History Recap / FuturamaS6E9AClockworkOrigin

** Also played straight when Farnsworth identifies one of the missing link fossils he uncovers at the dig site as Piltdown Man, a supposed human ancestor that was proven to be a hoax (a very infamous one, at that) ''decades'' before this episode first aired. Granted, this is clearly chalked up by RuleOfFunny, given the next "missing link" fossil uncovered is the rock singer Manfred Mann.

** Also played straight when Farnsworth identifies one of the missing link fossils he uncovers at the dig site as Piltdown Man, a supposed human ancestor that was proven to be a hoax (a very infamous one, at that) ''decades'' before this episode first aired. Granted, this is most likely chalked up by RuleOfFunny, given the rock singer Manfred Mann is identified as a missing link right afterwards.

** Also played straight when Farnsworth identifies one of the missing link fossils he uncovers at the dig site as Piltdown Man, a supposed human ancestor that was proven to be a hoax (a very infamous one, at that) ''decades'' before this episode first aired. Granted, this is most likely chalked up by RuleOfFunny, given this is during the same scene where the rock singer Manfred Mann is identified as a missing link.

** Played straight when they imply that ''Darwinius masilae'' was descended from apes, and its illustration shown on the holographic evolutionary chain [[InformedSpecies doesn't resemble the real thing and instead looks more like a generic ape]]. (The real creature was an early relative of lemurs that predated the first simians.)

** Also played straight when Farnsworth identifies one of the missing link fossils he uncovers at the dig site as Piltdown Man, a supposed human ancestor that was proven to be a hoax (a very infamous one, at that) ''decades'' before this episode first aired. Granted, this is probably chalked up as RuleOfFunny, given this is during the same scene where the rock singer Manfred Mann is identified as a missing link.

** Also played straight when Farnsworth identifies one of the missing link fossils he uncovers at the dig site as Piltdown Man, a supposed human ancestor that was proven to be a hoax (a very infamous one, at that) ''decades'' before this episode first aired. Granted, this is probably chalked up as a joke, given this is during the same scene where he identifies Manfred Mann as a missing link.

** Also played straight when Farnsworth identifies one of the missing link fossils he uncovers at the dig site as Piltdown Man, a supposed human ancestor that was proven to be a hoax (a very infamous one, at that) ''decades'' before this episode first aired. This would probably be chalked up as a joke though.

** Also played straight when Farnsworth identifies one of the missing link fossils he uncovers at the dig site as Piltdown Man, a supposed human ancestor that was proven to be a hoax (a very infamous one, at that) ''decades'' before this episode first aired.

** Played straight when they imply that ''Darwinius masilae'' was descended from apes, and its illustration shown on the holographic evolutionary chain [[InformedSpecies doesn't resemble the real thing and instead looks more like a generic ape]]. (The real creature was an ape ancestor that looked a bit like a primitive lemur.)

* SkewedPriorities: The Planet Express crew has plenty of food to eat when stranded on the planet... but it's pineapple pizza, so they don't want to touch it.

** The robotic dinosaurs getting wiped out by being hit by a solar flare mimics to how their organic counterparts on Earth got wiped out by a giant Brain Spawn as shown in "[[Recap/FuturamaS4E10TheWhyOfFry The Why of Fry]]".

* CasualDangerDialogue: Fry, grabbed by a robot pterodactyl, calls out “This is a cool way to die.”

* ShownTheirWork: One of the fossils the crew finds is an ''Elaphrosaurus'', a long-necked theropod dinosaur that did live in Tanzania. The episode gets extra credit for mentioning the correct age (the Jurassic) for the species.

** On display in the robot natural history museum is, among others, [=R2-D2=].

* WeAreNotGoingThroughThatAgain: In a CallBack to "Jurassic Bark", Hermes finds another of Fry's dogs. After the sheer emotional turmoil of that episode, Hermes gets rid of the fossil as soon as he can.

* MeaningfulName: The episode title is not just a ShoutOut to ''A Clock Orange'', but references the pseudo science of Intelligent Design where creationists compare God to a watchmaker whose creation is perfect which fits the episode's theme. The episode thus sides with evolution being real, ''but'' also points to the fact that God can still coexist with it as shown by Fransworth planting nanobots that evolve, this being the position of Theistic Evolution believed by most religious people today who accept all scientific and naturalist theories as the way God works.

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* PteroSoarer: The robot ''Pteranodon'' that carries off Fry to feed to its young.

** Fry's initial analysis of the pool of minerals is that it looks like Dr. Pepper. Professor Farnsworth assures him it's "not that bad"... just toxic.

* NotHelpingYourCase: When Bender tries you make an insanity plea for Farnsworth, Farnsworth insists that he isn’t insane and tries to explain that he created all the robotic life on the planet. He then follows it up by saying he lived in a cave and that [[ItMakesSenseInContext Fry is his uncle]].

* StockYuck: Everyone refuses to eat pineapple pizza, even when there's no other alternative.

* KingOfTheDinosaurs: Naturally, the first robo-dinosaur the crew encounters is a robot ''T. rex''

** Fry's initial analysis of the pool of minerals is that it looks like Dr. Pepper. Professor Farnsworth assures him it's "not that bad"... just toxic.