The Cyber House Rules story
"The Cyber House Rules" is the ninth episode in season three of the American animated television series Futurama. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on April 1, 2001. The title comes from the John Irving novel The Cider House Rules. Directed by: Susie Dietter. Story by: Lewis Morton.
16 total · 7 major · 9 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| childhood as an outsider | major | Leela was made to feel as an outsider when she was an orphan because she had one big eye, and likewise for the orphan girl with an ear on her forehead. |
| coping with being disfigured | major | Leela appealed to cosmetic surgery to go from having one big eye to two normal sized eyes. |
| infatuation | major | Leela and Adlai Atkins. |
| just be yourself | major | Leela about being okay to only have one big eye. |
| orphanhood | major | Leela remembered her time as an orphan, and wished to adopt an orphan girl. Bender adopted a dozen orphans to scam the welfare system. |
| orphans in society | major | Leela went back to visit her old orphanarium. |
| what it is like to be different | major | Leela about being okay to only have one big eye. |
| blindness | minor | There was a blind guy who bullied Leela. |
| childish bullying | minor | Leela recalled how she was bullied at her old orphanarium. |
| children's rights | minor | Bender became the adoptive father of a dozen children in order to get welfare money. |