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Futurama episode
"Anthology of Interest II"
Bender being turned into a human. I, Meatbag
Episode no.	50
Prod. code	3ACV18
Airdate	January 6, 2002
Writer(s)	I, Meatbag: Lewis Morton Raiders of the Lost Arcade: David X. Cohen Wizzin': Jason Gorbett Scott Kirby
Director	Bret Haaland
Opening subtitle	Hey TiVo! Suggest this!
Opening cartoon	Unknown
Season 3 January 2001 – December 2002
Amazon Women in the Mood Parasites Lost A Tale of Two Santas The Luck of the Fryrish The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz Bendless Love The Day the Earth Stood Stupid That's Lobstertainment! The Cyber House Rules Where the Buggalo Roam Insane in the Mainframe The Route of All Evil Bendin' in the Wind Time Keeps on Slippin' I Dated a Robot A Leela of Her Own A Pharaoh to Remember Anthology of Interest II Roswell That Ends Well Godfellas Future Stock The 30% Iron Chef
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"Anthology of Interest II" is the eighteenth episode of the third season of Futurama. It originally aired in North America on January 6, 2002. This episode, as well as the earlier "Anthology of Interest I", serves to showcase three out-of-canon "imaginary" stories, in a manner similar to the "Treehouse of Horror" episodes (broadcast each Halloween) of Matt Groening's other animated series The Simpsons. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This article is about the television series. ... Image File history File links Futurama_ep50. ... Anthology of Interest II is the eighteenth episode of the third season of Futurama. ... is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Lewis Morton is an American television writer. ... David X. Cohen (born 1966), born David Samuel Cohen, is an American television writer. ... Bret Haaland is an American animation director. ... TiVo (pronounced tee-voh, IPA: ) is a popular brand of digital video recorder (DVR) in the United States (and coming to Canada in December 7, 2007) and is a consumer video device which allows users to capture television programming to internal hard disk storage for later viewing (time shifting), provides... The complete Futurama DVD collection The following is an episode list for the FOX animated television series Futurama. ... Amazon Women in the Mood is the first episode in season three of Futurama. ... Parasites Lost is the 2nd episode in series 3 of Futurama. ... A Tale of Two Santas is the third episode in season 3 of Futurama. ... The Luck of the Fryrish is the fourth episode in season three of Futurama. ... The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz is the fifth episode in season three of Futurama. ... Bendless Love is the sixth episode in season three of Futurama. ... The Day the Earth Stood Stupid is the seventh episode in season three of Futurama. ... Thats Lobstertainment! is the 8th episode in season 3 of Futurama. ... The Cyber House Rules is the ninth episode in season three of Futurama. ... Where the Buggalo Roam is the tenth episode in season three of the animated television series Futurama. ... “Insane in the Mainframe” is the eleventh episode in season three of Futurama. ... The Route of All Evil is episode twelve in season three of the Futurama DVDs. ... Bendin in the Wind is the thirteenth episode in season three of Futurama. ... The subject of this article may not satisfy the notability guideline for Television episodes. ... I Dated a Robot is the fifteenth episode in season three of Futurama. ... A Leela Of Her Own is the sixteenth episode in the third season of the animated series Futurama. ... A Pharaoh to Remember is episode seventeen of Futuramas third season. ... Roswell That Ends Well is the nineteenth episode of the third production season of the TV show Futurama. ... Godfellas is the twentieth episode of the third production season of Futurama. ... Future Stock is the 21st episode in the third season of Futurama. ... “The 30% Iron Chef” is the 22nd episode in season three of Futurama. ... The complete Futurama DVD collection The following is an episode list for the FOX animated television series Futurama. ... This article is about the television series. ... North American redirects here. ... is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Anthology of Interest I is episode sixteen in season two of Futurama. ... This article refers to the first Treehouse of Horror episode. ... This article is about the holiday. ... Matthew Abram Groening is an American cartoonist (Life in Hell) and the Emmy Award-winning creator of the animated series, The Simpsons and Futurama. ... Simpsons redirects here. ...

Plot

Professor Farnsworth hauls out his What-If Machine again, claiming that he's finished "fine-tuning" it, and the crew takes a look at three alternate realities.

I, Meatbag

Bender asks what would happen if he were human. The simulation opens with Professor Farnsworth announcing that he has invented a process of reverse fossilization, which can turn robots into organic life-forms. He uses his reverse fossilization machine on Bender, who is transformed into a human. Bender Bending Rodríguez, more commonly known as Bender, is a main character in the animated television series Futurama. ... Professor Hubert Farnsworth Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth is the extremely elderly proprietor of the Planet Express delivery service in the animated television series Futurama. ... Petrified wood In geology, petrifaction or petrification is the process by which organic material is converted into stone or a similar substance. ...

After a short period of adaptation, Bender's self-control is overwhelmed by his new senses of taste, touch and emotional responses, and goes on a sensory input binge. A week later, at the Nobel Prize judging, the Professor presents Bender who has become a thousand-pound blob. The committee initially condemns Farnsworth, but Bender begs them to consider his new lifestyle. The open-minded scientists spend the night in a state of wild hedonism. Just before dawn, the committee awards Bender with the Nobel Prize in Chemistry but discover that Bender died shortly after the party started with a cholesterol level of 40 pounds. The Nobel Prize (Swedish: ) was established in Alfred Nobels will in 1895, and it was first awarded in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace in 1901. ... This article does not cite any sources. ... This is a list of Nobel Prize laureates in Chemistry from 1901 to 2006. ...

Raiders of the Lost Arcade

Fry asks to see a world that is more like a video game. As the simulation starts, President of Earth Richard Nixon is preparing to sign a treaty with Ambassador Kong of planet Nintendu 64. Ambassador Kong attacks Nixon, and a state of war erupts. Philip J. Fry is the protagonist of the animated television series Futurama and is voiced by Billy West. ... Nixon redirects here. ... Donkey Kong ), sometimes abbreviated to DK, is a fictional character who first appeared in Nintendos popular 1981 video game bearing the same name. ... The Nintendo 64 , NINTENDO64), often abbreviated as N64, is Nintendos third home video game console for the international market. ...

Due to his extensive knowledge of video games, Fry is brought to the Milatari headquarters and introduced to General Colin Pac-Man. Before Fry can impart his wisdom to the military, the Nintendians launch an attack on Washington, DC, and they are forced into the escape tunnels. They emerge outside the Planet Express building, where the Nintendian invaders, led by Lrrr, are blasting New New York. Fry situates himself at the controls of a rolling Anti-aircraft artillery platform, and begins destroying the alien ships in a manner similar to Space Invaders. Fry is unable to destroy the final ship, which lands nearby and the invaders emerge. They demand millions of dollars in quarters with which to do their laundry, but the Earthlings refuse. Fortunately, a compromise is reached, with the Nintendians throwing their laundry in with Earth's. Praetorian Guards, Roman Soldiers Military as a noun, in the broad meaning of the word, refers to any number of individuals who are members of an organisation authorised by its society to use force, usually including use of weapons, in defending its independence by repulsing actual or perceived threats. ... This article is about the corporate brand. ... General Colin Luther Powell, United States Army (Ret. ... Pac-Man is an arcade game developed by Namco and licensed for distribution by Midway Games in 1979. ... Nintendo Company Ltd. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... Futuramas recurring characters: // The Brain Slugs are small, gelatinous, fist-sized aliens that attach themselves to human heads and act as mind-control devices, reducing their hosts to a zombie-like state. ... American troops man an anti-aircraft gun near the Algerian coastline in 1943 Anti-aircraft, or air defense, is any method of combating military aircraft from the ground. ... Space Invaders ) is an arcade video game designed by Tomohiro Nishikado in 1978. ...

Wizzin'

The last person to ask a what if question is Leela, who wants to see her true home. When the Professor pulls the lever on the What-if Machine, he hits her on the head, and she falls to the floor unconscious. Turanga Leela (born A.D. 2975) is a fictional primary character in the animated television series Futurama. ...

She wakes up at the helm of the Planet Express Ship, which is caught in a tornado. Outside, Scruffy can be seen flying on a broom amidst the debris. It crash-lands in a Technicolor wonderland. Scruffy, the "Man-Witch," was crushed under the ship, and Leela steals his ruby boots. Amy, the Cute Witch of the North, tells her that she should seek out the Professor, who lives in the Emerald Laboratory down Martin Luther King Boulevard, which is constructed from yellow brick (she is then crushed to death when Leela opens the steps on the ramp after she unwittingly insults her shoe size). The Planet Express Ship is a fictional spaceship in the animated series Futurama. ... Look up scruffy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The original ruby slippers used in The Wizard of Oz; now on display at the Smithsonian. ... Amy Wong (born August 4, 2980 [1]) is a fictional character, one of the main characters from the FOX television animated series Futurama. ... The Good Witch of the North is a fictional character in the Land of Oz, created by American author L. Frank Baum. ... The Wizard, on the cover of Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz The Wizard of Oz (or simply The Wizard) is a fictional character in the Land of Oz created by American author L. Frank Baum and further popularized by the classic 1939 movie. ... “Martin Luther King” redirects here. ... The road of yellow brick is an element in the novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. ...

While traveling, she meets Fry (the Scarecrow), Bender (the Tin Woodman) and Zoidberg (the "other guy"). Mom, the Wicked Witch, sends her winged monkeys, Walt, Larry, and Ignar, to kidnap Leela and her friends. Mom explains she always wanted a daughter, and offers to take Leela in. Leela accepts, and as part of a celebration, Bender uncorks a bottle of champagne, which spills over Mom's waist, causing her to melt. The Scarecrow is a character in the fictional Land of Oz created by American author L. Frank Baum and illustrator William Wallace Denslow. ... The Tin Woodman (also known as The Tin Man or The Tin Woodsman (the latter appearing only in adaptations)) is a character in the fictional Land of Oz created by American author L. Frank Baum. ... Dr. John Zoidberg is a fictional character in the television series Futurama. ... Cover of The Cowardly Lion of Oz (1929) by Ruth Plumly Thompson. ... Mom in her first appearance, wearing her fatsuit and kindly public persona Mom is a fictional character and recurring antagonist on the animated series Futurama, voiced by Tress MacNeille. ... The Wicked Witch, as portrayed by Margaret Hamilton in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz The Wicked Witch of the West (or simply The Wicked Witch) is a character in the fictional Land of Oz created by American author L. Frank Baum in his childrens books. ... The monkeys caught Dorothy in their arms and flew away with her: illustration by W. W. Denslow in L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, 1900 Winged monkeys (often referred to in adaptations and popular culture as flying monkeys) are characters from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, of enough...

Leela and company make their way to the Emerald Laboratory and meet the Professor, who has a giant head while hiding the rest of his body behind a curtain. Zoidberg, who wants courage, is instead given a gun. Bender, who wants a money, instead gets professor land fun bucks. Fry asks for nothing, since everyone else assumes he wants a brain, to which he has taken offense. The Professor tells Leela that she can go home by clicking her ruby boots together and wishing to go home, but Leela wishes to be a witch at the last moment. She then dons witch clothes and turns the Professor, Fry and Bender into frogs. Her reign of terror is cut short by Zoidberg, who has encountered a problem with the Emerald Laboratory's upstairs toilet, and dumps an entire bucket of water on her. For other uses, see Emerald City (disambiguation). ... Distribution of frogs (in black) Suborders Archaeobatrachia Mesobatrachia Neobatrachia - List of Anuran families The frogness babe is an amphibian in the order Anura (meaning tail-less from Greek an-, without + oura, tail), formerly referred to as Salientia (Latin saltare, to jump). ...

As she melts in the dream world, she wakes up back in the Planet Express building (incidentally, Bender dumped a bucket of water over her face) just before the Professor has an opportunity to dissect her and harvest her organs. Organ harvesting is the removal, retention and use of human organs and tissue to be used in transplants. ...

Cultural references

I, Meatbag

The title of this segment is a reference to Isaac Asimov's book I, Robot (with the word "Meatbag", which Bender uses to insult humans, meant to be an opposite to "Robot"), although Anthology Of Interest II is the 3rd Futurama episode to parody the title of this book, with the first episode being I, Roommate and the second being I Dated a Robot. The clothing that Bender wears once human is meant to represent Homer Simpson's clothing, to give a 31st century interpretation of Simpsons character. Once Bender is found to be dead, Farnsworth says "Good Night, sweet prince," as Horatio said after the death of Hamlet in Shakespeare's Hamlet. It is also said to Bender by Fry, when he dies in the episode Anthology of Interest I after a fight with Zoidberg. The song segment that is used on numerous occasions in I, Meatbag is "Conga" by the Miami Sound Machine. Isaac Asimov (January 2?, 1920?[1] – April 6, 1992), pronounced , originally Исаак Озимов but now transcribed into Russian as Айзек Азимов [1], was a Russian-born American author and professor of biochemistry, a highly successful writer, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. ... For the film, see I, Robot (film). ... I, Roommate is the third episode of season one of Futurama. ... I Dated a Robot is the fifteenth episode in season three of Futurama. ... Homer Simpson is also a character in the book and film The Day of the Locust. ... The Simpsons. ... Shakespeare redirects here. ... For other uses, see Hamlet (disambiguation). ... Anthology of Interest I is episode sixteen in season two of Futurama. ... Conga was the first major hit single for Cuban-born singer Gloria Estefan, although the actual name on the single read Miami Sound Machine. ... Gloria, Live & Re-wrapped Tour Promo Poster Gloria Estefan (birth name Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo, born September 1, 1957 in Havana, Cuba), is a five-time Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter, who began her career as lead vocalist for the then exclusively Spanish-language band, Miami Sound Machine, in 1975...

Raiders of the Lost Arcade

A parody of the game Space Invaders

The "Raiders of the Lost Arcade" segment is a "nonstop barrage of game references" with jokes and allusions referencing a wide array of classic video games.^[1] The title is a reference to the 1981 film Raiders of the Lost Ark. "Ambassador Kong" is a reference to the NES game Donkey Kong, as well as Italy's Ambassador to the U.N. being Mario. The maze which the characters run through is an homage to both Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man.^[1] Zoidberg adds to this when he coughs up certain objects which are in the Pac-Man Mazes. The Nintendians' fleet comprises Space Invaders ships, which move in the same pattern as those in the original video game.^[1] The planet Nintendu 64 is a reference to the game console Nintendo 64. When the Milatari HQ is first shown, the green tank from Battlezone is shown driving past.^[1] When inside Milatari HQ, a soldier guides Fry and his friends to the War Room with a door that flashes a message saying "YOU NEED A BLUE KEY", an homage to the PC game Doom.^{[citation needed]} Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Space Invaders ) is an arcade video game designed by Tomohiro Nishikado in 1978. ... This article is about the film. ... Nes is: A municipality in the county of Akershus in Norway, see Nes, Akershus. ... This article is about the video game character. ... Mario ) is a video game character created by Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamoto and the official mascot of Nintendo. ... Pac-Man is an arcade game developed by Namco and licensed for distribution by Midway Games in 1979. ... Ms. ... Space Invaders ) is an arcade video game designed by Tomohiro Nishikado in 1978. ... The Nintendo 64 , NINTENDO64), often abbreviated as N64, is Nintendos third home video game console for the international market. ... This article is about the corporate brand. ... Battlezone is an arcade game from Atari released in 1980. ... This article is about the corporate brand. ... Doom (or DOOM)[1] is a 1993 computer game by id Software that is a landmark title in the first-person shooter genre. ...

• When Fry is destroying the alien ships his walkman plays the song 'Tom Sawyer' by Rush (band).

Rush is a Canadian rock band originally formed in August 1968, in the Willowdale neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario; presently comprised of bassist, keyboardist, and lead vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and drummer and lyricist Neil Peart. ...

Wizzin'

The title of the final segment is a parody of the musical The Wiz, which in turn is based on The Wizard of Oz. Also, Scarecrow Fry comments about them skipping for so long that he needs to take "the wiz". The first thing Leela sees upon exiting the ship is a peacock, whose tail feathers open to form a parody of the famous NBC peacock logo. The Lollipop Guild parody contains characters seen in previous episodes including Dwight Conrad, Cubert Farnsworth, a Neptunian from "A Tale of Two Santas", and a Grunka Lunka and Glurmo from "Fry and the Slurm Factory". The parody goes a little further, as the group parodies the song the Lollipop Guild sings in The Wizard of Oz. Scarecrow Fry tries to scare a crow away by reading an excerpt from the novel Christine by Stephen King with no success. The evil witch dies after becoming wet, just as the witch in The Wizard of Oz did. As she dies she alludes to the bizarre nature of her death and how it's a miracle either she or her Wizard of Oz counterpart managed to survive so long while suffering the aforementioned weakness. This article is about the stage musical. ... The Wizard of Oz (film) redirects here. ... Manneken Pis of Brussels. ... NBC has used numerous logos at various times; this article shows all of its television logos, including the peacock design (originally for color broadcasts only) that led to it being nicknamed the Peacock network and eventually became its logo. ... DItalic texting-Dong! The Witch is Dead is a song in the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz sung by the munchkins in response to hearing the death of the Wicked Witch of the East. ... Futuramas recurring characters: // Kif Kroker Kif Kroker (voiced by Maurice LaMarche) - Alien assistant to Captain Zapp Brannigan and first officer of the Democratic Order of Planets (DOOP) starship Nimbus. ... Cubert Farnsworth is Professor Hubert Farnsworths clone from the fictional animated television series Futurama. ... A Tale of Two Santas is the third episode in season 3 of Futurama. ... Fry and the Slurm Factory is the thirteenth episode and season finale of season one of Futurama. ... This article is about the novel by Stephen King. ... For other persons named Stephen King, see Stephen King (disambiguation). ... The Wizard of Oz (film) redirects here. ...

Reception

In 2006 IGN.com ranked this episode as number 12, with "Anthology of Interest I" at number 13, in their list of the "Top 25 Futurama episodes".^[2] As of March 21st 2008, TV.com has given this episode a 9.1 "Superb" rating. IGN - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

See also

Anthology of Interest I Anthology of Interest I is episode sixteen in season two of Futurama. ...

References

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