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Season 7 episode Broadcast season 10 episode | |||||
Assie Come Home | |||||
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No. | 135 | ||||
Production number | 7ACV21 | ||||
Written by | Maiya Williams | ||||
Directed by | Raymie Muzquiz | ||||
Title caption | FEATURING A NEW INVISIBLE CHARACTER WHO DOESN'T SPEAK | ||||
First air date | 31 July, 2013 | ||||
Broadcast number | S10E08 | ||||
Title reference | The 1943 film Lassie Come Home | ||||
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"Assie Come Home" is the one hundred and thirty-fifth episode of Futurama, the twenty-first of the seventh production season and the eighth of the tenth broadcast season. It aired on 31 July, 2013, on Comedy Central. Bender searches the universe for his missing shiny metal rear end.
Story
Production
By 26 July, 2013, Comedy Central had released a two-minute preview clip featuring a fight between the crud gang and the blip gang. [2]
Image Gallery
The crud gang, who are responsible for stealing Bender's body. [3]
Promotional picture of Leela, Bender and Fry underwater. [4]
Additional Information
Trivia
- The episode's title caption is very similar to that of "Möbius Dick", which was also the eighth episode of its broadcast season, and also featured a sea setting.
Allusions
- Click here to see cultural mentions made in this episode.
- The episode's title is a reference to the 1943 movie Lassie Come Home, directed by Fred M. Wilcox.
- A planet run by gangs could be a reference to the Star Trek episode "A Piece of the Action".
- Fry getting his head stuck in a honey jar marked "HUNNY" is a reference to the fictional bear Winnie-the-Pooh.
- Tarquin's boat is marked "FLOTSAM AND JETSON", a reference to the maritime terms "flotsam" and "jetsam" and the animated sitcom The Jetsons.
Quotes
Fry: Uhm, Leela, remember when we were trying to guess what would happen if someone stuck a gun in my face and you said I'd probably crap my pants? Well...
Appearances
Characters
- Debut: Alejandro
- Amy
- Bender
- Debut: Blip gang
- Borax Kid
- Debut: Crud gang
- Dean Streptococcus (cameo, 9:40)
- Fat-bot
- Flabby (cameo, 9:40)
- First Robot capable of qualifying for a boat loan (cameo, 8:30)
- Fry
- Gearshift
- Hermaphrobot
- Hermes
- Human-horn dealer
- Hypnotoad
- Leela
- Oily
- Professor Farnsworth
- Smitty
- Debut: Tarquin
- Tinny Tim
- URL
- Yuri
- Zoidberg
Places
- The Beast With Two Bucks
- Debut: Peoples α
- Feldspar Queen
- Galactic Bazaar
- Mars University
- Planet Express conference room
- Planet Express employee lounge
- Planet Express lobby
- Debut: Scenic Detroit (mentioned in text only, unknown moment)
- South Street Spaceport
- Debut: St. Hope's Charity Hospital for Robot Orphans
References
- ^ Countdown to Futurama: Bender’s Eyes and Mouth in Trash. (Comedy Central's Tumblr page.) 25 May 2013. Retrieved on 24 July 2013.
- ^ Bot Jacked - Video Clip. (Comedy Central.) Retrieved on 26 July 2013.
- ^ Countdown to Futurama: Crud Gang. (Comedy Central's Tumblr page.) 26 May 2013. Retrieved on 24 July 2013.
- ^ Countdown to Futurama: Leela, Bender and Fry Underwater. (Comedy Central's Tumblr page.) 27 May 2013. Retrieved on 24 July 2013.
- ^ Countdown to Futurama: Tarquin. (Comedy Central's Tumblr page.) 28 May 2013. Retrieved on 24 July 2013.