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"Amazon Women in the Mood" is the first episode in season three of Futurama. It originally aired in North America on February 4, 2001.
[edit] PlotAmy has been receiving phone calls for a year, where the caller stammers and then hangs up. The calls are from Kif Kroker, who is in love with Amy but finds himself too nervous to speak to her. He talks to Zapp, who realizes that Amy and Leela know each other, and therefore decides to ask the two of them to go on a double date with him and Kif. Leela agrees as a favor to Amy, and they go to a restaurant on board a space liner. Kif brings flowers and candy for Amy, but Zapp takes them to impress Leela. Kif then uses characteristically boorish pick-up lines that Zapp had written for him to seduce Amy, but she is only offended by what he says. To prevent her and Leela from leaving, Kif sings karaoke. Amy is touched by this, but Zapp quickly pushes Kif off the stage and sings to Leela. This causes the passengers and crew of the ship to flee the restaurant in terror. Zapp attempts to steer the ship, but fails, and they crash into the planet Amazonia, where they are captured by the Amazonians, a race of tall, muscular, tribal women. After hearing about the crash, Fry and Bender take off in the Planet Express Ship to rescue them, but are only captured themselves. They are taken to the Amazonians' leader, observing Amazonian society along the way. The men ridicule the women's values, which makes Leela and Amy appreciate how good life would be without men. When the Amazonians ask what the purpose of men is, Amy explains, and the Amazonians realize that what she is describing is "snu-snu," something they have heard of but never experienced. The leader of the Amazonians is the Femputer, a wall-sized computer. The men are sentenced by the Femputer to death by snu-snu. Bender is released, as he is not technically a man and therefore cannot be punished by snu-snu. Fry, Zapp, and Kif are taken to the snu-snu chambers, where they are snu-snued by Amazonians. Before being taken away Kif tells Amy that he was the one who kept calling her and hanging up, that the offensive pick-up lines were not his own words, and that he loves her. Amy resolves to save him. Leela and Amy convince Bender to reprogram the Femputer, and after sneaking into the Femputer's chamber, Bender discovers that the Femputer is actually a computer operated by a fembot, who created the Amazonian society because her home planet was extremely chauvinistic. Meanwhile Amy sneaks into Kif's snu-snu chamber, grabs him and flees with him in her arms. The Amazonians chase after them, cornering them in the Femputer's chamber. By this time, however, Bender and the fembot are becoming romantic. They tell the Amazonians to release their captives and bring gold. The crew return to Earth where Fry and Zapp receive treatment for their strained pelvises. Bender has a pile of gold bricks, and Kif and Amy are a couple. They all agree that this was their best mission ever. [edit] ThemesThe episode features what Sci Fi Weekly refers to as the "stereotypical women's fantasy": a world without men, a theme featured often in science fiction. The cliché, much like the opposite male fantasy of having all women enslaved, represents the desire "not to be marginalized in one's own society".[2] [edit] Broadcast and receptionThis episode was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2001 for "Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour)"[3][4] but lost to The Simpsons episode "HOMR". In 2006 it was named by IGN as the best episode of Futurama, praising it because it is both "crude and hilarious".[5] The episode was also noted as the "most hilarious" episode in Futurama's third season by Curve[6] and in the book 5000 Episodes and No Commercials: The Ultimate Guide to TV Shows on DVD.[7] In its initial airing, the episode placed 79th in the Nielsen ratings for primetime shows for the week of January 9 - February 4, 2001.[8] [edit] References
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