The Duh-Vinci Code story
"The Duh-Vinci Code" is the fifth episode of Futurama's sixth season. It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on July 15, 2010. In the episode, Fry finds a drawing of a lost Leonardo da Vinci invention which leads him and Professor Farnsworth to planet Vinci. Directed by: Raymie Muzquiz. Story by: Maiya Williams.
9 total · 4 major · 5 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| historical figure | major | This historical figured turned out to be an alien. [Leonardo da Vinci] |
| loser character | major | Fry and Leonardo found that they were both losers, and then the Professor got a taste of this as well. |
| the greatest among us is the smallest in another world | major | Leonardo da Vinci is giant here but we learn that he is in fact a looser on his own world. |
| the historical figure was really an alien | major | It turned out that great polymath Leonardo da Vinci was really an alien. |
| alien living secretly among us | minor | We learned that Leonardo da Vinci was really an alien. |
| anti-intellectualism in society | minor | The Professor and Leonardo felt inferior and therefore decided to get back at all snooty intellectuals by a doomsday machine. |
| humanoid robot | minor | Saint James turned to to be a robot. |
| speculative spaceship | minor | Fry and The Professor flew to planet Vinci in a wooden spaceship. |
| the desire for vengeance | minor | Leonardo da Vinci built a doomsday machine to get back at the nerds who had been mocking him for centuries. |