Capsule Submission for "Trouble With Nibblers"

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DYN: -everybody's afraid of Leela's one eye? -the captain's portrait? -the captain can't pronounce "champaigne?" -the planet still has some stalagmites and stalactites inside? -dark matter powers the ship?

Movies and Other References:
"The Simpsons"
    -the captain talks about "Sweet, sweet candy," exactly what Homer
    talks about in "Homer:  Bad Man."
JFK's Presidential Portrait
    -the captain's portrait looks very similar in pose.

Goofs: Didn't spot any, mind you very much.

Review: Good episode, as usual. 10/10.

Thanks, Jeremy Michael Gallen

Jeremy Michael Gallen wrote in message ...

Ok, am I the only one who doesn't see the purpose of the copious DYNs? Occasionally there will be a good one, but how the HELL could you not notice that the captain can't pronounce "champaigne" for Christ's sake? And dark matter powers the ship? Yeah, totally slipped my attention. Thanks for the insight Jeremy.

Regards, -john michael

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I've wasn't going to say anything about his DYN, but you went ahead and did it for me. I wholly agree with you on that one.

Francis N. wrote in message ...

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Heh, that's right, I forgot that.

It's like that old trick - which is heavier, a pound of feathers or a pound of lead?

"Jeremy Michael Gallen" writes:

How about that Nibbler consumed many, many times his weight in other animals from Vergon 6, and excreted a tremendously dense "dark matter" pellet, yet Leela could still easily hold him?

Actually, I liked this episode a lot. Dr. Zoidberg got a couple of really great lines, Kif was hilarious, and Bender didn't have to carry all the humor.

ObDYN: Zapp Branigan's ship is called the "Nimbus".

In article , Steve VanDevender wrote:

Also, Nibbler dropped his pellet in a litterbox that appeared from nowhere.

Susan Pinochet wrote in message news:140419991517082959%[email]...

Well maybe they figured the other animals could take turns using it on the return trip :)

Clarke

Susan Pinochet writes:

It's a cartoon. Everything appears from nowhere (or Bender's chest compartment).

Here's a real DYN:

Leela's animal checklist

O purple fruit snake O sharktopus O chilean space bass O parasitic puppy O gretchen mole O vampire slug O excommunicated cardinal O four-legged mimic O molotov cockatoo O hermaphlamingo

Of these we appear to have seen the purple fruit snake, the four-legged mimic, and the hermaphlamingo.

On 14 Apr 1999 22:04:01 -0700, Steve VanDevender wrote:

Don't forget the Windy Shrimp.

"[email] (Steve VanDevender)" pointed out: << It's a cartoon. Everything appears from nowhere (or Bender's chest compartment). >>

You mean to tell me that unlike certain Warner Bros. cartoons, most household don't contain a readily available supply of dynamite, anvils, and sledgehammers? Sheesh!

Bender's chest compartment is looking to become the modern equivalent to Harpo Marx's jacket!

<< Here's a real DYN: Leela's animal checklist O purple fruit snake O sharktopus O chilean space bass O parasitic puppy O gretchen mole O vampire slug O excommunicated cardinal O four-legged mimic O molotov cockatoo O hermaphlamingo Of these we appear to have seen the purple fruit snake, the four-legged mimic, and the hermaphlamingo. >>

You forgot to list the "wind shrimp"! (Or whatever it was called.)

tpe "I didn't mention any animals!"

The list of animals to be rescued included:

And I just don't get it. Is there a joke here? Is there somebody named Gretchen in mole folklore? Eh?

Nah, she's an actress. She was featured in the movie "Rounders". She was also on the cover of an issue of Vanity Fair wearing a very transparent dress.

Peace, Vince Yim

(PS: Didn't I see you on alt.tv.southpark?)

Mark Tangard wrote:

Gretchen Moll is an up and coming actress. I only remember her playing Matt Damon's girlfriend in "Rounders", but I know she's done a few more movies.

She cute.

CountV

Bender's chest compartment is being used like "a portable hole" -- anyone remember whan that device was first used?

[email] wrote in message ... "[email] (Steve VanDevender)" pointed out: << It's a cartoon. Everything appears from nowhere (or Bender's chest compartment). >>

You mean to tell me that unlike certain Warner Bros. cartoons, most household don't contain a readily available supply of dynamite, anvils, and sledgehammers? Sheesh!

Bender's chest compartment is looking to become the modern equivalent to Harpo Marx's jacket!

<< Here's a real DYN: Leela's animal checklist O purple fruit snake O sharktopus O chilean space bass O parasitic puppy O gretchen mole O vampire slug O excommunicated cardinal O four-legged mimic O molotov cockatoo O hermaphlamingo Of these we appear to have seen the purple fruit snake, the four-legged mimic, and the hermaphlamingo. >>

You forgot to list the "wind shrimp"! (Or whatever it was called.)

tpe "I didn't mention any animals!"

Steve VanDevender wrote:

It was one of those things that simply had to occur in order for the plot to move forward.

I mean, in Ep#2, Bender lifts Amy's wallet and liberates the contents, yet she has enough money to get all the toys out of the toy machine. Why is that?

I notice a lot of times in both The Simpsons and Futurama, a lot of plot holes are included for the sake of a joke.

In alt.tv.futurama Francis N. explod

|each pound of dark matter weighs 10,000 pounds.

So each pound of darkmatter weighs 100,000,000, and also weighs 1,000,000,000,000 pounds. Wiggy.

On Tue, 13 Apr 1999 21:52:06 -0500, "Jeremy Michael Gallen" wrote:

DYN:

-that your DYN's are painfully obvious?