When Fry woke up that morning, his expectations of the day were low. He woke with a hangover, a pain in his neck (from sleeping at an angle), and drool caking his cheek.
It was starting out to be a normal Monday. He dressed as slowly as possible and headed to work, half an hour late (which for him was early). The Planet Express crew were seated at the round table, awaiting orders.
Leela glared at Fry as he took his seat.
"You're late!" she harped.
Fry shook his head. "For me, this is early."
The Professor entered the room, adjusting an odd straw-looking device with a small metal bubble on the end.
He looked at his employees. "Good news, everyone. You get the day off."
The PE Crew cheered.
"Except Fry, Bender, and Hermes. Meet me in the lab in five seconds."
Fry, Bender, and Hermes booed but the others continued to cheer. The rest of the employees left to continue their day elsewhere, and Fry, Bender, and Hermes went to Professor Farnsworth's lab.
"What's the deal, Professor?" Fry asked.
"I wanted to use you three to test my Apocaplyptic Gender Reassignment Capsule."
"Apoca-what?" Fry asked.
Bender's eyes were spinning in their lightbulbs.
Hermes stood there, pretending he understood what the Professor just said.
"Apocalypt- Oh forget it. It's just a litte voice command capsule that will adjust your genitals in case the end of the world arrives and the human race will die out because there are no women."
"What makes you think the men will outlive the women?" Bender asked.
The four men burst into laughter.
"Why do you need Bender? All you would need to do to change his gender is adjust his programming." Fry wondered.
"I need Bender to shoot the capsule into your bodies. I don't have a syringe that will give sufficient pressure."
Bender adjusted his phalanges to take the AGRC into a socket. One by one he injected the capsule into the hips of the Planet Express guinea pigs.
"Now remember, employees. If you say out loud anything about there being an apocalypse and needing to repopulate the planet, the capsule will activate. Once it is activated, the capsule will only allow your original sexes to resurface if you have completed a birthing process."
Fry gasped. Tears filled Hermes' eyes.
"You mean, it will only reverse if we have a...baby?" Fry asked, horrified.
"Precisely."
"Ooh, I don' want to be havin' no babies." Hermes cried.
Bender laughed loudly from his robot belly. "I have never been so glad to be a robot." He wiped an oil leak from his eye and clutched his belly. Leela chose that moment to walk through the door.
"Professor, I need to ask for an advance from my paych- OUCH!"
Bender's finger had gone off and shot a capsule into Leela's thigh.
"What the hell?" she shouted.
"Sorry, Leela. I was just laughing because these guys-,"
The professor coughed loudly.
Bender fell silent. "Nevermind."
"Whatever. Professor, I need an advance."
"Why, Leela?"
"I need to pay for new carpetting in my apartment. Nibbler keeps chewing on it and the landlord threatened to kick me out if I didn't replace it."
"Sorry, until we get another order, it will have to wait."
Leela sighed. "But, Professor, I need it today!"
Fry patted Leela's shoulder gently. "You can always stay with me and Bender."
Leela just cried harder.
"Only until you find a new and better place. And you will."
Leela still didn't respond. She just ran from the room.
"Uhm, Professor, will Leela's innie become an outie if the capsule goes off?" Bender asked.
Professor Farnsworth shrugged. "Hopefully we won't have to find out."