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==The Story==
==The Story==
===Act I: ===
===Act I: "Shut up and get to the point!"===
Bender, Fry and Leela are watching cop department when a advertisement for past-o-rama appears on the television, bender wishes to see a time before life was cheapened by heartless machines.
[[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]], [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] and [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] are watching ''[[Cop Department]]'' when a advertisement for [[Past-o-rama]] appears on the television, Bender wishes to see a time before life was cheapened by heartless machines.
They look around past-o-rama at various attractions such as a telephone booths and al sharpton’s burial chamber, then they come across a ancient car fry attempts to drive it but instead takes it through a wall.
They look around Past-o-rama at various attractions such as a telephone booths and Al Sharpton’s burial chamber, then they come across a ancient car, Fry attempts to drive it but instead takes it through a wall.
Unable to stop they hit flexo, a bending unit with a beard.
Unable to stop they hit [[Flexo]], a bending unit with a beard.


===Act II: ===
===Act II: "He's the evil Bender."===
The crew are nevoursly pacing around while bender is looking at a robot pornography book.
The crew are nevoursly pacing around while Bender is looking at a robot pornography book.
Flexo and Bender take fry to a robot gentlemens club where they pay a robot to give fry a lap dance which results in injuires.
Flexo and Bender take Fry to a robot gentlemens club where they pay a robot to give fry a lap dance which results in injuires. Fry begins to think Flexo is evil.
The crew go into the professors bedroom to see what he has to show them, he reveals to them the atom of jumbonoium which is so expensive if stolen it will cause planet express to go bankrupt, so the professor hires flexo to help out.
The crew go into the [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor]]'s bedroom to see what he has to show them, he reveals to them the atom of Jumbonoium which is so expensive, that if stolen it will cause [[Planet Express]] to go bankrupt, so the Professor hires Flexo to help out.


===Act III: ===
===Act III: "And the winner is..."===
Fry falls asleep since he spent his sleep time watching flexo, when the ship lands and he wakes they discover the atom is gone,they begin to search for flexo.
Fry falls asleep during his watch because he spent his sleeping time watching Flexo, when the ship lands and he wakes they discover the atom is gone, they begin to search for Flexo.
Bender and flexo begin to chase eachother through the bueaty pagent, they later discovered that bender stole the atom and not flexo.
Bender and Flexo begin to chase eachother through the bueaty pagent, they later discovered that Bender stole the atom and not Flexo.
Flexo saw bender steal the atom and ran to tell bob barker.
Flexo saw Bender steal the atom and ran to tell [[Bob Barker's Head]].
The atom is returned and flexo is locked up.
The atom is returned and Flexo is locked up.


==Additional Info==
==Additional Info==
===Trivia===
===Trivia===
*Sponsored by Arachno Spores.
*Past-o-rama's logo is based on the Futurama logo.
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*'''Fry''': No I'm... doesn't.
*'''Fry''': No I'm... doesn't.
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*'''Speaker''': ...The stately 1992 Latura.<br />'''Fry''': Hey, my girlfriend had one of those! Actually, it wasn't hers, it was her dad's. Actually, she wasn't my girlfriend. She just lived next door and never closed her curtains.<br />'''Leela''': Fry, remember I when I told you about always ending your stories a sentence earlier?
*'''Fry''': How's that robot I ran over?<br />'''Farnsworth''': We did all we could...<br />'''Fry''': You mean he's...?<br />'''Farnsworth''': Good as new? Yes!
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===Inside References===
===Inside References===
References to other things in the Futurama Universe
References to other things in the Futurama Universe
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===Outside References===
===Outside References===
References in Futurama to things in the real world
*Past-o-rama shows that people in the 31st century have little knowledge of the distant past a few mistakes include:
**Mammoth hunts in New York
**Star Wars 9: Yoda's Bar Mitzvah
**Appearance of primative robots


===Fast Forward===
===Fast Forward===
List instances of things from this episode that are referenced later.
*Miss Universe reappears in [[Raging Bender]].
 
*Flexo reappears in [[Bendless Love]]
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*[[Amy Wong|Amy]]
*[[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]]
*'''Debut:''' [[Bob Barker's Head]]
*[[Calculon]]
*[[The Crushinator]]
*'''Debut:''' [[Flexo]]
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]
*[[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]]
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Prof. Farnsworth]]
*[[Minor_Characters#Smitty_and_Url|Smitty and Url]]
*[[Zapp Brannigan]]
*[[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]


==Episode Credits==
==Episode Credits==
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*Writer
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**[[Unknown]]
**[[Eric Horsted]]
*Director
*Director
**[[Unknown]]
**[[Chris Sauve]]
*Voice Actors
*Voice Actors
**[[Billy West]]
**[[Billy West]]
**[[Katey Sagal]]
**[[Katey Sagal]]
**[[John DiMaggio]]
**[[John DiMaggio]]
**[[Tress MacNeille]]
**[[Maurice LaMarche]]
**[[Phil LaMarr]]
**[[David Herman]]
**[[Lauren Tom]]
*DVD Commentary
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Revision as of 08:23, 3 July 2006

The Lesser of Two Evils

Production Number: 2ACV06<br\> Title Caption: The show that watches back<br\> First Aired: 02/20/00

The Story

Act I: "Shut up and get to the point!"

Bender, Fry and Leela are watching Cop Department when a advertisement for Past-o-rama appears on the television, Bender wishes to see a time before life was cheapened by heartless machines. They look around Past-o-rama at various attractions such as a telephone booths and Al Sharpton’s burial chamber, then they come across a ancient car, Fry attempts to drive it but instead takes it through a wall. Unable to stop they hit Flexo, a bending unit with a beard.

Act II: "He's the evil Bender."

The crew are nevoursly pacing around while Bender is looking at a robot pornography book. Flexo and Bender take Fry to a robot gentlemens club where they pay a robot to give fry a lap dance which results in injuires. Fry begins to think Flexo is evil. The crew go into the Professor's bedroom to see what he has to show them, he reveals to them the atom of Jumbonoium which is so expensive, that if stolen it will cause Planet Express to go bankrupt, so the Professor hires Flexo to help out.

Act III: "And the winner is..."

Fry falls asleep during his watch because he spent his sleeping time watching Flexo, when the ship lands and he wakes they discover the atom is gone, they begin to search for Flexo. Bender and Flexo begin to chase eachother through the bueaty pagent, they later discovered that Bender stole the atom and not Flexo. Flexo saw Bender steal the atom and ran to tell Bob Barker's Head. The atom is returned and Flexo is locked up.

Additional Info

Trivia

  • Sponsored by Arachno Spores.
  • Past-o-rama's logo is based on the Futurama logo.

Quotes

  • Speaker: ...The stately 1992 Latura.
    Fry: Hey, my girlfriend had one of those! Actually, it wasn't hers, it was her dad's. Actually, she wasn't my girlfriend. She just lived next door and never closed her curtains.
    Leela: Fry, remember I when I told you about always ending your stories a sentence earlier?
  • Fry: How's that robot I ran over?
    Farnsworth: We did all we could...
    Fry: You mean he's...?
    Farnsworth: Good as new? Yes!

Outside References

  • Past-o-rama shows that people in the 31st century have little knowledge of the distant past a few mistakes include:
    • Mammoth hunts in New York
    • Star Wars 9: Yoda's Bar Mitzvah
    • Appearance of primative robots

Fast Forward

Characters

(In alphabetical order)

Episode Credits

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