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|name=How Much is That Mutant in the Window?
|name=How Much is that Mutant in the Window?
|image=[[File:Futurama Comic 54.png|225px]]
|image=[[File:Futurama Comic 54.png|225px]]
|us no=54
|us no=54
|uk no=61
|uk no=61
|written by=Eric Rogers
|written by=Eric Rogers
|art A by=Mike Kazaleh
|art A=main comic
|art B by=James Lloyd
|art A by=James Lloyd
|art B=mini comic
|art B by=Mike Kazaleh
|title caption=Collectable black light poster <small>#5 of 6 inside!</small>
|title caption=Collectable black light poster <small>#5 of 6 inside!</small>
|us publish=23 March, 2011
|us publish=23 March, 2011
|uk publish=
|uk publish=8 September, 2011
|title referee=
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'''How Much is that Mutant in the Window?''' is the fifty-fourth [[comic]] issue, released 23 March, 2011 in the US.  <!-- insert brief plot summary here -->
'''Futurama Comic 54''' is the fifty-fourth [[comic]] issue, scheduled to be released 23 March, 2011 in the US.  <!-- insert brief plot summary here -->


== The Story ==
== The Story ==
Do androids dream of one-eyed, mutant, space pilots? And after dreaming about them, are they willing to sell those space pilots on the interplanetary black market as pets? And once they sell them, as pets to a distant culture that seeks glory by winning the Westministeria Pet Show, are the space pilots' friends prepared to save said space pilots from being named 'Best of Breed'? Ask no further. All of your silly questions will soon be answered. Also: When [[Kif Kroker]] earns a promotion, [[Zapp Brannigan]] takes extreme measures to make sure Kif's new command becomes his last patrol!
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=== Act I ===
=== Act I ===
The crew stop by a pet park so that [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] and [[Nibbler]] can relieve themselves. When Nibbler runs off to eat a [[Buggalo]], [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] is chloroformed and abducted. Fry and [[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]] look around and decide that Leela probably found a date and left them with the ship, so after looking around they have the ship towed back home. [[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]] chews out the remaining crew for loosing the pilot and wasting money that the company has, [[Planet Express ship|the ship]] would have returned home automatically in 24 hours, and are given a week to pay off the towing bill. The next day Fry tries to find a job in the paper, but then decides that Nibbler should be with someone who wants him, so he and Bender look through the pet section, where they find Leela. Nibbler reveals yet again that he can talk and squeezes them into his ship so that they can all go to Westminsteria to rescue her.


=== Act II ===
=== Act II ===
 
Leela wakes up in a pet shop and learns that due to her unusual appearance she's a highly sought after type of pet. Before she can fight back, Leela is drugged again. Nibbler tracks Leela's [[Wristlojackimator|wrist thing]] to a shopping mall and makes it so that Fry will appear to be one of the natives, to do so he remains near his ship. On arriving at the store Fry and Bender only find Leela's clothes. Leela, having been sold, fights her way out of the cage and climbs a tree. The others follow the trail and find her, but the natives find them just as Nibbler tires out and reveals Fry as human. The Westminsterians decide to take them all as pets but then Nibbler rescues them in his ship. Back on [[Earth]], Nibbler wipes everyone's memories leaving them with no idea what has been happening or why Leela is out on the street in nothing but Fry's jacket. In the meantime [[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Zoidberg]] has now found his way into the pet shop and is enjoying the free food.
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== Additional Info ==
== Additional Info ==
=== Trivia ===
*Bender has a dog resembling [[Robo-puppy]] called "Thwunk".
**Its magnetised body is presumably an electromagnet, which can be turned off, as Bender was keeping it in his chest.
*A man in the pets-for-sale section of the paper resembles a blonde [[Dave Spiegel and Fluffers|Dave Spiegel]].
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=== Trivia ===


=== Quotes ===
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=== Alien Language Sightings ===
=== Alien Language Sightings ===
'''Page''': <br />
'''Page''': 11<br />
'''Location''': <br />
'''Location''': 4th panel; newspaper<br />
'''Language''': [[Alien Languages#AL1|AL1]]<br />
'''Language''': [[Alien Languages#AL1|AL1]]-ish<br />
'''Translation''':  
'''Translation''': "GXB???" the last three characters do not resemble the standard AL1 or AL2 alphabet.
(change to AL2, if necessary)


=== Continuity ===
=== Continuity ===
References to other things in the Futurama Universe
*[[Halley's Comet]] is now known as "Interplanetary Pet Play".
 
*[[Randy]] has a miniature [[giraffe]] as a pet, these were last seen in "[[Xmas Story]]".
=== Allusions ===
*[[Sal]] used the same tow truck to bring the crew home in [[A Bump in the Flight|the previous issue]].
References in Futurama to things in the real world
*The crew are unaware Nibbler can talk, which would either place this comic before ''[[Bender's Big Score]]'' or indicate that he has decided to wipe their memories, although in the later episode "[[Overclockwise]]" the crew expresses no surprise that Nibbler can talk, suggesting the former.
*In [[Vorglord's Pet Supply & Sausage Shop]], many pets are seen such as [[Omicronians|Omicronian]] babies (possibly [[Popplers]]), a [[Buggalo]], a [[Neptunian]], a member of [[Morbo]][[Morbo's species|'s race]] (possibly Morbo himself), the [[Hyper-Chicken]], a yellow creature resembling a [[Desert Muck Leech]] and a (oddly) green coloured [[Purple Fruit Snake]].


=== Goofs ===
=== Goofs ===
List any mistakes made in the issue, like continuity errors, erroneous statements, etc.
*Fry and Bender both know how to fly the {{Planet Express|ship}}. Perhaps they were just too lazy on this occasion.
*The pet left of Hyper-Chicken changes between frames.
*Morbo, or the member of his species assumed to be him, and the animal above and right of him both turn pink in their last frame. This may be a previously unknown ability however.
*In the mini- comic '''Captain Zapp Brannigan in Rank Call!''', Kif's skin is white and not the usual green in the first panel on Planet Yelopagez.


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=== Allusions ===
*The title is a reference to the [[1952]] novelty song "{{w|(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?}}" by {{w|Bob Merrill}}.
*In the pet shop, [[Star Wars|Ewoks]] and a Xenomorph can be seen.


=== Special Features ===
=== Special Features ===
*This issue features the fifth of six black light posters.
*This issue features the fifth of six black light posters. The poster is a recoloured version of the cover art from "[[Attack of the 50-ft Amy]]".
*Another Zapp/Kif mini comic appears in this issue.
*Comic - ''Captain Zapp Brannigan in Rank Call!''
*:[[Zapp Brannigan|Zapp]] and his men are captured on OCD-4, but when a sick [[Kif Kroker|Kif]] emerges from [[Nimbus|the ship]] and sneezes messily on one of them, the captors run away. As a reward for defeating the Disambiguatons, Kif is then promoted to Captain. Captain Kroker is then shown a group of privates who will be battalion, but he instead insists on taking a group of rejects ([[Calculon]], [[Dr. Ogden Wernstrom|Wernstrom]], Zoidberg and [[Randy]]). Their first mission is a failure when the group needs to be saved by Zapp, who demotes Kif and selects Randy as his new Lieutenant. He then pays the enemy for helping make Kif "look like an overwhelmed, indecisive pansy".  


=== Characters ===
=== Characters ===
(In alphabetical order)
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*[[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]]
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*[[Calculon]] {{small|(mini comic only)}}
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*[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]]
*[[Fishy Joe]]
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]
*[[Glab]] {{small|(mini comic only)}}
*[[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]]
*[[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]]
*[[Kif Kroker]]
*[[Hyper-Chicken]]
*[[Igner]] {{small|(mini comic only)}}
*[[Kif Kroker]] {{small|(mini comic only)}}
*[[Linda]]
*[[Morbo]]
*[[Nibbler]]
*[[Nibbler]]
*'''Debut''': [[Pandoodlelk]]
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]
*[[Richard Nixon's head|Nixon]]
*[[Purple Fruit Snake]] {{small|(coloured green)}}
*[[Zapp Brannigan]]
*[[Randy]]
*[[Zoidberg]]
*[[Sal]]
*'''Debut''': [[Thwunk]]
*[[Dr. Ogden Wernstrom|Wernstrom]] {{small|(mini comic only)}}
*[[Zapp Brannigan]] {{small|(mini comic only)}}
*[[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]
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== Comic Credits ==
== Comic Credits ==
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**[[Eric Rogers]]
**[[Eric Rogers]]
*Pencils
*Pencils
**[[Mike Kazaleh]]
**[[James Lloyd]] {{small|(main comic)}}
**[[James Lloyd]]
**[[Mike Kazaleh]] {{small|(mini comic)}}
*Inks
*Inks
**[[Andrew Pepoy]]
**[[Andrew Pepoy]] {{small|(main comic)}}
**[[Phyllis Novin]] {{small|(mini comic)}}
*Colors
*Colors
**Unknown
**[[Alan Hellard]] {{small|(main comic)}}
**[[Nathan Hamill]] {{small|(mini comic)}}
*Letters
*Letters
**Unknown
**[[Karen Bates]]


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Latest revision as of 22:44, 8 September 2013

How Much is that Mutant in the Window?
Futurama Comic 54.png
US Publish Number54
UK Publish Number(s)61
Written byEric Rogers
Artists
main comicJames Lloyd
mini comicMike Kazaleh
Title captionCollectable black light poster #5 of 6 inside!
Published (US)23 March, 2011
Published (UK)8 September, 2011

How Much is that Mutant in the Window? is the fifty-fourth comic issue, released 23 March, 2011 in the US.

The Story

Act I

The crew stop by a pet park so that Fry and Nibbler can relieve themselves. When Nibbler runs off to eat a Buggalo, Leela is chloroformed and abducted. Fry and Bender look around and decide that Leela probably found a date and left them with the ship, so after looking around they have the ship towed back home. Hermes chews out the remaining crew for loosing the pilot and wasting money that the company has, the ship would have returned home automatically in 24 hours, and are given a week to pay off the towing bill. The next day Fry tries to find a job in the paper, but then decides that Nibbler should be with someone who wants him, so he and Bender look through the pet section, where they find Leela. Nibbler reveals yet again that he can talk and squeezes them into his ship so that they can all go to Westminsteria to rescue her.

Act II

Leela wakes up in a pet shop and learns that due to her unusual appearance she's a highly sought after type of pet. Before she can fight back, Leela is drugged again. Nibbler tracks Leela's wrist thing to a shopping mall and makes it so that Fry will appear to be one of the natives, to do so he remains near his ship. On arriving at the store Fry and Bender only find Leela's clothes. Leela, having been sold, fights her way out of the cage and climbs a tree. The others follow the trail and find her, but the natives find them just as Nibbler tires out and reveals Fry as human. The Westminsterians decide to take them all as pets but then Nibbler rescues them in his ship. Back on Earth, Nibbler wipes everyone's memories leaving them with no idea what has been happening or why Leela is out on the street in nothing but Fry's jacket. In the meantime Zoidberg has now found his way into the pet shop and is enjoying the free food.

Additional Info

Trivia

  • Bender has a dog resembling Robo-puppy called "Thwunk".
    • Its magnetised body is presumably an electromagnet, which can be turned off, as Bender was keeping it in his chest.
  • A man in the pets-for-sale section of the paper resembles a blonde Dave Spiegel.

Alien Language Sightings

Page: 11
Location: 4th panel; newspaper
Language: AL1-ish
Translation: "GXB???" the last three characters do not resemble the standard AL1 or AL2 alphabet.

Continuity

Goofs

  • Fry and Bender both know how to fly the Planet Express ship. Perhaps they were just too lazy on this occasion.
  • The pet left of Hyper-Chicken changes between frames.
  • Morbo, or the member of his species assumed to be him, and the animal above and right of him both turn pink in their last frame. This may be a previously unknown ability however.
  • In the mini- comic Captain Zapp Brannigan in Rank Call!, Kif's skin is white and not the usual green in the first panel on Planet Yelopagez.

Allusions

Special Features

  • This issue features the fifth of six black light posters. The poster is a recoloured version of the cover art from "Attack of the 50-ft Amy".
  • Comic - Captain Zapp Brannigan in Rank Call!
    Zapp and his men are captured on OCD-4, but when a sick Kif emerges from the ship and sneezes messily on one of them, the captors run away. As a reward for defeating the Disambiguatons, Kif is then promoted to Captain. Captain Kroker is then shown a group of privates who will be battalion, but he instead insists on taking a group of rejects (Calculon, Wernstrom, Zoidberg and Randy). Their first mission is a failure when the group needs to be saved by Zapp, who demotes Kif and selects Randy as his new Lieutenant. He then pays the enemy for helping make Kif "look like an overwhelmed, indecisive pansy".

Characters

(In alphabetic order)

Comic Credits