- Fanon Discontinuity: For fans who dislike the made-for-DVD movies, as well as the Comedy Central episodes, this episode is considered the last one.
- Heartwarming in Hindsight: On the DVD Commentary, when it seemed like this was the end of the series, Matt Groening jokes at the end "See you on the next DVD!"
- Heartwarming Moments: Leela staying to see how Fry's opera ends. It ends with a crudely-drawn Fry and Leela kissing and walking into the sunset together.Leela: Please don't stop playing, Fry. I want to hear how it ends.
- For extra heartwarming: the music starts out kind of crude and somewhat off-tune. The further it goes, the more impressive it gets, until the last few seconds before the credits role have it sounding like how Fry played with the Robot Devil's hands.
- Hilarious in Hindsight: The opening caption reads "See you on some other channel!" It was syndicated in 2003 by [adult swim]; brought back in 2008 by Comedy Central; syndicated in over-the-air television in 2011; syndicated in 2017 by Syfy; syndicated in 2021 by FXX; and has outlived the channel-dominated era of television to be once again revived by Hulu.
- Memetic Mutation:
- "Your [X] is bad and you should feel bad!"
- Bender explaining the definition of Irony gets used as a forum weapon when the term is used wrong.
- Tough Act to Follow: While "Meanwhile" has since given this finale competition, there are many fans who would still consider this to be the best Grand Finale of the show.
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