Parasites Lost story
"Parasites Lost" is the second episode in season three of Futurama. Although the title is a play on John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost, the episode is a parody of the 1966 film Fantastic Voyage. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on January 21, 2001. Directed by: Peter Avanzino. Story by: Eric Kaplan.
14 total · 7 major · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| human health condition | major | Fry's bowels were colonized by intelligent worm-like parasites. |
| infatuation | major | Leela fell for Fry after worms had made him more intelligent. |
| test of love | major | Fry removed the super parasites from him in order to see if Leela loved him for who he really was. |
| travel inside a human body | major | The Planet Express team shrank themselves in size and went inside Fry's body to eradicate a worm infestation. |
| what if I could travel around inside a human body | major | The Planet Express team shrank themselves in size and went inside Fry's body to eradicate a worm infestation. |
| what if I shrank in size | major | The Planet Express team made mini robot replicas of themselves to go inside Fry's body to eradicate a worm infestation. |
| worm-like being | major | Fry's bowels were colonized by intelligent worm-like parasites. |
| interstellar space travel | minor | The Planet Express crew made a stop at an interstellar truck stop. |
| loser character | minor | Fry was being a loser again, until he got invested with super worms. |
| self-healing ability | minor | The parasites made Fry able to regenerate when he was injured. |