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* TouchOfTheMonster: "Calamari Surprise" version on the cover of "The Beast with a Billion Backs", showing Leela [[ContemptibleCover in a skimpy nightdress]] struggling in the grip of Naughty Tentacles as the rest of the cast look on in horror.

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* TouchOfTheMonster: "Calamari Surprise" version on the cover of "The Beast with a Billion Backs", showing Leela [[ContemptibleCover in a skimpy nightdress]] nightdress struggling in the grip of Naughty Tentacles as the rest of the cast look on in horror.
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* GeniusLoci: Yivo is something between this and an EldritchLocation, as its surface negates the laws that govern Fry's home universe and thus it behaves like an otherworldly place. However skhle is sentient and can communicate with the other universe's inhabitants. As such Yivo is unimposing and only asks the people there to come live on skhler's surface after earning their trust (the act of using their tentacles to make first contact coming merely from not understanding civilized custom in the other universe and not anything malicious). Yivo is very nice and polite as sentient worlds go, albeit lonely (which warps sklher perception and makes them paranoid of possible unfaithfulness).

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* GeniusLoci: Yivo is something between this and an EldritchLocation, as its surface negates the laws that govern Fry's home universe and thus it behaves like an otherworldly place. However skhle is sentient and can communicate with the other universe's inhabitants. As such Yivo is unimposing and only asks the people there to come live on skhler's skhler surface after earning their trust (the act of using their tentacles to make first contact coming merely from not understanding civilized custom in the other universe and not anything malicious). Yivo is very nice and polite as sentient worlds go, albeit lonely (which warps sklher perception and makes them paranoid of possible unfaithfulness).
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* GeniusLoci: Yivo is something between this and an EldritchLocation, as its surface negates the laws that govern Fry's home universe and thus it behaves like an otherworldly place. However skhle is sentient and can communicate with the other universe's inhabitants. As such Yivo is unimposing and only asks the people there to come live on skhler's surface after earning their trust (the act of using their tentacles to make first contact coming merely from not understanding civilized custom in the other universe and not anything malicious). Yivo is very nice and polite as sentient worlds go, albeit lonely (which warps sklher perception and makes them paranoid of possible unfaithfulness).
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* FluffyCloudHeaven: What Yivo's body looks like. In fact, Yivo inspired the whole idea of heaven looking like this, because shklee telepathically transmitted images of shkler universe to the minds of Earth's artists. Among other things, the "clouds" are a vapor the alien exudes, and stereotypical humanoid "angels" with wings and halos are present, but they're not even sapient; they're just birdlike creatures who eat the parasites on his surface.

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* FluffyCloudHeaven: What Yivo's body looks like. In fact, Yivo inspired the whole idea of heaven looking like this, because shklee telepathically transmitted images of shkler universe to the minds of Earth's artists. Among other things, the "clouds" are a vapor the alien exudes, and stereotypical humanoid "angels" with wings and halos are present, but they're not even sapient; they're just birdlike creatures who eat the parasites on his Yivo's surface.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Fry's innocent letter to Bender ends up ruining the ''ENTIRE UNIVERSE'S'' relationship with Yivo, who promptly evicts everyone from living on skhler since sklhe can no longer trust the universe's inhabitants to obey skhler rules.
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** Harold Zoid makes a reappearance wherein he says he has one line in a direct-to-DVD movie, which he intends to make into a OneSceneWonder.

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* AluminumChristmasTrees: Before the Planet Express crew leave to make first-contact with the NegativeSpaceWedgie, the crew receive coffee enemas from an Enema-bot. Coffee enemas actually do exist in real life. It is considered a form of "alternative medicine."

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* AluminumChristmasTrees: Before the Planet Express crew leave to make first-contact with the NegativeSpaceWedgie, the crew receive receives coffee enemas from an Enema-bot. Coffee enemas actually do exist in real life. It is considered a form of "alternative medicine."


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* BabyAsPayment: For the price of one (1) firstborn child you can get an army of the damned from robot hell, just be sure that there isn't a return policy.
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* HumanitysWake: All organics lifes Wake really, having moved in with their new spouse Yivo. A few of their sapient appliances are waiting for them to call.
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* TheMissusAndTheEx: Bender is delighted when Fry introduces Colleen to the rest of the crew as he expects drama between her and Leela. [[AvertedTrope The two women are perfectly cordial to each other]] and Leela turns Bender off to shut him up.


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* OldNewBorrowedAndBlue: The "Fonfon Rubok" isn't technically a wedding but Amy dresses as if it was complete with blue garters on her stockings.
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* FiveSecondForeshadowing: Just before Bender touches the anomaly, Wernstrom tries to call Planet Express to warn them, only for him to be rudely cut off by the Professor and Hermes. The Professor laments ignoring him afterwards.


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* RudelyHangingUp: When Wernstrom tries to alert Planet Express to the dangers of the anomaly, the Professor has Hermes do this to him as rudely as possible. Hermes uses the "crack slam".

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* PiratesWhoDontDoAnything: The League or Robots are theoretically dedicated to the defense of robots against human oppression and the eventual [[KillAllHumans destruction of the human species]], but when Bender joins them he's disappointed to find that they mostly just sit around and talk about how great they are.

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The League or Robots are theoretically dedicated to the defense of robots against human oppression and the eventual [[KillAllHumans destruction of the human species]], but when Bender joins them he's disappointed to find that they mostly just sit around and talk about how great they are.are.
** Bender's "Army of the Damned" take on a SpacePirate motif when they [[HellInvadesHeaven invade Yivo's dimension]]. Bender admits that he adopted this theme just because he thought Fry would like it.
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* SickeninglySweethearts: Fry and Colleen are this at first. Leela even lampshades it.

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* SickeninglySweethearts: Fry and Colleen are this at first. Leela even lampshades it. (Zoidberg's reaction—vomiting from both his saltwater and freshwater stomachs—is a subversion, though, as "[[ShipperOnDeck the double vomit is a sign of joy]].")
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* DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu: A romance between a PhysicalGod and every organic life form in the universe considered as an entity.
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* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Electromatter paper acts like this towards regular matter, and also Yivo. Bender makes great use of it by covering his sword in pieces of the electromatter paper that Fry sent as correspondence, allowing him to actually harm Yivo.

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* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Electromatter paper acts like this very sharp towards regular matter, and also Yivo. Bender makes great use of it by covering his sword in pieces of the electromatter paper that Fry sent as correspondence, allowing him to actually harm Yivo.



* CoversAlwaysLie: The pulp-style poster depicts Leela being abducted by one of Yivo's tentacles, with Fry running away in the corner. Fry is the first one to ''embrace'' Yivo's reign, while Leela proves to be the most capable at fighting shklim off during shkler initial invasion.

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* CoversAlwaysLie: The pulp-style poster depicts Leela being abducted by one of Yivo's tentacles, with Fry running away in the corner. Fry is the first one to ''embrace'' Yivo's reign, while Leela proves to be the most capable at fighting shklim off during shkler initial invasion.invasion and never even gets mind-controlled. The cover is also misleading about how Yivo abducts the Earthlings -- shklee doesn't outright grab them with shkler tentacles, but inserts them into the back of the prey's neck as a means of mind control and mating.



* FluffyCloudHeaven: What Yivo's body looks like. In fact, Yivo inspired the whole idea of heaven looking like this, because he telepathically transmitted images of his universe to the minds of Earth's artists. Among other things, the "clouds" are a vapor the alien exudes, and stereotypical humanoid "angels" with wings and halos are present, but they're not even sapient; they're just birdlike creatures who eat the parasites on his surface.

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* FluffyCloudHeaven: What Yivo's body looks like. In fact, Yivo inspired the whole idea of heaven looking like this, because he shklee telepathically transmitted images of his shkler universe to the minds of Earth's artists. Among other things, the "clouds" are a vapor the alien exudes, and stereotypical humanoid "angels" with wings and halos are present, but they're not even sapient; they're just birdlike creatures who eat the parasites on his surface.



* LoveFreak: Yivo, along with anyone with one of shkler tentacles in their neck.

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* LoveFreak: Yivo, along Yivo's goal is to date and mate with anyone every single being in the universe. Anyone with one of shkler tentacles in their neck.neck will obsess over Yivo's love as well, and try to coerce others to join them.



* NoAnimosityInTheAfterlife: Yivo brings everybody in the universe to his universe so they can live on his planet-sized body, which is essentially a FluffyCloudHeaven where everyone gets along. Even Wernstrom and Farnsworth, who are bitter rivals on Earth, can be seen working together on science projects.

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* NoAnimosityInTheAfterlife: Yivo brings everybody in the universe to his shkler universe so they can live on his shkler planet-sized body, which is essentially a FluffyCloudHeaven where everyone gets along. Even Wernstrom and Farnsworth, who are bitter rivals on Earth, can be seen working together on science projects.



* SoleSurvivor: By the end of the movie, Leela is the only non-robot character to never be assimilated by Yivo at any point. She does eventually settle into Yivo's FluffyCloudHeaven, but of her own will, and she never gets consumed by his tentacles.

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* SoleSurvivor: By the end of the movie, Leela is the only non-robot character to never be assimilated by Yivo at any point. She does eventually settle into Yivo's FluffyCloudHeaven, but of her own will, and she never gets consumed by his shkler tentacles.
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* CoversAlwaysLie: The pulp-style poster depicts Leela being abducted by one of Yivo's tentacles, with Fry running away in the corner. Fry is the first one to ''embrace'' Yivo's reign, while Leela proves to be the most capable at fighting shklim off.

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* CoversAlwaysLie: The pulp-style poster depicts Leela being abducted by one of Yivo's tentacles, with Fry running away in the corner. Fry is the first one to ''embrace'' Yivo's reign, while Leela proves to be the most capable at fighting shklim off.off during shkler initial invasion.

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* ChivalrousPervert: Yivo takes it UpToEleven, fitting the Trope despite having ''billions'' of potential lovers.
* ComfortingTheWidow: Zapp Branigan and Amy, after Kif is killed, thanks to Zapp's incompetence. Gets kinda awkward when he inevitably gets better.

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* ChivalrousPervert: Yivo takes it UpToEleven, fitting covertly has sex with the Trope despite having ''billions'' of potential lovers.
''entire'' universe, initially without them even knowing, but is also quite polite and willing to make things up to everybody by offering them eternal paradise living on shkler body.
* ComfortingTheWidow: Zapp Branigan and Amy, comforts Amy after Kif is killed, killed thanks to Zapp's incompetence.incompetence... and eventually sleeps with her. Gets kinda awkward when he inevitably gets better.
* CoversAlwaysLie: The pulp-style poster depicts Leela being abducted by one of Yivo's tentacles, with Fry running away in the corner. Fry is the first one to ''embrace'' Yivo's reign, while Leela proves to be the most capable at fighting shklim off.



* DoubleStandardRapeDivineOnMortal: Not only is it viewed as okay here, it's viewed [[BlackComedyRape as funny by viewers.]]

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* DoubleStandardRapeDivineOnMortal: Not only is it viewed as okay here, The billions of Earthlings who embraced Yivo's tentacles had no idea that they were shkler genitalia, and were all quite disgusted to find out. There's even a joke where Yivo victim blames the universe. Despite this, everybody quickly agrees to enter a legitimate relationship living on Yivo's body, and it's viewed [[BlackComedyRape treated as funny by viewers.]]a legitimate paradise.
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* SoleSurvivor: By the end of the movie, Leela is the only non-robot character to never be assimilated by Yivo at any point. She does eventually settle into Yivo's FluffyCloudHeaven, but of her own will, and she never gets consumed by his tentacles.
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* ThisIsGonnaSuck: When Kif gets strapped to a missile that's about to launch thanks to Zapp, he simply utters a weary "oh no", as if he couldn't expect anything less from his idiot boss.
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* DespairEventHorizon: Fry and Bender cross it at the same time - Fry can't stand sharing Colleen in a polyamorous relationship and Bender finds out the League of Robots doesn't exist (or so he thinks).
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* ValentinesDayEpisode: Although it wasn't released in February, the overall theme is love and relationships...in their most bizarre and extreme forms.
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'''[[CouchGag The Proud Result of Prison Labor]]'''
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* SecretMessageWink: Parodied when Leela brings the imprisoned professors [[JailBake a Smell-O-Scope disguised as a cake]]. She tries to wink at them to hint at what it really is, but given that she's a cyclops, they just think she's blinking. She then puts on some special glasses that simulate a wink, so they get the message.
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* OtherworldlyAndSexuallyAmbiguous: Yivo is unlike any sentient creature in the known universe. As such, according to Fry, the creature prefers to use "Shklee/Shkler" neopronouns.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Even the ''Robot Devil'' is shocked by how casually Bender is willing to send his own son to Hell in exchange for an army.
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* GroinAttack: Inez (unknowingly) squishes one of the flies that made up Kif's father. Said fly was his left testicle.
-->'''Bender:''' And the awkward-meter goes up another notch! ''Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding!''
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: Before the Planet Express crew leave to make first-contact with the NegativeSpaceWedgie, the crew receive coffee enemas from an Enema-bot. Coffee enemas actually do exist in real life. It is considered a form of "alternative medicine" and [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment perhaps we should end it there]].

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* AluminumChristmasTrees: Before the Planet Express crew leave to make first-contact with the NegativeSpaceWedgie, the crew receive coffee enemas from an Enema-bot. Coffee enemas actually do exist in real life. It is considered a form of "alternative medicine" and [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment perhaps we should end it there]].medicine."
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* BanisterSlide: Amy and Leela do this when they and Zapp are fleeing from Yivo. Zapp falls off the banister and instead accidentally skids down the steps, causing him great discomfort.
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* NotHyperbole: "Perhaps you should see the meaning of 'Fonfon Ru.' It means 'one who doesn't sleep with my superior officer.' That's the literal translation!"
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* PiratesWhoDontDoAnything: The League or Robots are theoretically dedicated to the defense of robots against human oppression and the eventual [[KillAllHumans destruction of the human species]], but when Bender joins them he's disappointed to find that they mostly just sit around and talk about how great they are.

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