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The Day The Earth Stood Stupid Story by Jeff Westbrook
and David X. Cohen
Teleplay by Jeff Westbrook
Directed by Mark Ervin
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Production code: 3ACV07 Original Airdate on FOX: 18-Feb-2001
TV Guide synopsis:
Curiously immune, Fry is Earth's only hope against a species
called Brain Spawn that is making the populace stupid.
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> Title sequence
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Opening theme promotion:
80% ENTERTAINMENT BY VOLUME
Opening theme cartoon:
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> Did You Notice...
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... KIBBLES 'N' SNOUNTS and SOYLENT CHOW booths at the pet show?
... Signs on doors in the Public Library: REFERNCE BOOKS, BOOKS ON
TAPEWORM, STEPHEN KING A-AARDUARK?
... "EMPLOYEE SLEEP DURING MEETINGS" climbing graph that Hermes is presenting
while everybody sleeps?
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> Voice Credits
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- Starring
- Billy West (Fry, Dr. Zoidberg, Prof. Farnsworth)
- Katey Sagal (Leela)
- John DiMaggio (Bender)
- Tress MacNeille (Linda, Female Nibblonian)
Guest Starring
- Phil Lamarr (Hermes Conrad)
- Lauren Tom (Amy Wong)
- Frank Welker (Nibbler, dogs, cats, sheep)
- David Herman
- Also Starring
- Maurice LaMarche (Lord Nibbler)
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> Movie (and other) references
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> Previous episode references
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- Dave Spiegel and Fluffers reappear
- [2ACV01]
- KIBBLES 'N' SNOUNTS reappears
- [2ACV01]
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> Freeze frame fun
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Sign at the pet show:
CHAMPION PET SHOW TODAY
KIDS: SEE TOUCAN SAM'S DEATH MASK
At the award ceremony, the scoreboard says:
AWARDS
CEREMONY
IN PROGRESS
no pooping
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> Animation, continuity, and other goofs
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At the pet show, on one shot there's an information booth on the left of
the SOYLENT CHOW booth, on another - there's a 5c Cream booth.
Leela's ponytail waves in the wind in space outside the ship. Which is kind
of strange in vacuum. That's intentional, of course.
Nibbler has acted stupidly to the point of forgetting about self-preservation
in previous and this episode(s). Which is kind of suicidal, not mentioning
irresponsible considering his mission, if he really were intelligent.
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> Reviews
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> Comments and other observations
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Don Del Grande
One comment about "The Day The Earth Stood Stupid": Nibbler was
referred to as "ambassador to Earth", yet he wasn't originally sent to
Earth; he was picked up on a dying planet.
Eric S.
My biggest question is how he got his little spaceship to earth. And surely
this retroactive continuity has to cause other problems, like why didn't
Nibbler help out when the robots or popplers or Omicronians were attacking
earth? Oh well, can't take the plot too seriously.
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> Quotes and Scene Summary {}
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% View from space of TWEENIS 12 planet. It explodes in a large flaming cloud.
% A swarm of brains flies from the general area of the explosion and heads off.
% The subtitle says "ONE DAY'S BRAIN FLIGHT FROM EARTH"
%
% At Madison Cube Gardens. It's the "CHAMPION PET SHOW". Barking. meowing,
% bleating and other animal noises are heard.
Amy: Is Nibbler stoked for the big pet show?
Leela: He ought to be, with all the strict training I've been putting him
through. [Takes out a roll of ham] Nibbler, roll over and you get a
ham. [Nibbler doesn't react] Roll over. Roll over for the ham. Roll
over. Roll over for the ham. [Nibbler whimpers and starts licking
himself] You are so adorable. Who wants a ham? [Hands him the ham.
Nibbler gobbles it. Leela looks at him adoringly]
Prof.: Zooka-baruka! [Reads the pamphlet] First prize is $500 and a year's
supply of dog food.
Bender: $500 you say?
Zoidberg: Dog food you say? [Slurps loudly]
% At the sheep herding trial. A dog is skillfully herding the sheep.
Fry: Man, that dog's going to be hard to beat. Look at him bring in the
sheep. One sheep, two sheep... [Yawns] three sheep. [Falls asleep]
Leela: The dog's good but our real competition is the Hypno-toad.
% The Hypno-toad hypnotizes the sheep by its weird eyes which emit low humming.
% They carefully go to the stall one by one, the last one closes the door
% behind itself. Judges murmur. The Hypno-toad turns and looks at them. They
% go blank-eyed and raise 10s. Crowd cheers.
Leela: Your turn, Nibbler, honey. Herd those sheep.
% Nibbler runs towards the sheep.
Amy: Come on, Nibbler!
% Loud gobbling is heard, everybody looks stunned. Camera shows Nibbler and
% no sheep around. He burps and spits out some bells.
Bender: [Walks up to the judges' table] Ma'am, I have a late entry - my
Hard-shelled Whooping Terrier, Mr. Zoidberg. [Brings Zoidberg
who is posing as a pet. Bender whips him]
Zoidberg: Whoop! Whoop! Whoop! Whoop! [Bender whips him again] Whoop! Whoop!
Whoop! Whoop!
% Zoidberg runs the obstacle course. Bender is running after him, whipping
% him regularly.
Bender: Faster! Faster! Suck in that gut! You want to be spayed?
% A judge inspects Zoidberg. Zoidberg giggles.
Bender: Silence, you cur! Puff out that brisket!
% Later, at the talent competition, Zoidberg dances skillfully.
Bender: I should be weeping! I'm not weeping! [Goes after Zoidbeg cracking
his whip. Zoidberg runs off, screaming]
% Fry, Amy and professor walk past several booths. They stops by a woman
% who holds an "invisible dog" leash.
Fry: Ha-ha-ha-ha! I love these things.
% The invisible dog savagely attacks his ankle. Fry screams.
%
% Elsewhere. Leela is presenting Nibbler to one of the judges.
Leela: Shake paws, Nibbler. Come on. Shake. [To judge] He might be a little
hungry. [Back to Nibbler] Shake, boy. Usually he's had more ham by
now. Shake!
% Nibbler babbles discontentedly. Then he sees a balloon elephant. He licks
% his lips and runs to it. He jumps on it and starts biting. The balloon pops,
% launching Nibbler quite far up. He falls into a bowl of milk. Milk splashes
% on people. Numerous cats jumps on them to lick the milk off of them. People
% scream and run around in chaos.
%
% Later, at the award ceremony.
Head
judge: Third prize, a party-size keg of guinea pigs goes to Dave Spiegel
[Camera focuses on a man] and his owner, Fluffers.[Camera moves
away revealing he's the pet and the owner is a large cat] Second
prize, this lovely afghan made from an Afghan, goes to Bender and
his Whooping Terrier.
Bender: Second place? That's a fancy word for losing! [Whips Zoidberg
repeatedly] You didn't stick your landing!
Zoidberg: Forgive me, my friend!
Bender: Never!
Head
judge: And before we announce the winner we have a special award
for a first-time contestant Ms. Leela and her mystery pet, Ms. Leela
and her mystery pet, Nibbler.
Leela: [Gasps] Me? Award? Him? Me? Good?
Head
judge: That's just the kind That's just the kind of eloquence you'd expect
from the owner of "Dumbest Pet in Show."
% Puts a dunce-hat saying "DUMB" on Nibbler. Crowd laughs. Leela looks around,
% embarrassed.
Head
judge: And the Grand Prize winner... [Monotone] The Hypno-toad.
% Camera moves back showing the Hypno-toad hypnotizing him. Then she looks
% at the audience. Audience starts clapping slowly and monotonely.
Head
judge: [Monotone] All glory to the Hypno-toad.
% Back at Planet Express, at the meeting table.
Leela: [Sighs] Maybe they're right. Maybe Nibbler is dumb.
Fry: Don't listen to them, Leela. People said I was dumb, but I proved
them.
Prof.: [Comes in] Good news, everyone. We were supposed to make a delivery
to the planet Tweenis 12 but it's been completely destroyed.
Leela: Why is that good news?
Prof.: They paid in advance. [Spring boings]
Bender: [Knocks on his body] Excuse me.
Hermes: This is mighty strange. [Pushes a button and a holomap appears]
First the civilization of Space Rome collapsed then Don Martin Three
went ka-flooey and now Tweenis 12. [All the planets are arranged
in a straight line]
Fry: Looks like this planet is next in line.
Leela: That's Earth. [Fry looks at her blankly] The planet we live on?
Fry: I'd hate to be those guys.
% Nibbler becomes worried. He sniffs around, whimpers and runs off, babbling
% incoherently.
Hermes: What's got into him? [Leela runs after Nibbler] He's twitching like
Zoidberg when someone mentions the word "food."
Zoidberg: [Twitches] What now?
% Nibbler, meanwhile, jumps out the window.
Leela: No! Nibbler, come back!
% Later, Leela in an alley with a large piece of ham.
Leela: Too bad Nibbler's not around. I guess I'll have to eat this raw
dripping ham by myself. [Hears an eerie noise] Nibbler? Nibbler,
you're scaring me.
% She walks up to the dumpster where the noise is coming from. Ghostly blue
% glow emanates from the seams of the dumpster. The dumpster swings open and
% a brain pops out of it. Leela screams and runs off. Several brains follow
% her. She dives int the whole of a chainlink fence, the brain bump into the
% fence. Leela raises her head and sees Nibbler in a uniform pulling out a
% small spaceship out of an old shed. Nibbler looks at her sadly, opens the
% ship and jumps in.
Leela: Am I going crazy? Have my years of wild hedonism finally caught up
with me?
% The ship starts taking off. Nibbler waves goodbye to her. Leela looks at him
% in surprise. Then she turns back and sees that the brains are already behind
% her, hovering menacingly.
Leela: Nibbler, help! Don't leave me here!
% Nibbles sniffles and send his ship down. He opens the hatch and starts
% babbling hastily. Leela jumps in and the hatch closes, crushing her. She
% grunts. Nibbler takes off.
Leela: Uh, Nibbler, could you scootch the seat up just a little bit?
% The ship accelerates and disappears in the sky.
% [End of Act One. Act Time: 7:17 Running Time: 7:17]
% NNY is being overrun by giant brains. One building after another starts
% glowing blue. That's the brains sucking intelligence out of the occupants
% of these buildings. Several brains swing by Planet Express and cover it with
% this blue glow.
%
% Inside. Bender sits on the couch and whimpers. Fry comes in.
Fry: Leela back yet?
Bender: Fry, help me! My heart stopped beating!
Fry: You don't have a heart. You're a robot.
Bender: Sure, right... robot. [Pause] Oh, Fry, my skin's all dry and clanky.
Fry: Well, YEAH. Robots are made of metal.
Bender: Am I a robot?
Fry: Bender, if this is some kind of scam, I don't get it. You already
have my power of attorney.
Bender: Fry! [Stammers] My skin!
% In the next room. Professor sit at the table with his head
Prof.: Ow! Ow! Ow! I'm a genius. Ow! Ow!
% In the next room Zoidberg is crouching on the table trying to catch his
% waving mouthflaps with his claws. Fry come in.
Fry: Dr. Zoidberg, why is everyone acting so weird?
Zoidberg: Zoidby want balloon. Want balloon now! Zoidby want go outside!
Fry: Argh, I just let you back in.
% To Nibbler and Leela flying through space in the tiny spaceship.
Leela: This is unbelievable. I thought you were a furry little moron but
here you are flying an adorable spaceship. If only you could talk.
[Nibbler babbles] Wait! I understood that! [Nibbler babbles some
more] You say you're transmitting your thoughts directly to my
brain? [Nibbler babbles affirmatively] You say those awful flying
brains are making everyone on Earth stupid? [Nibbler babbles with
slight discontent] Oh, stupidER. And you go on to say that we're
headed for your home planet where your race has lived since the
beginning of the universe? [Nibbler makes an affirmative noise] So,
how did the universe begin? [Nibbler babbles elaborately, changing
intonation and pace several times] Then the meaning of existence...
[Lighthearted short babble] So, every religion is wrong.
% Back at Planet Express. Hermes in the shower with his mouth open. Fry walks
% by, closes his mouth and tilts his head to a normal position.
% Later. Zoidberg, Amy, professor and Bender sit in front of the TV. The TV is
% not on. Fry comes in, looks at everybody, then turns on the TV.
% The news are on. Morbo is spinning in his chair, Linda is watching him.
% Morbo falls down, Linda laughs.
Linda: You fell. Hi, [Waves] today some bad things happened. One bad thing
was a train got crashed in New Jersey. Wanna see? [A flaming
train wreck is shown] People won't be late for work, though, because
the Governor lady said, "I'm sending in more trains."
% Another train crashed into the wreck and explodes. People cheerfully board
% the derailed cars.
Morbo: [Still disoriented from the spinning] Morbo can't understand his
TelePrompter. He forgot how you say that letter that looks like a
man with a hat.
Linda: It's a "T." It goes "Tuh."
Morbo: Hello, little man. I will destroy you!
Fry: Man, even the newsmonster is acting strange. What are we going to
do?
Prof.: Duh, I know. Let's play the lottery.
Amy: No, let's buy Internet stock.
Zoidberg: On margin. Zoidby wanna buy on margin.
% Hermes comes in, holding a board over his face.
Hermes: Look at me. I'm invisible.
Fry: Wait a minute. I know what's going on here. You've all become
idiots.
Bender: Hey, let's all join the Reform party. [All cheer ad run out of the
room]
% To Nibbler and Leela. They are approaching their destination. It's PLANET
% ETERNIUM, the Exact Center of the Universe.
%
% At HALL OF FOREVER (incidently located ten miles west of the exact center of
% the universe). The Hall of Forever is shaped as a dome with a Nibbler-like
% third eye on top. Two totem poles are located on both sides of it.
%
% The door opens, Nibbler and Leela come in. Inside there are 9 people of
% Nibbler's species sitting in a half a circle in elevated chairs.
Male
Nibblonian: Welcome back, Lord Nibbler, Ambassador to Earth Home World of the
Pizza Bagel.
Nibbler: Thank you. I bear many receipts for reimbursement.
Female
Nibblonian: The four welcomes of friendship to you as well, Leela. We shall
manipulate your mind so we appear to be speaking your language. Do
not be afraid, my child.
Leela: I'm not afraid.
Female
Nibblonian: Uh, good, good.
Leela: So, you're real name is Lord Nibbler? That's a coincidence.
Nibbler: That name is for your sake. In the time it would take to pronounce
one letter of my true name a trillion cosmoses would flare into
existence and sink into eternal night.
Leela: [Laughs adoringly] Oh, you're all so cute. [Grabs Nibbler on the
cheek]
Male
Nibblonian: No, we're not. We Nibblonians are an ancient and powerful race.
Behold! [A holographic presentation start] When the universe was
forged in the crucible of the Big Bang our mighty race was already
17 years old.
Leela: [Adoringly] Aw...
Female
Nibblonian: [Angrily] Hmm...
Male
Nibblonian: For the first millisecond of time, things were okay but, then,
there arose a terrible enemy - the Brain Spawn. [Nibblonians babble]
Ever since, we have waged unceasing war against these dreadful...[
Door open. A Nibblonian in a chef's hat comes in]
Chef: Lunch is ready.
Male
Nibblonian: Then, let the Feast of 1000 Hams begin.
% View of the outside of the HALL OF FOREVER. Loud chomping is heard,
% followed by belching. Later, inside. Leela is sitting on the flow with
% two Nibblonians on her lap, purring like cats as Leela pets them.
Leela: So, why are these Brain Spawn attacking Earth, Nibbler?
Nibbler: The Brain Spawn hate all consciousness. [Hologram shows scenes
of NNY being overrun by brains] The thoughts of others screech at
them like the forced laughs of a billion art-house movie patrons.
Male
Nibblonian: Thus, they travel from world to world making everyone stupid in
order to wipe out all thought in the universe.
Leela: Wipe out all thought? My God, they're like flying televisions!
Female
Nibblonian: And even we are powerless to stop them fearsome though we are.
[Purrs]
Nibbler: There is but one being who can resist them a child of destiny whose
bizarre brain-wave pattern makes him immune to the Brain Spawn
attack. He is the hope of the universe. [Hologram shows Fry
sitting on the couch looking at his feet. Leela gasps] The fate of
your world, perhaps ALL worlds rests in his special mind.
Leela: Now, when you say, "Special"...
% Back to Planet Express. Fry on the balcony looking down on the havoc in NNY.
% He picks up a bullhorn, turns it on and start talking in the wrong end.
Fry: Attention, New New Yorkers, stop acting so stupid!
% A bird sits down on the bullhorn and squawks in the microphone. Amplified
% squawking blows Fry away.
% [End of Act Two. Act Time: 5:38 Running Time: 12:55]
% Nibblonian ship on the orbit of Earth.
Male
Nibblonian: Nibblonian Fleet holding at perimeter of Moron Zone, formerly known
as Earth.
Leela: Why would Fry be immune to the flying brains? Because he doesn't
shower?
Female
Nibblonian: The Brain Spawn suppress intelligence by attacking the delta brain
wave. Every animal and robot in the universe generates this wave,
as do certain trees.
Male
Nibblonian: Fry, however, does not.
Female
Nibblonian: Somehow, he has cobbled together a random assortment of other brain
waves into a working mind.
Leela: Like a prom dress made from carpet remnants.
Nibbler: Yes, like your prom dress.
Male
Nibblonian: The Brain Spawn are commanded by a giant evil brain with a gooey
center of pure hate.
Female
Nibblonian: Only Fry, with his superior yet inferior mind can approach it. You
must tell him to disable it. We will do the rest.
Leela: You can count on me.
Female
Nibblonian: No, we can't. Once on Earth, you will be too stupid to remember the
message.
Nibbler: That's why we wrote it down for you.
Male
Nibblonian: We've also prepared a bag lunch and some mittens.
% Back at Planet Express.
Fry: Time to reeducate you dunce bags. We'll start with U.S. Presidents.
This was our first president, George Washington. [Holds up a jar
with Washington's head]
% Everyone stares at him blankly. Professor scratches his head.
Fry: Let's review. Who was our first president?
All: Um...
Bender: A pickle jar?
Washington: Thomas Jefferson?
% Jet engine sound is heard and then Leela crashes though the window
% on Nibbler's ship.
Fry: [Runs to her] Leela! I've been so worried! Are you a bonehead?
Leela: I... have... to tell... Must... important... Something...
Fry: Whoa-whoa, slow down. You're going a mile a minute.
Leela: [Notices a piece of paper stapled to her shirt] This! You for this!
[Hands the paper to Fry]
Fry: Thanks. [Blows his nose in the paper and throws it into the fire]
Leela: No!
% She runs to the fireplace and tries to get the paper out, but burns her
% fingers.
Leela: Ow! Fire hot!
Prof.: The Professy will help. [Reaches into the fireplace, and his
coat catches on fire] Ah! Fire indeed hot!
% Fry splashes water from Chester A. Arthur's jar on professor's arm.
Chester A.
Arthur: Oh... Chester A. Arthur fall down.
Leela: Brain... Brain make people dumb.
Fry: No, Leela, brain make people smart.
% Two brains emerge outside the window behind his back. Leela groans in
% frustration and turns Fry around. He sees the brains and gasps.
Leela: You go fight biggest brain of all.
Fry: Even bigger than those? Holy nuts! Where is it?
Leela: I don't know.
Fry: Hmm, a giant brain is basically a giant nerd and where would a giant
nerd be? [Gasps] The library!
% At New New York Public Library. They run to the ANCENT LITERATURE section.
% Blue glow pulsates in the room. They open the door. The BIG BRAIN is at the
% table, reading.
Brain: Pathetic human race. Arranging their knowledge by category just made
it easier to absorb. Dewey, you fool, your decimal system has played
right into my hands. [Laughs fiendishly]
% Fry and Leela run into the room, Leela tips over a bookshelf, blocking the
% exit.
Brain: [Gasps] What do you want?
Fry: I'm here to kick your ass!
Brain: Wishful thinking. We have long since evolved beyond the need for
asses.
% The brain backs up and shoots out a purple ethereal tongue, which reaches
% Fry's head and makes a purple cloud around it, zapping and buzzing.
Brain: Odd, my stupefaction field is having no effect on your ability to
think.
Fry: That's right, and I think you'll find that a little knowledge is a
dangerous thing!
% He picks up a book and throws it at the brain. The book bounces off doing
% no damage.
Fry: Okay, better think of a new plan. Come on, Fry, think. Thinking...
thinking...
Brain: [Moans] Oh... Stop that!
Fry: Hey, thinking hurts him. Maybe I can think of a way to use that.
[Brain groans] Aha! Prepare to be thought at. Leela, give me a
topic.
Leela: Duh...
Fry: Seriously, I can't think of anything.
% The brain laughs fiendishly. Fry panics and starts digging though books
% that are lying on the floor.
Fry: Got to find something to make me think. Hardy Boys - too easy. Nancy
Drew - too hard. Aha, perfect! Bonfire of the Vanities. [Reads the
book]
Brain: No! It's unbearable!
% The brain groans, buzzes and changes its blue shining to yellow. The other
% brains outside the library also start breaking down.
%
% On the orbit, Nibblonian observe this on their holoscreen.
Female
Nibblonian: The brains are weakening. Nibblonians to nibble stations prepare
cuttlebutt for deployment in 40 niblets.
Nibbler: Sometimes I fear we ARE cute.
Female
Nibblonian: Oh... Nigglesnoosh.
% Back to the library.
Fry: Take that! And that! This sentence I don't understand but take THIS
one!
Brain: You have not won yet. [Regains his purple glow] Each book in this
room is a gateway to a mental realm and I shall take you there and
imprison you forever.
% The purple glow extends to cover Fry, Leela and several books on the table.
Leela: Icky!
% They get transported to "Moby Dick". They are in boat in the middle of the sea.
Fry: Where are we?
Seaman: A gold doubloon to the man who first spies the white whale.
% The brain pops out of the water.
Queequeg: Big whale over there.
Seaman: Argh, I saw it first. [Puts the doubloon in his pocket]
% Fry tries to throw a spear at the brain, but Queequeg grabs his arm.
Queequeg: Wait, that no white whale. It gray thinky whale.
Fry: Queequeg, let go of me. I have to kill it.
Brain: Farewell. You will all be trapped in this dense symbolist tome
forever. [Dives]
Fry: Follow him. It's our only way out. [Jumps into the water.
Everyone follows him]
% They get transported to another book. It's the "The Adventures of Tom
% Sawyer"
%
% Tom Sawyer is painting the fence.
Fry: Excuse me, have you seen a giant brain?
Tom: Yep. I let him help me whitewash Aunt Polly's fence.
Brain: Tom Sawyer, you tricked me. This is less fun than previously
indicated. Let this corny slice of Americana be your tomb for all
eternity.
Tom: Please, no!
Fry: Come on!
% The brain runs (flies) away, everybody follows. Now they go to "Pride and
% Prejudice". They are at an old time reception.
Woman: Mr. Fry, Mama tell us you're quite the oddity, a bachelor at your
age.
Fry: You think I'm an oddity; wait'll you see... [Door opens]
Butler: Presenting the most eligible landowner in all Hertfordshire, Mr.
Brainley.
Brain: I'm a gigantic brain.
People: [Murmur] Heavens me. Most ungentlemanly.
Woman: Mr. Brainley, what news have you of the London season?
Brain: Well...
Fry: [Grabs a bucket of white paint from Tom] Hey, Brainy, think fast.
[Splashes the paint on him]
Brain: I always think fast. [Paint hits him] Ah!
Seaman: The whale, he be white now.
% Queequeg and him start throwing spears at the brain. The brain grunts.
% When they run out of spears, the seaman takes off his wooden leg and starts
% clubbing the brain with it.
Fry: Leela, I've got an idea. Stay here with Queequeg.
Leela: [Looks at Queequeg, grabs her ponytail and starts twirling it on
her finger] Is there Mrs. Queequeg?
% Back to the library. Fry walks with strain and finally breaks out of the
% purple glow.
Fry: Yes! I'm free! [Climbs the bookcase] All right, Brain, get ready for
some electroshock treatment.
% Grabs the chandelier, breaks several lightbulbs on it and swings on it in
% the direction of the brain. The cable pops, the chandelier falls down. Fry
% crashes into the bookcase, which collapses on him, wringing his neck. The
% brain releases his purple grasp of Leela. Leela looks around and sees Fry
% who's showing the last signs of life. Leela runs and kneels before him.
Leela: Fry, don't die! Wake up! [Fry takes the last breath and dies] No...!
% The brain laughs fiendishly. The scene suddenly changes. Fry's body
% disappears as does the collapsed bookshelf.
Fry: [Sitting at the table, writing. The purple glow extends from his
writing to the brain] "Leela cried for her lost love as Fry lay
dead under the heavy bookcase. The big brain laughed in triumph,
'Ha-ha-ha.' Then, for no reason, he left Earth forever. The End."
[Closes the book] There. [Writes the title "Fry Tricks the Brain"]
on it] Now, he's trapped in a book I wrote - a crummy world of plot
holes and spelling errors.
Brain: The Big Brain am winning again! I am the greetest! [Laughs] Now I am
leaving Earth for no raisin! [Squeezes through the window and
leaves]
% Nibblonians outside of the library cheer as the brain is flying away.
Nibbler: The Big Brain is defeated. Let what must be done be done.
% They grab the brains that are lying on the ground and eat them, belching
% contentedly.
%
% Inside. Leela is coming to.
Leela: Me... feel... a bit better in cognitive faculties.
Fry: I did it! And it's all thanks to the books at my local library.
[Holds up a book]
% Back at Planet Express. Nibbler narrating.
Nibbler: And so life returned to normal, or as normal as it gets on this
primitive dirt ball inhabited by psychotic apes. Thanks to the
effect of the brain rays the people of Earth had no memory of what
had transpired, except Fry. And no one believed him or cared what he
had to say.
% Fry tries to tell his story to the professor, but the professor won't listen.
% Cut to Nibbler sleeping on Leela's lap.
Nibbler: I, meanwhile, returned to my post ever vigilant, lest Earth again
come under brain attack... and when that day comes, God help us. God
help us all.
Leela: Time for a diapee change!
Nibbler: End transmission.
% [End of Act Three. Act Time: 8:53 Running Time: 21:48]
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> Contributors
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{DDG} Don Del Grande
{ES} Eric S.
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Opening Theme cartoon information from:
http://www.palmy.net.nz/futurama/opening/
The capsule has been compiled and the transcript written by Me whose name I prefer not to mention.
You can do whatever you want with this capsule, but be reasonable.