The Late Philip J. Fry/References

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Trivia

• Professor Farnsworth said they will go one minute to future. It is possibly a reference to 1985 movie Back to the Future
• The various Statues of Liberty with different animals is a reference to the 1968 movie Planet of the Apes.
• In the year 10,000, Bender throws three books into the fire:
  • "The History of the Human Race,"
  • an Amazon Kindle, and
  • "Backwards time travel made easy" (in alienese)
• The song playing during the time-travel montage is an adaption of the 1969 hit song "In the Year 2525" by Zager & Evans. Similar to the time in the episode, the song tells tales of later and later centuries and finally concludes with the first verse again and fading out.
• The year ten million, where robots enslave and / or kill humanity, is a reference to the 1984 movie The Terminator which also features time travel.
• Hitler says „Betrachten Sie meinen Schnurrbart“, which translates to “Look at my mustache.”
• When Farnsworth attempts to kill Hitler a second time ad misses refrences the time paradox legend about killing Hitler
• When homing in on the destination time, the following episodes are referenced:
  • Bender's Big Score
  • "Love's Labours Lost in Space"
  • "Amazon Women in the Mood"
  • "Future Stock"
  • "A Taste of Freedom"
  • The Beast with a Billion Backs
  • "Attack of the Killer App"
• It's interesting to note that when the proffesor is slowing down the machine he says that they're one year away. But this doesn't make sense as it showed Leela crashing the planet express ship from "Attack of the Killer App"