Assie Come Home
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No. | 135 | ||||
Production number | 7ACV21 | ||||
Written by | Maiya Williams | ||||
Directed by | Raymie Muzquiz | ||||
Title caption | FEATURING A NEW INVISIBLE CHARACTER WHO DOESN'T SPEAK | ||||
First air date | 31 July, 2013 | ||||
Broadcast number | S10E08 | ||||
Title reference | The 1943 film Lassie Come Home | ||||
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"Assie Come Home" is the one hundred and thirty-fifth episode of Futurama, the twenty-first of the seventh production season and the eighth of the tenth broadcast season. It aired on 31 July, 2013, on Comedy Central. Bender searches the universe for his missing shiny metal rear end.
Story
After the crew is sent to a planet ruled by gangsters, Bender has all his parts stolen and its up to Fry and Leela to find all his parts. After contacting the police they managed to find the one who sold his parts who gives them a list of all the buyers. After traversing across the galaxy collecting all the parts, the only one left to find is Bender's ass which unfortunately was on a space ship that suck in a gaseous space sea. The crew then goes to said sea and meet Tarquin, the local keeper of a poorly lit lighthouse who helps them salvage the ship and recover the ass plate much to Bender's joy. However they soon find out that Bender's ass can reflect a light stronger than the lighthouse's reflector, forcing Bender to part with it to ensure that scurvy cursing sailors do not day at sea while being unable to spread curse words. After returning to Earth, Bender is heartbroken and depressed at the loss of his ass but his friends assure him that he should be happy that his ass is doing some real good in the universe. Meanwhile back at the lighthouse, Tarquin is spending some quality time with Bender's shining ass while reading a Bible, but just then the rotating device goes out of control and flings the ass plate out of the lighthouse. The ass plate then flies off and saves a boy who fell into a gravity well and then continues to fly all the way back to Earth, where it reunites with a happy Bender in Planet Express. But back on the gaseous sea, ships are crashing everywhere due to the lighthouse having lost its reflector.
Production
By 26 July, 2013, Comedy Central had released a two-minute preview clip featuring a fight between the crud gang and the blip gang. [1]
Image Gallery
Promotional picture of Bender's eyes and mouth in a trash can, after his body is stolen by the crud gang. [2]
Concept art for the crud gang. [3]
Additional Information
Trivia
- The episode's title caption is very similar to that of "Möbius Dick", which was also the eighth episode of its broadcast season, and also featured a sea setting.
Allusions
- Click here to see cultural mentions made in this episode.
- The episode's title is a reference to the 1943 movie Lassie Come Home, directed by Fred M. Wilcox.
- A planet run by gangs could be a reference to the Star Trek episode "A Piece of the Action".
- Fry getting his head stuck in a honey jar marked "HUNNY" is a reference to the fictional bear Winnie-the-Pooh.
- A Dalek, from Doctor Who, Alpha 5 from Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers and what appear to be the robot versions of Bill and Ted from Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey appear in the scene in the robot chop shop, behind Smitty and Yuri.
- When Smitty and URL arrive in the robot chop shop, Yuri appears to be chopping up C-3PO. The head of the title character from the 1999 film The Iron Giant can be seen hanging in the background along with Rosie the robot maid from The Jetsons.
- A Dalek (from the science-fiction TV series Doctor Who), Alpha 5 (from the children's TV series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) and what appear to be the robot versions of Bill and Ted from the 1991 film Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey appear in the scene in the chop shop.
- Tarquin's boat is marked "FLOTSAM & JETSON", a reference to the maritime terms "flotsam" and "jetsam" and the animated sitcom The Jetsons.
Goofs
- Without his ass, Bender has a lot of exposed circuitry, but, in "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings", his container unit is shown to be empty.
- Bender's design constantly changes throughout the show. This may be due to Bender getting modifications.
- If Bender only had his mouth and eyes when he was ro-jacked then he couldn't have been able to speak or think for that matter since he didn't have a brain at the time he was found by Fry and Leela
Quotes
Fry: Uhm, Leela, remember when we were trying to guess what would happen if someone stuck a gun in my face and you said I'd probably crap my pants? Well...
Crud gang member: We are the cruds, but we're over here. And don't shoot. That crate is a gift from us.
Leela: What?!
Fry: Huh?!
Blip gang member: For real?!
Crud gang member: There's been enough violence on these streets, too many lives and mirrors have been shattered, so yo, we sent you a crate o' weapons as a sign o' trust. Together, we can use them to rid our streets of the real enemy: giant spiders!
Fry: I knew it!
Bender: They stole everything except my mouth and eyes! I guess they didn't like all my screamin' and winkin'.
Ship captain: I thought we were near the rocks, but I don't see the lighthouse, so...everything is fine and we can relax. [He speaks through the intercom.] All hands on deck...for mojitos.
[Bender is sat looking miserable at the table in the Planet Express employee lounge, whilst Fry, Leela, Amy, Hermes and Zoidberg are sat watching the TV.]
Amy: Bender, come join us, we're watching Rear Window!
Bender: I used to stick my rear out the window...
Zoidberg: If you prefer, we could watch Behind the Music.
Bender: My behind used to make music...
Hermes: Backdraft is on.
Bender: Even my ass wouldn't watch that.
Appearances
Characters
- Debut: Alejandro
- Amy
- Bender
- Debut: Blip gang
- Borax Kid
- Debut: Captain of the S.S. Miami Muy Caliente
- Debut: Crud gang
- Dean Streptococcus (cameo, 9:40)
- Fat-bot
- Flabby (cameo, 9:40)
- First Robot capable of qualifying for a boat loan (cameo, 8:30)
- Fry
- Gearshift
- Hedonismbot
- Hermaphrobot
- Hermes
- Human-horn dealer
- Hypnotoad
- Debut: Johnny
- Debut: Johnny's parents
- Leela
- Oily
- Professor Farnsworth
- Smitty
- Debut: Tarquin
- Tinny Tim
- URL
- Yuri
- Zoidberg
Places
- The Beast With Two Bucks
- Debut: Peoples α
- Feldspar Queen
- Galactic Bazaar
- Mars University
- Miami (mentioned in speech only)
- Planet Express conference room
- Planet Express employee lounge
- Planet Express lobby
- Debut: Scenic Detroit (mentioned in text only, 3:17)
- South Street Spaceport
- Debut: St. Hope's Charity Hospital for Robot Orphans
References
- ^ Bot Jacked - Video Clip. (Comedy Central.) Retrieved on 26 July 2013.
- ^ Countdown to Futurama: Bender’s Eyes and Mouth in Trash. (Comedy Central's Tumblr page.) 25 May 2013. Retrieved on 24 July 2013.
- ^ Countdown to Futurama: Crud Gang. (Comedy Central's Tumblr page.) 26 May 2013. Retrieved on 24 July 2013.
- ^ Countdown to Futurama: Leela, Bender and Fry Underwater. (Comedy Central's Tumblr page.) 27 May 2013. Retrieved on 24 July 2013.
- ^ Countdown to Futurama: Tarquin. (Comedy Central's Tumblr page.) 28 May 2013. Retrieved on 24 July 2013.