The Day the Earth Stood Stupid
| "The Day the Earth Stood Stupid" | |
|---|---|
| Futurama episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 7 |
| Directed by | Mark Ervin |
| Written by | Jeff Westbrook |
| Production code | 3ACV07 |
| Original air date | February 18, 2001 |
| Opening caption | "80% Entertainment By Volume" |
| Opening cartoon | "Art for Art's Sake" (1934) |
"The Day the Earth Stood Stupid" is the seventh episode in season three of Futurama. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on February 18, 2001. The title of this episode is a play on the title of the 1951 science fiction film, The Day the Earth Stood Still.
Leela is entering Nibbler in a pet show on Earth. After hearing that the top prize is $500 and a year's supply of dog food, Bender and Zoidberg also enter. After a series of tests, the Hypnotoad wins by hypnotizing the judges. Nibbler is crowned the "dumbest pet in show" while Bender and Zoidberg the "whooping terrier" win second prize, much to Bender's disappointment.
Later, the Planet Express staff discusses an ominous trail of destroyed planets leading toward Earth. Nibbler begins gibbering excitedly and runs away. Tracking Nibbler to an alley, Leela is attacked by giant floating brains. Leela is rescued by Nibbler, who has donned a uniform and is piloting a tiny flying saucer. Nibbler and Leela fly away from Earth.
The next day, brains start sending blue beams at buildings, and Fry discovers that all the citizens of New New York have been rendered stupid, except himself. Meanwhile, Nibbler explains to Leela telepathically that he is a Nibblonian ambassador sent to observe humans in secret. They travel to the planet Eternium, at the exact center of the universe. There, in the Hall of Forever, a Nibblonian council tells Leela of the threat of the Brainspawn, the giant brains that have invaded Earth and are attempting to wipe out all thought in the universe. While the Nibblonians have been fighting them since the beginning of the universe, they are powerless against the Brainspawns' powers of stupidity. Fry is the only being in the universe immune to the Brainspawns' mental attack, and is the only one capable of combating them and their leader. They explain to her that once she re-enters the Earth's atmosphere, she will become too dumb to remember, so they write the information on a note and pin it to her clothing.
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