A Big Piece of Garbage

Season 1, Episode 8, Aired
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A big piece of garbage that was released a thousand years ago is now on the way to Earth to destroy it. After Fry, Leela and Bender fail to place a bomb on it, the city has to build another big piece of garbage; yet that may be a problem since trash doesn't exist in year 3000.moreless
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  • Fry is hero of New New York!

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    By gopink, Jun 23, 2011 Report Abuse
    I can't believe garbage didn't exist in year 3000!! Fry saved the earth and New New York! What a hero he is! Professor is so idiot because he set up wrong way to timer the bomb! The mayor decided to pick the professor because he is more genius and smart and even oldest professor. The mayor announced the New New York to make a garbage so it will knock the old garbage with comet to straight to the sun. Fry and the Crews did it, Thanks to Fry who used to lived in before 2000s. Great Episode. Fry is my favorite character in this show!moreless

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  • Good, But Weak

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    By futuramarama, Mar 07, 2010 Report Abuse
    a big garbage ball is going to hurt/kill all citizens, unless they can retaliate it. and they do: fry's laziness actually comes in handy.

    not one of my favorite episodes of the series, in fact i consider it relatively weak. it's still a decent enough episode to get about a high "B" or so as a grade, but only because, as with other episodes that may bore me, it has some funny lines of dialogue. it also has an interesting plot i don't think has ever been done. a gross plot but a good interesting one none the less. superb epmoreless

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  • Another excellent episode!

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    By BreezyLad, May 10, 2009 Report Abuse
    The hate of Farnsworth from Wernstrom is found to be an A- from over 100 years ago. Professor Farnsworth creates the 'smelloscope', a telescope-type object which allows you to smell distant objects. However during the test, Fry finds a stench, the smelliest object in the known universe, a flying ball of garbage. They find it was the way that New York was polluting the place with garbage, and they sent the garbage into space by rocket. In order to stop the garbage ball, Planet Express team must plant a bomb on it, which they fail to do. So the new plan is to pollute, then send another garbage pall into space to alter the path of the other garbage ball. This episode is actually quite tense... at least when they fail to blow the garbage ball up. Plus it was quite funny, for example the stash of Bart Simpson dolls on the garbage ball. A pretty awesome episode!moreless

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  • Pretty good.

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    By that70sguy92, May 03, 2009 Report Abuse
    This episode was pretty good, it showed a decent amount of wit, and was humorous in many ways and in many of its jokes. But, it was not a very easy episode to remember. When I discovered that I needed to review this episode, I decided that I would need to watch it again, because I had forgotten most of what had happened in A Big Piece of Garbage. For me, it was a very forgettable episode in the show that no one can easily remember after watching the other episodes.

    A giant ball of trash is flying towards New New York.moreless

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  • man is this episode hillarious

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    By Blind_Legend, Jun 22, 2008 Report Abuse
    I can't believe garbage didn't exist in year 3000!! Fry saved the earth and New New York! What a hero he is! Professor is so idiot because he set up wrong way to timer the bomb! The mayor decided to pick the professor because he is more genius and smart and even oldest professor. The mayor announced the New New York to make a garbage so it will knock the old garbage with comet to straight to the sun. Fry and the Crews did it, Thanks to Fry who used to lived in before 2000s. Great Episode. Fry is my favorite character in this show!moreless

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  • Trivia

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    • When Farnsworth is presenting his 'smelloscope' idea, at the science convention, the overhead projector is to one side of the stage in one shot and directly in front in another. Edit
    • Around 5:32 when Farnsworth wipes his head with the napkin on stage, you can see that the legs for the projector are not colored in and are tranparent. In all the other shots they are opaque. Edit
    • Fry finds a "Mr Spock Collector's Plate" with an image of Spock from Star Trek on it. Edit

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    • Music: "We'll Meet Again" The song "We'll Meet Again" was played in this episode. It was written by Ross Parker & Hughie Charles. Edit
    • First appearence of Ogden Wernstrom, Morbo and Linda. Edit
    • First use/appearance of Farnsworth's Smelloscope. Edit

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    • Leela: Should we really be celebrating? I mean, what if the second garbage ball returns to Earth like the first one did? Fry: Who cares? That won't be for hundreds of years. Farnsworth: Exactly! It's none of our concern. Fry: That's the 20th century spirit! Edit
    • Poopenmeyer: And, Fry, we owe you a tremendous debt as well. If not for your 20th century garbage-making skills, we'd all be buried under 20th century garbage. Edit
    • Poopenmeyer: And so, on behalf of the entire city, I thank you, Professor Farnsworth. I now present you with the Academy prize, which we confiscated from Dr. Wernstrom after it became apparent that he was a jackass. Edit

  • Allusions

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    • Closing Credits: The song that played over the closing credits, "We'll Meet Again" by Vera Lynn, also played over the closing credits of Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. Edit
    • Red Dwarf
      The "Fun in the Sun" theme you hear is from none other than the British show Red Dwarf. Not to mention the way they get rid of the garbage ball is a play off of the Red Dwarf episode "White Hole" where Lister plays billiards with the planets. Edit
    • Armageddon: The second act of this episode involves flying a crew up to, and planting explosives on, the ball of garbage. This is a spoof of the movie Armageddon. The concept, 'garbage meteorites' striking cities, the space suits and even the atmosphere of the ball of garbage all strongly resemble those in the film. Edit

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