1x05 Fear of a Bot Planet - Futurama Episode Guide

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Episode: 01x05
Title: Fear of a Bot Planet
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 1ACV05
First Aired: Apr. 20, 1999

Season 1 » Episode #05 - Fear of a Bot Planet

Summary: The crew is out watching a game of blernsball when Bender notes that the robots are only employed as service workers to do the "crap work." He grows increasingly upset by this, but his anger is interrupted by Hermes' report of a package that arrived. The crew returns home and learns that the package's destination is Chapek 9. Because the planet is inhabited by robots that kill humans on sight, only Bender can make the actual delivery. Unfortunately, the robots discover that he came with humans. Leela and Fry must go save him, even though he might not be as helpless as they think.

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Somewhat Like Baseball (02:09)

Sending Bender (01:29)

Robot Trial (01:09)

Scapegoat (01:24)

Who appeared in this episode?

Guest Stars:

Robot Elder #1	voiced by Billy West (II)
Robot in Jury #3	voiced by Billy West (II)
Robot Leaving Theatre #1	voiced by Billy West (II)
Robot Construction Worker	voiced by John Di Maggio
Robot Playing Human	voiced by John Di Maggio
Robot Foreman	voiced by John Di Maggio
Jimmy	voiced by John Di Maggio
Wendy	voiced by Tress MacNeille
Female Robot at Human Hunt	voiced by Tress MacNeille

	Season 1 / Episode 5: - Fear of a Bot Planet Robot Playing Human in Movie: I will eat and digest you all with my system of mighty organs!
	Season 1 / Episode 5: - Fear of a Bot Planet Robot Mayor: That's the 146 thousandth unsuccessful human hunt in a row. But I have a good feeling about tomorrow.

[More Quotes]

MISTAKES/GOOFS

CONT: In the judgment scene, when the judge freezes up, Fry yells: "Call technical support." In that frame, he is drawn with his manacle chain outside the bars, whereas in all other shots, it's on the inside with him.

TRIVIA

When the Planet Express crew is sent to a robot planet called "Chapek 9." Karel Capek (or his brother, according to interpretation) is the writer who coined the word "robot" in 1920.
The surname of the player whose score Leela updates while the crew is at the blurnsball game is "Costanza" - a reference to George Costanza, a character on the sitcom "Seinfeld" (1990), who was an employee of the present-day New York Yankees.