The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz story
"The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz" is the fifth episode in the third production season of Futurama. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 4, 2001 as the seventh episode of the third season. The episode was written by Dan Vebber and directed by James Purdum. Phil Hendrie guest stars in the episode as Free Waterfall Sr.. Directed by: James Purdum. Story by: Dan Vebber.
13 total · 6 major · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| environmentalism | major | Penguins Unlimited was an environmentalism-centered activist group. |
| falling out of friendship | major | Bender lost Fry's friendship because of being a big fat jerk with a smelly face. |
| friendship | major | Fry and Bender had a falling out of friendship after Bender was a jerk to him as captain. |
| humanoid robot | major | Bender rebooted in penguin mode. |
| nature conservationism | major | A group of protesters banded together to protest the towing of a dark matter tanker past a penguin preserve on Pluto. |
| oil spills in society | major | There was a dark matter spill on the penguin preserve on Pluto. |
| colonization of Pluto | minor | There was a penguin preserve on Pluto. |
| coping with a bad boss | minor | Fry was abused by Bender when Bender became captain. |
| drunk driving | minor | Bender drove the tanker equivalent of being drunk. |
| going over someone's head | minor | The chain of command was mentioned in the captain's handbook. |