A Fishful of Dollars

Season 1, Episode 6, Aired
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A thousand years is a long time to save up money, and Fry's savings account has been racking up interest. When Fry discovers just how much money he has, over 4 billion dollars, he goes a little overboard. After completely redecorating the apartment, splurging on expensive spa days and treating his friends to innumerable luxuries, Fry discovers the ultimate expense; anchovies. This rare delicacy has been extinct for years, and Fry must battle the evil conglomerate known as Mom, plus Pamela Anderson's head in a jar, to get them!moreless
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  • Good episode.

    8.5
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    By fenway98, Aug 23, 2010 Report Abuse
    After going to the bank, Fry realizes that he's a billionare, due to all of the years of interest. He starts splurging like crazy, on himself, and his friends. When buying a pizza for everybody, he asks for anchovies, but nobody knows what anchovies are. It turns out, they are now extinct, and there is only one can of them still on Earth. Mom, wants it, knowing how much it's worth, so she uses her robots, and Pamela Anderson's head to get it back.

    This was a great episode. I loved all of the advertisments in dreams, and I loved Fry saying " In the past, we only had ads on Tv, on billboards, online, on the radio, and in magazines. But never in our dreams."

    Overall Grade: 85%/B+moreless

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  • defining episodes

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    By futuramarama, Mar 07, 2010 Report Abuse
    if i were to show a friend an episode of futurama, or rather if i showed a friend 3-4 episodes, this would definitely be one of them. it has a lot of hilarious references and parodies, an original plot, and it is a hilarious episode as a whole. really, it's one of my personal favorites, it is such a good episode. my overall grade for this episode, without a doubt, is an A+, because in my humble opinion, anything below is a crime {just kidding of course i just really like this episode}. A defining episode of the show Futuramamoreless

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  • This review brought to you by Lightspeed Briefs! (tee hee)

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    By BreezyLad, May 10, 2009 Report Abuse
    Fry realises his wealth when his ATM shows that he has over $4 billion from 93 cents, 2.25% interest over a period of 1000 years. He spends it willingly at the spa, buying pictures (for shooting) and a large pizza dinner. Soon he buys a can of anchovies, in competition of Mom, for 1 jillion dollars, and then 50 million dollars to the reason that a jillion isn't a real number. Mom tries to get Fry's pin number so they can take his money by using a very pathetic 'dream sequence' which actaully works, and instead of selling the anchovies, uses it as a pizza topping for his colleagues to share. Another funny Futurama episode, and well-written of course. Definitely a one for the golden episode seekers...moreless

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  • great episode

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    By Blind_Legend, Jun 22, 2008 Report Abuse
    Here is my review for the Futurama episode "A Fishful of Dollars". It's a good episode with a lot of money involved. I like the opening for this episode very much. It opens up with Fry trying to sleep, but the sound of springs from next door keeps him awake. We all assume that it is the sound of a couple making out on a bed; but as it would turn out, it was actually the sound of two robots with springy bodies playing poker (I even like the way Fry shouts out "Give it a rest, you two!" at them). Anyway, about the episode, Fry learns that his bank account had quadroupled while he was frozen for a thousand years. He also learns that his favorite pizza topping, anchovies, were extinct because of them being fished to death by Dr. Zoidbergs' race. Luckily, with some of his money, he buys the last remaining can in existence at an auctioning meet. Mom, a powerful yet old business owner, is after the anchovies because she learns about anchovy DNA being extracted can be used as a special type of robot oil. She has her three sons trick Fry into giving them his account number and causing him to be bankrupt. Mom then shows up to Fry to ask how much he wants to pay for the anchovies, but Fry refuses and tells her that he is going to use the anchovies to put on a pizza and "share the food he loves with the people he likes". A really good episode to watch.moreless

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  • Fry is rich and buys the last known can of anchovies.

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    By stitch069917, Jun 14, 2008 Report Abuse
    The episode begins with Fry having a dream and suddenly his dream turns into a commercial. He talks about it with everyone at work the next morning and they decide to go shopping. Bender gets caught, quite comically I might add, trying to steal robot oil in the store. Fry volunteers to try and get some money to bail Bender out of jail. He goes to the bank to withdraw the small amount he remembered putting in. It turns out that that small amount over the years has turned into a extremely large amount of money. Fry goes crazy with the money....moreless

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    • If they have the technology to keep human heads alive in jars, from unappreciatiated celebrities to presidents who have been dead for over 1000 years, why is Ted Danson a skeleton? Edit
    • Opening theme promotion: LOADING... Opening theme cartoon: Betty Boop's Crazy Inventions (1932) (Fleischer Studios) Edit
    • Bender spits out the anchovy pizza even though, according to Matt Groening, he doesn't have any taste buds. He was probably just going by what everyone else was doing. Edit

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    • According to Nielsen Ratings, this episode was ranked 2nd in its timeslot with a score of 7.6 million viewers. Edit
    • This episode marks the first appearance of Scruffy the janitor, Mom, and her sons; Walt, Larry and Ignar. Edit
    • Pamela Anderson makes one of 2 appearances on the show. Here, she voices her own head in a jar, and also voices Dixie in the episode 'Fry and the Slurm Factory.' Edit

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    • Fry: I don't need them. Not when I have my antique videos, my bucket of fossilised K.F.C. and 50 million dollars worth of anchovies. Edit
    • (Mom steps out of her fat suit) Mom: Holy crap that bastard's itchy! Edit
    • Zoidberg: (sniffing) That stench! That heavenly stench! (eats the entire pizza with anchovies on it) More. Fry: There aren't any more, and there never will be. Zoidberg: More! More! MORE! MORE!! Edit

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    • KFC Fry mentions that he has obtained a bucket full of fossilized KFC. Kentucky Fried Chicken, or KFC, is a large take-out restaurant franchise originating in Kentucky, United States of America, created by Harlan Sanders. Sanders was made an honorary "Kentucky Colonel" in 1935 by the governor of Kentucky. Sanders used the honorific title for publicity purposes and was more popularly known as Colonel Sanders. The restaurant chain was made famous for its fried chicken with its '11 secret herbs & spices.' On a side note, it suffered some controversy in Australia during the 1970's after a number of chains were found to be using rabbit meat instead of chicken. Edit
    • The Three Stooges Larry, Walt and Igner act quite similar to Larry, Moe and Curly from The Three Stooges television series. Edit
    • Saatchi & Saatchi The auction house in which Fry visits is named 'Staadgi & Staadgi,' being a reference to the power advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi. The only possible reason for it being the name of the auction house is that one of the Saatchi brothers is known for his art collection, hence the auction house name. Edit

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