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| − | {{Quote|The Amazonians will be divided into three groups. The one called Zapp will be snu-snued by the large women. He that is designated Fry will be snu-snued by the petite women. And Kif, as the most attractive male, will be snu-snued by the most beautiful women of Amazonia |
+ | {{Quote|The Amazonians will be divided into three groups. The one called Zapp will be snu-snued by the large women. He that is designated Fry will be snu-snued by the petite women. And Kif, as the most attractive male, will be snu-snued by the most beautiful women of Amazonia... then the large women, then the petite women, then the large women again.|Femputer, declaring how [[Zapp Brannigan|Zapp]], [[Fry]] and [[Kif Kroker|Kiff]] will be snu-snued.}} |
'''Amazon Women in the Mood''' is the fifth episode in [[Season Three]] of ''[[Futurama]]''. It was first aired on February 4, 2001. |
'''Amazon Women in the Mood''' is the fifth episode in [[Season Three]] of ''[[Futurama]]''. It was first aired on February 4, 2001. |
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== Storyline == |
== Storyline == |
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| − | [[Amy Wong]] has been receiving phone calls consisting only of panting and gasping since last year. The calls are from [[Kif Kroker]], who is consumed by love for Amy but finds himself unable to speak to her due to his nervousness and shyness. [[Zapp Brannigan]] offers to talk to him about it, but he just laughs at Kif and ignores him. But when he realizes that Amy and [[ |
+ | [[Amy Wong]] has been receiving phone calls consisting only of panting and gasping since last year. The calls are from [[Kif Kroker]], who is consumed by love for Amy, but finds himself unable to speak to her due to his nervousness and shyness. [[Zapp Brannigan]] offers to talk to him about it, but he just laughs at Kif and ignores him. But when he realizes that Amy and [[Leela]] know each other, he decides to go on a double date: Kif with Amy and Zapp with Leela. Leela only agrees to the date as a favor to Amy and the four go to a [[Le Palm D'Orbit|fashionable restaurant]] on board a space liner, but Leela classifies it to be a "half-date". |
| − | Kif tries to greet Amy with flowers and candy, but Zapp tells him giving flowers is wrong and that candy is for dorks (but he ends up cramming down the chocolate and gives the flowers to Leela, who immediately burns them in the candle and stuff them in his drink). Kif takes Zapp's advice about seducing women by handing him his notebook of lines that "he should use as much as you can, fast as you can", but he discovers are idiotic, such as "the most erotic part about a woman is the boobies." Before Kif could |
+ | Kif tries to greet Amy with flowers and candy, but Zapp tells him giving flowers is wrong and that candy is for dorks (but he ends up cramming down the chocolate and gives the flowers to Leela, who immediately burns them in the candle and stuff them in his drink). Kif takes Zapp's advice about seducing women by handing him his notebook of lines that "he should use as much as you can, fast as you can", but he discovers are idiotic, such as "the most erotic part about a woman is the boobies." Before Kif could apologize, Amy storms off. Forlorn, Kif gets onstage to participate in karaoke and sing a heartfelt rendition of [[Wikipedia:Bonnie_Tyler|Bonnie Tyler]]'s 1983 hit song "Total Eclipse of the Heart". The gesture touches Amy, but Zapp quickly hijacks the stage to end his "amateur hour" and launches into a performance of "[[Wikipedia:Lola_(song)|Lola]]", substituting "Leela" for the eponymous love interest of the original song, that disgusts the other passengers, so much they flee the ship in terror. Zapp insists he can steer the restaurant-ship home instead of taking a taxi, but proceeds to crash it into planet [[Amazonia]]. |
The four are unharmed, but are heard by the [[Amazonians]], a race of tall, muscular, tribal women. They are about to walk away, but Zapp blows the group's cover by trying to seduce them, also with his notebook, resulting all of them being captured |
The four are unharmed, but are heard by the [[Amazonians]], a race of tall, muscular, tribal women. They are about to walk away, but Zapp blows the group's cover by trying to seduce them, also with his notebook, resulting all of them being captured |
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[[File:Femputer.png|thumb|right|The Femputer]] |
[[File:Femputer.png|thumb|right|The Femputer]] |
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| − | After hearing about the crash, [[Fry]] and [[Bender]] take off in the [[Planet Express Ship]] to find Leela and Amy. They make their way to the Amazonian's city and are also captured. The Amazonians decide to take the men to their leader, the [[Femputer]], a man-hating, wall-sized computer to determine |
+ | After hearing about the crash, [[Fry]] and [[Bender]] take off in the [[Planet Express Ship]] to find Leela and Amy. They make their way to the Amazonian's city and are also captured. The Amazonians decide to take the men to their leader, the [[Femputer]], a man-hating, wall-sized computer to determine their fate. Along the way, Fry, Zapp, and Bender offend the Amazonians for their inability to dunk in basketball, their usage of intellect and character in the comedy club, and asking if the Femputer was actually hot (one Amazonian responds saying it doesn't matter, and Fry says she probably isn't, resulting a kick in the face). |
| − | The male characters discover the last men died out on Amazonia shortly after the Femputer appeared, and that invasive males were killed by "snu-snu". When they are told they died of crushed pelvises, this results in mixed feelings of horror and delight from Fry and Zapp, but merely horror from Kif (whom Zapp then accuses of being gay). Bender is released, as he is not technically a man but a man-bot and therefore cannot be punished by snu-snu. Fry, Zapp, and Kif are left, and are taken to the snu-snu chambers and stripped to their underpants. Kif tells Amy that Zapp gave him the lecherous pick-up lines and that he was the one who kept calling Amy and not speaking.[[File:Femputerbot.png|thumb|left|The Femputer's real face]] Amy is touched by Kif, and Leela sends Bender to unwillingly reprogram the Femputer. Although Bender initially refuses, a few angry words of Cantonese and a twisted arm from Amy changes his mind. He sneaks into the Femputer's chamber and attempts to reprogram it by beating it with a wrench. To his surprise he finds that the Femputer is actually a computer operated by a [[fembot]], who came from a world ruled by a vicious Manputer who was actually a manbot. She then advances on him, wondering what to do with him. |
+ | The male characters discover the last men died out on Amazonia shortly after the Femputer appeared, and that invasive males were killed by "snu-snu", which is Amazonian for sex. Fry, Zapp, Kif, and Bender are then chained to be with the Femputer sentencing them to death. When they are told they died of crushed pelvises, this results in mixed feelings of horror and delight from both Fry and Zapp, but merely horror from Kif (whom Zapp then falsely accuses of being gay). Bender is released and is spared from being raped, as he is not technically a man but a man-bot and therefore cannot be punished by snu-snu. Fry, Zapp, and Kif are left, and are taken to the snu-snu chambers and stripped to their underpants and then raped by multiple Amazon women. Kif tells Amy that Zapp gave him the lecherous pick-up lines and that he was the one who kept calling Amy and not speaking and declared he loves her before being taken away.[[File:Femputerbot.png|thumb|left|The Femputer's real face]] Amy is touched by Kif's words, and Leela sends Bender to unwillingly reprogram the Femputer. Although Bender initially refuses, a few angry words of Cantonese and a twisted arm from Amy changes his mind. He sneaks into the Femputer's chamber and attempts to reprogram it by beating it with a wrench. To his surprise he finds that the Femputer is actually a computer operated by a [[fembot]], who came from a world ruled by a vicious Manputer who was actually a manbot. She then advances on him, wondering what to do with him. |
| ⚫ | By this point, Fry and even Zapp are exhausted and protesting at their snu-snu raping punishment before being dragged back in the chambers by the Amazonian's. Amy and Leela try to rescue the men, but when Leela tries to use violence, she is simply pulled up from her hair then sat on. Amy sneaks into Kif's snu-snu chamber on a pair of stilts, in order to pass as an Amazonian. Kif is on the ceiling trying to avoid being raped by the Amazonian leader and comes over to Amy. She grabs Kif and flees with him in her arms, but the Amazonians chase them back to the Femputer's chamber. Bender is inside, making out with the fembot. Two voices come from the Femputer, which confuses the Amazonians. After a short while, the Fembot and Bender convince the Amazonians to release all their captives (and for Bender, that they would bring gold). Back on Earth, Fry and Zapp receive treatment for their severe pelvic injuries from the multiple rapes they received from the Amazonians. After Fry and Zapp comment about their experience, which they concur with Bender as "the best mission ever", Kif asks Amy what the two could do next. Amy whispers something to Kif and the episode fades out with Amy smiling while Kif nervously, breathes heavily. |
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| + | ===Hermes and Zoidberg=== |
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| ⚫ | By this point, Fry and even Zapp are protesting at their snu-snu punishment. Amy and Leela try to rescue the men, but when Leela tries to use violence, she is simply pulled up from her hair then sat on. Amy sneaks into Kif's snu-snu chamber on a pair of stilts, in order to pass as an Amazonian. She grabs Kif and flees with him in her arms, but the Amazonians chase them back to the Femputer's chamber. Bender is inside, making out with the fembot. Two voices come from the Femputer, which confuses the Amazonians. After a short while, the Fembot and Bender convince the Amazonians to release all their captives (and for Bender, that they would bring gold). Back on Earth, Fry and Zapp receive treatment for their severe pelvic injuries. After Fry and Zapp comment about their experience, which they concur with Bender as "the best mission ever", Kif asks Amy what the two could do next. Amy whispers something to Kif and the episode fades out while |
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| + | Hermes suggests that everyone should take his fair share in the effort of cleaning up Nibbler's hairballs, but then he assigns the task to Zoidberg alone. This is not necessarily unusual hostility from Hermes; Zoidberg is definitely the omega dog. Hermes later refers to Zoidberg as a "fat fish". But again, this is not necessarily unusual; Hermes is very protective of the Planet Express budget and might have been reacting to the possibility of Zoidberg buying an expensive new exoskeleton. Finally, near the end of the episode, Hermes explodes at Zoidberg for no particular reason, referring to him as a "windy barnacle", showing unambiguously that he has some serious issues with Zoidberg. |
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| + | ===Death, near-death, mutilation=== |
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| + | At the Planet Express staff meeting, Zoidberg's lifeless exoskeleton is sitting in Zoidberg's place. The other staff members believe it to be Zoidberg himself, concluding that Zoidberg is dead. |
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+ | ===Fry and Leela=== |
| + | Fry has sex with an indeterminate number of Amazonian women with no sign of any jealousy from Leela or guilt from Fry.{{EpisodeListBroadcastOrder}} |
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| − | '''Bender''': *gasp* Oh....Your....God. |
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| − | '''Amy:''' This women-only planet is sounding better and better.<br /> |
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| − | '''Leela: '''I'm already looking for apartments.''<br />'' |
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| − | She reads a "Westside Cave Rentals" brochure. |
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| − | '''Zapp''': (laughing) Oh, God, you're killin' me.<br /> |
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| − | ''[Zapp is violently clubbed by several Amazonians'']<br /> |
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| − | '''Zapp''': Oh, God, you're ''killing'' me! |
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| − | '''Leela''': Femputer, be reasonable. Sure men are annoying and they wreck up whatever planet they're in charge of, but most of these men are sorta my friends. They don't deserve to die.<br /> |
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| − | '''Femputer''': Hmm. Perhaps men are not as evil as Femputer thinks.<br /> |
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| − | '''Thog''': But they make fun women's basketball.<br /> |
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| − | '''Femputer''': What? Did you explain how the women's good fundamentals make up for their inability to dunk?<br /> |
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| − | '''Ornik''': Yes. They still laugh.<br /> |
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| − | '''Femputer''': The men must die.<br /> |
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| − | '''Bender''': Too true, Femputer. You're so wise. Kill 'em all, I say. Good riddance! Did I mention I'm not a man? I'm a manBOT. It's an understandable mistake. You can let me down now, thanks.<br /> |
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| − | '''Kug''': He big jerk like man.<br /> |
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| − | '''Bender''': I sure am. But check the crotch. ''[He bangs it.]'' Nothing.<br /> |
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| − | '''Zapp:''' ''[to Kif, who is horrified by the idea of dying by snu-snu]'' What are you, gay? |
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| − | *This episode is the first time that [[John A. Zoidberg|Zoidberg]] takes off his shell. |
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| − | *During Kif's flashback at the beginning of the episode, Bender is seen throwing out the fake necklace he received in [[A_Flight_to_Remember|A Flight to Remember]]. |
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| − | *The title of this episode comes from the 1987 comedy film [[Wikipedia:Amazon_Women_on_the_Moon|Amazon Women on the Moon]]. |
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| − | *The Femputer is reminiscent of [[Wikipedia:ENIAC|ENIAC]], the first electronic computer. She is also similar in appearance to [[Wikipedia:Landru|Landru]] from the [[Star Trek]] episode [[MemoryAlpha:Return_of_the_Archons|Return of the Archons]]. |
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| − | *The Femputer being just a false front operated by an ostensibly omnipotent while hidden operator is a reference to the title character in the film [[Wikipedia:The_Wizard_of_Oz|The Wizard of Oz]], down to the hand-operated controls and outdated microphone. |
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| − | *Several of the electronics on Amazonia carry the brand name Sonya. As mentioned in the audio commentary for this episode, the name is a feminized version of electronics company [[Wikipedia:Sony|Sony]]. |
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| − | *When searching the jungle, Fry and Bender find a large empty can of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tab_(soft_drink) TaB] cola. |
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| − | *Zapp Brannigan's spoken-word rendition of "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lola_(song) Lola]" by [[Wikipedia:The_Kinks|The Kinks]] is reminiscent of similar performances by [[Wikipedia:William_Shatner|William Shatner]], whom Zapp is a parody of. |
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| − | *The plot of this episode bears several similarities to that of the 1970 film [[Wikipedia:Carry_On_Up_the_Jungle|Carry On Up the Jungle]]. |
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| − | *The restaurant, [[Le Palm D'Orbit]], is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Palme_d'Or|Palme d'Or]] awarded at the [[Wikipedia:Cannes_Film_Festival|Cannes Film Festival]]. |
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| − | *The spaceship-restaurant is reminiscent of the bistro-starship Restaurant at the End of the Universe from [[Wikipedia:Douglas_Adams|Douglas Adams]]'s "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". |
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| − | *The impact tremors of the approaching Amazonian women causing ripples in a cup of water and a puddle is a reference to the film [[Wikipedia:Jurassic_Park_(movie)|Jurassic Park]], in which the approaching Tyrannosaurus causes the same phenomenon. |
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| − | *The punishment of "death by snu-snu" is similar to the well-known joke involving two male explorers who find a jungle tribe, and are subsequently condemned, being given a choice of death or "oonga-boonga". One chooses Oonga-boonga and is sodomized by all of the male tribe members. The second declares that to spare his dignity, he would rather choose death; the tribe then declares "Death...by Oonga-boonga!" |
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| − | *The comments made about the basketball on Amazonia are a reference to the critiques of the [[Wikipedia:WNBA|WNBA]], and women's basketball in general. |
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| − | *The company named J. Crab that manufactures shells for [[Decapodians]] is a parody of [[Wikipedia:J._Crew|J. Crew]]. |
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| − | *Leela flips through a real estate circular called 'Westside Cave Rentals', a play on the popular California real estate website 'Westside Rentals'. |
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| − | *This episode was nominated for an Emmy. |
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| − | *This was also [[Bea Arthur]]'s first voice over role. |
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| − | *This episode was voted by IGN as the greatest episode of Futurama |
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| − | *Bender is shown hitting his crotch plate, yet the metal chain suppose to limit his arms. |
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- "The Amazonians will be divided into three groups. The one called Zapp will be snu-snued by the large women. He that is designated Fry will be snu-snued by the petite women. And Kif, as the most attractive male, will be snu-snued by the most beautiful women of Amazonia... then the large women, then the petite women, then the large women again."
- ―Femputer, declaring how Zapp, Fry and Kiff will be snu-snued.
Amazon Women in the Mood is the fifth episode in Season Three of Futurama. It was first aired on February 4, 2001.
Storyline
Amy Wong has been receiving phone calls consisting only of panting and gasping since last year. The calls are from Kif Kroker, who is consumed by love for Amy, but finds himself unable to speak to her due to his nervousness and shyness. Zapp Brannigan offers to talk to him about it, but he just laughs at Kif and ignores him. But when he realizes that Amy and Leela know each other, he decides to go on a double date: Kif with Amy and Zapp with Leela. Leela only agrees to the date as a favor to Amy and the four go to a fashionable restaurant on board a space liner, but Leela classifies it to be a "half-date".
Kif tries to greet Amy with flowers and candy, but Zapp tells him giving flowers is wrong and that candy is for dorks (but he ends up cramming down the chocolate and gives the flowers to Leela, who immediately burns them in the candle and stuff them in his drink). Kif takes Zapp's advice about seducing women by handing him his notebook of lines that "he should use as much as you can, fast as you can", but he discovers are idiotic, such as "the most erotic part about a woman is the boobies." Before Kif could apologize, Amy storms off. Forlorn, Kif gets onstage to participate in karaoke and sing a heartfelt rendition of Bonnie Tyler's 1983 hit song "Total Eclipse of the Heart". The gesture touches Amy, but Zapp quickly hijacks the stage to end his "amateur hour" and launches into a performance of "Lola", substituting "Leela" for the eponymous love interest of the original song, that disgusts the other passengers, so much they flee the ship in terror. Zapp insists he can steer the restaurant-ship home instead of taking a taxi, but proceeds to crash it into planet Amazonia.
The four are unharmed, but are heard by the Amazonians, a race of tall, muscular, tribal women. They are about to walk away, but Zapp blows the group's cover by trying to seduce them, also with his notebook, resulting all of them being captured
The Femputer
After hearing about the crash, Fry and Bender take off in the Planet Express Ship to find Leela and Amy. They make their way to the Amazonian's city and are also captured. The Amazonians decide to take the men to their leader, the Femputer, a man-hating, wall-sized computer to determine their fate. Along the way, Fry, Zapp, and Bender offend the Amazonians for their inability to dunk in basketball, their usage of intellect and character in the comedy club, and asking if the Femputer was actually hot (one Amazonian responds saying it doesn't matter, and Fry says she probably isn't, resulting a kick in the face).
The male characters discover the last men died out on Amazonia shortly after the Femputer appeared, and that invasive males were killed by "snu-snu", which is Amazonian for sex. Fry, Zapp, Kif, and Bender are then chained to be with the Femputer sentencing them to death. When they are told they died of crushed pelvises, this results in mixed feelings of horror and delight from both Fry and Zapp, but merely horror from Kif (whom Zapp then falsely accuses of being gay). Bender is released and is spared from being raped, as he is not technically a man but a man-bot and therefore cannot be punished by snu-snu. Fry, Zapp, and Kif are left, and are taken to the snu-snu chambers and stripped to their underpants and then raped by multiple Amazon women. Kif tells Amy that Zapp gave him the lecherous pick-up lines and that he was the one who kept calling Amy and not speaking and declared he loves her before being taken away.
The Femputer's real face
Amy is touched by Kif's words, and Leela sends Bender to unwillingly reprogram the Femputer. Although Bender initially refuses, a few angry words of Cantonese and a twisted arm from Amy changes his mind. He sneaks into the Femputer's chamber and attempts to reprogram it by beating it with a wrench. To his surprise he finds that the Femputer is actually a computer operated by a fembot, who came from a world ruled by a vicious Manputer who was actually a manbot. She then advances on him, wondering what to do with him.
By this point, Fry and even Zapp are exhausted and protesting at their snu-snu raping punishment before being dragged back in the chambers by the Amazonian's. Amy and Leela try to rescue the men, but when Leela tries to use violence, she is simply pulled up from her hair then sat on. Amy sneaks into Kif's snu-snu chamber on a pair of stilts, in order to pass as an Amazonian. Kif is on the ceiling trying to avoid being raped by the Amazonian leader and comes over to Amy. She grabs Kif and flees with him in her arms, but the Amazonians chase them back to the Femputer's chamber. Bender is inside, making out with the fembot. Two voices come from the Femputer, which confuses the Amazonians. After a short while, the Fembot and Bender convince the Amazonians to release all their captives (and for Bender, that they would bring gold). Back on Earth, Fry and Zapp receive treatment for their severe pelvic injuries from the multiple rapes they received from the Amazonians. After Fry and Zapp comment about their experience, which they concur with Bender as "the best mission ever", Kif asks Amy what the two could do next. Amy whispers something to Kif and the episode fades out with Amy smiling while Kif nervously, breathes heavily.
Ongoing Themes
Hermes and Zoidberg
Hermes suggests that everyone should take his fair share in the effort of cleaning up Nibbler's hairballs, but then he assigns the task to Zoidberg alone. This is not necessarily unusual hostility from Hermes; Zoidberg is definitely the omega dog. Hermes later refers to Zoidberg as a "fat fish". But again, this is not necessarily unusual; Hermes is very protective of the Planet Express budget and might have been reacting to the possibility of Zoidberg buying an expensive new exoskeleton. Finally, near the end of the episode, Hermes explodes at Zoidberg for no particular reason, referring to him as a "windy barnacle", showing unambiguously that he has some serious issues with Zoidberg.
Death, near-death, mutilation
At the Planet Express staff meeting, Zoidberg's lifeless exoskeleton is sitting in Zoidberg's place. The other staff members believe it to be Zoidberg himself, concluding that Zoidberg is dead.
Fry and Leela
Fry has sex with an indeterminate number of Amazonian women with no sign of any jealousy from Leela or guilt from Fry.