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Encyclopedia > Fry and the Slurm Factory
Futurama episode
"Fry and the Slurm Factory"
Episode no. 13
Prod. code 1ACV13
Airdate November 15, 1999
Writer(s) Lewis Morton
Director Ron Hughart
Opening subtitle Live From Omicron Persei 8
Opening cartoon The Simpsons shorts
Guest star(s) Pamela Anderson as the Bikini Girl
  1. Space Pilot 3000
  2. The Series Has Landed
  3. I, Roommate
  4. Love's Labours Lost in Space
  5. Fear of a Bot Planet
  6. A Fishful of Dollars
  7. My Three Suns
  8. A Big Piece of Garbage
  9. Hell Is Other Robots
  10. A Flight to Remember
  11. Mars University
  12. When Aliens Attack
  13. Fry and the Slurm Factory
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"Fry and the Slurm Factory" is the thirteenth episode and season finale of season one of Futurama. It originally aired in North America on November 15, 1999. The episode was directed by Ron Hughart and written by Lewis Morton. Pamela Anderson guest stars as the voice of one of the Slurm party girls. This article is about the television series. ... Image File history File links Futurama_204_-_Fry_and_the_Slurm_Factory. ... is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... Lewis Morton is an American television writer. ... Ron Hughart is an American animation director. ... The Simpsons made their TV debut on The Tracey Ullman Show in 1987 During the first three seasons of the television variety show The Tracey Ullman Show, two different series of animated shorts were run before and after commercial breaks. ... Pamela Denise Anderson (born July 1, 1967) is a Canadian/American[1] actress, sex symbol, glamour model, producer, TV personality, and author. ... Space Pilot 3000 is the first episode of Futuramas first season, which originally aired in North America on March 28, 1999. ... The Series Has Landed is the 2nd episode in series 1 of Futurama. ... I, Roommate is the third episode of season one of Futurama. ... Loves Labours Lost in Space is the fourth episode in season one of Futurama. ... Fear of a Bot Planet is the fifth episode in season one of Futurama. ... A Fishful of Dollars is episode six in the first season of Futurama. ... My Three Suns is episode 7 in season 1 of Futurama. ... A Big Piece of Garbage is episode 8 in season 1 of Futurama. ... The subject of this article may not satisfy the notability guideline for Television episodes. ... The subject of this article may not satisfy the notability guideline for Television episodes. ... Mars University is episode eleven of season one of Futurama. ... ‹ The template below (Unreferenced episode) has been proposed for deletion. ... The complete Futurama DVD collection The following is an episode list for the FOX animated television series Futurama. ... TV Show Reference Episode is the word usually used to refer to a part of a serial television or radio program. ... A season finale (British English last in the series) is the final episode of a season of a television program. ... This article is about the television series. ... North America North America is a continent[1] in the Earths northern hemisphere and (chiefly) western hemisphere. ... is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... Ron Hughart is an American animation director. ... Lewis Morton is an American television writer. ... Pamela Denise Anderson (born July 1, 1967) is a Canadian/American[1] actress, sex symbol, glamour model, producer, TV personality, and author. ...

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Plot

The episode opens with an advertisement for Slurm, a popular soft drink in the year 3000, announcing a contest: whoever finds a golden bottlecap inside a can of Slurm wins a free trip to the Slurm plant on Wormulon, a tour of the Slurm Factory, as well as a party with Slurm mascot Slurms MacKenzie. Fry resolves to find the bottlecap by drinking massive quantities of Slurm. Philip J. Fry is the protagonist of the animated television series Futurama and is voiced by Billy West. ...


Bender walks in sick, with a high temperature (900° F), which Professor Farnsworth uses as an excuse to test his experimental "F-ray", a device that enables the user to look inside anything. After repairing Bender, who stole Amy's watch and hid it in his stomach gears, the professor leaves the F-ray in the custody of Fry and Bender. Fry realizes that they could use the F-ray to scan Slurm cans for the golden bottlecap. After checking "90 thousand" cans, they give up on finding the winning can, and return the F-ray. Fry settles in to relax with a Slurm and chokes on the winning bottle cap. “Bender” redirects here. ... Professor Hubert Farnsworth Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth is the extremely elderly proprietor of the Planet Express delivery service in the animated television series Futurama. ...


The Planet Express crew arrives at Slurm Centralized Industrial Fabrication Unit on Wormulon. The crew takes a tour down a river of Slurm through the factory, and see the Grunka-Lunkas sing their song. Fry tries to drink from the river and falls in. Leela dives in to save him, and Bender joins them for no good reason. The three are sucked into a whirlpool and deposited in a cave under the factory. Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka with the iconic Oompa Loompas of the 1971 film An Oompa Loompa from the 2005 movie adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, portrayed by Deep Roy Oompa Loompas are dwarves in Roald Dahls fictional books Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Charlie and... Turanga Leela (referred to as simply Leela) is the primary female character in the animated television series Futurama. ...


They discover that the factory they toured was a fake. Making their way through the tunnels, they enter the real factory and discover Slurm's true nature: it is a secretion from a giant worm, the Slurm Queen. They are discovered and captured by the worms. Bender is placed into a can-making machine. Leela is hung over a vat of royal Slurm which will turn her into a Slurm Queen. Fry is fed ultra-addictive "super-slurm", so that he cannot resist "eat[ing] until [he] explode[s]". They escape, but are pursued by the Slurm Queen. Slurms MacKenzie, exhausted from his years of partying, arrives and sacrifices himself to save Fry, Leela, and Bender.


When they escape, the Slurm Queen bemoans that the company is ruined; however, Fry is so addicted to Slurm that he keeps the nature of Slurm a secret, telling the government agent Professor Farnsworth contacted that "grampa's just making crazy… stories again," so that it can continue to be produced.


Reception

In 2006 IGN listed this episode as number three in their list of the top 25 Futurama episodes, also stating that this episode was the "most memorable" episode of the series.[1]


Cultural references

The episode, including its title, is a parody of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, a movie adaptation of the novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl.[1] The characters whom the factory paid to pretend to be workers, the Grunka Lunkas, resemble the Ooompa Loompas from the film version of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, and the tour guide, Glurmo, also wears a Willy Wonka-like attire. Slurms MacKenzie, the Slurm party slug, is a parody of Spuds MacKenzie, the Bud Light spokesdog.[2] Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is a musical film adaptation of Roald Dahls classic book for children Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. ... For other uses, see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (disambiguation). ... Roald Dahl (IPA: ) (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a UK novelist, short story author and screenwriter of Norwegian parentage, famous as a writer for both children and adults. ... Spuds MacKenzie was the marketing dog of the year in 1987 when he first showed up in a Bud Light Beer Super Bowl ad. ... Anheuser_Busch (NYSE: BUD), the worlds third largest brewing company in volume after InBev and SABMiller, is based in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA. The company brews 35 different beers and malt liquors. ...


Slurm

Slurm is a fictional soft drink in the Futurama universe. It is popular, highly addictive, and is Fry's favorite beverage. It is ubiquitous in the show; Slurm delivery trucks and advertisements can be frequently spotted, including in the Futurama opening credits (shortly before the Planet Express delivery ship crashes into the billboard). The drink's slogan is "It's highly addictive!" The distribution of Slurm is handled by the Bureau of Soft Drinks, Tobacco, and Firearms, a parody of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. A soft drink is a drink that contains no alcohol. ... This article is about the television series. ... Addiction is an uncontrollable compulsion to repeat a behavior regardless of its negative consequences. ... Futurama is an animated United States cartoon series (March 28, 1999-2003) created by Matt Groening (who also created The Simpsons). ... ATF Seal The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (abbreviated ATF, sometimes BATF or BATFE) is a United States federal agency; more specifically a specialized law enforcement and regulatory organization within the United States Department of Justice. ...


Slurm has an active marketing campaign, similar to leading soft drinks today. It was spearheaded by the party worm Slurms MacKenzie until his death. The campaign's theme music is an instrumental version of "I've Got A Tan," by The Four Postmen. Slurm posters were also one of the first clues to deciphering the alien languages in the series and were meant to act in a manner similar to the rosetta stone for dedicated fans.[3] An advertising campaign is a series of advertisement messages that share a single idea and theme which make up an integrated marketing communication (IMC). ... There are actually FIVE band members in the Los Angeles threebased rock group The Four Postmen. ... This article is about the ancient Rosetta Stone found in Egypt. ...


In this episode the plot to create "New Slurm" is a parody of The Coca-Cola Company's attempt to introduce New Coke, and the conspiracy theory that New Coke was produced solely to make the public desire Classic Coke more.[4] The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is one of the largest manufacturers, distributors and marketers of nonalcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups in the world. ... New Coke was the unofficial name of the sweeter formulation introduced in 1985 by The Coca-Cola Company to replace its flagship soft drink, Coca-Cola or Coke. ... New Coke was the unofficial name of the sweeter formulation introduced in 1985 by The Coca-Cola Company to replace its flagship soft drink, Coca-Cola or Coke. ...


References

  1. ^ a b "Top 25 Futurama Episodes". Retrieved on 2007-06-14.
  2. ^ Nancy Basile. Futurama Pictures. Retrieved on 2007-09-14.
  3. ^ Cohen, David X. (2003). Futurama season 1 DVD commentary for the episode "Space Pilot 3000" [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.
  4. ^ [1]

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