History Recap / FuturamaS8E3HowTheWestWas1010001

* VisualPun: The three-way shoot-out in the climax is an illustration of a three-dimensional axis. This is driven in by their being an arch and a pit between two buildings so that a pair of shooters can represent the third axis as the camera rotates around the suddenly CGI situation.

* {{Outlaw}}: Going along the cowboy theme, Roberto adopts this style instead of his usual mugger behaviour during this episode.

* AbnormalAmmo: To complete his outlaw style, Roberto trades his signature knife to a colt-like gun. He invented it himself, so he could shoot knives. It's even deadlier than his usual knife.

* AskAStupidQuestion: When Zoidberg asks Bender whose head is being mined for Bitcoin if he is okay, Bender answers he is not and it's a stupid question.

* BoundAndGagged: Played for laugh, as when Roberto tryed to rob the thallium rock and kidnapped Bender, he left Rusty the donkey gagged and tied up to a tree behind, not the way a cowboy would bound his horse to a pole, but the same way someone would bind and gag a human prisoner.
* ButtMonkey: Neither Fry nor Zoidberg fill the role in this in this episode; Rusty, Bender's donkey, however, does. Bender accidentally crushes his back on a treadmill, they're operated by [[BackAlleyDoctor Zoidberg]] with "animal whiskey" as anasthesic, and forced to dig a tunnel to escape while Bender yells at him (though he does kick Bender in the face, which he admits was deserved).

* MsFanservice: Amy and Leela. Amy wears mini-shorts and a revealing cowgirl outfit, while most of the Planet Express Crew wear less revealing, cowboy themed outfits, Leela meanwhile wears a brothel dress. Justified, as while the others search for thallium, she works in a saloon-brothel to provide money for daily life. And she works on the both side of the establishment, complaining to have had only one client interested by her looks, admitting to liking that part of the job, and asking advice from Fry, who tells her to look sluttier.

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Downplayed. The Borax Kid's YA adventure novels paint him as a hero who foils crimes and faces down gun toting criminals without fear, but as Leela points out, he's actually a notorious gambler. Fry's the only one who really buys into the books themselves. He also proves to be a cowardly mountebank, but he's able to get Leela to think better of him until he is outed as a plagiarist.

** Zoidberg visits a local Doctor and asks how many patients he’s had survive surgery. The man answers with none, because he’s a [[NotThatKindOfDoctor psychiatrist]]. In some of the foreign dubs (like the French dub) he says the exact same message by saying the opposite, doubling as some TemptingFate.

* BoundAndGagged: Played for laugh, as when Roberto tryed to rob the thallium rock and kidnapped Bender, he left Rusty the donkey gagged and tied up to a tree behind, not the way a cowboy would bound his horse to a pole, but the same way someone would bound and gagged a human prisoner.
* ButtMonkey: Neither Fry nor Zoidberg fill the role in this in this episode; Rusty, Bender's donkey, however, does. Bender accidentally crushes his back on a treadmill, they're operated by [[BackAlleyDoctor Zoidberg]] with "animal whiskey" as anasthesic, and forced to dig a tunnel to escape while Bender yells at him (though he does kick Bender in the face, which he admits it was deserved).

** Implied with Roberto. He may be a psycho, and had planned an ambush to murder a coach driver to steal a USB with a password to a crypto account on it, using Dwight as a living obstacle to stop the coach. But even he didn't anticipate the coach driver rolling over a 12-years-old tied up on the road rather than stopping.

* HarmfulHealing: Surprisingly subverted for once with Zoidberg. He manages to completely fix Rusty's broken spine using a bone saw and " animal whiskey," with the donkey up and walking in the next scene with only a makeshift brace covering his back.

* LoanShark: Farnsworth needs to pay back the Robot Mafia's loan, who helpfully reminds the crew that they aren't above ass-kicking.

* {{Phlebotinum}}: Subverted. Farnsworth announces an expedition out west to mine Element 81, which sounds like an esoteric element found in science fiction... and then zooms in on the periodic table, revealing it to be a real-life element; thallium.

* PantheraAwesome: Fry and Leela are attacked by a puma[[note]]or a cougar or a mountain lion... you know, they're really all the same animal[[/note]]. Whilst the Borax Kid proves to be a DirtyCoward, Fry shoots at the cat and chases it off, although the Borax Kid takes credit for it.

* TastyGold: A variation. The Professor tests a thallium ore by biting it. When Amy warns him that it's toxic, he explains that he is wearing a set of "prospecting teeth".

* ButtMonkey: Fry isn't in this in this episode; Rusty, Bender's donkey, is. Bender accidentally crushes his back on a treadmill, they're operated by [[BackAlleyDoctor Zoidberg]] with "animal whiskey" as anasthesic, and forced to dig a tunnel to escape while Bender yells at him (though he does kick Bender in the face, which he admits it was deserved).

* MsFanservice: Amy and Leela. The Amy wears mini-shorts and a revealing cowgirl outfit, while most of the Planet Express Crew wear less revealing, cowboy themed outfits, Leela meanwhile wears a brothel dress. Justified, as while the others search for thallium, she works in a saloon-brothel to provide money for daily life. And she works on the both side of the establishment, complaining to have had only one client interested by her looks, admitting to liking that part of the job, and asking advice from Fry, who tells her to look sluttier.

* ButtMonkey: Neither Fry nor Zoidberg are this in this episode; Rusty, Bender's donkey, is. Bender accidentally crushes his back on a treadmill, they're operated by [[BackAlleyDoctor Zoidberg]] with "animal whiskey" as anasthesic, and forced to dig a tunnel to escape while Bender yells at him (though he does kick Bender in the face, which he admits it was deserved).

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Downplayed. The Borax Kid's YA adventure novels paint him as a hero who foils crimes and faces down gun toting criminals without fear, but as Leela points out, he's actually a notorious gambler. Fry's the only one who really buys into the books themselves. He also proves to be a cowardly mountebank, but he's able to get Leela to think better of him until he is outed as a plagiarist.

* AssholeVictim: Delilah takes the head of Roberto along with Bender's. She also takes the heads of the Robot Mafia to use for in crypto mining at the end.

* AssholeVictim: Delilah takes the heads of the Robot Mafia to use for in crypto mining at the end.

* TaxonomicTermConfusion: When confronted by a puma, Fry and Leela debate whether it's really a puma or a cougar or a mountain lion. Leela then points out they're all the same animal.

* ButtMonkey: Neither Fry nor Zoidberg are this in this episode; Rusty, Bender's donkey, is. Bender accidentally crushes his back on a treadmill, they're operated by [[BackAlleyDoctor Zoidberg]] with "animal whiskey" as anasthesic, and forced to dig a tunnel to escape while Bender yells at him (though he does kick Bender in the fact. which he admits it was deserved).

* TaxonomicTermConfusion: When confronted by a puma, Fry and Leela debate whether it's really a puma or a cougar or a mountain lion. Leela then points out they're all the same animal.

** Linda refers to it as "virtual 'money'", giving finger quotes when she says "money", as the news shows a chart tracking it's price from 2023 to 3023; for most of the chart, the price is so low it isn't visible.