Where the Buggalo Roam

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Episode Number: 3ACV10

Title: Where the Buggalo Roam

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Chief Singing Wind: I am Chief Singing Wind. Zapp Brannigan: Take me to your leader. Chief Singing Wind: Okaayy...

Zapp Brannigan: Where we come from, we have a law and that law is "no backsies." Chief Singinbg Wind: The time for stupid statements is over!

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• The attire, accent, facial features and much of what is seen of the culture of the Native Martians is similar to that of Native American Indians. Mr. Wong says that his ancestor bought all of Mars' western Hemisphere for a bead, referencing the sale of the land on which rests present day New York was bought for a bunch of beads worth approximately $24, and named New Amsterdam.
• Kif's experiences taming and riding buggalo are reminiscent of Paul Atreides riding sandworms in Frank Herbert's famous novel Dune.
• Music remiscent of the theme to Star Trek is heard as Zapp and Kif's ship, the Nimbus, is onscreen.
• The purported Face on Mars is seen as an alien home. The Face was featured in the 2000 movie Mission to Mars.
• R.J., the cigarette-smoking cowboy, is a reference to the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. He bears a generic resemblance to the Marlboro Man, a generic mascot of another tobacco company, the Altria group, formerly Philip Morris Companies.
• The camel-like character Joe is an obvious spoof of the Camel cigarettes mascot Joe Camel, also of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.
• When Zapp Brannigan throws the Slurm can to the ground, one of the Martian natives cries. This is a reference to the anti-littering television advertisement featuring Iron Eyes Cody: A Native American looks down over a sweeping landscape intersected by a highway far below him. A bag of trash is thrown from a moving car. A single tear is seen on the Indian's cheek. However, the Martian native cries because "Cynthia used to drink Slurm".
• A newspaper on Mars is called the Martian Chronicles, as in the Ray Bradbury stories collected under the same name. Not necessarily related facts: Bradbury's anthology has many native Martians killed by chickenpox introduced by Earth colonists. The Futurama Martians resemble American Indians. Real Native American Indian populations were diminished by smallpox.
• When Zapp Brannigan appears after Amy's been kidnapped, he declares, "I am the man with no name. Zapp Brannigan.", referencing Clint Eastwood's character in Sergio Leone's "Dollars Trilogy"
• The Martians appear to summon these dust storms via throat singing in a Tuvan style.
• The term "buggalo" is a combination of the words "bug" and "buffalo". Sadly, there is no reference to "buggalo wings".
• Leo Wong says that buggalo are "number one money maker," a reference to Charlie Chan and his "number one son."
• The Native Martians' "laser bows'" projectiles resemble Lightsabers .
• Amy Wong's mother uses the expression "hai-ya" while pacing. This classic Cantonese expression indicates that she (or her family) is from Hong Kong, or at least Southeastern China.

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