A Head in the Polls

Season 2, Episode 7, Aired
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When a mine disaster traps the only supply of Titanium and 1000 robots, Bender becomes highly profitable, so he decides to sell his entire body. He later discovers that life as a simple head is boring, so he wants his body back. Elections take place, with John Jackson, Jack Johnson and Richard Nixon's head as candidates; but Nixon is using Bender's body.moreless
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  • Nixon

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    By futuramarama, Apr 02, 2010 Report Abuse
    Nixon wants to be president. he gets bender's body and soon all vote for him, making him president.

    that's about all i remember from this episode, but other small parts i remember were quite funny. i remember when i was younger the ending scared me for some reason, but it doesn't now. i find this episode to be very humorous with a good plot, a plot only Futurama could do very well. My overall grade for this episode is a B+ or so, because i feel in some places it could have been better. Still a mostly stellar episode, thoughmoreless

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  • Quite funny...

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    By BreezyLad, May 17, 2009 Report Abuse
    A mining disaster sends titanium prices flying, so bender sells his 40% titanium body for lots of cash. Bender starts to enjoy this lifestyle of his and Richard Nixon starts telling him about life without a body. Bender goes back to get his body again, however Richard Nixon has it. Bender, Leela and Fry set off to find his body and Leela gets to remove it, but Fry wakes him. Nixon rambles on about his plans of taking over Earth... at election day he wins by one vote - he replaces Bender's Body for a giant war robot. Funny episode, superb overall.moreless

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  • A unique episode.

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    By that70sguy92, May 03, 2009 Report Abuse
    A unique and funny episode in the show. Richard Nixon's head was very funny, and so was a bodyless Bender. An episode definitely worth watching. It's also DEFINITELY worth watching again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again (etc.) Be sure to watch this episode whenever it is on TV.

    The price of titanium skyrockets, and this makes Bender very happy, since his body is made of mostly titanium. He sells his body to a pawn shop, leaving him with only a head. Then, he discovers that Richard Nixon's head bought his body, and is using it to run for the position of the President of the United States!moreless

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  • bender sells his body after a raise in titanium

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    By Blind_Legend, Jun 22, 2008 Report Abuse
    After a mine disaster causes the price of titanium to skyrocket, Bender hocks his body to cash in on the inflated price. After living it up for some days Bender soon realises the mistake he has made and returns to buy it back only to find it has already been sold.

    Bender discovers that it was Richard Nixons head that has purcahsed his body and he is using it run for the presidency of Earth. Richard Nixon is unwilling to sell it back, he claims it has charisma and believes it will give him the support of the robot voters. So with the help of Fry and Leela they steal it back from himmoreless

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  • Bender sells his body for money only to want it back.

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    By stitch069917, Jun 16, 2008 Report Abuse
    There has been a disaster on a distant asteroid where robots have been mining for Titanium. Now Titanium is worth a lot of money and Bender, being forty percent titanium decides to sell his body for money. He goes to the pawn shop and hocks his body. He enjoys the good life for a while, but then realizes that he misses his body. He an Fry go back to the pawn shop to buy his body back, but someone beat them to it. Who got Bender's body? The question is soon answered as Nixon's head declares his candidacy for the President of Earth.moreless

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    • In "The Scary Door" a shoe, a telephone, a stopwatch, a chicken drumstick and a guy washing his hair all float through the air during the opening music. Edit
    • The toy car Bender drives around in has wheels, despite the fact that the technology for the wheel had been lost for who knows how long in Mothers Day. Edit
    • Opening theme promotion: FROM THE MAKERS OF FUTURAMA Edit

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    • When Bender is sleeping, he dreams in Binary. After frame by frame study, there is an actual message inside the dream. In the final frame when the screen fills with numbers, just before the bigger numbers appear, the binary can be translated into the sentence "Get A Life." Bender wakes up when you see a 2 in the code. Edit
    • Bender's mentions that his body is 40% titanium in this episode. It is also 40% zinc, as mentioned in the episode Fry and the Slurm Factory. And in Jurassic Bark Bender says his body is 40% dolomite. In The 30% Iron Chef, he mentions he's 30% iron. All together that is 150%. Edit

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    • Morbo: Morbo congratulates our gargantuan cyborg president. May death come quickly to his enemies. Edit
    • Farnsworth: I can't believe it. He won by a single vote. Bender: Well it ain't my fault. I'm a non-voting felon, thank you. Fry: Well it's not my fault either 'cause I forgot to vote. Leela: Oh, crud. I knew there was something I meant to do today. Edit
    • Linda: The sheer drama of this election has driven voter turnout to its highest level in centuries. 6%! Edit

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    • Cheech and Chong At the voter registration place, one of the political parties with a booth is "Dudes For The Legalation Of Of Hemp". Besides legalization being spelled wrong and "of" being repeated, the guy working the booth responds to Amy's question about the uses of hemp by saying "Dave's not here, man." That phrase was made famous on Cheech and Chong's self-titled debut album. Edit
    • Playboy Magazine Bender can be seen reading a 'Playbot Magazine.' This is a direct reference to Hugh Hefner's popular mens magazine, Playboy. Edit
    • Betty Friedan: Nixon's head dreams of Betty Friedan, a feminist activist most famous for her book The Feminist Mystique, published in 1963. Edit

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