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Professor Farnsworth shows the crew his new invention, the Fing-Longer, a glove with a long rod meant to be used as an extension of the index finger. He demonstrates it by activating the What-if machine, a device that allows the user to view a simulation of a hypothetical scenario after the user asks it a 'what-if' question.
In 2006, IGN.com ranked this episode as the series' twelfth best, with "Anthology of Interest I" at number 13, in their list of the "Top 25 Futurama episodes". [2] Zack Handlen of The A.V. Club gave the episode a B. [ 3 ] In its initial airing, the episode received a Nielsen rating of 4.5, placing it 62nd among primetime shows for the week of ...
The story's theme and idea has been used in two episodes of the animated television series Futurama: "Anthology of Interest" and "Anthology of Interest II". Professor Farnsworth demonstrates a 'What If—' machine similar to Mr. If's. A similar idea has also occurred in "Turn Left", a Series Four episode of the television series Doctor Who.
"Ghost in the Machines" is the nineteenth episode in the sixth season of the American animated television series Futurama, and the 107th episode of the series overall. It originally aired June 30, 2011, on Comedy Central . [ 1 ]
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.
Farnsworth invents a What-If machine that simulates the Planet Express crew's wishes: Bender asks what if he were 500 feet (150 m) tall; Leela asks what if she were more impulsive; and Fry asks what if he never came to the future.
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Futurama has returned to the theme of time travel three times since; in Futurama: Bender's Big Score, although the cause of time travel is different, in "The Late Philip J. Fry", which involves a time machine that can only travel forwards in time – to specifically avoid creating a paradox, and in "I Know What You Did Next Xmas", involving a ...