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- Episode 05x16

Episode: 05x16
Title: The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 4ACV18
First Aired: Aug. 10, 2003

Season 5 » Episode #16 - The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings

Futurama - 05x16 The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings

Summary: Fry, in an effort to win Leela's love, makes a deal with the Robot Devil to become a gifted musician. He has tried to take Holophonor lessons, but his teacher claimed he had "stupid fingers." Bender realizes that the Robot Devil is the only one to help. Fry makes a deal only to regret it immediately as it comes with a hefty price.

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Improvised Closing (02:30)

First Act (01:16)

Visiting The Robot Devil (02:04)

Getting Their Hands Back (00:59)

Who appeared in this episode?

Bartender	voiced by Billy West (II)
Mrs. Mellonger	voiced by Tress MacNeille
Child at Recital	voiced by Tress MacNeille
Mother at Recital	voiced by Tress MacNeille
Hedonismbot	voiced by Maurice LaMarche
Opera House Announcer	voiced by Maurice LaMarche
The Robot Devil	voiced by Dan Castellaneta
Snail	voiced by Dan Castellaneta
Reverend Preacherbot	voiced by Phil LaMarr

	Season 5 / Episode 16: - The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings Beelzebot, The Robot Devil: [singing] I will marry her now and confine her to Hell / How droll! How droll! / Where Styx is a river, and not just a band / Though they'll play the reception if all goes as planned / Unless, Fry, you surrender... my hands!
	Season 5 / Episode 16: - The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings Fry: [singing] Destiny has cheated me / By forcing me / to decide upon / The Woman that I idolize / And the hands of an, Automaton /... Without these hands / I can't complete / The opera that was captivating her / But if I keep them / And she marries him / Then he probably won't / Want me dating her...

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MISTAKES/GOOFS

FAIR: Even though Leela is deaf, she is able to have a conversation with the Robot Devil. However, it is extremely possible and likely that she is only able to figure out what he is saying by the hand gestures he makes.
CONT: After Fry trades hand with the Robot Devil he masters the holophonor. However in the advertisement he is photographed with his old hands although the photograph is clearly taken when Fry is already famous.

TRIVIA

When the final episode was produced, there was about a 50/50 chance of it being the last episode. Because of this, the staff chose to loosely resolve the show, but left it open in case production continued.
The advertisement for the two volume set of Fry's holophone music claims to contain over 900 of his pieces in a total of 30 minutes. This means that the average time of his pieces is less than 2 seconds.
The Robot Devil spins a large wheel featuring the names of various robots. As it spins, the following names are visible: Flexo, Daisy Mae 128K, Crushinator, Roberto, Helper, Kwanzabot, Robot I-X, Clamps, Hedonismbot, Fatbot, Linctron, Destructor, Santa, Joey, Tinny Tim, Chain Smoker, Angleyne, Execu-tor, Preacherbot, Fembot, Hair Robot, Unit 2013, Donbot, Boxy, Lulubelle 7, Humorbot 5.0, Calculon, URL, Foreigner, iZac, Cartridge Unit, Barkerbot, Teenbot, Gearshift. Q.T. McWhiskers, Deep Blue, iHawk, Cylon, Patchcord Adams, Liubot, Stage Mom 7.0, Sinclair 2K, Vending Machine, Oily, Coolometer, Andrew, Monique, Rab-bot, Lisa, Executive Gamma, Keg Robot, Greeting Card, Eurotrash 80, Nannybot 1.0, Emotitron Jr., Ceiling Fan, Hookerbot, Bender, and Robot Devil. Coincidently, Fry has actually met or come in contact with a great deal of these robots, going against what Devil Robot said about Fry "definitely probably not knowing him".
We find out Bender named his hands Grabby and Squeezy.