Futurama Episode Capsule
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General Episode Data Title: Less Than Hero First aired: 03/02/03 Production Code: 4ACV04 Written by Ron Weiner Directed by Susie Dietter Opening theme promotion: Soon to be a major religion Opening theme cartoon: Warner Brothers, "The Dover Boys", 1942. A Merrie Melodie directed by Chuck Jones {DD}
Synopsis Suffering from aches and pains, Fry and Leela turn to Dr. Zoidberg who gives them a "miracle cream" that he bought long ago from a traveling salesman. Lo and behold, when they try it out, it actually is a miracle cream that gives them superpowers. Fry and Leela decide to become super heroes with Bender as the third member of their team.
Voice Credits Starring- Billy West (Fry, Dr. Zoidberg, Farnsworth)
- Katey Sagal (Leela)
- John DiMaggio (Bender)
- Tress MacNeille (Hattie)
Guest Starring- David Herman (Mayor Poopenmeyer, Mugger)
- Phil LaMarr (Hermes)
- Lauren Tom (Amy)
Also Starring- Maurice LaMarche (Commercial Mutant)
Did You Notice...
- Leela's sign on her super hero outfit is a hand holding a rolling pin? {MW}
- Petunia feeding rats in the park? {MW}
- Security guys still need thick cables for their head sets? {MW}
- Captain Yesterday's medallion is a C overlayed by a Y? {AH}
- The kangaroo was hanging upside-down by its tail in its exhibit? {AH}
- Leela's mom grew a tail? {TW}
- Leela's parents phone number ends in 1566? {MN}
- The alien language on the tube of miracle cream? (See Freeze Frame Fun section) {F}
- Fry is picking up something from another desk in the mayors office as Leela gets the passes? Possibly Hermes' liscense to kill! {S}
- Leela uses a phone twenty times the size of that Amy used in the episode on the titanic? {M}
- The Zoo Keepers beltbuckle/logo somewhat resembles the Calvin Klein logo with an extra line? {KH}
External references
- AT&T (telecommunication company)
- AT&T came up with the ad-line "Reach out and touch someone" (parodied when Leela calls her parents) for their telephone-division in 1981. {MN}
- Aquaman (TV series)
- This super hero has control over sea creatures. {e}
- Barbarella (movie)
- Leela's superhero alias is based on this movie's sexy heroine. {AH}
- Batman (TV Series)
- Angled camera shots {AH}
- Cartoon balloons for punches {AH}
- Music style {AH}
- Captain Future (old TV series)
- Fry's superhero name (Captain Yesterday) {A}
- Ikea
- The Swedish furniture "do it yourself" store is now known as PI-kea. {MW}
- James Bond (movies)
- Hermes asks Leela to get him a License To Kill. James Bond is famous for having the authority, and one of the Bond movies was named "License To Kill." {MN}
- Justice League
- Referenced to by the "New Justice Team", this team of super heroes contains Batman, Superman, The Flash, Wonder Woman, Hawkgirl, Green Lantern and Martian Manhunter. {MW}
- Less than Zero (book)
- Title spoofs this book by Bret Easton Ellis. {AH}
- Mighty Thor (comics)
- Nordic-god-of-thunder-turned-superhero. Leela felt like she had wrestled 10 rounds with him. {MN}
- Spider-Man (old TV series)
- The New Justice Team theme song is similar to the theme song for the old animated Spider-Man TV series. {R}
Futurama references
- 1ACV07 - My Three Suns
- Organ dealer appears. {AH}
- 1ACV08 - A Big Piece of Garbage
- The legs on the piranha look like the ones on Wernstrom's reverse scuba suit. {AH}
- 2ACV07 - Put your head on my shoulder
- Fry's date Petunia appears on a park bench feeding rats. {b}
- 2ACV18 - The Honking
- The same two guys are seen wrecking a car with blernsball bats. {MN}
- 3ACV14 - Time keeps on slippin'
- One of the globetrotters was in the museum when the New Justice Team stole the diamond. {b}
- 4ACV02 - Leela's Homeworld
- Leela's parents are properly introduced. {MW}
- 4ACV07 - Jurassic Bark
- Bender wears the crown of Charlemagne, which he kept in his chest in this episode. {MW}
Freeze Frame Fun
PI-kea
Ivnuk
SuupercollidrDr. Flimflam's
Miracle
Cream Illegal
Fireworks WARNING:
May cause
superpowers
in humans Billboard:
Owls
Removed Store:
NOTHIN' BUT
-TOILETS- DAILY
SUPERNOVA
NO ACTION ON
RATES BY FED
mysterious
vigilantes
foil crimeLetter to Leela's parents:
Turanga
Morris
& Mundain the Museum of Natural History:
Teddy Roosevelt:
Museum Founder
No Admittance
Without $5.00
Suggested Donation LAKE
MUTAGENIC
State Recreation SewerOn the Miracle Cream in AL1:
KEEP OUT OF REACH OF
CHILDREN UNDER THE
AGE OF FIVE HUNDRED.
FOR BEST RESULTS,
SACRIFICE A SMALL
MAMMAL XANROC
THEN APPLY EVENLY TO
INTERIOR OF EYEBALL.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO
HELP DO FLIMFLAM
PRODUCTS? CONTACT A
REPRESENTATIVE AT A
COVERED WAGON NEAR
YOU.
Animation, continuity, and other goofs...
- Despite the Mayor's statement, we never saw the New Justice Team damage anything in the museum. All the damage was done by The Zookeeper's animals. {AH}
Comments and other Observations...
- The LSAT is the law school admission test. {AH}
- "Freebasing" is a way of using cocaine, in which you inhale the drug's vapours. {OM}
- All objects fall at the same rate. This is why Fry couldn't catch the diamond. The real silly thing here, is that Leela, by running down the stairs, could. {OM}
Contributors {A} AW {AH} Alan Hamilton {DD} Dr. Dave {F} F0 {KH} Kurt Howard {M} Mx {MN} Michael Nissen {MW} Marc Wichterich {OM} O M {R} RandomEngy {S} Spr {TW} The Watcher {b} blahness {e} edel
Original Capsule Author: Can't Get Enough Futurama <www.gotfuturama.com>
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