10

Feb

2012

Friday Five – Futurama Episodes

Posted By on Friday February 10, 2012 at 4:52 pm
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Futurama Cast

I’m a big fan of all the emotional episodes of Futurama. Most people just think of it as Matt Groening’s other funny little cartoon, but they told some pretty powerful stories.

  1. The Devil’s Hands Are Idle Playthings – I love a good musical, and I don’t think I’ve seen a more perfect ending to a series since “All Good Things” in TNG.

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  2. Jurassic Bark – I’ll cry at almost anything, but this one always leaves me like a schoolgirl with a skinned knee.

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  3. Where No Fan Has Gone Before – How could I not love this? Voice cameos from all living Star Trek main players? Sign me up! Also, it beautifully sums my view on Star Trek. To quote:
     
    Fry: The world needs Star Trek to give people hope for the future.
    Leela: But it’s set 800 years in the past.
    Bender: Yeah, why is it so important you?
    Fry: Because it… it taught me so much. Like, how you should accept people, whether they be black, white, Klingon or even female… But most importantly, when I had no friends, it made me feel like maybe I did.

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  4. The Why of Fry – I love the continuity, explaining why Fry had to come to the future, and I don’t know why, but the Scooty Puff Junior/Senior gag gets me every time. I would totally get that as a tattoo.

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  5. Parasites Lost – I like that Fry was allowed to grow as a character as a result of the worm’s actions, and that he was strong enough to see if Leela really liked him or the worms

 

Scooty Puff Junior Scooty Puff Senior
is the proud owner of a life size replica Captain Kirk Chair. He is a hoarder of Comic Books, Transformers, and Star Trek action figures. He attended Space Camp as an adult. He has taken vacations to the closing of the Star Trek Experience and the final night Shuttle launch. He has been known to yell at his television when the kids can't put together the damn statue in the Shrine of the Silver Monkey. When not writing for InsufficientScotty, he is a Software Engineer for a major healthcare communications company.

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