The Honking

Season 3, Episode 1, Aired
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When Bender inherits a spooky castle from his deceased uncle, he finds himself being pursued by a terrifying, driverless car.
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  • David Herman

    Thermostadt Villagers / Tandy / Vladimir’s Ghost / Project Satan

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    Katey Sagal

    Turanga Leela

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    Billy West

    Philip J. Fry / Professor Hubert Farnsworth / Dr. Zoidberg / Solicitorbot / You There / Vandal #1 / Yokelbot

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  • A good way to start the third season.

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    By that70sguy92, Jun 15, 2009 Report Abuse
    This was a very good way to start the third season of the unique and hilarious show, Futurama. Another Bender episode, hooray! Episodes about Bender are usually great, and this episode lived up to that standard of greatness. Bender, as always, had jokes that were spot on every single time, with an interesting sub plot about Fry and Bender's friendship, with Bender supposed to kill his best friend, and attempting to kill Leela instead of Fry.

    Bender becomes a were-car after inheriting his late uncle's mansion. Then, the Planet Express crew has to search for the head were-car, with a final showdown for the ending.moreless

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  • great episode

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    By Blind_Legend, Jun 24, 2008 Report Abuse
    After receiving news that his Uncle Vladamir has passed away Bender is summoned to the family castle to hear the reading of the will. Bender is to inherit the castle on the provision that he spends one night within its walls. While there Bender is stalked and hunted down by a driverless car and unknown to him passes on the were-car curse to him. Returning to the city Bender is afraid that the car has followed him to New New York as the attacks continue and Bender soon realises that it is infact he who is committing the crimes. With help from Fry and Leela they discover they must hunt down and kill the original were-car if Bender is to be savedmoreless

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  • Bender becomes a werecar.

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    By stitch069917, Jun 19, 2008 Report Abuse
    It seems that Bender had a rich relative who left him a mansion on the condition that he spend one night there. Bender thinks it's going to be a snap. While everyone is there, some strange things start to happen. Robot ghost start appearing and Bender runs off. While he is outside, he is run over by a mysterious evil car. The Professor finds the apparatus that was causing the ghostly appearances and they go to try and find Bender. They find him and wonder where the tire tracks had come from. They go back to the office and later that night...moreless

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  • Season three getting started off right!!! A great episode to say the least.

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    By Iverson82094, Feb 04, 2008 Report Abuse
    After spending a terrifying night in his late Uncle Vladimir's castle, Bender is run down by one of the most feared of robot monsters, a "were-car" (the robot equivalent of a werewolf)-in truth, the "were-car" is a red-and-white 1958 Plymouth Fury, a clear reference to Stephen King's Christine. Back at Planet Express, Bender begins to have nightmares about cars running people over, and starts to have blackouts. Seeking advice, the group consults "professional help", a circus fortune-teller machine. She tells him that he has become a were-car himself, and that he is fated to kill his closest friend. The only known way to break the curse is to destroy the original were-car. She gains this information from an ancient read-me file, a text book called "Curse Of The Werecar for Windows 98".

    That night, a restrained Bender breaks out of confinement, transforms into a Cadillac-like sedan, and almost kills Leela, angering Fry, who had thought that he was Bender's best friend. This causes Fry to hate Bender, and they are no longer friends. The next morning, Fry, Leela, and Bender set out to track down the original were-car. After returning to the castle, an old cursed bird watcher robot sends them to follow a trail of infected robots, which leads to an igloo in the Arctic, and then to the All My Circuits soundstage. There, Calculon tells them that a thousand years ago, scientists built the most evil car out of parts from other evil cars. It consists of the steering wheel from Adolf Hitler's Mercedes Benz, the left-turn signal from Charles Manson's VW bus, and the "windshield wipers from that car that played Knight Rider" (known on the show as KITT). The were-car infects Calculon, who was a simpler automotive arm-machine at the time. Acting on Calculon's information, the crew heads off to find Project Satan, the most evil vehicle ever made. When they arrive at the abandoned automotive plant, they confront Project Satan, but the clock strikes midnight, and Bender takes on his were-car form. After being given the choice of whom to kill, Bender goes for Fry, ending Fry's grudge with him. While trying to kill Leela, Project Satan accidentally skids into a giant furnace and is killed, dissolving the curse.

    Unfortunately, though, it is lifted at an inconvenient time, as Fry was in were-car Bender's driver's seat. Bender reverts to normal, but thinks he killed Fry as his last act. However, Bender's stomach hatch opens, revealing a squished Fry, who jumps out and enjoys Bender's last beer, causing Bender to once again try to kill him.moreless

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  • Another rather unspectacular Bender episode kicks off the slightly inconsistent third series.

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    By kaffikanna111, Dec 18, 2007 Report Abuse
    Another rather unspectacular Bender episode kicks off the slightly inconsistent third series, although it is very funny and even spooky in places. I liked the ghosts at the castle and the Professor's nonsensical explanation, and the fortune teller at the circus was pure genius ("Sure you can die! You want to die!?"). There was an excellent little subplot about Fry feeling jealous that Bender tried to kill Leela instead of him, which worked very well and added some emotion. The section where the crew went through a list of were-cars was rather strange and pointless, but I liked the final showdown.moreless

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  • Trivia

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    • The name of the city "Thermostadt" is not actually Hungarian (as the city is supposed to be), but it's rather German, translating in Thermo-City. The City itself also looks very much like a small German town from the 18th or 19th century. Edit
    • Bender's bumper sticker reads "If You Can Read This, I'll Kill You". Edit
    • The term "werewolf" in Old Germanic means "man wolf". The term "werecar" is applied incorrectly because Bender is not human. Edit

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    • The numbers that drench in blood on the wall have actual meaning. 0101100101 is jiberish, it just stands for the number 357. But 1010011010 actually stands for 666, the sign of the beast. Edit
    • This episode was pre-empted in the Eastern and Central time zones due to extended NFL coverage. These time zones were treated to this episode joined in progress at 20 minutes after the hour. (This happened so often that by the time Futurama was cancelled, there was a whole season's worth of unshown episodes, hence five seasons instead of four.) Edit

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    • Fry: Hey Project Satan, over here! I'm a blind pedestrian! 20 points! Edit
    • Fry: You didn't hurt me at all. But I know you wanted to, and that's what matters. Here's to you. Bender: Hey, that's my last beer, you bastard. I'll kill you! Fry: I'll kill you too, buddy. I'll kill you too! (Bender starts choking Fry) Edit
    • Fry: Yes! He chose me! He's trying to kill me! Leela, I'm so happy! Edit

  • Allusions

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    • MacBeth Bender calls Calculon "MacButt" - a bad attempt at a pun on the Shakespeare character, MacBeth. Edit
    • Frankenstein: The original were-car was built by assembling parts from various evil cars, an allusion to Frankenstein's monster, built from various body parts, some of them from criminals. Edit
    • Dracula: The early sequences of the superstitious villagers and the coachman who will go no further are references to Dracula. Edit

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