2-D Blacktop story
"2-D Blacktop" is the fifteenth episode of the seventh season of the animated sitcom Futurama. It originally aired on Comedy Central on June 19, 2013. The episode was written by Michael Rowe and directed by Raymie Muzquiz. Professor Farnsworth joins a gang of street racing punks, and ends up in a two- dimensional world. The title is likely a reference to the movie Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) Directed by: Raymie Muzquiz. Story by: Michael Rowe.
9 total · 3 major · 6 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| crew's attachment to their ship | major | The Professor was really into his Planet Express ship Bessy. |
| motor sports | major | The Professor joined a flying vehicle racing gang. |
| passion for vehicles | major | Feeling "the need for speed", the Professor turbo charged his spaceship's matter compressor, turning it into a mean, lean racing machine. The entire episode is a parody on gearhead films. |
| boyfriend and girlfriend | minor | Minx and her boyfriend. |
| coming to terms with one's past | minor | Minx was torn up inside about past verbal abuse she was subjected to by her father. |
| father and daughter | minor | Minx had been verbally abused by her father. |
| interstellar space travel | minor | The Planet Express crew made a delivery to a planet orbiting a rainbow-giant star. |
| traversable wormhole | minor | The Professor installed a wormhole in Planet Express ship so that it could make inter-dimensional shifts. |
| two-dimensional space | minor | The Professor, Fry, Leela, and Bender got trapped in a 2D world. |