Futurama @lemmy.world w3dd1e @lemm.ee 2 mo. ago

Guess the Episode [Medium]

I’m stealing an idea from !thesimpsons@lemmy.world because they had a great idea.

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the first series finale, 'the devil's hands make idle playthings'
- Nice catch on the hands!
  
  They do get around
- What do you mean, "the first?" They made more?!
  
  Just joking. I've tried watching the various incarnations. They're just not the same anymore.
  
  I blelieve the series has been cancelled 3 times, and all in error!!
  
  The latest season almost feels like a return to form. Nearly all the episodes were excellent.
An opera? About a woman? How deliciously absurd!
- Me? Really?
  
  Seeing Leela without lipstick makes her look different
- “But I’ve never written an opera.” “And I’ve never heard one.”
Your writing lacks subtlety! You can't just announce how your characters feel!

That makes me feel angry!
- I love meta humour. I wish it would have been "That makes me angry!" just to make it a tad less on the nose.
- I could hear it in the devil's voice nearly a decade after watching this episode.
  
  It's crazy how a minor recurring character could by so memorable.
- That line is the Trope Namer for, That Makes Me Feel Angry!
  
  (Warning. That is a link to tvtropes. If you value your time, don't click that link!)
Destiny has cheated me by forcing me to decide upon: The woman that I idolize, or the hands of an automaton.

Without these hands I can’t complete the opera that was captivating her

But if I keep them, and she marries him, He probably won’t want me dating her.
- That whole episode is fantastic. Its top tier writing.
  
  The only thing I hate about it is that it made the writers think they were good at doing musical numbers, and in the following seasons, they did a bunch of really, really bad songs.
The one where Fry plays the holophone
I can't believe everybody's just ad-liiiiibing!
The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings

"And I've never heard one!"
This idea is good and you should feel good.
Your music’s bad and you should feel bad!
Season 4, Finale
I would commission... An opera!
||The Devils hands are idle playthings|| Honestly, this is probably the easiest one to guess.
- I debated between easy and medium. Since it was the first one, I wasn’t sure how hard to rate it.
  
  Fair.
The one with bees, and the dogs shoot bees out of their mouths

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