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People continue to change this to say it is a parody of
WrestleMania 22 (or 21 in some cases) but please be reminded that this episode aired in the year 2000 and WrestleMania 22 occured Five years later. It is NOT a parody of that specific wrestlemania, only wrestlemania in general. If anyone else continues to post this please direct them here. Happy editting!
Stardust821215:35, 11 January 2007 (UTC)reply
Although of course, the roman numeral numbering system is as much a reference as the name itself.
Cultural references
As I brought up at the wikiproject (
here) it is time we did something about the cultural references sections. I am moving all
unsourced references to the talk pages for the time being in hopes of creating a better, more thoroughly sourced article. Please discuss this action at
the wikiproject so as not to split it over 72 different talk pages. The information removed from the article follows.
Stardust821218:22, 31 May 2008 (UTC)reply
The Ultimate Robot Fighting League is a reference to the
UFC, in name, although the actual product is much more similar to
professional wrestling, given the characters, ring, merchandising, character changes and predetermined outcomes that are shown. It is also a parody of
BattleBots.
The commissioner of the Ultimate Robot Fighting League is a parody of
Vince McMahon.
The characters who serve as Bender's opponents are typical of many pro wrestling characters that have appeared over time in
WWE. For instance, Billionaire Bot is a parody of The Million Dollar Man
Ted DiBiase, while The Foreigner is a jab at such personified racial stereotypes as
The Iron Sheik and
Nikolai Volkoff.
When the crew goes to the movies they see movie posters and Marquee listings for a variety of movies, mostly parodies of other films:
Planet of the Clams is a reference to Planet of the Apes about "an upside down world where lobster is slave to clam"; the reference to lobsters may imply it is a film from
Decapod 10, home of Zoidberg's lobster-like race.
Galaxy Wars is a historical documentary; the title is a reference to Star Wars. Curiously, in spanish Star Wars is known as "La Guerra de las Galaxias" (Galaxy Wars).
Quizblorg, Quizblorg, a foreign film with subtitles, possibly a reference to the fictional foreign film "Rochelle, Rochelle" from
Seinfeld.
Crow T. Robot and
Tom Servo from Mystery Science Theater 3000 appear in silhouette in the movie theater (as they normally do on their TV show). Crow's harsh demand that Fry not talk during the movie is an ironic statement since the entire crux of their show is to talk during the movie. Neither
Joel Robinson nor
Mike Nelson can be seen though, and Crow is not voiced by either
Trace Beaulieu nor
Bill Corbett. Furthermore, Fry's comment of 'Oh, this is SO futuristic' is a reference to MST3k's brand of making fun of various problems in the B-movies that the show often reviews.
The ad announcing Bender's persona change to "The Gender Bender" starts with Bender standing on the planet Earth with
the Earth flag waving behind him. This pose is identical to the
George ReevesSuperman pose at the start of each episode of the 1950s television series Adventures of Superman.
The
Loews theater the crew goes to is called the ()PLEX, a reference to the first
aleph number, the least infinite cardinal number. This is a subtle continuation of a joke in The Simpsons, based on
googol, or more specifically googolplex -- the Googleplex.
Hermes' brain slug could be an indirect reference to the slug-like young ceti eels that
Khan uses on
Chekov and
Terrell in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (although in that case, they enter through the ear, but still affected the brain). Hermes first encountered a brain slug in an earlier episode, A Head in the Polls.
Master Phnog is a parody of sensei Miyagi from the
Karate Kid series of movies.
When the fight rages out in the middle of the theater, someone shouts "let's all go to the lobby!". This is a reference to the 1953 animated
snipe, "
Let's All Go to the Lobby".
The giant wrestling unit Destructor threatens Bender with a shout of "I will DESTROY you." This is a reference to the "wrestling picture" parodies built into the
Coen Brothers'
1991 film "
Barton Fink."
Bender's final opponent bears a strong resemblance to Gameran, the final opponent from an episode of
Astroboy in which Astro's sister joins a robot fighting league.
Discussion
These sneaked back in, with a link to some sort of edit history as well listed. I've removed every ounce of uncited material I could see.
WikiuserNI (
talk)
16:26, 20 August 2010 (UTC)reply
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People continue to change this to say it is a parody of
WrestleMania 22 (or 21 in some cases) but please be reminded that this episode aired in the year 2000 and WrestleMania 22 occured Five years later. It is NOT a parody of that specific wrestlemania, only wrestlemania in general. If anyone else continues to post this please direct them here. Happy editting!
Stardust821215:35, 11 January 2007 (UTC)reply
Although of course, the roman numeral numbering system is as much a reference as the name itself.
Cultural references
As I brought up at the wikiproject (
here) it is time we did something about the cultural references sections. I am moving all
unsourced references to the talk pages for the time being in hopes of creating a better, more thoroughly sourced article. Please discuss this action at
the wikiproject so as not to split it over 72 different talk pages. The information removed from the article follows.
Stardust821218:22, 31 May 2008 (UTC)reply
The Ultimate Robot Fighting League is a reference to the
UFC, in name, although the actual product is much more similar to
professional wrestling, given the characters, ring, merchandising, character changes and predetermined outcomes that are shown. It is also a parody of
BattleBots.
The commissioner of the Ultimate Robot Fighting League is a parody of
Vince McMahon.
The characters who serve as Bender's opponents are typical of many pro wrestling characters that have appeared over time in
WWE. For instance, Billionaire Bot is a parody of The Million Dollar Man
Ted DiBiase, while The Foreigner is a jab at such personified racial stereotypes as
The Iron Sheik and
Nikolai Volkoff.
When the crew goes to the movies they see movie posters and Marquee listings for a variety of movies, mostly parodies of other films:
Planet of the Clams is a reference to Planet of the Apes about "an upside down world where lobster is slave to clam"; the reference to lobsters may imply it is a film from
Decapod 10, home of Zoidberg's lobster-like race.
Galaxy Wars is a historical documentary; the title is a reference to Star Wars. Curiously, in spanish Star Wars is known as "La Guerra de las Galaxias" (Galaxy Wars).
Quizblorg, Quizblorg, a foreign film with subtitles, possibly a reference to the fictional foreign film "Rochelle, Rochelle" from
Seinfeld.
Crow T. Robot and
Tom Servo from Mystery Science Theater 3000 appear in silhouette in the movie theater (as they normally do on their TV show). Crow's harsh demand that Fry not talk during the movie is an ironic statement since the entire crux of their show is to talk during the movie. Neither
Joel Robinson nor
Mike Nelson can be seen though, and Crow is not voiced by either
Trace Beaulieu nor
Bill Corbett. Furthermore, Fry's comment of 'Oh, this is SO futuristic' is a reference to MST3k's brand of making fun of various problems in the B-movies that the show often reviews.
The ad announcing Bender's persona change to "The Gender Bender" starts with Bender standing on the planet Earth with
the Earth flag waving behind him. This pose is identical to the
George ReevesSuperman pose at the start of each episode of the 1950s television series Adventures of Superman.
The
Loews theater the crew goes to is called the ()PLEX, a reference to the first
aleph number, the least infinite cardinal number. This is a subtle continuation of a joke in The Simpsons, based on
googol, or more specifically googolplex -- the Googleplex.
Hermes' brain slug could be an indirect reference to the slug-like young ceti eels that
Khan uses on
Chekov and
Terrell in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (although in that case, they enter through the ear, but still affected the brain). Hermes first encountered a brain slug in an earlier episode, A Head in the Polls.
Master Phnog is a parody of sensei Miyagi from the
Karate Kid series of movies.
When the fight rages out in the middle of the theater, someone shouts "let's all go to the lobby!". This is a reference to the 1953 animated
snipe, "
Let's All Go to the Lobby".
The giant wrestling unit Destructor threatens Bender with a shout of "I will DESTROY you." This is a reference to the "wrestling picture" parodies built into the
Coen Brothers'
1991 film "
Barton Fink."
Bender's final opponent bears a strong resemblance to Gameran, the final opponent from an episode of
Astroboy in which Astro's sister joins a robot fighting league.
Discussion
These sneaked back in, with a link to some sort of edit history as well listed. I've removed every ounce of uncited material I could see.
WikiuserNI (
talk)
16:26, 20 August 2010 (UTC)reply