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Fear of a Bot Planet

Episode aired Apr 20, 1999
TV-14
23m

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7.8/10

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Katey Sagal, Maurice LaMarche, John DiMaggio, David Herman, and Billy West in Futurama (1999)

Adventure Animation Comedy Sci-Fi

Fry and Leela disguise themselves as robots to find Bender after he fails to return from a delivery to a robot planet, only to learn that he has become a celebrity in a culture which fears h... Read allFry and Leela disguise themselves as robots to find Bender after he fails to return from a delivery to a robot planet, only to learn that he has become a celebrity in a culture which fears humans.Fry and Leela disguise themselves as robots to find Bender after he fails to return from a delivery to a robot planet, only to learn that he has become a celebrity in a culture which fears humans.

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Billy West

Philip J. Fry
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Katey Sagal

Turanga Leela
(voice)

John DiMaggio

Bender
(voice)
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Tress MacNeille

Wendy
(voice)
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Phil LaMarr

Hermes Conrad
(voice)
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Maurice LaMarche

Robot Doorman #2
(voice)
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David Herman

Snack Clerk
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(as Dave Herman)
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Tom Kenny

Robot Passerby
(voice)
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Trivia
The planet Chapek 9 is named after Karel Capek who (or his brother, according to interpretation) is the writer who coined the word "robot" in 1920.

Goofs
In the final scene on-board the ship when viewing the stars it appears that Fry and Lela are moving forward, and so is Bender, but they are facing each other which makes this impossible.

Quotes
Robot Guard #1: Be you robot or human?
Leela: Robot, we be.
Fry: Yep, just two robots out roboting it up.
Robot Guard #2: Administer the test.
Robot Guard #1: Which of the following would you prefer? A. a puppy; B. a flower from your sweetie; or C. a large, properly formatted data file? Choose!
[Fry and Leela discuss in whispers]
Fry: Is the puppy mechanical in any way?
Robot Guard #1: No. It is the bad kind of puppy.
Leela: Then we'll go with that data file.
Robot Guard #1: Correct.
Robot Guard #2: The flower would have also been acceptable.
Robot Guard #1: You may pass.

Crazy credits
Opening Subtitle: Featuring Gratuitous Alien Nudity

Connections
Featured in 'Futurama': Welcome to the World of Tomorrow (1999)

Soundtracks
Theme from Futurama
Composed by Christopher Tyng

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7/10

Less memorable, but still really good!

(Ranking every episode of Futurama #5) I almost gave this episode an 8/10, because it is very funny and a cool idea that is very enjoyable to watch, but I had to re-watch this episode to review it, keep in mind I have watched seasons 1-4 of Futurama multiple times, and I can normally remember what happens and the funny parts in the episode off the top of my head, but this episode is pretty forgettable. In this episode, Fry and Leela disguise themselves as robots to find Bender after he doesn't return from a delivery on a robot planet, only to learn that he has became popular. It is a very good plot and I wish I remembered more of this so I could rate it an 8. Great episode.