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'''Twice Told Tales Of Interest''' is the twenty-fourth issue of the ''[[Futurama]]'' series of comic books. |
'''Twice Told Tales Of Interest''' is the twenty-fourth issue of the ''[[Futurama]]'' series of comic books. |
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| + | ===Act I=== |
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| + | [[Bender]] is playing poker at the [[Planet Express]] workbench, and since [[Fry]] is asleep he decides to take advantage of him, and soon Fry is broke. [[Leela]] confronts Bender and tells him to stop taking advantage of Fry, so Bender then fashions a robot out of [[Professor Farnsworth]]'s [[What-If Machine]] so he can have a poker buddy, when Fry wakes up he unawarely asks the What If Machine a question (What if it was X-mas every day?). The What If Machine reveals his programming which forces it to give an answer and we are shown what it would be like to have X-mas every day. [[Richard Nixon's Head]] makes a deal with [[Robot Santa]] that will allow him to be head of weapons in the event they celebrate X-mas every day. Soon everybody on [[Earth]] is drafted into Santa's army. Leela asks The Professor to build a giant Easter Rabbit robot and soon they (as well as [[Amy]], due to her clumsiness) destroy Santa. |
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| + | Leela decides to ask the next question, but Bender, being selfish asks the machine 'What if we Skip Leela's Question?' Fry decides to ask the final question, so he asks 'What if life was like a Sitcom?'. In a Parody of 'I Dream of Jeannie', Fry discovers a bottle containing a Genie named Leela. He takes Leela home that night and she goes out on a date - not wanting to be alone Fry organises a date with a witch name Amantha (Amy - Parodied as Samantha from 'Bewitched'). Amantha and Leela soon have a fight - which leaves Fry happy as he has never had two girls fighting over him before, suddenly The Professor arrives and tells Bender that the What If? Machine has been using its software to cheat at poker, to which Bender announces he installed an [[Empathy Chip]] so the robot would feel bad. The Professor then goes on to contradict him, announcing it was really a self-destruct chip and instantly the What If? Machine explodes. In the final panels of the story The Professor complains that it will take a year to rebuild the fallen machine. |
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| + | ==Additional Information== |
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| + | ===Story Trivia=== |
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| + | *The [[What-If Machine]] has been seen previously in two television episodes [[Anthology of Interest I]] and [[Anthology Of Interest II]] as well as the comic story [[New Year's Rockin' Evil]] |
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| + | *The Professor developed several similar machines to deal with '''How's About?''', '''What's the Deal with?''', and '''Who the Hell want's to Know?'''. Questions |
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| + | ===Outside References=== |
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| + | Amantha (Amy) drops a 16-ton weight on Leela in reference to a running gag in ''Monty Python's Flying Circus'' |
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| + | ===Goofs=== |
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| + | *In the Anthology of Interest television episodes, the Crew have had to manually pull a switch before each question, but in this comic story it seems to respond as soon as the question is asked (this could be down to its Robotic elements). |
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| + | ===Featured Characters=== |
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| + | in Alphabetical Order |
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| + | *[[Amy Wong]] |
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| + | *[[Bender Bending Rodríguez]] |
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| + | *[[Philip J. Fry]] |
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| + | *[[Agnew]] ''(Headless Body of)''' |
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| + | *[[Hermes Conrad]] |
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| + | *[[Turanga Leela]] |
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| + | *[[Richard M. Nixon]] |
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| + | *[[Professor Hubert Farnsworth]] |
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| + | *[[Robot Santa]] |
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| + | *[[Yancy Fry, Sr.]] & [[Mrs. Fry]] |
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| + | *[[Zoidberg]] |
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Revision as of 18:33, 17 May 2009
Cover of Twice Told Tales Of Interest.
Twice Told Tales Of Interest is the twenty-fourth issue of the Futurama series of comic books.
The Plot
Act I
Bender is playing poker at the Planet Express workbench, and since Fry is asleep he decides to take advantage of him, and soon Fry is broke. Leela confronts Bender and tells him to stop taking advantage of Fry, so Bender then fashions a robot out of Professor Farnsworth's What-If Machine so he can have a poker buddy, when Fry wakes up he unawarely asks the What If Machine a question (What if it was X-mas every day?). The What If Machine reveals his programming which forces it to give an answer and we are shown what it would be like to have X-mas every day. Richard Nixon's Head makes a deal with Robot Santa that will allow him to be head of weapons in the event they celebrate X-mas every day. Soon everybody on Earth is drafted into Santa's army. Leela asks The Professor to build a giant Easter Rabbit robot and soon they (as well as Amy, due to her clumsiness) destroy Santa.
Act II
Leela decides to ask the next question, but Bender, being selfish asks the machine 'What if we Skip Leela's Question?' Fry decides to ask the final question, so he asks 'What if life was like a Sitcom?'. In a Parody of 'I Dream of Jeannie', Fry discovers a bottle containing a Genie named Leela. He takes Leela home that night and she goes out on a date - not wanting to be alone Fry organises a date with a witch name Amantha (Amy - Parodied as Samantha from 'Bewitched'). Amantha and Leela soon have a fight - which leaves Fry happy as he has never had two girls fighting over him before, suddenly The Professor arrives and tells Bender that the What If? Machine has been using its software to cheat at poker, to which Bender announces he installed an Empathy Chip so the robot would feel bad. The Professor then goes on to contradict him, announcing it was really a self-destruct chip and instantly the What If? Machine explodes. In the final panels of the story The Professor complains that it will take a year to rebuild the fallen machine.
Additional Information
Story Trivia
- The What-If Machine has been seen previously in two television episodes Anthology of Interest I and Anthology Of Interest II as well as the comic story New Year's Rockin' Evil
- The Professor developed several similar machines to deal with How's About?, What's the Deal with?, and Who the Hell want's to Know?. Questions
Outside References
Amantha (Amy) drops a 16-ton weight on Leela in reference to a running gag in Monty Python's Flying Circus
Goofs
- In the Anthology of Interest television episodes, the Crew have had to manually pull a switch before each question, but in this comic story it seems to respond as soon as the question is asked (this could be down to its Robotic elements).
Featured Characters
in Alphabetical Order
- Amy Wong
- Bender Bending Rodríguez
- Philip J. Fry
- Agnew (Headless Body of)'
- Hermes Conrad
- Turanga Leela
- Richard M. Nixon
- Professor Hubert Farnsworth
- Robot Santa
- Yancy Fry, Sr. & Mrs. Fry
- Zoidberg