Futurama Logo 'A Farewell to Arms'

by Josh Weinstein
Futurama Cast

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Fry manages to get his only pair of trousers caught up in a weather balloon that the Professor has launched to investigate recent bizarre weather conditions; the ensuing chase to retrieve his pants eventually leads the Planet Express crew to an ancient chamber hidden under New New York’s park, which contains a huge stone pyramid inset with a mysterious seal. After the gang take the stone seal back to their headquarters, Professor Farnsworth identifies it as a Martian Calendar; then Amy deciphers the artefact’s inscriptions, which foretells that a great cataclysm will destroy the Earth in 3012 – the year they are now in! At that moment the sun begins to erupt with solar flares, triggering earthquakes, sharksplosions and an electromagnetic storm that knocks out all electrical equipment. When Amy translates more of the Martians’ message and learns that the pyramid is part of a massive stone spaceship, the gang see a way to escape the end of the world. However, President Nixon’s head gets to hear of the ship, and he sends Captain Zapp Brannigan to secure it for him. The President then instigates ‘Selection Day’, a process to decide who gets to escape in the ship and who stays behind to die. The Planet Express crew are all accepted – except for Bender and Leela. Fry nobly gives up his place so that Leela can live, and remains behind as the giant stone spaceship blasts off for Mars. But when the evacuees set up their new city of Mars, a real Martian turns up and tells them that Amy made a mistake in her translation: Earth won’t be destroyed by the solar flare – Mars will!

Billy West (Philip J. Fry / Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth / Doctor John Zoidberg), John Di Maggio (Bender [Bender Bending Rodriguez / Bending Unit 22]), Katey Sagal (Captain Turanga Leela), Lauren Tom (Amy Wong), Phil LaMarr (Hermes Conrad), Tress MacNeille (Various Voices), Maurice LaMarche (Various voices), David Herman (Various voices)

Directed by Raymie Muzquiz
Produced by Claudia Katz
Executive Producers David X. Cohen and Matt Groening


TX (US): 20th June 2012

Notes:
*Featuring Philip J. Fry, Bender, Captain Turanga Leela, Professor Hubert Farnsworth, Doctor Zoidberg, Amy Wong and Hermes Conrad