Fry and the Slurm Factory
| "Fry and the Slurm Factory" | |
|---|---|
| Futurama episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 13 |
| Directed by | Ron Hughart |
| Written by | Lewis Morton |
| Production code | 1ACV13 |
| Original air date | November 14, 1999 |
| Opening caption | "Live From Omicron Persei 8" |
| Opening cartoon | The Simpsons shorts – "Making Faces" (1987) |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
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Pamela Anderson as "Dixie" |
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Pamela Anderson as "Dixie"
"Fry and the Slurm Factory" is the thirteenth and final episode in the first production season of the American animated television series Futurama. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 14, 1999. The episode was directed by Ron Hughart and written by Lewis Morton. Pamela Anderson guest stars as the voice of one of the Slurm party girls.
The episode opens with an advertisement for Slurm, announcing a contest: whoever finds a golden bottlecap inside a marked can of Slurm wins a free trip to the Slurm plant on Wormulon, a tour of the Slurm Factory, as well as a party with the popular Slurm mascot, "the Original Party Worm" Slurms McKenzie. Fry resolves to find the bottlecap by drinking massive quantities of Slurm. Meanwhile, Bender is sick with a high fever (900°F); Professor Farnsworth uses this as an excuse to test his experimental "F-ray", a flashlight-like device that enables the user to look through anything, even metal. The Professor is able to find out what is causing Bender's high fever; he reveals a watch that belongs to Amy Wong caught in one of Bender's cogs.
After repairing Bender, the Professor leaves the F-ray in the custody of Fry and Bender. Fry realizes that they could use the F-ray to scan Slurm cans for the golden bottlecap. After checking "90,000" cans, they give up on finding the winning can. Fry settles in to relax with a Slurm and chokes on the winning bottle cap. He faints, but regains consciousness later. The Planet Express crew arrives at the Slurm plant on Wormulon. After meeting Slurms McKenzie, who is required by contract to party all night, every night, the crew takes a tour down a river of Slurm through the factory, and see the Grunka-Lunkas (who are a parody of the Oompa-Loompas from "Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory") manufacture Slurm step by step. Fry tries to drink the Slurm from the river due to his thirst, but he falls off the boat and remembers he does not know how to swim. Leela dives in to save him, and Bender joins them because "Everybody else was doing it."
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