Futurama 6x14 Neutopia

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First Aired: Jun. 23, 2011 on Comedy Central

Summary: An alien who does not understand the concept of gender conducts experiments on the crew, changing all their genders.

Main Characters in this Episode

Guest Stars

Dr. Zoidberg	voiced by Billy West (II)
Bender	voiced by John DiMaggio
Sal	voiced by John DiMaggio
Petunia	voiced by Tress MacNeille
Hattie McDoogal	voiced by Tress MacNeille
Dr. Cahill	voiced by Tress MacNeille
Small Rock Alien	voiced by Maurice LaMarche
The Borax Kid	voiced by Maurice LaMarche

Episode Quotes

Zapp Brannigan: I got your distress call and came here as soon as I wanted to.

Turanga Leela: Well, it was a lot of hard work, but it beats posing in skimpy, demeaning outfits.
Prof. Hubert J. Farnsworth: Here are your skimpy, demeaning stewardress uniforms.

Hermes Conrad: Mmm, you're cooking me back fat bacon.
LaBarbara Conrad: That's not back fat bacon! That's your back fat bakin'!

Trivia

SPOILER: The Borax Kid, initially written just as a joke earlier in the episode, made no appearance in the original storyline. Instead, Mr. and Mrs. Wong were supposed to somehow return the crew to their original genders. However the idea was scrapped and The Borax Kid was introduced toward the end of the episode as a way of explaining how the crew's genders returned to normal. Mr. and Mrs. Wong make no appearance in the episode.
One of the rock aliens is called the Borax Kid, whose white color and physical appearance matches that of the boron-based mineral called borax.
When the company is converted into an airline, it's renamed "Plan-Am" - a reference both to its former name "Planet Express", and the iconic US airline "Pan-Am".
The end credits feature a number of images, presumably from the Planet Express pinup calendar, that features the gender-switched men posing provocatively in their female form. The images can be seen on DVD and digital download, but have rarely aired on television because the credits are usually skipped or sped up.
Gender, and more specifically biological sex, are central themes to the episode. As a result, many structures and objects were intentionally designed to resemble male and female anatomy. There are several prominent phallic symbols and several objects that resemble female genitalia and reproductive organs. One joke of this nature features the men getting lost on the rock planet in a valley that resembles female genitalia.