Brannigan, Begin Again story
"Brannigan, Begin Again" is the second episode in the second production season of the American animated television series Futurama. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 28, 1999. The episode was written by Lewis Morton and directed by Jeffrey Lynch. Directed by: Jeffrey Lynch. Story by: Lewis Morton.
15 total · 5 major · 10 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| coping with a bad boss | major | Kif had to put up with Brannigan. Fry and Bender saw Leela as a task master and mutinied against her with the help of Brannigan. |
| coping with an incompetent coworker | major | Leela was frustrated with having to deal with her incompetent underlings Fry, Bender, and Brannigan. |
| facing job insecurity | major | Brannigan and Kif lost their jobs and became beggars. |
| political neutrality | major | Brannigan plotted to attack the Neutral Planet in an ill-contrived plan to get his job back. The neutral aliens had a prominent role in DOOP leadership. |
| transnational institution for peace | major | Brannigan blew up the Space UN (Democratic Order of Planets) headquarters. After he lost his DOOP job, he then devised an ill-contrived plot to attack the Neutral Planet to get is back. |
| artificial gravity technology | minor | There were anti-grav units for pillows. |
| insectoid being | minor | An insectoid alien ate a lizard alien. |
| interstellar space travel | minor | The Planet Express team made a delivery to the high-gravity world Stumbos IV. |
| legal occupation | minor | Brannigan was court martialed for having blown up DOOP headquarters. |
| loyalty to a leader | minor | Brannigan demanded absolute loyalty from Fry and Bender. |