Episode 3: I, Roommate
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| I, Roommate | |
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| Air Date | April 6, 1999 |
| Written by | Eric Horsted |
| Director | Bret Haaland |
| Next episode | Love's Labours Lost in Space |
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Since his arrival in the future, Fry has been living in the Planet Express offices. Fry's presence is disrupting business however and when Fry eats the Professor's alien mummy it is decided that Fry has to go. After being physically removed from the office Fry moves in with Bender.
Several days later, Fry discovers that he can't take living in Bender's 2 cubic meter apartment, and the two begin a search for living space that will satisfy them both. When one of Professor Farnsworth's colleague dies, Fry and Bender lease his old apartment where Bender lives in the closet.
After discovering his antenna interferes with the building's televisions, Bender is forced to relocate back to his old residence, but Fry stays put. Distraught at the separation from his friend, Bender goes on a self-destructive sobriety binge, eventually cutting off his own antenna.
Out of concern for Bender, Fry moves back into Bender's old apartment, and discovers that Bender's oversized closet has more than enough room for a human to live comfortably.
[edit] References
- The title of the episode is a reference to the Isaac Asimov book I, Robot.
- When Bender bends Fry's alarm clock and drapes it over the edge of the table, the image is a reference to Salvador Dali's "soft watches", which first appeared in his famous 1931 painting La persistencia de la memoria (The Persistence of Memory).
- One of the apartments Bender looks at is based on Relativity, a 1953 lithograph by M.C. Escher.
- The theme music to the TV Series The Odd Couple is heard when Fry and Bender move into their new apartment, and its iconic "umbrella staking a cigar" scene is parodied.
- One of the apartment renters has a cell phone which chirps exactly like a communicator from Star Trek.
