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{{Infobox television episode
   
 
|title = Insane in the Mainframe
Episode Number: 3ACV11
 
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|image = [[File:Roberto2.jpg|250px]]
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|episode = 43
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|prod_code = 3ACV11
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|season = 3
 
|airdate = April 8, 2001
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|director = [[Peter Avanzino]]
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|writer = [[Bill Odenkirk]]
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|guests = [[Beyoncé Knowles]] as Roberto's Mother<br />[[Mike Myers]] as Roberto's Father
 
|subtitle = Bender's Humor by Microsoft Joke
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|preceded_by = [[Where the Buggalo Roam]]
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|followed_by = [[The Route of All Evil]]
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== Plot ==
Title: Insane in the Mainframe
 
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The episode opens with a celebration for [[Dr. Zoidberg]]'s tenth anniversary at [[Planet Express]]. After finding out that Zoidberg's pension fund was empty because he never paid into it, Fry realizes his retirement is also in question. After blowing most of his savings, $100, on lottery tickets, Fry opens an account at the [[Big Apple Bank]]. While at the bank, [[Bender]] meets an old acquaintance [[Roberto]], who then robs the bank.
   
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Unfortunately, Fry and Bender are arrested for the robbery, and, due to the aloof attitude of [[Judge Ron Whitey]] both are sentenced to stints in the [[Hal Institute for Criminally Insane Robots|Asylum for Criminally Insane Robots]]. Fry is sent there because the Home for Criminally Insane Humans was full after Judge Whitey had declared poverty a mental illness.
Original Airdate: April 8, 2001
 
   
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Once there, they both take a body test to Bender's enjoyment, but to Fry's own torture (Being stripped, prodded, drilled, X-ray, and being violently dropped into the evaluation room). The doctors refuse to acknowledge that Fry is human, due to their use of the logic that, if Fry is a patient in a robot asylum, he must be a robot. Fry is roomed with car-dealer [[Malfunctioning Eddie]], who is undergoing treatment for his exploding problem when surprised or shocked. Fry perseveres, surviving on food coughed up by a sick [[7¹¹ Robot]].
Starring:
 
   
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But just when Fry thinks he is going to be released, Eddie gets released instead, and Fry gets a new roommate: the insane bank robber Roberto, who was captured after robbing the same bank again. The day after suffering a complete mental breakdown, Fry is released, having been "cured" of his delusion of humanity, causing him to think he's a robot. Roberto, fed up with life in the Hal Institute for Criminally Insane Robots, breaks out and takes Bender with him.
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Roberto then robs the same bank for a third time to thank Bender for his help in escaping, but it's a sting and the pair flee to Planet Express to escape the police. When the Police surround the building, Roberto takes the [[Planet Express|crew]] hostage. Then Fry concludes that he must be a Battle Droid and attacks Roberto to save his friends. In the scuffle, Fry is cut and because of the blood he realizes he must be a human, not a robot.
Special Guests:
 
   
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==Ongoing Themes==
Intro Promotion: (voice-over) Futurama is brought to you by ... [The oval retreats the right side of the screen and is replaced by a man with enormous teeth.] ... Thompson's Teeth: The only teeth strong enough to eat other teeth. [The man eats a spoonful of teeth from a bowl.]
 
   
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===Hermes and Zoidberg===
Caption: Bender's Humor by Microsoft Joke
 
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When reading the mandatory speech for Zoidberg's anniversary, Hermes is mechanical, as he probably would have been with any other employee. But when Zoidberg laments his empty pension account, Hermes calls him a "dumb stinkbug".
   
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===Hermes-isms===
Intro Cartoon:
 
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* ''Sacred hog of Prague''
   
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===Death, near-death, mutilation===
Directed by:
 
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Malfunctioning Eddy blows up on more than one occasion. Roberto kills and dismembers Dr. Perceptron in order to use his body parts as a disguise. Roberto viciously stabs Fry in the oil can, and then throws his knife, causing a flesh wound to Fry's arm.
   
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===Fry and Leela===
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Lamenting Fry's "deprogramming", Leela presses Fry's head to her chest. Fry's heart rate increases noticeably. Later, Leela gives Fry a romantic kiss in an attempt to reawaken his humanity. They both smile afterward, but Fry continues his robot persona; his only comment on the kiss is a single beep. After Fry rescues the crew from Roberto and remembers that he is human, Leela thanks him by giving him a kiss on the cheek. Fry says that he will never wash that cheek again.
   
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==Plot==
 
 
==Quotes==
 
'''Amy''': Awww! He looks like a little insane drunken angel.
 
 
'''Bender''': Don't kill me yet! I'm starting to come down with Stockholm Syndrome…handsome.
 
 
'''Hermes''': Fry! Don't be a hero! It's not covered by the health plan!
 
 
'''Human Cop''': Fire lasers! (Lazers rebound on laser-proof glass) Duck, lasers!
 
 
==References==
 
*The title is a reference to one of the refrains in the song "Insane in the Brain" by Cypress Hill: "Insane in the membrane".
 
*The robot Norm, who hears transmissions from the CIA lunchroom, is a reference to Lucille Ball, who said that in 1942 she heard Morse code signals in lead fillings in her teeth that she reported to the FBI and led to the arrest of a Japanese spy.
 
*The character Nurse Ratchet, who runs the ward, is based on Nurse Ratched from the book and film One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.<ref> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Flew_Over_the_Cuckoo's_Nest One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest] </ref> The Autobot's chief medical officer also has the name Ratchet, which was also inspired by Ratched.
 
*The robot in the cafeteria that constantly tells everyone to "change places" is a reference to the Mad Hatter<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_hatter Mad Hatter] </ref> from the story Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll; his hat displaying the fraction "5/3" is a parody of the tag reading "In This Style 10/6" attached to the Mad Hatter's hat (10/6 is equivalent to 5/3 in fractions, although the original tag referred to the hat's price of ten shillings and sixpence in pre-decimalized British coinage).
 
*The HAL Institute for Criminally Insane Robots is a reference to HAL 9000, the murderous artificial intelligence in 2001: A Space Odyssey. <ref> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001:_A_Space_Odyssey_(film) 2001: A Space Odyssey] </ref>
 
*Bender claims to have Stockholm Syndrome <ref> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome Stockhom syndrome] </ref> while being held hostage by Roberto.
 
*Dr. Perceptron’s head resembles a plasma lamp, a device commonly found in novelty shops, originally invented by Nikola Tesla. <ref> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla Nikola Tesla]</ref>
 
*The robotic Abraham Lincoln is partly a homage to the animatronic Lincoln in Disneyland's Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln attraction, especially in how Lincoln rises from his chair very slowly.
 
 
==Goofs==
 
French, which Bender speaks when he pretends to believe himself Napolean, was referenced as an "incomprehensible dead language" in an earlier episode, A Clone of My Own.
 
 
== External links ==
 
* [http://www.futurama-madhouse.com.ar/scripts/3acv11.shtml Episode Transcript]
 
==Footnotes==
 
<references/>
 
 
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"Don't kill me yet! I'm starting to come down with Stockholm Syndrome... handsome."
Bender


Plot

The episode opens with a celebration for Dr. Zoidberg's tenth anniversary at Planet Express. After finding out that Zoidberg's pension fund was empty because he never paid into it, Fry realizes his retirement is also in question. After blowing most of his savings, $100, on lottery tickets, Fry opens an account at the Big Apple Bank. While at the bank, Bender meets an old acquaintance Roberto, who then robs the bank.

Unfortunately, Fry and Bender are arrested for the robbery, and, due to the aloof attitude of Judge Ron Whitey both are sentenced to stints in the Asylum for Criminally Insane Robots. Fry is sent there because the Home for Criminally Insane Humans was full after Judge Whitey had declared poverty a mental illness.

Once there, they both take a body test to Bender's enjoyment, but to Fry's own torture (Being stripped, prodded, drilled, X-ray, and being violently dropped into the evaluation room). The doctors refuse to acknowledge that Fry is human, due to their use of the logic that, if Fry is a patient in a robot asylum, he must be a robot. Fry is roomed with car-dealer Malfunctioning Eddie, who is undergoing treatment for his exploding problem when surprised or shocked. Fry perseveres, surviving on food coughed up by a sick 7¹¹ Robot.

But just when Fry thinks he is going to be released, Eddie gets released instead, and Fry gets a new roommate: the insane bank robber Roberto, who was captured after robbing the same bank again. The day after suffering a complete mental breakdown, Fry is released, having been "cured" of his delusion of humanity, causing him to think he's a robot. Roberto, fed up with life in the Hal Institute for Criminally Insane Robots, breaks out and takes Bender with him.

Roberto then robs the same bank for a third time to thank Bender for his help in escaping, but it's a sting and the pair flee to Planet Express to escape the police. When the Police surround the building, Roberto takes the crew hostage. Then Fry concludes that he must be a Battle Droid and attacks Roberto to save his friends. In the scuffle, Fry is cut and because of the blood he realizes he must be a human, not a robot.

Ongoing Themes

Hermes and Zoidberg

When reading the mandatory speech for Zoidberg's anniversary, Hermes is mechanical, as he probably would have been with any other employee. But when Zoidberg laments his empty pension account, Hermes calls him a "dumb stinkbug".

Hermes-isms

  • Sacred hog of Prague

Death, near-death, mutilation

Malfunctioning Eddy blows up on more than one occasion. Roberto kills and dismembers Dr. Perceptron in order to use his body parts as a disguise. Roberto viciously stabs Fry in the oil can, and then throws his knife, causing a flesh wound to Fry's arm.

Fry and Leela

Lamenting Fry's "deprogramming", Leela presses Fry's head to her chest. Fry's heart rate increases noticeably. Later, Leela gives Fry a romantic kiss in an attempt to reawaken his humanity. They both smile afterward, but Fry continues his robot persona; his only comment on the kiss is a single beep. After Fry rescues the crew from Roberto and remembers that he is human, Leela thanks him by giving him a kiss on the cheek. Fry says that he will never wash that cheek again.