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| episode = 49 |
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| prod_code = 3ACV17 |
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| season = 4 |
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| director = [[Mark Ervin]] |
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| ⚫ | [[Bender]] grows concerned that he will be doomed to obscurity, and sets off to rectify the situation. One of these schemes includes spraying graffiti on the side of a building, saying "Bender Lives Large And Kicks Butt." The building is demolished, and his phrase is reduced to "Bender Licks Butt". Bender returns the [[Planet Express Building]] to find out that the [[Planet Express crew|crew]] has staged a "funeral" for him, but it ends badly. The [[Professor]] assigns the crew a new mission: deliver a giant sandstone block to the [[planet]] [[O'Cyris IV]]. |
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| ⚫ | Upon their arrival, they find a desert world whose society is modeled after ancient [[Egypt]] and who they claim introduced interstellar travel to them. The crew is enslaved to work on the building of the funeral pyramid of [[Pharaoh Hermenthotip]]. Their job is to work alongside the other slaves, moving heavy stone blocks manually. Bender, impressed by the [[Osirin]] Pharaohs' method of ensuring their place in history, becomes a workaholic, working so fast the slave drivers can't even keep up with him. |
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| ⚫ | [[Bender]] grows concerned that he will be doomed to obscurity, and sets off to rectify the situation. One of these schemes includes spraying graffiti on the side of a building, saying "Bender Lives Large And Kicks Butt." The building is demolished, and his phrase is reduced to "Bender Licks Butt". Bender returns the |
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| ⚫ | Pharaoh Hermenthotip arrives to inspect his newly completed pyramid; and just as he was about to set everyone free, he is killed when the nose falls off a giant statue of himself. The priests entomb Hermenthotip, and he is remembered in [[Pharaoh's Funeral Song|song]], and the next day they consult their [[wall of prophecy]] to select the new pharaoh. While the slaves partied over their few hours of freedom, Bender sneaks out and makes a few surreptitious modifications to the wall, therefore, the wall declares him the new pharaoh. |
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| ⚫ | Upon their arrival, they find a desert world whose society is modeled after ancient Egypt and who they claim introduced interstellar travel to them. The crew is enslaved to work on the building of the funeral pyramid of [[Pharaoh Hermenthotip]]. Their job is to work alongside the other slaves, moving heavy stone blocks manually. Bender, impressed by the Osirin Pharaohs' method of ensuring their place in history, becomes a workaholic, working so fast the |
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| + | [[File:Bender'srobot.jpg|thumb|right|Bender's Statue]] |
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| ⚫ | Newly crowned Pharaoh Bender demands a statue of himself, one billion cubits tall, so that he will be remembered forever. Construction proceeds, with Bender quickly establishing himself as an excessively dictatorial and ruthless pharaoh, and the massive statue is soon completed. Nonetheless, when it is unveiled, Pharaoh Bender announces that he is displeased with it, and wants it to be torn down and rebuilt. The high priests, disgusted and tired with Bender, wrap him for burial, and toss him into the tomb, along with [[Fry]] and [[Leela]] at Bender's request. |
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| ⚫ | Fry and Leela want to blast their way out using the explosive Schnapps from the tomb's distillery; but Bender objects, worried that he won't be remembered if the statue is destroyed. Fry and Leela make a show of not remembering Bender, and he relents. After blasting a crack in the statue's foot, Fry, Leela, and Bender escape and run back to the [[Planet Express ship]]. As the ship departs from O'Cyris IV, the statue explodes in a gigantic fireball. Bender is distraught, but Leela consoles him with the knowledge that his reign of terror will be remembered longer than any statue. Satisfied, Bender tells the crew to set course for [[Earth]]. As the ship approaches an Earth-like planet, Bender begins to laugh evilly. Leela points out that the planet isn't Earth and Bender stops laughing. The ship flies away from the planet, ostensibly towards Earth. |
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| ⚫ | Pharaoh Hermenthotip arrives to inspect his newly completed pyramid |
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| + | == Alienese == |
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| ⚫ | Newly crowned Pharaoh Bender demands a statue of himself, one billion cubits tall, so that he will be remembered forever. Construction proceeds, with Bender quickly establishing himself as an excessively dictatorial and ruthless pharaoh, and the massive statue is soon completed. Nonetheless, when it is unveiled, Pharaoh Bender announces that he is displeased with it, and wants it to be torn down and rebuilt. The high priests, disgusted and tired with Bender, wrap him for burial, and toss him into the tomb, along with Fry and Leela at Bender's request. |
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| + | *The sign in [[Alienese]] reads, "Rock On [[Eddie Rosas]]". Rosas is a character layout artist for ''[[Futurama]]''. |
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| + | ==Ongoing Themes== |
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| + | ===Character Arcs=== |
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| − | ==Continuity== |
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| + | Sal is struggling with his speech impediment in this episode. |
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| − | ===Debuts=== |
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| − | ===Reappearances=== |
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| − | *The [[Australian Man]] who is seen as a slave for the Pharaoh Hermenthotip in this episode is also seen as a slave to [[Spa 5]] in episode [[How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back]]. |
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| − | ===Foreshadowing=== |
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| − | ==Gadgets and Inventions== |
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| + | ===Death, near-death, mutilation=== |
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| − | ==Quotes== |
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| + | * Pharaoh Hamenthotip is crushed to death by the falling nose of his own likeness on his funeral monument. |
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| − | '''Hermenthotip''': And now, I have a grand announcement. In honour of your achievement, you're all hereby--<br> |
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| + | * A group of cats trapped in a bag are thrown to their deaths in Pharaoh's tomb. |
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| − | [The nose falls off the tomb and crushes him. The slaves gasp.]<br> |
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| + | * Elton John is thrown to his death in Pharaoh's tomb, and his piano is thrown in afterward, presumably crushing him and guaranteeing his death. |
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| − | '''Bender''': (screaming) No!<br> |
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| + | * Fry pounds a nail into his own hand. |
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| − | [He runs forward and lifts the nose away from the Pharaoh.]<br> |
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| + | * Countless slaves are killed during construction of Bender's monument, leaving behind skeletons in its walls. |
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| − | '''Hermenthotip''': (hoarse) Tell the slaves they can all go--<br> |
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| + | * The entire civilization that built Bender's monument is presumably destroyed when the monument itself is destroyed. |
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| − | '''Bender''': Go faster? I told them but they're so damn lazy.<br> |
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| − | '''Hermenthotip''': (hoarse) No. I mean they are all free--<br> |
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| − | '''Bender''': Free-loading off you? I agree.<br> |
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| − | '''Hermenthotip''': (hoarse) No, I--<br> |
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| − | [He dies. The slave driver puts a sheet over his body.]<br> |
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| − | '''Osiran''': Pharaoh Hermenthotip is dead.<br> |
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| − | '''Bender''': (crying) He's whippin' angels now. <br> |
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| + | ===Doppelgängers=== |
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| − | ==References== |
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| + | Pharaoh Bender commands his society to build a statue of himself a billion cubits tall.{{EpisodeListBroadcastOrder}} |
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| − | *The title references the 1957 film ''An Affair to Remember''. |
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| − | *The wall message "Bender Lives Large and Kicks Butt" being turned into "Bender Licks Butt" is a parody of the fold-in joke pages seen at the end of every issue of ''MAD Magazine''. |
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| − | *At Bender's mock funeral, Zoidberg sings ''Danny Boy''. |
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| − | *Fry says "I've got a bad feeling about this", a quote from ''Star Wars'' which has passed into common usage. |
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| − | *O'Cyris IV is named after the primary deity of the ancient Egyptian pantheon, Osirus. The man with the bird face is similar in appearance to the ancient Egyptian deity of scribes, Thoth. The guards look similar to the deity that guards the Dead in the ancient Egyptian afterlife, Anubis. The Prophet-Reader is also wearing the combined pharaohonic crown of Upper and Lower Egypt.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_pantheon Egyptian Pantheon]</ref> |
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| − | *The Osirians mention being taught space travel and pyramid building by Earth's Egyptians, a role reversing reference to the Erich von Daniken books which introduced a plethora of circumstantial evidence to suggest that the Egyptians, and other ancient civilizations, had been aided in their progress by extraterrestrials. Daniken admits to having fabricated one piece of evidence.<ref>Erich von Daniken's [http://skepdic.com/vondanik.html theories and manufactured evidence]</ref> |
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| − | *The comedians Abbot and Costello are mentioned directly; their movie ''Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy'' references horror movies that concern archaeological digs in Egypt and their discoveries, and the modern myths of Pharaoh's curses and the like. |
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| − | *Hamenthotep's statue's nose falling off references the missing extremities and protuberances of innumerable statuary, notably the Great Sphinx of Giza. |
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| − | *At the end of Hamenthotep's funeral, the attendees are told, "You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here," a reference to old live show routines. |
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| − | *The singer at the previous Pharaoh's funeral is a parody of Elton John, renowned at the height of his career in the 1970s for a great variety of elaborate stage costumes; he parodies the Elton John / Bernie Taupin songs "Daniel", "Benny and the Jets" and "The Bitch is Back", and spoofs the version of "Candle in the Wind", which he reworked and sang especially for the funeral of English Princess Diana. |
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| − | *The Liberty Meadows Slave Quarters references similarly ironically euphemistic names used for propaganda purposes.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda Propaganda]</ref> |
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| − | *One of the slave masters is wearing a shirt upon which is written, "What would Pharaoh do?" which references the "What would Jesus do?" line of T-shirts and bumper stickers. |
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| − | *The coronation ceremony of the new Pharaoh is a parody of the Egyptian-themed nighttime performance at the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas. |
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| − | *Benders entrance, after being named Pharaoh, is a reference to the tour act by the then-standup comedian Steve Martin for his 1978 song ''King Tut'', itself a parody. The dance move was perfected and popularized in the 1980s by the The Bangles in videos and performances of their song ''Walk like an Egyptian''. |
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| − | *Bender's tomb is completely sealed off. This is a reference to the Egyptian pyramids, which were designed with massive sliding blocks of stone for the purpose of sealing the giant tombs from grave robbers. Ducts through which thousands of snakes subsequently enter partially references the air vents built into the pyramids and is a more direct reference to the trapped tombs and treasure hoards in the ''Indiana Jones'' films and the ''Tomb Raider'' computer game series that followed it. |
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| − | * 1.5 million cubits is approximately 284 miles (457 km). |
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| − | ==Behind the Scenes== |
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| − | *O'Cyrus IV is often misspelled as "Osiris 4," due to similar pronunciation. However, the DVD subtitles reveal the correct spelling. |
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| − | * [http://www.futurama-madhouse.com.ar/scripts/3acv17.shtml Episode Transcript] |
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Plot
Bender grows concerned that he will be doomed to obscurity, and sets off to rectify the situation. One of these schemes includes spraying graffiti on the side of a building, saying "Bender Lives Large And Kicks Butt." The building is demolished, and his phrase is reduced to "Bender Licks Butt". Bender returns the Planet Express Building to find out that the crew has staged a "funeral" for him, but it ends badly. The Professor assigns the crew a new mission: deliver a giant sandstone block to the planet O'Cyris IV.
Upon their arrival, they find a desert world whose society is modeled after ancient Egypt and who they claim introduced interstellar travel to them. The crew is enslaved to work on the building of the funeral pyramid of Pharaoh Hermenthotip. Their job is to work alongside the other slaves, moving heavy stone blocks manually. Bender, impressed by the Osirin Pharaohs' method of ensuring their place in history, becomes a workaholic, working so fast the slave drivers can't even keep up with him.
Pharaoh Hermenthotip arrives to inspect his newly completed pyramid; and just as he was about to set everyone free, he is killed when the nose falls off a giant statue of himself. The priests entomb Hermenthotip, and he is remembered in song, and the next day they consult their wall of prophecy to select the new pharaoh. While the slaves partied over their few hours of freedom, Bender sneaks out and makes a few surreptitious modifications to the wall, therefore, the wall declares him the new pharaoh.
Bender's Statue
Newly crowned Pharaoh Bender demands a statue of himself, one billion cubits tall, so that he will be remembered forever. Construction proceeds, with Bender quickly establishing himself as an excessively dictatorial and ruthless pharaoh, and the massive statue is soon completed. Nonetheless, when it is unveiled, Pharaoh Bender announces that he is displeased with it, and wants it to be torn down and rebuilt. The high priests, disgusted and tired with Bender, wrap him for burial, and toss him into the tomb, along with Fry and Leela at Bender's request.
Fry and Leela want to blast their way out using the explosive Schnapps from the tomb's distillery; but Bender objects, worried that he won't be remembered if the statue is destroyed. Fry and Leela make a show of not remembering Bender, and he relents. After blasting a crack in the statue's foot, Fry, Leela, and Bender escape and run back to the Planet Express ship. As the ship departs from O'Cyris IV, the statue explodes in a gigantic fireball. Bender is distraught, but Leela consoles him with the knowledge that his reign of terror will be remembered longer than any statue. Satisfied, Bender tells the crew to set course for Earth. As the ship approaches an Earth-like planet, Bender begins to laugh evilly. Leela points out that the planet isn't Earth and Bender stops laughing. The ship flies away from the planet, ostensibly towards Earth.
Alienese
Ongoing Themes
Character Arcs
Sal is struggling with his speech impediment in this episode.
Death, near-death, mutilation
- Pharaoh Hamenthotip is crushed to death by the falling nose of his own likeness on his funeral monument.
- A group of cats trapped in a bag are thrown to their deaths in Pharaoh's tomb.
- Elton John is thrown to his death in Pharaoh's tomb, and his piano is thrown in afterward, presumably crushing him and guaranteeing his death.
- Fry pounds a nail into his own hand.
- Countless slaves are killed during construction of Bender's monument, leaving behind skeletons in its walls.
- The entire civilization that built Bender's monument is presumably destroyed when the monument itself is destroyed.
Doppelgängers
Pharaoh Bender commands his society to build a statue of himself a billion cubits tall.