Fear of a Bot Planet
Bender's delivery to Chapek 9, the planet of human-hating robots.
"Fear of a Bot Planet" is the fifth episode of the first season of Futurama. Written by Heather Lombard and Evan Gore and directed by Peter Avanzino and Carlos Baeza, it first aired on Fox on April 20, 1999. The episode is a light-hearted satire on racism, an idea reinforced by the title reference.
Quick Facts
- Season
- 1
- Episode
- 5
- Director
- Peter Avanzino; Carlos Baeza
- Writer
- Evan Gore; Heather Lombard
- Production
- 1ACV05
- Air date
- 20 April 1999
Facts from the source article.
Background
The Planet Express crew has to deliver a package to Chapek 9, a planet of human-hating robots who kill humans on sight, so Bender is sent down alone. He is captured when the robots learn he works for humans, and Fry and Leela disguise themselves as robots to infiltrate the robot society. They find that Bender, tired of feeling unappreciated by his crew, has made himself an idol among the robots.
Fry and Leela are captured, but Bender refuses to kill his friends, and they learn that the planet's government uses humans as a scapegoat to distract its population from a lug nut shortage. As the three escape, Bender drops the forgotten package on the robots chasing them; it is full of lug nuts, and the robots renounce their human-hating ways.
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