Zapp Dingbat story
"Zapp Dingbat" is the fifth episode of the seventh season of the animated sitcom Futurama. It originally aired on Comedy Central on July 11, 2012. The episode was written by Eric Rogers and directed by Frank Marino. Directed by: Frank Marino. Story by: Eric Rogers.
14 total · 7 major · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| boyfriend and girlfriend | major | Brannigan and Leela's mom became an item. |
| divorce | major | Leela's parents got a divorce. |
| father and daughter | major | Leela dealt with both her parents throughout the divorce. |
| husband and wife | major | Leela's mutant parents got a divorce. |
| love triangle | major | Leela, Munda, Zap, and Morris. |
| mother and daughter | major | Leela could not accept that her mother became romantically involved with Brannigan. |
| romantic love | major | Brannigan and Munda. Munda and Morris. |
| disembodied head | minor | Richard Nixon's head played piano at Brannigan's wedding. |
| false flag operation | minor | Zapp's ruse was precisely such an operation by the definition we wrote. |
| humanoid mutant | minor | Leela's mutant parents held their 40th wedding anniversary. |