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* TooDumbToLive: Human Bender's idea of a good human time is to overindulge in alcohol and food, which is the ''exact opposite'' of what he should be doing when he's become the opposite of a robot. No wonder he dies of morbid obesity.

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* TooDumbToLive: Human Bender's idea of a good human time is to overindulge in alcohol and food, which is the ''exact opposite'' of what he should be doing when he's become the opposite of a robot.robot who's virtually immortal (as long as they're maintained regularly) and ''needs'' booze as opposed to being negatively affected by it. No wonder he dies of morbid obesity.
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* TooDumbToLive: Human Bender's idea of a good human time is to overindulge in alcohol and food, which is the ''exact opposite'' of what he should be doing when he's become the opposite of a robot. No wonder he dies of morbid obesity.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Human!Bender's antenna's moved down south. Fry chides him about trying to wiggle it around to get better reception.
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* ActorAllusion: Tress MacNeille, the voice of Mom on Futurama actually DID voice the Wicked Witch in the short-lived Wizard of Oz animated show from 1990. It should come as no surprise that one of her Futurama characters would be in the role.

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* ActorAllusion: Tress MacNeille, [=MacNeille=], the voice of Mom on Futurama actually DID voice the Wicked Witch in the short-lived Wizard of Oz animated show from 1990. It should come as no surprise that one of her Futurama characters would be in the role.
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* WeightTaller: In addition to the enormous weight gain, Human!Bender somehow grows several feet taller after his over-indulgence binge.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero / NiceJobFixingItVillain: Bender killing the wicked witch of the west (mom) [[GreyAndGrayMorality could be interpreted as either one of these]].

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* NiceJobBreakingItHero / NiceJobFixingItVillain: Bender killing the wicked witch Wicked Witch of the west (mom) West (Mom) [[GreyAndGrayMorality could be interpreted as either one of these]].
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* ActorAllusion: Tress MacNeille, the voice of Mom on Futurama actually DID voice the Wicked Witch in the short-lived Wizard of Oz animated show from 1990. It should come as no surprise that one of her Futurama characters would be in the role.
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* InformedFlaw: Due to how truncated the third segment is, the flaws of its version of the Tin Man, Scarecrow, and Cowardly Lion don't exactly get time to be established. Leela simply guesses that Fry doesn't have a brain, Bender's needing a heart is more literal (he needs to pump a lot of blood out of his basement), and Zoidberg forgoes any kind of introduction in favor of pulling up in a taxi and announcing he doesn't have enough courage.

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* OffToSeeTheWizard: Leela's What-If

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* OffToSeeTheWizard: Leela's What-IfWhat-If ends up being as much a parody of these as of ''The Wizard of Oz'' itself; about half of the jokes are dedicated to just how overdone it is.
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* FauxHorrific: Tremble, as Fry fires at the space invaders ''through his own shield''!
-->'''Bender:''' He's a madman! A maaaaaaaadmaaaaaaaaaan!


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* HairTriggerTemper: Leela murders the Cute Witch of the North for making a disparaging comment about her foot size.


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* MoodWhiplash: Bender's death by overeating has the Professor briefly eulogising him, then saying "let's get him out of here. He's starting to stink up the joint."


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* RememberTheNewGuy: Blatantly played for laughs when the Professor asks for someone to ask the What If Machine a question, including Katrina the fairy, and Xanthor, both of whom the audience has never heard of before, and never see again.


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* ShoutOut:
** The Frycrow tries scaring crows by reading ''Literature/{{Christine}}'' at them (supposedly, though the passage he's reading doesn't match anything from the book).
** Everything in the second segment.
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The Professor has fixed the What-If Machine, leading the follow What-Ifs to be seen; Bender is turned into a human, and discovers that his usual vices are now bad him (but that doesn't stop him from going on the mother of all binges). Fry's video game skills are called upon to save the world. Leela ends up going on a ''Film/WizardOfOz''-style journey to find her family.

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The Professor has fixed the What-If Machine, leading the follow What-Ifs to be seen; Bender is turned into a human, and discovers that his usual vices are now bad for him (but that doesn't stop him from going on the mother of all binges). Fry's video game skills are called upon to save the world. Leela ends up going on a ''Film/WizardOfOz''-style ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''-style journey to find her family.

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* AndZoidberg: Apparently, Zoidberg had to take a cab.
-->'''Zoidberg:''' What? Do I smell? ''({{beat}})'' Oh.



* NiceJobBreakingItHero / NiceJobFixingItVillain: Bender killing the wicked witch of the west (mom) [[GreyAndGreyMorality could be interpreted as either one of these.]]

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* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: While Fry and Bender show up as the Scarecrow and Tinman in Leela's What-If, Zoidberg just appears as the "third guy"; he's still Zoidberg, not Zoidberg re-imagined as the Cowardly Lion.
* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: Apparently, Zoidberg had to take a cab.
-->'''Zoidberg:''' What? Do I smell? ''({{beat}})'' Oh.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero / NiceJobFixingItVillain: Bender killing the wicked witch of the west (mom) [[GreyAndGreyMorality [[GreyAndGrayMorality could be interpreted as either one of these.]]these]].



* OneOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: While Fry and Bender show up as the Scarecrow and Tinman in Leela's What-If, Zoidberg just appears as the "third guy"; He's still Zoidberg, not Zoidberg re-imagined as the Cowardly Lion.
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* TheHedonist: Bender turns the whole Nobel prize comity into this.

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* TheHedonist: Bender turns the whole Nobel prize comity committee into this.
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* RealityEnsues: Bender's normal habits wouldn't exactly be healthy for humans. Doesn't stop him from trying.

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** "There's no place like... [[MotorMouth Iwannabeawitch]]!"
* DeadAllAlong / DistractedFromDeath: Bender died at the start of the party, nobody realized until after the party was over.

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** "There's no place like... [[MotorMouth Iwannabeawitch]]!"
I wanna be a witch!"
* DeadAllAlong / DistractedFromDeath: Bender died at was this for the start of the party, nobody realized until after the party was over.entire party.


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* DiesWideOpen: Human!Bender's eyes are still open when he dies at the start of the party, which is why nobody realized he was gone until after the party was over.

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* AbusiveParents: Mom, as per usual.
-->'''Mom:''' Fly, my stupids! Fly out and get them!
-->'''Igner:''' But mommy! You promised us you'd bake monkey-cake today.
-->'''Mom:''' By "monkey cake", I meant ''your ass!''



-->'''Leela:''' I was having the most wonderful dream... except ''(points at Fry)'' you were there, ''(points at Bender)'' and you were there!



* BaitAndSwitch: "There's no place like... [[MotorMouth Iwannabeawitch]]!"
* [[spoiler:DeadAllAlong / DistractedFromDeath]]: [[spoiler:Bender died at the start of the party, nobody realized until after the party was over.]]

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* BaitAndSwitch: BaitAndSwitch:
** Mom orders her monkey-sons to kidnap Leela... so she can adopt her. And Leela's okay with that.
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"There's no place like... [[MotorMouth Iwannabeawitch]]!"
* [[spoiler:DeadAllAlong DeadAllAlong / DistractedFromDeath]]: [[spoiler:Bender DistractedFromDeath: Bender died at the start of the party, nobody realized until after the party was over.]]


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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Human!Bender's antenna's moved down south. Fry chides him about trying to wiggle it around to get better reception.
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* [[spoiler:DeadAllAlong / DistractedFromDeath]]: [[spoiler:Bender died at the start of the party, nobody realized until after the party was over.]]


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* TheHedonist: Bender turns the whole Nobel prize comity into this.


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* LampshadeHanging: [[WeaksauceWeakness "Oh, who'd have thought a small amount of liquid would ever fall on me"]].


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* NiceJobBreakingItHero / NiceJobFixingItVillain: Bender killing the wicked witch of the west (mom) [[GreyAndGreyMorality could be interpreted as either one of these.]]


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* SequelEpisode
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* {{Retirony}}: General Pac-Man really shouldn't have said his retirement started tomorrow.
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* AndZoidberg: Apparently, Zoidberg had to take a cab.
-->'''Zoidberg:''' What? Do I smell? ''({{beat}})'' Oh.
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* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Leela forgot how easily Mom Witch was killed a few moments before.

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* IWasHavingSuchANiceDream: "Except you were there, you were there, and [[RuleOfThree you were there]]!"



* IWasHavingSuchANiceDream: "Except you were there, you were there, and [[RuleOfThree you were there]]!"

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* IWasHavingSuchANiceDream: "Except you were there, you were there, and [[RuleOfThree you were there]]!"InkSuitActor: WordOfGod says that Human!Bender is exactly like Creator/JohnDiMaggio in looks ''and'' personality.
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* BaitAndSwitch: "There's no place like... Iwannabeawitch!"

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* BaitAndSwitch: "There's no place like... Iwannabeawitch!"[[MotorMouth Iwannabeawitch]]!"
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The Professor has fixed the What-If Machine, leading the follow What-Ifs to be seen; Bender is turned into a human, and discovers that his usual vices are now bad him. Fry's video game skills are called upon to save the world. Leela ends up going on a ''Film/WizardOfOZ''-esq journey for family.

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The Professor has fixed the What-If Machine, leading the follow What-Ifs to be seen; Bender is turned into a human, and discovers that his usual vices are now bad him.him (but that doesn't stop him from going on the mother of all binges). Fry's video game skills are called upon to save the world. Leela ends up going on a ''Film/WizardOfOZ''-esq ''Film/WizardOfOz''-style journey for to find her family.



* AllJustADream: Leela's What-If isn't from the machine; instead the lever hit her head and knocked her out.

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* AllJustADream: Leela's What-If isn't from the machine; instead the lever hit her on the head and knocked her out.
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* OneOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: While Fry and Bender show up as the Scarecrow and Tinman in Leela's What-If, Zoidberg just appears as 'the third guy;' He's still Zoidberg, not Zoidberg re-imagined as the Cowardly Lion.

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* OneOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: While Fry and Bender show up as the Scarecrow and Tinman in Leela's What-If, Zoidberg just appears as 'the third guy;' the "third guy"; He's still Zoidberg, not Zoidberg re-imagined as the Cowardly Lion.
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* IWasHavingSuchANiceDream: "Except ''you'' were there, ''you'' were there'', and [[RuleOfThree ''you'' were there]]!"

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* IWasHavingSuchANiceDream: "Except ''you'' you were there, ''you'' you were there'', there, and [[RuleOfThree ''you'' you were there]]!"
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* IWasHavingSuchANiceDream: "Except ''you'' were there, ''you'' were there'', and [[RuleOfThree ''you'' were there]]!"
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-->'''Announcer:''' YOU WATCHED IT! YOU CAN'T UN-WATCH IT!

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-->'''Announcer:''' [[MemeticMutation YOU WATCHED IT! YOU CAN'T UN-WATCH IT!IT!]]
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* BaitAndSwitch: "There's no place like... Iwannabeawitch!"
* FanDisservice: Human!Bender, at the end of his life. Oh, so much...
* HappilyAdopted: What Leela would have been in her What-If, had Bender not opened that champagne bottle onto Mom.


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* ImColdSoCold: General Pac-Man's last words.
* LargeHam: The Continuity Announcer. To whit:
-->'''Announcer:''' YOU WATCHED IT! YOU CAN'T UN-WATCH IT!


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* OrganTheft: The Professor even has a box set out for Leela's organs.
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* HugeHolographicHead: Farnsworth as the Wizard at first appears to be this, but then he steps from behind the curtain and his head is really that size.



* OffToSeeTheWizard: Leela's What-If



* SenseFreak: For Bender, tasting food, beer, and other things is such a shock that he can't stop, and quickly becomes an oversized blob.

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* SenseFreak: For Bender, tasting food, beer, and other things is such a shock that he can't stop, and quickly becomes an oversized blob.blob.
* WhatIf
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The Professor has fixed the What-If Machine, leading the follow What-Ifs to be seen; Bender is turned into a human, and discovers that his usual vices are now bad him. Fry's video game skills are called upon to save the world. Leela ends up going on a ''Film/WizardOfOZ''-esq journey for family.

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* AllJustADream: Leela's What-If isn't from the machine; instead the lever hit her head and knocked her out.
* AndYouWereThere: Spoofed at the end of Leela's What-If.
* IKnowMortalKombat: The point of Fry's What-If.
* OneOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: While Fry and Bender show up as the Scarecrow and Tinman in Leela's What-If, Zoidberg just appears as 'the third guy;' He's still Zoidberg, not Zoidberg re-imagined as the Cowardly Lion.
* SenseFreak: For Bender, tasting food, beer, and other things is such a shock that he can't stop, and quickly becomes an oversized blob.

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