Episode Capsule: [1ACV10] A Flight To Remember
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Official Title: A Flight to Remember
Episode Number: 1ACV10 (#10)
First Airdate : Sunday, September 26th, 1999 (8:30 PM)
Written by : Eric Horsted
Directed by : Peter Avanzino
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= Additional tidbits =
Opening theme promotion : [Filmed on Location]
Opening theme cartoon : "Cluth Cargo" {ms3}
Subsequent Fox airdates : 05-Dec-99
26-Sep-99 Nielsen ranking: 7.4 million viewers (#54 for the week)
MPAA rating : TV-PG-D
Length minus commercials : [21:57]
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= Foxworld Synopsis =
Professor Farnsworth books the crew of Planet Express on the maiden
voyage of the largest, most luxurious space cruise ship ever ... the
Titanic. This expedition turns into a "Love Boat" as Bender falls
for a wealthy Countess robot and Fry swims with the sharks. When
Zapp Brannigan takes a shortcut in space, however, it becomes a night
to remember as the Titanic approaches a black hole.
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= Minutiae =
- Fry has learned how to exit a tube since 1ACV01. (But his luggage
hasn't.) {jb}
- A man dressed in a top-hat and Amish-like clothing stands next to
Bender at the christening (also in 1ACV05).
- A man wearing all white and a big nine on his shirt is in the crowd
during the christening (also in 1ACV07). {sam}
- Has anyone wondered why some of the crew got First Class rooms and
others were dumped in the Fiesta Deck? Maybe it's because Amy, Fry,
Leela and Bender are all recently hired employees.
- A man with a Hawaian shirt is standing behind the crew at Titanic's
cristening, and appears again in the ship's "Second Class" deck.
- One of the socks in the laundry looks like a foot. {gg}
- Fry, Leela, Bender and Amy's room # is 124.
- Fry enjoys the radioactive exhaust of the PE ship (1ACV03), but not
the reactor exhaust of the Titanic. {ds}
- Bender pops over to the casino for 135 hours, which is between five
and six days.
- Bender's eyes glow red when his cheating unit is activated.
- The reason Bender's cheating unit malfunctioned is probably his habit
of shaking the dice _after_ calculating their positions.
- Leo Wong wears a wrist-communicator just like Amy's.
- If you look closely, you can see Fry, Leela and Zapp Brannigan
standing on the ship's deck from the establishing shot outside the
ship.
- Pnumatic tubes have exits just above the swimming pool. {ds} [I
think this is a clever equivelant to the water-slides of our century.
-ed]
- Leela wears a one-piece swimsuit that reveals her bellybutton via a
small hole.
- Thanks to Leela's swimsuit, we at least know she's a mammal. {jb}
[I've got news for you: I could tell that was true in the pilot,
seeing as she had hair and breasts. {bc}]
- Leela has really cool sunglasses ... (Er, sunglass?) {zz}
- The Countess freshens up with a power tool. {ds}
- By 2980, not only would limbo be an official Olympic sport, but also
Earth would be represented as a single team in the games (instead of
countries). {jk}
- In the 2980 Olympics, the stagger lines on the track are drawn so
that they run clockwise. {ddg} [This is the opposite of 20th-
Century standards.]
- Hermes' young fan at the Olympics is wearing a shirt with his face on
it.
- Bender drawing robot porn sounds like an old dot matrix printer.
{ds}
- Zapp recognizes "the Family Wong" on sight, suggesting that they're
well-known people.
- It's strange ... it looks like the ship was already headed for the
vicinity of the black hole even before Zapp's second course
correction. They _were_ dommed from the ... uh ... middle.
- Dr. Zoidberg's new girlfriend is an enormous jellyfish.
- A robot with a moustache and a chef's hat is among those scrambling
to the escape pods.
- After Hermes rips off his tuxedo, you can still see it lying in a
heap on the floor.
- Even knowing that Amy is dating someone, Amy's parents _still_
persist in finding her dates!
- When Amy says "hi" to Kif, she sounds like the lady that gave her a
perfume sample in 1ACV06. {gg}
- Leela is automatically made the pilot of their escape pod.
- The escape pod seems to have its own artificial gravity just like the
Titanic did.
- This episode marks the second time metric measurements are used. The
first time was in 1ACV03, when Bender gives his apartment measurement
in cubic meters. {gg} [He refers to Leela's line "we're two metric
tons overweight!" -ed]
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= Parallels to Science Fiction =
+ "The Black Hole" (1979 Disney movie) {hl}
- [That blackish, holeish thing] looks suspiciously like the one from
Disney's movie, in that it erroneously resembles an actual tunnel.
{jc}
- The final shot of the escape pod leaving the area around the black
hole is reminiscent of the last scene. {jb}
~ "The Jetsons" (TV show)
- Zapp's escape pod sounds like a typical Jetsons vehicle. {ds}
~ "Lost In Space" (TV show)
- The security robots look like the robot from this TV show (but not
the movie). {jb}
~ "Red Dwarf" (TV show)
- Call me nuts, but when Hermes flashed back to his younger days with
longer hair, I thought he looked kind of like Dave Lister (Craig
Charles' character on "Red Dwarf"). {jc}
+ "Starship Titanic" (CD-ROM game and novel)
- The fact that they called the cruise liner "Titanic" reminds me of
Douglas Adams' ambitious CD-ROM game, "Starship Titanic," that came
out a couple of years ago ... {jc}
- See "Final Thoughts / Comments" for the whole story.
~ "Star Trek: Deep Space 9" (TV show)
- Leela's bathing suit looks very like the one worn by Jadzia Dax in
the episode "Let He Who Is Without Sin." {ia}
~ "The X Files: Fight The Future" (movie)
- Mulder and Scully almost undo their platonic relationship with an
"Almost-Kiss," interrupted by a bee-sting. {jb}
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= Other References =
+ A Night to Remember" (1958 Titanic book / movie)
- Title: "A Fight To Remember."
~ "King of The Hill" (TV show)
- Amy's mother looks and sounds like Min Souphanousinphone from
"King of The Hill," who is also voiced by Lauren Tom. {jb}
+ "The Love Boat" (TV show)
- The casino bartender is heavily based on a bartender from this TV
show. The actor who originally played this bartender was even
expected to provide the voice for iZac (the name of Futurama's
bartened -- a hybrid of the original character's name "Isaac" and
Apple Computer's iMac) but the producers decided to use regular
actor Phil LaMarr's voice.
- Except that I don't think Isaac ever dispensed drinks through his
fingertips. :) {da}
~ "NewsRadio" (TV show)
- This show once did an episode which similarly made fun of Titanic's
storyline using its own cast of characters.
- Not only is this episode written by the same people, the "dressing
up like women" joke was exactly like what Bill said he would do in
"Sinking Ship." ("I have a heart condition, and I'm a woman!")
{woh}
~ "The Poseidon Adventure" (1972 movie)
- Out-of-shape athlete (Hermes), uses skills abandoned long ago.
{mg}
+ "Three's Company" ('70s TV show)
- Fry mumbles the theme song. {jb}
+ "Titanic" (movie) [Please bear with me. -ed]
- Christening the ship with Leonardo DiCaprio's head. {jk}
- Same staircase scene. {hl}
- One floor of the ship has people playing an Irish Jig. (One scene
in the film features Jack and Rose dancing to Irish music at the
third-class area.) {jk}
- Bowels of ship seen from the elevator. {hl}
- The captains' control room contains an old-fashioned wheel, which
otherwise makes absolutely no sense.
- Bender "teaches the Countess to fly" by holding her on the mast.
- Bender and the Countess make sparks in a car in the cargo area.
- Attempt to humiliate Fry by inviting him to Captain's table. {hl}
- Bender's nude sketch of Countess (with circuit diagrams!). {hl}
- The ship's hull breaks in half. {jk}
- "If you let go, I let go." {gg}
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= Freeze Frame Fanaticism =
>> Signs / Locaations
- SOUTH STREET SPACEPORT
- INTERGALACTIC
DEPARTURES
- Terminal 5 gates ->
- REACTOR
EXHAUST:
stand clear
- 2980
OLYMPICS
- BUFFET
--
all you can eat
plus a
whole chicken
- EMERGENCY
AIRLOCK
>> Decks of the Titanic {ds}
- FIRST CLASS (posh)
- SECOND CLASS (tourists)
- STEERAGE (titanic parody; Irish dancing)
- LAUNDRY (clothes churning)
- BOWELS OF SHIP (men shoveling solid fuel)
- FIESTA DECK (dank)
>> Bender's drink ingredients {ak}
- PENNZOIL
- Jagermeister
>> Everybody's got somebody
top: [Fry + Leela]
middle: [Hermes + LaBarbara] [Countess + Bender] [Leo + Inez]
bottom: [Jellyfish + Zoidberg] [Professor + Hattie]
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= Goofs =
[No animation goofs will be excused because of the improbable
physical conditions of being near a black hole. -ed]
- The crew acts as if they can just quit any time they want, forgetting
that their jobs can't be changed ... officially. {jb}
- People entering South Street Spaceport in the pnumatic tubes make a
loud noise (similar to cars passing over an interstate bridge).
Previous tube travel on the show was not as noisy. {ds}
- How did Fry get his luggage to travel through the tubes _after_ him?
{ds}
- Dr. Zoidberg is stunned to learn that Leela knows Zapp Brannigan ...
except Leela never said as much! All she said was "Ugh, not Zapp
Brannigan!"
- When Fry puts his arm around Leela, it extends unnaturally. It
decreases back to normal size when he takes it off.
- One wall of the casino contains two large windows, with an alcove
leading to a large staircase between them. The view outside the
windows, from all angles, is nothing but stars. What is this; the
staircase to nowhere?
- When Bender is playing craps and says he is "betting it all," he has
4 fingers instead of 3. {ar}
- How on Earth are you supposed to control a spacecraft with an old-
fashioned spoked wheel? (I realize it's a joke, but you don't build
a "Goofs" list by forgiving artistic license ... )
- While Bender talks to iZac, there are windows on the wall to his
left. They disappear just before iZac hands him his drinks.
- The bills the countess hands iZac have the portrait in the center of
the bill, which would certainly be out of circulation by Y3K. {jb}
- If Leela was trying to get a tan on the "sundeck," she's out of luck:
the ultraviolet rays that cause tans and burns won't go through even
the cheapest of glass. {sam}
- Hermes also seems to have changed careers from his former limbo-star
status. {jb}
- Bender wore a magnetic bowtie, but in 1ACV02 fridge magnets made him
break out into folk singing. {hl} (See "Extended Goofs.")
- Leela's armpad thingie diappears when she was in her dress at dinner
at the Captain's Table. {trl}
- Zapp makes Kif captain, depite that he said he would never make
captain in 1ACV04. {gg}
- The Captains' Sticker Kif inherits from Zapp changes to a lighter
shade of red during the transition. (Because Kif's outfit is darker
than Zapp's.)
- The food cart LaBarbara uses to create limbo music comes out of
nowhere and disappears back into it.
- How did Hermes hit the door's release button if he's still stuck on
the floor?
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= Extended Goofs / Technical Nitpicks =
>> Are we to believe this is some _magical_ universe?
Steven Aaron Monroe: The comets in the comet field through which the
Titanic flew would not travel as fast or as many directions as we saw
them. From what I have learned, they would all travel in one uniform
direction and speed. Though they might be traveling very fast, they
would appear to move very slowly relative to the Titanic, which is
probably traveling at a great speed already.
>> Countess bots don't count as robots come
Daniel Tropea: A robot as a Countess? If i recall, in the pilot all
robots were supposed to be workers. Yet we have a countess? Well,
the bracelet was fake, so I suppose that she was no more a countess
then Bender is a hard worker.
Theodore Jay Miller: Though even if she's a fake countess, there must
be real robot countesses somewhere, or it would be a totally
implausible fake. Maybe besides the robots-only planet, there's a
planet where humans are workers and robots are aristocracy.
Splat Talps: She does mention she's a "class 3 yacht," though, doesn't
she? Of course, the idea of a countess serving as a yacht seems a
bit ... inconguent with the title.
In the episode with the theme park on the moon, Fry and Leela run
across a "hic" farmer with 3 robot daughters (Fry: "_robot
daughters_?"). How that ... uh ...would work, I'm not sure, but
there is a precedent for human-to-robot parentage, it would seem.
Well okay, here's a wild stab at an answer: the farmer built 3 robots
to work on his farm and, as is the custom of the time, takes them on
as his "daughters." So, maybe the countess was built or bought or
whatever by a human count, to serve as a yacht, and he similarly took
her on as his daughter, which would make her a countess.
I like the suggestion that there's another planet (maybe the same
planet "All my Circuits" is made on) with a robot aristocracy better,
though.
If all Earth robots are laborers, how do you explain Calculon?
Splat Talps: Maybe "All My Circuits" is made on another planet.
>> Moral of the story: physical attraction can screw up your head
Don Del Grande: Why didn't the magnetic tie make Bender go crazy, the
way he did in 1ACV02?
Benjamin Robinson: The tie was on his upper chest, while the magnet in
1ACV02 was placed directly on his head. The circuitry in Bender's
head must be more sensitive than on other parts of his body. (Of
course, we're assuming small refrigerator-type magnets. Larger ones,
like on the PX ship magno-winch, would have a "scrambling" effect no
matter where they were placed.)
Bertie Hull: Maybe he's insulated there. Magnets screw up my radio,
but the speakers are both magnetic.
Will O'Hargan: Bender says "Refridgerator magnets"; not all magnets.
'Frigerator magenets usually have a low magnatism, but it varies with
size. Now the bow tie, depending on it's weight, would require a
bigger magnet, which may be too strong to have any effect on him.
Paul Tomko: Was it a refrigerator magnet that picked up Bender by the
head in that same episode?
>> Where's an inanimate carbon rod when you need one?
What good would escape pods do? If the ship isn't powerful enough to
fight the gravity of a black hole, surely nothing smaller would be.
Splat Talps: The pods could have a greater thrust to mass ratio than
the Titanic, which would allow them to escape even though the Titanic
couldn't. ( ... unless they were inside the "event horizon," though
they'd be spaghetti by the time they got that close, I'm pretty
sure.)
Don Del Grande: The escape pods didn't appear to have airlocks, so
Bender's opening of the doors should have caused everybody and
everything inside to be sucked out.
Mark J. Finegold: Actually it's "blown out." My assumption is that
there is some kind of forcefield that contains the artificial
atmosphere. A similar device was used in the movie "Star Trek:
Generations." Near the beginning of that film, several characters
visit a damaged deck of the starship but they aren't blown into space
because forcefields have been deployed. In Futurama, most likely,
Bender can just pass through the forcefield without any ill effects.
On close inspection of the final few scenes, I'm led to ask wheather
anyone is really sure there _wasn't_ an airlock!
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= Reviews =
Jason Barrera: How can I give it any less than an A? (Wait, don't
answer that.) Zapp Brannigan's scenes were even funnier than his
last appearance, although Kif seemed even more displaced than usual.
It blew away the lackluster Simpsons premiere. The characters were
surprisingly more human than in previous episodes, and Hermes finally
got a prominent role. Fry was rather flat during the first act, but
more than made up for it in the following acts ... _You_ know what I
mean. And need I mention all the romantic tension? Oh, it's all
like a not-so-bad episode of "Friends," except with better animation,
and plot, and characters, and -- well, it's nothing like an episode
of "Friends." Best episode of Season 2. (I'd give it an A+, but the
fact that I hate Titanic with a passion chops it off.) (A)
Baron Calamity: Note to self: in future life, ask to be Fry. :) I
kinda wish they would have called the ship something else besides
Titanic. In fact, the direct Titanic story line with Bender just
didn't seem to work. Except for the "yaht club" joke, the whole
relationship was predictable and the jokes stale. However, luck for
us, that story was only a minor part of the whole show. The limbo
back story was truely inspired. Over all, the show is improving and
maturing. (A)
Doug Jacobson: Although Kif was a little lacking this episode was
great! We met some new minor characters and had a couple of old ones
return. Zapp was just as good as normal; his speech about changing
direction was great. Amazing animation. Did a good job of parodying
Titanic and the love boat. The scene with Hermes limboing was great!
Better then the Simpsons tonight, but Simpsons is not known for its
quality season premiers. Next week looks like a parody of all of
those college movies. (A-)
Joe Klemm: A good way to start the new season of Futurama. We find out
a little bit more about the supporting characters, plus we get a
futuristic spoof of Titanic. Let's hope the rest of the season keeps
up the good pace. (A)
Haynes Lee: A good season opener but it was based a bit too much on the
Titanic movie. (B+)
Ondre Lombard: I thought it was great. Futurama continues to base its
humor on situational wit, rather than unpleasant shades of the
characters' personalities like The Simpsons is fond of. Not all of
the jokes worked, and the ending was a forceful way of trying to
offset the devastating moment for Bender, and therefore, kind of
sucked (though "'tis fake, Mon" was pretty nice). I'd give it a:
(B)
Bill McNeal: This was a decent episode, and I'm starting to like
Futurama better than The Simpsons as far as new episodes go. This
episode still feels like an introductory episode though, so I'm
assuming that it was a hold over from last season. I liked seeing
the mayor again. _Must_ they keep Zap Brannigan as a recurring
character? It's sad that we'll have to listen to Billy West's
pathetic Phil Hartman impression for the rest of this series ... Oh,
and doesn't that Bender love interest sound familiar? This series
has potential, and we'll certainly get another Simpsons (pre-Season
Nine, that is) as soon as the writers come up with classic episodes.
(A-)
Will O'Hargan: Well, I knew this was going to be a good one, I didn't
see the Fry plot coming, but it was great. I was glad to see Zapp
back, and I hope to see more of him (despite the fact I always hear
him the way Hartman would say him and laugh more). Bender's plot was
okay, despite being predictable ... and Leela's. This was almost as
good as the NewsRadio episode entitled "Sinking Ship" with the same
plot written by the same people. Great episode. (A-)
Mike Rogers: Solid Gold. This show just keeps getting better and
better. Loved the introduction of the additional characters. Bender
just keeps getting funnier, and Kif remains my favorite secondary
character. He's just _so_ unhappy! Great line: "I don't know what
disgusts me more ... your cowardice or your stupidity". (A-)
Baykent Tukeli: I must say that I agree with most of the people here
that the season opener wasn't a terrific episode. C+ in my honest
opinion. The next day all I read is stuff saying how Futurama is
gonna crash and burn! The Simpsons have had their fair share of
stinkers and it's turned out just fine. Just relax and wait for the
next episode ... I'm sure it'll turn out ok. Buncha' impatient
fleshpiles ... =) (C+)
Yours Truly: While it was nothing short of the quality and humor I've
come to expect from the show, it's not the greatest I've ever seen.
Marking the sophomore appearance of many secondary characters, the
use of more and more CGI effects, and heavy development of the main
cast, this episode made its universe seem more defined than ever, and
projected the overall feeling that Futurama is here to stay. (A-)
Average Grade: [37/11=3.(36)] (A-)
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= Final Thoughts / Comments =
>> Title Sequence Trivia
Mike Smith: In case you are wondering what that cartoon is ... yes,
it's Clutch Cargo; a TV cartoon show from 1959. The cartoon was
innovative at the time for the use of live-action mouthes
superimposed into barely-animated drawings. 260 five-minute episodes
were made.
>> The Unimplodable Vessel
The concept of "Titanic in space" dates all the way back to 1984, with
the third book in Douglas Adams' science fiction series "The
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." The book (entitled "Life, the
Universe and Everything") contained an aside from the main story that
mentions a ship called Starship Titanic elsewhere in the galaxy
experiencing a Spontanious Massive Existence Failure. Years later,
this idea was dusted off and turned into a full-length storyline for
a CD-ROM adventure game called "Starship Titanic." Douglas Adams
decided to turn the story into a novel also, but rather than writing
it himself, he gave the job to Terry Jones (of "Monty Python"). The
book itself is only mediocre, and I've never played the CD-ROM game,
but I highly reccomend the original "Hitchhiker's" series. (It's
also worth mentioning that the storyline of "Starship Titanic"
involves a black hole, although it has nothing to do with the ship's
destruction. Rather, it serves as the engine.)
>> Eight's a crowd
Mike Rogers: Apparently, Fry believed that the theme song to "Three's
Company" included detailed instructions on how to get out of
complicated social settings.
Haynes Lee: Fry's mind is a little foggy about "Three's Company." The
reason Jack Tripper managed to convince the landlord Mr. Roper to let
him live with two single girls was that he said that he's gay.
Fry couldn't remember the words to the "Three's Company" theme, so being
a big 3's Co. fan, Dave Sweatt does it for us:
Come and knock on my door (come and knock on my door)
We've been waitin' for you (we've been waitin' for you)
Where the kisses are hers and hers and his
Three's company too
Come and dance on our floor (come and dance on our floor)
Take a step that is new (take a step that is new)
We've a lovable space that needs your face
Three's company too
You'll see that life is a ball again
Laughter is calling for you
Down at our rendezvous (down at our rendezvous)
Three's company too
>> Will fanfics change when ... you know?
Brent Allison: I've already thought of the possibility of Fry going for
a romance, but with Amy actually since they both have a bit of a
playful personality. Up until now the Fry-Leela connection crossed
my mind, but I always just dismissed the "odd couple" idea as either
too much of a stretch or way too convenient a plot twist. Still,
even then I figured that the only way for Fry and Leela to work would
be for Fry to grow up a little without loosing that boyish way about
him. Better yet, Leela could have found an initial attraction to
him, repress it but later have it drive her crazy to where she has to
admit her feelings to a Fry who was also attracted to her, but would
have been too fearful for his heart to be broken.
Then again, I remember bits and pieces such as Leela relating to Fry
about the moon landing of 1.031k years of yore, the numerous times
that Leela has saved his butt, and _especially_ when Emperor Fry was
seriously weeping over a Leela he thought dead. OTOH, I really
wouldn't want this to be a relationship of desperation, like
tonight's near-kiss seemed to be the result of rather than a true
heart-felt passion between them. That, and would competitive Leela
really feel that strongly about Fry if she didn't have Amy as an
opponent?
I really do hope that they investigate this notion further in the
season, and not milk it it as a ratings spike and stuff it into a
black hole.
Benjamin Robinson: Actually, I figured they'd explore this sooner or
later. When a show has a strong single male and female lead, the
writers cannot seem to resist throwing them together romantically.
What struck me was the ease with which Amy pretended to be Fry's
boyfriend. I mean, that kiss lingered longer than was truly
necessary to fool Amy's parents. Now, I'm thinking it would be
comically tragic if we had a love triangle where Amy chased Fry, who
chases Leela.
Notwithstanding, the romance angle shouldn't become the salient
feature of the show. I want to watch "Futurama," not "Melrose
Place."
Brian Corvello: You may think of me as some sort of science geek for
making this opinion, but something has really been bugging me about
this issue. Up until now, I always considered Leela's purpose to be
Fry's guide to Y3K -- his protector -- perhaps a kindered spirit or
alter-ego. With "A Flight To Remember," we see the first hints that
they may (pardon the slang) "have the hots for each other." This
brings up so many problems I cannot begin to list them. First, it is
well-known that a real relationship between two main characters can
kill a series. Any TV buff can list several shows where that was the
case. Second, although there have been plenty of sex jokes on the
series already, the idea of Fry and Leela "getting together" would be
just, well, creepy. Although it has been proven that Leela's race is
capable of mating with humans, as seen in Zapp's first appearance,
said episode really rubbed me the wrong way. A human dating an alien
on a regular basis is simply a lot to swallow.
If Fry must have a relationship, a much better match would be Amy.
The way I see the Fry-Leela relationship is that of alter-ego; they
are two parts of one soul, really -- Fry representing emotion, and
Leela representing reason. It shouldn't go farther than that. Oh,
and if you want me to go into detail about that little "theory," I'll
type it up and send it to you as send it soon.
>> Macrocosm Macaroni Mayhem
Steven Aaron Monroe: The ripping apart of the Titanic by the black hole
could happen. Some physicists call it "spaghettification." It is
caused by the immense and varied gravitational forces that act on an
object. The end of the object that is closer to the black hole
experiences a lot more force than the back so it is torn apart.
>> A registered trademark of Mom-Corp
Joe Klemm: "Shareware" refers to programs which you can use for free.
The catch here is that some shareware products need to be registered
in order to fully use them, and as a result, you need to pay a few
dollars to register them.
>> On the Cutting-Room Floor
Although we never heard it used, the voice of Titanic's casino bartender
iZac was originally going to be voiced by Ted Lange (former cast
member of "The Love Boat," who played the character Isaac that iZac
is based on). According to Dave Sweatt, the producers were going use
Lange but decided that Phil LaMarr's voice work as iZac was funny
enough, so Lange wasn't used. Fox's website and many TV listings
reported that Lange _would_ be in the episode, but they were wrong.
>> Last, and probably least ...
Haynes Lee: The best odds in craps is rolling a seven with probability
1/6.
Jason Barrera: Judging from the smooth, seamless animation on the kiss
between Bender and the Countess, they now have 3D models for the
robot characters (or Bender, anyway). When any of the humanoid
characters are around, the animation seems to be much more "fixed."
Haynes Lee: You think with all these 3D special effects there would
have been a scene of the ship scraping the ice comet.
Vince Yim: IMO, naming the ship Titanic was really, really blatant, but
it really had to be done. The montage of quick cuts to faces
oblivious to impending doom was classic. Of course, with such a
great ship, one would wonder why anything could sink it except for
human stupidity. Which it does.
Jason Barrera: Fry seems to be blissfully unaware of anything to do
with the Titanic. Lucky boy.
Daniel Tropea: Remember, never take a straight path. Always head for
the astroids and black hole thing.
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= Fun Stuff =
>> References to Previous Episodes
- [1ACV01] When Fry gets hit by his suitcase, he makes the same sound
he made when the door shut down on him {gg}
- [1ACV01] Professor Farnsworth needs to be carried in a time of
emergency
- [1ACV03] Hattie's only previous appearance
- [1ACV04] Zapp Brannigan's only previous appearance
- [1ACV04] Dr. Zoidberg knocks some very sensual boots with an
attractive sea creature
- [1ACV05] Man dressed in a top-hat and Amish-like clothing next to
Bender at the christening cf., at the Blernsball game
- [1ACV05] Bender's drawing was like the robot pornography {dj3}
- [1ACV06] The Countess freshens up with a power tool cf., Bender's
massage {ds}
- [1ACV07] Man wearing all white and a big nine on his shirt in the
crowd during the christening cf., in Little Neptune {sam}
- [1ACV07] Dr. Zoidberg uses part of his anatomy to save the day
- [1ACV08] The opening scene foreshadows someone's death
- [1ACV08] Mayor Poopenmeyer's only previous appearance
- [1ACV09] Retrotech elevators in the Titanic and Robot Hell
>> Fan-made Alternate Titles for this Episode
"A Shock to Remember" {ds}
"Bendless Love" {jc}
"Lovin', Touchin', Stealin'" {ds}
"Love Potion Number 00101101" {ds}
"(Love is) Thicker than Fortran" {ds}
"Love is a many-Bendered Thing" {ds}
"This Flight Tonight" {hl}
"Torn Between Two Females" {jc}
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= Voice Credits =
>> Starring
Billy West ........................... Fry, Farnsworth, Dr. Zoidberg,
Zapp Brannigan, Leo Wong
Katey Sagal ................................................... Leela
John DiMaggio ................................................ Bender
>> Guest Starring
Tress MacNeille .................... Countess De La Roca, Kid, Hattie
Maurice LaMarche ................... Kif, Croupier, Olympic Announcer
Phil LaMarre ........................................... Hermes, iZac
Lauren Tom ........................................... Amy, Inez Wong
Dawnn Lewis ............................................... LaBarbara
Dave Herman (uncredited) .......................... Mayor Poopenmeyer
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= Contributers =
{ak} Adam King {jb} Jason Barrera
{ar} Amanda Ross {jc} Jacob Churosh
{bc} Brian Corvello {jk} Joe Klemm
{da} David Antonoff {mg} Maureen Goldman
{ddg} Don Del Grande {ms3} Mike Smith
{dj3} Doug Jacobson {sam} Steven Aaron Monroe
{ds} Dave Sweatt {trl} Team Rocket Leela
{gg} Gerry Garrelts {woh} Will O'Hargan
{hl} Haynes Lee {zz} Zachary Zulkowski
{ia} "Ian"
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Futurama and its characters belong to the == First uploaded: 10-Oct-1999
Fox lawyers ... icebergs of the internet. == Revision C : 13-Mar-2000
This capsule was christened by Jordan "my == E-mail me: <jedraw@aol.com>
hard drive will go on and on" Eisenberg. ==============================
