======================================================================== FUTURAMA CAPSULE [4ACV05] - A Taste Of Freedom ======================================================================== Written by Eric Horsted Directed by James Purdum Originally aired 12/22/02 as episode number 04 in season 05 ======================================================================== > Synopsis ======================================================================== Dr. Zoidberg is accused of flag desecration when, at a Washington D.C. celebration, he cannot restrain himself from eating a large flag. After Zoidberg is sentenced to death, his people send an invasion force to enslave the people of Earth and teach them the meaning of freedom. ======================================================================== > Title sequence ======================================================================== Opening theme promotion: OR IS IT? Opening theme cartoon: unknown ======================================================================== > Voice Credits ======================================================================== + Starring - Billy West (Fry, Dr. Zoidberg) - Katey Sagal (Leela) - John DiMaggio (Bender) - Tress MacNeille + Guest Starring - Phil LaMarr - Lauren Tom (Amy) - David Herman - Phil Hendrie - Frank Welker (Hoodlum, Old Man Waterfall, Frieda Waterfall) + Also Starring - Maurice LaMarche (Morbo) ======================================================================== > Did You Notice... ======================================================================== ... Bender wears a bathing-cap? {MW} ... Washington D.C. got a tube transport system? {MW} ... Lady Justice's scale is weighed down on one side by a bag of money? Also, she is lacking her sword? {MW} ... Kif's arms can be extended if heavy weight is applied? {MW} ... At the polls, Zoidberg wears a fish tie that's a real fish? {AH} ... Leela is cheering for Zoidberg out of sync with the rest of the crowd? {ü} ... One of the band members is playing a holophoner? {ü} ... The severing of the Clinton Monument is refering (to the sick minded) to a circumcision? {K} ... The Decapodian flag is fascist in nature, featuring a claw and a Soviet-style hammer inside a white cirlce on red ground like the swastika? {K} ... The guy from the Dudes For Legalization Of Of Hemp party is sober enough to atend the anti-Zoidberg rally? {MN} ... Earth went to war over the ownership of Haley's Comet? {MN} ... Zoidberg was dog paddling, even though he is a sea creature? {MN} ... The Earth flag resembles the US flag quite some? So the US finally succeeded in dominating Earth in 1000 years... {t} ======================================================================== > External references ======================================================================== + ACLU - The 20th century civil liberty union now fight for banning the right to free speech in form of flag eating. {MW} + Abe Vigoda - The actor who played Fish on the classic TV series Barney Miller now serves as a justice in the Supreme Court. {MW} + Antonin Scalia - His head still serves in the Supreme Court. {e} + Charleston Chew (candy bar) - An old fashioned chewy favorite. Vanilla nougat covered in chocolate. {MW} + Clarence Thomas - The head of the 1991-sworn in Supreme Court justice still serves there. {e} + David Souter - The head of the 1990-sworn in Supreme Court justice still serves there. {MW} + Flag burning controversy - There have been recurrent attempts in the US to ban flag burning, or other forms of flag desecration (such as eating, I suppose). {AH} + Globetrotters - The Harlem Basketball team got an embassy on Earth. {MW} + John Dillinger - This 30's mobster's salad shooter is on display in the museum of ancient weaponry. {e} + John Paul Stevens - His head still serves in the Supreme Court. {e} + Klingons - The Star Trek originating, war-loving aliens have their own (pink) embassy on Earth. {MW} + Mardi Gras - Zapp tries to get women to flash him for some beads (an old Mardi Gras tradition). {AH} + Michael Dukakis (1988 US Presidential Candidate) - The comical image of Michael Dukakis riding in a tank was one of many things that led to him losing to George Bush Sr. {AH} + New Freedom sanitary napkin - The feminine hygiene product that sounds like Freedom Day. {AH} + Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In - Nixon appeared on the show and said their catch phrase, "Sock it to me," in 1968. {AH} + Ruth Bader Ginsberg - Her head still serves in the Supreme Court. {e} + Sandra Day O'Connor - Her head still serves on the Supreme Court. {e} + Snoop Doggy Dogg (rapper) - His head now serves as a justice in the Supreme Court. {e} + Star Spangled Banner (US national anthem) - "By the rocket's red glare, our flag was still there" {AH} + The Shroud of Turin - Zoidberg wonders what this religious relic tastes like while hoisting the new flag. {MN} + The Simpsons: Bart's Inner Child - "Freedom Day" is a lot like "Do What You Feel Day". {AH} + Washington Monument - The obelisk in Washington now has a twin (Clinton Monument) {MW} + Welcome Back Kotter (TV Show) - Washington D.C. was rededicated to the Kotter character Washington the Sweathog in 2475. {e} + prior knowledge - During the Watergate hearings, Nixon claimed he had no prior knowledge of the break-ins and cover-up. {e} ======================================================================== > Previous episode references ======================================================================== + [1ACV01] Space Pilot 3000 - A primitive spear from 2256 is seen in the Museum Of Ancient Weaponry. Maybe from the medieval civilization we saw emerge between the 2 alien invasions. {MN} + [1ACV02] The Series Has Landed - The fat guy from the moon makes an appearance once again. {TK} + [2ACV02] Brannigan Begin Again - The Neutrals' embassy appears. {MW} + [2ACV03] A Head in the Polls - Scoop Chang, the reporter who asks Zoidberg to take a bite of the new flag, is first seen. {MN} - The Clinton Monument is seen for the first time. {MN} - Richard Nixon is elected president of Earth. {e} + [2ACV05] Why Must I Be A Crustacean in Love? - Zoidberg's people and home planet Decapo 10 are introduced. {MW} + [2ACV08] Raging Bender - Bender stuffs the earth flag into the mouth of The Foreigner. {AH} + [2ACV15] The Problem with Popplers - Another member of the environmentalist Waterfall family appears. {AH} + [2ACV17] War Is The H-Word - The DOOP warriors which plan to attack the lobster embassy with a huge pole first appear. {J} + [3ACV05] The Bird-bot of Ice-catraz - Another member of the environmentalist Waterfall family appears. {AH} + [3ACV14] Time keeps on slippin' - The globetrotters not only have their own planet but also an embassy on Earth. {MW} + [3ACV16] A Leela of Her Own - Bender says "Neat!" and takes a quick snapshot at the Blernsball Hall Of Fame. {MN} + [3ACV19] Roswell that Ends Well - Earth scientists take out one of Zoidberg's hearts, and he says "Take, I've got four of them!" They must not have put it back: in "A Taste Of Freedom," Zoidberg says, "Two of my three hearts are having attacks!" {KC} ======================================================================== > Freeze frame fun ======================================================================== Parade floats: * Boy Scout Troop #254 * Top Secret - Do Not Look The Fighting Dukaki Embassy Row: * Neutral Planet Embassy * Klingon Embassy * Globetrotter Homeworld Embassy * Decapodian Embassy Protest signs: * Salute Her, Don't Sauté Her * Don't Chew on Me! * Lobsters Go Home! Washington Post Headlines * Lobster Trial Nears * Mobster Trial Nears * Handsome Invaders Defeat Earth * Post Names New Editor Museum of Ancient Weaponry Nuns & Nunchuks: Mother Teresa's Secret Arsenal * World's Biggest Rolling Pin * Spear, circa 2256 * Dillinger's Semi Automatic Salad Shooter * Sharkapult * Crossbow Signs smashed by the palace: * Johnson's Collapsible Top Hats * E-Z Squeeze Accordians * Hair King Unbreakable Combs ======================================================================== > Animation, continuity, and other goofs ======================================================================== ======================================================================== > Comments and other observations ======================================================================== ... The nude pool scene was shortened. There used to be a scene where Amy and Leela are sitting in the pool nakedly (with delicate parts below the water line) and Bender's antenna surfacing. {MW} ... "Schlep" is Yiddish meaning "arduous journey" {AH} ... Zoidberg wonders what the Shroud of Turnin tastes like. This shroud is claimed to be the burial shroud of Jesus Christ. {AH} ... During the trial Zoidberg say 2 of his 3 hearts are having heart attacks. Normally, Decapodans have 4 hearts, but Zoidberg lost one of his in "Roswell That Ends Well". Score one for continuity. {MN} ... The speech made by the chicken lawyer against Zoidberg's defence speech refers to a very famous bible sentence: "What goes into a man's mouth does not make him 'unclean,' but what comes out of his mouth, that is what makes him 'unclean'." (Matthew 15, 10-12) {PW} ======================================================================== > Contributors ======================================================================== {AH} Alan Hamilton {J} JACK {K} KM {KC} Kevin Canini {MN} Michael Nissen {MW} Marc Wichterich {PW} Patrick Walz {TK} Tim Kay {e} edel {t} tm {ü} überblarg Original Capsule Author: Can't Get Enough Futurama Document created on 01/31/2023 at 12:00:09 CET http://www.gotfuturama.com/Information/Capsules/4ACV05.txt