On tonight’s episode of Futurama Fry, Leela, and Bender descend into the sewers to go find Nibbler. They end up in the city of the mutants, and in their church they worship a nuklear missle. Is this a reference to some classic science fiction?
“It will be many a year before someone flushes another guitar…”
Fry: You guys worship an unexploded nuclear bomb?
Mutant: Yeah, but nobody’s that observant. It’s mostly a Christmas and Easter thing.
…which unfortunately contradicts a later Futurama concept: “Christmas” in the 31st century has long been renamed “X-Mas” and turned from a festive occasion to one of terror.