<general chit chat> As the capsule business seemed to go down some over the later seasons I tried to include the non-usenet Futurama fans in the process of capsule writing and built a small web-based submission system for capsule stuff at <http://www.gotfuturama.com/Information/Capsules/> which also outputs raw txt for those who prefer things pure. Currently it holds 9 out of the 12 season 4 episodes.
This is not meant to replace a.t.f capsule work, but to complement it.
As there was no meaningful capsule for one of my favourite episodes (Godfellas), I thought I'd just inject it into groups.google.com by posting here. Hope the 72 character formating my script produces works fine here now ... </general chit chat>
[-mArc-] @ CGEF
Find an up to date version of this capsule at: <http://www.gotfuturama.com/Information/Capsules/3ACV20.txt>
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FUTURAMA CAPSULE
[3ACV20] - Godfellas
========================================================================Written by Ken Keeler
Directed by Susie Dietter
Originally aired 03/17/02 as episode number 08 in season 04
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When Bender is accidentally swept away into a space vacuum, he becomes spiritually inclined and makes some devastating decisions. Meanwhile, Fry, Leela and Professor Farnsworth frantically search for Bender as he floats through space, and learns an important lesson from his journey.
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Opening theme promotion: PLEASE TURN OFF ALL CELL PHONES AND TRICORDERS
Opening theme cartoon: unknown
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+ Starring - Billy West (Fry, Professor Farnsworth, Zoidberg) - Katey Sagal (Leela) - John DiMaggio (Bender) - Tress MacNeille + Guest Starring - Phil LaMarr - Lauren Tom (Amy) - David Herman + Also Starring - Maurice LaMarche (God)
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... The skull on the space pirate flag had 3 sockets as the pirates have 3 eyes? {MW}
... Two of the three pirate captain's eyes are patched and he has 3 additional wooden legs? {MW}
... The Pioneer 10 plaque Bender engraves on his chest is made "prudes-proof"? {MW}
... Bender once held Fry dangling from the torch of the Liberty Statue? {MW}
... Swiss Army Knifes still exist? {MW}
... Coolio was a president? {OA}
... Bender has tear inducing feelings? He only had these with the emotion chip before. {MW}
... Bender takes the coin out of his back (or lower)? {MW}
... God is not unknowing? He has no clue where the earth is at first. {MW}
... Rolex either still exists or their watches have a really long life span? {MW}
... The First Amalgamated Church combines Buddism, Christianity, Islam and Judaism? {OA}
... Helper has got eyebrows {CF}
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+ Also sprach Zarathustra (Music)
- The song with the drums also known from "2001" is named after
Nietzsche's work which also includes the famous line "God is dead".
{MW}+ Budweiser - Bender lets his little people brew "Lordweiser" {MW}
+ Goodfellas (Movie) - The title of the episode. {AH}
+ Microcosmic God (Short Story, 1940)
- Scientist Kidder creates his own little race in an aquarium which
thinks he's God {AH}+ Star Trek - Opening promotion tells us to turn off our tricorders. {AH}
+ The Nine Billion Names of God
- Tibetan monastery uses technology to search for God. They have
worked for centuries to write out the nine billion combinations of
their letters that could be God's name. Then they buy a computer
and a printer and wrap it up in a few months. {AH}+ The Simpsons - The Genesis Tub - Lisa becomes god of a little race. {AH}
+ Twilight Zone - The Little People - Peter wants to be god over a race of little people he found. {AH}
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+ [1ACV08] A Big Piece of Garbage
- The smell-o-scope is used again. This time to search for Bender.
{MW} + [1ACV12] When Aliens Attack
- The Omicronian Leader Lrr tells Fry to quit asking if Bender is
there. {MW} + [2ACV04] Xmas Story
- Fry mentions the incident in this episode when Bender stole blood
{J}+ [2ACV05] Why Must I Be A Crustacean in Love? - Zoidberg's smell glands are overpowering Bender's mild odor. {h}
+ [2ACV08] Raging Bender
- Bender was said to have a nose he never wears, now he has ears.
{MW} + [2ACV18] The Honking
- The fortune teller gypsy wants to sell Fry false hope this time
{MW} + [3ACV11] Insane in the Mainframe
- Bender has a Napoleon craze in this episode. In Godfellas a photo
of him as Napoleon can be seen. {e}+ [3ACV18] Anthology of Interest II - Fry uses an arcade video game to shoot at space ships {MW}
+ [3ACV19] Roswell that Ends Well
- The only other time we've seen the ship use its torpedo tubes.
{MN}
- The pieces of Bender picked up by the army is radioactive, and now
we learn that Bender has a pile of nuclear materials. {MN}========================================================================
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Malachi's wife's apron: Metal Lord is my Metal Shepherd
The one commandment: GOD NEEDS BOOZE
The coin Bender flips: Heads: Liberty - 2996 (picture of coolio) Tails: MC PLuribus Unum - Word! (picture of two-headed eagle)
Fry and Leela buy in: Ed's Hiking Supplies & Spelunketeria
Bender's Bible: The Bible - by Bender - with Malachi
The Porno Theater: Ezekiel's Nasty House
Sign on Bender's antenna: Do not disturb
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... The Statue of Liberty keeps changing what it has in the hand. This
time it's the torch again (on a photo). Usually it's a
transportation tube {MW}... The dropping bomb sound Bender makes can be heard before he even enters the atmosphere. {MW}
... Why does the sack of Swag Bender is holding on to wave? Usually
there isn't any substance in the universe like air that could make
the bag wave. {CF} ... Why is Malachi hanging "down" when Bender holds him even though
there's no gravity? But even IF Bender affected him enough, he
would have to "hang" in direction to bender, and not to the bottom
of the camera's viewangle when Bender turns around. {CF}... One of Benders tears produces a river so big that he can put his own hand into it. {CF}
... The hole in Bender's head disappears later on {J}
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{AH} Alan Hamilton {CF} Cosmic F
{J} Joe25 {MN} Michael Nissen
{MW} Marc Wichterich {OA} Ozan Ayy�ce
{e} edeltraut {h} haley_cometOriginal Capsule Author: Can't get enough Futurama <www.gotfuturama.com>
Document created on 07/16/2002 at 17:10:19 CET