Futurama episode
"The Series Has Landed"
Episode no.	2
Prod. code	1ACV02
Airdate	April 4, 1999
Writer(s)	Ken Keeler
Director	Peter Avanzino
Opening subtitle	In Hypno-Vision
Opening cartoon	Porky Pig in Baby Bottleneck
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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"The Series Has Landed", alternatively titled Episode Two: The Series Has Landed, is the second episode of the first season of Futurama. It originally aired in North America on April 4, 1999. The episode was written by Ken Keeler and directed by Peter Avanzino. This article is about the television series. ... Image File history File links Futurama_102_-_Episode_Two_The_Series_Has_Landed. ... is the 94th day of the year (95th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... Keeler at the 2003 Writers Guild Awards, after winning in the animation category. ... Peter Avanzino is an American animation director. ... Porky Pig is an Academy Award-nominated animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. ... Baby Bottleneck is a Warner Brothers Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon short released in 1946 and directed by Robert Clampett and written by Warren Foster. ... Space Pilot 3000 is the pilot episode of Futurama, which originally aired in North America on March 28, 1999. ... 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. ... 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 94th day of the year (95th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... Keeler at the 2003 Writers Guild Awards, after winning in the animation category. ... Peter Avanzino is an American animation director. ...

Plot

Settling into their new jobs, Fry, Leela, and Bender are introduced to the other Planet Express employees: Company physician Doctor Zoidberg, intern Amy Wong, and bureaucrat Hermes Conrad. It becomes apparent that the ship needs a captain and Leela is chosen. Philip J. Fry is the protagonist of the animated television series Futurama and is voiced by Billy West. ... Turanga Leela (often referred to simply as Leela) (born A.D. 2975) is the primary female character 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. ... Doctor John D. Zoidberg is one of the principal characters in the television series Futurama. ... 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. ... Captain is a rank or title with various meanings. ...

On their first mission, a simple delivery to the Moon, Fry undergoes severe culture shock. Rather than being a daring voyage of exploration, lunar travel has become a day trip to an amusement park called Luna Park. The actual documentation of the historical events of Project Apollo are somehow lost by the 31st Century, and instead they are replaced by ridiculous "fungineering" musicals about "whalers on the moon". This article is about Earths moon. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This is a list of fictional places featured in the television series Futurama. ... Project Apollo was a series of human spaceflight missions undertaken by the United States of America (NASA) using the Apollo spacecraft and Saturn launch vehicle, conducted during the years 1961 – 1975. ... The crew of the oceanographic research vessel Princesse Alice, of Albert Grimaldi (later Prince Albert I of Monaco) pose while flensing a catch. ...

Attempting to see the real Moon, Fry hijacks a car from the lunar rover ride, despite Leela's orders not to, and takes it offroad. Meanwhile, Amy loses the keys to the ship, and has to recover them from a video arcade claw game. arcade, see Arcade. ... Claw game redirects here. ...

Running dangerously low on oxygen, Fry and Leela take refuge on a hydroponic farm. After Bender arrives and seduces the farmer's robot daughters, the three end up on the run, trying to out-distance both the farmer's shotgun, and the lunar terminator. General Name, symbol, number oxygen, O, 8 Chemical series nonmetals, chalcogens Group, period, block 16, 2, p Appearance colorless (gas) pale blue (liquid) Standard atomic weight 15. ... For other uses, see Farm (disambiguation). ... World map with terminator (April) A composite image showing the terminator dividing night from day, running across Europe and Africa. ...

Fry and Leela take refuge in the Apollo 11 lander, where they witness a beautiful Earthrise. Fry apologizes to Leela for hijacking the car from the ride. He says he did this because of a dream he once had. Amy rescues them, as well as Bender, with her newly-developed crane operation skills. This article covers the Apollo 11 mission itself. ... Apollo 8 was a manned mission of the Apollo space program. ...

Continuity

After Bender's magnet malfunction, it is revealed that he has a secret desire to become a professional folk singer. This later happens in the episode "Bendin' in the Wind", where he gets to sing with Beck, and Bender's magnet malfunctions are seen throughout the series. The giant beetles that Fry and Leela are milking on the Moon are buggalo, which appear later in "Where the Buggalo Roam". Bendin in the Wind is the thirteenth episode in season three of Futurama. ... This article is about the musician. ... Where the Buggalo Roam is the tenth episode in season three of the animated television series Futurama. ...

Broadcast and reception

Ken Keeler was nominated for an Annie Award for "Outstanding Individual Achievement for Writing in an Animated Television Production" in 1999 for this episode^[1]. For its original run, the episode had Nielsen ratings of 8.1/14 in homes and 6.8/19 in adults aged 18-49. While this was a decrease from the pilot episode it did still build 5% from its lead in, The Simpsons. This was the second episode to air following The Simpsons and the final scheduled to air on Sunday evenings before the show moved to the Tuesday night lineup, where it was expected to suffer in the ratings^[2]. In 2006 IGN.com ranked the episode as number 19 in their list of the top 25 episodes of Futurama due to its humor and the effective way in which it portrayed Fry's discovery of the changes in the future^[3]. 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... When TV viewers or entertainment professionals in the United States mention ratings they are often referring to Nielsen Ratings, a system developed by Nielsen Media Research to determine the audience size and composition of television programming. ... Simpsons redirects here. ... IGN is the oldest and most visited general gaming website, and runs one of the most popular forums on the Internet. ...

Characters

Characters which make their first appearances in this episode are:

• Hermes Conrad
• Dr. Zoidberg
• Amy Wong
• Sal
• Horrible Gelatinous Blob
• Lulu Bell 7
• Daisy Mae 128K
• The Crushinator

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Future products

Future products which appear in this episode are:

• Admiral Crunch
• Archduke Chocula
• Orlon Candy

References

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