Futurama Episode Capsule
[3ACV03] A Tale of Two Santas Futurama Capsules are meant as complete guidelines for the episodes. These documents are produced by Futurama fans for Futurama fans. Feel free to contribute if you see missing things in any of the capsules. Not yet approved submissions are shown in italics. There also is a raw txt version which only include approved entries!
General Episode Data Title: A Tale of Two Santas First aired: 12/23/01 Production Code: 3ACV03 Written by Bill Odenkirk Directed by Ron Hughart Opening theme promotion: THIS EPISODE PERFORMED ENTIRELY BY SOCK PUPPETS
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.
Voice Credits Starring- Billy West (Fry, Professor Farnsworth, Zoidberg)
- Katey Sagal (Leela)
- John DiMaggio (Bender, Santabot)
- Tress MacNeille (Linda)
Guest StarringAlso 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}
Futurama 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
SHOTEntrance to the Neptune Northpole:
WELCOME
TO
JOLLY JUNCTIONToy 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 <www.gotfuturama.com>
|
|