Fry and the Slurm Factory story
"Fry and the Slurm Factory" is the thirteenth and final episode in the first production season of the American animated television series Futurama. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 14, 1999. The episode was directed by Ron Hughart and written by Lewis Morton. Pamela Anderson guest stars as the voice of one of the Slurm party girls. Directed by: Ron Hughart. Story by: Lewis Morton.
11 total · 3 major · 8 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| slug-like being | major | The Slurm creatures were slug-like beings. |
| sugar addiction | major | Fry was addicted to Slurm cola. |
| unethical business practices | major | The Slurm factory was an evil corporation that oppressed their Grunka-Lunkas workers and sold unhealthy Slurm cola to the public. |
| alternative medicine | minor | Amy recommended that Bender try homeopathy to cure his stomach ailment, but Farnsworth dismissed it as crap. |
| coping with someone having an addiction | minor | Fry's friends tried to call attention to his addiction to Slurm cola. |
| crustacean-like being | minor | Dr. Zoidberg asked for a t-shirt that was larger around the thorax at the Slurm factory gift shop. |
| human self-sacrifice for another | minor | Slurms MacKenzie gave his life so that the Planet Express team could escape from the Slurm factory. |
| humanoid robot | minor | Calculon caught Monique cheating on him in an episode of All My Circuits. |
| soap opera | minor | Calculon caught Monique cheating on him in an episode of "All My Circuits", the robot soap opera. |
| speculative handheld device | minor | Fry and Bender used Farnsworth's F-ray flashlight to look inside various people and objects. |