. Because I tried to be polite, once again, I get sarcasm from somebody who thinks they know everything about the wiki from just 1 trivia edit--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 16:01, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
<br />
:Ok, this is going nowhere. If you genuinely can't see that going on a newbie's wall, starting a topic/sentence with the word "Look", going on to imply that they are stupid, and finishing off by being patronising, isn't likely to be taken by that person as offensive, then I really have no intention in continuing a conversation with you. I didn't argue with you about your change, but you wrote to me as if I had kicked up some sort of fuss. <br />
:I will think more carefully about any edits I make in the future; perhaps now we can leave it there. [[User:Conradici|Conradici]] 16:19, 9 August 2011 (CEST)</div>Conradicihttps://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=User_talk:Conradici&diff=98203User talk:Conradici2011-08-09T13:58:04Z<p>Conradici: /* Look */</p>
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== Look ==<br />
<br />
I know you're new, but you really should learn the difference between blatant and trivial. For next time, keep in mind that adding "trivia" for the sake of adding it isn't very helpful--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 15:26, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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:Wow. Thanks for that warm welcome. I'm fully aware of the difference between blatant and trivial, thank you very much. As someone pointed out, they hadn't noticed the moment under discussion; I thought the point of the Trivia section was to include interesting things that people might have missed, and I figured this might have been one. I don't know why it's riled you so much - it's only one entry, after all - that you've felt moved to write on my user page. [[User:Conradici|Conradici]] 15:39, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
<br />
:Wow. Thanks for the wonderful first impression. Just because people miss it doesn't mean it's notable. In fact, you just told me you posted it based on speculation. Just because it's one entry doesn't mean it should be there if it's not notable. It's like in "Plankton v. Krabs" when Mr. Krabs's eyes drop gold bars when he realized how cheap the lawyer was. What makes Bender's notable? --[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 15:43, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
<br />
::Seriously, what? I post an item that I thought would fit into the trivia section of the article; maybe it does, maybe it doesn't. As you know, I'm new. You remove the entry, and I - politely - asked you why. The next thing I get is an offensively phrased message on my user page from you. "First impression", indeed. Thanks very much. [[User:Conradici|Conradici]] 15:58, 9 August 2011 (CEST)</div>Conradicihttps://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=User_talk:Conradici&diff=98194User talk:Conradici2011-08-09T13:39:51Z<p>Conradici: /* Look */</p>
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== Look ==<br />
<br />
I know you're new, but you really should learn the difference between blatant and trivial. For next time, keep in mind that adding "trivia" for the sake of adding it isn't very helpful--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 15:26, 9 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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:Wow. Thanks for that warm welcome. I'm fully aware of the difference between blatant and trivial, thank you very much. As someone pointed out, they hadn't noticed the moment under discussion; I thought the point of the Trivia section was to include interesting things that people might have missed, and I figured this might have been one. I don't know why it's riled you so much - it's only one entry, after all - that you've felt moved to write on my user page. [[User:Conradici|Conradici]] 15:39, 9 August 2011 (CEST)</div>Conradicihttps://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Talk:M%C3%B6bius_Dick&diff=98175Talk:Möbius Dick2011-08-09T12:45:59Z<p>Conradici: /* (Trivia) "When Bender is told that the spacebergs are giant diamonds, his pupils momentarily become diamond (lozenge) shaped." */ new section</p>
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<div>==Episode Title==<br />
Mobius Dick is also a 2004 novel by Andrew Crumey. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobius_Dick]<br />
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== Ships in the Graveyard ==<br />
<br />
I love the ships in the Graveyard - but can't identify them all. The BEST obscure ship has to be the last one - from "Josie & the Pussycats in Outer Space"! I also recognize the "Jupiter" from "Lost in Space" - what are some of the others?<br />
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There's also the ELO space-ship used in album art of A New World Record, Out of The Blue, Discovery (Disco-Very)<br />
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There was an Oceanic ship.. I believe it to be a reference to LOST series, a series done by ABC Family. I am not sure, though. :3<br />
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== Blonde guy? ==<br />
<br />
Who were all the other people who came out of the 4D bowel at the end? I recognized Dr. Who but not the other two.<br />
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Ok, 2 theories on the blond guy seen in the 4D bowels of the space whale ( --[[User:Malorkus|Malorkus]] 23:21, 7 August 2011 (CEST) ):<br />
:1. He is actor {{w|Sam Rockwell}}, wearing the flight suit from the movie {{w|Moon_(film)|Moon}} and the hairdo from his role as {{w|Zaphod Beeblebrox}} in {{w|The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy_(film)|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy}}.<br />
:2. He is {{w|Richard Branson}}, chairman/founder of {{w|Virgin Galactic}} -- space flight pioneer and presumably gone missing in our near future.<br />
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Also of note, the bowels also seemed to contain 3 Russian Cosmonauts (who later emerge from the whale back at Planet Express) and {{w|Amelia Earhart}} (who we never see later outside of the whale). ( --[[User:Malorkus|Malorkus]] 23:21, 7 August 2011 (CEST) )<br />
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== Allusions ==<br />
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"''Möbius Dick'' is also well known in the mathematics community as the answer to a pun-based math riddle: ''What's non-orientable and lives in the ocean?'' and the title of a 2000 {{w|science-fiction}} novel by {{w|Andrew Crumey}}."<br />
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Because they refer to two separate facts, they should have separate bullet points. Not only that, the puzzle solution and the novel don't even have the same titles. "Möbius Dick" (puzzle, with umlaut) and "Mobius Dick" (novel, without). -- [[User:DeepSpaceHomer|DeepSpaceHomer]] 17:06, 5 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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But they are similar titles, and both bullet points have the same concept, and start out the SAME EXACT WAY. I do not know what your problem is with compound sentences. This is basically what you want<br />
<br />
*I am a bird<br />
*I am a person<br />
<br />
This is what I want<br />
<br />
*I am a bird and a person<br />
Now do you see what I'm trying to do? --[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 17:15, 5 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
:Only one of the above things is "Möbius Dick", the other is not. It's a bit pedantic, yes, but similarity does not equal sameness. Different titles should mean separate facts. -- [[User:DeepSpaceHomer|DeepSpaceHomer]] 17:25, 5 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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So you're separating it all because of an umlaut? No way--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 18:58, 5 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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: Two bullet points make it easier to read than combining them into one. --'''[[User:Svip|Svip]]'''<sup>[[User talk:Svip|talk]]</sup> 19:03, 5 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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Getting to the point is easier to read than unnecessarily expanding the article because of a single umlaut--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 19:10, 5 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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: I am not talking about the umlaut, I am talking about two different allusions might be easier to overlook if they are separated. After all, we are writing a bullet list, not prose. --'''[[User:Svip|Svip]]'''<sup>[[User talk:Svip|talk]]</sup> 19:37, 5 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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Yes you are talking about the umlaut. It's what literally forced you to make them bulleted separately when the points are the exact same idea--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 19:52, 5 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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: Don't go visiting my intentions. I am not talking about the umlaut, I am talking about them being two different works. --'''[[User:Svip|Svip]]'''<sup>[[User talk:Svip|talk]]</sup> 20:05, 5 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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Just because they're different works doesn't mean they get different bullets--[[User:Icyweaner2999|Icyweaner2999]] 20:15, 5 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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:The umlaut is only important in the sense that they are different from one another, which is the point I was trying to make originally. They are two separate works, each deserving of it's own line of trivia. -- [[User:DeepSpaceHomer|DeepSpaceHomer]] 20:11, 5 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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I agree with Icy, rhus it's not community consensus, and just because it was 2 to 1 doesn't make it community consensus--[[Special:Contributions/174.255.112.29|174.255.112.29]]<br />
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:They are two different things and I think it should be separated to make it more clear. --[[User:Superbender|Superbender]] 19:11, 7 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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Just because they're different works doesn't mean they get different bullets. They still have the same exact title. Why dont you understand that? A separate bullet causes repetition, something that Icy was trying to prevent. I mean, come on people!--[[Special:Contributions/174.255.112.29|174.255.112.29]]<br />
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: You agree with yourself? How amazing! --'''[[User:Svip|Svip]]'''<sup>[[User talk:Svip|talk]]</sup> 19:21, 7 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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What are you talking about? You still haven't explained anything about how the separate bullets wouldn't be redundant--[[Special:Contributions/174.255.112.29|174.255.112.29]] 19:31, 7 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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: I sure have. But also redundancy is not the issue, it was what looks better and is easier to read. If redundancy makes it better, then I am all in favour of redundancy.<br />
: And also, stop treating me like an idiot, I know you are Icyweaner2999. Your commenting and writing style are so similar and you just seem to be continuing the conversation. You are basically evading a block right now. Which is a clear disrespect of our rules. --'''[[User:Svip|Svip]]'''<sup>[[User talk:Svip|talk]]</sup> 19:34, 7 August 2011 (CEST)<br />
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== Joke or Goof? ==<br />
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Not sure if this is an intended joke or goof when the space whale gets harpooned and yanks the ship. Bender is the first person to hit the wall and then disappears behind the other characters piling on the wall. Then Bender hits the last person to pile on the wall.<br />
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== While in the 4th Dimension ==<br />
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The only quote that seems to sound correct backwards is Hermes, while Amy's quote backwards sounds like something possibly being said in Chinese.<br />
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== (Trivia) "When Bender is told that the [[spacebergs]] are giant diamonds, his pupils momentarily become diamond (lozenge) shaped." ==<br />
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Icyweaner2999 - sorry, why exactly have you removed this from the article? [[User:Conradici|Conradici]] 14:45, 9 August 2011 (CEST)</div>Conradicihttps://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Being_of_inconceivable_horror&diff=98125Being of inconceivable horror2011-08-08T16:23:32Z<p>Conradici: </p>
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<div>{{character infobox<br />
|name=The Being of Inconceivable Horror<br />
|type=t<br />
|image=[[File:ALS-03-15-02.jpg|225px]]<br />
|image text=Winning the Milky Way at an [[eBay]] auction {{et|3ACV15}}.<br />
|gender=Male<br />
|first appear={{e|3ACV15}}<br />
|voiced by=<br />
}}<br />
'''The Being of Inconceivable Horror''' is an [[alien]] who owns the Milky Way, having purchased it online through an eBay auction (for an unknown price).<br />
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He - or his online avatar, at least - has three eyes and four tentacle-like arms. He is of an unspecified species.<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
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=== Quotes ===<br />
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{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Auctioneer''': Are there no further bids for this exquisite galaxy? ''[He bangs his gavel.]'' Sold, to The Being of Inconceivable Horror.<br />
''[The Being of Inconceivable Horror laughs.]''<br />
'''The Being of Inconceivable Horror''': Will a money order be OK?<br />
'''Auctioneer''': Yes.<br />
''[The Being of Inconceivable Horror laughs again.]''</poem><br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{e|3ACV15}}</div>Conradicihttps://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Being_of_inconceivable_horror&diff=98111Being of inconceivable horror2011-08-08T15:07:17Z<p>Conradici: </p>
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<div>{{cleanup2}}<br />
{{character infobox<br />
|name=The Being of Inconceivable Horror<br />
|type=t<br />
|image=[[File:ALS-03-15-02.jpg|225px]]<br />
|image text=Winning the Milky Way at an [[eBay]] auction {{et|3ACV15}}.<br />
|gender=Male<br />
|first appear={{e|3ACV15}}<br />
|voiced by=<br />
}}<br />
'''The Being of Inconceivable Horror''' is an [[alien]] who owns the Milky Way, having purchased it online through an eBay auction (for an unknown price).<br />
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He - or his online avatar, at least - has three eyes and four tentacle-like arms. He is of an unspecified species.<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
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=== Quotes ===<br />
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{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Auctioneer''': Are there no further bids for this exquisite galaxy? [He bangs his gavel.] Sold, to The Being of Inconceivable Horror.<br />
[The Being of Inconceivable Horror laughs.]<br />
'''The Being of Inconceivable Horror''': Will a money order be OK?<br />
'''Auctioneer''': Yes.<br />
[The Being of Inconceivable Horror laughs again.] </poem><br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{e|3ACV15}}</div>Conradici