Attack of the Killer App

"Attack of the Killer App" is the ninety-first episode of Futurama, the third of the sixth production season and the seventh broadcast season. It aired 1 July 2010. It guest starred Craig Ferguson as Susan Boil.

The Story
The story will deal with the future of technology such as iPhones and Twitter with Mom controlling Twitter. Also, Fry posts an embarrassing video of Leela online. Also, somehow, a two-headed goat that throws up one end and exudes diarrhea on the other end gets involved in the story. There is some kind of contest, in which Mom controls Twitter and Bender hacks Facebook to control it. Fry and Leela take votes from citizens, asking who they think will win. Also, the crew goes to a planet that is a waste dump to eliminate e-waste. The children of the planet strip the ship and Bender for waste. Soon the crew discover that children do all of the work on the planet, except for whipping the children.

Storyboard
A storyboard released from act 1 of "Attack of the Killer App" previews a scene of the episode. In the storyboard, Professor Farnsworth and Hermes dump some Doomsday Devices in a bin because they are dangerous.

Trivia

 * The title of the episode is a reference to the cult film Attack of the Killer Tomatoes.
 * 6 August, 1991 is the date Tim Berners-Lee announced the World Wide Web project and software on the alt.hypertext newsgroup

Continuity

 * The shell phone Zoidberg throws away debuted in "The Beast with a Billion Backs".

Allusions

 * Fry refers to Mr. Chunks as a puke-me-poop-you, possibly its species name, but in any event, a play on the two-headed creature, the pushmi-pullyu, from the classic children’s series Dr. Dolittle.
 * Susan Boil is a parody of Scottish internet singing sensation Susan Boyle.
 * eyePhones are parodies of iPhones, and Twitcher is a parody of the popular social networking site Twitter.
 * The scene of Leela exiting Elzar's Fine Cuisine is a parody of the famous scene of Marilyn Monroe in The Seven Year Itch.

Characters

 * Amy
 * Ben Beeler
 * Bender
 * Bolt Rolands
 * Calculon
 * Scoop Chang
 * Chaz
 * Debut: Mr. Chunks
 * Professor Farnsworth
 * Flexo
 * Fry
 * Hermes
 * Hypnotoad
 * Igner
 * Larry
 * Leela
 * Mayor Poopenmeyer
 * Mayor's Secretary
 * Mom
 * Monique
 * Morbo
 * Sal
 * Sal's Friend
 * Scruffy
 * Debut: Susan Boil
 * Walt
 * Zoidberg