A Flight to Remember story
"A Flight to Remember" is episode ten in the first production season of Futurama. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on September 26, 1999, as the first episode in the second season. This episode was written by Eric Horsted and directed by Peter Avanzino. Dawnn Lewis guest stars in this episode as LaBarbara Conrad. The episode is a direct parody of the 1997 film Titanic, while the title is a reference to Walter Lord's non- fiction book about the Titanic disaster A Night to Remember. Directed by: Peter Avanzino. Story by: Eric Horsted.
18 total · 7 major · 11 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| humanoid robot | major | Various references to Bender and Countess de la Roca's mechanical natures were drawn. |
| love triangle | major | Leela, Brannigan, and Fry. |
| romantic love | major | Bender fell in love with the robo-Countess de la Roca. |
| social inequality | major | Some stayed in lavish suites, some traveled in the bowels of the ship. |
| star-crossed lovers | major | Bender stated explicitly that his relationship with Countess de la Roca was star-crossed and in the end she was sucked into a black hole. |
| the ship Titanic | major | Farnsworth book the Planet Express team on a cruise on the space Titanic. |
| unrequited love | major | Brannigan at Leela. |
| black hole | minor | The space Titanic got sucked into a black hole and the event horizon was mentioned. |
| coping with a meddling parent | minor | Amy's parents pestered her to get married and produce grand children. |
| coping with an overbearing jerk | minor | Kif with Brannigan. |