Talk:Space Pilot 3000

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[edit] Merger

Go for it. JQF 19:56, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] .3 years

.3 years is no where even close to 7 hours.

0.3 years * 365 days/year *24 Hours/day= 2628 hours.

now, there is a a difference of .3 days over the course of 1000 years,

1000*(363.2425-365.2422)=.3 days

which .3 days does eqaul 7 hours roughly

.3 days *24hours/day= 7.2 hours.

Barcode 22:29, 6 March 2006 (UTC)


This has nothing to do with Futurama, really, but it's discussion... I had the same time problem occurr once in Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Though the game claims you travel exactly seven years forward in time when you enter the temple, it was midnight when I entered and noon when I came back out. 65.95.157.80 05:46, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

Please remember this is only for discussion of the article in question, not just general discussion. Stardust8212 14:34, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wrong name in infobox

The infobox on the right says "The Simpsons season xxx" on all Futurama Epsiode articles. I'd change it, but I don't know where it is. Anyone? --Damsleth 09:47, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Star Trek Reference

Would it be appropriate to add to the Star Trek reference that Fry thinks his job will include 'fighting monsters and teaching alien women how to love' (not sure if that is the exact quote, would need to check) this is similar to many parody plots of ST:TOS episodes. Stardust8212 02:59, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nibbler's Shadow

"Before Fry falls into the freezer, a scene shows a strange shadow cast on the wall behind him. It is revealed in "The Why of Fry" that the shadow belongs to Nibbler, who intentionally pushes Fry into the freezer as part of a complex plan. This is proof that the creators of the series always had the idea of Nibbler's importance from the very beginning."

"Just as Fry falls backwards into the freezer, we see a seemingly pointless shot of the wall. Upon further inspection, however, a mysterious shadow shaped exactly like Nibbler can be seen. This supports the assertion made in "The Why of Fry" that Nibbler pushed Fry into the freezer."

Does this same fact really need to be listed in Trivia and Foreshadowing?


I thought they added this is on the dvd release after they made the why of fry episode. Just to make it look like foreshadwing, when it wasnt thought that far ahead

So do I. I never saw it in the actual episode on TV. (While it was impossible to miss in "the why of fry") Simpsonary 23:38, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
When I watched an VHS recording of the first run of the first episode I noticed that there was no shadow.128.194.8.182 03:59, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Useless Trivia Nonsense removed

I removed the following text from the article:

"The countdown scene at the beginning of the episode is an impossible event because the countries shown are in different time zones; however, each individual country's countdown could just be shown as they happened that night, not necessarily occurring at the exact same moment around the entire world."

I think there are two authors at work here, and the first does not believe in suspension of disbelief. Mitch 01:53, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Abuse of WP:V

I note that most of the "reference" statements in this article are NOT properly referenced, and IMHO, could not be. The same goes for the statements in "references" and "trivia" in all of other episodes of Futurama, a series which is heavily ladded with allusion, but poorly documented to be so, in the (shall we say) academic published literature. Mostly these things represent similarities which struck one viewer, which might or might not find correspondance to something some other fan said on the net in a blog, but almost none of which would likely find reference to Groening, or an author of the script who explicitly said somewhere that he did something explicitly in homage to "X" in pop culture. For example, episode "Raging Bender" contains a mini-parody of Mystery Science Theater 3000, a show the writers were surely aware of. However, this has been noted only in blogs in the web, and AFAIK has not made it into the academic literature or the DVD commentary. Does it violate WP:V to note it, unreferenced? Of course, but there it is (in the references of this episode). The pilot series title Space Pilot 3000 is printed on a planet, in the same style and font as the planet logo of Mystery Science Theater 3000 (this has been noted in fan blogs as well). Having no title external reference, would make this episode one of the very few episodes of Futurama that don't have one. May we note that it may be to Mystery Science Theater 3000, a show that had wisecracking girder-bending robots as characters, long before Futurama was a gleam in Groening's eye? One editor objects, on on the basis of WP:V. I say, considering context and the rest of the content of these articles, this is Wikilawyering, using strict interpretations of WP policies when they happen to agree with your viewpoint, but not otherwise. Oh, stop. SBHarris 16:33, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "A Million Years"

Fry's statement that he was frozen for a million years when it was actually only a thousand years has been listed and reverted (usually by me) multiple times in the last couple months. It seems obvious to me that this is meant to be a joke and is not a goof but I thought that since it seems to be me vs the masses I'd bring it up here. Should this line be discussed on the page? The most recent revert someone had added a note that this was probably meant as a joke, which is true but in that case why does it need to be on the page? If we explained every joke they make in this show then we might as well be transcribing the thing. Just looking to get some opinions here and didn't want people to think I was trying to own the article. If most people think this is really worthwhile to put in the article I go along with it, I'd just like to know why it keeps reappearing. Stardust8212 15:50, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

I'll back you up on this one. We shouldn't have to explain every single joke, and the "million years" bit is a very, very obvious joke at Fry's expense.
I'd be happy to revert such edits as well, if you didn't always beat me to them. :-P EVula 16:09, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Leela's parents in Old New York

I keep watching the bit when they're all in Old New York, I can't see Leela's parents anywhere. Are they realy actualy there? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 213.78.178.241 (talk • contribs) 17:17, 3 December 2006 (UTC).

Whoever added that may have been mixed up with the episode I Second that Emotion, when they were seen in the crowd scene, though never actually pointed out. No one was seen in Old New York anyway, and they live in the sewers, not Old New York. Swanny 03:21, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bender's need to drink

In the Trivia section, it says "During the bar scene, Bender proclaims "I don't need to drink", when, in the Futurama future all robots require some kind of alcoholic beverage as their fuel." However, in a later episode, "Hell is Other Robots," Bender opts to give up alcohol and drink mineral oil, so it is possible for them to survive without alcohol. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by EKUColonel (talk • contribs) 07:36, 19 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] "Groening-esque" overbite

The articles says "The Planet Express spaceship has the same "Groening-esque" overbite as all of Groening's characters from The Simpsons, Futurama, and his comic strip "Life in Hell".".

What does it mean? What is an overbite? Simpsonary 23:35, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Overbite Malocclusion. Undershot jaw and upper-lip too big, with an overhang. Real people don't look like Groening characters... SBHarris 01:48, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
Funny. I recall that when I first saw futurama, I noticed immediately that the characters share the weird look of the simpsons characters. Yet after watching futurama and simpsons so many times, I couldn't even pinpoint their deformity. Simpsonary 12:35, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Joe Pesci

Is it just me or does the guy who steals Fry's bike on Dec. 31st 1999 sound an afwul lot like Joe Pesci? - Jigsy 19:56, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

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