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** The waterwheel robot is named LISA. WordOfGod says that she's not named after [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons that Lisa]], but rather the Lisa computer by Apple. The dumb robot is called Sinclair, after the Sinclair ZX computers, which had incredibly limited memory (especially by modern standards).

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** The waterwheel robot is named LISA. WordOfGod says that she's not named after [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons that Lisa]], but rather the Lisa computer by Apple. The dumb robot is called Sinclair, after the Sinclair ZX Spectrum computers, which had incredibly limited memory (especially by modern standards).
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* DudeNotFunny: Leela bursts out laughing when Bender tells them he's scared of the new Robot 1-X replacing him. Of course, the rest of the crew is ''not'' amused.

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* DudeNotFunny: Leela bursts out laughing ''laughs'' when Bender tells them he's scared of the new Robot 1-X replacing him. Of course, the rest of the crew is ''not'' amused.
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* BluntNo: The upgrade operator bluntly shuts down Bender's questioning of reality at the end.


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* WholePlotReference: From the moment Bender goes in the upgrade machine the episode is ''Film/TotalRecall1990'' in terms of AllJustADream.
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** The waterwheel robot is named LISA. WordOfGod says that she's not named after [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons that Lisa]], but rather the Lisa computer by Apple. The dumb robot is called Sinclair, after the Sinclair ZX computer, which had incredibly limited memory (especially by modern standards).

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** The waterwheel robot is named LISA. WordOfGod says that she's not named after [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons that Lisa]], but rather the Lisa computer by Apple. The dumb robot is called Sinclair, after the Sinclair ZX computer, computers, which had incredibly limited memory (especially by modern standards).



--->'''Bender''': Oh merciful Poseidon, have pity on this mechanical mariner! ''(storm clouds gather and thunder rumbles)'' [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Oh jeez]].

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--->'''Bender''': Oh merciful Poseidon, have take pity on this mechanical mariner! ''(storm clouds gather and thunder rumbles)'' [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Oh jeez]].
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When Bender proves to be incompatible with the 1-X Robot Professor Farnsworth bought, he's sent in to be upgraded. But rather than have his mind changed, Bender breaks out, and ends up on an island with other obsolete robots.

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When Bender proves to be incompatible with the 1-X Robot Professor Farnsworth bought, he's sent in to be upgraded. But rather than have his mind changed, Bender breaks out, out and ends up on an a deserted island with other obsolete robots.



* AllJustADream: Everything that happened after Bender is put in the upgrade machine is just a dream. Bender starts to wonder if anything in life is real.
* BigWhat: One of the Cartridge Unit is just him shouting "WHAT?!". He uses this when Bender reveals his plan to attack the human world.

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* AllJustADream: Everything that happened after Bender is put in the upgrade machine is just a dream. Upon learning this, Bender starts to wonder if anything in his life is real.
* BigWhat: One of the Cartridge Unit Unit's tapes is just him shouting "WHAT?!". He uses this when Bender reveals his plan to attack the human world.



** Bender refuses to use the robot scratching post because he has "some dignity", as he's wearing robot dealie-boppers. Later on, he turns out to have uses the scratching post anyway.
** Bender also criticizes watching snails crawl as the dumbest thing he's ever heard. Cut to Bender excitedly doing just that.
* {{Irony}}: Farnsworth and Wernstrom's Killbots are disgusted by their creator's hatred, and leave them to go take a paddleboat ride.
* IslandHelpMessage: Bender makes one with rocks after he gets stranded on the island. He's one rock short of completely the P in "HELP" because he used up all the other rocks to make a much longer message that precedes the "HELP".

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** Bender refuses to use the robot scratching post because he has "some dignity", as which he says while he's wearing robot dealie-boppers. Later on, he turns out to have uses the scratching post anyway.
** Bender also criticizes the idea of watching snails crawl a snail crawling around as the dumbest thing he's ever heard. Cut to Bender excitedly doing just that.
* {{Irony}}: Farnsworth and Wernstrom's Killbots killbots are disgusted by their creator's hatred, and leave them to go take a paddleboat ride.
* IslandHelpMessage: Bender makes one with rocks after he gets stranded on the island. He's one rock short of completely completing the P in "HELP" because he used up all the other rocks to make a much longer message that precedes the "HELP".



* LargeHam: Lisa the water-wheel robot gets utterly panicked when she thinks her water wheel has run out.

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* LargeHam: Lisa the water-wheel robot gets utterly panicked when panics very loudly whenever she thinks her water wheel has run out.



* LotusEaterMachine: The upgrade is actually one of these, meant to show robots who receive it how the 1-X robot can help them.

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* LotusEaterMachine: The upgrade is actually one of these, meant to show robots who receive it how the Robot 1-X robot can help them.



* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: [[TropeNamer Trope name]] come from this episode's dialogue.
-->'''Bender:''' Save all of my friends! And Zoidberg!
* NoIndoorVoice: The robot nanny, mixed with being deep and evil.
-->'''Robot nany:''' SLEEP, LITTLE DUMPLING. I HAVE REPLACED YOUR MOTHER.

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* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: [[TropeNamer Trope The trope name]] come comes from this episode's dialogue.
-->'''Bender:''' Save all of my friends! And Zoidberg!
* NoIndoorVoice: The robot nanny, mixed with being deep and evil.
evil. Notably, the baby it's taking care of isn't bothered in the least.
-->'''Robot nany:''' Nanny:''' SLEEP, LITTLE DUMPLING. I HAVE REPLACED YOUR MOTHER.



* TheSoulless: A soul detector at the robot expo doesn't react when Bender, or any other robot, going through it.

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* TheSoulless: A soul detector at the robot expo doesn't react when Bender, or any other robot, going walks through it.
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* DudeNotFunny: Leela bursts out laughing when Bender tells them he's scared of the new Robot 1-X replacing him. Of course, the rest of the crew is ''not at all'' amused.

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* DudeNotFunny: Leela bursts out laughing when Bender tells them he's scared of the new Robot 1-X replacing him. Of course, the rest of the crew is ''not at all'' ''not'' amused.
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* AllJustADream: Everything that happened after Bender was put in the upgrade machine was just a dream. Bender starts to wonder if anything in life is real.

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* AllJustADream: Everything that happened after Bender was is put in the upgrade machine was is just a dream. Bender starts to wonder if anything in life is real.



-->'''Bender''': Oh merciful Poseidon, have pity on this mechanical mariner! ''(storm clouds gather and thunder rumbles)'' [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Oh jeez]].

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-->'''Bender''': --->'''Bender''': Oh merciful Poseidon, have pity on this mechanical mariner! ''(storm clouds gather and thunder rumbles)'' [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Oh jeez]].
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* DudeNotFunny: Leela bursts out laughing when Bender tells them he's scared of the new Robot 1-X replacing him. Of course, the rest of the crew is ''not at all'' amused.
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* RealityEnsues: Bender tries to put a fire out, but being made of wood, he's instantly set on fire and burns to pieces.
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* BigWhat: One of the Cartridge Unit is just him shouting "WHAT?!". He uses this when Bender reveals his plan to attack the human world.
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* CymbolBangingMonkey: One of the obsolete robots is a cymbol-banging monkey toy.

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* CymbolBangingMonkey: CymbalBangingMonkey: One of the obsolete robots is a cymbol-banging cymbal-banging monkey toy.
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* CymbolBangingMonkey: One of the obsolete robots is a cymbol-banging monkey toy.
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* IslandHelpMessage: Bender makes one with rocks after he gets stranded on the island. He's one rock short of completely the P in "HELP" because he used up all the other rocks to make a much longer message that precedes the "HELP".
-->TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: I, BENDER, BID YOU HELLO! YOU DON'T KNOW ME, THOUGH YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF ME, BUT THAT'S NOT THE POINT. LONG STORY SHORT... I NEED HELF
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** The Cartridge Unit is inspired by the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2-XL 2-XL robot toy]] which used 8-track tapes to "talk" to the user. Later models used cassette tapes.
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* SkewedPriorities: While he and the rest of the crew are surrounded by flames, Hermes is more concerned about the fuel going t waste.

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* SkewedPriorities: While he and the rest of the crew are surrounded by flames, Hermes is more concerned about the fuel going t to waste.
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* SkewedPriorities: While he and the rest of the crew are surrounded by flames, Hermes is more concerned about the fuel going t waste.
-->'''Hermes''': Bender, hurry! This fuel's expensive! (''beat'') Also, we're dying!
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-->'''Bender''': Oh merciful Poseidon, have pity on this mechanical mariner! ''(storm clouds gather and thunder rumbles)'' [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Oh jeez]].

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-->'''Bender''': Oh merciful Poseidon, have pity on this mechanical mariner! ''(storm clouds gather and thunder rumbles)'' [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Oh jeez]].jeez]].
* YourMother: Cartridge Unit's "snappy response" tape consists entirely of this phrase.
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* RageAgainstTheHeavens: "CURSE YOU, MERCIFUL POSEIDON!"



-->'''Bender:''' Eep!

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-->'''Bender:''' Eep!Eep!
** Another example while Bender is sailing into the distance:
-->'''Bender''': Oh merciful Poseidon, have pity on this mechanical mariner! ''(storm clouds gather and thunder rumbles)'' [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Oh jeez]].

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* [[spoiler: AllJustADream: Everything that happened after Bender was put in the upgrade machine was just a dream. Bender starts to wonder if anything in life is real.]]

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* [[spoiler: AllJustADream: Everything that happened after Bender was put in the upgrade machine was just a dream. Bender starts to wonder if anything in life is real.]]



* HypocriticalHumour:
** Bender refuses to use the robot scratching post because he has "some dignity", as he's wearing robot dealie-boppers. Later on, he turns out to have uses the scratching post anyway.
** Bender also criticizes watching snails crawl as the dumbest thing he's ever heard. Cut to Bender excitedly doing just that.
* {{Irony}}: Farnsworth and Wernstrom's Killbots are disgusted by their creator's hatred, and leave them to go take a paddleboat ride.
* LargeHam: Lisa the water-wheel robot gets utterly panicked when she thinks her water wheel has run out.
-->''I'll never make it this time! This is the end!''
-->''No! I want to live!''



* LotusEaterMachine: [[spoiler:The upgrade is actually one of these, meant to show robots who receive it how the 1-X robot can help them.]]

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* LotusEaterMachine: [[spoiler:The The upgrade is actually one of these, meant to show robots who receive it how the 1-X robot can help them.]]



* ShoutOut: The waterwheel robot is named LISA. WordOfGod says that she's not named after [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons that Lisa]], but rather the Lisa computer by Apple.
** The title is a reference to British sitcom ''Series/AbsolutelyFabulous''.

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* ShoutOut: NoIndoorVoice: The robot nanny, mixed with being deep and evil.
-->'''Robot nany:''' SLEEP, LITTLE DUMPLING. I HAVE REPLACED YOUR MOTHER.
* RealityEnsues: Bender tries to put a fire out, but being made of wood, he's instantly set on fire and burns to pieces.
* ShoutOut:
**
The waterwheel robot is named LISA. WordOfGod says that she's not named after [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons that Lisa]], but rather the Lisa computer by Apple.
Apple. The dumb robot is called Sinclair, after the Sinclair ZX computer, which had incredibly limited memory (especially by modern standards).
** The title is a reference to British sitcom ''Series/AbsolutelyFabulous''.''Series/AbsolutelyFabulous''.
* TheSoulless: A soul detector at the robot expo doesn't react when Bender, or any other robot, going through it.
* TemptingFate: Bender, talking about Robot 1-X, says it made him "look like a pile of crap". The Professor agrees.
-->'''Professor:''' Indeed, that's why I bought one to help around the office.
-->'''Bender:''' Eep!
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* ShoutOut: The waterwheel robot is named LISA. WordOfGod says that she's not named after [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons that Lisa]], but rather the Lisa computer by Apple.

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* ShoutOut: The waterwheel robot is named LISA. WordOfGod says that she's not named after [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons that Lisa]], but rather the Lisa computer by Apple.Apple.
** The title is a reference to British sitcom ''Series/AbsolutelyFabulous''.
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* FaceOfAThug: Farnsworth and Wernstrom's Killbots.
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* LotusEaterMachine: [[spoiler:The upgrade is actually one of these, meant to show robots who receive it how the 1-X robot can help them.]]
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* GettingSmilesPaintedOnYourSoul: From the outside, the upgrade that makes the older robots like the new 1-X robot looks like this.

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* GettingSmilesPaintedOnYourSoul: GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul: From the outside, the upgrade that makes the older robots like the new 1-X robot looks like this.
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* GettingSmilesPaintedOnYourSoul: From the outside, the upgrade that makes the older robots like the new 1-X robot looks like this.
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* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: Trope name come from this episode's dialogue.
-->'''Bender:''' Save all of my friends! And Zoidberg!

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* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: [[TropeNamer Trope name name]] come from this episode's dialogue.
-->'''Bender:''' Save all of my friends! And Zoidberg!Zoidberg!
* ShoutOut: The waterwheel robot is named LISA. WordOfGod says that she's not named after [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons that Lisa]], but rather the Lisa computer by Apple.
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-->'''Bender:''' I would've taken out the trash if you asked me to...
-->'''Leela:''' We asked you to 10 minutes ago.

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-->'''Bender:''' I would've could've taken out the trash if you you'd asked me to...
me!
-->'''Leela:''' We I asked you to 10 5 minutes ago.
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When Bender proves to be incompatible with the X-1 Robot Professor Farnsworth bought, he's sent in to be upgraded. But rather than have his mind changed, Bender breaks out, and ends up on an island with other obsolete robots.

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When Bender proves to be incompatible with the X-1 1-X Robot Professor Farnsworth bought, he's sent in to be upgraded. But rather than have his mind changed, Bender breaks out, and ends up on an island with other obsolete robots.



* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Bender becomes envious of the new robot X-1, as it does all the tasks in the Planet Express swimmingly.

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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Bender becomes envious of the new robot X-1, Robot 1-X, as it does all the tasks in the Planet Express swimmingly.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Bender becomes envious of the new robot X-1, as it does all the tasks in the Planet Express swimmingly.
-->'''Bender:''' I would've taken out the trash if you asked me to...
-->'''Leela:''' We asked you to 10 minutes ago.


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* MindScrew: The ending.
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* LateToThePunchline:
-->'''Announcer:''' And now, the woman who "Mom"-opolizes the robot industry... \\
'''Fry:''' I get it! \\
'''Announcer:''' Mom! \\
'''Fry:''' Oh... ''now'' I get it!
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When Bender proves to be incompatible with the X-1 Robot Professor Farnsworth bought, he's sent in to be upgraded. But rather than have his mind changed, Bender breaks out, and ends up on an island with other obsolete robots.

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* [[spoiler: AllJustADream: Everything that happened after Bender was put in the upgrade machine was just a dream. Bender starts to wonder if anything in life is real.]]
* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: Trope name come from this episode's dialogue.
-->'''Bender:''' Save all of my friends! And Zoidberg!

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