History Recap / FuturamaS4E1KifGetsKnockedUpANotch

* TheBabyTrap: Kif getting pregnant makes Amy worry that her life will completely change, taking up all the time she has but, in the end, comes to Kif's side because she loves him that much. It's subverted when, although Kif delvers safely, it's revealed his spawn will spend two decades as tadpoles in a swamp before becoming land borne. Amy assures him she'll be ready to be a mother by then.

An accident with the ''Nimbus'''s holoshed results in Kif getting pregnant. As Kif's "smizmar", Amy is named the mother of his children, and she starts to panic from the responsibilities of parenthood.

* BaitAndSwitch: When Amy leaves the baby shower crying, we hear a weird wet sound and a baby crying. The camera pans to Zoidberg who is crying like a baby.

* BizarreAlienReproduction: Kif's species (it's never stated if they have genders or not) becomes "receptive" by being in love with someone, who they call the smizmar. When they are "receptive", they take the DNA from the first person that touches them in any way and use that to become pregnant. The offspring then go through a very long tadpole-like phase in a swamp. Regardless of the biological parent (Leela in Kif's case), the smizmar (Amy) is considered the "true" parent by their culture.

* DaddyDNATest: It's unclear who provided the DNA for Kif's babies, so a test is performed via the Professor's Maternifuge. The DNA came from Leela but cultural traditions among Kif's people mean Amy is still viewed as the parent as she was the one that triggered his "receptive" state. Despite the paternity being inconsequential in theory, Kif is extremely relieved when it's confirmed the DNA didn't come from Zapp, and Leela is protective of the babies for sharing her DNA.

* DumbassHasAPoint: It's Fry who points out that anyone could have gotten Kif pregnant since he touched everyone during the explosive decompression vacuum; ultimately, he's right, since it's Leela who get Kif pregnant, not Amy.

** After nearly killing everyone trying to stop the simulations, Zapp decides he needs to relax on the Holo-Shed.

* IWantGrandkids: Amy's parents are indifferent to how Kif got pregnant, they are just happy they have grandchildren.

* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Dr. Veins [=McGee=] says the crew is fine... aside from a few broken bones, some internal hemorrhaging and a partially barfed up heart.

* MandatoryLine: Fry is present for the entire episode but is conspicuously quiet, speaking only on a small handful of occasions while Kif, Amy, Leela, and Zapp take up most of the episode's focus, heckled by Bender throughout.

* TheyCalledMeMad: Even the Professor laughed at himself when he invented the maternifuge, "but I guess I showed myself!"
* WhamShot: Amy being thrown out of the maternifuge, leaving the only one left inside as Leela.

-->'''Bender:''' What's this fat, ugly thing? A frog, a toad or yo mama?\\

* BizarreAlienReproduction: Kif's species (it's never stated if they have genders or not) becomes "receptive" by being in love with someone, who they call the smizmar. When they are "receptive" they take the DNA from the first person that touches them in any way, and use that to become pregnant. The offspring then go through a very long tadpole-like phase in a swamp. Regardless of the biological parent (Leela in Kif's case), the smizmar (Amy) is considered the "true" parent by their culture.

* CallForward: Leela gives Kif and Amy the basket her parents left her in at the orphanarium. The next episode would feature Leela discovering her past and meeting her parents for the first time.

--->'''Bender:''' What's the deal!? Just when I thought I'd figured out you biological creatures, it's something else! [[LetMeAtHim Lemme at 'im]]! ''[He goes for Kif and everyone restrains him.]'' Come over here, Kif! You-!
* DaddyDNATest: It's unclear who provided the DNA for Kif's babies so a test is performed via the Professor's Maternifuge. The DNA came from Leela but cultural traditons among Kif's people mean Amy is still viewed as the parent as she was the one that triggered his "receptive" state. Despite the paternity being inconsequential in theory, Kif is extremely relieved when it's confirmed the DNA didn't come from Zapp, and Leela is protective of the babies for sharing her DNA.

* DumbassHasAPoint: It's Fry who points out that anyone could have gotten Kif pregnant since he touched everyone during the explosive decompression vacuum and ultimately, he's right, since it's Leela who get Kif pregnant, not Amy.

* KindnessBall: Zapp is probably the most nice he's ever been, at least to Kif; they share enthusiasm when the Planet Express Ship brings their respective love interests, he attempts to grab him when he's at risk of being sucked out the ship, willingly takes part in the paternity test and is part of the effort to get him to the birthing grounds.
* LegionOfDoom: The rogue Holo-Shed programs, including Professor Moriarty, Jack the Ripper, Attila the Hun and Evil Abraham Lincoln.

* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: Gender-flipped and played with. While Amy loves Kif, after he gets pregnant she's still not ready for parenthood, and subtly tries to urge him to consider how things would change if she ''wasn't'' the biological parent. When he assures her that in his culture, the one who inspired the feelings of deep love are still the "true" parent, she looks visibly troubled.

* PerspectiveMagic: Kif tries to gives Amy the moon on the holodeck display, but he's too weak to budge it and ends up hanging from it.

* TemptingFate: Kif says the holo-shed usually works, except when it doesn't, but so long as that doesn't happen, they'll be fine. You can probably guess what happens immediately after he says this.

* TheBabyTrap: Kif getting pregnant makes Amy worry that her life will completely change, taking up all the time she has but, in the end, comes to Kif's side because she loves him that much. It's subverted when, although Kif delvers safely, it's revealed his spawn will spend a decade as tadpoles in a swamp before becoming land borne. Amy assures him she'll be ready to be a mother by then.

* {{Expy}}: The ''Nimbus'' Dr. Veins [=McGee=] is a blatant copy of [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Dr. Bones [=McCoy=]]].

* MamaBear: After returning to help Kif give birth, Amy protects his tadpoles from being eaten by the local wildlife by hitting them away with a giant leaf.

-->'''Fry''': Everybody we invited is here.\\
'''Zoidberg''': Also Zoidberg!

-->'''Farnsworth''': Nor is Captain Brannigan!\\
'''Kif''': ''[sotto voce]'' Oh thank you, merciful God!

-->'''Attila''': Stop! No shoot fire-stick in space canoe! Cause explosive decompression!\\

* BadMoodRetreat: The Angry Dome, in which professor Farnsworth retreats after being offended by a question from Amy.

* BerserkButton:
** The Professor gets incredibly irate at Amy suggesting the crew take a detour just to drop her off at the ''Nimbus''.
--->'''Professor:''' We could but we won't! It's a spaceship, dammit, not a prom limo! Oooh, if anyone needs me, I'll be in the Angry Dome!
** Bender loses his rag at Kif for getting pregnant, because he didn't know Kif could do that.
--->'''Bender:''' What's the deal!? Just when I thought I'd figured out you biological creatures, it's something else! [[LetMeAtHim Lemme at 'im]]! ''[He goes for Kif and everyone restrains him.]'' Come over here, Kif! You-!

'''Zapp:''' Spare me your space-age technobabble, Attila the Hun!

* AnAxeToGrind: The weapon of choice for real simulated evil Lincoln.

* DaddyDNATest: It's unclear who provided the DNA for Kif's babies so a test is performed via the Professor's Maternifuge. The DNA came from Leela but cultural traditons among Kif's people mean Amy is still viewed as the parent as she was the one that triggered his "receptive" state. Kif is extremely relieved when it's confirmed the DNA didn't come from Zapp.

* KindessBall: Zapp is probably the most nice he's ever been, at least to Kif; they share enthusiasm when the Planet Express Ship brings their respective love interests, he attempts to grab him when he's at risk of being sucked out the ship, willingly takes part in the paternity test and is part of the effort to get him to the birthing grounds.