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Trivia[]

  • Character revelations:
    • Mom's first name is "Carol" -- also, she's shown to genuinely like/respect Zoidberg enough for the two of them to be on first-name basis with each other.
    • It turns out that Dr. Zoidberg is in fact a perfectly competent physician -- however, as Professor Farnsworth points out, he's only competent as a physician for aliens rather than humans (or, in the case of beings like Bender, robots).
  • The song that plays when Zoidberg tries to kill the Professor is "Mr. Sandman" by Chet Atkins.
  • Fry refers to the Professor's transformation as being "...some kind of believable Hulk!", referencing The Incredible Hulk superhero franchise.

References[]

The Tip of the Iceberg[]

The title of this episode is a reference to the saying: "The Tip of the Iceberg".

Rube Goldberg machines[]

The elaborate killing machine the Planet Express crew made to kill the professor is a reference to Rube Goldberg machines.

Characters[]

When Fry got sick he looked like different four different cartoon characters:

  • A Simpsons character, in which he said Bart Simpson's catchphrase,"¡Ay, caramba!" (Spanish for "Oh, no!")
  • Garfield, in which he said Garfield's catchphrase, "I hate Mondays."
  • Kermit the Frog, in which he said, "It's not easy being gangrenous", as opposed to Kermit's catchphrase "It's not easy bein' green".
  • A Smurf.

Superman and Little Caesars[]

Zoidberg blurts "Great Little Caesar's ghost!", which references Superman's catchphrase "Great Caesar's ghost!", as well as the pizza restaurant chain, Little Caesars.

Diff'rent Strokes[]

Bender says to the professor "What' choo talkin' 'bout, Professor?". This is a play on the catchphrase of Arnold Jackson from the television sitcom of the late '70s called Diff'rent Strokes, which he says to his brother, Willis. ("What' choo talkin' 'bout, Willis?")

The Three Stooges[]

Mom tells her sons to "stooge" out of her office. This is a reference to the Three Stooges.

Star Trek[]

The Tritonian Yeti's appearance and poisonous nature is similar to the Mugato from the Star Trek episode "A Private Little War".

The Simpsons[]

In the episode "Lost Verizon", when the Warriors run away, one of them says the Zoidberg "whoop"-ing

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