My Three Suns
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| Futurama episode | |
| "My Three Suns" | |
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| Episode no. | 7 |
| Prod. code | 1ACV07 |
| Airdate | May 4, 1999 |
| Writer(s) | J. Stewart Burns |
| Director | Jeffrey Lynch Kevin O' Brien |
| Opening subtitle | Presented In Double Vision (Where Drunk) |
| Opening cartoon | Grampy in Fleischer Studio's The Impractical Joker from 1937 |
| List of all Futurama episodes... | |
"My Three Suns" is episode 7 in season 1 of Futurama. It originally aired in North America on May 4, 1999.
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[edit] Plot
Hermes Conrad threatens to fire Bender, since Bender has no official duties at Planet Express. Inspired by the Neptunian TV chef Elzar, Bender decides to be the ship's cook. Professor Farnsworth sends the crew off on a delivery to the planet Trisol, and Bender serves the crew a meal of almost pure salt.
After the ship lands, Fry is assigned the task of making the delivery trek across the desert under the planet's three blazing suns. When he arrives at his destination, the Trisolian palace, he finds it empty. Stricken with thirst, he grabs a bottle of blue liquid that is sitting on the throne and consumes it.
Armed guards storm the throne room, revealing that the bottle Fry drank was actually the emperor, in liquid form. Rather than being punished, Fry is declared the new emperor.
Fry opens the package, revealing a small sign reading "Please don't drink the emperor". The high priest Merg informs Fry that as part of the coronation, Fry will have to recite the royal oath, from memory, under penalty of death if he makes a mistake.
During the pre-coronation party, Leela informs Fry that the average reign of a Trisolian emperor is only one week, as whoever murders the old emperor is declared the new one. When Fry refuses to listen to her warning, Leela returns to the ship, vowing not to help Fry again.
At the coronation, Fry recites the oath, and is sworn in as Fry the Solid. As the suns set, the Trisolians begin to glow, including the former emperor Bont from inside Fry's stomach. Bont demands that Fry be cut open and drained.
The crew takes refuge in the throne room, and tries to work out a way to extract the emperor without killing Fry. Bender calls Leela on Fry's behalf, but gets an inconclusive response. After Leela arrives, she begins beating Fry, causing him to cry in pain, extracting the emperor. Once he is out, the emperor beats Fry up, taking turns with the other crew members, and thanks him. With the emperor safely outside Fry's body, the crew is allowed to leave.
[edit] Characters
Characters who make their first appearances in this episode are:
[edit] Trivia
[edit] Cultural references
- The title is a reference to the 1960s sitcom My Three Sons.
- At the beginning of the episode when Bender goes through the robot wash the song Car Wash by Rose Royce plays and Bender sings along with his own version.
- As they're going through Little Neptune, they pass a "Head Shop"--which is slang for a shop where drug paraphenalia (for potHEADS) is sold...not where they sell heads
- The Neptunian chef Elzar is a spoof of the popular TV chef Emeril.
- Bender cooks wearing a chef's apron bearing the bold text "TO SERVE MAN". This is a reference to the short story by Damon Knight and an episode with the same title of the TV show, The Twilight Zone. In that story, the large book carried by giant aliens promising a bright future for Earth and its inhabitants turns out to be a cookbook.
- The alien stand-up comic making the racially oriented jokes is a reference to Chris Rock.
- The "Forbidden Zone" could be a reference to the movie of the same name, and "Galaxy of Terror" was a low-budget 1981 sci-fi movie.
[edit] Goofs
- When Fry and the group are held under siege in the castle, Dr. Zoidberg has to stay at the door to plug up the water people. Later, when everyone is "helping" Fry, he is no longer at the door, and the water people should be flowing in.
- When Bender says "Hey, look. The suns are setting. I can finally switch to hard liquor!" He is seen already holding a Martini glass before the 'camera' switches to him holding a wine glass and only then tossing it and pulling a Martini glass from his chest cabinet.
- When running into the castle, Amy is barefoot and is carrying her shoes in her hand, but once inside, her shoes are back on without her doing so.
