“ The Inhuman Torch ” shows off how fun Futurama is when it features a dandy mockery of current events . It stumbles , a little , when it comes to the relationships in the show — but at least it has Zapp Brannigan .
It starts with Zapp designate off his trademark incompetency as he collapses a mine shaft into the Lord’s Day . ( mineworker there are hollow “ natal day gradation helium , ” which is a gracious shout - out to theupcoming helium shortfall . )
Where we ’ll construct our space mines when Earth ’s resources run low
The episode is at its best in the breathless news report card about the trapped miner , who “ may never again not see the light of day . ” When you hear the desperate representative shout “ We ’re in agonizing pain in the neck , ” in a empty-headed helium - representative , you express joy as hard as the Planet Express rescue crew does . The entire mine sequence is great .
Bender becomes a bomber , and put out fires at a lot of clowning location , include Count Bankula , a vampire bank . The work party grow suspicious , wondering why fires always start wherever Bender fail . This could work out as an emotional core to the installment . Even the fire creature that ’s actually guilty of all the incendiarism is somewhat funny , with its la-di-da dream of being an “ supreme alderman . ” The frail item of the episode is Fry , who . because of track time , has to slalom between believing in Bender ’s naturalness and being sure that he ’s a liar again and again . The aroused turn are too quick for us to follow them , so the emotional arc falls apart .
That being said , there are still howling second of funniness . When at a ceremonial occasion to honor Bender , the ambo catches ardor , a woman screams , “ My baby ’s in that dais ! ” The professor swiping Zoidberg ’s ice cream and dump him in lava is fairly nifty , as is the moment when the professor puts on the fing - longer and uses it to point to the cellar . And Fry ’s blank - faced astonishment when he ’s confront with the alien alderman is fantastic . There ’s a mass of good stuff to watch for — just not the fundamental family relationship .
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