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Futurama/A Fishful of Dollars
| A Fishful of Dollars | |
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| Season 1, Episode 6 | |
| Airdate | April 27, 1999 |
| Production Number | 1ACV06 |
| Written by | Patric M. Verrone |
| Directed by | Ron Hughart & Gregg Vanzo |
| ← 1x05 Fear of a Bot Planet |
1x07 → My Three Suns |
| Futurama — Season One | |
A Fishful of Dollars is the sixth episode of the first season of Futurama, and the sixth episode overall. After discovering that his $2 bank balance in 1999 has transformed into billions, Fry attempts to recreate his past with his new fortune.
Guest Stars: Byrne Offutt (Ultility Player), Pamela Anderson (Herself)
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Plot Overview
The crew of Planet Express explain to Fry why he has been seeing advertising in his sleep, and this causes them all to decide to go shopping. Bender is arrested for shop lifting, and in order to pay his fine Fry goes to his old bank. There he discovers that interest has made him a billionaire. With the elaborate new fortune, Fry tries to buy back his past. This includes buying the last known can of anchovies. However, the industrialist Mom, of Mom's Old Fashion Robot Oil, want the anchovies as well, because she knows that they hold ingredients that could destroy her business.
Using the surveillance tape from the bank, they discover that Fry's PIN number is the same as a slice of cheese pizza from his old job in the 20th century. Her sons knock out and kidnap Fry and recreate the old pizza restaurant, pretending that his experience in the year 3000 were just a dream. Pamela Anderson's head comes in and orders a cheese pizza, thus securing the PIN number. After finding out that his fortune has been stolen, Fry only has one thing left: the anchovies. Mom comes to the Planet Express office wanting to buy them from him, but changes her mind when she finds out that he doesn't know of their secret ingredient; Fry just wanted to eat them. Fry puts the anchovies on a pizza so his friends can experience his favorite food. Unfortunately they all hate it; that is except for Zoidberg, whose race made the fish extinct in the first place.
Notes
- Title Sequence Quote
- "LOADING..."
Arc Advancement
Happenings
Characters
- This episode contains the first appearance of Mom.
Referbacks
Trivia
The Show
Behind the Scenes
Allusions and References
Memorable Moments
Quotes
- Fry: Maybe you can't understand this, but I finally found what I need to be happy, and it's not friends, it's things.
Bender: I'm a thing.
Reviews
- Overall Grade: C+, 1 review
- Review Breakdown: A+: 0 A: 0 A-: 0 B+: 0 B: 0 B-: 0 C+: 1 C: 0 C-: 0 D: 0 F: 0
- C+: Although this marks the first apperance of a regular villain, Mom, the episode is mostly uneventful. This was probably a long time coming with Fry finally needing to come to grip with the things he left behind in the 20th century. There have been similar episodes in the first season, with other characters, but most of those were at least funny on their own. The jokes here just simply fall flat for the most part. --MateoP 15:23, 22 August 2006 (EDT)
