The Day the Earth Stood Stupid
Flying brains invade Earth, and only Fry is immune.
"The Day the Earth Stood Stupid" is the seventh episode of the third season of Futurama and the 39th episode overall. Directed by Mark Ervin, it first aired on Fox on February 18, 2001; its title plays on the 1951 film The Day the Earth Stood Still.
Quick Facts
- Season
- 3
- Episode
- 7
- Director
- Mark Ervin
- Story
- Jeff Westbrook; David X. Cohen
- Teleplay
- Jeff Westbrook
- Production
- 3ACV07
- Air date
- 18 February 2001
- Opening cartoon
- "Art for Art's Sake" (1934)
Facts from the source article.
Background
Leela enters Nibbler in a pet show on Earth, which the Hypnotoad wins by hypnotizing the judges. Earth is then invaded by super-intelligent flying brains that sap the population of its intelligence. Leela is taken to Nibbler's home planet Eternium, where the Nibblonians explain that only one human is immune to the brains' powers - Fry.
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