History Recap / FuturamaS7E8FunOnABun

** The giant ground sloth ''Megatherium'' has a mouth full of sharp teeth (the real animal had peg-like teeth), is in a perpetual upright stance (granted, we never see it walk in the episode), stands flat-footed on three-clawed feet (its feet had only one claw and were set on its sides), and moves at a ridiculously slow pace (though this one was [[RuleOfFunny made pretty funny]]). It's also [[AnimalsNotToScale far larger than the real animal]], with the one released during Oktoberfest appearing close to ''sauropod''-sized (the real ''Megatherium'' was only around the size of an elephant). Oddly zig-zagged with it being depicted with a full coat of fur as traditionally portrayed, as while the real animal would have been naked as a modern elephant due to its size (and living in a warmer climate), the one in the episode is living in a cold climate alongside woolly mammoths so a full coat would be logical.

** The giant ground sloth ''Megatherium'' has a mouth full of sharp teeth (the real animal had peg-like teeth), is in a perpetual upright stance (granted, we never see it walk in the episode), stands flat-footed on three-clawed feet (its feet had only one claw and were set on its sides), and moves at a ridiculously slow pace (though this one was [[RuleOfFunny made pretty funny]]). Oddly zig-zagged with it being depicted with a full coat of fur as traditionally portrayed, as while the real animal would have been naked as a modern elephant due to its size (and living in a warmer climate), the one in the episode is living in a cold climate alongside woolly mammoths so a full coat would be logical.

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Fry. While suffering from amnesia, he leads an army of neanderthals against the humans at Oktoberfest and is successful. He even is able to hold his own in one on one combat against Leela.

* ItsAlwaysMardiGrasInNewOrleans: The Professor implies they're going to Oktoberfest in October. The event is actually finishing up in early October and starts in September. In a geographic sense, Oktoberfest isn't celebrated at the Neandertal valley. To be fair, it's also kind of a plot point Oktoberfest has gone through some changes since Fry's time.

* TheSecretOfLongPorkPies: Fry is helping Bender make sausage from frozen mammoth meat when he gets caught in the grinder. When Leela bites into a link and finds scraps of Fry's hair and clothes, she assumes the worst. Subverted when it turns out Fry escaped being ground up, but fell into a hole in the ice and discovered a LostWorld of Neanderthals. While the sausage was just good because it was "aged" for 30,000 years.

** Despite the above mentioned ArtisticLicensePaleontology, the episode correctly portrays ''Homo neanderthalensis'' as being a separate species from ''Homo sapiens'' as opposed to a direct ancestor[[note]]There are some who believe ''H. neanderthalensis'' was actually a subspecies of ''H. sapiens'', but even then no scientist seriously considers one to be the ancestor of the other[[/note]]. It also portrays them as having been contemporary and in competition with ''H. sapiens'' back in prehistory, which is consistent with the fossil record. And taking it even further, the Neanderthals are depicted as being able to interbreed with modern humans (tying in with the "subspecies" hypothesis mentioned in the note), which was not only possible in real life, but also considered by many scientists to be a contributing factor to ''H. neanderthalensis''' extinction (namely, they interbred so much with ''H. sapiens'' that their lineage was assimilated by them).
** Woolly mammoths are acknowledged as elephants rather than being separate from them. Particularly during the above mentioned moment with TheLittleDetecto.
** For all its flaws listed above, the ''Megatherium'' is at least portrayed with a face shaped more like a modern day sloth's (with both nostrils placed on the front of the nose) as opposed to the horse-like faces seen in many portrayals.
** The machairodont or saber-toothed cat in the episode is based on the long-tailed ''Machairodus'', which did live in Europe, rather than the iconic (and strictly-American) ''Smilodon''. It is even properly referred to as a saber-toothed cat rather than a "saber-toothed ''tiger''". Also, it displays the correct attacking style of sabretooths when it subdues Zapp with its front paws, as opposed to using its (fragile) sabers like in most depictions.
* SluggishSloths: An attacking clan of Neanderthals release a ''Megatherium'' on a screaming Hermes. The giant sloth moves ''very slowly'' towards him, causing him to get bored and pull out a newspaper to pass the time (while still screaming).

** Woolly mammoths are treated as significantly larger and heavier than modern elephants, when in reality they were no larger than African bush elephants (which are the largest living elephant species).[[note]] This is, of course, assuming that African bush elephants are still around in the year 3012.[[/note]]

'''Bender:''' Shut up! [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall I said it first!]] [crumples up sign]

* PartingWordsRegret: Leela dumps Fry early in the episode, but when he seemingly dies in a meat grinder accident, she becomes so filled with regret that she has her memories of him erased.

** As mentioned below, under ShownTheirWork, the Neanderthals suggested interbreeding with ''Homo sapiens'' in the past, but were refused. In reality, interbreeding ''did'' occur, and is, in fact, one of the reasons Neanderthals went extinct. Neanderthal genes are still present in many modern humans. Though it could be possible that this is a particular Neanderthal tribe who had their ancestors refused in the past, while other tribes have succeeded with other ''Homo sapien'' tribes.

%%* IAteWhat: Leela thinks she ate Fry.

* ItsAlwaysMardiGrasInNewOrleans: The Professor implies they're going to Oktoberfest in October. The event is actually finishing up in early October and starts in September. In a geographic sense, Oktoberfest isn't celebrated at the Neandertal valley. To be fair, it's also kind of a plot point Oktoberfest has gone through some changes since Fry's time.
* KillAllHumans: Neanderthal!Fry shouts "Kill all modern humans!" as a battle cry when the Neanderthal tribe begin their attack.
-->'''Bender:''' Hey, this guy's alright.

** The giant ground sloth ''Megatherium'' has a mouth full of sharp teeth (the real animal had peg-like teeth), is in a perpetual upright stance (granted, we never see it walk in the episode), stands flat-footed on three-clawed feet (its feet had only one claw and were set on its sides), and moves at a ridiculously slow pace (though this one was [[RuleOfFunny made pretty funny]]). Oddly zig-zagged with it being depicted with a full coat of fur as traditionally portrayed, as while the real animal would have been naked as a modern elephant due to its size, the one in the episode is living in a cold climate alongside woolly mammoths so a full coat would be logical.

** As mentioned below, under ShownTheirWork, the Neanderthals suggested interbreeding with ''Homo sapiens'' in the past, but were refused. In reality, interbreeding ''did'' occur, and is, in fact, one of the reasons Neanderthals went extinct. Neanderthal genes are still present in many modern humans. Though it could be possible that this particular Neanderthal tribe had their ancestors refused in the past, while other tribes could have succeeded.

** The giant ground sloth ''Megatherium'' has a mouth full of sharp teeth (the real animal had peg-like teeth), is in a perpetual upright stance (granted, we never see it walk in the episode), stands flat-footed on three-clawed feet (its feet had only one claw and were set on its sides), and moves at a ridiculously slow pace (though this one was [[RuleOfFunny made pretty funny]]). Oddly zig-zagged with it being depicted with a full coat of fur, as while the real animal would have been naked as a modern elephant due to its size, the one in the episode is living in a cold climate alongside woolly mammoths so a full coat would be logical.

** As mentioned below, under ShownTheirWork, the Neanderthals suggested interbreeding with ''Homo sapiens'' in the past, but were refused. In reality, interbreeding ''did'' occur, and is, in fact, one of the reasons Neanderthals went extinct. Neanderthal genes are still present in many modern humans.

** The giant ground sloth ''Megatherium'' has a mouth full of sharp teeth (the real animal had peg-like teeth), is in a perpetual upright stance (granted, we never see it walk in the episode), stands flat-footed on three-clawed feet (its feet had only one claw and were set on its sides), and moves at a ridiculously slow pace (though this one was [[RuleOfFunny made pretty funny]]).

** [[MisplacedWildlife To begin with, prehistoric mammals that were only found in the Americas are shown living in a]] LostWorld [[MisplacedWildlife in Europe.]] Gets jarring by the apparent absence of cave bears and Irish elks, two of the iconic Ice Age mammals that did live in Europe, and the token saber-toothed cat being based on ''Machairodus'' which did live in Europe (though it would have gone extinct before Neanderthals).

** [[MisplacedWildlife To begin with, prehistoric mammals that were only found in the Americas are shown living in a]] LostWorld [[MisplacedWildlife in Europe.]] Gets jarring by the apparent absence of cave bears and Irish elks, two of the iconic Ice Age mammals that did live in Europe.

* PartingWordsRegret: Leela dumps Fry early in the episode, but when he seemingly dies in a meat grinder, she becomes so filled with regret that she has her memories of him erased.

** The giant ground sloth ''Megatherium'' has a mouth full of sharp teeth (the real animal had peg-like teeth), is in a perpetual upright stance (granted, we never see it walk in the episode), stands flat-footed (its feet were set on its sides, like an anteater), and moves at a ridiculously slow pace (though this one was [[RuleOfFunny made pretty funny]]).

* RhinoRampage: A woolly rhinoceros is among the animals the Neanderthals use as war-animals. Bender kills one of the contenders who came above him by putting him in the way of a charging rhino.

* PartingWordsRegret: Leela dumps Fry early in the episode, but when she thinks she ate him after he seemingly dies in a meat grinder, she becomes so filled with regret that she has her memories of him erased.
* RhinoRamage: A woolly rhinoceros is among the animals the Neanderthals use as war-animals. Bender kills one of the contenders who came above him by putting him in the way of a charging rhino.

* PartingWordsRegret: Leela dumps Fry early in the episode, and when she thinks he died in a meat grinder and then she ate him, she becomes so filled with regret that she has her memories of him erased.

* TitleDrop: By Bender, seeing as it's one of his many {{Catch Phrase}}s.