| ======================================================================== ============= THE FUTURAMA CHRONICLES ==== EPISODE CAPSULE ============= ======================================================================== Official Title: A Flight to Remember Episode Number: 1ACV10 (#10) First Airdate : Sunday, September 26th, 1999 (8:30 PM) Written by : Eric Horsted Directed by : Peter Avanzino ======================================================================== = Additional tidbits = Opening theme promotion : [Filmed on Location] Opening theme cartoon : "Cluth Cargo" {ms3} Subsequent Fox airdates : 05-Dec-99 26-Sep-99 Nielsen ranking: 7.4 million viewers (#54 for the night) MPAA rating : TV-PG-D Length minus commercials : [21:57] ======================================================================== = Foxworld Synopsis = Professor Farnsworth books the crew of Planet Express on the maiden voyage of the largest, most luxurious space cruise ship ever ... the Titanic. This expedition turns into a "Love Boat" as Bender falls for a wealthy Countess robot and Fry swims with the sharks. When Zapp Brannigan takes a shortcut in space, however, it becomes a night to remember as the Titanic approaches a black hole. ======================================================================== = Minutiae = - Fry has learned how to exit a tube since 1ACV01. (But his luggage hasn't.) {jb} - A man dressed in a top-hat and Amish-like clothing stands next to Bender at the christening (also in 1ACV05). - A man wearing all white and a big nine on his shirt is in the crowd during the christening (also in 1ACV07). {sam} - Has anyone wondered why some of the crew got First Class rooms and others were dumped in the Fiesta Deck? Maybe it's because Amy, Fry, Leela and Bender are all recently hired employees. - A man with a Hawaian shirt is standing behind the crew at Titanic's cristening, and appears again in the ship's "Second Class" deck. - One of the socks in the laundry looks like a foot. {gg} - Fry, Leela, Bender and Amy's room # is 124. - Fry enjoys the radioactive exhaust of the PE ship (1ACV03), but not the reactor exhaust of the Titanic. {ds} - Bender pops over to the casino for 135 hours, which is between five and six days. - Bender's eyes glow red when his cheating unit is activated. - The reason Bender's cheating unit malfunctioned is probably his habit of shaking the dice _after_ calculating their positions. - Leo Wong wears a wrist-communicator just like Amy's. - If you look closely, you can see Fry, Leela and Zapp Brannigan standing on the ship's deck from the establishing shot outside the ship. - Pnumatic tubes have exits just above the swimming pool. {ds} [I think this is a clever equivelant to the water-slides of our century. -ed] - Leela wears a one-piece swimsuit that reveals her bellybutton via a small hole. - Thanks to Leela's swimsuit, we at least know she's a mammal. {jb} [I've got news for you: I could tell that was true in the pilot, seeing as she had hair and breasts. {bc}] - Leela has really cool sunglasses ... (Er, sunglass?) {zz} - The Countess freshens up with a power tool. {ds} - By 2980, not only would limbo be an official Olympic sport, but also Earth would be represented as a single team in the games (instead of countries). {jk} - In the 2980 Olympics, the stagger lines on the track are drawn so that they run clockwise. {ddg} [This is the opposite of 20th- Century standards.] - Hermes' young fan at the Olympics is wearing a shirt with his face on it. - Bender drawing robot porn sounds like an old dot matrix printer. {ds} - Zapp recognizes "the Family Wong" on sight, suggesting that they're well-known people. - It's strange ... it looks like the ship was already headed for the vicinity of the black hole even before Zapp's second course correction. They _were_ dommed from the ... uh ... middle. - Dr. Zoidberg's new girlfriend is an enormous jellyfish. - A robot with a moustache and a chef's hat is among those scrambling to the escape pods. - After Hermes rips off his tuxedo, you can still see it lying in a heap on the floor. - Even knowing that Amy is dating someone, Amy's parents _still_ persist in finding her dates! - When Amy says "hi" to Kif, she sounds like the lady that gave her a perfume sample in 1ACV06. {gg} - Leela is automatically made the pilot of their escape pod. - The escape pod seems to have its own artificial gravity just like the Titanic did. - This episode marks the second time metric measurements are used. The first time was in 1ACV03, when Bender gives his apartment measurement in cubic meters. {gg} [He refers to Leela's line "we're two metric tons overweight!" -ed] ======================================================================== = Parallels to Science Fiction = + "The Black Hole" (1979 Disney movie) {hl} - [That blackish, holeish thing] looks suspiciously like the one from Disney's movie, in that it erroneously resembles an actual tunnel. {jc} - The final shot of the escape pod leaving the area around the black hole is reminiscent of the last scene. {jb} ~ "The Jetsons" (TV show) - Zapp's escape pod sounds like a typical Jetsons vehicle. {ds} ~ "Lost In Space" (TV show) - The security robots look like the robot from this TV show (but not the movie). {jb} ~ "Red Dwarf" (TV show) - Call me nuts, but when Hermes flashed back to his younger days with longer hair, I thought he looked kind of like Dave Lister (Craig Charles' character on "Red Dwarf"). {jc} + "Starship Titanic" (CD-ROM game and novel) - The fact that they called the cruise liner "Titanic" reminds me of Douglas Adams' ambitious CD-ROM game, "Starship Titanic," that came out a couple of years ago ... {jc} - See "Final Thoughts / Comments" for the whole story. ~ "The X Files: Fight The Future" (movie) - Mulder and Scully almost undo their platonic relationship with an "Almost-Kiss," interrupted by a bee-sting. {jb} ======================================================================== = Other References = + A Night to Remember" (1958 Titanic book / movie) - Title: "A Fight To Remember." ~ "King of The Hill" (TV show) - Amy's mother looks and sounds like Min Souphanousinphone from "King of The Hill," who is also voiced by Lauren Tom. {jb} + "The Love Boat" (TV show) - The casino bartender is heavily based on a bartender from this TV show. The actor who originally played this bartender was even expected to provide the voice for iZac (the name of Futurama's bartened -- a hybrid of the original character's name "Isaac" and Apple Computer's iMac) but the producers decided to use regular actor Phil LaMarr's voice. - Except that I don't think Isaac ever dispensed drinks through his fingertips. :) {da} ~ "NewsRadio" (TV show) - This show once did an episode which similarly made fun of Titanic's storyline using its own cast of characters. - Not only is this episode written by the same people, the "dressing up like women" joke was exactly like what Bill said he would do in "Sinking Ship." ("I have a heart condition, and I'm a woman!") {woh} ~ "The Poseidon Adventure" (1972 movie) - Out-of-shape athlete (Hermes), uses skills abandoned long ago. {mg} + "Three's Company" ('70s TV show) - Fry mumbles the theme song. {jb} + "Titanic" (movie) [Please bear with me. -ed] - Christening the ship with Leonardo DiCaprio's head. {jk} - Same staircase scene. {hl} - One floor of the ship has people playing an Irish Jig. (One scene in the film features Jack and Rose dancing to Irish music at the third-class area.) {jk} - Bowels of ship seen from the elevator. {hl} - The captains' control room contains an old-fashioned wheel, which otherwise makes absolutely no sense. - Bender "teaches the Countess to fly" by holding her on the mast. - Bender and the Countess make sparks in a car in the cargo area. - Attempt to humiliate Fry by inviting him to Captain's table. {hl} - Bender's nude sketch of Countess (with circuit diagrams!). {hl} - The ship's hull breaks in half. {jk} - "If you let go, I let go." {gg} ======================================================================== = Freeze Frame Fanaticism = >> Signs / Locaations - SOUTH STREET SPACEPORT - INTERGALACTIC DEPARTURES - Terminal 5 gates -> - REACTOR EXHAUST: stand clear - 2980 OLYMPICS - BUFFET -- all you can eat plus a whole chicken - EMERGENCY AIRLOCK >> Decks of the Titanic {ds} - FIRST CLASS (posh) - SECOND CLASS (tourists) - STEERAGE (titanic parody; Irish dancing) - LAUNDRY (clothes churning) - BOWELS OF SHIP (men shoveling solid fuel) - FIESTA DECK (dank) >> Bender's drink ingredients {ak} - PENNZOIL - Jagermeister >> Everybody's got somebody top: [Fry + Leela] middle: [Hermes + LaBarbara] [Countess + Bender] [Leo + Inez] bottom: [Jellyfish + Zoidberg] [Professor + Hattie] ======================================================================== = Goofs = [No animation goofs will be excused because of the improbable physical conditions of being near a black hole. -ed] - The crew acts as if they can just quit any time they want, forgetting that their jobs can't be changed ... officially. {jb} - People entering South Street Spaceport in the pnumatic tubes make a loud noise (similar to cars passing over an interstate bridge). Previous tube travel on the show was not as noisy. {ds} - How did Fry get his luggage to travel through the tubes _after_ him? {ds} - Dr. Zoidberg is stunned to learn that Leela knows Zapp Brannigan ... except Leela never said as much! All she said was "Ugh, not Zapp Brannigan!" - When Fry puts his arm around Leela, it extends unnaturally. It decreases back to normal size when he takes it off. - One wall of the casino contains two large windows, with an alcove leading to a large staircase between them. The view outside the windows, from all angles, is nothing but stars. What is this; the staircase to nowhere? - How on Earth are you supposed to control a spacecraft with an old- fashioned spoked wheel? (I realize it's a joke, but you don't build a "Goofs" list by forgiving artistic license ... ) - The bills the countess hands iZac have the portrait in the center of the bill, which would certainly be out of circulation by Y3K. {jb} - If Leela was trying to get a tan on the "sundeck," she's out of luck: the ultraviolet rays that cause tans and burns won't go through even the cheapest of glass. {sam} - Hermes also seems to have changed careers from his former limbo-star status. {jb} - Bender wore a magnetic bowtie, but in 1ACV02 fridge magnets made him break out into folk singing. {hl} (See "Extended Goofs.") - Leela's armpad thingie diappears when she was in her dress at dinner at the Captain's Table. {trl} - Zapp makes Kif captain, depite that he said he would never make captain in 1ACV04. {gg} - The Captains' Sticker Kif inherits from Zapp changes to a lighter shade of red during the transition. (Because Kif's outfit is darker than Zapp's.) - The food cart LaBarbara uses to create limbo music comes out of nowhere and disappears back into it. - How did Hermes hit the door's release button if he's still stuck on the floor? ======================================================================== = Extended Goofs / Technical Nitpicks = >> Are we to believe this is some _magical_ universe? Steven Aaron Monroe: The comets in the comet field through which the Titanic flew would not travel as fast or as many directions as we saw them. From what I have learned, they would all travel in one uniform direction and speed. Though they might be traveling very fast, they would appear to move very slowly relative to the Titanic, which is probably traveling at a great speed already. >> Countess bots don't count as robots come Daniel Tropea: A robot as a Countess? If i recall, in the pilot all robots were supposed to be workers. Yet we have a countess? Well, the bracelet was fake, so I suppose that she was no more a countess then Bender is a hard worker. Theodore Jay Miller: Though even if she's a fake countess, there must be real robot countesses somewhere, or it would be a totally implausible fake. Maybe besides the robots-only planet, there's a planet where humans are workers and robots are aristocracy. Splat Talps: She does mention she's a "class 3 yacht," though, doesn't she? Of course, the idea of a countess serving as a yacht seems a bit ... inconguent with the title. In the episode with the theme park on the moon, Fry and Leela run across a "hic" farmer with 3 robot daughters (Fry: "_robot daughters_?"). How that ... uh ...would work, I'm not sure, but there is a precedent for human-to-robot parentage, it would seem. Well okay, here's a wild stab at an answer: the farmer built 3 robots to work on his farm and, as is the custom of the time, takes them on as his "daughters." So, maybe the countess was built or bought or whatever by a human count, to serve as a yacht, and he similarly took her on as his daughter, which would make her a countess. I like the suggestion that there's another planet (maybe the same planet "All my Circuits" is made on) with a robot aristocracy better, though. If all Earth robots are laborers, how do you explain Calculon? Splat Talps: Maybe "All My Circuits" is made on another planet. >> Moral of the story: physical attraction can screw up your head Don Del Grande: Why didn't the magnetic tie make Bender go crazy, the way he did in 1ACV02? Benjamin Robinson: The tie was on his upper chest, while the magnet in 1ACV02 was placed directly on his head. The circuitry in Bender's head must be more sensitive than on other parts of his body. (Of course, we're assuming small refrigerator-type magnets. Larger ones, like on the PX ship magno-winch, would have a "scrambling" effect no matter where they were placed.) Bertie Hull: Maybe he's insulated there. Magnets screw up my radio, but the speakers are both magnetic. Will O'Hargan: Bender says "Refridgerator magnets"; not all magnets. 'Frigerator magenets usually have a low magnatism, but it varies with size. Now the bow tie, depending on it's weight, would require a bigger magnet, which may be too strong to have any effect on him. Paul Tomko: Was it a refrigerator magnet that picked up Bender by the head in that same episode? >> Where's an inanimate carbon rod when you need one? What good would escape pods do? If the ship isn't powerful enough to fight the gravity of a black hole, surely nothing smaller would be. Splat Talps: The pods could have a greater thrust to mass ratio than the Titanic, which would allow them to escape even though the Titanic couldn't. ( ... unless they were inside the "event horizon," though they'd be spaghetti by the time they got that close, I'm pretty sure.) Don Del Grande: The escape pods didn't appear to have airlocks, so Bender's opening of the doors should have caused everybody and everything inside to be sucked out. Mark J. Finegold: Actually it's "blown out." My assumption is that there is some kind of forcefield that contains the artificial atmosphere. A similar device was used in the movie "Star Trek: Generations." Near the beginning of that film, several characters visit a damaged deck of the starship but they aren't blown into space because forcefields have been deployed. In Futurama, most likely, Bender can just pass through the forcefield without any ill effects. On close inspection of the final few scenes, I'm led to ask wheather anyone is really sure there _wasn't_ an airlock! ======================================================================== = Reviews = Jason Barrera: How can I give it any less than an A? (Wait, don't answer that.) Zapp Brannigan's scenes were even funnier than his last appearance, although Kif seemed even more displaced than usual. It blew away the lackluster Simpsons premiere. The characters were surprisingly more human than in previous episodes, and Hermes finally got a prominent role. Fry was rather flat during the first act, but more than made up for it in the following acts ... _You_ know what I mean. And need I mention all the romantic tension? Oh, it's all like a not-so-bad episode of "Friends," except with better animation, and plot, and characters, and -- well, it's nothing like an episode of "Friends." Best episode of Season 2. (I'd give it an A+, but the fact that I hate Titanic with a passion chops it off.) (A) Baron Calamity: Note to self: in future life, ask to be Fry. :) I kinda wish they would have called the ship something else besides Titanic. In fact, the direct Titanic story line with Bender just didn't seem to work. Except for the "yaht club" joke, the whole relationship was predictable and the jokes stale. However, luck for us, that story was only a minor part of the whole show. The limbo back story was truely inspired. Over all, the show is improving and maturing. (A) Doug Jacobson: Although Kif was a little lacking this episode was great! We met some new minor characters and had a couple of old ones return. Zapp was just as good as normal; his speech about changing direction was great. Amazing animation. Did a good job of parodying Titanic and the love boat. The scene with Hermes limboing was great! Better then the Simpsons tonight, but Simpsons is not known for its quality season premiers. Next week looks like a parody of all of those college movies. (A-) Joe Klemm: A good way to start the new season of Futurama. We find out a little bit more about the supporting characters, plus we get a futuristic spoof of Titanic. Let's hope the rest of the season keeps up the good pace. (A) Haynes Lee: A good season opener but it was based a bit too much on the Titanic movie. (B+) Ondre Lombard: I thought it was great. Futurama continues to base its humor on situational wit, rather than unpleasant shades of the characters' personalities like The Simpsons is fond of. Not all of the jokes worked, and the ending was a forceful way of trying to offset the devastating moment for Bender, and therefore, kind of sucked (though "'tis fake, Mon" was pretty nice). I'd give it a: (B) Bill McNeal: This was a decent episode, and I'm starting to like Futurama better than The Simpsons as far as new episodes go. This episode still feels like an introductory episode though, so I'm assuming that it was a hold over from last season. I liked seeing the mayor again. _Must_ they keep Zap Brannigan as a recurring character? It's sad that we'll have to listen to Billy West's pathetic Phil Hartman impression for the rest of this series ... Oh, and doesn't that Bender love interest sound familiar? This series has potential, and we'll certainly get another Simpsons (pre-Season Nine, that is) as soon as the writers come up with classic episodes. (A-) Will O'Hargan: Well, I knew this was going to be a good one, I didn't see the Fry plot coming, but it was great. I was glad to see Zapp back, and I hope to see more of him (despite the fact I always hear him the way Hartman would say him and laugh more). Bender's plot was okay, despite being predictable ... and Leela's. This was almost as good as the NewsRadio episode entitled "Sinking Ship" with the same plot written by the same people. Great episode. (A-) Mike Rogers: Solid Gold. This show just keeps getting better and better. Loved the introduction of the additional characters. Bender just keeps getting funnier, and Kif remains my favorite secondary character. He's just _so_ unhappy! Great line: "I don't know what disgusts me more ... your cowardice or your stupidity". (A-) Baykent Tukeli: I must say that I agree with most of the people here that the season opener wasn't a terrific episode. C+ in my honest opinion. The next day all I read is stuff saying how Futurama is gonna crash and burn! The Simpsons have had their fair share of stinkers and it's turned out just fine. Just relax and wait for the next episode ... I'm sure it'll turn out ok. Buncha' impatient fleshpiles ... =) (C+) Yours Truly: While it was nothing short of the quality and humor I've come to expect from the show, it's not the greatest I've ever seen. Marking the sophomore appearance of many secondary characters, the use of more and more CGI effects, and heavy development of the main cast, this episode made its universe seem more defined than ever, and projected the overall feeling that Futurama is here to stay. (A-) Average Grade: [37/11=3.(36)] (A-) ======================================================================== = Final Thoughts / Comments = >> Title Sequence Trivia Mike Smith: In case you are wondering what that cartoon is ... yes, it's Clutch Cargo; a TV cartoon show from 1959. The cartoon was innovative at the time for the use of live-action mouthes superimposed into barely-animated drawings. 260 five-minute episodes were made. >> The Unimplodable Vessel The concept of "Titanic in space" dates all the way back to 1984, with the third book in Douglas Adams' science fiction series "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." The book (entitled "Life, the Universe and Everything") contained an aside from the main story that mentions a ship called Starship Titanic elsewhere in the galaxy experiencing a Spontanious Massive Existence Failure. Years later, this idea was dusted off and turned into a full-length storyline for a CD-ROM adventure game called "Starship Titanic." Douglas Adams decided to turn the story into a novel also, but rather than writing it himself, he gave the job to Terry Jones (of "Monty Python"). The book itself is only mediocre, and I've never played the CD-ROM game, but I highly reccomend the original "Hitchhiker's" series. (It's also worth mentioning that the storyline of "Starship Titanic" involves a black hole, although it has nothing to do with the ship's destruction. Rather, it serves as the engine.) >> Eight's a crowd Mike Rogers: Apparently, Fry believed that the theme song to "Three's Company" included detailed instructions on how to get out of complicated social settings. Haynes Lee: Fry's mind is a little foggy about "Three's Company." The reason Jack Tripper managed to convince the landlord Mr. Roper to let him live with two single girls was that he said that he's gay. Fry couldn't remember the words to the "Three's Company" theme, so being a big 3's Co. fan, Dave Sweatt does it for us: Come and knock on my door (come and knock on my door) We've been waitin' for you (we've been waitin' for you) Where the kisses are hers and hers and his Three's company too Come and dance on our floor (come and dance on our floor) Take a step that is new (take a step that is new) We've a lovable space that needs your face Three's company too You'll see that life is a ball again Laughter is calling for you Down at our rendezvous (down at our rendezvous) Three's company too >> Will fanfics change when ... you know? Brent Allison: I've already thought of the possibility of Fry going for a romance, but with Amy actually since they both have a bit of a playful personality. Up until now the Fry-Leela connection crossed my mind, but I always just dismissed the "odd couple" idea as either too much of a stretch or way too convenient a plot twist. Still, even then I figured that the only way for Fry and Leela to work would be for Fry to grow up a little without loosing that boyish way about him. Better yet, Leela could have found an initial attraction to him, repress it but later have it drive her crazy to where she has to admit her feelings to a Fry who was also attracted to her, but would have been too fearful for his heart to be broken. Then again, I remember bits and pieces such as Leela relating to Fry about the moon landing of 1.031k years of yore, the numerous times that Leela has saved his butt, and _especially_ when Emperor Fry was seriously weeping over a Leela he thought dead. OTOH, I really wouldn't want this to be a relationship of desperation, like tonight's near-kiss seemed to be the result of rather than a true heart-felt passion between them. That, and would competitive Leela really feel that strongly about Fry if she didn't have Amy as an opponent? I really do hope that they investigate this notion further in the season, and not milk it it as a ratings spike and stuff it into a black hole. Benjamin Robinson: Actually, I figured they'd explore this sooner or later. When a show has a strong single male and female lead, the writers cannot seem to resist throwing them together romantically. What struck me was the ease with which Amy pretended to be Fry's boyfriend. I mean, that kiss lingered longer than was truly necessary to fool Amy's parents. Now, I'm thinking it would be comically tragic if we had a love triangle where Amy chased Fry, who chases Leela. Notwithstanding, the romance angle shouldn't become the salient feature of the show. I want to watch "Futurama," not "Melrose Place." Brian Corvello: You may think of me as some sort of science geek for making this opinion, but something has really been bugging me about this issue. Up until now, I always considered Leela's purpose to be Fry's guide to Y3K -- his protector -- perhaps a kindered spirit or alter-ego. With "A Flight To Remember," we see the first hints that they may (pardon the slang) "have the hots for each other." This brings up so many problems I cannot begin to list them. First, it is well-known that a real relationship between two main characters can kill a series. Any TV buff can list several shows where that was the case. Second, although there have been plenty of sex jokes on the series already, the idea of Fry and Leela "getting together" would be just, well, creepy. Although it has been proven that Leela's race is capable of mating with humans, as seen in Zapp's first appearance, said episode really rubbed me the wrong way. A human dating an alien on a regular basis is simply a lot to swallow. If Fry must have a relationship, a much better match would be Amy. The way I see the Fry-Leela relationship is that of alter-ego; they are two parts of one soul, really -- Fry representing emotion, and Leela representing reason. It shouldn't go farther than that. Oh, and if you want me to go into detail about that little "theory," I'll type it up and send it to you as send it soon. >> Macrocosm Macaroni Mayhem Steven Aaron Monroe: The ripping apart of the Titanic by the black hole could happen. Some physicists call it "spaghettification." It is caused by the immense and varied gravitational forces that act on an object. The end of the object that is closer to the black hole experiences a lot more force than the back so it is torn apart. >> A registered trademark of Mom-Corp Joe Klemm: "Shareware" refers to programs which you can use for free. The catch here is that some shareware products need to be registered in order to fully use them, and as a result, you need to pay a few dollars to register them. >> On the Cutting-Room Floor Although we never heard it used, the voice of Titanic's casino bartender iZac was originally going to be voiced by Ted Lange (former cast member of "The Love Boat," who played the character Isaac that iZac is based on). According to Dave Sweatt, the producers were going use Lange but decided that Phil LaMarr's voice work as iZac was funny enough, so Lange wasn't used. Fox's website and many TV listings reported that Lange _would_ be in the episode, but they were wrong. >> Last, and probably least ... Haynes Lee: The best odds in craps is rolling a seven with probability 1/6. Jason Barrera: Judging from the smooth, seamless animation on the kiss between Bender and the Countess, they now have 3D models for the robot characters (or Bender, anyway). When any of the humanoid characters are around, the animation seems to be much more "fixed." Haynes Lee: You think with all these 3D special effects there would have been a scene of the ship scraping the ice comet. Vince Yim: IMO, naming the ship Titanic was really, really blatant, but it really had to be done. The montage of quick cuts to faces oblivious to impending doom was classic. Of course, with such a great ship, one would wonder why anything could sink it except for human stupidity. Which it does. Jason Barrera: Fry seems to be blissfully unaware of anything to do with the Titanic. Lucky boy. Daniel Tropea: Remember, never take a straight path. Always head for the astroids and black hole thing. ======================================================================== = Fun Stuff = >> References to Previous Episodes - [1ACV01] When Fry gets hit by his suitcase, he makes the same sound he made when the door shut down on him {gg} - [1ACV01] Professor Farnsworth needs to be carried in a time of emergency - [1ACV03] Hattie's only previous appearance - [1ACV04] Zapp Brannigan's only previous appearance - [1ACV04] Dr. Zoidberg knocks some very sensual boots with an attractive sea creature - [1ACV05] Man dressed in a top-hat and Amish-like clothing next to Bender at the christening cf., at the Blernsball game - [1ACV05] Bender's drawing was like the robot pornography {dj3} - [1ACV06] The Countess freshens up with a power tool cf., Bender's massage {ds} - [1ACV07] Man wearing all white and a big nine on his shirt in the crowd during the christening cf., in Little Neptune {sam} - [1ACV07] Dr. Zoidberg uses part of his anatomy to save the day - [1ACV08] The opening scene foreshadows someone's death - [1ACV08] Mayor Poopenmeyer's only previous appearance - [1ACV09] Retrotech elevators in the Titanic and Robot Hell >> Fan-made Alternate Titles for this Episode "A Shock to Remember" {ds} "Bendless Love" {jc} "Lovin', Touchin', Stealin'" {ds} "Love Potion Number 00101101" {ds} "(Love is) Thicker than Fortran" {ds} "Love is a many-Bendered Thing" {ds} "This Flight Tonight" {hl} "Torn Between Two Females" {jc} ======================================================================== = Voice Credits = >> Starring Billy West ........................... Fry, Farnsworth, Dr. Zoidberg, Zapp Brannigan, Leo Wong Katey Sagal ................................................... Leela John DiMaggio ................................................ Bender >> Guest Starring Tress MacNeille .................... Countess De La Roca, Kid, Hattie Maurice LaMarche ................... Kif, Croupier, Olympic Announcer Phil LaMarre ........................................... Hermes, iZac Lauren Tom ........................................... Amy, Inez Wong Dawnn Lewis ............................................... LaBarbara Dave Herman (uncredited) .......................... Mayor Poopenmeyer = Quotes and Scene Summaries = % All the way from outer space to the big New New York skyline flies the % Planet Express ship, before landing safely inside its hangar at the % edge of the city. Leela, Fry and Bender exit the ship single-file, % each covered in bruise-marks and prepared with a complaint: Leela: That was the worst delivery ever. Fry: Yeah. I'm never going to another planet called "Cannibalon." Bender: Me neither. [straightens up] The food was good, though. [Farnsworth sits nearby at his table] Prof.: Ooh, great news, everyone! Bender: Shove it! We quit. Prof.: In that case, I'll have to hire a _new_ crew to go on our company vacation. Leela: Vacation? [Fry high-fives Bender; they both cheer] Fry: This is great! I haven't had time off since I was 21 through 24. Prof.: It's just my way of thanking you for not reporting my countless violations of safety and minimum-wage laws. Bender: [coy] Aww, you. [punches Farnsworth playfully in the arm] Prof.: I've booked us all on the maiden voyage of the largest, most luxorious space cruise ship ever built: the _Titanic_! % Yep ... the 'Titanic' pamphelet he holds up to show the crew is % underscored by an ominious blast of music, and all anyone has to say % for it is Leela's comment that it "looks nice." Another blast of % music, and another and another, each moving the view to a different % angle, implying their doom, then a final blast which is actually the % beginning of the title sequence. % End of Act One (0:58) % At South Street Spaceport, the entire PE payroll is carrying its % luggage inside. Fry is the last to arrive at the building via a % pneumatic tube, several seconds before his suitcase arrives and hits % him in the back. Meanwhile, the luxorious Titanic is docked outside, % amidst a crowd of anxious people, with Mayor Poopenmeyer at the podium % addressing his public. Mayor: As mayor of New New York, it's my pleasure to introduce the honorary captain for the Titanic's maiden voyage. A man who singlehandedly defeated the retiree people of the Assisted- Living Nebula ... Zapp Brannigan! [Zapp struts onstage to much applause] [The crew is now part of the crowd] Leela: Oh, God ... not Zapp Brannigan! Zoidberg: _You_ know Zapp Brannigan? Leela: Let's just say we've "crossed paths." Bender: Was that _before_ or _after_ you slept with him? Zapp: She's a beautiful ship, alright. Shapely. Seductive. I'm gonna fly her brains out. [applause] Zapp: And now, without further adieu, I christen this ship ... "Titanic!" % From offscreen, Kif hands Zapp a jar containing the disembodied head % of Leonardo DiCaprio. Zapp throws Leo directly at the hull of the % ship, where his glass breaks and scatters, and his head tumbles off % into infinity. (Let me remind the reader that South Street Spaceport % is suspended high above the ground ... ) At this moment, confetti and % streamers fill the air, and we cut to Zapp and Kif greeting passengers % at the ship's entrance. Zapp spots Leela next in line. Zapp: Well, well, well ... the Lady Leela! [to Kif] Take notes, Kif. You're about to witness the subtle waltz known as 'seduction.' [Kif groans] Zapp: [to Leela] So ... trapped on a ship with me! What say you and I knock some very sensual boots? % Leela tells Zapp that she has a fiance now, and turns to her friends % to choose among them. She hesitantly decides on Fry, and pulls him % towards Zapp. "Fry, darling, meet Zapp Brannigan." A jab in the arm % prompts him to mutter "How do you do?" and Zapp pays him a very % suspicious glance. Once all passengers are on-board, the Titanic % lifts itself in the air, making its exit known with a double-honk. We % rejoin the ship as it leaves Earth's atmosphere, and inside the crew % walks through the Titanic's main foyer to the Professor's stateroom. % He invites everyone inside. % Bender, lagging behind, catches out of the corner of his eye an % elegant fem-bot dress in lavish clothing, and the two exchange eye % zooms until Bender's eyes fall out of their sockets and topple to the % floor. By the time he's able to cram one back in, she's disappeared % out of sight. ... he rejoins the crew while Professor Farnsworth % explains their living arrangements. Prof.: Now, Hermes, you and your lovely wife LaBarbara have the suit through there, and, Dr. Zoidberg, your marble tank is on the other side. Fry: Man! First Class seems nice. Prof.: It'll seem even nicer once you've seen _your_ room. % Farnsworth hands Amy their room key. While she, Fry, Leela and Bender % head to the elevator, she reads aloud that they're staying at the % "Fiesta Deck." The elevator marks the titles of the floors between % them and their destination: "First Class," "Second Class," "Steerage," % "Laundry," "Bowels of Ship" and finally "Fiesta Deck." [For a % description of these floors, see "Freeze Frame Fanaticism."] % The Fiesta Deck turns out to be a dank maze of steel and iron, % dripping pipes and vault-like rooms. Our crew's room is furnished % with beds made out of metal tubes and rags, with trash and puddles on % the floor. Fry notes that they at least have a window, but doesn't % notice it's labelled "Reactor Exhaust: Stand Clear" before the steamy % gas blows in his face. Bender: Well, I'm tired of this room and everyone in it. If you'll excuse me, I'm gonna pop over to the casino for the next 135 hours. Amy: I think I'll go fill up on bisque at the buffet. [they close the door behind them as they leave] Fry: [cool] I guess that just leaves you and your "fake fiance." All alone. On a romantic cruise. [he wraps his arm around Leela's shoulders] Leela: [sternly] Take it off or I'll break it off. Fry: _Okay_! [he does so] % Just then, Zapp Brannigan pokes his head into the room and announces % "Captain's inspection!" Leela nervously replaces Fry's arm around % her. Meanwhile, Bender (clad with a purple bow-tie) is shooting craps % in the ship's casino. He uses x-ray vision to spy on the dice % enclosed in his hand, and a complex data interface inside his own head % computes their probable outcome. The computer flashes "SURE THING" % after its calculations are through, and Bender pours a mountain of % chips onto the table. Bender: Come on! Baby needs a new pair of feet! [he rolls two "ones"] Croupier: Snake eyes. Bemder: Wait, my cheating unit malfunctioned. You gotta give me a do-over. Croupier: Sorry, the house limit is three do-overs. Next shooter! [Bender groans and mopes over to the bar] Bender: Gimme your biggest, strongest, cheapest drink. % The bartender turns and points both fingers at Bender, saying "You got % it!" It should be mentioned that the bartender is actually a robot % modelled after Isaac from "The Love Boat" with the word "iZac" printed % on his chest. IZac takes a large bucket and begins filling it, while % Bender turns and spots his luxorious fembot from before. (Romantic % music accompanies the scene.) He walks over to the craps table where % she's standing and introduces himself. Bender: Allow me to introduce myself. I'm Bender. Countess: Charmed. I'm the Countess De La Roca. I was surprised to see another robot staying in First Class. Most of the robots I meet are laborers. Bender: [high-brow] I assure you I barely know the meaning of the word "labor." Countess: [laughs] Oh, Mr. Bender! Bender: Please ... call me Bender. % Bender leans and kisses her hand. While she closes her eyes and gasps % with joy and exhasperation, he reaches behind her and snatches a few % bills out of her purse. Far away, in his private steering room, Zapp % Brannigan is hard at work at the Titanic's controls (consisting of a % large, old-fashioned wooden wheel) whlie Kif exits the restroom. Zapp: Kif, I'm feeling the "Captain's Itch." Kif: I'll get the powder, sir. Zapp: Noooo ... the itch for adventure! Prepare to change course. Kif: Sir, this is a leisure cruise. Our path was set by the travel agency. % Kif presses a button and a map appears on the wall, showing Earth, an % unidentified planet, and a large, red arrow between the two. Zapp % dismisses it as a map for school-girls, and scribbles an insanely % twisted white line all over the map, ending at their original % destination. Zapp: Now here's a route with some chest-hair. Kif: But that course leads directly through a swarm of comets! Zapp: Yes, Comets! The icebergs of the sky. By jackknifing from one to the next at breakneck speed, we just might get some kind of gravity-boost. Or something. [Kif groans] Zapp: It's time to shove a japeno up this ship's tailpipe. Divert power from the shields ... Full speed ahead! % As Zapp satisfies his "Captain's Itch," Amy is scooping herself a % second helping of bisque at the buffet, but drops her plate on the % floor when she turns around and sees her parents standing there. % [NOTE: Her parents are named Leo (Dad) and Inez (Mom).] Inez: Amy! Hello! Amy: [loudly] Mom? Dad? What are you doing here? Leo: We were planning on enjoying a relaxing vacation. But, since _you're_ here, we'll have to do some meddling. Inez: We met the nicest boy in the cabin next to ours. Leo: He's not _very_ ugly. Inez: You should marry him ... or at least use him to conceive a grandchild for us. Leo: There he is, at the buffet! % A grotesquely fat boy in odd-colored shorts is scooping bisque into % his mouth with his hands at the buffet. Amy is obviously hesitant. Amy: [lying] Uh ... he seems really nice, but ... well, I already have a boyfriend. Inez: Really? Where is he? Leo: And why isn't he here right now fathering our grandchild? % While Amy's face grows more and more stress-worn, Fry and Leela are on % the observation deck looking at the passing stars. Leela: Well, our accomodations aren't great, but it sure is beautiful out here. Fry: Yeah, it's pretty romantic ... [he bites his tongue] ... I mean, "platonic!" That sure is one platonic view. Leela: [exhasperated] Fry, just be quiet. I'm beginning to think this whole 'fake fiance' thing was a terrible, terrible ... % In mid-sentence, Leela shuts up and wraps her lips around Fry's, and % Fry just mutters in confusion. He sees why she did this, though, when % Captain Brannigan makes his presence known. Zapp: Leela, perhaps this is an awkward time, but if things don't work out with this pip-squeak here, I just want you to know I'll be there to score you on the rebound. [Zapp gives her hungry look and strolls off] Leela: [to Fry] Uh, look, before you get any crazy ideas ... that was for _Zapp_. Fry: Wow. You got anything else for him? Leela: Alright, can we try not to complicate this? % As if on cue, Amy and her parents walk up behind them. Amy wraps her % arms around Fry: "Mom, Dad, I'd like you to meet Fry ... my % boyfriend!" She then passionately kisses Fry, who is more confused % than ever, but quickly finds enjoyment in the situation. Leela, on % the other hand, seems to be a tad jealous ... % End of Act Two (6:45) % As the Titanic's body nears a deadly region of icy comets, the % passengers on the main deck seem blissfully unaware. While Leela % sunbathes in the pool area, she observes Amy kissing Fry goodbye, and % leaving with her parents. Fry approaches the empty beach-chair next % to Leela's. Leela: It would've been nice if you'd _told_ me you were going out with Amy. Fry: I'm not going out with Amy. It's just to fool her parents. Hey, you're not jealous, are you? Leela: [nervous] What? No, no. Of course not. Fry: Good. Because I consider my fake relationship with _you_ a lot more meaningful. [Leela grunts] % Elsewhere on the ship, Bender has been invited into his girlfriend's % First Class bedroom. She excuses herself to the lady's room to % 'freshen up' before they go out and Bender quips "I was just about to % suggest the same thing!" She blows a kiss to him and closes the door, % at which point we hear some loud, mechanical noises coming from % inside. Bender, oblivious, jumps into action and begins sifting % through her drawers looking for things to steal. % The things stored in her dresser prove uninteresting, but Bender % catches his eye on a gigantic blue diamond bracelet sparkling on the % table next to her canopy bed. "Pay dirt!" He reaches to put it in % his chest compartment, but hesitates at the last second, and takes a % second look at the diamond inside. At this moment, Bender hears the % voice of the Countess, who has been standing behind him. Countess: Lovely, isn't it? Bender: Yeah. But only 93% as lovely as you. Countess: Oh, Bender ... either that was a computing error or you're the most romantic robot I've ever met. % Bender smirks. Later, in the casino, she is occupying herself with a % slot machine, and Bender is dejectedly pouring his hard drive out to % iZac the Bartender. Bender: I don't get it, iZac. That bracelet had a diamond the size of a raccoon's brain. Why couldn't I steal it? IZac: It's obvious, Mr. B! You're in love. Bender: Oh, it's true ... but we're star-crossed robots. She, a Countess, built with a silver spoon in her mouth, and me, a regular honest Joe. [Bender walks away with his drinks] IZac: Hey, are you gonna pay for those? Bender: Hell no. % IZac immediately activates a radio built into his chest and requests % security to the bar area ... two yellow circles in the carpet pattern % sweep upward to reveal bulky, cylindrical Security robots, who grab % onto Bender. Bender pleads "Fellows, please! I'm in love." but iZac % orders them to rough him up. As Bender is getting the bricks kicked % out of him, the Countess runs over to put a stop to it. Bender: [guilty] Fellows, please! I'm in love! IZac: Rough him up. [they do so; the Countess runs up to put a stop to it] Countess: What are you doing? IZac: This penniless chump was stealing drinks, Ma'am. Countess: I see. [she hands over some money] Here you are, sir. Keep the change. IZac: You got it! % IZac gives her his trademark two-finger wink. She walks over to % Bender -- who's just been severely harrased with kicks and punches % from the departed Security robots -- and Bender lowers his head in % shame. Meanwhile, a limbo contest is going forth in the pool area, % with much of the crew (all clad in their swimsuits) participating. % Kif and the fat boy from the buffet are holding the limbo bar. Dr. % Zoidberg has just had his turn, and Professor Farnsworth is up next. % Fry yells "Go, Professor!", but the old man is only able to lean back % a few inches, and knocks the bar to the floor, yelping "Ow!" Hermes % is being comforted by his wife LaBarbara in the corner. LaBarbara: Come on, Hermes. You could out-limbo all of these people. Hermes: Don't be a dog-heart, woman. You know I can't. Not after what happened ... % Flashback to the 2980 Olympics, in which Hermes is the star player on % Earth's Olympic limbo team. He's on the field, preparing for his % feat, when a young boy with a shirt bearing his likeness jumps from % the stands. The boy cheers that Hermes is his hero, and he wants to % be just like him ... to the point where he runs out onto the field % towards the limbo-bar and screams "I'm just like Hermes!" Hermes begs % for him to stop, claiming that the bar is too low for his young % backbone to sustain, but it's too late! He hears a loud -*crack*- and % yells "Nooo!" at the sky. Back in the present, he weeps by his wife's % side. LaBarbara: There, there, now you don't have to limbo if you don't want to. It doesn't make you any less of a man. [Farnsworth walks by with an old lady (Hattie)] Farnsworth: Though it did get _me_ some. Hattie: I like a man who's "flexible!" [Zapp Brannigan makes his presence known yet again] Zapp: Your attention, please! As captain of this vessel, the terrible burden of naming a limbo contest winner is mine and mine alone. Kif: Shouldn't you be steering between the comets? Zapp: [oblivious] And the winner is ... Leela! [Leela is still sunbathing; everyone claps] Leela: But I didn't even limbo. Zapp: No matter. I know from personal experience how 'horizontal' you can get. As your reward, you and that hair-pile [Fry] are invited to dine at the Captain's table this evening. % After a moment's pause, Fry cheers. Back on the observation deck, % Bender and his Countess are now the ones looking out at the stars. % They seem to have been talking for some time. Bender: Well, now you know ... I'm not actually rich. I'm a fraud. A poor, lazy, sexy fraud. [takes off his bow-tie] This isn't even a real bow-tie. It's magnetic! [he lets go of it and it locks onto a nearby wall] Countess: Bender, I don't care whether you have money. I love you for your artificial intelligence and your sincerity-simulator. Bender: You do? Really? % They lean over to kiss, and the camera pans full-circle around them. % A soft musical interlude begins, and short clips are shown of Bender % drawing a nude picture of her (consisting of circuit diagrams), Bender % holding her in the air at the ship's mast (but collapsing under her % weight and sending her crashing through the floor below them) and the % two of them sneaking into a hovercar in the ship's cargo area and % "making sparks." Afterwards, we join the scene at the ship's dining % area that evening, where Fry, Leela, Professor Farnsworth, Hattie and % Zapp are eating at a circular table (with three empty places % remaining). Zapp: I like your style, Fry. You remind me of a young me. Not _much_ younger, mind you. Perhaps even a couple years _older_. Fry: Thank you, sir. Zapp: But as a gentleman, I must warn you ... If you so much as glance at another woman, I'll be all over Leela like a fly on a pile of very seductive manure. Fry: Well, rest assured Leela's the only girl for me. [Amy and her parents enter] Amy: Hey, Fry. Leela: Amy!? Amy: Leela!? Zapp: Ah, the family Wong! Our party is complete. [Leela, Fry and Amy join heads and whisper] Leela: What are we gonna do? Fry can't pretend to be _both_ our boyfriends! Fry: Sure I can. I learned how to handle delicate social situations from a little show called "Three's Company." [Zapp taps his fork on his glass] Zapp: I'd like to impose a toast on the happy couple. Down the hatch! Inez: Here-here! Now let's have a kiss! Zapp: [sly] Yes, Fry. Plant one on your woman. % Fry hesitates, and asks for a moment to think to himself. He % desperately tries to find a solution to his dilemma by reciting the % "Three's Company" theme song quietly to himself. Leo: [angry] What's the hold-up? Kiss my daughter already! Farnsworth: Now wait, I'm confused. Tell me, Fry, which one of these ladies are you involved with? [Fry sweats and hums the theme once more; Kif enters] Kif: Captain, may I have a word with you? Zapp: [dismissive] No. Kif: It's an _emergency_, sir. Zapp: Come back when it's a catastrophy. [the ship rumbles and Zapp's drink spills] Zapp: Oh, very well ... [he leaves the room impatiently with Kif] Amy: [after a pause] Well, with Zapp gone and my parents still here, I suggest Fry give me a nice, convincing kiss. Fry: Ah. Now there's something we can all enjoy. % Fry and Amy embrace each other once again, while Leela sits % uncomfortably. Zapp is back in the ship's control room half-heartedly % heeding Kif's observations, while outside their quarters the icy % comets shoot past them with a more dangerous speed and proximity than % before. Kif: Sir, remember your course correction? Zapp: No. Kif: Well, it's proving somewhat more suicidal than we'd initially hoped. Zapp: Kif, old freind, I don't know which disgusts me more ... your cowardice or your stupidity. [points out at the sky] We'll simply set a new course for that empty region over there, near that blackish, hole-ish thing. % In the region of the sky Zapp points to, there is indeed a large % blackish, hole-ish thing, stirring slowly. Kif is not pleased. % Meanwhile, Leela is alone on the observation deck, watching the % passing stars. The door opens wide behind her and Fry steps out onto % the deck with her. Fry: Hey, Leela, why'd you run off from dinner? Leela: I didn't run off. I had plenty of time to finish eating and stroll away while you were kissing Amy. Fry: Aww, look, I'm not actually interested in her if that's what's bothering you. Leela: [stubborn] Uh-huh. Are you sure? I mean, she has two eyes, you have two eyes ... Fry: I know, we seem like the perfect match, but I just don't feel that way about her. % Some soft music plays. They look up, and in the sky a softly glowing % orange nebula is burning. They both agree that it's a nice nebula. % On the two decks below theirs, we can see half a dozen happy couples % (all very familiar ... ) gazing similarly at the stars. Leela sighs. Leela: [dreamy] Looks like everybody's got somebody. Except me ... Fry: And me ... % Their eyes lock, and they slowly turn to kiss. But before their lips % can meet, a violent shake of the floor sends them both toppling to it. % Fry crawls to get back up, and Leela rushes back to the railing, where % she spots a black hole growing ever-nearer. Leela: Oh, my God! We're heading straight into a black hole! [bird's-eye view of the ship] Fry: Talk about a mood-killer. % End of Act Three (7:08) % Things haven't changed much in the past minute, except that the % Titanic is now closer than ever to the black hole, and on the brink of % being sucked in. In the Captain's quarters ... Zapp: [to Kif] Don't blame yourself, Kif. We were doomed from the start! Nothing remains now but for the captain to go down with his ship. Kif: Why, that's surprisingly noble of you, sir. Zapp: No. It's noble of _you_, Kif! As of now, you're in command. Congratulations, Captain. % Zapp removes his badge and slaps it onto Kif's uniform. He leaves and % slams the door behind him, and, as Kif stares helplessly at the floor, % we see Zapp scoot away past the windshield in his own personal escape % pod. In the passengers' quarters, panic is ensuing. Alarms buzz, % people and robots scatter in all directions, and the Planet Express % crew is by one wall reading the Titanic Directory. Leela takes % charge. "Okay, we just have to get from _here_ to the escape pods." % But after another violent shake of the room, a crack forms down the % center of the sign (on which the directory is printed), and the entire % right portion of the sign, including the area on the ship with escape % pods, is torn off. Touche. Farnsworth: I'm too young to die! Leela: Come on, before it's too late! [they run off] Bender: You all go without me. I'm gonna take one last look around. You know, for ... uh ... stuff to steal! Fry: [softly] You're going back for the Countess, aren't you? Bender: Alright, I am, but I don't want the others to know. If I don't come back, just say I died robbing some old man. Fry: I'll tell 'em you went out prying the wedding ring off his cold, dead finger. Bender: [teary] I love you, buddy! % Fry catches up with the others, leaving Bender behind. Bender rushes % off and finds himself inside the flaming ruins of the ship's casino, % yelling for the Countess. A reply comes from within a hole in the % ground, and Bender spots her crouched into a corner in the room % beneath them, surrounded by flames. Countess: I fell through the deck! Bender: Are you hurt, my sweet? Countess: No. Luckily a family broke my fall. Bender: Just hang on. _I'll_ take care of that fire! % He grabs the end of hose from the far wall, runs back, leaps into the % pit and extinguishes all the fire in the room with it. He then drops % the running hose to the floor and walks over to help her up. Countess: Bender ... you risked your life to save me! Bender: And I've do it again. And perhaps a third time. ... but that would be it. [they kiss, and then Bender speaks his feelings] Bender: When we kiss, I feel like I'm standing waist-deep in a pool of cold, rising water. % That's probably because he left the hose running this whole time. The % room is now nearly flooded, and the two scream for help. Rejoining % the rest of the crew, we see them scrambling through a set of dank % hallways with the "PANIC!" alarms still screaming. Leela tells them % the escape pods should be just ahead, but then an sign lights up % announcing an Emergency Airlock, and a steel door lowers, about to % seal off the hall directly in front of them. Dr. Zoidberg is able to % cut it off at the last second by wedging his claw under it. Leela % tries to lift it. Leela: It won't move. And the door release is on the other side! Fry: Then we're dead meat. _No one_ can squeeze under there. Hermes: No one ... except a legendary limbo champion! [he rips off his suit, revealing his old limbo uniform] LaBarabara: [delighted] Oh, Hermes! [Hermes bends back, but his spine cracks] Hermes: Oof, it's been a while. [his knees slam against the bottom of the door] Hermes: This one's for that little kid who's limboin' up in heaven right now! % LaBarbara finds a discarded food-cart in the hallway and starts a % rhumba-beat in an overturned silver platter. Hermes is able to % contort his body, squatting his knees outward and squeezing his % stomach inward, until he's finally all the way through. (The crew % cheers.) He doesn't stop there, though ... he takes the oppurtunity % to do a few tricks, sliding back and forth under the door. Hermes: I still got the moves! Zoidberg, lower the door another inch. LaBarbara: Just go on through and hit the release, ya hot dog. Hermes: Yes, dear. % A moment later, the door slides up again, and the crew rush on % through. We don't abandon our view of the empty corridor just yet, % though ... because Hermes' exhasperated voice soon comes from on the % floor: "Uh ... can somebody help me up?" Over in the casino, Bender % and the Countess are now screaming, up to their heads in water, and % finally become immersed in it. They stand on the floor of the flooded % room, unaffected. Countess: Well, now what do we do? Bender: Wait a second, aren't you a member of the yacht club? Countess: By God, you're right! I'm a Class Three yacht! % A propellor juts out of the lady's rear end. Bender climbs onto her % back, and the propellor kicks into gear, sending them spiraling up % towards the ceiling. The ship is now almost completely torn in half, % and the escape pod area is a mess. The crew reserve themselves a pod % and wait outside it. The Professor is relieved that there is no % shortage of them, and that they don't have to dress up like women and % children. (He removes a colorful beanie hat and a big lollipop from % his outfit.) Leela: We can't leave yet. We've got to wait for Bender. The high gravity must be slowing down his looting. [Amy's parents rush in] Inez: [yells] Amy! Amy: Mom, Dad! You're alive! Leo: Yeah, but so what? The important thing is we found you a new man. Inez: A captain. % Amy begins to tell them that she isn't interested, but then Kif walks % into the scene at her mother's request. Amy says "hi" to Kif, % pleased, and they hit it off instantly. Kif picks her up in his arms, % and they kiss as he carries her into the escape pod with the rest of % the crew. By this time, two-thirds of the Titanic have been % completely torn off and sucked into the black hole. Everyone in the % escape pod experiences a twisting, psychedellic sensation that makes % them and the walls seem to leak and wrap around each other. Fry and % Leela are still on the deck, when Fry points to the sky. Fry: Look, it's our nebula! Whenever I see it, I'll think back to that moment when we almost ... [the nebula is eaten by the black hole] Fry: ... whoop, never mind. Hermes: Everyone else is off the ship. Where in Babylon is Bender? Leela: I don't know. But we can't wait any longer! % Fry, Hermes, LaBarbara, Professor Farnsworth, Dr. Zoidberg, Leela, % Kif, Amy, Leo and Inez are now all safely inside the only remaining % pod. Fry looks out at the empty ship deck one more time, sadly says % "Goodbye" to Bender, wherever he is, and seals the door shut. The pod % floats off into space just as Bender and the Countess scramble into % the room. Bender yells at them to wait, but the circular hatch closes % a second too soon. Not hesitating, he leaps, crashes through the % glass, and clamps his free hand onto the outer rim of their pod. % (With his other hand, he pulls the Countess with him.) The pod % shakes, and Leela examines the controls. Leela: Something's wrong. We're two metric tons overweight. Amy: Well, it's not _me_. Fry: Look! % Through the small window in the pod's front door, we can see Bender, % followed by the Countess, holding on for dear life. Outside, Bender's % grip on her hand loosens and they are now hanging on to opposite ends % of her fragile diamond bracelet. The pod starts to pull backwards % from her weight ... behind them the remaining pieces of the Titanic % fall away. Countess: I'm slipping, Bender! The pull is too strong! Bender: I can't live without you. If you let go, I let go. Countess: No! You have too much to live for. It may hurt for a while, but one day you'll share your love again. After all, it's _shareware_. Bender: Don't talk like that. Tragic romances always have a happy ending. % The bracelet breaks. She falls into the depths of the black hole, % yelling "Fareweeeeeeell!" and finally implodes. The escape pod moves % forward once again, and Bender sobs a big, mournful, disappointed % "noooooo!" With the remaining half of her bracelet in his hand, he % makes his way inside the escape pod and rests his head against the % door to cry. Bender: She's gone. Leela: But she saved all our lives. Without her, we're light enough to get away. [silence] Fry: Don't cry, Bender. Nobody really knows what happens in a black hole. It's possible she's still alive in another dimension somewhere. Right, Professor? Farnsworth: Oh, yes, absolutely! [whispers to Zoidberg] Not a chance. [he makes some cut-throat and choking motions] Bender: [still crying] At least I'll always have her bracelet. [he shows the diamond to Hermes] Bender: What do you think it's worth? % Hermes looks at it for a fraction of a second and tells Bender "It's % fake, mon." As the escape pod cuts away into the depths of space, % Bender lets out a fresh outpour of tears, to the closing music ... % End of Act Four (6:26) ======================================================================== = Contributers = {ak} Adam King {jc} Jacob Churosh {bc} Brian Corvello {jk} Joe Klemm {da} David Antonoff {mg} Maureen Goldman {ddg} Don Del Grande {ms3} Mike Smith {dj3} Doug Jacobson {sam} Steven Aaron Monroe {ds} Dave Sweatt {trl} Team Rocket Leela {gg} Gerry Garrelts {woh} Will O'Hargan {hl} Haynes Lee {zz} Zachary Zulkowski {jb} Jason Barrera ======================================================================== Futurama and its characters belong to the == First uploaded: 10-Oct-1999 Fox lawyers ... icebergs of the internet. == Revision B : 05-Dec-1999 This capsule was christened by Jordan "my == E-mail me: <jedraw@aol.com> hard drive will go on and on" Eisenberg. ==============================
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futurama appartient à la fox et Matt Groening en est le créateur... le site officiel de Futurama se trouve ici : |