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I Second That Emotion (Futurama)
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| Episode no. | 14 |
| Prod. code | 2ACV01 |
| Airdate | November 21, 1999 |
| Writer(s) | Patric Verrone |
| Director | Mark Ervin |
| Opening subtitle | Made From Meat By-Products |
| Opening cartoon | "Fresh Hare" (1942) |
| Season 2 November 1999 – December 2000 |
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"I Second That Emotion" is episode one in season two of Futurama. It originally aired in North America on November 21, 1999. The episode was written by Patric Verrone and directed by Mark Ervin.[1]
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When Nibbler has a birthday party, Bender becomes annoyed that he is getting more attention than him. Having reluctantly made a birthday cake for Nibbler, Bender is aghast to see Nibbler gobble it all up before everybody else can praise Bender for the cake. In extreme annoyance, Bender flushes the animal down the toilet. Leela is distraught at the loss of her pet and angered by Bender's inability to understand the emotions of others. Professor Farnsworth proposes a solution: installing an empathy chip in Bender's head that will cause him to feel other people's emotions. After forcibly installing the chip, the chip is tuned to pick up Leela's emotions, so that whatever feelings Leela experiences, Bender is forced to experience as well.
After a night of experiencing Leela's feelings, Bender misses Nibbler so much that he cannot stand it. When Fry tells him that alligators can supposedly live after being flushed, Bender flushes himself down the toilet in pursuit of Nibbler. Fry and Leela enter the sewers and quickly manage to find Bender. Unfortunately, they also find a crowd of mutants who live in the sewers. The mutants introduce them to their subterranean civilization. They also reveal that a monster called El Chupanibre has been terrorizing them.
Leela, thinking that Nibbler is the monster, is happy until she is informed that the only way to lure the monster out is to offer a sacrifice in the form of a virgin. Although not one herself, Leela is the closest thing to a virgin there and is therefore forced to be the sacrifice. At the sacrifice, Nibbler emerges from a pipe... but so does a large, reptilian monster, who is the real El Chupanibre. Fry gets entangled in the trap that was meant for El Chupanibre, leaving only Bender to fight the beast; however, Leela is so scared, for herself and the others, that Bender is immobilized by her emotions. He and Fry teach Leela to stop caring about other people and care only about herself, and as a result, Bender is able to fight off the beast, whom he eventually flushes down a giant toilet into the sub-sewers.
The professor removes Bender's empathy chip. He says in amazement that the chip was actually turned off, so that Bender was actually sympathizing for Leela by himself. He then corrects himself, saying that it was actually at triple capacity ("And I still barely felt anything!" Bender claims.) Bender still retains his 'in-your-face' attitude; meanwhile, Leela learns that adopting Bender's attitude is better than being nice.
In the scene where Fry, Leela, and Bender are surrounded by the mutants, Leela's real mother and father (who are not introduced until season four) are clearly visible in the crowd. This appearance was intentional on the part of the creators who had conceived of Leela's true origin before they even pitched the idea for Futurama to FOX. This episode features the original design for Leela's parents in which Morris has a normal mouth and Munda has normal human arms. It was later decided that the characters would need to appear more mutated and the design was changed.[2][3]
In this episode, Nibbler is implied to be 5 years old based on the "rings" in his removed tooth. However, the episode "The Why of Fry" shows that Nibbler is more than 1000 years old.
- One of the animals in the vet's office is a rust monster from the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game.[4][5]
- The title of the episode comes from the 1967 hit song by The Miracles titled I Second That Emotion.
- ^ Futurama: I Second That Emotion (1999). Retrieved on 2007-09-18.
- ^ Cohen, David X.. (2003). Futurama season 4 DVD commentary for the episode "Leela's Homeworld" [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.
- ^ Gore, Kristin. (2003). Futurama season 4 DVD commentary for the episode "Leela's Homeworld" [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.
- ^ Freeze Frame: I Second That Emotion. Got Futurama. Retrieved on 2007-02-19.
- ^ Film References. Retrieved on 2007-02-19.
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