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* [[Antares 3]] is based on the real tragedy of how a lot of e-waste is shipped to underdeveloped parts of countries like India and China, where many underaged workers go through the trash to find useful scraps of metal. | * [[Antares 3]] is based on the real tragedy of how a lot of e-waste is shipped to underdeveloped parts of countries like India and China, where many underaged workers go through the trash to find useful scraps of metal. | ||
* [[David X. Cohen]] points out [[Attack of the Killer App|this episode]] saw the beginning of the three week run when there came a news story closely related to the episode plot every week. Exactly one week ahead of this episode, the {{w|iPhone 4}} was released. Before "[[Proposition Infinity]]" went on the air, there was a news story about a voting about {{w|same-sex marriage}}. Around the time of "[[The Duh-Vinci Code]]", an actual [[Leonardo da Vinci]] painting was shown to have an other painting underneath it. | * [[David X. Cohen]] points out [[Attack of the Killer App|this episode]] saw the beginning of the three week run when there came a news story closely related to the episode plot every week. Exactly one week ahead of this episode, the {{w|iPhone 4}} was released. Before "[[Proposition Infinity]]" went on the air, there was a news story about a voting about {{w|same-sex marriage}}. Around the time of "[[The Duh-Vinci Code]]", an actual [[Leonardo da Vinci]] painting was shown to have an other painting underneath it. | ||
* [[ | * [[Peter Avanzino]] claims he asked them to keep the TV crooked for the rest of [[season 6|the season]]. | ||
* This is [[Stephen Sandoval]]'s first directed ''[[Futurama]]'' episode. He points out how he has always been a big science-fiction fan, and he enjoys getting to bring that into the stories. | |||
* The song when they come in to [[Mom Store]] is often assumed to be a licensed composition, but it is original to the episode, by composer [[Christopher Tyng]]. | |||
* [[Matt Groening]] repeatedly rants about the amount of puke jokes in this episode and how he is against them. | * [[Matt Groening]] repeatedly rants about the amount of puke jokes in this episode and how he is against them. |
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Production number | 6ACV03 | ||
On DVD | Season 6 Disc 1 | ||
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Topics of Discussion
- Mayor Poopenmeyer's name originally appeared as a joke, but then he kept coming back and they kept having to use that name.
- A lot of people were excited to see Flexo appear in the episode.
- Scoop Chang used to work for the Beijing Bugle but now works for the New New York Times.
- There was a lot of work put into making the planetary ring of Antares 3, and the scene in which the Planet Express ship flies through it.
- Antares 3 is based on the real tragedy of how a lot of e-waste is shipped to underdeveloped parts of countries like India and China, where many underaged workers go through the trash to find useful scraps of metal.
- David X. Cohen points out this episode saw the beginning of the three week run when there came a news story closely related to the episode plot every week. Exactly one week ahead of this episode, the iPhone 4 was released. Before "Proposition Infinity" went on the air, there was a news story about a voting about same-sex marriage. Around the time of "The Duh-Vinci Code", an actual Leonardo da Vinci painting was shown to have an other painting underneath it.
- Peter Avanzino claims he asked them to keep the TV crooked for the rest of the season.
- This is Stephen Sandoval's first directed Futurama episode. He points out how he has always been a big science-fiction fan, and he enjoys getting to bring that into the stories.
- The song when they come in to Mom Store is often assumed to be a licensed composition, but it is original to the episode, by composer Christopher Tyng.
- Matt Groening repeatedly rants about the amount of puke jokes in this episode and how he is against them.
Highlights / Quotes
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<poem>Stephen Sandoval There was a lot of people who were really excited to see Flexo in this episode...
Billy West Yeah.
Tress MacNeille Yeah.
Stephen Sandoval ...and they are all dead now. He needs a spin-off series or something.
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