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| + | Fry: "Too bad he wasn't an alligator. Y'know, when you flush those things, they stay alive in the sewers."<br> |
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| + | Bender: "Really?"<br> |
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| + | Fry: "Yep. My friend's cousin's caseworker saw one once. It's a widely-believed fact."<br> |
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| + | Fry: "So, is it true that alligators flushed down the toilet survive down here?"<br> |
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| + | Vyolet: "No. That's just an urban legend."<br> |
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| + | Bender: [pointing] "Then what are those?"<br> |
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| + | Vyolet: "Crocodiles." [She snorts.]<br> |
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| + | Raoul: "We keep them as pets. Then, when they grow too large, we flush them down into the sub-sewer."<br> |
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| + | These are references to the urban legend, circulated from the 1970s on, concerning unwanted pet baby crocodiles/alligators being flushed down the toilet, to grow to gigantic size in the sewers. |
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This is a parody of the zealous worship of a nuclear bomb by underground denizens in "Beneath the Planet of the Apes" |
This is a parody of the zealous worship of a nuclear bomb by underground denizens in "Beneath the Planet of the Apes" |
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Revision as of 03:37, 11 December 2007
Episode Number: 2ACV01
Title: "I Second That Emotion"
Original Airdate: November 21st 1999
Abstract: After Bender flushes Nibbler down the toilet, Fry, Leela, and Bender make a perilous journey through a mutant-infested sewer system.
Also Starring: Dr Zoidberg, Dr. Jeffrey Grant, Amy, Professor Farnsworth
Intro Promotion: Made from meat by-products
Intro Cartoon: Fresh Hare, Warner Bros. (1942)
Directed by: Mark Ervin
Assistant Director: James Purdum
Written by: Patrick M. Verrone
Storyboarded by: Rodney Clouden
References Explained
Fry: "Too bad he wasn't an alligator. Y'know, when you flush those things, they stay alive in the sewers."
Bender: "Really?"
Fry: "Yep. My friend's cousin's caseworker saw one once. It's a widely-believed fact."
Fry: "So, is it true that alligators flushed down the toilet survive down here?"
Vyolet: "No. That's just an urban legend."
Bender: [pointing] "Then what are those?"
Vyolet: "Crocodiles." [She snorts.]
Raoul: "We keep them as pets. Then, when they grow too large, we flush them down into the sub-sewer."
These are references to the urban legend, circulated from the 1970s on, concerning unwanted pet baby crocodiles/alligators being flushed down the toilet, to grow to gigantic size in the sewers.
Fry: "Wow. You guys worship an unexploded nuclear bomb?"
Vyolet: "Yeah, but nobody's that observant. It's mainly a Christmas and Easter thing."
This is a parody of the zealous worship of a nuclear bomb by underground denizens in "Beneath the Planet of the Apes"
Supporting Characters
Easter Eggs
- The 31st century birthday song is:
What day is today? It's _____'s birthday What a day for a birthday! Let's all have some cake!