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3 | ''[[CouchGag You can't prove it won't happen]]'' |
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5 | When Bender proves to be incompatible with the 1-X Robot Professor Farnsworth bought, he's sent in to be upgraded. But rather than have his mind changed, Bender breaks out and ends up on a deserted island with other obsolete robots. |
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7 | !!Tropes |
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9 | * AllJustADream: Everything that happened after Bender is put in the upgrade machine is just a dream. Upon learning this, Bender starts to wonder if anything in his life is real. |
10 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Bender becomes envious of the new Robot 1-X, as it does all the tasks in the Planet Express swimmingly. |
11 | -->'''Bender:''' I could've done that [cleaned Nibbler's litter box] if you'd asked me! |
12 | -->'''Leela:''' I asked you 5 minutes ago. |
13 | * AssShove: Bender tries to plug a blender into a pig's nose, only to say "Hey, ''I'' should be mad at ''you''! Now turn around!" |
14 | * BigWhat: One of the Cartridge Unit's tapes is just him shouting "WHAT?!". He uses this when Bender reveals his plan to attack the human world. |
15 | * BluntNo: The upgrade operator bluntly shuts down Bender's questioning of reality at the end. |
16 | * CymbalBangingMonkey: One of the obsolete robots is a cymbal-banging monkey toy. |
17 | * DudeNotFunny: Leela ''laughs'' when Bender tells them he's scared of the new Robot 1-X replacing him. Of course, the rest of the crew is ''not'' amused. |
18 | * FaceOfAThug: Farnsworth and Wernstrom's Killbots. |
19 | * GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul: From the outside, the upgrade that makes the older robots like the new 1-X robot looks like this. |
20 | * HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Farnsworth and Wernstrom show off their killbots, then get in an old man slap-fight. Their killbots regret their violence and go for a paddle-boat ride. |
21 | * HypocriticalHumor: |
22 | ** Bender refuses to use the robot scratching post because he has "some dignity", which he says while he's wearing robot dealie-boppers. Later on, he uses the scratching post anyway. |
23 | ** Bender also criticizes the idea of watching a snail crawling around as the dumbest thing he's ever heard. Cut to Bender excitedly doing just that. |
24 | ** When Bender rages on how technology has only brought him misery, Cartridge Unit, using a "[[CaptainObvious State the Obvious]]" cartridge, points out that he ''is'' technology, being more advanced than anything else on the island. This is what prompts Bender to downgrade himself. |
25 | * {{Irony}}: Farnsworth and Wernstrom's killbots are disgusted by their creators' hatred, and leave them to go take a paddleboat ride. |
26 | * IslandHelpMessage: Bender makes one with rocks after he gets stranded on the island. He's one rock short of completing the P in "HELP" because he used up all the other rocks to make a much longer message that precedes the "HELP". |
27 | -->TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: I, BENDER, BID YOU HELLO! YOU DON'T KNOW ME, THOUGH YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF ME, BUT THAT'S NOT THE POINT. LONG STORY SHORT... I NEED HELF |
28 | * LargeHam: Lisa the water-wheel robot panics very loudly whenever she thinks her water wheel has run out. |
29 | -->''I'll never make it this time! This is the end!'' |
30 | -->''No! I want to live!'' |
31 | * LateToThePunchline: |
32 | -->'''Announcer:''' And now, the woman who "Mom"-opolizes the robot industry... \ |
33 | '''Fry:''' I get it! \ |
34 | '''Announcer:''' Mom! \ |
35 | '''Fry:''' Oh... ''now'' I get it! |
36 | * LotusEaterMachine: The upgrade is actually one of these, meant to show robots who receive it how Robot 1-X can help them. |
37 | * MindScrew: The ending. |
38 | * MyFriendsAndZoidberg: [[TropeNamer The trope name]] comes from this episode's dialogue. |
39 | -->'''Bender:''' Save my friends! And Zoidberg! |
40 | * NoIndoorVoice: The robot nanny, mixed with being deep and evil. Notably, the baby it's taking care of isn't bothered in the least. |
41 | -->'''Robot Nanny:''' SLEEP, LITTLE DUMPLING. I HAVE REPLACED YOUR MOTHER. |
42 | * NotTheFallThatKillsYou: 1-X catches Bender a few feet away from the sidewalk after he falls. |
43 | * PokeThePoodle: Among the acts of rebellion committed by the obsolete robots is smashing the nightlight at the orphanarium. |
44 | * RageAgainstTheHeavens: "CURSE YOU, MERCIFUL POSEIDON!" |
45 | * ShoutOut: |
46 | ** The waterwheel robot is named LISA. WordOfGod says that she's not named after [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons that Lisa]], but rather the Lisa computer by Apple. The dumb robot is called Sinclair, after the Sinclair ZX Spectrum computers, which had incredibly limited memory (especially by modern standards). |
47 | ** The Cartridge Unit is inspired by the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2-XL 2-XL robot toy]] which used 8-track tapes to "talk" to the user. Later models used cassette tapes. |
48 | ** The title is a reference to British sitcom ''Series/AbsolutelyFabulous''. |
49 | * SkewedPriorities: While he and the rest of the crew are surrounded by flames, Hermes is more concerned about the fuel going to waste. |
50 | -->'''Hermes:''' Bender, hurry! This fuel's expensive! (''beat'') Also, we're dying! |
51 | * StatusQuoIsGod: 1-X will never appear again. |
52 | * StrawLuddite: Parodied in that it's '''[[{{Irony}} Bender]]''' who becomes one of these, as he grows to hate technology over the course of his LotusEaterMachine treatment. |
53 | * TheSoulless: A soul detector at the robot expo doesn't react when Bender, or any other robot, walks through it. |
54 | * TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat: Cartridge Unit has a satchel full of cartridges that he uses to talk, and despite being pre-recordings, they manage to fit every such occasion. |
55 | * TemptingFate: Bender, talking about Robot 1-X, says it made him "look like a pile of crap". The Professor agrees. |
56 | -->'''Professor:''' Indeed, that's why I bought one to help around the office. |
57 | -->'''Bender:''' Eep! |
58 | ** Another example while Bender is sailing into the distance: |
59 | --->'''Bender''': Oh merciful Poseidon, take pity on this mechanical mariner! ''(storm clouds gather and thunder rumbles)'' [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Oh jeez]]. |
60 | * UnnecessarilyCreepyRobot: The nanny-bot provides the page image and quote. |
61 | * WholePlotReference: From the moment Bender goes in the upgrade machine the episode is ''Film/TotalRecall1990'' in terms of AllJustADream. |
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