Fear of a Bot Planet (20 Apr. 1999)

Fry and Leela disguise themselves as robots to find Bender after he fails to return from a delivery to a robot planet, only to learn that he has become a celebrity in a culture which fears ... See full summary »

Directors:

Peter Avanzino, Carlos Baeza,

Writers:

Matt Groening (creator), Matt Groening (developer),

Stars:

Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Billy West	...	Philip J. Fry / Prof. Hubert J. Farnsworth / Dr. Zoidberg / Robot Leaving Theatre #1 / Robot in Jury #3 / Robot Elder #1 (voice)
Katey Sagal	...	Turanga Leela (voice)
John DiMaggio	...	Bender / Robot Construction Worker / Robot Playing Human / Robot Foreman / Jimmy (voice)
Tress MacNeille	...	Wendy / Female Robot at Human Hunt / Robot in Jury #2 (voice)
Phil LaMarr	...	Hermes Conrad / Blern Commentator / Robot Doorman #1 / Rusty (voice)
Maurice LaMarche	...	Robot Doorman #2 / Radio Newsreader / Robot Elder #2 (voice)
David Herman	...	Snack Clerk / Robot General / Robot Coming Leaving Theatre #2 / Robot at Human Hunt / Robot Mayor / Robot Judge / Robot in Jury #1 / Robot Elder #3 (voice) (as Dave Herman)
Tom Kenny	...	Robot Passerby / Resin Offering Robot (voice)

Storyline

Fry and Leela disguise themselves as robots to find Bender after he fails to return from a delivery to a robot planet, only to learn that he has become a celebrity in a culture which fears humans.

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Plot Keywords:

xenophobia

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Sci-Fi

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Details

Release Date:

20 April 1999 (USA)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Did You Know?

Trivia

When the Planet Express crew is sent to a robot planet called "Chapek 9." Karel Capek (or his brother, according to interpretation) is the writer who coined the word "robot" in 1920.

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Goofs

In the judgment scene, when the judge freezes up, Fry yells: "Call technical support." In that frame, he is drawn with his manacle chain outside the bars, whereas in all other shots, it's on the inside with him.

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Quotes

Robot Playing Human in Movie: I will eat and digest you all with my system of mighty organs!

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Connections

Spoofs Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

User Reviews

Bender does some work!

Bender is not pleased when he is asked to work on Robanukah; the holiest two weeks in the robot calendar but it can't be helped as Planet Express has bee hired to deliver a package to a planet inhabited by robots who hate humans so much that any human caught there will be killed. When they arrive Fry and Leela stay aboard the ship while Bender gets the job done. Things don't go according to plan though as it seems the robots are so anti-human that they also hate robots that work with humans so arrest Bender. In order to rescue their robotic friend Fry and Leela disguise themselves as robots and head into town. Amazingly they aren't spotted straight away and even take part in the human hunt. They get caught though when they bump into Bender in the robot porn shop. After their trial they find themselves in the presence of the Robot Elders who have invited bender to demonstrate his human-killing skills by executing the two of them… will he relish the opportunity to kill humans or will he help his friends escape.

This was a decent episode with some pretty good jokes; I specifically liked the gag about Bender suffering from 'tube-erculosis' and the construction that resembled a giant game of Tetris. The story wasn't the best but it was good enough; Bender is fun to watch when he wants to kill all humans and it was fun watching Leela trying to persuade the robots that she should be shared as she isn't human… she is close enough for them though!