# Best...Futurama...EVER!!! (SPOILERS) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 22, 2002, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-futurama-ever-spoilers/104925 "2002-04-22T04:27:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-futurama-ever-spoilers/104925/1 "2002-04-22T04:27:50Z")
I can’t believe there isn’t a thread on this already. The Star Trek parody shown 4/21. I laughed through the whole thing. 'Welshie" Shatner ripping his shirt before the fight even started. “Remember when I threw my shoe at the enemy?” “You mean Doohan?” ( Actual voices, I’m kinda suprised they slammed Doohan like that) "Don’t you have a self destruct code, like 1A 2B 3…" **BOOM!!!** “Thanks a lot, Takei, now everyone knows” “We’re all just pawns in his game of checkers” The entire thing was BRILLIANT! ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-futurama-ever-spoilers/104925/2 "2002-04-22T04:55:12Z")
Bender: Hey, what about people who hate Star Trek? Can they leave early? Koenig: Yeah! ---
**Author:** ![Kirkland1244](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kirkland1244](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kirkland1244)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-futurama-ever-spoilers/104925/3 "2002-04-22T06:01:25Z")
Why wasn’t Scotty there? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-futurama-ever-spoilers/104925/4 "2002-04-22T06:09:10Z")
I checked, and when the the gas creature says fights to the death took place in episodes 19, 46, 56 and 77 (and Fry adds episode 66), they were right! Mh-HEY, GLAVIN! ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-futurama-ever-spoilers/104925/5 "2002-04-22T06:15:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Weirddave \* > **’Welshie"** Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh, I didn’t get that joke till I saw it written out. It was pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-futurama-ever-spoilers/104925/6 "2002-04-22T06:53:31Z")
Too bad it was likely the series finale. ☹ R.I.P., Futurama–the country never knew how good you were. ---
**Author:** ![FisherQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@FisherQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FisherQueen)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-futurama-ever-spoilers/104925/7 "2002-04-22T10:43:59Z")
Absolutely the funniest thing I saw on TV last night, and I’m glad to have had it to give me strength through the Simpsons and the X-Files. When the energy beam went after Welshie, I laughed through the whole commercial break. I’ll bet the ST cast had fun with it, too. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-futurama-ever-spoilers/104925/8 "2002-04-22T10:47:09Z")
I like the Jonathan Frakes cameo “First row!” ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-futurama-ever-spoilers/104925/9 "2002-04-22T11:11:41Z")
I liked it a lot too, but I missed the first few minutes. Why and how was Star Trek removed from human memory? ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-futurama-ever-spoilers/104925/10 "2002-04-22T11:28:45Z")
The Trekkies eventually evolved into a full blown Religion and swept the world. The governements got very worried and killed them in a way befitting virgins. Line them all up and toss them into a live volcano. _toss_ “He’s dead Jim.” _toss_ “He’s dead Jim.” _toss_ “He’s dead Jim.” _toss_ “He’s dead Jim.” Then they loaded up all the Holy Records into a rocket and launched them onto a planet that was made forbidden. Then the heads of the entire crew, except for Scotty and Spock left to do something, I forget and were lost. The mere speaking of the words Star Trek is forbidden. Oh, and it began in a video? rental store where Fry mentioned Star Trek and alarms and sirens went off all around. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-futurama-ever-spoilers/104925/11 "2002-04-22T11:34:44Z")
I liked that the planet looked like Vasquez Rocks. The whole episode was hilarious. Was that the Comic Book Guy from _The Simpsons_ that they threw into the volcano? ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-futurama-ever-spoilers/104925/12 "2002-04-22T11:50:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Johnny L.A. \* > \*\*I liked that the planet looked like Vasquez Rocks. The whole episode was hilarious. Was that the Comic Book Guy from _The Simpsons_ that they threw into the volcano? \*\* I don’t think so. Probably just a chubby trekkie who resembles CBG. His shirt was a really boring read though. I thought it might be something hilarious but it just said “Beam me up Scottie, there’s no intelligent life here” Or did it say Welshie? It wasn’t that funny of a shirt so I didn’t pay too much attention to it. ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-futurama-ever-spoilers/104925/13 "2002-04-22T12:14:50Z")
“Excuse me but I’ve been to enough conventions, I know how to spell Mellvar.” The second Fry came out in Pike’s wheel chair I knew I was in for a great episode. My Wife said it was clever of he writers to be that detailed on Trek. I said it had nothing to do with clever it was obvious they were Trekies (Definitely old school) The Reason: The amount of correct detail (episode numbers etc) the Tiny details they made sure you saw (The chariot race scene playing inside the Guardian of Forever) Mainly though because the episode was about the original Star Trek. Damn I still laugh when I think about it. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-futurama-ever-spoilers/104925/14 "2002-04-22T12:32:07Z")
The second Melvar went after Welshie, I thought to myself, “Yep. Never seen him before … red shirt … he was doomed.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-futurama-ever-spoilers/104925/15 "2002-04-22T12:41:13Z")
Thanks **Osiris**. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kingpengvin \* > \*\*“Excuse me but I’ve been to enough conventions, I know how to spell Mellvar.” > > \*\* Apparently not. That’s with three “L’s”. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-futurama-ever-spoilers/104925/16 "2002-04-22T13:38:56Z")
I’m, guessing James Doohan simply refused to do it (doesn’t he realllly hate Shatner?), thus the “Welshie” jokes. What a shame McCoy was too dead to participate. Guess a “he’s dead, Jim!” joke was too tasteless for them, even. Brilliant episode, and I’m not even a Trekie (I’m a Lost in Space girl, myself). And yes, it DID help me get through that unforgivable Simpsons clip-fest. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-futurama-ever-spoilers/104925/17 "2002-04-22T13:51:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kingpengvin \* > **the Tiny details they made sure you saw (The chariot race scene playing inside the Guardian of Forever)** At the very beginning, when Zapp rang the little bell at the court-martial, I knew it was going to be a great episode. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Gundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-futurama-ever-spoilers/104925/18 "2002-04-22T13:58:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\*What a shame McCoy was too dead to participate. Guess a “he’s dead, Jim!” joke was too tasteless for them, even. > \*\* I liked how the executioners pushing Trekkies into the pit yelled, “He’s dead, Jim!” with each push. What was the crack about science fiction shows cancelled before their time? Did anyone else catch that? ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-futurama-ever-spoilers/104925/19 "2002-04-22T14:53:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gundy \* > \*\*I liked how the executioners pushing Trekkies into the pit yelled, “He’s dead, Jim!” with each push. > > What was the crack about science fiction shows cancelled before their time? Did anyone else catch that? \*\* Nope. Had switched over to my \*Battlestar Galactica \* tapes. 😃 [sub] Heck, they’re even bringing that back. [/sub] ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-futurama-ever-spoilers/104925/20 "2002-04-22T16:15:11Z")
Did anyone else notice what the ship that launched the Trek tapes onto Omega 3 (The Forbidden World) looked like? A _Space: 1999_ Eagle!!! Nice nod to the old Trek/1999 rivalry that existed briefly during the 70s. 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-futurama-ever-spoilers/104925.md?page=2)