![]() ![]() Typically, the first two would be somewhat normal and the third would be the insane one, made more insane by the comparison to the first two, but this time, Leela’s is a subversion of the more normal excuse of “I left my stove on,” and the others are even more insane. ![]() While this joke does obey the rule of three, obviously, it also subverts the normal structure of a Futurama rule of three gag by having all three of the statements be absurd. And in a series in the future, they still use the green-line holograms. Fry just says he can’t take life anymore and jumps out the window. Bender says that he’s late for his LSATs. Leela claims that she forgot that she left her apartment on fire. FAVORITE JOKEĮverything about the trio’s meeting with Mayor Poopenmeyer (David Herman) is great, but I particularly love how they get out of his office in order to change into their superhero personas. It focuses more on gags than on plot development, but the gags are pretty great. He also is just the right amount of Camp. I mostly love the fact that the crab has two names and attacks Teddy Roosevelt’s disembodied head. Citizen Snips, a yak, a boxing kangaroo, a python, piranhas that can walk on land, and a hawk. They include: a badger with a troubled past and nothing left to lose, an elephant who never forgets to kill, a crab named Lucky, a.k.a. His menagerie is the best part, as they are not the kind of animals one would expect. He uses animals, though they are apparently only highly-trained, not controlled by him using any superpowers. He’s among the most ridiculous supervillains ever crafted. The best part of the episode, though, is the Zookeeper. Also, the random mutation cream giving powers is hilarious. Also, the theme song includes the line “winners don’t use drugs,” a Reagan-era comic throwback. Hilariously, Bender already had these when they revealed their powers to him, meaning that he had anticipated one day forming this team. None of these costumes would be at all useful in keeping their identities secret, as Fry’s shows off his hair and mentions that he’s from the past, Leela’s shows off her cyclopic nature, and Benders still shows he’s a robot. Bender’s is just him wearing a king outfit and a mask. Leela’s outfit is clearly supposed to be a send-up of the typically revealing costumes female superheroes wear, as well as making her symbol a sexist rolling pin. Fry’s alter-ego is designed to look like a person from the 1970s, despite the fact that he was from the 90s. The identities and the theme song of the superheroes is hilarious. We also see more anti-mutant racism, which eventually builds to a head. This ends up forcing her to choose between the two, and she naturally chooses her parents. The A- and B-Plot interplay works well, because even as Leela is living a dream of superheroics, she realizes that it’s causing her to sacrifice her other dream of having a relationship with her parents. Despite that, this episode is actually pretty solid. ![]() “Let’s have them become superheroes” seems like the kind of idea that you just throw out when all of the other options have been explored. This episode would usually be a sign that the team was running out of ideas. The trio rob the natural history museum for a gem and deliver it to the evildoer, but discover they’re out of miracle cream, ending their careers… after Bender and Fry commit a few more crimes. Now knowing her secret identity, the Zookeeper kidnaps her parents and holds them for ransom. Desperate to apologize to them, she reveals that she’s a superhero, which her father immediately tells everyone. They manage to stop the crook, but it prevents Leela from meeting her parents. The three are challenged by a supervillain known as the Zookeeper (West). This would have been okay as a show on its own. They adopt the superhero names of Captain Yesterday (Fry), Clobberella (Leela), and Super King (Bender), to protect their secret identities. They realize they got the powers from the Miracle Cream and, with Bender as a third, create a superhero team called the New Justice Team. Later, the pair are mugged, but are surprised to find themselves superstrong, invulnerable, and superfast. They obtain a miracle cream for the soreness from Dr. This ends up being extremely difficult, making them sore. After securing them permits, she and Fry (Billy West) have to build a supercollider from πkea, the Swedish furniture of the future, for the Professor (West). Leela’s (Katey Sagal) parents are coming to the surface for a one-time visit, due to their mutant status. The team become superheroes, because why not? SUMMARY ![]()
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