Futurama episode
"Roswell That Ends Well"
Episode no.	51
Prod. code	3ACV19
Airdate	December 9, 2001
Writer(s)	J. Stewart Burns
Director	Rich Moore
Opening subtitle	FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY (except Grandma and Grandpa)
Opening cartoon	"Congo Jazz"
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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Synopsis

As the crew kicks back to enjoy a supernova from point-blank range, Fry puts a non-microwaveable metal popcorn container into the ship's microwave. This causes a reaction between the microwave radiation and the “gravitons and graviolis” from the supernova that blasts the ship into 1947. On their return to Earth, they find a complete lack of a 30th century Global Positioning System, causing them to crash land in Roswell, New Mexico. For other uses, see Supernova (disambiguation). ... Philip J. Fry is the protagonist of the animated television series Futurama and is voiced by Billy West. ... For other uses, see Popcorn (disambiguation). ... Microwave oven A microwave oven, or microwave, is a kitchen appliance employing microwave radiation primarily to cook or heat food. ... This article is about the hypothetical particle. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... GPS redirects here. ... Crash Landing was a 1975 posthumous release of Jimi Hendrix music. ... Nickname: Location in the state of New Mexico. ...

Refusing to wear a seatbelt like the rest of the crew, Bender flies out of the front of the ship upon crash-landing and is smashed to pieces. The crew and Bender's disembodied head go to seek out a way to return, leaving Zoidberg behind to pick up the pieces. Zoidberg is captured by the U.S. military and taken to Roswell Air Base for experimentation. The military also "reconstructs" Bender's body in the form of a small flying saucer. Bender, full name Bender Bending Rodríguez or designated Bending Unit 22, is a fictional robot character in the animated television series Futurama. ... Doctor John Zoidberg is a lobster-like alien, Decapodian, in the television series Futurama. ...

Meanwhile, the microwave needed to return to the future has been destroyed and replacements have not been invented yet. A microwave antenna from the army base would work, but Farnsworth gives stern warning against using it: they must preserve causality or risk changing history and doing damage to the future. While disguised as a soldier, Fry visits his grandfather, Enos, who is stationed at the base and engaged to Fry's grandmother (and who resembles Fry). Near-accidents cause Fry to become obsessed with protecting Enos from possible harm as Fry will cease to exist if he is killed. Desperate to keep Enos safe from possible harm, Fry inadvertently brings about Enos’s death by leaving him in a “safe” house—which unknown to Fry, is located in the middle of a nuclear weapons testing range. This article is about the type of Electromagnetic radiation. ... Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth is a fictional character appearing in the animated television series Futurama, voiced by Billy West. ... Causality or causation denotes the relationship between one event (called cause) and another event (called effect) which is the consequence (result) of the first. ... In law enforcement and intelligence jargon of intelligence agencies and police forces, a secured location, suitable for hiding witnesses, agents or other persons perceived as being in danger. ... The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, 1945, rose some 18 kilometers (11 mi) above the hypocenter A nuclear weapon derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions of fusion or fission. ...

Fry encounters and consoles his would-be grandmother Mildred. Mildred latches on to Fry, who deduces that since he is alive, Enos and Mildred must not have been his grandparents; and the two end up having sex. When the rest of the group finds him, Farnsworth insists that Mildred indeed is Fry's grandmother. Fry realizes that he is his own grandfather and Professor Farnsworth gives up on noninterference.

The crew storms Roswell Air Base, overpowers it and steals the microwave dish. Fry and Leela rescue Zoidberg from an alien autopsy while the Professor grabs Bender’s body. Bender's head falls out of the ship and is left behind in 1947. Back in the 31st century, Fry laments the loss of Bender, until an idea sends him to Roswell's ruins with a metal detector. He and Leela find Bender's head, none the worse for wear and reattach it to his still-mangled, hovering, "UFO" body. Turanga Leela (often referred to simply as Leela) (born A.D. 2975) is the primary female character in the animated television series Futurama. ... The term alien autopsy is used within the UFOlogical community to refer to the supposed examination of an extraterrestrial cadaver by government authorities. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Inductive sensor. ... UFO redirects here. ...

Continuity

This episode provides an important link in the story arc of Philip J. Fry. By becoming his own grandfather, Fry received a unique genetic abnormality which causes him to lack the Delta Brainwave, believed to be present in all other intelligent lifeforms, robots, and certain plants. This genetic condition made Fry immune to the influence of the creatures known as the Brainspawn, who travel through the universe, eliminating all forms of thought and intelligence so that they might be the sole possessors of all knowledge. Fry was thus able to defeat the Brainspawn in the episode “The Day the Earth Stood Stupid”, but it was not until the Season four episode “The Why Of Fry” that Fry’s abnormality was explained as being due to him having done "the nasty in the past-y". Philip J. Fry is the protagonist of the animated television series Futurama and is voiced by Billy West. ... This article is about the general scientific term. ... Futuramas recurring characters: Spoiler warning: // Brain Slug Controlling Hermes The Brain Slugs are small, gelatinous, fist-sized aliens that attach themselves to human heads and act as mind control devices, reducing their hosts to a zombie-like state. ... For other uses, see Universe (disambiguation). ... The Day the Earth Stood Stupid is the seventh episode in season three of Futurama. ... The Why of Fry is the tenth episode in the fourth season of the animated television series Futurama. ...

Broadcast and reception

The episode won an Emmy Award in the Outstanding Animated Program (Programming Less Than One Hour) category in 2002. Rich Moore also won an Annie Award for "Directing in an Animated Television Production" in 2002^[1] and in 2006 IGN ranked the episode as the sixth best Futurama episode.^[2] In 2001 executive producer David X. Cohen noted that this was one of his favorite episodes of the series thus far.^[3] Sci Fi weekly gave the episode an "A" grade and noted that it was "a half hour of pure entertainment".^[4] This episode is one of four featured in the Monster Robot Maniac Fun Collection, marking it as one of Matt Groening's favorite episodes from the series.^[5] Although the episode was well received by critics it continued to do poorly in its time slot. The original airing was in 83rd place for the week with a 3.1 rating/5 share.^[6] An Emmy Award. ... This is a list of the winners of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming less than One Hour). ... The Annie Awards are given to an animation award show created by the International Animated Film Society ASIFA-Hollywood, and are animations highest honor[1]. Originally designed to celebrate lifetime or career contributions to animation in the fields of producing, directing, animation, design, writing, voice acting, sound and sound... For other uses, see IGN (disambiguation). ...

Trivia

Amy Wong and Hermes Conrad do not appear in this episode. Amy Wong (born August 4, 2980) is a fictional character, one of the main characters from the FOX television animated series Futurama. ... Hermes Conrad is a character in the Futurama animated series. ...

Cultural references

The episode title is clearly written on the side of the missile.

A famous photo from the Roswell UFO incident, parodied in this episode

• The episode bears many obvious similarities to the Back to the Future movies^[7].
• The time vortex and accompanying music resembles that of British time travel science fiction series Doctor Who.
• Much of Enos' character is taken from The Andy Griffith Show’s Gomer Pyle^[7], in his accent and characteristics, his childlike love of his commanding officer and use of Pyle’s trademark “Gol-ly!”.
• Professor Farnsworth notes that the ship chronograph at one point is changed into a pinup calendar, with the actual picture resembling the famous portrait of pin-up girl Betty Grable.
• The title of the episode is derived from the title of Shakespeare’s play All's Well That Ends Well.
• The soylent products that Professor Farnsworth tries to order at a restaurant come from the movie Soylent Green.
• Much of the plot parallels many episodes and films of the Star Trek franchise. The supernova/microwave oven's visual effect on the Planet Express Ship bears half of a striking resemblance to the V'Ger weapon's effect in Star Trek: The Motion Picture. The crew crash landing in 1947 Roswell, NM and subsequently becoming the basis for the Roswell story follows the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Little Green Men" in which a trio of Ferengi are catapulted back in time, becoming the "Roswell aliens." In the DS9 episode "Trials and Tribble-ations" Dr. Julian Bashir contemplates the urge to become his own ancestor upon meeting a woman who may or may not be his great-grandmother. The fate of Bender’s head is a parody of the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Time’s Arrow" wherein Data’s head is detached in the 19th century and found in an archaeological dig in 2368.
• After Fry attempts to remind Professor Farnsworth about the dangers of messing with the time line, the Professor yells at Fry, saying "Oh right, now I'm getting lessons in not messing with time from Mr. I'm My Own Grandpa".
• In 1947, there is a "Hard Croon Cafe", a parody of Hard Rock Cafe and a reference to the fact that in 1947 rock and roll didn't exist yet.
• When Leela and the Professor are sitting in the diner, we see the nuclear blast that kills Fry's grandfather in the background through the window. Typical for this era and locale, everyone in the town takes it in stride. Interestingly, so do Leela and the Professor.
• A newspaper article is shown which looks similar to a famous photo of Gen. Roger Ramey and Col. Thomas Dubose.
• The newspaper shown reporting the UFO crash is the Roswell Daily Record, the actual newspaper of Roswell, NM that famously reported the UFO crash in 1947. The masthead shown resembles the actual Daily Record masthead.
• Fry's being his own grandfather bears similarities to Zaphod Beeblebrox's family line from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy.
• The episode title is written on the side of the missile, along with a Kilroy was Here sign with Zoidberg in the drawing rather than Kilroy.
• Among the accurately rendered 1940s-era aircraft seen at Roswell were P-51A and P-51D Mustangs and a demilitarised B-24 Liberator transport.
• When the Professor learns that he is trapped in the 1940s, he laments that "we'll have to endure the terrible music of the Big Bopper and the horrible tragedy of his death!"
• Fry accidentally killing his grandfather and impregnating his grandmother resembles the story of Oedipus, who unknowingly killed his father and married and had children with his mother.
• The manner in which president Truman arrives at Roswell (wooden box with "canned eggs" inscription is unloaded from military cargo plane) is spoof of Marshall Plan and powdered eggs, which was one its of main components.

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See also

• Predestination paradox
• Grandfather paradox
• ontological paradox
• "I'm My Own Grandpa", a song in which a man becomes his own grandfather through a series of bizarre marriages rather than time travel. (Referenced in the episode)
• "All You Zombies—", a short story by Robert A. Heinlein where the hermaphrodite protagonist, thanks to time travel and gender reassignment surgery, becomes both his own mother and his own father.

A predestination paradox, also called either a causal loop, or a causality loop and (less frequently) either a closed loop or closed time loop, is a paradox of time travel that is often used as a convention in science fiction. ... The grandfather paradox is a paradox of time travel, first described by the science fiction writer René Barjavel in his 1943 book Le Voyageur Imprudent (The Imprudent Traveller).[1] The paradox is this: Suppose a man traveled back in time and killed his biological grandfather before the latter met the... An ontological paradox is a paradox of time travel that questions the existence and creation of information and objects that travel in time. ... Im My Own Grandpa (sometimes rendered as Im My Own Grandpaw) is a novelty song written by Dwight Latham and Moe Jaffe, performed by Lonzo and Oscar in 1948, about a man who becomes his own step-grandfather-in-law due to a series of bizarre but legal... For other uses, see Song (disambiguation). ... All You Zombies— is a science fiction short story by Robert A. Heinlein, written in a single day, July 11, 1958, and first published in the March 1959 issue of Fantasy and Science Fiction magazine. ... This article is in need of attention. ... Robert Anson Heinlein (July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988) was one of the most popular, influential, and controversial authors of hard science fiction. ...

References

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