Hell Is Other Robots
"Hell Is Other Robots" | |
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Futurama episode | |
Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 9 |
Directed by | Rich Moore |
Written by | Eric Kaplan |
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Production code | 1ACV09 |
Original air date | May 18, 1999 |
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Opening caption | Condemned by the Space Pope |
Opening cartoon | "Betty Boop and Grampy" (1935)[1] |
"Hell Is Other Robots" is the ninth episode in the first season of the American animated television series Futurama. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on May 18, 1999. The episode was written by Eric Kaplan and directed by Rich Moore. Guest stars in this episode include the Beastie Boys as themselves and Dan Castellaneta voicing the Robot Devil.
The episode is one of the first to focus heavily on Bender. In the episode, he develops an addiction to electricity. When this addiction becomes problematic, Bender joins the Temple of Robotology, but after Fry and Leela tempt Bender with alcohol and prostitutes, he quits the Temple of Robotology and is visited by the Robot Devil for sinning, and Bender is sent to Robot Hell. Finally Fry and Leela come to rescue him, and the three escape.
The episode introduces
Plot
After a
While seducing three female robots in his Trump Trapezoid room, Bender is interrupted by a knock at his room door. He opens the door and is knocked unconscious. He awakens to see the Robot Devil and finds himself in Robot Hell. The Robot Devil reminds Bender that he agreed to be punished for sinning when he joined Robotology. After discovering Bender is missing, Fry and Leela track him down using
The Robot Devil tells them that the only way to win back Bender's soul is to beat him in a fiddle-playing contest, as required under the "Fairness in Hell Act of 2275". The Robot Devil goes first, playing Antonio Bazzini's "La Ronde des Lutins". Leela responds, having experience in playing the drums, but after a few notes it is clear Leela's fiddle-playing is pathetic, so she assaults the Robot Devil with the fiddle instead. As Fry, Leela, and Bender flee the Robot Devil's clutches, Bender steals the wings off a flying torture robot, attaches them to his back, and airlifts Fry and Leela to safety. Leela drops the heavy golden fiddle onto the Robot Devil's head, making them light enough to escape. Bender promises to never be too good or too evil, but to remain as he was before joining the Temple of Robotology. Over the closing credits, a remix of the show's theme song plays instead of the original version.
Production
"Hell Is Other Robots" lampoons
Cohen and
Themes
This episode is one of very few that focuses on the religious aspects of the Futurama universe. In most episodes, it is indicated that the Planet Express crew, along with most beings in the year 3000, are "remarkably unreligious".
Cultural references
This episode contains a large amount of religious parody, with references to many religiously themed works of fiction. The episode's title is itself a parody of the famous line "Hell is other people" from
The Temple of Robotology is a spoof of the
Reception
"Hell Is Other Robots" is one of four episodes featured in the DVD boxed set Monster Robot Maniac Fun Collection, Groening's favorite episodes from the first four seasons.
Writing in
See also
References
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- ^ a b Nettles, John G. (August 29, 2005). "Futurama Monster Robot Maniac Fun Collection". PopMatters. PopMatters Media, Inc. Retrieved November 7, 2007.
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- Trinity Mirror. p. 9.
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- ^ a b Collins, Andrew (August 22, 1999). "Screen: Television: Futurama looks bright: Where do you go after The Simpsons, the TV triumph of the decade? Into the 30th century, as creator Matt Groening unveils his new show, Futurama. Andrew Collins applauds". The Observer. Guardian Newspapers Limited. p. 2.
- ^ a b Johnson, David (August 22, 2005). "Futurama: Monster Robot Maniac Fun Collection". DVD Verdict. David Johnson. Archived from the original on January 2, 2013. Retrieved November 7, 2007.
- ISBN 1-56971-672-2.
Bibliography
- OCLC 670978714.
External links
- "Hell Is Other Robots" at IMDb