Anthology of Interest I

"Anthology of Interest I"
Futurama episode
Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 16
Directed by	Chris Louden Rich Moore
Written by	Terror at 500 Feet: Eric Rogers Dial L for Leela: Ken Keeler The Un-Freeze of a Lifetime: David X. Cohen
Production code	2ACV16
Original air date	May 21, 2000
Opening caption	"Painstakingly Drawn Before A Live Audience"
Opening cartoon	"Bosko Shipwrecked" (1931)
Guest appearance(s)
Al Gore as himself Stephen Hawking as himself Nichelle Nichols as herself Gary Gygax as himself
Season 2 episodes
November 1999 – December 2000 "I Second That Emotion" "Brannigan, Begin Again" "A Head in the Polls" "Xmas Story" "Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love?" "The Lesser of Two Evils" "Put Your Head on My Shoulders" "Raging Bender" "A Bicyclops Built for Two" "A Clone of My Own" "How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back" "The Deep South" "Bender Gets Made" "Mother's Day" "The Problem with Popplers" "Anthology of Interest I" "War Is the H-Word" "The Honking" "The Cryonic Woman"
List of Futurama episodes

Al Gore as himself
Stephen Hawking as himself
Nichelle Nichols as herself
Gary Gygax as himself

"Anthology of Interest I" is episode sixteen in season two of Futurama. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on May 21, 2000. This episode, as well as the later "Anthology of Interest II", serves to showcase three "imaginary" stories, in a manner similar to the "Treehouse of Horror" episodes of Matt Groening's other animated series The Simpsons.

Professor Farnsworth shows the crew his new invention, the Fing-Longer, a glove with a long rod meant to be used as an extension of the pointer-finger. He demonstrates it by activating the What-if machine, a device that allows the user to view a simulation of a hypothetical scenario after the user asks it a 'what-if' question.

Bender offers to take the first turn and asks what would happen if he were 500 feet tall. The simulation begins with the giant Bender being built by hundreds of regular-sized bending units on some distant planet. He flies to Earth, where he meets Fry, having recently arrived in the 31st century all alone. Bender takes a liking to him and they become friends.

After Bender destroys nearly all of Central Park while playing with Fry, the military are sent to deal with him. The military are unable to damage Bender with their electric weapons, and Bender continues to wreak havoc upon New New York. To combat Bender, the Professor uses his enlarging-ray on Zoidberg, only to see him wreak havoc as well. Zoidberg is interrupted by Bender who is not pleased with Zoidberg destroying "his" city. The two fight, with their battle causing massive damage. Bender fills Shea Stadium with boiling water and pushes Zoidberg into it. An enraged and boiled Zoidberg rises out of the water and snaps off Bender's feet, causing him to fall over and impale himself on the Empire State Building. A tearful Fry admonishes the citizens of New New York about the tragedy of Bender, whose final words lament his inability to fulfill his dream to kill all humans. Bender dies, and the scenario ends as onlookers silently watch on.

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