Insane in the Mainframe story
"Insane in the Mainframe" is the eleventh episode of the third season of the American animated sitcom Futurama. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on April 8, 2001. The episode was written by Bill Odenkirk and directed by Peter Avanzino. In the episode, Fry and Bender are admitted to an insane asylum for robots after being charged for their roles in holding up a bank. Fry's attempts to convince the asylum's staff that he is a human fail; he is eventually made to believe that he is a robot, and is deemed "cured" and released from the asylum. After being released, the Planet Express crew try to make him rediscover his humanity; these attempts fail, until Fry bleeds and realizes he is in fact, human. Directed by: Peter Avanzino. Story by: Bill Odenkirk.
15 total · 6 major · 9 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| delusion of grandeur | major | Fry thought he was a battle-droid and various robots were under the delusion that they were Napoleon. |
| descent into madness | major | Fry went mad and thought he was a robot after being locked up in the robot loony bin. |
| human vs. captivity | major | Fry was sent to an insane asylum for robots. |
| humanoid robot | major | Fry and Bender were sent to an asylum for insane robots. |
| treatment of the criminally insane | major | We say how the robots were treated in a robot insane asylum. |
| what it is like in a psychiatric institution | major | Fry was sentenced to go to a robot loony bin. |
| delusion of being someone one is not | minor | A Bicorne hat wearing Bender utter the phrase "Je suis Napoleon" in jest while visiting Fry in the robot lunatic asylum. |
| facing a hostage situation | minor | Roberto held the Planet Express team hostage. |
| flying car | minor | There were flying police cruisers. |
| legal occupation | minor | The Hyper-Chicken represented Fry and Bender when they were charged with bank robbery. |