A Head in the Polls story
"A Head in the Polls" is the third episode in the second season of the American animated television series Futurama. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on December 12, 1999. The episode was written by J. Stewart Burns and directed by Bret Haaland. Claudia Schiffer makes a guest appearance as herself. The title is a pun on the common phrase "Ahead in the polls". Directed by: Bret Haaland. Story by: J. Stewart Burns.
13 total · 4 major · 9 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| corruption in society | major | The Watergate scandal was parodied and Nixon was up to shenanigans. |
| democracy | major | An election for president of the world was being held. |
| disembodied head | major | Richard Nixon's disembodied head ran for president of the world. |
| professional politics | major | Richard Nixon's head campaigned against two clones to become president of the world. |
| AI rights | minor | Bender was briefly upset at the fate of caved in robot workers. |
| cyborg | minor | Nixon technically became a cyborg after buying Bender's robot body. |
| human cloning | minor | Two clones, Jack Johnson and John Jackson, were campaigning to be president of the world. |
| humanoid robot | minor | Bender hawked his body and Nixon bought it to run for president of the world. |
| neural parasite | minor | One of the political parties had been assimilated by brain slugs. |
| political apathy in society | minor | Fry was apathetic to politics and wasn't in the habit of voting. Also, there was a political apathy party. |