Fry Am the Egg Man

"Fry am the Egg Man" is the one-hundred-and-tenth episode of Futurama, the twenty-second of the sixth production season and the ninth of the eighth broadcast season. It aired 11 August, 2011 on Comedy Central. Fry nurtures an alien egg that hatches into a horrific monster.

Production
During May and June 2011, Countdown to Futurama released three items of promotional material for the episode: concept art of a new character, Mr. Peppy, on 30 May, part of the storyboard showing Bender and Fry at the drive-thru on 31 May, and a video clip featuring Bender and Mr. Peppy playing fetch on 19 June.

Trivia

 * This is one of four episodes of broadcast season 8 to be broadcast in production order. The other three are "Cold Warriors", "Overclockwise" and "Reincarnation".

Allusions

 * The title is a play on the lyric "I am the egg man" from ' song "".
 * The "Local Group Farmer's Market" refers to the that includes the Milky Way.

Continuity

 * Bender watches All My Circuits, a TV program that has appeared several times before.
 * Fishy Joe's makes its first appearence since "The Problem With Popplers".

Characters

 * Bender
 * Boxy Robot
 * Calculon
 * Debut: Mr. Peppy
 * Fishy Joe
 * Fry
 * Lrrr
 * Debut: Angus McZongo
 * Monique
 * Ornik
 * Thog
 * Debut: The smart-ass teen