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Encyclopedia > Insane in the Mainframe
Futurama episode
"Insane in the Mainframe"
Episode no. 43
Prod. code 3ACV11
Airdate April 8, 2001
Writer(s) Bill Odenkirk
Director Peter Avanzino
Opening subtitle Bender’s Humor by Microsoft Joke
Opening cartoon Unknown
Guest star(s) unknown
Season 3
January 2001 – December 2002
  1. Amazon Women in the Mood
  2. Parasites Lost
  3. A Tale of Two Santas
  4. The Luck of the Fryrish
  5. The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz
  6. Bendless Love
  7. The Day the Earth Stood Stupid
  8. That's Lobstertainment!
  9. The Cyber House Rules
  10. Where the Buggalo Roam
  11. Insane in the Mainframe
  12. The Route of All Evil
  13. Bendin' in the Wind
  14. Time Keeps on Slippin'
  15. I Dated a Robot
  16. A Leela of Her Own
  17. A Pharaoh to Remember
  18. Anthology of Interest II
  19. Roswell That Ends Well
  20. Godfellas
  21. Future Stock
  22. The 30% Iron Chef
List of all Futurama episodes...

“Insane in the Mainframe” is the eleventh episode in season three of Futurama. It originally aired April 8, 2001. This article is about the television series. ... Image File history File links Futurama_ep43. ... April 8 is the 98th day of the year (99th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Bill Odenkirk is an American comedy writer. ... Peter Avanzino is an American animation director. ... 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. ... The Route of All Evil is episode twelve in season three of the Futurama DVDs. ... This section has been identified as trivia. ... 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. ... Anthology of Interest II is the eighteenth episode of the third season of Futurama. ... 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 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. ... April 8 is the 98th day of the year (99th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ...

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Plot

While at Big Apple Bank to open a retirement fund, Fry and Bender become involved in a holdup. The criminally insane robot Roberto hands them bags of cash for their trouble, and after he runs off, Fry and Bender are arrested for the robbery. At the trial, Roberto surreptitiously threatens to kill Fry should Fry testify against him. After pleading insanity, both Fry and Bender are sent to the HAL Institute for Criminally Insane Robots. Philip J. Fry is the protagonist of the animated television series Futurama and is voiced by Billy West. ... Bender Bending Rodríguez, more commonly known as Bender, is a main character in the animated television series Futurama. ... Futuramas recurring robot characters: // Boxy Boxy is a crude, Dalek-like robot similar to the Gonk droid from Star Wars, that is capable of communicating only by beeping. ... The insanity defense can be used in the U.S. Criminal Court systems, depending on the circumstances of the case. ... HAL 9000 (Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer) is a fictional character in Arthur C. Clarkes Space Odyssey saga. ...


Once there, the doctors refuse to acknowledge that Fry is human, due to their use of the logic that, if Fry is a patient in a robot asylum, then he must be a robot. Fry is roomed with car-dealer Malfunctioning Eddie, who is undergoing treatment for his exploding problem. Fry perseveres, surviving on food coughed up by a sick vending machine robot. Futuramas recurring robot characters: // Boxy Boxy is a crude, Dalek-like robot similar to the Gonk droid from Star Wars, that is capable of communicating only by beeping. ... Cigarette vending machine. ...


But just when Fry thinks he is going to be released, he gets a new roommate: the insane bank robber Roberto, who was captured after robbing the same bank again. Shortly after, Fry is released, having been “cured” of his delusion of humanity. Roberto, fed up with life in the asylum, breaks out and takes Bender with him. Back at the Planet Express building, Fry attempts to discover his function as a robot, as he was mentally broken at the asylum. A delusion is commonly defined as a fixed false belief and is used in everyday language to describe a belief that is either false, fanciful or derived from deception. ... A psychiatric hospital (also called, at various places and times, mental hospital or mental ward, historically often asylum, lunatic asylum, or madhouse), is a hospital specialising in the treatment of persons with mental illness. ... Futurama is an animated United States cartoon series (March 28, 1999-2003) created by Matt Groening (who also created The Simpsons). ...


A newly escaped Roberto robs the Big Apple Bank a third time, and Bender takes him back to the Planet Express building to hide out. New New York police surround the building, and Roberto takes the staff hostage. Fry, now convinced that he is a battle droid, takes on Roberto, who jumps out a window after stabbing a can of oil in Fry's chest pocket and is apprehended by the police. Fry, seeing that he was cut by Roberto, realizes that he is human.


Continuity

In this episode Bender says "Je suis Napoléon!" despite the fact that the French language was previously stated as being an "unintelligible dead language" in the episode "A Clone of My Own". Bonaparte as general, by Antoine-Jean Gros. ... A Clone of My Own is episode ten in season two of Futurama. ...


Characters

Characters who first appear in this episode include:

Futuramas recurring robot characters: // Boxy Boxy is a crude, Dalek-like robot similar to the Gonk droid from Star Wars, that is capable of communicating only by beeping. ...

Cultural references

  • The title comes from the song Insane in the Brain by Cypress Hill, in particular, the line, "Insane in the membrane."
  • The robot Norm, who hears transmissions from the CIA lunchroom, is a reference to Lucille Ball, who said that in 1942 she heard Morse code signals in lead fillings in her teeth that she reported to the FBI and led to the arrest of a Japanese spy.
  • The character Nurse Ratchet is based on Nurse Ratched from the book and film One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, who runs the ward. The scene where Bender adjusts Norm's teeth to pick up a horse race is also a reference to One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, where McMurphy tries to get the television put on to catch the World Series.
  • The robot in the cafeteria that constantly tells everyone to "change places" is a reference to the Mad Hatter from the story Alice in Wonderland; his hat displaying the fraction "5/3" is a parody of the tag reading "In This Style 10/6" attached to the Mad Hatter's hat (10/6 is equivalent to 5/3 in fractions, although the original tag referred to the hat's price of ten shillings and sixpence).
  • The HAL Institute for Criminally Insane Robots is a reference to HAL 9000, the murderous artificial intelligence in 2001: A Space Odyssey.
  • Bender claims to have Stockholm syndrome while being held hostage by Roberto.
  • Dr. Perceptron’s head resembles a plasma lamp, a device commonly found in novelty shops.
  • The robotic Abraham Lincoln is partly a homage to the animatronic Lincoln in Disneyland's Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln attraction, especially in how Lincoln rises from his chair very slowly.
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