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Bender goes on a tirade about humans' mistreating robots, not helped by the latest mission: Delivering a box of lug nuts to a planet controlled by radical robot seperatists. Since the robots hate humans, Bender has to be the one to make the delivery. However, things quickly go awry once he's on the planet's surface, and now Fry and Leela must infiltrate a city of robots.

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Bender goes on a tirade about humans' mistreating how humans mistreat robots, not which isn't helped by the latest mission: Delivering a box of lug nuts to a planet controlled by radical robot seperatists.separatists. Since the robots hate humans, Bender has to be the one to make the delivery. However, things quickly go awry once he's on the planet's surface, and now Fry and Leela must infiltrate a city of robots.
robots to get him back.



* BodyHorror: Parodied with the robots' B-movie, when the human opens his chest like a metallic armor to show his (poorly reproduced) organs. Robot spectators probably don't realize that a human wouldn't be able to do this, and even if they could they would either quickly die, or would genuinely be a HumanoidAbomination but in no way an actual human.
* BreadAndCircuses: This is what the human hunts and anti-human propaganda turn out to be, a distraction from Chapek-9's many troubles, including the Robot Elders' own admitted incompetence and their crippling lugnut shortage.

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* BodyHorror: Parodied with the robots' B-movie, when the human opens his chest like a metallic armor to show his (poorly reproduced) organs. Robot spectators probably don't realize that a human wouldn't be able to do this, and even if they could could, they would either quickly die, die or would genuinely be a HumanoidAbomination but (but in no way an actual human.
a true human).
* BreadAndCircuses: This is what the human hunts and anti-human propaganda turn out to be, be: a distraction from Chapek-9's many troubles, including the Robot Elders' own admitted incompetence and their crippling lugnut shortage.



* {{Demonization}}: Humans are given this treatment. The Robot Elders use the threat and hatred of humans to distract the robots of Chapek-9 from their real problems, like the crippling lugnut shortage, and a government of corrupt, incompetent Robot Elders.

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* {{Demonization}}: Humans are given this treatment. The Robot Elders use the threat and hatred of humans to distract the robots of Chapek-9 from their real problems, like problems: the crippling lugnut shortage, shortage and a government of corrupt, incompetent Robot Elders.



* {{Foreshadowing}}: The robots assume Leela is human. When she insists she's an alien, they ignore her. WordOfGod states this was intentional, as the series bible established she was a human mutant from the very start.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The robots assume Leela is human. When she insists that she's an alien, they ignore her. WordOfGod states this was intentional, as the series bible established establishes that she was a human mutant from the very start.



-->'''Bender:''' You do know I made Robanukah up to get out of work right?\\

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-->'''Bender:''' You do know I made Robanukah up to get out of work work, right?\\



* PaperThinDisguise: Fry and Leela spend part of the episode rather poorly disguised as robots, but for the most part they get away with it.

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* PaperThinDisguise: Fry and Leela spend part of the episode rather poorly disguised as robots, but but, for the most part part, they get away with it.



* RealMenWearPink: As a test of their robot-ity, Fry and Leela are asked which option they would prefer; a puppy, a flower from their sweetheart, or a large properly-formatted data file. After giving the correct answer (the data-file), one guard notes that the flower was also a valid option.

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* RealMenWearPink: As a test of their robot-ity, Fry and Leela are asked which option they would prefer; prefer: a puppy, puppy; a flower from their sweetheart, sweetheart; or a large properly-formatted large, properly formatted data file. file. After giving the correct answer (the data-file), one guard notes that the flower was also a valid option.



** The first robot to realize Fry and Leela aren't robots roars a la ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers1978''.



** The "Robots At Work" segment is an obvious parody of ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}''.

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** The "Robots At at Work" segment is an obvious parody of ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}''.
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* CompressedVice: Fry and Leela become noticeably more prejudiced against robots in the early parts of the episode, to make Bender leaving them more convincing. The most obvious example is probably Fry comparing a planet being inhabited by robots to a warehouse being inhabited by boxes.
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-->'''Robot elder:''' Silence, Billy!

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-->'''Robot elder:''' Silence, Billy!Quiet, Jimmy.

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* BodyHorror: Parodied with the robots' B-movie, when the human opens his chest like a metalic armor to show his (poorly reproduced) organs. Robot spectators probably don't realize that a human wouldn't be able to do this, and even if they could they would either quickly die, or would genuinely be an HumanoidAbomination but in no way an actual human.

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* BodyHorror: Parodied with the robots' B-movie, when the human opens his chest like a metalic metallic armor to show his (poorly reproduced) organs. Robot spectators probably don't realize that a human wouldn't be able to do this, and even if they could they would either quickly die, or would genuinely be an a HumanoidAbomination but in no way an actual human.



* ChekhovsGun:
** The anti-human propaganda movie Fry and Leela watch claims that humans can breathe fire. When Fry and Leela are cornered by the Robot Elders, Fry threatens to do exactly that, causing the Robot Elders to pause for long enough that he and Leela are able to escape.
--->'''Robot Elder:''' ...can they actually do that or did we just make that up?
** The Robot Elders briefly mention a crippling lugnut shortage as being one of the many problems that their anti-human propaganda is a distraction from. Guess what turns out to be in the package?



* DistractedByTheSexy: When human hunting, Bender gets completely sidetracked by an old porno shop.

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* DistractedByTheSexy: When human hunting, While human-hunting, Bender gets completely sidetracked by an old porno shop.



* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: At the end of the robot movie, a character warns that humans could be lurking anywhere... including movie theaters!

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* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: An in-universe example. At the end of the robot movie, a character warns that humans could be lurking anywhere... including movie theaters!



-->'''Robot elder:''' Quiet, Jimmy.

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-->'''Robot elder:''' Quiet, Jimmy.Silence, Billy!

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'''Robot Elder 2:''' Gee, I can't remember anymore. Though it might just be from that stupid movie.

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'''Robot Elder 2:''' Gee, I can't remember anymore. Though it might just be from that stupid movie.\\
'''Robot Elder 3:''' Was that the original or the remake?
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'''Guard 1:''' Which of the following would you prefer: A -- a puppy, B -- a flower from your sweetie, or C -- a large, properly formatted data file? ''Choose!''\\

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'''Guard 1:''' Which of the following would you prefer: A -- a puppy, B -- a pretty flower from your sweetie, or C -- a large, properly formatted data file? ''Choose!''\\



'''Fry:''' Is the puppy mechanical in any way?\\

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'''Fry:''' Is Uh, is the puppy mechanical in any way?\\
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** When Leela sneezes and outs herself and Fry as non-robots, the robot who just congratulated them on their hot date night turns and screams in an obvious homage to ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers1978''.
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* {{Catchphrase}}: The Robot Elders have "SILENCE!"

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* {{Catchphrase}}: CharacterCatchphrase: The Robot Elders have "SILENCE!"
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* BodyHorror: Parodied with the robots' B-movie, when the human opens his chest like a metalic armor to show his (poorly reproduced) organs. Robot spectators probably don't realize that a human wouldn't be able to do this, and even if they could they would either quickly die, or would genuinely be an HumanoidAbomination but in no way an actual human.
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** When Fry, Leela and Bender escape the town together, the way the robots are chasing them in a perfect identic line reproduces a ''WesternAnimation/KirikouAndTheSorceress'' scene, where the fetishes are out of the Sorceress' hut to chase Kirikou the exact same way.
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* ByTheLightsOfTheirEyes: After their trial, Fry and Leela are dropped through a trap door into a dark room. Only their eyes are visible.
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* CoconutEffect: Aluminum Blernsball bats make a wooden ''crack'', instead of a metallic ''ping''.

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* DeathBySex: The episode parodies the BMovie tradition by having a robot couple making out in a car say things like "It's okay to let our guard down, even for a moment!" before being attacked by a "scary human".

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* DeathBySex: {{Demonization}}: Humans are given this treatment. The episode parodies Robot Elders use the BMovie tradition by having a robot couple making out in a car say things threat and hatred of humans to distract the robots of Chapek-9 from their real problems, like "It's okay to let our guard down, even for the crippling lugnut shortage, and a moment!" before being attacked by a "scary human".government of corrupt, incompetent Robot Elders.



* TheScapegoat / {{Demonization}}: Humans are given this treatment. The Robot Elders use the threat and hatred of humans to distract the robots of Chapek-9 from their real problems, like the crippling lugnut shortage, and a government of corrupt, incompetent Robot Elders.

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* TheScapegoat / {{Demonization}}: Humans are given this treatment. SexSignalsDeath: The Robot Elders use episode parodies the threat and hatred of humans to distract the robots of Chapek-9 from their real problems, BMovie tradition by having a robot couple making out in a car say things like the crippling lugnut shortage, and "It's okay to let our guard down, even for a government of corrupt, incompetent Robot Elders.moment!" before being attacked by a "scary human".

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