Futurama Fridays – S1 E5 “Fear of a Bot Planet”

I think this is the first episode that doesn’t introduce a major recurring character. However, it does give us Earth’s favorite pastime, Blernsball!

Baseball: As boring as mom and apple pie. Blernsball: As exciting MILFs and Apple Brandy

Changing up the format. Synopsis here, then analysis, then if you want the annotated summary, click on the link at the bottom.

SYNOPSIS

Bender, Fry, and Leela (John DiMaggio, Billy West, Katey Sagal) are sent to make a delivery on Chapek 9, a planet populated entirely by human-hating robots. Bender is captured by locals for knowing humans, so Fry and Leela go to rescue him. However, Bender has lied to the population and become a hero to the other robots. Fry and Leela are then captured, tried for being human, and sentenced, but it is revealed that their trial was just a show for the people and that the planet is actually…