'A Clockwork Origin' by Dan Vebber |
THIS TIME IT’S PERSONAL
Learning of an Anti-Evolution protest at Wozniak Nerd University, Professor Farnsworth becomes enraged and insists that everyone evolved from apes; unfortunately, his claims anger all the non-humans present, particularly the outspoken simian Doctor Banjo, a proponent of Creationism Theory. Vowing to prove his beliefs, the Professor embarks on an expedition to the desert, and manages to find the lost Missing Link between apes and humans; but at the grand unveiling of this find, he is humiliated by Doctor Banjo, and so resolves to become a recluse in deep space. Dragging the rest of the Planet Express crew to a remote lifeless planet, the Professor uses some nanobots to clean the water – but the nanobots escape and start evolving at an accelerated rate, changing from robot dinosaurs to sentient humanoids overnight; and when the Professor claims he invented them, the robots put him on trial for heresy...
Billy West (Philip J. Fry / Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth / Doctor John Zoidberg / Trucker), John Di Maggio (Bender [Bender Bending Rodriguez / Bending Unit 22]), Katey Sagal (Captain Turanga Leela), Lauren Tom (Amy Wong),
Phil LaMarr (Hermes Conrad / Robotic Policeman / Robotic Judge), Tress MacNeille (Protester / Bret Blob / Doctor Widnar), Maurice LaMarche (Flying Spaghetti Monster / Robotic Dinosaur / Robotic Caveman / Robotic Male Scientist / Robotic Heckler / Highly Evolved Robotic Juror), David Herman (Doctor Banjo / Doctor Ben Beeler / Robotic Juror), Kath Soucie (Cubert Farnsworth)
Directed by Dwayne Carey-Hill
Produced by Claudia Katz and Lee Supercinski
Executive Producers David X. Cohen and Matt Groening
TX (US):
12th August 2010
Notes:
*Featuring Philip J. Fry, Bender, Captain Turanga Leela, Professor Hubert Farnsworth, Doctor Zoidberg, Amy Wong and Hermes Conrad