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Hey, I'm 30% Star Trek references!

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[–] BaronVonBort@lemmy.world 47 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Futurama is 30% Star Trek references, 50% real overcomplicated maths and language jokes, and 20% msg.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 38 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Don't forget 40% titanium! Clunk Clunk

[–] teft@startrek.website 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And 10% Dick. Arrrroooooooo!!

[–] Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

The list of Bender's claimed composition adds up to over 100%, so he can be a dubious source (episode codes in brackets):

40% Zinc (1ACV13).

40% Titanium (2ACV03).

30% Iron (3ACV22), presumably mixed with osmium, (3ACV17).

40% Dolomite (4ACV07).

40% Lead (video game).

40% empty (s07e09)

40% back (s7e21 Assie come back)

0.04% Nickel impurity - (3ACV17 - A Pharaoh to Remember)

There was also a claim that he was 40% chromium (not made by Bender but by someone else - 6ACV03). In addition to those, he's also claimed to be 40% horseshoes (ITWGY), 40% Wire (7ACV03) and 40% scrap metal (6ACV23), either of which could be any of the above metals or something else.

[–] mercano@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Bender? Unreliable? Shut your mouth!

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That could still be true if he's made of an alloy

[–] bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

99.95% Benderium

0.04% Nickel Impurity

0.01% Dimondillium

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Diamondillium? Diamondium is far better!

[–] bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

MomCorp is known to cut corners 😔

[–] FrederikNJS@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm perfectly satisfied with the theory that bender simply is 430.04% or more in total.

[–] Slatlun@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Yep, running into that 100% limit is why scientists increased the percentage limit. They did it right after they increased the speed of light.

And just some ordinary water.

"Yes, ordinary water, laced with nothing more than a few spoonfuls of LSD."

[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I like Enterprise. Just too bad they never got a finale...

[–] techguy86@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Enterprise was highly underrated. Especially in the later seasons.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago
[–] koorool@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Could someone please explain 3rd still?

Fry and Zoidberg wrestling.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

In Star Trek, Spock started acting weird around his species' mating cycle (every 7 years, I think?) and the Enterprise had to travel to his home planet to resolve it. While there, he entered this sort of ritual combat thing with Kirk.

In Futurama, they did a direct parody of this storyline, but with Zoidberg instead of Spock, and he fought Fry. During the fight, they even included an old lady up in the booth playing the generic "combat music" from Star Trek on the organ. It's pretty great.

It looks like they also made it look Roman as a reference to Bread and Circuses.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Parody of this scene in Amok Time:

[–] thekerker@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Believe it or not, the Nikelodeon Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles show some fun Star Trek stuff in it. Leonardo's favorite show is called Space Heroes, which is a parody of Star Trek: The Animated Series.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow, really? Is this the new reboot?

[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What he's saying is we have a new source for memes. Excellent.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am disturbed by this gif

[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

There's suggestive, and then there's... whatever this is.