Crimes of the Hot

Production Number: 4ACV08

Title Caption: KNOWN TO CAUSE INSANITY IN LABORATORY MICE

First Aired: November 10, 2002 Title Reference: Unknown

Act I: This could mean the end of the Banana Daquiri as we know it!
The city of New New York is haunted by a heat wave, and the Planet Express crew intend to go swimming in an outdoor pool. Unfortunately Nibbler drinks the water all in one go and then burps out a cloud of chlorine, nearly poisoning everyone but Bender, who is merrily seriously corroded. The Professor shows them a movie, "Global Warming or None like it hot!", in which the phenomenon of global warming is explained in a strange 50ies style, and the solution to counter it - dropping a giant ice cube into the ocean every now and then. It now seems that the time has come for this measure, as Richard Nixon's head calls for the crew to fly to Halley's Comet to obtain the necessary ice. As they arrive there, however, they learn that the ice resources of the comet are depleted, leaving Earth with a serious problem.

Act II:
Earth is now experiencing the effects of intense global warming. The polar icecaps melt, causing floods, and the intense heat is making African turtles migrate to Holland. Bender travels there to help a turtle that has fallen on its back, out of sympathy - because they share the same weakness: Bender cannot get up either when he lies on his back. This fact is immediately tested to the extreme by the crew and proves to be true. Meanwhile, a scientific conference is called to Kyoto to solve the problem of global warming by the combined brainpower of Earth's scientific community. The Professor seems very reluctant to go, but does so eventually. Al Gore calls for the saving of Earth and offers a bag of Moon saphires as reward. The first contestant is Dr. Ogden Wernstrom who presents his solution for the problem - a giant space-borne parabolic mirror that reflects 40% of all sunlight and thus cools off Earth. However, the mirror is struck by a passing meteorite which causes it to turn and reflect the sun light onto Kyoto, frying part of the conference center away - obviously this is not the optimal solution. The next speaker, though reluctantly, is Professor Farnsworth, who admits that he caused the current global warming problem by creating the alcohol-powered Sport-Utility Robot, the ancestor of all modern robots that cause pollution by burning alcohol and building up greenhouse gases. As a solution, Wernstrom now calls for the destruction of all robots, to the dismay of Bender.

Inside References
References to other things in the Futurama Universe

Outside References

 * The robot Farnsworth designs at Mom's Friendly Robot Company looks and sounds a lot like C3PO from the Star Wars universe.

Characters

 * Fry
 * Leela
 * Bender
 * Professor Farnsworth
 * Hermes
 * Amy
 * Zoidberg
 * Richard Nixon's head
 * Wernstrom
 * Al Gore
 * Morbo
 * Linda
 * Nibbler
 * Debut: Hedonism Bot
 * Debut: Civil Defense Van
 * Debut: Dark Wizard

Episode Credits

 * Writer
 * Aaron Ehasz
 * Director
 * Peter Avanzino
 * Voice Actors
 * Billy West
 * Katey Sagal
 * John DiMaggio
 * Maurice LaMarche
 * Frank Welker
 * Lauren Tom
 * DVD Commentary
 * Matt Groening
 * David X. Cohen
 * Rich Moore
 * Ron Weiner
 * Ken Keeler
 * David Goodman
 * Peter Avanzino
 * Billy West
 * Maurice LaMarche
 * Special Guest
 * Al Gore
 * Joan Rivers