Godfellas story
"Godfellas" is the 20th episode in the third production season of the American animated television series Futurama. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 17, 2002. The episode was written by Ken Keeler and directed by Susie Dietter. It features Bender becoming the god of a tiny civilization, and explores various religious issues. The episode won the first Writers Guild of America Award for animation. Directed by: Susie Dietter. Story by: Ken Keeler.
15 total · 5 major · 10 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| coping with a loved one being missing | major | Fry refused to stop searching for Bender ever though Leela implored him to give up hope. |
| coping with being lost in space | major | Bender was doomed to drift through space forever. |
| friendship | major | Fry refused to stop searching for Bender ever though Leela implored him to give up hope. |
| god and follower | major | Tiny humanoids, called Shrimpkins, who lived on Bender's body worshiped the robot as a god. |
| stranded in outer space | major | Bender was doomed to drift through space forever. |
| Christianity | minor | Christian religion was parodied. |
| coping with the death of a friend | minor | Fry pointedly grieved for his friend Bender who was presumed to be lost in space forever. |
| interstellar space travel | minor | The Planet Express crew was attacked by space pirates while traveling in interstellar space. |
| Lilliputian being | minor | Tiny humanoids, called Shrimpkins, who lived on Bender's body worshiped the robot as a god. |
| nuclear holocaust | minor | The Shrimpkins destroyed themselves in a nuclear war on Bender's body. |