Episode Capsule: [3ACV21] Futurestock

Title: Futurestock
Written by: Aaron Ehasz
Directed by: Brian Sheesley
Opening theme promotion: LOVE IT OR SHOVE IT

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.

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? — Marc Wichterich
The professor has no business plan but only an escape plan? — Marc Wichterich
The traffic light has a sign for floating "pedestrians"? — Marc Wichterich
One of the giant apes wears traditional Bavarian "Lederhosen"? — Marc Wichterich
Amy has a butler? — Marc Wichterich
The professor wears bunny sandals with his pyjamas? — Marc Wichterich
The old lady (Hatty) carries her cat around in her handbag? — Marc Wichterich
The professor stores some organ in his desk drawer? — Marc Wichterich
The stock exchange isn't geostationary? — Marc Wichterich
Zoidberg is not kosher? — Dr_Dave
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. — Cosmic F
Fry "produces" his own hairgel. — Cosmic F
That guy thinks that Nazi-Germany was kinda misunderstood. In his opinion they were just ambitious men and he finds it quite positive. — Cosmic F
Fry doesn't wear underpants. — Cosmic F
Mom has a complicated switchboard. But every button is used to retaliate. — Cosmic F
The professor keeps a heart in a jar in his desk, along with his files — Jessi
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) — Martin Fink
Fox Broadcasting is down 61 points. Just like in The Simpsons pick on Fox! — Martin Fink
The use of l337-speak, when the guy used a 5 instead of S on the sign? — Michael Nissen

External References

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. — edeltraut 1984 (Book)
The PlanEx ad itself is a reference to the surveillance society described in Orwell's book 1984. — edeltraut FedEX
The company's new name PlanEx is using the same font and colour for the "Plan" as FedEx for the "Fed" even. — Marc Wichterich Miami Vice (TV Series)
That Guy has a Miami Vice lunch box. — Marc Wichterich Safety Dance (1982 Pop Smash)
That Guy is apparently a huge Men Without Hats fan... — Cliffieho 2000 American Presidential Election
Votes cast for Pat Buchanan by mistake were part of the voting fiasco in Florida — Alan Hamilton Stock Ticker Symbols
RUN DMC: 1980s rap music group — Alan Hamilton
FOX: Everybody's favorite television network — Alan Hamilton
MG: Matt Groening — Alan Hamilton
OSX: New operating system for the Apple Macintosh — Alan Hamilton
Windows: Microsoft Windows — Alan Hamilton
WIN: Microsoft Windows — Alan Hamilton
KIRK, GORN, Q: Star Trek characters — Alan Hamilton 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) — Cosmic F Planet of the Apes (Movie)
Calculon says "Get your stinking trike off me you damn dirty ape!" — Alan Hamilton Gone with the Wind (Movie)
Amy cries "Where will I go, what will I do?" just like Scarlett O'Hara — Alan Hamilton Stock Ticker Symbols
BYOB: Bring Your own (insert B-word here) — ass Toys (movie)
Bottle from Mom's billboard fires bullets like the toy does — Andrea Huckstep Toad the Wet Sprocket (music group)
Leela: This toads the wet sprocket — Alan Hamilton 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. — Daniela Schad Men in Black (movie)
The music after the opening theme is from that movie — Daniela Schad 2001 - A Space Odyssey (Movie)
The Stock Exchange space station, is a exact copy of Space Station One. — Michael Nissen Superman (Comic, movie, tv series)
Superman's father is called Jor-El. — Michael Nissen

Futurama References

[3ACV01] Amazon Women in the Mood

The Planet Express shareholder infomercial shows Fry delivering a package to the Amazonians. — Marc Wichterich [3ACV02] Parasites Lost
Scruffy shows a fascination for porn — Joe25 [2ACV07] Put your head on my shoulder
Amy wants to go to the Big Ape Fight with Fry — Joe25 [2ACV09] A Bicyclops Built for Two
The pig creature from this episode makes an appearance — Joe25 [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. — Cosmic F [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. — Cosmic F

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. — Marc Wichterich
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? — mG.RoniN
When voting, Zoidberg votes in the takeover part, even though he sold his stock for a sandwich — rios
In one second at the ape fight Fry is sitting next to Morbo, but in the next scene he suddenly has disappeared. — Cosmic F
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. — Michael Nissen
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. — Michael Nissen

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. — Cosmic F
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. — Michael Nissen

Original capsule author: Can't get enough Futurama <www.gotfuturama.com>