Bender barely escapes it in that episode, prompting the rage that fuels him for much of the episode.
That changes in “Otherwise,” which makes the can opener far more prominent for the episode.
This return also followsa trend thatFuturamaembraced in season 12.
The episode also returned to Fry’s childhood,mining his tragic backstory for more pathos.
Zapp Brannigan made some silly appearances.
This includes the wayFuturamatreated supporting and minor characters.
The season took plenty of small-bit players and brought them back in fresh ways that benefited episodes.
Characters like Sally and Vyolet illustrate howFuturamabuilds off previous gags for new stories.
Futurama follows the exploits of Philip J. Fry, a pizza delivery boy from 1999 who is cryogenically frozen for 1000 years. Waking up in the year 3000, Fry befriends a cyclops named Leela and a roguish robot named Bender, and the three find employment with Planet Express, an interplanetary delivery service. Their work takes them to all corners of the universe, exploring space and the future as imagined by Matt Groening and the creators of The Simpsons.
