The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz
| "The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz" | |
|---|---|
| Futurama episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 5 |
| Directed by | James Purdum |
| Written by | Dan Vebber |
| Production code | 3ACV05 |
| Original air date | March 4, 2001 |
| Opening caption | "Now With Chucklelin" |
| Opening cartoon | "Bubbles" (1922) |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
|
Phil Hendrie as Free Waterfall Sr. |
|
Phil Hendrie as Free Waterfall Sr.
"The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz" is the fifth episode in the third production season of Futurama. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 4, 2001 as the seventh episode of the third season. The episode was written by Dan Vebber and directed by James Purdum. Phil Hendrie guest stars in the episode as Free Waterfall Sr..
This episode opens with Fry eating Oreo-like cookies and Bender using an aerosol can on his antenna, but Leela feels they produce too much waste, harming the planet. Professor Farnsworth gives the crew an "extremely controversial" mission: towing a dark matter tanker through the solar system, and dangerously near the penguin nature preserve on Pluto in order to avoid a tollbooth. Leela refuses to take part, so the Professor makes Bender the new captain. Leela joins the protesters from Penguins Unlimited.
After initially failing to stop the tanker, Leela and the protesters race ahead to intercept the tanker at Pluto. Meanwhile, aboard the Planet Express ship, Bender lets his new power go to his head. Fry gets fed up with Bender's captaining, and rejects both his leadership, and his friendship. A distraught Bender goes on a sobriety binge, and takes the tanker on an erratic course over Pluto. The tanker collides with an iceberg, and spills dark matter across the landscape.
For his part in the disaster, Bender is sentenced to community service, cleaning up the spill alongside the Penguins Unlimited environmentalists. However, when the police officers supervising his work are distracted by a round of friendly hugging, Bender dons a tuxedo and blends into the colony of penguins.
...
Wikipedia