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"Insane in the Mainframe" is the eleventh episode in the third season of the American animated television series Futurama, and the 43rd episode of the series overall. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on April 8, 2001. The episode was written by Bill Odenkirk and directed by Peter Avanzino.
Max Nicholson of IGN gave the episode a 7.3/10 "Good" rating, saying "Futurama's "Game of Tones" included a fun trip to Fry's past, though it lacked the emotional weight of previous visits." [ 2 ] Michael Rowe was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Writing in Animation at the 66th Writers Guild of America Awards for ...
Fry, Leela and Bender reach the grave site and start digging, but Fry knocks loose some moss that is covering part of an inscription on the tombstone. The story jumps back to Yancy, who is discussing naming his newborn son with his wife. Yancy reveals he misses his brother, and gives Fry's clover to his newborn son and names him Philip J. Fry II.
Fry, in an attempt to win Leela's heart, bases the opera on her life. Upset at getting the raw end of the deal, the Robot Devil decides he has to get his own hands back. He begs Fry, but Fry refuses, reminding him they made a deal. The Robot Devil tries to make a deal with Bender for his hands.
"Parasites Lost" is the second episode in the third season of the American animated television series Futurama, and the 34th episode of the series overall. Although the title is a play on John Milton 's epic poem Paradise Lost , the episode is a parody of the 1966 film Fantastic Voyage . [ 1 ]
In its initial airing, the episode received a Nielsen rating of 5.8/10, placing it 72nd among primetime shows for the week of May 3–9, 1999. [1] The A.V. Club gave the episode a B+, calling it "a fun episode that shows Fry at his best and worst." [2]
In its initial airing, the episode received a Nielsen rating of 4.2/5, placing it 93rd among primetime shows for the week of November 11–17, 2002. [4] The episode was nominated for the 2003 Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less than One Hour) but lost to The Simpsons episode " Three Gays of the Condo ".
The opening caption quote, "Not sure if new episode or just rerun of episode I watched drunk," along with the picture of Fry squinting (taken from the season 2 episode "The Lesser of Two Evils") is a reference to the Futurama Fry internet meme. The meme was also referenced in advertisements for the seventh season leading up to the premiere.