History Recap / FuturamaS7E19SaturdayMorningFunPit

* StockFootage: The brief cameo by Farnsworth and Zoidber in ''Purpleberry Pond'' is repeated several times during the segment.

''[Agnew walks over and rips their football in half.]]''\\

-->'''Girl''': I don't know which I like more -- original, or type two!

* SpoofyDoo: One of the segments is a fairly straightforward parody of Scooby-Doo called ''Bendee-Boo and the Mystery Crew'', with Bender being Scooby, Fry being Shaggy, Amy being Velma, Leela being Daphne, and Hermes being Fred. The segment itself pokes fun at general conventions of the show such as limited animation and the ScoobyDoobyDoors.

Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew watch Saturday morning cartoons, featuring the Futurama gang in a ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' parody called ''Bender Boo and the Mystery Crew'', a MerchandiseDriven ''WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcake''-meets-''Franchise/TheSmurfs'' parody called ''Purpleberry Pond'', and an ultraviolent ''Franchise/GIJoe'' parody called ''G.I. Zapp'' that Nixon tries to edit for content.

-->'''Nixon:''' Now hold on there boys, violence never solved anything.
-->'''Dwight:''' Then how do we decide who gets the ball?
-->'''Nixon:''' Agnew, show 'em.
--> (Agnew walks over and rips their football in half)
-->'''Nixon:''' There! How do you like your stupid ball now?
--> (Agnew drives him and Nixon away while Cubert and Dwight sob away)

-->'''Nutcracker:''' I will avenge him you heartless-!
-->'''Nixon:''' Bastards! (to Agnew) [[HypocriticalHumor It's okay if I say it.]]

--> (Kif's plane crashes behind some mountains and explodes)
-->'''Nixon:''' I, uh... landed the plane safely next to this naturally occurring fireball! At Disneyland!
--> (Kif's severed arm lands in front of the camera)
-->'''Nixon:''' Hi, Tinkerbell!

-->'''Hermes''': There goes the purplehood.

-->'''Kif:''' ACRONYM: A Criminal Regiment Of Nasty Young Men.
-->'''Nixon:''' [[ActuallyPrettyFunny Oh, that's clever]]. I'll leave that the way it is.

-->'''Nixon:''' Rosemary! Have we got any type of machinery that can edit tape?
-->'''Rosemary:''' Oh, you ''know'' we do!

* LaughTrack: Just like in old Scooby-Doo cartoons, Bendee-Bo is accompanied by an ever-present laugh track. It's naturally lampshaded by the others:
-->'''Amy:''' Did anyone else hear that weird laugh?
-->'''Leela:''' It's spooky. It doesn't seem to correspond with anything funny happening.
-->'''Fry:''' I'll say.
--> (cue laugh track)

* ScoobyDoobyDoors: Subverted. The Dragon Ghost chases Fry and Bendee-Boo into a hallway filled with doors. The two enter a single room, and stay in there until it cuts to the next scene.
* SpoofyDoo: One of the segments is a fairly straightforward parody of Scooby-Doo called ''Bender Boo and the Mystery Crew'', with Bender being Scooby, Fry being Shaggy, Amy being Velma, Leela being Daphne, and Hermes being Fred. The segment itself pokes fun at general conventions of the show such as limited animation and the ScoobyDoobyDoors.
-->'''Theme Song:''' Bendy-Bendy Boo, what's wrong with you? You are the lamest mascot. No one understands a word you say, except the guy in the ascot.

-->'''Hermes:''' Say Fry, why do you always have the munchies? And also, your eyes are bloodshot, you're paranoid, and the van has a skunky odor?
-->'''Fry:''' Search me. No, don't! I'm carrying.

* WraparoundBackground: Parodied during the opening of ''Bendee-Boo'', as the Mystery Express take a drive through the Repeating Forest.

Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew watch Saturday morning cartoons, featuring the Futurama gang in a ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' parody called ''Bender Boo and the Mystery Crew'', a MerchandiseDriven ''WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcake''-meets-''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' parody called ''Purpleberry Pond'', and an ultraviolent ''Franchise/GIJoe'' parody called ''G.I. Zapp'' that Nixon tries to edit for content.

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-->'''Nixon:''' Rose Mary! Have we got any type of machinery that can edit tape?
-->'''Rose Mary:''' Oh, you ''know'' we do!

* ActorAllusion: Fry being an ''{{Expy}}'' of Shaggy is a reference to the fact that Creator/BillyWest voiced Shaggy in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooOnZombieIsland''.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Three separate segments focusing on parodying old cartoons with the Futurama cast. Only the wrap-around segments with Nixon and Agnew are set during the 31st century.

* TheStoner: Shaggy's [[StockParodyJokes resemblance to a stereotypical stoner]] is parodied with Fry in ''Bendee-Boo'':

* MerchandiseDriven: ''Purpleberry Pond'' is an attempt to teach kids valuable life lessons, but the real lesson to take away from the show is to buy all the new flavors of Purpleberry Puff cereal.
* MindScrew: The Purpleberry Pond show turns into its' own commercial at one point.

* TheStoner: Shaggy's resemblance to a stereotypical stoner is parodied with Fry in ''Bendee-Boo'':

* MythologyGag: Fry being an ''{{Expy}}'' of Shaggy is a reference to the fact that Creator/BillyWest voiced Shaggy in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooOnZombieIsland''

* MythologyGag: Fry being an ''{{Expy}}'' of Shaggy is a reference to the fact that Creator/BillyWest voiced Shaggy in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooOnMonsterIsland''

Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew watch Saturday morning cartoons, featuring the Futurama gang in a Scooby-Doo parody called Bender Boo and the Mystery Crew, a Merchandise-Driven Strawberry Shortcake-meets-The Smurfs parody called Purpleberry Pond, and an ultraviolent G.I. Joe parody called G.I. Zapp that Nixon tries to edit for content.

* StylisticSuck: All three segments viciously lampoon the common traits of cartoons made during TheEighties. ''Bendee-Boo'' has glaring animation mistakes, ''Purpleberry Pond'' is focused on selling merchandise than telling an interesting story, and ''G.I. Zapp'' is hastily re-edited to remove all the child-unfriendly violence that's on full-display.