======================================================================== FUTURAMA CAPSULE [3ACV03] - A Tale of Two Santas ======================================================================== Written by Bill Odenkirk Directed by Ron Hughart Originally aired 12/23/01 as episode number 02 in season 04 ======================================================================== > Synopsis ======================================================================== Bender is declared the new Santa when it is discovered that the evil Santabot has been frozen in a block of ice on Neptune. But when Bender begins delivering toys, the citizens, who are unaware that Santa is now a good guy, stage an all-out assault against him. Just when things can't get any worse, the evil Santa's icy tomb thaws and he escapes to exact his wrath upon the world. ======================================================================== > Title sequence ======================================================================== Opening theme promotion: THIS EPISODE PERFORMED ENTIRELY BY SOCK PUPPETS Opening theme cartoon: unknown ======================================================================== > Voice Credits ======================================================================== + Starring - Billy West (Fry, Professor Farnsworth, Zoidberg) - Katey Sagal (Leela) - John DiMaggio (Bender, Santabot) - Tress MacNeille (Linda) + Guest Starring - Coolio (Kwanzabot) + Also Starring - Phill LaMarr (Hermes) - Lauren Tom (Amy, Bicycle Girl) - Maurice LaMarche (Morbo) - David Herman (Mayor Poopenmeyer) ======================================================================== > Did You Notice... ======================================================================== ... The bucycle gun shoots real bikes while everything else which used to have wheels now is floating. {JD} ... Kwanzabot is giving out books to kids called 'What the Hell is Kwanza'? {R} ... Santa is at the North Pole of Neptune. {R} ... The guy giving the Christmas warning is 'Walter Cronkite'. He worked for CBS news for 49 years. {R} ... The things pulled out of the Mayor's pockets by the magnet were a watch, a bottle of liquer and an iron. {R} ... It's exactly 5 minutes to twelve when the toys are finally ready. {MW} ... The Neptunians - with their purple skin, four arms, and piggish nose - seem to be of the same alien species as everyone's favorite TV chef: Elzar. {W} ... Santa's Workshop is using non-union workers. This is just one of many links between the Neptunians and Mexicans (especially the immigrants) {MF} ... Smitty was fired from the police force, but still wore his uniform and went on patrol with URL. Can't you get charged with impersonating a police officer in the 31st century? {MN} ... Professor Fransworth puts on bullet-proof shields, but at the end of the episode, the shields are off? I would keep them on! {J} ======================================================================== > External references ======================================================================== + A Christmas Carol - Santa writes with a feathered quilled pen {h} + A Tale of Two Cities (novel) - Where the episode name is derived from {J*} + Deck the halls. (Carol) - Bender says "T'is the season" {MN} + I Love Lucy (TV series) - The toy factory speed "Lucy" is remenicent of a classic episode of the series in which she works in a chocolate factory. {J*} + Rudolf the red nosed reindeer (Carol) - Santa says 'won't you slay with me tonight'. {h} + Star Trek: DS9 - The chimney cover looks exactly like the Cardassian airlocks on DS9 {MN} + Star Trek: TOS - Kirk is famous for defeating artificial lifeforms by telling stories containing logical paradoxes. {MN} ======================================================================== > Previous episode references ======================================================================== + [1ACV01] Space Pilot 3000 - Bender drinks "Old Fortran" {MN} + [1ACV02] The Series Has Landed - Magnets mess up Bender's inhibition unit causing him to folk sing {J*} + [1ACV09] Hell Is Other Robots - Belzebot is sitting in jail {MW} + [1ACV12] When Aliens Attack - Spray cans are introduced as means to do anything. That time: Spray-on-Bikini, this time: Spray-on-XMas-tree decoration {MW} + [2ACV01] I Second That Emotion - The father in the first house Bender visits is the veterinarian in this episode {J*} + [2ACV02] Brannigan Begin Again - We see the Hyperchicken lawyer for the first time. {MN} + [2ACV04] Xmas Story - Robotic santa and chimney cover are intoduced {J*} - Santa uses the TOW missle launcher in both eps {J*} + [2ACV07] Put your head on my shoulder - Petunia (the woman with a flamethrower) first appeared {J*} + [3ACV11] Insane in the Mainframe - We see Judge Whitey for the first time {J*} ======================================================================== > Freeze frame fun ======================================================================== FOX Warning for the show: Due to the mature theme and violent content, parentral discretion is advised. Planet Express XMas Slogan: TRESPASSERS WILL BE SHOT Entrance to the Neptune Northpole: WELCOME TO JOLLY JUNCTION Toy Factory reads: TOY WORKS CLOSED coming soon: CRACKHOUSE On The way up to Santa's Ice Fortress * ELVES ONLY * IF YOU ARE TALLER THAN THIS, PREPARE TO DIE! * ELECTRIC FENCE - NOW WITH SHOCKOLIN The sledges are parket at: EPLOYEE PARKING Toy Factory sign changes: CLOSED -> NON-UNION SHOP Present produced by the elves: Clinton Logs Toy Machine Speeds: SLOW - FAST - LUCY People on Bender's delivery list: * Liz Francis * Tristan John * Michelle Raven * Professor Farnsworth * Erin Quigley * Teddy Kaplan * Nicky Reingold New New York Post: SUSPECT NABBED IN SANTA CASE! Chanukah Zombie still at large. Court Building: Famous Original Ray's Superior Court Stattica Robot Penitentiary Two Death Rows No Waiting Bender is nearly executed using the: MAGNEXECUTIONER Van hit by Bender: Stinky Storky's Diaper Service ======================================================================== > Animation, continuity, and other goofs ======================================================================== ... Bender's legs were mended minutes after they were beaten by the family. {R} ... Bender's shotgun wounds disappeared after he'd been shot. {R} ... How did the Neptunians make all those toys in so little time? {R} ... Robot Santa's spiked hat is on Bender after he takes it. Robot Santa isn't wearing the hat when he rides the PE ship to Earth, but is wearing a second hat when he frees Bender, who is still wearing the "original" hat. {J*} ... How is Santa able to keep the PE ship from flying away? It doesn't matter how strong he is,because there is nothing holding him to the ground. {J*} ... When Santa breaks in to save Bender the one magnet is still pulling hard on Bender, but has no effect on Santa or his sleigh. {MC} ... Neptune actually has no north pole at all, since its rotation-axis is allways pointing towards the sun. (unless one wants to define that as north then) {MF} ======================================================================== > Comments and other observations ======================================================================== ... Tinny Tim who played a pretty large part in Xmas story, didn't show up this episode. He is a christmas based character, after all. {h} ... The Fry household had two different kind of egg-nogs for christmas. In "Xmas Story" Fry talks about his fathers special egg-nog, made from bourbon and icecubes. Now we learn that Fry's grandma prefered bathtub egg-nog. {MN} ======================================================================== > Contributors ======================================================================== {J} Justus {J*} Joe25 {JD} Jym Dyer {MC} Mister C {MF} Martin Fink {MN} Michael Nissen {MW} Marc Wichterich {R} Reed {W} Wang {h} haleys_comet Original Capsule Author: Can't get enough Futurama Document created on 05/16/2008 at 09:48:40 CET http://www.gotfuturama.com/Information/Capsules/3ACV03.txt