Talk:The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings

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Wouldn't it be a reference as well to the movie Crossroads? (The 1980's one) about a man selling his soul to the devil for guitar ability? Lochok 12:48, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Holophonor

Seems kind of strange that kids are having a holophonor concert, when in "Parasites Lost" they mention that only a few people in the universe can play, and none of them can play it well. Continuity issue?

[edit] False fact?

From the "References" section: The final scene in the episode (and series) is (deliberately) poorly drawn and animated, calling back to the first scene in the first episode of the series. Why does this sound not true? I'm just asking before removing this fact. --FlyingPenguins 02:31, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

I agree. That does sound like nonsense. But, as I'd assume [adult swim] is showing the "Space Pilot 3000" tomorrow, we'll hopefully get to find out. -- Kicking222 02:58, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

I agree as well, I thought the last scene was poorly animated in reference to Fry's poor skills, I'll watch tonight as well. Stardust8212 19:48, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
OK It does open with the animation of Fry playing a video game(somewhat poorly animated) which would seem to make this point valid however whether or not it was done intentionally to reflect the opening is still doubtful. Stardust8212 02:33, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
I think it's completely invalid. I removed that part of the "References" because those two scenes are absolutely unrelated. If somebody feels the need to un-revert my reversion, feel free. But playing a video game does not equal playing a holophoner. -- Kicking222 02:37, 14 April 2006 (UTC) [EDIT] And BTW, Stardust, nice little plot detail additions.
I added it, and will re-add it. This fact is stated in the DVD commentary for this episode. Ari 05:17, 28 April 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Merge

I agree with the merge request, I think it would be best to include the song lyrics (as I see they are also being added in other episodes with songs) but most the rest of I Want My Hands Back is just a restatement of the plot of this episode. Stardust8212 22:19, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

  • I also think the song info should be merged into this article, but I do not believe the lyrics are necessary. If other episodes have lyrics, then so should this one, but I don't think any episodes should. If anything, an external link with the lyrics on it should be provided. -- Kicking222 23:15, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Capitalization error?

The article of this talk page is "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings" while this talk page has the "are" uncapitalized. Shouldn't we move the article so it is spelled like this talk page? Funnybunny (talk/Counter Vandalism Unit) 00:40, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

I moved it to The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings because I thought words like are, is, and, are, etc. aren't capitalised, even in titles.--M Johnson (talk • contribs) 23:50, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

No but the weird thing is the article and talk are different. The article redirects to the "Are" but the talk page there redirects to the "are" page here. It's a bit odd, I think the talk page has been moved but the article hasn't moved with it (and the redirects make a lovely circle). Stardust8212 01:45, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
I think I've fixed it all now. — sjorford++ 12:13, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
Great! Thanks. Stardust8212 13:56, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Song that Fry was writing for Leela?

Does anyone have the information for the song snippet that Leela overheard Fry writing for her? From about 9:49 to 10:05 (also used at the ending, 21:48 - 21:54)

Was it an excerpt from some already-existing song, or did the Futurama crew do it on their own (which would be really quite significant since it sounds awesome :-) I think if this information is available it ought to be mentioned on this page.


[edit] Robot Wheel

Do we need something on the wheel? Possibly the list of the names shown or something? Go Futurama! Sp3000 10:31, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

This is already in the article On the spinning wheel that the Robot Devil uses to select what robot hands Fry shall switch his hands for, the names are actual names of robots that have been on previous episodes (and/or this episode). and I'm against adding more lists to the episode pages when simple statements of what the list would contain are just as effective. As usual though that's just one opinion. Stardust8212 15:02, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
BTW, I think that the wheel is a little outdated since it has Liubot on it. Go Futurama! Sp3000 23:33, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
It seems an anon user has now added this info. I'm personally against it as its a big piece of fancruft in my opinion. I'm leaving it for now and seeing how things pan out, maybe someone else will revert it or at least also express their opinions here right now it seems we have one for and one against it. Stardust8212 00:37, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fry's Opera

Do you think we need the song somewhere? I'm thinking on another page but I'm not starting since I'm not sure of whether to add or not add the segments in between (ie the flash cards, break before Act 2, people clapping). Go Futurama! Sp3000 23:33, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure if it's needed or not but it should not be its own page, that would be speedily deleted as copyright violation. Stardust8212 00:27, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Broken template at bottom of page

Not sure how to fix that... appears to be a nested template that has been redirected. Can anyone fix that please? 75.73.47.55 05:23, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Nevermind, I think I got it. 75.73.47.55 05:25, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Definition of irony?

This episode caused everyone on the Internet to think they know what "irony" means and that everyone else is wrong. (Sidenote: irony has several definitions. Most of the times this episode says aren't ironic, are in fact ironic, albeit a less-common definition of the word.) Not that that's one of my pet peeves or anything. If so many weren't serious about it, it would be hilarious.

Shouldn't the fact that Futurama generated this meme be mentioned? --StarManta 07:31, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

I've never heard of the meme but I think something like this would need a reference to be included. Granted nothing else in the article is referenced but this particular item skirts the line of Original Research a little too closely. Stardust8212 12:47, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
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