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|title caption=The black light bonanza continues! Poster #2 of 6 inside!
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'''Fry Cook!''' is the fifty-first [[comic]] issue, released 29 September, 2010 in the US.  <!-- insert brief plot summary here -->
'''Futurama Comic 51''' is the fifty-first [[comic]] issue, scheduled to be released 29 September, 2010 in the US.  <!-- insert brief plot summary here -->


== The Story ==
== The Story ==
[[Bender]] and [[Fry]] battle it out in a kitchen nightmare of their own making to determine who will be top chef at [[Planet Express]]; however, they will be forced to make the meal of their lives when some unwelcomed dinner guests come to call!
Also, [[Zapp Brannigan]] and [[Kif]] go on a blind date!
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=== Act I ===
=== Act I ===
The crew are about to pass through a space cargo weigh station and need to be under 50 tons, so [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] has the guys dump excess weight. [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] returns to the bridge having dumped [[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]]'s gold coffin and anchor collection, leaving the [[Planet Express ship|ship]] a few pounds overweight. Leela tells Bender to dump whatever is in his hands as there is no time, he protests but then complies and dumps their food. After they pass the checkpoint successfully, the organic life forms ask Bender to make them some food. A few hours later the others are still mad at Bender and are starving by the time they arrive at [[Omicron Persei 8]]. Fry assembles a few engine parts to look like a sandwich, but Leela slaps it away. [[Ndnd]] accepts the exercise equipment and the offer of a discount in exchange for food but [[Lrrr]] is eating the "sandwich" and likes it so much he forces Fry to be the new royal chef.


=== Act II ===
=== Act II ===
 
Bender makes his way to the royal kitchen and locks Fry in a closet so that he can prove himself the better chef. Fry complains that he would have let Bender cook as he doesn't know what he's doing. The [[Omicronians]] and their snail-like guests send a guard to find out what the delay is. Bender reveals that he had a jar of Vegemite the entire time and Fry makes a pile of sandwiches then takes them out to the dining area. The guests choose this moment to seize control of the planet, but as Lrrr talked Fry's skills up, they want to keep him as chef. Leela enters the kitchen having stolen a [[Fishy Joe's]] uniform from the delivery boy and she and Bender devise a plan to rescue Fry, but it fails miserably. However the snails have eaten the sandwiches and the salt content kills them. The crew run off and then escape in the ship, deciding they can go a few days without food.
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== Additional Info ==
== Additional Info ==
=== Trivia ===
*Based on the scale built into the ship, the ship itself weighs slightly under 30 tons.
*Ndnd suggests that she and Lrrr have no children because of his reproductive issues.
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=== Trivia ===


=== Quotes ===
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=== Continuity ===
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*'''Fry''': No I'm... doesn't.
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=== Continuity ===
References to other things in the Futurama Universe


=== Allusions ===
=== Allusions ===
References in Futurama to things in the real world
*The ship apparently weighs more than [[Star Wars|Jabba]] due to excess cargo.


=== Goofs ===
=== Goofs ===
List any mistakes made in the issue, like continuity errors, erroneous statements, etc.
*Fry would rather eat Bender's "famous Lobrau battered anchovies-and-chips" than eat at [[Fishy Joe's]]. While it is possible that the [[Encyclopod]] brought anchovies back from extinction, Bender is a terrible cook.
 
*Bender is once again claimed to be the ship's cook, despite now being the assistant manager of sales, and apparently hates cooking.
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*Fry is able to pull Vegemite out of a jar and wrap it around a stick like one would with honey. Vegemite in the 20th and 21st centuries was far too viscous for this to be possible.
*Whilst carrying Deandra, Kif claims his spine is snapping, but he hasn't got one and is in fact supported by a system of fluid filled bladders.
*[[Glab]]'s uniform is incorrectly coloured at the baby shower.


=== Special Features ===
=== Special Features ===
*According to the promotional blurb "this issue features the second of six awesome Futurama posters, suitable for unfolding." Like the previous issue's poster, it is a black light poster.
[[File:Futurama Comic 51 Poster.png|right|thumb]]
*According to the promotional blurb "this issue features the second of six awesome Futurama posters, suitable for unfolding." Like the previous issue's poster, it is a black light poster. The poster is a recoloured variant of the cover of ''[[Futurama Adventures]]''.
*Comic - ''Captain [[Zapp Brannigan]] in The Seven Day Itch''
*:Zapp is set up on a blind date at [[Elzar's Fine Cuisine|Elzar's]], dragging [[Kif Kroker|Kif]] along in case she was unattractive. The date goes so well that they get married the next day. Two days later, Zapp's wife is pregnant with septuplets. Another two days later, the seven boys are born and Zapp is served divorce papers. On the seventh day Kif brings Zapp proof the children aren't his. She'd already revealed this to Zapp and told him the marriage was only to get his money, he gave the court Kif's bank information instead. Zapp heads off on a "date" where he'll interview potential nannies for the children.


=== Characters ===
=== Characters ===
(In alphabetical order)
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*[[Amy Wong|Amy]] {{small|(mini comic only)}}
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*[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]]
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]
*[[Kif Kroker|Kif]]
*[[Hyper-Chicken]] {{small|(mini comic only)}}
*[[Inez Wong]] {{small|(mini comic only)}}
*[[Kif Kroker|Kif]] {{small|(mini comic only)}}
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]
*[[Zapp Brannigan]]
*[[Lrrr]]
*[[Ndnd]]
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== Comic Credits ==
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*Pencils
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**[[James Lloyd]]
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**[[Mike Kazaleh]]
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*Inks
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**[[Mike Rote]] {{small|(mini comic)}}
*Colors
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**[[Nathan Hamill]] {{small|(mini comic)}}
*Letters
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**[[Karen Bates]]


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Fry Cook!
Futurama Comic 51.png
US Publish Number51
UK Publish Number(s)59
Written byEric Rogers
Artists
main comicJames Lloyd
mini comicMike Kazaleh
Title captionThe black light bonanza continues! Poster #2 of 6 inside!
Published (US)29 September, 2010

Fry Cook! is the fifty-first comic issue, released 29 September, 2010 in the US.

The Story

Act I

The crew are about to pass through a space cargo weigh station and need to be under 50 tons, so Leela has the guys dump excess weight. Fry returns to the bridge having dumped Bender's gold coffin and anchor collection, leaving the ship a few pounds overweight. Leela tells Bender to dump whatever is in his hands as there is no time, he protests but then complies and dumps their food. After they pass the checkpoint successfully, the organic life forms ask Bender to make them some food. A few hours later the others are still mad at Bender and are starving by the time they arrive at Omicron Persei 8. Fry assembles a few engine parts to look like a sandwich, but Leela slaps it away. Ndnd accepts the exercise equipment and the offer of a discount in exchange for food but Lrrr is eating the "sandwich" and likes it so much he forces Fry to be the new royal chef.

Act II

Bender makes his way to the royal kitchen and locks Fry in a closet so that he can prove himself the better chef. Fry complains that he would have let Bender cook as he doesn't know what he's doing. The Omicronians and their snail-like guests send a guard to find out what the delay is. Bender reveals that he had a jar of Vegemite the entire time and Fry makes a pile of sandwiches then takes them out to the dining area. The guests choose this moment to seize control of the planet, but as Lrrr talked Fry's skills up, they want to keep him as chef. Leela enters the kitchen having stolen a Fishy Joe's uniform from the delivery boy and she and Bender devise a plan to rescue Fry, but it fails miserably. However the snails have eaten the sandwiches and the salt content kills them. The crew run off and then escape in the ship, deciding they can go a few days without food.

Additional Info

Trivia

  • Based on the scale built into the ship, the ship itself weighs slightly under 30 tons.
  • Ndnd suggests that she and Lrrr have no children because of his reproductive issues.

Allusions

  • The ship apparently weighs more than Jabba due to excess cargo.

Goofs

  • Fry would rather eat Bender's "famous Lobrau battered anchovies-and-chips" than eat at Fishy Joe's. While it is possible that the Encyclopod brought anchovies back from extinction, Bender is a terrible cook.
  • Bender is once again claimed to be the ship's cook, despite now being the assistant manager of sales, and apparently hates cooking.
  • Fry is able to pull Vegemite out of a jar and wrap it around a stick like one would with honey. Vegemite in the 20th and 21st centuries was far too viscous for this to be possible.
  • Whilst carrying Deandra, Kif claims his spine is snapping, but he hasn't got one and is in fact supported by a system of fluid filled bladders.
  • Glab's uniform is incorrectly coloured at the baby shower.

Special Features

Futurama Comic 51 Poster.png
  • According to the promotional blurb "this issue features the second of six awesome Futurama posters, suitable for unfolding." Like the previous issue's poster, it is a black light poster. The poster is a recoloured variant of the cover of Futurama Adventures.
  • Comic - Captain Zapp Brannigan in The Seven Day Itch
    Zapp is set up on a blind date at Elzar's, dragging Kif along in case she was unattractive. The date goes so well that they get married the next day. Two days later, Zapp's wife is pregnant with septuplets. Another two days later, the seven boys are born and Zapp is served divorce papers. On the seventh day Kif brings Zapp proof the children aren't his. She'd already revealed this to Zapp and told him the marriage was only to get his money, he gave the court Kif's bank information instead. Zapp heads off on a "date" where he'll interview potential nannies for the children.

Characters

(In alphabetic order)

Comic Credits

Futurama comics
Issues 1 — 20 "Monkey Sea, Monkey Doom!" • "...But Deliver Us to Evil!" • "The Owner of Mars Attacks!" • "DOOP the Right Thing!" • "Who's Dying to Be a Gazillionaire?" • "Xmas Time Is Fear" • "New Year's Rockin' Evil" • "Planet X-Press Men" • "Freaky Fry-day" • "The Big Sweep" • "The Cure for the Common Clod" • "Sideshow Fry" • "The Bender You Say" • "Six Characters in Search of a Story" • "Fry Me to the Moon" • "Kickin' It Old School" • "The Time Bender Trilogy:" (Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3) • "Bender Breaks Out"
21 — 40

"More than a Filling!" • "A Fit Worse than Death" • "The A-Team" • "Twice Told Tales of Interest" • "Robot Robin Hood" • "A Whole Lotta Leela" • "Rotten to the Core" • "Let's Twist Again" • "Downsized!" • "Fry and the Double-Bag Must-Have Item" • "As the Wormhole Turns" • "Doctor What" • "Attack of the 50-ft Amy" • "Planet Michelle" • "Son of the Sun" • "You Don't Wanna Know Jak!" • "Full Metal Racket" • "Rumble in the Jungle" • "Rust in Peace" • "Robot Santa's Little Helpers"

41 — 60

"Soldier Boys" • "Homeward Boned" • "Welcome to my Nightmall" • "The Fry and the Furious!" • "Anthology of Interest II" • "Follow the Reader" • "Chitty Chitty Bend Bend" • "Claw and Order" • "Dummy Up!" • "Your Mother Wears Pilot Boots" • "Fry Cook!" • "Ro-Botox!" • "A Bump in the Flight" • "How Much is that Mutant in the Window?" • "The Trouble With Trilogies" • "Do You Want Fry with That?" • "Steampunk'd" • "Boomsday!" • "How to Secede Without Really Trying" • "The Bot Who Cried Wolf"

61 — 80

"Troop Grit" • "Lost Our Leela" • "Igner-Ance is Bliss!" • "Secret Santa" • "The Sun Also Raises!" • "The Board Game Games" • "Tartar House Five" • "Futuramarutuf" • "Don't Go Taking my Heart!" • "The Devil and Professor F." • "Pizza Wars" • "Trading Spaces" • "Night of the Automated Dead" • "What the What if?" • "Bendership Galactica" • "Captain Brannigan: The Windbag Soldier" • "New New New York" • "Little Orphan Android" • "Kif of Death!" • "Dumbsday!"

81 — 100

"A Touch of Medieval" • Futurama Comics #82

Simpsons Crossovers "Somewhere Over the Brain-bow!" • "Liquid Diamond Is Forever!" • "Slaves of New New York!" • "The Read Menace!"
Mini-comics "H.G. Blob in Revenge of the Blob" • "The Continuum Less Travelled" • "Leela & Amy in Hostile Makeover" • "Captain Zapp Brannigan in The Seven Day Itch" • "Captain Zapp Brannigan in Purple Tentacle Tour" • "Captain Zapp Brannigan in Rank Call!" • "Zoidberg Makes a House Call" • "H.G. Blob in A Funny Feeling in my Tummy" • "Breaking News"
Collections Futurama-O-Rama • Futurama Adventures • Futurama: The Time Bender Trilogy • Futurama Conquers The Universe • The Simpsons Futurama Crossover Crisis • Futurama Comics: To Infinity!
Special issues "Monkey Sea, Monkey Doom!" • "Futurama Returns" • "Delivery-Boy Man"
Comics related Bongo Comics Group • Futuramaland
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