Roswell That Ends Well

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Roswell That Ends Well			Written by J. Stewart Burns
					Directed by Rich Moore
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Production code: 3ACV19			Original Airdate: 9-Dec-2001

TV Guide synopsis:
    Thanks to a supernova and the Planet Express ship's microwave,
    the ship is sent back in time to 1947, where it lands in
    Roswell, New Mexico, and Fry (with Bender's head) has to free
    the captured Dr. Zoidberg (with Bender's body), who is being
    held at a base by, among other people, Fry's grandfather.

Title Sequence

Opening theme promotion:
	This Episode Has Been Modified
	To Fit Your Primitive Screen

Opening theme cartoon:
	[[[???]]]

Did You Notice...

    ... the episode starts on September 21st, 3002?

    ... the looseleaf notebook lying near Bender's leg when
        he's moving it remotely?

    ... the 48-star American flag?

    ... Zoidberg apparently has a number of redundant organs?

    ... Mildred has the Ten Commandments on her wall?

    ... the conspiracy nut's photo of the Planet Express ship,
        which has that trademark Groening overbite, came out
        looking like the Loch Ness Monster, which has the same
        overbite?

    ... the "Zoidberg skull" drawn next to the "Roswell That
        Ends Well" graffiti on the missile?

Adam Kennedy:
    ... they had a "Hard Croon" cafe because rock didn't exist yet?

Voice Credits

- Starring
  - Billy West (Fry, Dr. Zoidberg, Prof. Farnsworth)
  - Katey Sagal (Leela)
  - John DiMaggio (Bender)
- Guest Starring
  - 
- Also Starring
   - David Herman

Movie (and other) References

+ 2001:  A Space Odyssey (Movie)  {lmd}
  - The reflections in Farnsworth's eyes as they time-travel.
+ Gomer Pyle, USMC (TV Series)
  - Enos ("gadzooks!") is like Gomer ("golly!").
  - The actor who played Gomer was only interested in women
    because people expect it of him.
+ Star Trek (TV Series) "City on the Edge of Forever" Episode
  - Fry pushing Enos out of the way of an oncoming car.
+ Back to the Future (Movie)
  - Marty McFly had to fend off his hot-to-trot mother.
    (Nothing came between him and his Calvins.)
+ The X-Files (TV Series)
  - The dramatic jeep headlight effects when they find Zoidberg.
  - Truman asks Zoidberg whether he's trying to create "some
    kind of alien-human hybrid."
+ Independence Day (Movie)
  - Title written on missile next to a skull.
+ Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Radio Series, Books)
  - Marvin the Paranoid Android is buried alive for eons.
+ Star Trek: The New Generation (TV Series) "Time's Arrow" Episode
  - Data's head is buried.  {exatron}
+ The Simpsons
  - [3F18] Enos' sargeant yells "Enos!" the way Superintendent
    Chalmers yells "Seymour!"

Previous Episode References

- [1ACV12] Clothes in a spraycan  {mn}
- [2ACV04] Leela says "ax".

Freeze Frame Fun

- iffy pop
  - WARNING: DO NOT PUT IN MICROWAVE
- ROSWELL AIR BASE
- Roswell Daily Record headlines:
  - July 9th, 1947:
    - FLYING SAUCER CAPTURED
      - Roswell Hardware Man and Wife Report Disk Seen
  - CRACKPOT PHOTOGRAPHS TRUMAN AGAIN
- BOMBING RANGE
  - Formerly Mine Field
- Chateau L'Hovel: Solicitors Welcome
- Graffiti on missile:  Roswell That Ends Well

Animation, Continuity, and Other Goofs

"Indiana Jones effect:"  The red frontier slows down considerably
while going through the ship.  {mw}

Leela says "ax" instead of "ask" when trying to speak in 20th
Century lingo, but we know from previous episodes that she sees
this as 30th/31st Century usage that Fry isn't hep to.  {jd}

When Enos and Fry sits in the dinner there are normal city buildings
across the street.  When Leela and Farnsworth order a meal from
Mildred, there you can see Roswell Airbase.  {mn}

Reviews

edeltraut:  This episode gets the season off to a great start.
    It was a little predictable in parts, like when Fry killed
    Enos and ended up becoming his own grandfather, but it was
    still funny.  Nice quotes, and I liked Leela and Professor's
    outfits.

Comments and Other Observations

Leela has a July 9th, 1947 edition of the Roswell Daily Record
with the headline, "Flying Saucer Captured."  In fact the July 8th
headline was, "RAAF Captures Flying Saucer On Ranch in Roswell
Region" and the July 9th edition carried a story in which
Gen. Ramey explained that it wasn't a flying saucer after all.

The pizza they fed Zoidberg with had no anchovies.  Poor guy.

Quotes and Scene Summary

Contributors

Capsule authored by Jym Dyer.

{jd}  Jym Dyer
{et}  edeltraut
{ak}  Adam Kennedy
{lmd} Lyle McDonald
{mn}  Michael Nissen
{mw}  Marc Wichterich