History Recap / FuturamaS6E9AClockworkOrigin

** The robo-plesiosaur grabbing Fry in its jaws is similar to the ''Brontosaurus'' attack in ''Film/KingKong1933'', as well as Hellstrom's death in ''Film/SonOfKong''.

** The robo-plesiosaur grabbing Fry in its jaws is similar to the ''Brontosaurus'' attack in ''Film/KingKong1933''.

** The episode's CentralTheme is based around the argument of Evolution vs. Creationism. While Evolution is untouched (before the MechanicalLifeforms start evolving, anyway), the episode's stand-in for Creationism - Creaturism - is portrayed as blatantly pseudo-intellectualist. Dr. Banjo, a scientific professional that believes in Creaturism, consistently [[MovingTheGoalposts Moves the the Goalposts]] when it comes to the many missing links between man and ape and either latches onto an absence of evidence or uses non-permissable evidence (like a commissioned mural of ''Homo Farnsworth'' with a dinosaur that he likely commissioned himself) to prove his own point.

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

** This isn't [[Series/PowerRangersDinoForce the first work]] to feature a confrontation between a mechanical ''T. rex'' and ''Dimetrodon''.

* BehemothBattle: The robotic ''Triceratops'' rams into the robotic ''Tyrannosaurus'' and pushes it into the lake, where it gets into a fight with the robotic plesiosaur before all three get into a brawl.
-->'''Fry:''' Throw down, dinosaurs of the land and sea!

* AllCavemenWereNeanderthals: The robot cavemen, or "[=NANDerthals=]" according to a display at the robot museum of natural history, have muscular builds and speak in grunts.

* AllCavemenWereNeanderthals: The robot cavemen have muscular builds and speak in grunts.

** A robotic ''Pteranodon'' carry off Fry in its talons and dangles him over its hungry offspring in a nest, similar to a scene in ''Film/OneMillionYearsBC''.

After the crew helps the Professor set up his home on the new planet, he inserts nanobots into the nearby pond to clean the water. However, in rapid time, the nanobots group into larger organisms, forming into trilobots that devour the ship and everything else. The crew is stranded and flee inside a cave. The next day, the crew goes outside and sees a newly grown mechanical forest. The nanobots have continued to evolve rapidly into flora and fauna. Robotic versions of ''Elasmosaurus'' and ''UsefulNotes/TyrannosaurusRex'' attack the crew, but a robotic ''Triceratops'' (dubbed "Tricycle-tops" by the professor) saves the crew. A robotic ''Pteranodon'' takes Fry to her nest, where she is about to feed Fry to her robotic young. As the crew attempts to rescue Fry, they are ambushed by a robotic ''Dimetrodon'' and the same robotic ''Tyrannosaurus'', but a solar flare short circuits the dinosaur robots, causing a mass extinction of every robot creature except for "small mammalian robots" that were hiding in caves, including Bender. Within two hours, using the remains of the dinosaurs, the Professor manages to build a solar powered working space ship to help them return to Earth.

* TemperCeratops: The robot ''Triceratops'', or "Tricycle-tops", attacks both the robot ''Tyrannosaurus'' and robot ''Elasmosaurus'' without provocation.

** PlayedForLaughs when Farnsworth identifies two of the missing link fossils he uncovers at the dig site as Piltdown Man (a supposed human ancestor that was discovered to be a hoax, and a very infamous one, at that) and Manfred Mann (a rock singer), along with a misplaced Java Man.

** PlayedForLaughs when Farnsworth identifies two of the missing link fossils he uncovers at the dig site as Piltdown Man (a supposed human ancestor that was discovered to be a hoax, and a very infamous one, at that) and Manfred Mann (a rock singer).

** PlayedForLaughs 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, and a very infamous one, at that) and another as Manfred Mann (a rock singer).

** Played straight when the lost missing link is named ''Homo farnsworth'', despite predating the genus ''Homo'' as it's supposed to be the transition between apes and ''Darwinius''.
** Speaking of which, ''Darwinius masilae'' is described as 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 lemur relative that predated the first simians.)

** 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 lemur relative that predated the first simians.)
** Also played straight when the lost missing link is named ''Homo farnsworth'', despite predating the genus ''Homo'' as it's supposed to be the transition between apes and ''Darwinius''.

** The term "missing link" is used, when "transitional form" would be a more accurate term.

** Also played straight when the lost missing link is named ''Homo farnsworth'', despite predating the genus
''Homo'' as it's supposed to be the transition between apes and ''Darwinius''.

** Also played straight when the lost missing link is named ''Homo farnsworth'', despite being supposed to be the transition between apes and ''Darwinius''.

Professor Farnsworth finds out that his clone Cubert was unable to go to school due to the large mob of Creationist protesters outside. Outraged, he quickly takes the Planet Express Ship to Wozniak Nerd Academy, where he finds himself arguing against anti-evolution protesters, led by Dr. Banjo, a hyper-intelligent orangutan who believes in "Creaturism," a form of creationism. In an attempt to prove evolution did occur, the Professor excavates the lost missing link, which he dubs Homo farnsworth. At the Professor's presentation of his findings at the Museum of Natural History, Dr. Banjo depicts Homo farnsworth anachronistically riding a ''Stegosaurus'' in an attempt to support his Creaturist beliefs. The Professor becomes fed up and resolves to leave Earth. He takes the rest of the crew with him to an abandoned planet to live in solitude, but leaves Cubert in the care of his godfather, Dr. Zoidberg, back on Earth. During this time, Dr. Zoidberg tries unsuccessfully to win Cubert's affection.

** 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 identified as Manfred Mann (a rock singer).