======================================================================== FUTURAMA CAPSULE [3ACV21] - Futurestock ======================================================================== Written by Aaron Ehasz Directed by Brian Sheesley Originally aired 03/31/02 as episode number 09 in season 04 ======================================================================== > Synopsis ======================================================================== At the annual shareholders meeting, Fry meets a 1980s Wall Street power player and ultimately nominates him to replace Professor Farnsworth as the CEO of Planet Express. The new CEO appoints Fry as Vice Chairman and differences are quickly discovered when the strategy is to sell off the Planet Express Company. A mutinous Fry realizes the bona-fide value of the enterprise and attempts to restore the original regime. ======================================================================== > Title sequence ======================================================================== Opening theme promotion: LOVE IT OR SHOVE IT Opening theme cartoon: unknown ======================================================================== > Voice Credits ======================================================================== + Starring - Billy West (Fry, Professor Farnsworth, Zoidberg) - Katey Sagal (Leela) - John DiMaggio (Bender) - Tress MacNeille + Guest Starring - Phil LaMarr (Walt, Calculon) - Tom Kenny - Lauren Tom (Amy) - David Herman (Scruffy) - Frank Welker + Also Starring - Maurice LaMarche ======================================================================== > Did You Notice... ======================================================================== ... Although the seats in the Planet Express meetings are overwhelmingly empty, Fry never sits in the front row? {MW} ... The professor has no business plan but only an escape plan? {MW} ... The traffic light has a sign for floating "pedestrians"? {MW} ... One of the giant apes wears traditional Bavarian "Lederhosen"? {MW} ... Amy has a butler? {MW} ... The old lady (Hatty) carries her cat around in her handbag? {MW} ... The professor stores some organ in his desk drawer? {MW} ... The professor wears bunny sandals with his pyjamas? {MW} ... The stock exchange isn't geostationary? {MW} ... Zoidberg is not kosher? {D} ... When you can see the "Ballroom C - Cryogenic Support group"-Sign, Fry says "This is perfect for me". You think he refers to the the fact that there's a support group like this but actually he points at the "Free food"-sign below. {CF} ... Fry "produces" his own hairgel. {CF} ... That guy thinks that Nazi-Germany was kinda misunderstood. In his opinion they were just ambitious men and he finds it quite positive. {CF} ... Fry doesn't wear underpants. {CF} ... Mom has a complicated switchboard. But every button is used to retaliate. {CF} ... The professor keeps a heart in a jar in his desk, along with his files {J} ... If my calculator is correct there exists exactly 204,083.67 stock-shares of PlanetExpress (counting the ones Dr Zoidberrg owned. He never voted in the beginning of the episode) {MF} ... Fox Broadcasting is down 61 points. Just like in The Simpsons pick on Fox! {MF} ... The use of l337-speak, when the guy used a 5 instead of S on the sign? {MN} ======================================================================== > External references ======================================================================== + 1984 (Book) - The PlanEx ad itself is a reference to the surveillance society described in Orwell's book 1984. {e} + 2000 American Presidential Election - Votes cast for Pat Buchanan by mistake were part of the voting fiasco in Florida {AH} + 2001 - A Space Odyssey (Movie) - The Stock Exchange space station, is a exact copy of Space Station One. {MN} + Apple (Computers) - The PlanEx commercial is a direct reference to Apples 1984 ad, directed by Ridley Scott and first aired during the Super Bowl. People kept wondering what Apple was trying to sell with that ad. It turned out to be the Macintosh. {e} + FedEX - The company's new name PlanEx is using the same font and colour for the "Plan" as FedEx for the "Fed" even. {MW} + Giorgio Armani - The store where Fry and "That Guy" buy their new suits is called "Giorgio Armonster" (a clear reference to the italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani) {CF} + Gone with the Wind (Movie) - Amy cries "Where will I go, what will I do?" just like Scarlett O'Hara {AH} + Men in Black (movie) - The music after the opening theme is from that movie {DS} + Miami Vice (TV Series) - That Guy has a Miami Vice lunch box. {MW} + Planet of the Apes (Movie) - Calculon says "Get your stinking trike off me you damn dirty ape!" {AH} + Safety Dance (1982 Pop Smash) - That Guy is apparently a huge Men Without Hats fan... {C} + Stock Ticker Symbols - RUN DMC: 1980s rap music group {AH} - FOX: Everybody's favorite television network {AH} - MG: Matt Groening {AH} - OSX: New operating system for the Apple Macintosh {AH} - Windows: Microsoft Windows {AH} - WIN: Microsoft Windows {AH} - KIRK, GORN, Q: Star Trek characters {AH} - BYOB: Bring Your own (insert B-word here) {a} + Superman (Comic, movie, tv series) - Superman's father is called Jor-El. {MN} + Toad the Wet Sprocket (music group) - Leela: This toads the wet sprocket {AH} + Toys (movie) - Bottle from Mom's billboard fires bullets like the toy does {AH*} + Wallstreet (movie)/Michael Douglas (actor) - "That Guy" wears excactly the same clothes like Michael Douglas in "Wallstreet" (except for that yellow tie). And: The whole episode is a parody to the movie Wallstreet. {DS} ======================================================================== > Previous episode references ======================================================================== + [1ACV03] I, Roommate - The "What's it called"-Lady owning Dr. Mobutu's and Fry's former apartment is one of the P.E. stockholders. {CF} + [2ACV07] Put your head on my shoulder - When Fry "challenges" Mom, you can see what he said to Amy on mercury: He actually doesn't wear underpants. {CF} - Amy wants to go to the Big Ape Fight with Fry {J*} + [2ACV09] A Bicyclops Built for Two - The pig creature from this episode makes an appearance {J*} + [3ACV01] Amazon Women in the Mood - The Planet Express shareholder infomercial shows Fry delivering a package to the Amazonians. {MW} + [3ACV02] Parasites Lost - Scruffy shows a fascination for porn {J*} ======================================================================== > Freeze frame fun ======================================================================== The conference center: Lodgatorium Comfort Dome Inn Free In-Room Porn or Bible BALLROOM A Planet Express 5tockholders meeting BALLROOM B GOLDBORG BOT-MITZVAH BALLROOM C CRYOGENIC SUPPORT GROUP The Bot-Mitzvah Banner: "Hayom Aht Robot" (Hebrew for "Today I am a Robot") Suit Store: Giorgio Armonster Planet Express ship flying by: 2nd Ave 3rd Ave PIth Ave Billboard: MOM BABIES YOUR PACKAGE Madison Cube Garden: EXCITING BIG APE FIGHT TODAY The upper stock ticker: RUN -.47 DMC +.04 FOX -61 MG +.02 The lower stock ticker: OSX +.39 WIN -.50 KIRK -1.25 GORN +2 Q -98 Stock ticker message: Intergalactic Stock Exchage Help Prevent Stock Market Crashes By Driving Safely Indoor ticker: IBIS +.57 BYOB -3.45 SLRM +2.11 MomCorp Voting result: Yes: 99.9% No: 0% Pat Buchanan: 0.1% Scruffy is reading: National Pornographic ======================================================================== > Animation, continuity, and other goofs ======================================================================== ... Usually, when Bender sleeps, he closes his eye-shutter. Here he naps without that. {MW} ... How comes that there are a few hundred people sitting in the final takeover meeting when all stock is owned by Mom or her three sons? Why are the people there if they have no stock and thus no interest whether the company gets acquired or not? {m} ... When voting, Zoidberg votes in the takeover part, even though he sold his stock for a sandwich {r} ... In one second at the ape fight Fry is sitting next to Morbo, but in the next scene he suddenly has disappeared. {CF} ... How can the price on PlanEx fluctuate if all shares of Planet Express is owned by Leela, Amy, Bender, Scruffy, Farnsworth, Hermes, Fry and That Guy? Shareprices only change when a transaction are made. {MN} ... In "How Hermes Requested His Groove Back" Hermes' locker was on the left side of Leela's, in this episode it's on the right side. {MN} ======================================================================== > Comments and other observations ======================================================================== ... When the PE-ship stops at the traffic lights, the "MomCorp"-delivery building is far away. But at the window where Mom is standing she can hear Fry's "woooooo...." and actually see his ass. {CF} ... Planet Express is now a public company, traded on the stock market. In "Space Pilot 3000" it was a private company owned entirely by Farnsworth. {MN} ======================================================================== > Contributors ======================================================================== {AH} Alan Hamilton {AH*} Andrea Huckstep {C} Cliffieho {CF} Cosmic F {D} Dr_Dave {DS} Daniela Schad {J} Jessi {J*} Joe25 {MF} Martin Fink {MN} Michael Nissen {MW} Marc Wichterich {a} ass {e} edeltraut {m} mG.RoniN {r} rios Original Capsule Author: Can't get enough Futurama Document created on 08/13/2022 at 17:09:32 CET http://www.gotfuturama.com/Information/Capsules/3ACV21.txt