Futurama episode
"Mars University"
Fry, Leela and The Professor in Mars University.
Episode no.	11
Prod. code	1ACV11
Airdate	October 3, 1999
Writer(s)	J. Stewart Burns
Director	Bret Haaland
Opening subtitle	Transmitido en Martian en SAP
Opening cartoon	"Pigs in a Polka"
Guest star(s)	David Herman as Dean Vernon.
Season 1 March 1999 – June 1999
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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"Mars University" is episode eleven of the first production season of Futurama. It originally aired in North America on October 3, 1999 as the second episode in the second broadcast season of Futurama. This episode was written by J. Stewart Burns and directed by Bret Haaland. This article is about the television series. ... Image File history File links Futurama_202_-_Mars_University. ... is the 276th day of the year (277th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... J. Stewart Burns is a writer and producer for The Simpsons. ... Bret Haaland is an American animation director. ... Pigs in a Polka , released February 2, 1943, is a Merrie Melodie animated cartoon. ... David Herman (born February 20, 1967) is an American actor, comedian and voice actor. ... The complete Futurama DVD collection The following is an episode list for the FOX animated television series Futurama. ... Space Pilot 3000 is the pilot episode of Futurama, which originally aired in North America on March 28, 1999. ... The Series Has Landed, alternatively titled Episode Two: The Series Has Landed, is the second episode of the first season 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. ... 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. ... 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 American redirects here. ... is the 276th day of the year (277th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... J. Stewart Burns is a writer and producer for The Simpsons. ... Bret Haaland is an American animation director. ...

Plot

The Planet Express crew's latest mission is to deliver a crate to Professor Farnsworth's office at Mars University. While touring the campus, Bender comes across a chapter of his old fraternity, Epsilon Rho Rho (ERR). The nerdy fraternity brothers beg Bender for his help in the art of being cool, as "even Hillel has better parties than us!" Professor Hubert Farnsworth Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth is the extremely elderly proprietor of the Planet Express delivery service in the animated television series Futurama. ... Bender, full name Bender Bending Rodríguez or designated Bending Unit 22, is a fictional robot character in the animated television series Futurama. ... Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life (Hillel International) is the largest Jewish campus organization in the world. ...

Fry finds out that his 20th century college dropout status is equivalent to only a 31st century high school dropout. Knowing this, he vows to enroll, and drop out all over again. In a scene straight from Animal House, Bender and the Robot House boys climb a ladder to peek in a girl's dorm window. A mishap happens when Bender's extendable eyes causes them to fall and crush Snooty House's servants quarters ("I say, you've damaged our servants quarters, and our servants"). Philip J. Fry is the protagonist of the animated television series Futurama and is voiced by Billy West. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... The 31st century of the anno Domini (common) era will span the years 3001–3100 of the Gregorian calendar. ... National Lampoons Animal House is a 1978 comedy film in which a misfit group of fraternity boys take on the system at their college. ...

Fry gets a room in the financial aid dorm, and finds his roommate Guenter is an intelligent monkey wearing an undersized hat. The Professor enters, and reveals that Guenter was the content of the crate, and that the electronium hat is the source of Guenter's intelligence. Bender and the Robot House members get called before Dean Vernon, who places them on dodecatuple secret probation. National Lampoons Animal House is a 1978 comedy film in which a misfit group of fraternity boys take on the system at their college. ...

At the parents' reception, Fry humiliates Guenter by releasing Guenter's unintelligent, feral parents from their cage. Later, Guenter expresses his unhappiness at his current life. At the 20th century history exam, the stress finally becomes too much for him, and he tosses the hat aside, jumps out the window, and into the Martian jungle. While Fry, Leela, and the Professor head off into the jungle to find Guenter, Robot House enters the fraternity raft regatta in a bid to lift their probation status. (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... Turanga Leela (often referred to simply as Leela) (born A.D. 2975) is the primary female character in the animated television series Futurama. ... The terms fraternity and sorority (from the Latin words and , meaning brother and sister respectively) may be used to describe many social and charitable organizations, for example the Lions Club, Epsilon Sigma Alpha, Rotary International, Optimist International, or the Shriners. ... Traditional raft, from 1884 edition Huckleberry Finn and Jim Children successfully test their raft, in Brixham harbour, south Devon, England. ... A regatta is a boat race or series of boat races. ...

When Guenter is found, the Professor offers him the hat, and Fry offers him a banana. Before Guenter can decide, Robot House speeds past with Bender on water skis. The boat's wake drags the humans into the river and towards a waterfall. Guenter puts the hat on and rescues them, but in the process the hat is damaged. Guenter announces that he likes the new reduced-capacity hat, and that he's decided to transfer to business school, to the horror of Professor Farnsworth. Robot House wins the regatta, and a parade in their honor is held, led by an unhappy Dean Vernon. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

The episode ends with a party at Robot House, and an epilogue stating that Fry successfully dropped out and returned to his dead-end job at Planet Express, Guenter successfully transferred to Business School and became CEO of the Fox Network, Fat-Bot caught a computer virus in Tijuana and had to be rebooted, Leela went on one date with Dean Vernon, but he never called again, and Bender, his job done, stole everything of value from Robot House and ran off. Tijuana (Spanish [], English usually []), is the largest city in the Mexican state of Baja California and the seat of the municipality of Tijuana. ...

Broadcast and reception

In a review of this episode, Space.com criticized Futurama for the disconnectedness of the episodes and the lack of a large recurring cast and questioned the time spent in developing Guenther's character when it is unlikely that he will return as a major character. The episode itself was praised for its references to classic frat films such as Animal House and Revenge of the Nerds though the reference to Lite Brite was found to be lacking.^[1] In 2006 IGN ranked this episode as number 21 in their list of the top 25 Futurama episodes. The episode was initially ranked higher in the list, particularly for its many references to Animal House and its appeal to fans of the film, it was eventually moved to 21st place and replaced by episodes with better storytelling.^[2] Space. ... National Lampoons Animal House is a 1978 comedy film in which a misfit group of fraternity boys take on the system at their college. ... It has been suggested that Revenge of the Nerds (2007 film) be merged into this article or section. ... A 1980s version of the classic 1960s Lite-Brite toy. ... IGN - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... National Lampoons Animal House is a 1978 comedy film in which a misfit group of fraternity boys take on the system at their college. ...

Continuity

• Fry reveals that he once dropped out of Coney Island College and that their mascot was a Whitefish. Later, in the episode The Luck of the Fryish, Yancy Fry, Fry's brother finds a flag which reads "Whitefish" while searching through his brother's stuff.
• This is the first episode where Bender uses his second well-known catchphrase, "Cheese It", which he uses multiple times throughout this episode.
• This episode features one of the three alternate theme songs, this one known as the "Martian Mix".
• Mars University (or at least part of it) is seen to be destroyed in "Where the Buggalo Roam."

The Luck of the Fryrish is the 4th episode in season 3 of Futurama. ... Where the Buggalo Roam is the tenth episode in season three of the animated television series Futurama. ...

Cultural references

• When Professor Farnsworth is lecturing on the effects of quantum neutrino fields the blackboard behind him includes an explanation of "Superdupersymmetric String Theory" and a diagram explaining "Witten's Dog". Witten's Dog is a parody of the classic Schroedinger's Cat paradox named after Ed Witten. Astrophysicist David Schiminovich created both the equations and the diagram basing them off "an equation that constrains the mass density of neutrinos in the universe".^[3]
• Much of the plot is a "satirical rip-off" of scenes from Animal House and a knowledge of the film enhances many humorous elements of the episode.^[2][4]
• The scene in which Fry fails to get Chrissy's phone number, then is taunted by Guenter (who succeeds in getting her number), is a recreation of a famous scene from Good Will Hunting.^[5]

Schrödingers Cat: in one hour, there is a 50% chance that the poisonous gas will be released and kill the cat. ... Edward Witten at Harvard University Edward Witten (born August 26, 1951) is a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study. ... National Lampoons Animal House is a 1978 comedy film in which a misfit group of fraternity boys take on the system at their college. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

References

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