History Recap / FuturamaS7E8FunOnABun

** The saber-toothed cat is depicted with a rather long tail (at least they don't call it a "saber-toothed tiger").

* SeldomSeenSpecies: While ''Doedicurus'' and ''Macrauchenia'' are considered [[StockDinosaurs stock prehistoric mammals]], they are not prolific by the likes of woolly mammoths or ground sloths.

* StockDinosaurs: Stock Prehistoric Mammals shown are woolly mammoths, saber-toothed cats, woolly rhinoceroses, the giant ground sloth ''Megatherium'', the glyptodont ''Doedicurus'', and ''Macrauchenia''. Strangely, cave bears and ''Megaloceros'' aka Irish elk are absent, despite being set in Europe.

** [[MisplacedWildlife To begin with, prehistoric mammals that were only found in the Americas are shown living in a]] LostWorld [[MisplacedWildlife in Europe.]]

* NoTechButHighTech: Zapp brannigan remarks that the Neanderthals attacking them don't have technology, despite most of said Neanderthals carrying clubs, spears, a cage on wheels to carry a giant sloth and (most {{egregious}}ly a catapult.

** This is also one of the few works where a machairodont is referred to not as a "saber-toothed tiger" but in the proper term "saber-toothed ''cat''".

** This is also one of the few works where a machairodont is referred to as not a "saber-toothed tiger" but the proper term "saber-toothed ''cat''".

** This is also one of the few works where a machairodont is referred to as not a "saber-toothed tiger" but the proper term saber-toothed ''cat''.

** This is also one of the few works to properly use the term "saber-toothed ''cat''", rather than "saber-toothed tiger".

** [[MisplacedWildlife To begin with, prehistoric mammals that were only found in the Americas are shown living in a LostWorld in Europe.]]

** This is also one of the few works to properly use the term "saber-toothed ''cat''".

* 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. [[spoiler: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.]]

* AmnesiacLover: Leela undergoes literal LaserGuidedAmnesia after thinking she ate Fry, who was presumed to have fallen into a sausage maker. [[spoiler:Fry however fell down a chasm, hitting his head, and discovered a hidden society of Neanderthals who assumed he was one of them because of his swollen forehead and natural stupidity. Fry eventually leads the Neanderthals to battle against the Homo Sapiens, and just has he and Leela are about to kill each other, they both regain their memories and unite the two species.]]

** The woman who erases Leela's memories totally resembles [[MarriedWithChildren Peg Bundy]].

-->'''Zoidberg:''' He looks so peaceful.

** [[MisplacedWildlife Prehistoric mammals from the Americas living in Europe]]

** 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]]

* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Not only are there [[MisplacedWildlife prehistoric mammals from the Americas living in Europe]], the saber-toothed cat is depicted with a rather long tail (at least they don't call it a "saber-toothed tiger"). Plus 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]]).

** 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 in the front of the nose) as opposed to the horse-like faces seen in many portrayals.

** For all its flaws listed above, the ''Megatherium'' is at least portrayed with a nose more like a modern day sloth's (with both nostrils placed in the front of the nose) as opposed to the horse-like faces seen in many portrayals.

** For all its flaws listed above, the ''Megatherium'' is at least portrayed with a nose more like, well, a sloth's as opposed to the horse-like faces seen in many portrayals.

* ShownTheirWork: 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).

* ShownTheirWork: 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.

* MisplacedWildlife: There are ''Megatherium'' (giant ground sloths), ''Macrauchenia'' (long-necked and trunked ungulate), and ''Doedicurus'' (glyptodont) in a LostWorld in Europe. All three were native to South America.

* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Not only are there [[MisplacedWildlife prehistoric mammals from the Americas living in Europe]], the saber-toothed cat is depicted with a rather long tail (at least they don't call it a "saber-toothed tiger"). Plus 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), 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]]).

* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Not only are there [[MisplacedWildlife prehistoric mammals from the Americas living in Europe]], the saber-toothed cat is depicted with a rather long tail (at least they don't call it a "saber-toothed tiger"). Plus the giant ground sloth ''Megatherium'' has a mouth full of sharp teeth and is in a perpetually upright stance, not to mention moves at a ridiculously slow pace (though this one was [[RuleOfFunny made pretty funny]]).

* MisplacedWildlife: There are giant ground sloths, ''Macrauchenia'' (long-necked and trunked ungulate), and ''Doedicurus'' (glyptodont) in a LostWorld in Europe. All three were native to South America.

* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Not only are there [[MisplacedWildlife prehistoric mammals from the Americas living in Europe]], the saber-toothed cat is depicted with a rather long tail (at least they don't call it a "saber-toothed tiger"). Plus the giant ground sloth ''Megatherium'' is in perpetually-upright stance, not to mention moves at a ridiculously slow pace (though this one was [[RuleOfFunny made pretty funny]]).

* StockDinosaurs: Stock Prehistoric Mammals shown are woolly mammoths, saber-toothed cats, woolly rhinoceroses, giant ground sloths, glyptodonts, and ''Macrauchenia''. Strangely, cave bears and Irish elk are absent, despite being set in Europe.