Space Pilot 3000
Production Number: 3ACV01
Title Caption: IN COLOR
The Story
Act I: "Here's to another lousy millenium!"
Pizza delivery boy Philip J. Fry delivers a pizza to a non-existant I. C. Weiner in a cryogenics lab (located on floor 64), only go fall into a cryogenics tube (number 40) and get frozen for a thousand years. Opening Credits
Act II: "Strip naked and get on the probulator!"
Fry meets Leela and discovers that he has woken up on December 31, 2999 ("a million years!"). Leela assigns him the permanent career of delivery boy, which he refuses. While running away, he meets Bender waiting in line for what he believes is a phone booth. (in reality, a suicide booth).
Act III: "Welcome to the head museum."
Fry and Bender duck into the head museum to hide. Leonard Nimoy's head is apparently the greeter. Fry bumps into the shelves, knocking Richard Nixon's head down and provoking him to attack.
Act IV: "We have you partially surrounded!"
Fry, Bender, and Leela hide at Planet Express, then escape into space using the Professor's intergalactic spaceship.
Additional Info
Quotes
- "Space, it seems to go on forever. But then you get to the end and the monkey starts throwin' barrels at you." ~ Fry
Characters
(in order of appearance)
Questions
- What was the shadow under the desk just before Fry fell in the tube?
- It was Nibbler, whose presence is explained in the Why of Fry in season 4. Buddy13
Mistakes
- When Leela calls for backup, her wristlojackimator is on the wrong wrist.
References
- The introduction is reminiscent of Star Trek intros (with similar music and voiceover).
- The barrel-throwin' monkey is a reference to Donkey Kong.
- The police use sticks that resemble the light sabres from Star Wars. Unlike their Star Wars counterparts, they are blunt weapons, rather than superheated blades.