Futurama episode
"Future Stock"
Episode no.	53
Prod. code	3ACV21
Airdate	March 31, 2002
Where	United States
Writer(s)	Aaron Ehasz
Director	Brian Sheesley
Opening subtitle	LOVE IT OR SHOVE IT
Opening cartoon	Unknown
Guest star(s)	Tom Kenny
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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"Future Stock" is the 21st episode in the third season of Futurama. The episode first aired on March 31, 2002. Futurama is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening (creator of The Simpsons) and David X. Cohen for the Fox Network. ... Image File history File links Futurama_ep53. ... March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (91st in Leap years), with 275 days remaining. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Aaron Ehasz is an american television writer. ... Brian Sheesley is an animation director who has worked on several comedy shows, including directing duties on The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, two episodes of The Critic, nine episodes of Futurama and two episodes of King of the Hill. ... Thomas James Tom Kenny (born on July 13, 1962 in East Syracuse, New York) is an American voice actor who is perhaps best known for his work in the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants, in which he is the voice of the title character, the narrator, Patchy the Pirate, and a... 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 3 of Futurama. ... Parasites Lost is the 2nd episode in series 3 of Futurama. ... A Tale of Two Santas is the 3rd episode in series 3 of Futurama. ... The Luck of the Fryrish is the 4th episode in season 3 of Futurama. ... The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz is the 5th episode in season 3 of Futurama. ... Bendless Love is the 6th episode in series 3 of Futurama. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: The Day the Earth Stood Stupid The Day the Earth Stood Stupid is the 7th episode in season 3 of Futurama. ... Thats Lobstertainment! is the 8th episode in season 3 of Futurama. ... The Cyber House Rules is the 9th episode in season 3 of Futurama. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Where the Buggalo Roam Where the Buggalo Roam is the 10th episode in Season 3 of the animated television series Futurama. ... Insane in the Mainframe is the 11th episode in series 3 of Futurama. ... The Route of All Evil is the 12th episode in season 3 of Futurama. ... Bendin in the Wind is the 13th episode in season 3 of Futurama. ... Time Keeps on Slippin is the 14th episode in season 3 of Futurama. ... I Dated a Robot is the 15th episode in season 3 of Futurama. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: A Leela of Her Own A Leela Of Her Own is an episode of the animated series Futurama. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: A Pharaoh to Remember A Pharaoh to Remember is the 17th episode of Futuramas third season. ... Anthology of Interest II is the 18th episode of the third season of Futurama. ... Roswell That Ends Well (Production number 3ACV19) is an episode of the TV show Futurama. ... Godfellas is the 20th episode of the 3rd season of Futurama. ... “The 30% Iron Chef” is the 22nd episode in season 3 of Futurama. ... The complete Futurama DVD collection The following is an episode list for the FOX animated television series Futurama. ... Futurama is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening (creator of The Simpsons) and David X. Cohen for the Fox Network. ... March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (91st in Leap years), with 275 days remaining. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...

Plot

Planet Express holds its stockholders meeting, and the state of the business is not good. Disinterested in the meeting, Fry and Dr. Zoidberg wander off in search of food. Fry finds his way into a cryogenic defrostee support group meeting, where he meets a sleazy 1980s businessman (referred to only as That Guy) who froze himself to await a cure for his terminal boneitis. This article or section may need to be cleaned up and rewritten because it describes a work of fiction in a primarily in-universe style. ... Doctor John Zoidberg is a lobster-like alien, Decapodian, in the television series Futurama. ...

Fry and That Guy return to the Planet Express stockholders meeting, where a revolt against Professor Farnsworth is in progress. Fry nominates That Guy as new CEO, and That Guy beats out the Professor by one vote. That Guy names Fry his new Vice President, and sets out to remake Planet Express by giving it an expensive image overhaul. Professor Hubert Farnsworth Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth is the extremely elderly proprietor of the Planet Express delivery service in the animated television series Futurama. ... A chief executive officer (CEO), or chief executive, is the highest-ranking corporate officer or executive officer of a corporation, or agency. ...

After That Guy wastes piles of money on flying chairs, expensive suits, and an enigmatic television commercial (which is a reference to the 1984 Macintosh commercial), Zoidberg gets fed up and sells his stock to That Guy for a sandwich. After draining the company's funds and its employees' morale, That Guy announces that he is selling Planet Express to Mom. A screenshot from the commercial. ... 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. ...

The takeover begins at the orbiting Intergalactic Stock Exchange, and all the Planet Express employees vote against it. Unfortunately, the stock That Guy bought from Zoidberg gave him controlling interest. But before the final approval takes place, That Guy's uncured boneitis enters its final stage, killing him. Fry gains control of That Guy's shares, and moves to vote against the merger.

The Planet Express staff initially tries to convince him to sell the company, because the sale of their stock will make them all rich. But Fry has already given a speech that drove the stock's price through the floor, and he votes against the merger. The staff leaves to spend the weekend in disappointment over the loss of their potential wealth.

Characters

• That Guy's name, although never said during the episode, is given in the script as Steve Castle.
• In this episode Amazon Kug, identifiable by her blue mohawk, is delivered a package in the movie shown to the Planet Express stockholders. Kug also makes appearances in Amazon Women in the Mood when members of the crew crash land on her planet and again in The Sting as one of the women mourning Fry's death.

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Cultural references

• The title of the episode is a reference to either the book Future Shock by Alvin Toffler, or the album Future Shock by Herbie Hancock ^{[citation needed]}.
• The businessman from the 1980s is loosely based on the character of Gordon Gekko from the movie Wall Street. In turn, Gekko was modeled after real world corporate raider Ivan Boesky (DVD commentary).
• Fry and "That Guy" initially bond while discussing "The Safety Dance", a 1982 single from one hit wonder Canadian band Men Without Hats.
• In the scene where "That Guy" and Fry are watching an ape fight, Calculon is struck by an oversize tricycle hurled from the ring. His angry "Get your stinkin' trike off me, you damn dirty ape!" is an obvious parody of George Taylor's line "Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!" from the 1968 film Planet of the Apes.
• During the voting for the future of Planet Express--with the option of two buttons, one in favour, the other opposed--Mom's son, Ignar, inexplicably registers a vote that reads "Pat Buchanan". Ignar attempts to explain by saying that the ballot was unclear. This is a reference to the infamous Florida voting controversy of the 2000 U.S. Presidential election.
• The PlanEx commercial is a parody of the famous 1984 commercial for Apple Computer.
• The stock exchange space station bears a striking similarity to Space Station Five from the film 2001: A Space Odyssey.
• The stock exchange's giant-image holographic public-address system ("I am Jor-El, Master of Scheduling!") is a reference to a scene in the 1978 Superman film, featuring a character named Jor-El and a tribunal of larger-than-life projected faces.
• "That Guy" had a Miami Vice lunchbox.
• Planet Express becomes PlanEx for a brief period in this episode. This is an obvious parody of FedEx, the courier / logistics service that shortened its name from Federal Express.
• When upset in this episode, Leela states "this toads the wet sprocket". This is a play on the southern California alternative rock band Toad the Wet Sprocket.
• A stock broker robot orders to "Sell one hundred solyent beans!", referring to the movie Soylent Green.
• The stock exchange space station shows a quote for "KIRK" and another for "GORN", which is a reference to Star Trek.
• The sign in the robot Bar mitzvah is in hebrew and it's meaning is "today you are a robot", as similar to the "today you are a man"/"today you are a woman" line from most of bar mitzvot.

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Goofs

• Even though Dr. Zoidberg sold his shares to "That Guy" for a sandwich, Dr. Zoidberg is shown voting against the Mom Corp / Planet Express Takeover at the Intergalactic Stock Exchange.

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