"I agreed to be your Vice-President, but I never agreed to be your son."
The Magnificent Three is a 3001 political drama written and directed by legendary silent hologram comedian Harold Zoid, and executive produced by Bender Bending Rodriguez.
The plot is about a son (Calculon of All My Circuits fame) not wanting to follow in his father's (Zoid in his comeback role) footsteps — that job being President of Earth, and the son is currently the Vice-President. The film also stars Zoid's nephew John A. Zoidberg as the Vice-President's associate Lieutenant Smith.
Despite negative reception upon its premiere (In fact, everyone left the theater before it ended), the film helped garner Zoid an Academy Award for Best Actor in a surprise win.
Examples:
- Big "NO!": The Vice-President does this after his father dies, making him the new President.
- Downer Ending: The President dies, and now the Vice-President has to take his father's job whether he wants to or not.
- Food Slap: At one point, the Vice-President throws a cup of water onto his father's face.
- Funny Background Event: As seen in the above picture, several scenes have White House staffers doing crazy things in the middle of tense scenes. This was due to Zoid's insistence to add a little comedy to soften the drama.
- Pie in the Face: Several White House staffers throw pies at each other. This came about due to the reasons states above. Most of the film's budget ended up being spent on pies.
- Special Effects Failure: In one scene, you can see the cinematographer's claws in a Claw Framing position in the camera frame.
- Also, in the establishing shot of the White House, it is clear that the scenery is really a painted backdrop.
- Tempting Fate: The President, refusing to accept his son's resignation, proclaims "I would sooner die, I would." He then falls of a ledge and dies.
