A Pharaoh to Remember story
"A Pharaoh to Remember" is the seventeenth episode in the third season of the American animated television series Futurama. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 10, 2002. The episode's title references the title of the 1957 film An Affair to Remember. Directed by: Mark Ervin. Story by: Ron Weiner.
12 total · 6 major · 6 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| egocentrism | major | Bender was totally self-centered and wanted everyone to appreciate his self-perceived greatness. |
| friendship | major | Bender's friends, Fry in particular, threw a funeral party for him to help cheer up the robot. |
| humanoid robot | major | The story centered around Bender trying to do something so that people would remember his name. |
| the Ancient Egyptian stereotype | major | The Planet Express crew members were enslaved by space Egyptians. |
| the desire for fame | major | Bender sought fame and a legacy to leave behind after he was gone. |
| the desire to be remembered | major | Bender worried he was doomed to fade away into obscurity and tried to do something so that people would remember his name. |
| aliens meddling in ancient history | minor | The theory that aliens gave the Ancient Egyptians technology was parodied. In this case, it was the Ancient Egyptians who gave the aliens how to build pyramids and travel in space. |
| Ancient Egyptian mythology | minor | Ancient Egyptian religion was parodied. |
| coping with the death of a friend | minor | The Planet Express team mourned Bender at his mock funeral. |
| interstellar space travel | minor | The Planet Express crew delivered a giant sandstone block to people of the planet O'Cyris IV. |