======================================================================== FUTURAMA CAPSULE [4ACV04] - Less Than Hero ======================================================================== Written by Ron Weiner Directed by Susie Dietter Originally aired 03/02/03 as episode number 06 in season 05 ======================================================================== > 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. ======================================================================== > Title sequence ======================================================================== 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} ======================================================================== > 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) - Cartoon balloons for punches {AH} - Music style {AH} - Angled camera shots {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} ======================================================================== > Previous episode 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 Suupercollidr Dr. 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 crime Letter to Leela's parents: Turanga Morris & Munda in the Museum of Natural History: Teddy Roosevelt: Museum Founder No Admittance Without $5.00 Suggested Donation LAKE MUTAGENIC State Recreation Sewer On 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 Document created on 01/31/2023 at 11:37:21 CET http://www.gotfuturama.com/Information/Capsules/4ACV04.txt