Futurama/Love and Rocket

Love and Rocket
Season 4, Episode 4
Airdate	February 10, 2002
Production Number	4ACV03
Written by	Dan Vebber
Directed by	Brian Sheesley
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Futurama — Season Four

Love and Rocket is the fourth episode of the fourth season of Futurama, and the forty-seventh episode overall. It is the valentine's day special and has guest stars Sigourney Weaver as the Planet Express Ship and Lucy Liu as Lucy Liu's head.

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Plot Overview

Planet Express gets a deal with Romanticorp, a company that makes heart shaped valentines day candies. With the money from this, Professor Farnsworth upgrades the Planet Express ship's voice. Bender and Planet Express ship become a couple until Bender dumps her, at which point the ship goes insane.

Trivia

The Show

• This is the only episode that Kiff appears without Zapp.

Behind the Scenes

• Sigourney Weaver was apparantly not going to guest star until seeing an episode with an Aliens reference.

Allusions and References

• The scene where the Planet Express ship chases Bender in cyberspace is a reference to Tron. The green letters in cyber space are an apparent reference to the Matrix.
• When Leela says Shields on full Yarnell it is a reference to Shields & Yarnell, who were a male-female comedy team who made occasional appearances on the Sullivan show in late 60's-70's.
• Lrr is watching an episode of Friends at one point in the episode.
• The Luvvy Bears are an apparent reference to the Care Bears.

Quotes

• Lrr: This is ancient Earth's most foolish program! Why does Ross, the largest Friend, not simply eat the others?
• Fry: You could've picked a better time to dump the ship, Bender.
  Bender: The moment seemed right. Call me old fashioned, but I like a dump to be as memorable as it is devastating.

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