Futurama episode
"Love's Labours Lost in Space"
Episode no.	4
Prod. code	1ACV04
Airdate	April 13, 1999
Writer(s)	Brian Kelley
Director	Brian Sheesley
Opening subtitle	Presented In Brain Control Where Available
Opening cartoon	Bugs Bunny in "The Wacky Wabbit"
Space Pilot 3000 The Series Has Landed I, Roommate Love's Labours Lost in Space Fear of a Bot Planet A Fishful of Dollars My Three Suns A Big Piece of Garbage Hell Is Other Robots A Flight to Remember Mars University When Aliens Attack Fry and the Slurm Factory
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"Love's Labours Lost in Space" is the fourth episode in season one of Futurama. It originally aired in North America on April 13, 1999. The episode was written by Brian Kelley and directed by Brian Sheesley. This article is about the television series. ... Image File history File links Futurama_104_-_Love's_Labours_Lost_in_Space. ... is the 103rd day of the year (104th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... 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. ... Bugs Bunny is an animated hare who appears in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of animated films produced by Warner Bros. ... The Wacky Wabbit was a cartoon with Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd that was originally shown May 2,1942. ... 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. ... 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. ... Hell Is Other Robots is the ninth episode in season one of Futurama. ... The subject of this article may not satisfy the notability guideline for Television episodes. ... Mars University is episode eleven of season one of Futurama. ... When Aliens Attack is episode twelve in season one of Futurama. ... Fry and the Slurm Factory is the thirteenth episode and season finale of season one 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 America North America is a continent[1] in the Earths northern hemisphere and (chiefly) western hemisphere. ... is the 103rd day of the year (104th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... 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. ...

Plot

After an unsuccessful date with a lizard-tongued man, Amy and the others take Leela to meet eligible bachelors at The Hip Joint, but Leela is unable to find anyone. Amy Wong (born August 4, 2980) is a fictional character, one of the main characters from the FOX television animated series Futurama. ... Turanga Leela (often referred to simply as Leela) (born A.D. 2975) is the primary female character in the animated television series Futurama. ... This is a list of fictional places featured in the television series Futurama. ...

Professor Farnsworth sends the crew gets on a tax-deductible charity mission. The uninhabited planet Vergon 6 has been mined hollow for its dark matter, valuable as starship fuel, and is about to collapse, killing all of the animals. The crew is sent to recover two of each kind of animal native to the planet for breeding purposes à la Noah's Ark. 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 animated television series Futurama is set in a time when galactic travel is commonplace, and the series features a wide variety of inhabited worlds. ... This article is about the vessel described in the Hebrew scriptures. ...

Unfortunately, Vergon 6 has been declared restricted due to its undeveloped status under "Brannigan's Law". The Planet Express crew are arrested by legendary space captain Zapp Brannigan, who immediately attempts to seduce Leela. Leela initially rebuffs Brannigan, but eventually succumbs to pity for the desperate fool. Major General Webelo Zapp Brannigan is a fictional character in the television series Futurama. ...

Leela names the unknown creature "Nibbler".

The sexually-satisfied Brannigan allows the Planet Express crew to depart for Vergon 6, and the crew proceeds to collect the strange animals. While working on their checklist, they discover a small black creature with a third eye on a stalk attached to its head. Leela decides to rescue it as well, names it Nibbler, and places it in the cargo hold with the other animals. When Fry, Leela, and Bender return with the last animal, they discover that the mystery creature has devoured all the other animals. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Lord Nibbler is a fictional character from the animated television series Futurama. ... Philip J. Fry is the protagonist of the animated television series Futurama and is voiced by Billy West. ... Bender, full name Bender Bending Rodríguez or designated Bending Unit 22, is a fictional robot character in the animated television series Futurama. ...

The planet begins to collapse; and when the crew tries to escape, they discover that the ship is out of fuel. Leela refuses to ask Zapp Brannigan for assistance, but does to save her crew. Brannigan will help them if Nibbler is left behind, Leela refuses, and tells him off. With no hope of rescue, the crew wait for their inevitable deaths. The ship shifts to one side, and the crew discovers that Nibbler has defecated a small pellet of dark matter, which is enough fuel to enable the ship to escape the planet. Bender tosses the ultra-dense pellet into the engine, and the crew returns safely to Earth just as Vergon 6 implodes. Contrary to the Professor, some of the animals survived and are living on the asteroids.
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Continuity

This episode marks the first appearance of Zapp Brannigan, voiced by Billy West, and his underling Kif Kroker, voiced by Maurice LaMarche. The two will make appearances in many future episodes. Zapp mentions that he once tried to seduce a man that he thought was a woman. This same thing happens in a future episode in which he goes on a date with a man dressed as a woman. In another episode, he reveals an attraction for a supposedly male recruit, who is actually Leela in disguise. For the silent film-era actor, see Billy West (silent film actor). ... Lieutenant Kif L. Kroker is a fictional character in the animated television show Futurama. ... Maurice LaMarche (born March 30, 1958 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian voice actor and former stand up comedian. ... ‹ The template below (Unreferenced episode) is being considered for deletion. ... War is the H-Word is episode seventeen in season two of Futurama. ...

Nibbler also makes his first appearance in this episode. Though in early episodes he is portrayed only as a lovable pet, in later episodes he is revealed to be an integral part of the plot, particularly the reason Fry came to the future. David X. Cohen has stated that since the pilot episode he had intended to show a larger conspiracy surrounding why Fry came to the future; Nibbler's introduction is one of the first steps to revealing this plot line.^[1] Nibbler's shadow can be seen when Fry's chair falls backward in the pilot. David X. Cohen (born 1966), born David Samuel Cohen, is an American television writer. ...

Production

When the Zapp Brannigan role was originally cast it was to be played by Phil Hartman. Due to Hartman's murder by his wife prior to the show, the role was given to West. West has stated that he did imitate Hartman to a certain extent in his portrayal, along with modeling it after some "big, old-time dumb announcers" with whom Phil and himself had been fascinated.^[2] Phil Hartman (born as Philip Edward Hartmann) (September 23, 1948 – May 28, 1998) was a Canadian-American Emmy Award-winning actor, voice artist, comedian, graphic artist and writer. ...

Broadcast and reception

In 2006, IGN listed this episode as number two in their list of the top 25 Futurama episodes. They also named Zapp Brannigan as the best character of the series.^[3] For other uses, see IGN (disambiguation). ...

Future animals

Future animals which appear in this episode are:

• Purple Fruit Snake
• Windy Shrimp
• Four-legged Mimic
• Hermaphlamingo

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Future planets

Future planets which appear in this episode are:

• Vergon 6

The animated television series Futurama is set in a time when galactic travel is commonplace, and the series features a wide variety of inhabited worlds. ...

Cultural references

Zapp Brannigan is a parody of Star Trek's character James T. Kirk^[3] and the actor who plays him, William Shatner. As well, Zapp asking Kif to write down the captain's log is a direct reference to Star Trek's usual opening. The episode title is a combination of Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost and the science fiction series Lost in Space. The portrait of Zapp Brannigan above his bed is an imitation of John F. Kennedy's official presidential portrait.^[4] The starship Enterprise as it appeared on Star Trek Star Trek is a culturally significant science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry in the 1960s. ... James Tiberius Kirk, played by William Shatner, is the main character in the original Star Trek television series and the films based on it. ... William Alan Shatner (born on March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor who gained fame for playing James Tiberius Kirk of the USS Enterprise in the television show Star Trek from 1966 to 1969 and in seven of the subsequent movies. ... For the film, see Loves Labours Lost (2000 film). ... For other uses, see Lost in Space (disambiguation). ...

References

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