Roswell That Ends Well

Season 4, Episode 1, Aired
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During a supernova explosion, Fry uses the Planet Express's microwave oven; and when the two forces collide, they are sent back to 1947. They crash in the desert outside of Roswell, and Dr. Zoidberg and Bender's headless bodies are imprisoned and taken to a military base, where Fry's grandfather is stationed. The Professor and Leela work on how to return to 3002, while Fry and Bender's head try a rescue at the base and make a contact that might put Fry's own existence at risk.moreless
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  • Fry does the nasty in the pasty!

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    By stephenc644, Jul 20, 2011 Report Abuse
    Grade AAA

    In this episode the Planet Express crew are watching a supernova and end up time travelling back to the 1940s in Roswell. Bender's Body and Zoidberg are captured, Farnsworth and Leela go looking for a Microwave to return to the future, and Fry tries to prevent his grandfather Enos from gettin killed. In a bizarre twist, he ends up killing his grandfather in an explosion and ends up sleeping with his grandmother, sickening the others. After screwing up, the crew steal the Microwave dish, escape, and find Bender's head 1000 years under the desert. Funny, touching, well written, and disgusting. Roswell That Ends Well has it all!moreless

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  • Pure perfection!

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    By that70sguy92, May 22, 2011 Report Abuse
    This episode was just perfect. This episode was pure perfection! They could not have done anything more to this episode. It was totally perfect. There were no flaws at all during the course of the episode, and I enjoyed every minute of it. No, I did not enjoy every MINUTE of the episode. I enjoyed every SECOND of the episode. Roswell That Ends Well is one of the best episodes of Futurama, and I recommend it to anyone. It does not matter if you are a fan of the show Futurama or not, just watch this episode now! It's just brilliant!moreless

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  • One of Futurama's finest!

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    By AdrenalinDragon, May 22, 2011 Report Abuse
    "Roswell That Ends Well"

    Grade: A*

    This episode is always a fan favourite, and for good reasons too. This episode brought the time-travel storyline into the Futurama franchise and overall its pretty much flawless. The Roswell plot of Fry meeting with his grandfather Enos was hilarious, as he ends up killing him by mistake and accidently becoming his own grandfather by sleeping with his grandmother at the same time. Zoidberg was in top form too delivering most of the jokes, and Leela and Farnsworth trying to blend into the 1940s was super funny too! Bender is awesome too, especially near the end! For having no flaws the whole time and delivering so many funny moments, this episode easily hits in my top 5 and for those who want a full-packed 22 minute episode, this is the one to go for!moreless

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  • Second Favorite

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    By futuramarama, May 22, 2011 Report Abuse
    Second favorite of the series, this is! It's hilarious. The Planet Express crew go to Roswell in the past and alter history (i.e. Fry becoming his own grandfather!). I think the ending is a little lazy, but it seems that was the point. The entire episode is a gagfest, but their all GREAT, hilarious gags. Surely one of the funniest episodes of TV I have seen. It's funny, it has a good plot, it has everything that makes Futurama great. My overall grade, without a doubt in my mind, is an A+. Anything below I would think is insulting (not really, but still)moreless

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  • A good old dose of hilarity, thanks to Matt G.

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    By Southparkfa, May 22, 2011 Report Abuse
    In this episode, Fry microwaves popcorn with metal on top while the crew is encountering a supernova, causing them to go all the way back to 1947 in Roswell, New Mexico. Fry learns his grandfather lives in this time and place, but he decides to try to keep him from being killed so Fry will still exist. Fransworth and Leela try to fit in with society, and find some kind of microwave to get them back home. And Zoidberg is discovered by the government, and he is given autopsy and studied upon, and Bender's body is modeled into a spaceship. Fry's story was great, as he basiclly got his Grandfather killed, and then became his own grandfather (Yup, he did), and Zoidberg's story was the best with great lines("Oh a buffet! If only I had my wallet.")and proves once again why a show like this should have never been cancelled. Overall, this is probablly my favorite Futurama episode due to the seer variety of laughs, and I highly reccomend it. 10/10 A+moreless

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    • At the beginning of the episode Fry says that if the supernova were anything like his old Chevy Nova, then it would light up the night sky. But in the first episode, "Space Pilot 3000" Fry never had a car, and instead rode a bike. He also says in a few other episodes that he never drove. Edit
    • At the end of the episode when Bender falls out of the ship, Zoidberg is seen covering up the autopsy hole, but there is no hole, he's just covering his front torso. Edit
    • Opening theme promotion: FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY - EXCEPT GRANDMA AND GRANDPA Edit

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    • Because Fry is now his own grandfather, he lacks a certain brainwave pattern, which is why he was immune to the Brainspawn in the episode The Day the Earth Stood Stupid, yet this information wouldn't be addressed until The Why of Fry. Edit
    • This episode was nominated for and won the 2002 Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming less than an hour). This episode was nominated for a Annie Award for Outstanding Directing in an Animated Television Production. Edit
    • This episode is one of the four best episodes of Futurama, according to Matt Groening and David X. Cohen. It is also on the Futurama Monster Robot Maniac Fun collection DVD. Edit

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    • (The surgeon is cutting one of Zoidberg's organs with a saw) Zoidberg: Hey, don't cut that! I need that to speak! (The surgeon looks at another guy and start's cutting the organ faster) Edit
    • Bender: 1947 can kiss my shiny metal (his head falls out of the Planet Express ship then starts to fall) aaaaaaass! Edit
    • Pathologist #1: Heart. Zoidberg: Take, I've got four of them. Pathologist #2: Stomach contents: One deviled egg. Zoidberg: Deviled egg? Zoidberg slurps it and the pathologist pulls it out again Pathologist #2: The same deviled egg. Edit

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    • The Flipside of Dominick Hide: There are the allusions to the British sci-fi program, The Flipside of Dominick Hide, in this episode. In the program, Dominick Hide monitors times of the Flipside, the time before time travel, his slot being in 1980. He goes back in time to try to find his great-great-grandfather, also named Dominick Hide. He fails in his attempts, but meets up with and has a romance with a woman named Jane, who it turns out was his great-great-grandmother, who he got pregnant, making him his own great-great-grandfather, Dominick Hide. He then returned to the future, where he found out he was the victim of a genetic time-slip, where it was known all along by his superiors that he was his own great-great-grandfather. Edit
    • The first photo taken by the Conspiracy Nut that No One Will Believe of President Truman looks a lot like the famous 1997 Arizona UFOs which were described as hovering in a V-shaped path. Edit
    • All You Zombies by Robert Heinlein First published in March 1959, "All You Zombies" is regarded as a classic science fiction time travel story regarding time travel paradoxes. In it, a man (who is later revealed to be a hermaphrodite) goes back in time only to impregnate the younger version of himself (who was then living as a female). He, in turn, is the baby who is born, making him his own mother and father. While the story is being told in a bar, the folk song "I'm My Own Grandpa" is playing in the background. Edit

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