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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: The tanker crash is, naturally, based on the ''[=Exxon Valdez=]'' oil spill, the "go to" oil spill in fiction in TheNineties and early 2000s.
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* ShoutOut: After getting munched by the orca, Bender whistles [[Franchise/StarWars R2-D2 style]].
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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
** After getting munched by the orca, Bender whistles [[Franchise/StarWars R2-D2style]].style]].
** The killer whale beaching itself on the ice flow to devour the penguins is from the ending to ''Orca''.
** The dark matter tanker is named ''Juan Valdez'', after the mascot for Colombian coffee and as a pun on the ''Exxon Valdez''.
** The title is a reference to Robert Stroud, ''Film/TheBirdmanOfAlcatraz'' (who ironically only had pet birds in Leavenworth Penitentiary; when he was transferred to Alcatraz, he wasn't allowed any pets).
** After getting munched by the orca, Bender whistles [[Franchise/StarWars R2-D2
** The killer whale beaching itself on the ice flow to devour the penguins is from the ending to ''Orca''.
** The dark matter tanker is named ''Juan Valdez'', after the mascot for Colombian coffee and as a pun on the ''Exxon Valdez''.
** The title is a reference to Robert Stroud, ''Film/TheBirdmanOfAlcatraz'' (who ironically only had pet birds in Leavenworth Penitentiary; when he was transferred to Alcatraz, he wasn't allowed any pets).
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Too Dumb To Live is a Death Trope. It requires the person to die as a result of their action. Dumb actions in general are What An Idiot and belong on the YMMV tab.
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* TooDumbToLive: After conditioning the penguins to kill anything that wasn't black and white, Bender, for reasons best known to himself, takes off his tuxedo. One penguin sees him without it and the rest promptly swarm him and Leela.
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* DebateAndSwitch: See AnimalWrongsGroup above. Through outside forces, the penguin population explodes, which will eventually lead to their collective starvation. Hunting is then proposed by the activists to curb their population and save them from a miserable slow death. ''This'' can actually be TruthInTelevision, and there are many different beneficial [[note]]as well as detrimental[[/note]] outcomes to saving an animal population via selective killings. ''That said'', the activists inexplicably turn into bloodthirsty hunters the moment they get their hands on some guns, and get excited about the idea of murdering the very penguins they came to save. Naturally, Leela takes offense, not at the hard truth solution, but their ecstatic ''attitudes''. Leela delivers the episode’s Aesop outright (“[a tough decision like this] shouldn’t be in the hands of people who want to kill for fun.”), and the hunters never get the chance to kill; nature works itself out and killer whales take care of the job by eating them.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: The first "penguin" Leela shoots happens to be Bender, which reboots him back to human.
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* JerckassHasAPoint: Waterfall may be a gun-toting redneck, but he is right in saying that overpopulation will eventually result in the penguins starving themselves to death.
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* JerckassHasAPoint: JerkassHasAPoint: Waterfall may be a gun-toting redneck, but he is right in saying that overpopulation will eventually result in the penguins starving themselves to death.
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* JerckassHasAPoint: Waterfall may be a gun-toting redneck, but he is right in saying that overpopulation will eventually result in the penguins starving themselves to death.
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* GuestStarPartyMember: After Leela quits, Zoidberg joins the crew of the Planet Express ship.
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* SmallNameBigEgo: Bender, surprising no-one, goes completely mad on being put in charge of the ship, and acts like he's some great military hero adorned with medals, despite Fry pointing out that they're just bottle-caps and pieces of pepperoni.
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* SmallNameBigEgo: Bender, surprising no-one, goes completely mad power-mad on being put in charge of the ship, and acts like he's some great military hero adorned with medals, despite Fry pointing out that they're just bottle-caps and pieces of pepperoni.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: It's quite possible most of this would have been avoided if Leela had stayed in command of the ship, as she would have certainly taken more care while piloting it and may have avoided the whole accident.
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* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: It's an entire episode devoted to penguins.
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* TheEndOrIsIt: Two penguins find some abandoned rifles, and clumsily pick them up. We hear a gun cocking, cut to black.
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* TheEndOrIsIt: Two penguins find some abandoned rifles, and clumsily pick them up. We see them eyeing one another suspiciously, hear a gun cocking, cut to black.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Bender reboots by Leela, he does so as human, despite Leela's long-standing belief she's human.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Bender reboots by Leela, he does so as human, despite Leela's long-standing belief she's human.an alien.
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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Free Waterfall, Sr. is a complete cook, who enjoys rubbing permafrost into his crotch, and holding his hands over his butt.
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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Free Waterfall, Sr. is a complete cook, kook, who enjoys rubbing permafrost into his crotch, and holding his hands over his butt.
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-->'''Leela:'''(''witnessing the penguins maul Free Waterfall Sr. to death'') And they were such peaceful creatures...I suppose this was ''your'' doing.
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'''Free Waterfall, Sr.:''' No, I did not.
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'''Free Waterfall, Sr.:''' [[DidntThinkThisThrough No, I did not.]]
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* AllPlanetsAreEarthlike: Pluto is depicted as being exactly like the Antarctic, having the same light and gravity as Earth. All according to RuleOfFunny.
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* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Leela says that, with the windchill, "it's 20 below absolute zero" outside on Pluto. Absolute zero is the point at which all motion stops, so there'd be no way for wind to exist at that point. But since it's going [[UpToEleven below that point]], it's most likely RuleOfFunny at work.
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* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Leela says that, with the windchill, "it's 20 below absolute zero" outside on Pluto. Absolute zero is the point at which all motion stops, so there'd be no way for wind to exist at that point. But since it's going [[UpToEleven below that point]], it's most likely RuleOfFunny at work.work.
-->'''Leela:''' It's 20 degrees below absolute zero out there!\\
'''David X. Cohen:''' ''(on the commentary)'' Take that, physicists! A blow to your precious logic!
-->'''Leela:''' It's 20 degrees below absolute zero out there!\\
'''David X. Cohen:''' ''(on the commentary)'' Take that, physicists! A blow to your precious logic!
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Free Waterfall, Sr. is a complete cook, who enjoys rubbing permafrost into his crotch, and holding his hands over his butt.
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* ChekhovsGunman: As Free Waterfall, Sr. dies, his father Old Man Waterfall appears swearing to avenge his death.
** The orca whale that caused Bender to reset to penguin mode shows up to devour the penguins threatening Bender and Leela.
** The orca whale that caused Bender to reset to penguin mode shows up to devour the penguins threatening Bender and Leela.
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* ChekhovsGunman: ChekhovsGunman:
** As Free Waterfall, Sr. dies, his father Old Man Waterfall appears swearing to avenge his death.
** The orca whale thatcaused causes Bender to reset to penguin mode shows up to devour the penguins threatening Bender and Leela.Leela.
* CrazyPrepared: Bender has a pre-installed penguin mode.
** As Free Waterfall, Sr. dies, his father Old Man Waterfall appears swearing to avenge his death.
** The orca whale that
* CrazyPrepared: Bender has a pre-installed penguin mode.
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* EpicFail: Somehow Fry and Zoidberg wind up getting attacked by a giant squid, not to mention "leaving space as [they] know it".
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* EpicFail: Somehow Fry and Zoidberg wind up getting attacked by a giant squid, not to mention "leaving space as [they] know it".it", looking for a robot who never left the planet they started on.
* FantasticRacism: Penguins look down on puffins. Bender is able to rally the penguins into running away by declaring standing still is "puffin talk".
* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Bender reboots by Leela, he does so as human, despite Leela's long-standing belief she's human.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Bender reboots by Leela, he does so as human, despite Leela's long-standing belief she's human.
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* ItHasBeenAnHonor: Zoidberg shouts "It's been an honour to serve under you, sir!" to Fry as they come under attack from the giant squid.
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* ItHasBeenAnHonor: Zoidberg shouts "It's been an honour honor to serve under you, sir!" to Fry as they come under attack from the giant squid.
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* PaperThinDisguise: A tuxedo is all it takes to disguise Bender among the penguins.
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* ShoutOut: After getting munched by the orca, Bender whistles [[Franchise/StarWars R2-D2 style]].
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* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Leela says that, with the windchill, "it's 20 below absolute zero" outside on Pluto. Absolute zero is the point at which all motion stops, so there'd be no way for wind to exist at that point. But since it's going [[UpToEleven below that point]], it's most likely RuleOfFunny at work.
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* {{Gasp}}: The environmentalist group gasps after each problem that Free Waterfall, Sr. says dark matter has caused. [[UpToEleven One man even becomes injured from "over-gasping"]].
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* BaitAndSwitch: While trying to run from the penguins, Leela and Bender reach a cliff edge with no easy way down. Cursing their lack of a toboggan, Leela is then seen eyeing up Bender as if contemplating riding him down the cliff. Cut to the next scene, showing Bender riding Leela like a sled.
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* ForgotAboutHisPowers: Bender thinks he's safe when he cuts himself off from the penguins by breaking off an ice floe and floating away. The penguins promptly jump in the water to continue the pursuit.
-->'''Bender''': [[OhCrap Oh right, they can swim]].
-->'''Bender''': [[OhCrap Oh right, they can swim]].
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* TooDumbToLive: After conditioning the penguins to kill anything that wasn't black and white, Bender, for reasons best known to himself, takes off his tuxedo. One penguin sees him without it and the rest promptly swarm him and Leela.
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* DrunkDriving: A weird inversion, where Bender is arrested for Driving While ''Not'' Intoxicated, his alcohol level well ''below'' the legal limit. (Seeing as being sober is debilitating to him.)
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* DrunkDriving: DrunkDriver: A weird inversion, where Bender is arrested for Driving While ''Not'' Intoxicated, his alcohol level well ''below'' the legal limit. (Seeing as being sober is debilitating to him.)
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* DrunkDriving: A weird inversion, where Bender is arrested for Driving While ''Not'' Intoxicated, his alcohol level well ''below'' the legal limit. (Seeing as being sober is debilitating to him.)
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Bender crashes a tanker of dark matter into a penguin preserve on Pluto, and a concussion (Brought about by his escape from community service) causes his software to change to penguin mode. Meanwhile, the dark matter has a serious effect on the penguins...
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Bender crashes a tanker of dark matter into a penguin preserve on Pluto, and a concussion (Brought (brought about by his escape from community service) causes his software to change to penguin mode. Meanwhile, the dark matter has a serious effect on the penguins...
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* AbsenteeActor: Hermes and Amy are not in this episode.
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* ItHasBeenAnHonor: Zoidberg shouts "It's been an honour to serve under you, sir!" to Fry as they come under attack from the giant squid.
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** The orca whale that caused Bender to reset to penguin mode shows up to devour the penguins threatening Bender and Leela.
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* TheCorrupter: Bender manages to turn the penguins from innocent, harmless and docile, to violent, aggressive and xenophobic in mere moments:
-->'''Leela:'''(''witnessing the penguins maul Free Waterfall Sr. to death'') And they were such peaceful creatures...I suppose this was ''your'' doing.
-->'''Bender:''' You got it. Just like I taught them: "If it ain't black and white; Peck, scratch and bite."
-->'''Leela:'''(''witnessing the penguins maul Free Waterfall Sr. to death'') And they were such peaceful creatures...I suppose this was ''your'' doing.
-->'''Bender:''' You got it. Just like I taught them: "If it ain't black and white; Peck, scratch and bite."
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* GoingNative: After landing on his head, Bender reboots and adopts the language and eventually, the lifestyle of penguins.
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* ChekhovsGunman: As Free Waterfall, Sr. dies, his father Old Man Waterfall appears swearing to avenge his death.
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* PoliceAreUseless: URL and Smitty are Bender's assigned parole officers, but are too busy having a hug-fest to notice Bender's sneaking off.
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* RunningGag: Free Waterfall, Sr.'s death establishes the death of Waterfalls as one.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Bender, surprising no-one, goes completely mad on being put in charge of the ship, and acts like he's some great military hero adorned with medals, despite Fry pointing out that they're just bottle-caps and pieces of pepperoni.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Bender, surprising no-one, goes completely mad on being put in charge of the ship, and acts like he's some great military hero adorned with medals, despite Fry pointing out that they're just bottle-caps and pieces of pepperoni.
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* StopHavingFunGuys: As Leela says, if it's fun in any way, it's not environmentalist. (Except blowing up dams.)
* WhatAnIdiot: Bender removes his suit not even seconds after telling Leela he told the penguins to kill anything that wasn't black and white.
* WhatAnIdiot: Bender removes his suit not even seconds after telling Leela he told the penguins to kill anything that wasn't black and white.
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* EpicFail: Somehow Fry and Zoidberg wind up getting attacked by a giant squid, not to mention "leaving space as [they] know it".
* GunNut: Every member of Penguins Unlimited. One of their members is the head of the NRA.
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* ProfessionalYesMan: Zoidberg.
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* ProfessionalYesMan: Zoidberg.NotSoAboveItAll: Leela admits she enjoys blowing up dams.
* ProfessionalButtKisser: Zoidberg.
* StopHavingFunGuys: As Leela says, if it's fun in any way, it's not environmentalist. (Except blowing up dams.)
* ProfessionalButtKisser: Zoidberg.
* StopHavingFunGuys: As Leela says, if it's fun in any way, it's not environmentalist. (Except blowing up dams.)
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* ExplosiveBreeder: Dark matter causes the penguins to breed faster, leading to overpopulation. It's even suggested that [[MisterSeahorse the]] ''[[MisterSeahorse males]]'' [[MisterSeahorse have started laying eggs.]]
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* TheEndOrIsIt: Two penguins find some abandoned rifles, and clumsily pick them up. We hear a gun cocking, cut to black.
* ExplosiveBreeder: Dark matter causes the penguins to breed faster, leading to overpopulation. It's evensuggested stated that [[MisterSeahorse the]] ''[[MisterSeahorse males]]'' [[MisterSeahorse have started laying eggs.]]
* ExplosiveBreeder: Dark matter causes the penguins to breed faster, leading to overpopulation. It's even
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* InsigniaRipOffRitual: When Leela refuses to tow the tanker through Pluto's penguin preserve, the Professor insists she turn in her 'Captain's Jacket'...even though it's just her normal jacket.
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* InsigniaRipOffRitual: When Leela refuses to tow the tanker through Pluto's penguin preserve, the Professor insists she turn in her 'Captain's Jacket'...even though it's just her normal jacket.jacket.
* ProfessionalYesMan: Zoidberg.
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* TwoDSpace: Averted when protesters form a ring around the tanker to keep it from leaving, only for it to fly up over their heads. {{Lampshaded}} immediately afterwards.
-->'''Leela:''' When you were planning this peace ring, didn't you realize spaceships can move in three dimensions?\\
'''Free Waterfall, Sr.:''' No, I did not.
-->'''Leela:''' When you were planning this peace ring, didn't you realize spaceships can move in three dimensions?\\
'''Free Waterfall, Sr.:''' No, I did not.
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Bender crashes a tanker of dark matter into a penguin preserve on Pluto, and a concussion (Brought about by his escape from community service) causes his software to change to penguin mode. Meanwhile, the dark matter has a serious effect on the penguins...
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* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: Inverted: Bender, after going too long without a drink in depression from Fry's rejection of his captaincy, stupidly crashes the tanker on Pluto.
* AnimalWrongsGroup: Free Waterfall, Sr. as the leader of Penguins Unlimited. He's a tiny bit better than the last Waterfall, but once he decides that the penguin flocks need to be culled to prevent starvation, he and his group shift from animal lovers to rednecks who like their jobs too much.
* DrunkWithPower: Unsurprisingly, Bender as Leela's substitute doesn't take too long to take his new position too far.
* IdentityAmnesia: Bender, after hitting his head, starts thinking he's a penguin.
* InsigniaRipOffRitual: When Leela refuses to tow the tanker through Pluto's penguin preserve, the Professor insists she turn in her 'Captain's Jacket'...even though it's just her normal jacket.
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* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: Inverted: Bender, after going too long without a drink in depression from Fry's rejection of his captaincy, stupidly crashes the tanker on Pluto.
* AnimalWrongsGroup: Free Waterfall, Sr. as the leader of Penguins Unlimited. He's a tiny bit better than the last Waterfall, but once he decides that the penguin flocks need to be culled to prevent starvation, he and his group shift from animal lovers to rednecks who like their jobs too much.
* DrunkWithPower: Unsurprisingly, Bender as Leela's substitute doesn't take too long to take his new position too far.
* IdentityAmnesia: Bender, after hitting his head, starts thinking he's a penguin.
* InsigniaRipOffRitual: When Leela refuses to tow the tanker through Pluto's penguin preserve, the Professor insists she turn in her 'Captain's Jacket'...even though it's just her normal jacket.
