Futurama (season 2)
{5/5} “‘The United States is part of the world.’ ‘Wow, I have been gone a long time.'” — Leela & Fry
Futurama season 2, aired in 1999-2000
When Bender sells his body because the price of titanium goes up, he comes to regret it. When Professor Farnsworth turns 150, he decides since he doesn’t have much longer to live he’ll create a clone to continue his work. When they go fishing and the giant fish pulls the ship to the bottom of the ocean, Fry sees a mermaid. Bender runs into the Robot Mafia, and starts working for the Donbot.
I like how people from our time are still around in the future as heads in jars.
Great characters include Morbo the news anchor, Lrrr from Omicron Persei 8, Zapf Brannigan, and Mom the head of Mom’s Friendly Robot Company. On the other hand, Fry and Amy’s stupidity and the sadness of Zoidberg’s life can be a bit much.
One more quotation: “Like most of life’s problems, this one can be solved with bending.” — Bender
In “How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back” Hermes has to find Bender’s memory in the huge Central Bureaucracy. In “The Problem with Popplers” humans are shocked to find out that the delicious things they’ve been eating are actually the young of the Omicronians. In “Mother’s Day” Mom presses the “rebel” button on her remote and all the robots made by her factory rebel against humans. In “War Is the H-Word” Fry and Bender sign for the military in order to get a military discount — but then war is declared.
Guest voices include John Goodman, Rich Little, Al Gore, and Stephen Hawking.
Stars the voices of Maurice LaMarche, Lauren Tom, and Phil LaMarr.
This is the 2nd time I’ve watched it.
I previously reviewed season 1.