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=== Continuity ===
=== Continuity ===
*[[Cubert Farnsworth|Cubert]] uses a [[hoverboard]], previously only seen used by [[Amy Wong|Amy]].
*[[Cubert Farnsworth|Cubert]] uses a [[Party Board|hoverboard]], previously only seen used by [[Amy Wong|Amy]].
*[[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]] finds a fossilised dog and says "uh-oh, another one of Fry's dogs", a reference to "[[Jurassic Bark]]" in which the crew finds Fry's old dog [[Seymour Asses]] fossilised.  
*[[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]] finds a fossilised dog and says "uh-oh, another one of Fry's dogs", a reference to "[[Jurassic Bark]]" in which the crew finds Fry's old dog [[Seymour Asses]] fossilised.  
*[[Amy Wong|Amy]] accidentally cuts of her finger without making a big fuss about it, much like [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] gets his hands eaten off in "[[I Dated a Robot]]".
*[[Amy Wong|Amy]] accidentally cuts of her finger without making a big fuss about it, much like [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] gets his hands eaten off in "[[I Dated a Robot]]".
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*[[Ben Beeler]] is seen again at the World Bone Premier who had found [[Fry]]'s fossilized dog in [[Jurassic Bark]] and was in line for the [[eyePhone]] in [[Attack of the Killer App]].
*[[Ben Beeler]] is seen again at the World Bone Premier who had found [[Fry]]'s fossilized dog in [[Jurassic Bark]] and was in line for the [[eyePhone]] in [[Attack of the Killer App]].
*[[Bender]] quotes the hyperchicken by saying to [[Professor Farnsworth]], "Son, you're in a whole mess of trouble."
*[[Bender]] quotes the hyperchicken by saying to [[Professor Farnsworth]], "Son, you're in a whole mess of trouble."
*[[Bender]] tries to win the case by using insanity as the cause, which was how the hyperchicken won [[Fry]] and [[Bender]]'s case in "[[Insane in the Mainframe]]".
*[[Bender]] tries to win the case by using insanity as the cause, which was how the [[Hyper-chicken]] won [[Fry]] and [[Bender]]'s case in "[[Insane in the Mainframe]]".


=== Goofs ===
=== Goofs ===

Revision as of 22:46, 13 August 2010

Season 6 episode
Broadcast season 7 episode
A Clockwork Origin
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Professor Farnsworth and Dr. Banjo arguing about the human evolution.
No.97
Production number6ACV09
Written byDan Vebber
Directed byDwayne Carey-Hill
Title captionThis time, it's personal
First air date12 August, 2010[1]
Broadcast numberS07E09
Title referenceA Clockwork Orange
Additional
Commentary
(Transcript)
Transcript

Pictures

Season 6
  1. Rebirth
  2. In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela
  3. Attack of the Killer App
  4. Proposition Infinity
  5. The Duh-Vinci Code
  6. Lethal Inspection
  7. The Late Philip J. Fry
  8. That Darn Katz!
  9. A Clockwork Origin
  10. The Prisoner of Benda
  11. Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences
  12. The Mutants Are Revolting
  13. The Futurama Holiday Spectacular
  14. The Silence of the Clamps
  15. Möbius Dick
  16. Law and Oracle
  17. Benderama
  18. The Tip of the Zoidberg
  19. Ghost in the Machines
  20. Neutopia
  21. Yo Leela Leela
  22. Fry Am the Egg Man
  23. All the Presidents' Heads
  24. Cold Warriors
  25. Overclockwise
  26. Reincarnation
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"A Clockwork Origin"[1] is the ninety-seventh episode of Futurama, the ninth of the sixth production season and the seventh broadcast season.

The Story

Professor Farnsworth, fed up with Creationists on Earth, moves to a planetoid to escape the ignorance of humanity. Only to inadvertently create mechanical life which evolved from small cleaner robots designed to clean tainted water on the rock. The crew goes with him but leaves Zoidberg and Cubert on Earth.

Additional Info

Trivia

Allusions

  • Fry says the Professor's water supply looks like diet Doctor Pepper, a 21st century soft drink.
  • Scenes in which the crew fights and tries to escape from robot dinosaurs are in reference to the novel turned movie Jurassic Park.
  • The "NANDerthal Cave Painting" exhibit at the robot museum is a pun on the Neanderthal, an extinct hominid, and a NAND gate, a basic electronic logic gate.
  • The "Ascent of Bot" displayed in the robot museum includes R2-D2, a robot from the Star Wars movies.
  • The iFad is a reference to Apple's iPad.
  • USB Today is a reference to USA Today. USB is presumably a shortening for the United States of Bot or similar. USB is also a reference to the USB ports (Universal Serial Bus) for computers.
  • The Superior Gort is a play on words, being a reference to both the Supreme Court and Gort, a robot in the science-fiction film The Day the Earth Stood Still. Gort was designed as part of an interstellar police force created to maintain peace in the universe.
  • The Flying Spaghetti Monster is a reference to the god of the Pastafarians. This is a double joke because the FSM and Pastafarianism started with a letter to the Kansas School Board parodying the idea of creationism being taught in schools.
  • Fry's fan dance is a reference to Lt. Uhura's fan dance in Star Trek.

Continuity

Goofs

Bender is seen twice in the same frame
  • In the courtroom, when Bender tells the jury to find The Professor guilty for reason of insanity, Bender can be seen twice when the court gasps. He can be seen both near the jury and between Fry and Leela.

Characters

(In alphabetic order)

References

  1. ^ a b "Futurama: Episode Guide". MSN. Retrieved on 23 June 2010.