Futurama: The Sting

After arriving at an asteroid field in deep space, Fry, Leela and Bender attempt to collect honey produced by vicious space bees. Leela decides to take a baby queen bee that incidentally kills Fry! While at Fry's funeral, guilt ridden Leela has a romantic dream that causes her to believe that Fry is still alive. As Leela's bizarre dreams continue to develop, she sinks into a much stranger sleep.

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Episode Info

Episode number: 5x9
Production Number: 4ACV12
Airdate: Sunday June 01st, 2003

Director: Brian Sheesley
Writer: Patric M. Verrone

Alternate Airdates:

UK (Sky One)

Jul 22, 2011

Guest Stars

Dawnn Lewis (1)
voiced LaBarbara Conrad

Recurring

Main Cast

Katey Sagal voiced Turanga Leela, Various	Billy West voiced Philip J. Fry, Professor Hubert Farnsworth, Dr. John Zoidberg, Zapp Brannigan, Leo Wong, Various
John DiMaggio voiced Bender Bending Rodriguez (Bending Unit 22), Various	Lauren Tom voiced Amy Wong, Inez Wong, Various
Tress MacNeille voiced Mom, Linda the Newscaster, Various	Frank Welker voiced Nibbler, Various
Phil LaMarr voiced Hermes Conrad, Lionel Preacherbot, Various	Maurice LaMarche voiced Kif Kroker, Morbo, Walt, Raoul, Various
David Herman voiced Mayor Poopenmayer, Professor Ogden Wernstrum, Scruffy, Turanga Morris, Larry, Dwayne, Various

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Episode Notes

Opening theme promotion: A by-product of the TV industry

Opening theme cartoon: Unknown

LOOK HARD: In Fry's funeral, there are all the women he slept with during the series: An Amazonian, his old frozen girlfriend Michelle, Morgan the bureaucrat, that radiator lady from the radiator planet and the woman he met at the "Hip Joint" in "Love's Labors Lost In Space". Other people that were at Fry's funeral were Guenter from "Mars University," the liquid people from "My Three Suns," and one of the cryogenics workers from "Space Pilot 3000". And if you notice very carefully near Fry's coffin, you'll see Fry's fossilized dog, Seymour.

LOOK HARD: The items in Leela's "Memories of Fry" box are:

- A spoon with him as emperor ("My Three Suns")
- A can of Slurm
- Fry's first moustache ("The Cryogenic Woman")
- "You Leave me Breathless" candy heart ("Love and Rocket")
- Magnet Souvenier from the Moon ("Episode Two: The Series has Landed")
- Flower ("The Why of Fry")
- Oil Can ("Insane in the Mainframe?")
- Photo of Fry (which identical to the one she had taped to her punching bag in "My Three Suns", except that Fry is facing the opposite way)

Music

Artist	Song Title	Played When
Bobby McFerrin	Don't Worry, Be(e) Happy

Episode Quotes

Leela: Fry! You're alive!
Fry: Leela! You're awake!
Leela: Of course I'm awake. You wouldn't stop waking me. Where am I?
Fry: In a hospital. The ambulance brought you here shortly after the bee stung you.
Leela: But the bee stung you. It barely touched me.
Fry: Stinger went right through me and you got all the poison. My new spleen came from a guy who liked to motorcycle.

Cultural References

The Sting

The title of this episode is an allusion to the 1973 movie The Sting.

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