======================================================================== FUTURAMA CAPSULE [3ACV11] - Insane in the Mainframe ======================================================================== Written by Bill Odenkirk Directed by Peter Avanzino Originally aired 04/08/01 as episode number 12 in season 03 ======================================================================== > Synopsis ======================================================================== When Fry and Bender are mistaken as bank robbers, they are sentenced to time in an insane asylum for robots. Bender, of course, sees it as a vacation, but Fry begins to crack under the pressure of mechanical examinations and a diet consisting of motor oil. Fry soon becomes convinced that he too is a robot and is declared cured and released back to New New York. Bender and his new partner in crime, Roberto, escape from the asylum and attempt to rob a bank only to find the cops waiting to bust them. On the lam, the seek refuge on the Planet Express and take the crew hostage. ======================================================================== > Title sequence ======================================================================== Opening theme promotion: Bender' Humor by Microsoft Joke Opening theme cartoon: unknown ======================================================================== > Voice Credits ======================================================================== + Starring - Billy West (Fry, Dr. Zoidberg, Professor Farnsworth, Nixon) - Katey Sagal (Leela) - John DiMaggio (Bender, Norm) - Tress MacNeille (Nurse Ratchet, CIA cafeteria announcer, Surveillance camera, bank teller) + Guest Starring - Phil Lamarr (Hermes Conrad, Unit 2013) - David Herman (Roberto) - Lauren Tom (Amy Wong) + Also Starring - Maurice LaMarche (Chicken Lawyer) ======================================================================== > Did You Notice... ======================================================================== ... the courthouse seal has an eagle holding mallets? {JK} ... By 3000, the U.S. Constitution has 67 Amendments? {JK} ... the cover of Hermes' book with the mandatory speech reads "Minimum Obligations Manual"? {JL} ... the statue of the fortuna goddess in front of the court is holding two pizzas in her hands instead of a libra and a sword? {JL} ... the judge's cell-phone plays Mozart's 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik'? {JL} ... the birds flying in a circle over the "HAL Institute for criminally insane robots"? {JL} ... Bender and Roberto had to break through five walls in order to escape? {JL} ... The calculator has a "carry the one" key? {MW} ... Hermes has been lazy? There is a sheet of paper in the "in" folder, but none in the "out" one. {MW} ... Thats it is really freaky when Fry is asleep talking about peanut butter? {d} ... Fry's retirement fond is stuck in his socks? {T} ... That Richard Nixon is on the $1000 bill {LL} ... That Fry steps on a woman, lying on the floor in the bank during the robbery, when he runs to open the door? {LL} ... That the judge ruled that being poor is a mental illness? {LL} ... That Bender has a live bird inside flying around? {LL} ... That Hermes' calculator was an anniversary gift from Barbara, his wife? {LL} ... That Fry calls Leela "bossy-me-creature"? {LL} ... That Bender has the heart of a human? {LL} ======================================================================== > External references ======================================================================== + 2001: A Space Odyssey (movie) - HAL INSTITUTE is a reference to HAL computer than went insane in the movie {M} + 3 in one brand oil - Pi-in-1 oil {w} + 7-11 (convinience store chain) - Fry and Bender sit infront of one. {M} + Alice In Wonderland (book) - Mad Hatter Bot {JK} + Insane in the Brain (Song by Cypress Hill) - Episode Title is a reference to the lycrics of the song, specifically "Insane in the membrane" {JL} + Lucille Ball Urban Legend - Robot with teeth that pick up CIA transmittions {JK} + One Flew Over Cuckoo's Nest (movie) - several Robot Asylum scenes are a reference to that movie {M} - Nurse Ratchet is a reference to Nurse Ratched from the movie. Her "haistyle" is also modeled after the movie version. {M} + Tenderv Vittles (cat food) - Zoidberg refers to the name of that cat food {AH} + The Star Diaries (novel, Stanislaw Lem 1971) - Fry's stay in the robot asylum reminds of the chapter 'The Sanitorium of Dr. Vliperdius'. {JL} - "Perceptron" mentioned "Professor A. Donda" {M} ======================================================================== > Previous episode references ======================================================================== + [1ACV06] A Fishful of Dollars - Fry has to deal with his old bank account. {M} + [1ACV13] Fry & the Slurm Factory - Bender's mechanical insides {JL} + [2ACV02] Brannigan Begin Again - Hyperchicken Lawyer appears {M} + [2ACV07] Put your head on my shoulder - Victor and Malfunctioning Eddie appear {M} + [3ACV04] The Luck of the Fryrish - Hairbot appears {M} + [3ACV05] The Bird-bot of Ice-catraz - Hyperchicken Lawyer appears {M} ======================================================================== > Freeze frame fun ======================================================================== Sign on Big Apple Bank: COUNTERFEIT MONEY? ASK ABOUT OUR "PHONEY BALONEY" ACCOUNT Outside Robot Insane Asylum: HAL INSTITUTE FOR CRIMINALLY INSANE ROBOTS Plaque on Dr. Perceptron office: Dr. Perceptron DOCTOR OF FREUDIAN CIRCUT ANALYSIS Note on the wall in Asylum: You Don't Have to Be Crazy to Mutter to Yourself Here But it Helps In the visitor room: WELCOME VISITORS GIBBERISH TRANSLATORS AVAILABLE mandatory speech book: MINIMUM OBLIGATIONS MANUAL Fry is stamped: DEFECTIVE ELECTRONICS ======================================================================== > Animation, continuity, and other goofs ======================================================================== ... After offering the others the sandwiches, Fry's pants are suddenly zipped up. {JL} ... Why would a robot write something on paper, even with a pen? (Perceptron) There should be better ways for these few kilobytes by now. {JL} ... Leela seems to unscrew the nut in the wrong direction. {JL} ... Bender knows some french words, even though french is a dead and forgotten language now {MJ} ... Fry seems to be able to grow a beard. He looks unshaved at the visit, while in "I, Roommate" he doesn't even though Bender's appartment doesn't have a bathroom. Also: How did his growing beard disapear later? The asylum doubtly has a bathroom, and as he think he's a robot Fry wouldn't want to shave either? {MF} ======================================================================== > Comments and other observations ======================================================================== ======================================================================== > Contributors ======================================================================== {AH} Andrea Huckstep {JK} Joe Klemm {JL} Johannes Lempp {LL} Lena Linck {M} Me {MF} Martin Fink {MJ} Matty Jorissen {MW} Marc Wichterich {T} Thrasher {d} deltron_Fetus {w} wavking Original Capsule Author: Me whose name I prefer not to mention Document created on 08/13/2022 at 16:57:29 CET http://www.gotfuturama.com/Information/Capsules/3ACV11.txt