FUTURAMA-Episode AV0167868768-King of the World
Description: After a self-sacrificing act, Fry ends up in an alternate reality where he is worshipped as a God. Can Leela and Bender bring him back to normal continuity?
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Special Guest Voices:
Galadriel-Judi Dench
Bender 2-Pierce Brosnan
[Meanwhile-Back in normal reality 3000, LEELA is heavily grieving over FRY while BENDER and FARNSWORTH try to comfort her.]
LEELA: This is all my fault! Fry said he had a feeling something bad would happen and if I didn't try so hard to do everything on my own…Fry's dead because of me!
FARNSWORTH: There, there Leela. He's gone to a better place.
BENDER: Yeah, the inside of the black hole!
[LEELA lets out a wail and FARNSWORTH glares at BENDER.]
LEELA: He wouldn't have gone into the black hole if it weren't for me! How could he! That self-sacrificing jerk! He is so stupid!
BENDER: Shouldn't it be 'he was so stupid'?
FARNSWORTH: Bender, you are not helping.
BENDER: Aw, what do you want me to do? I miss the meatbag! This is how I mourn!
LEELA: Hurting others is how you mourn!
BENDER: Works for me.
LEELA: (miserable) I wish it had been me.
FARNSWORTH: Now Leela, you should be grateful. Fry made a great sacrifice not only for you, but for us all. What would Planet Express due without its pilot?
LEELA: But what will Planet Express do without Fry? He's the heart of this whole thing.
[EVERYONE seems sobered by this news and all look sad when LEELA suddenly looks determined.]
LEELA: I'm going after him.
FARNSWORTH: Leela, you can't! He's dead!
LEELA: How do we know that! No one knows what's on the other end of the black hole.
BENDER: (raising his hand as if he were in class) Oh! Oh I do, DEATH!
LEELA: Maybe, maybe not.
FARNSWORTH: (thinking) You know, there are studies about all kinds of things that may be at the end of the black hole. Some say there are alternate realities, different worlds…but most think it is death. After all the force of gravity in a black hole could crush anything but then the Menstrata is a different kind of black hole considering it's strange cycles…some theorize it may not be a black hole at all but a worm hole…
LEELA: So there's a possibility he's alive.
FARNSWORTH: Yes, I suppose but a slim one.
LEELA: Well I'll take that slim chance.
FARNSWORTH: But Leela…
LEELA: Don't try to stop me, Professor. I'm going.
FARNSWORTH: But what if you die?
LEELA: (sadly) Then at least I'll be with Fry.
BENDER: (taking hold of LEELA'S arm) I can't let you go, Leela.
LEELA: You'll have to Bender. Or else come along.
BENDER: And miss my saucy puppet show tonight! Are you nuts?!
[LEELA gives BENDER an optimistic look.]
BENDER: (raising his arm's up to shield his eyes) What are you doing?! Your eye!? It's-ugh-ah! FINE! I'll go. Jeez, you women and that look.
FARNSWORTH: Now wait a minute! Let's say, and this is just hypothetically, Fry DID survive the black hole, well, how are you two going to find him? If he's in an alternate reality-well there's said to be thousands. How do you know you'll end up in the right one?
[LEELA is discouraged a moment then a thought strikes her.]
LEELA: The P.W.A! It probably has a tracking device right? We can lock the ship and another P.W.A on that signal. We can fly the ship to the Menstrata and just like before keep it on auto-pilot a safe distance from the black hole. Then fly a P.W.A out into the hole and through the lock, find Fry's pod. Then we can get Fry and fly back through the same hole using the signal from the ship to draw us directly home.
FARNSWORTH: Hmm, it could work. Sometimes Leela I think you should be a scientist.
LEELA: Let's go! (looking off into space, softly) I'm coming, Fry.
[Back in alternate 3000, FRY and LEELA 2 lay on his bed, LEELA 2 curled with her head rested over FRY'S heart. LEELA has now changed into black pants and a white tank top with the number '2' printed on it, her hair now in ponytail]
LEELA 2: You are the greatest master I've ever had, my lord-urm-Fry.
FRY: Thanks I guess. Leela 2…how did you end up a slave?
LEELA 2: I was the only one-eyed alien on earth. When the Nonackthal took over earth they sold me to Flagg-fu-funians. The Flagg-fu-funians are the biggest slave traders in the galaxy. I went from master to master until Yabba got me and then earth requested me for you especially. I guess it's because, as you say, you have feelings for the Leela of your world. They are eager to please you especially since…
[LEELA 2 stops talking]
FRY: Especially…
LEELA 2: I cannot tell you. It is not a slave's place to say.
FRY: Please, Leela 2.
LEELA 2: (frowning) There are whispers…the Nonackthal may not have died out as we thought. They may be returning and if they do it means not only the end of earth but the universe. You defeated them once. I think they are hoping you can do it again.
FRY: What?! I can't! I don't even have Nonackthal's in my reality! I don't know how I defeated them here…
LEELA 2: I do! All the beings in the universe do. It is a glorious legend.
FRY: Tell me.
LEELA 2: After you were unfrozen, you came to the surface. The world was much different than you knew for you were from 1999, the stupid ages I believe they were called. Anyway, you saw the Nonackthal and knew they had to be stopped. Together with a robot you saved from a Suicide Booth you launched an attack. You alone knew how to defeat them. You knew their weakness and used it to your advantage.
FRY: Their weakness?
LEELA 2: A rock of some sort. You found it, harvested it and killed them. But the power of the rock was too much for you. You died.
FRY: Wow. I was real smart in this world.
LEELA 2: Hm, yes I suppose. Now (seductively)…how about you kiss me more.
FRY: Okay!
[FRY and LEELA 2 begin to kiss again when there's a knock at the door. They reluctantly split apart and rise to their feet. FRY answers the door to see BENDER.]
FRY: Bender?!
BENDER: (English accent) My circuits, Fry! I had heard but I did not believe…
FRY: Oh, Bender 2. What's with the accent?
BENDER 2: When you were unfrozen I was one of the first beings you met in 2999. I was in a suicide booth and you talked me out of it. After helping you defeat the Nonackthal's and witnessing your death I knew I could no longer be a drunken, saucy puppet show obsessed slob. I upgraded my mind and changed my voice chip to sound less like a Neanderthal and more like one of those English spies from the Stupid Ages.
FRY: Wait, I thought you needed alcohol as fuel, don't you need to be a drunken, saucy puppet show obsessed slob?
BENDER 2: I got a lot of upgrades and reprogramming. Starbucks coffee and other kinds of hazardous oils now power me. If I were to consume beer again I would most likely act like any other inebriated buffoon.
FRY: Whatever, look, it's nice to see you and all but (pointing over his shoulder at LEELA 2) I've got company so-
BENDER 2: I am sorry to interrupt you but Galadriel sent me and requested I get you. It is of the utmost importance. Ruler of Earth stuff, you understand.
FRY: (sighing) Yeah, I suppose I do. I mean, I am the king of the world now. Hey, king of the world. That's funny.
[BENDER 2 gives FRY a strange look but he ignores it, turning to LEELA 2]
FRY: Come on, Leela 2, let's go with Bender 2 to find out what Galadriel wants.
[Shot goes to FRY, BENDER 2, and LEELA 2 standing before GALADRIEL and the HIGH COUNCIL]
GALADRIEL: (seeing FRY enter with LEELA 2) Ah, I see you got the slave we ordered. After reviewing the material from the memory recorder we assumed this would make you happy. We've also been working on finding Brooke Shields, Cameron Diaz, and Lucy Liu's heads so we can attach them to suitable female bodies for your pleasure.
FRY: Uh, that's okay. So why did you need me?
GALADRIEL: My lord, I am afraid to inform you of this but…
FRY: The Nonackthal have returned.
[GALADRIEL and the HIGH COUNCIL gasp]
GALADRIEL: How did you know?
[LEELA 2 looks worried but FRY merely smiles.]
FRY: I'm king of the world and the Nonackthal are my worst enemies. How could I not know?
GALADRIEL & HIGH COUNCIL: Of course, of course.
[LEELA 2 looks relieved]
FRY: But-if I defeated them before why don't you just use whatever it was I used to defeat them the first time to defeat them again.
GALADRIEL: The rock you used to ward off and kill the Nonackthal is unknown to us. You found it yourself the first time and never gave it a name. We do not know where you got it, much less how to get more to use.
[FRY frowns at this news as GALADRIEL continues.]
GALADRIEL: My lord, I realize you are from another dimension but from what we've seen of the memory recorder you are still Philip J. Fry and therefore are still capable of the greatness you have shown in this reality. We implore you to save us again.
FRY: (under his breath) I don't know if I can.
GALADRIEL: What?
FRY: Nothing. I-I'll do my best.
EVERYONE BUT FRY: HURRAH!
[FRY looks worried as we cut shot back to normal reality 3000. The Planet Express ship is once again near Specktra and the Menstrata Black Hole. FARNSWORTH is at the controls of the ship as a P.W.A exits the back of the ship. LEELA is inside and BENDER is crunched up in the back.]
BENDER: Ah, nothing quite like going straight into suicide.
FARNSWORTH: (over the P.W.A radio) Good luck you two. Try and come back alive.
LEELA: Will do professor. (under her breath) I'm coming, Fry.
BENDER: (scowling) I'm missing a saucy puppet show for this.
[The P.W.A rockets straight into the Menstrata. Much like Fry's trip, blue and green waves pass over the pod. The black tube revolves around them a moment or two, all silent save the small beep of a tracking device. The pod jerks as the tube suddenly breaks. The pod floats above what appears to be earth and charges towards it, hitting the ground with a massive explosion much like its predecessor. Eventually it too halts to a stop. LEELA kicks open the glass hood and both she and BENDER exit, their pod in better condition thanks to LEELA'S more expert landing.]
LEELA: This is New New York. The theories are true, this must be an alternate reality.
BENDER: Yeah, but is Fry here?
[Suddenly a number of guns are pointed at them.]
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