Futurama episode
"The Cyber House Rules"
Episode no.	41
Prod. code	3ACV09
Airdate	April 1, 2001
Writer(s)	Lewis Morton
Director	Susie Dietter
Opening subtitle	PLEASE RISE FOR THE FUTURAMA THEME SONG
Opening cartoon	Box Car Blues
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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"The Cyber House Rules" is the ninth episode in season three of Futurama. It originally aired April 1, 2001. The title comes from the John Irving novel The Cider House Rules Futurama is an Emmy Award-winning animated sitcom created by Matt Groening (creator of The Simpsons) and David X. Cohen for the Fox network. ... Image File history File links Futurama_ep41. ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lewis Morton is an American television writer. ... Susan E. Dietter, mainly known as Susie Dietter, is a television director. ... Thomas James Kenny (born 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 Spongebob, the narrator, Patchy the Pirate, and a number of other characters. ... 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 4th episode in season 3 of Futurama. ... The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz is the fifth episode in season three of Futurama. ... Bendless Love is the 6th episode in season 3 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. ... Where the Buggalo Roam is the tenth episode in season three of the animated television series Futurama. ... “Insane in the Mainframe” is the eleventh episode in season three 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 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. ... 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 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 20th episode of the 3rd season of Futurama. ... Future Stock is the 21st episode in the third season of Futurama. ... “The 30% Iron Chef” is the twenty-second episode in season three of Futurama. ... The complete Futurama DVD collection The following is an episode list for the FOX animated television series Futurama. ... Futurama is an Emmy Award-winning animated sitcom created by Matt Groening (creator of The Simpsons) and David X. Cohen for the Fox network. ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... John Winslow Irving (born March 2, 1942 as John Wallace Blunt, Jr. ... The Cider House Rules book cover This article relates to the novel, The Cider House Rules by John Irving. ...

Plot

Leela is invited to a reunion at her old orphanarium. She initially dreads seeing the people who made fun of her eye as a kid, but she decides rubbing her success in their faces would be very satisfying. Leela attempts to wave her impressive lifestyle in the other orphans' faces, but they quickly resume making fun of her eye. But Adlai Atkins (voiced by guest star Tom Kenny), the only other success story from the orphanarium, shoos them away. Adlai, now a phaser eye surgeon, offers to rework Leela's face to make her look normal, and she jumps at the chance, in spite of Fry's objections. Meanwhile, Bender adopts twelve orphans for the $100/week/child government stipend. Turanga Leela (referred to as simply Leela) is the primary female character in the animated television series Futurama. ... An orphanage (historically an orphans asylum before the latter word took on its modern insane asylum connotation) is an institution dedicated to caring for orphans (children who have lost their parents) and abused, abandoned, and neglected children. ... Thomas James Kenny (born 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 Spongebob, the narrator, Patchy the Pirate, and a number of other characters. ... // The Star Trek fictional universe contains a very large number of weapons. ... This article or section on a Television-related subject may need to be cleaned up and rewritten because it describes a work of fiction in a primarily in-universe style. ... This article or section on a Television-related subject may need to be cleaned up and rewritten because it describes a work of fiction in a primarily in-universe style. ... A stipend is a form of payment or salary, such as for an internship or apprenticeship. ...

The operation is a success (giving her a somewhat asian look), and Leela adapts to her new, normal-looking life. Adlai asks the two-eyed Leela out, which causes Fry to exhibit signs of jealousy. In short order, Adlai tells Leela that he's ready to settle down and have kids. A receptive Leela suggests that they should adopt, and Adlai agrees. They go to Bender, who is finding that government stipends aren't a good get-rich-quick scheme and is now selling the twelve children. Leela wants to adopt Sally, a girl with an ear on her forehead. Adlai objects, and then suggests that the child have an operation to remove the ear and make her "acceptable". Leela, horribly offended, demands that Adlai undo the surgery he performed and make her a cyclops again. Japanese American James Iha, the guitarist in the band The Smashing Pumpkins. ... Futuramas recurring human characters: Spoiler warning: // (Voiced by Tom Kenny) - Onetime owner of the Ultimate Robot Fighting league, and later owner of the New New York Mets. ...

Bender, having been arrested by child services for crimes too numerous to list, returns the orphans to the orphanarium (which is subsequently named after him, though later episodes do not reflect this), and the one-eyed Leela goes back to her old oddball life.

Cultural references

• The title is a reference to the novel and 1999 movie The Cider House Rules. Bender also paraphrases one of the most famous speeches from the film, originally said by Tobey Maguire: "Goodnight, you princes of Maine, you kings of New England.", except he changes "New England" to "New New England".
• The shop "Eye Robot" is a reference to I, Robot.
• Adlai's profession as a Phaser eye surgeon is both a spoof on laser eye surgery and the phasers used in Star Trek.
• Morbo and Linda appear on the show Good Morning Earth, a parody of Good Morning America.
• The scene in which Adlai removes the bandages on someone he thinks is Leela, revealing instead a blond woman, is a reference to an episode of The Twilight Zone entitled "The Eye of the Beholder". The Gag has been reused in a Simpsons episode.
• When Leela comes out of Eye Robot the song Oh, Pretty Woman is playing.

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Connections to other episodes

• When the Professor mentions Fry having "that brain thing," it may refer to the unusual brain circuitry mentioned in "The Day the Earth Stood Stupid" and "The Why of Fry".

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 Futurama. ...

Continuity

• As in some other episodes, Bender comments on taste (here of popsicle sticks) despite the fact he doesn't have a sense of taste.

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