With billy west, katey sagal, john dimaggio, dan castellaneta. Mar 28, 2019 nevertheless, this episode remains a staple in the couples ongoing love story, thanks in part to frys tragic yet humorous dealings with the robot devil, as well as an impressive, operatic climax. Each different facet of society in the year 3000 has some form of robot related to human benefit or not. The following is a list of episodes for the 1999 animated scifi sitcom, futurama, created by matt groening who brought you the simpsons and life in hell, centered on a loser pizza delivery boy named philip j.
Robots can acquire wealth, marry, obtain jobs, consume resources, own property and live in robot societies. This episode is one of four featured in the monster robot maniac fun collection, reflecting its popularity with both fans and the creators of futurama. First appearance, hell is other robots 1acv09 episode. His sticky metal fingers earn him a place in the crime organization after he tries to steal from the donbot himself. Beelzebot, commonly referred to as the robot devil, is one of the recurring antagonists in futurama. Yes, the number i was thinking of was the letter m. He escaped with fry and leela after hitting the robot devil over the head with the golden fiddle they had to play a fiddle contest with in order to escape alive. He seems to resemble the devil satanlucifer of many earth religions. Ranking all the futurama episodes best to worst imdb. Created around the year 2000, he was originally a simple motorized arm working who helped create project satan. In this futurama episode, the final of those three dreams comes to fruition when bender is invited to join the robot mafia. Antonio calculon, sr, better known as calculon 19603012 and calculon 2.
The series follows the adventures of slacker philip j. Futurama is as funny and endearing as ever in its sixth season. Hell is other robots is the ninth episode of production, season one, and the season finale of broadcast season one of futurama. He was voiced by dan castellaneta who also voiced various characters on the. With some help from nibbler, leela and fry set about tracking down their missing colleague. Bender joins a robot church after fighting an addiction to electricity, but reverts to his preaddictive behavior of cigars, booze and robot hookers, leading to a musical confrontation with the robot devil. Rating is available when the video has been rented. It gueststars michael mike d diamond and adam king adrock horovitz from the beastie boys as themselves in jars, as well as dan castellaneta as the robot devil. Meanwhile is the series finale of the american animated television series futurama. Fox broadcast the episodes out of the intended order, resulting in five aired seasons. There is a collectible toy of the robot devil, featured in the toynami futurama series 1 to 3 as a buildabot. It serves as the 26th episode of the seventh season, and the 140th episode of the series overall.
It was the 9th event, after getting experimental and followed by sponsored by slurm. Futurama is an american adult animated sciencefiction sitcom created by matt groening that aired on fox from march 28, 1999 to august 10, 2003 and on comedy central from march 23, 2008 to september 4, 20. He was a robot actor and celebrity, created sometime before the year 1960 for a while, he was known as david duchovney, and then later on as a car manufacturing robot known as calculon 1. Jul 06, 20 from the devil s hands are idle playthings. Patrick lee of science fiction weekly commented, based on a viewing of space pilot 3000 alone, that futurama was not as funny as the simpsons, particularly as the satire is leavened with treacly sentimental bits about free will and loneliness. Fermats huge little theorem, pseudoprimes and futurama. Project satan himself, an evil werecar, was the first known robot to have a consciousness and mobility the actual progress of robots is. Eventually, nibbler leads leela and fry to an bandoned amusement park.
The episode was written by ken keeler and directed by peter avanzino. All episodes 124 next bender joins a robot church after fighting an addiction to electricity, but reverts to his preaddictive behavior of cigars, booze and robot hookers, leading to a musical confrontation with the robot devil. Hell is other robots is the ninth episode in the first season of the american animated television series futurama. Futurama the devils hands are idle playthings tv episode. It gueststars michael mike d diamond and adam king adrock horovitz from the beastie boys as themselves in jars, as well as dan castellaneta as. Futurama is an american adult animated science fiction sitcom created by matt groening for the fox broadcasting company. This little project actually sprang out of a desire for a database of potential computer names. Hell is other robots the infosphere, the futurama wiki. It originally aired on the fox network in the united states on august 10, 2003. Fry, a young everyman, finds himself accidentally transported 1,000 years in the future. With billy west, katey sagal, john dimaggio, tress macneille. The episode is one of the first to focus heavily on bender.
Fry, who is cryogenically preserved for years and is revived in the 31st century. For some reason, the shows vibe didnt click with me right away, probably because i was a huge simpsons fan and my standards and expectations for what this series could be were all wrong. Fry from the year 1999 who gets frozen for years at a cryogenics lab and awakens to a futuristic spin on new york city, where he befriends a drunken, viceridden robot. When bender found religion, he was signed up to go to robot hell automatically. Robot hell is performed by fry, leela, beelzebot, bender, and the beastie boys heads in robot hell lyrics edit. It premiered on comedy central in the united states on september 4, 20, along with futurama live, a special preshow and. The devil s hands are idle playthings is the final episode in the fourth season of the american animated television series futurama, and the finale of the original run. Sfcc simpsons futurama crossover crisis, a twoissue comic crossover series.
Meanwhile, the robot devil reminds bender of his promise when he joined robotology. Robot hell on earth was a halloween event based around robot devil invading nny, and players were tasked with battling his minions. The last season received a rating of 92%, and an 8. Now, after using freezeframe to get all of the robots on beelzebots wheel in the devils hands are idle playthings, i discovered thanks to the magic. Futurama the robot devil criticizes frys writing youtube.
Ghost in the machines the infosphere, the futurama wiki. Billy west, katey sagal, john dimaggio, tress macneille. The devils hands are idle playthings futurama wiki fandom. It originally aired on comedy central on july 25, 2012. Crimes of the hot is the sixtysecond episode of futurama, the eighth of the fourth production season and the first of the fifth broadcast season. Sfcc simpsonsfuturama crossover crisis, a twoissue comic crossover series. He seems to resemble the devilsatanlucifer of many. Castellaneta modeled the robot devil s voice after hans conried, a character actor and voice actor whose credits include captain hook in disneys peter pan and snidley whiplash in dudley doright.
After the robot devil himself is selected, they swap hands and fry enjoys success as his new and superior. It originally aired in north america on may 16, 1999. Worlds of tomorrow, a licensed mobile game written by the same team of writers from the show. The robot devil also referred to as beelzebot is the dark lord of robot hell, where robots of robotology are sent after having sinned. The robot devil has harassed robots aplenty with his trickery and backhanded schemes, but humans are clearly not off the table for the prince of darkness. One of the most memorable episodes of the first season. He is a professional fiddler who plays a solid gold fiddle, and is the lead singer and composer of robot hells band. The episode guest stars adam horovitz and mike d as themselves, and dan castellaneta, famous for his role as homer simpson on the simpsons, another show matt groening created. Now to explain how an episode of this can feel right. Futurama the devils hands are idle playthings tv episode 2003.
Robot hell is a place in atlantic city where all bad robots are sent. The robot devil also referred to as beelzebot is the dark lord of robot hell. Nevertheless, this episode remains a staple in the couples ongoing love story, thanks in part to frys tragic yet humorous dealings with. Searching the web, i found very few lists of robots from futurama and those were not very complete. Just like right now, life in the future is a complex mix of the wonderful and horrible, where things are still laughable no matter how crazy they get. As the ruler of robot hell, he spends most of his time dishing out ironic punishments and gambling with souls. He escaped with fry and leela after hitting the robot devil over the head with the golden fiddle they had to play a. Hell is other robots is the ninth episode of futurama, the ninth of the first production season and the ninth and last of the first broadcast season. It follows the devil s hands are idle playthings, into the wild green yonder and overclockwise, all of which were also written by ken keeler. Unlike zapp brannigan, or nixon, or kiff, or mom, or lrrr, the robot devil only took center stage in his debut episode and then only at the end. The series follows the adventures of a late20thcentury new york city pizza delivery boy, philip j. During may 2011, countdown to futurama released five items of promotional material for the episode. Fry makes a deal with the robot devil so he can get robot hands to play the holophoner and impress leela. When the robot devil says what you did was evil, youve fed up.
In the episode, he develops an addiction to electricity. He spends his time tormenting robot sinners in robot hell. Robot hell is performed by fry, leela, beelzebot, bender, and the beastie boys heads in robot hell. The robot devil or beelzebot as he is sometimes called is a major antagonist in the animated comedy series futurama created by matt groening. The devils hands are idle playthings is the final episode in the fourth season of the american animated television series futurama, and the finale of the original run. As conseguence, the shows canon is disrupted by the broadcast order, and more, different regions and networks use different ordering for the episodes. When robot devil turns the giant wheel to find a robot whose hands will play for fry and bender says i have 100 bucks on rectal examining bot.
These 8 actors voice over 200 futurama characters duration. Sunday timeslot caused the show to often be preempted by sports and usually have a later than average season premiere. But after returning to his old ways, he is banished to robot hell where, in a musical extravaganza, he faces the robot devil and endures tortures unimaginable to man. The six million dollar mon is the seventh episode of the seventh season of the animated sitcom futurama. In a shocking twist of their deal, fry gets the devils hands, which he needs to play well. Due to the recurrently uncertain production status of futurama, meanwhile is the fourth episode written to serve as an ending to the series. The devils hands are idle playthings is the final episode in the fourth season of the american. From episodesmovie futurama the beast with a billion backs. It originally aired on the fox network in the united states on may 18, 1999. The episode was written by eric kaplan and directed by rich moore. Robot hell on earth was the second month long event. Fry, who, after being unwittingly cryogenically frozen for one thousand years, finds employment at planet express, an interplanetary delivery company in the. It introduces two of the religious figures of futurama, the robot devil and reverend lionel preacherbot, both of whom make appearances in later episodes. The oldest living robot is calculon, who refreshes his look every now and then to avoid suspicion, and claim to be much younger.
Robots in futurama seem to exist in conflict with the idea of form and function to which present day industrial design strives. In this episode, fry makes a deal to swap hands with the robot devil so he can better play the holophonor. Futurama, season 8 2011 futurama, season 3 2000 futurama, season 7 2010 futurama, season 2 1999 the beast. However, the robot devil has evil plans of his own. Jun 29, 2012 the robot devil has harassed robots aplenty with his trickery and backhanded schemes, but humans are clearly not off the table for the prince of darkness. Kif is pregnant syfy futurama the robot devil criticizes frys writing fermats huge little theorem, pseudoprimes and futurama. Robot hell on earth was a halloween event based around robot devil invading nny, and players were tasked. The robot devil is available as a buildafigure from the first three series of futurama action figures by toynami. We know all your sins, bender, and for each one, weve prepared an agonizing, and ironic, punishment. This episode takes place a year after calculons death. He lives in robot hell along with many other sinners. He first appears in hell is other robots, kidnapping bender and tormenting him until fry and leela manage to save bender.
Futurama hell is other robots tv episode 1999 imdb. Fry, who, after being unwittingly cryogenically frozen for one thousand years, finds employment at planet express, an interplanetary delivery company in the retrofuturistic. Hell is other robots is the first episode of futurama i really loved. He was kidnapped by the robot devil and got sent there after quitting religion. There are 3 points in this episode where bender appears golden just like his parallel self. He is talented at playing the fiddle, therefore, he owns a golden one presumably a reference to the devil went down to georgia, which mentions a golden fiddle. Crimes of the hot the infosphere, the futurama wiki. Guest stars in this episode include the beastie boys as themselves and dan castellaneta voicing the robot devil. The original 72 episode run of futurama was produced as four seasons. Fry makes a deal with the robot devil so he can get robot hands to. The robot devil this is the least scientific thing ive ever seen. The plotline with bender in the episode was wild and funny and the robot hell segment was creative and filled with musical numbers.
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