Fry Am the Egg Man
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Season 6 episode Broadcast season 8 episode | |||||
Fry am the Egg Man | |||||
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No. | 110 | ||||
Production number | 6ACV22 | ||||
Written by | Michael Rowe | ||||
Directed by | Dwayne Carey-Hill | ||||
Title caption | THE ONE BRIGHT SPOT IN YOUR LIFE! | ||||
First air date | 11 August, 2011 | ||||
Broadcast number | S08E09 | ||||
Title reference | The line "I am the egg man" from the song "I Am the Walrus" | ||||
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"Fry am the Egg Man" is the one-hundred-and-tenth episode of Futurama, the twenty-second of the sixth production season and the ninth of the eighth broadcast season. It aired 11 August, 2011 on Comedy Central. Fry nurtures an alien egg that hatches into a horrific monster.
Plot
Production
During May and June 2011, Countdown to Futurama released three items of promotional material for the episode: concept art of a new character, Mr. Peppy, on 30 May, part of the storyboard showing Bender and Fry at the drive-thru on 31 May, and a video clip featuring Bender and Mr. Peppy playing fetch on 19 June.
Image gallery
Additional Info
Trivia
- This is one of four episodes of broadcast season 8 to be broadcast in production order. The other three are "Cold Warriors", "Overclockwise" and "Reincarnation".
- If Leela is correct about her having 205 bones, she would have one less than normal humans.
Allusions
- The title is a play on the lyric "I am the egg man" from The Beatles' song "I Am the Walrus".
- The plot bears some resemblance to The Simpsons episode "Bart the Mother". Bart Simpson nurtures two orphaned bird eggs until they hatch, but they turn out to be two lizards that wreak havoc on Springfield. That episode was the last one written by David X. Cohen before he began working on Futurama.
- The "Local Group Farmer's Market" refers to the Local Group, which is the group of galaxies that includes the Milky Way.
- When Fry says to Dr. Zoidberg "Leggo me eggo you crab-o," this is a parody of the famous Eggo Waffles commercial slogan.
- The planet Doohan 6 and its Scottish-like inhabitants are a reference to James 'Scotty' Doohan of Star Trek fame.
- Zuban cigars are an obvious reference to the coveted Cuban cigars.
- Fry's "would not, could not" speech mimics the style of Dr. Seuss, specifically the children's book Green Eggs and Ham.
Continuity
- Bender watches All My Circuits, a TV program that has appeared several times before.
- Fishy Joe's makes its first appearance since "The Problem with Popplers".
- Despite the fact that Fishy Joe's sold popplers (Omicronian young) as food in "The Problem with Popplers", Lrrr is still eating at Fishy Joe's.
- The Amazonian women reappear at the Local Group Farmer's Market selling "Aunt Snu-Snu's Maple Syrup". The term "snu-snu" on Amazonia means "sex" as established in "Amazon Women in the Mood".
- Also, Fry is once again aroused by the presence of the Amazonian women.
- Zuban Cigars are re-established as fine smokables since "Three Hundred Big Boys"
- Fry and Leela's relationship appears to be on hold; Leela refers to it as "strictly platonic."
- Leela could have been buttering up McZongo.
Quotes
Fry: You can't sit on something for a week without falling in love with it.
Zoidberg: [Walking into Doohan 6 pub.] We're not from around here!
Characters
- Bender
- Boxy Robot
- Calculon
- Debut: Mr. Peppy
- Fishy Joe
- Fry
- Lrrr
- Debut: Angus McZongo
- Monique
- Ornik
- Thog
- Debut: The smart-ass teen