Futurama (season 3)
| Futurama Season 3 | |
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 Futurama Volume 3 DVD |
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| Series | Futurama |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Network | Fox |
| Original run | 2000 – 2001 |
| No. of episodes | 22 |
| DVD release date | March 9, 2004 (Box set) |
| Previous season | Season 2 |
| Next season | Season 4 |
Futurama's third season began airing in 2000 and concluded after 22 episodes in 2001. The entire season is included within the Volume Three DVD box set, which was released on March 9, 2004.
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Critical reception
Reception
Andy Patrizio of IGN had positive review on season 3 giving it a 7.0.[1]
Nielsen ratings
The season ranked 115th in the weekly ratings with an average viewership of 5.9 million viewers.[2]
Episodes
See also: List of Futurama episodes
| № | # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
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| 33 | 1 | "Amazon Women in the Mood" | Brian Sheesley | Lewis Morton | February 4, 2001 | 3ACV01 | S03E05 |
| A double-date for Kif, Amy, Zapp, and Leela ends in disaster when their orbiting restaurant crashes on planet Amazonia. The hulking female inhabitants of the planet take their male captives to the omniscient Femputer, who orders Fry, Zapp, and Kif to death by "snu-snu". | |||||||
| 34 | 2 | "Parasites Lost" | Peter Avanzino | Eric Kaplan | January 21, 2001 | 3ACV02 | S03E04 |
| When Fry becomes infested with parasitic worms that make him stronger and smarter, he finally finds the perfect way to profess his feelings to Leela. Meanwhile, the rest of the crew goes on a Fantastic Voyage-esque journey into Fry's body to eradicate the worms. | |||||||
| 35 | 3 | "A Tale of Two Santas" | Ron Hughart | Bill Odenkirk | December 23, 2001 | 3ACV03 | S04E02 |
| A Planet Express mission to Robot Santa's colony on Neptune leaves the murderous robot trapped in the frozen sea, and Bender takes over as Santa, vowing to bring peace and goodwill to Xmas again. But when Bender is mistaken for the real Robot Santa, he is arrested and sentenced to death. | |||||||
| 36 | 4 | "The Luck of the Fryrish" | Chris Louden | Ron Weiner | March 11, 2001 | 3ACV04 | S03E10 |
| After a string of bad luck, Fry ventures into the decaying ruins of Old New York to regain his lucky seven-leaf clover from his childhood, only to find that his brother Yancy Fry had stolen not only the clover, but Fry's identity as well. Fry sets out to exhume his brother's body, but discovers the startling truth about Yancy instead. | |||||||
| 37 | 5 | "The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz" | James Purdum | Dan Vebber | March 4, 2001 | 3ACV05 | S03E09 |
| A sober Bender crashes a dark matter tanker on Pluto, threatening the penguin reserve nearby. Leela helps out in the clean-up, but when the penguins begin mating out of control, drastic action must be taken to thin the herd. | |||||||
| 38 | 6 | "Bendless Love" | Swinton O. Scott III | Eric Horsted | February 11, 2001 | 3ACV06 | S03E06 |
| Bender's urge to bend prompts Professor Farnsworth to send him on a rehabilitation visit to a steel factory, where he falls in love with a shapely fem-bot named Angleyne. But Bender's old rival Flexo and the intrusion of the Robot Mafia threaten to throw a wrench into the proceedings. | |||||||
| 39 | 7 | "The Day the Earth Stood Stupid" | Mark Ervin | Jeff Westbrook | February 18, 2001 | 3ACV07 | S03E07 |
| Earth is invaded by super-intelligent flying brains, who sap the Earth's populace of their intelligence. Leela is taken to Nibbler's home planet Eternia, where the Nibblonians explain that only one human is immune to the brains' powers - Fry. | |||||||
| 40 | 8 | "That's Lobstertainment!" | Bret Haaland | Patric M. Verrone | February 25, 2001 | 3ACV08 | S03E08 |
| Dr. Zoidberg reunites with his uncle, silent hologram star Harold Zoid, and the two of them set out to make a movie together. They cast the temperamental Calculon in the lead role, who demands an Oscar for his performance, but the movie doesn't go over well with audiences. | |||||||
| 41 | 9 | "The Cyber House Rules" | Susie Dietter | Lewis Morton | April 1, 2001 | 3ACV09 | S03E11 |
| Leela meets up with her former orphanarium playmate Adlai Atkins, now a plastic surgeon, who offers to grant Leela surgery that will give her two eyes. Meanwhile, Bender adopts twelve orphans in order to collect $1200 in government stipends. | |||||||
| 42 | 10 | "Where the Buggalo Roam" | Pat Shinagawa | J. Stewart Burns | March 3, 2002 | 3ACV10 | S04E06 |
| When Amy's parents' ranch is hit by a dust storm that blows away their herd of buggalo, Kif sets out to prove his masculinity by rounding up the herd, only to become entangled with the native Martians. | |||||||
| 43 | 11 | "Insane in the Mainframe" | Peter Avanzino | Bill Odenkirk | April 8, 2001 | 3ACV11 | S03E12 |
| Accused of robbing a bank, Fry and Bender plead insanity and are both sent to a robot insane asylum. While Bender and his buddy Roberto plan an escape, Fry is brainwashed into thinking that he is a robot. | |||||||
| 44 | 12 | "The Route of All Evil" | Brian Sheesley | Dan Vebber | December 8, 2002 | 3ACV12 | S05E03 |
| Farnsworth's clone Cubert teams up with Hermes' son Dwight to launch a newspaper delivery business. Farnsworth and Hermes scoff at the kids' efforts - until the delivery boys accumulate enough capital to buy out Planet Express. Meanwhile, Fry and Leela use Bender to brew their own homemade beer. | |||||||
| 45 | 13 | "Bendin' in the Wind" | Ron Hughart | Eric Horsted | April 22, 2001 | 3ACV13 | S03E13 |
| When Bender is paralyzed in a tragic can opener accident, he discovers his musical washboard skills and goes on tour as a member of Beck's folk-rock band, acting as a voice for broken robots everywhere. Fry, Leela, Amy, and Zoidberg tag along in Fry's antique 1960s VW Van. | |||||||
| 46 | 14 | "Time Keeps On Slippin'" | Chris Louden | Ken Keeler | May 6, 2001 | 3ACV14 | S03E14 |
| While creating a team of mutants to play the Harlem Globetrotters, the Professor accidentally causes a disruption in time that threatens the existence of the universe. Meanwhile, Fry tries to win an unreceptive Leela's heart. | |||||||
| 47 | 15 | "I Dated a Robot" | James Purdum | Eric Kaplan | May 13, 2001 | 3ACV15 | S03E15 |
| Fry discovers the ability to download any celebrity onto a blank robot, and chooses to download Lucy Liu, with whom he falls madly in love. Repulsed by this disgusting display of human/robot love, Leela, Bender, and Zoidberg set out to shut down Nappster.com and put an end to illegal celebrity downloads forever. | |||||||
| 48 | 16 | "A Leela of Her Own" | Swinton O. Scott III | Patric M. Verrone | April 7, 2002 | 3ACV16 | S04E10 |
| Leela endeavors to become the first female blernsball player, but her lack of depth perception hinders her skills. Nevertheless, she becomes the pitcher for the New New York Mets, purely for her novelty value. | |||||||
| 49 | 17 | "A Pharaoh to Remember" | Mark Ervin | Ron Weiner | March 10, 2002 | 3ACV17 | S04E07 |
| Bender fears that nobody will remember him after he dies, and sees his chance for immortality when the crew is enslaved on the planet Osiris 4. Posing as the planet's new pharaoh, Bender orders a humongous statue built in his honor, and quickly goes mad with power. | |||||||
| 50 | 18 | "Anthology of Interest II" | Bret Haaland | Lewis Morton (I, Meatbag) David X. Cohen (Raiders of the Lost Arcade) Jason Gorbett & Scott Kirby (Wizzin') |
January 6, 2002 | 3ACV18 | S04E03 |
| The Planet Express crew ask three more questions for the What-If Machine: Bender asks what if he were human; Fry asks what if life were more like a video game; and Leela asks what if she found her true home. I, Meatbag – Farnsworth uses his latest invention to turn Bender into a human for the Nobel Committee. Bender goes on a week-long eating binge that turns him into a thousand-pound, morbidly obese blob and dies shortly after inspiring the committee to become party animals like he had. Raiders of the Lost Arcade – Earth is invaded by a race of aliens from Nintendu 64 in a manner similar to Space Invaders. Fry fails to stop the Nintendian invasion, but when their demands are revealed to be quarters for laundry, a compromise is reached allowing the Nintendians to mix their laundry with the Earthlings' in exchange for the Earth's safety. Wizzin' – Instead of seeing what would happen if she found her true home, Leela is knocked unconscious by the What-If Machine's lever and dreams herself in a parody of The Wizard of Oz with herself as Dorothy, Fry as the Scarecrow, Bender as the Tin Man, Zoidberg as the Cowardly Lion, Farnsworth as the Wizard, and Mom as the Wicked Witch. Leela decides she wants to become the new Wicked Witch instead of going home, but her reign of terror and her dream are cut short when Zoidberg splashes and melts her with water. |
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| 51 | 19 | "Roswell That Ends Well" | Rich Moore | J. Stewart Burns | December 9, 2001 | 3ACV19 | S04E01 |
| Fry puts a metal popcorn pan in the microwave while a supernova occurs nearby, causing the radiation of both to rip open a time portal that sends the Planet Express crew back in time to Roswell, New Mexico in the year 1947. Bender's body is broken to pieces during the crash and Zoidberg is found by the U.S. military among the debris, and both are taken to Area 51 for experimentation. The crew requires another microwave to return to the 31st century, so they try to retrieve one without altering history. Meanwhile, Fry meets his grandfather Enos and begins fearing that he will cease to exist if his grandfather is killed. While trying to save him, however, Fry accidentally brings about Enos' death when he takes him to a house which turns out to be in the middle of a nuclear testing range. However, Fry continues to exist and ends up having sex with his would-be grandmother, only to discover that in doing so, he is now his own grandfather. Since Fry has already changed history, the rest of the crew decides to launch an attack on Area 51, retrieving Bender, Zoidberg, and a microwave by force and allowing them to return through the closing time portal back to the 31st century. | |||||||
| 52 | 20 | "Godfellas" | Susie Dietter | Ken Keeler | March 17, 2002 | 3ACV20 | S04E08 |
| Bender is accidentally shot out of the ship's torpedo tube and becomes lost in space. Floating through the ethereal darkness, Bender becomes inhabited with tiny alien life forms, but has trouble playing God to their unyielding prayers. | |||||||
| 53 | 21 | "Future Stock" | Brian Sheesley | Aaron Ehasz | March 31, 2002 | 3ACV21 | S04E09 |
| With Planet Express in financial trouble, Fry nominates a flashy businessman from the 1980s to replace Professor Farnsworth as CEO of the company. That Guy goes on to sell Planet Express to Mom's Friendly Robot Corporation, putting everyone out of a job. | |||||||
| 54 | 22 | "The 30% Iron Chef" | Ron Hughart | Jeff Westbrook | April 14, 2002 | 3ACV22 | S04E11 |
| Bender receives culinary lessons from the great chef Helmut Spargle, and puts his skills to the test on national television when he competes against Elzar on "Iron Cook". Meanwhile, Dr. Zoidberg accidentally destroys Professor Farnsworth's ship-in-a-bottle and pins the deed on Fry, only to be struck with remorse afterwards. | |||||||
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