History Recap / FuturamaS1E9HellIsOtherRobots

* HypocriticalHumor: Upon "jacking on" for the first time, Fender warns Bender to not get hooked on electricity. Bender says that he doesn't have an addictive personality, but after smoking and drinking some alcohol, he goes back to "jacking on".

* TakeThat:
** Atlantic City, where the crew trick Bender into going to so as to get him sinning again, is depicted as a terrible place.
** Fry isn't surprised to find out that there is a Hell and that it's in UsefulNotes/NewJersey.

** The title is a reference to the Jean-Paul Satre play ''Huis Clos'' (''No Exit''), which contains the line "Hell is other people".

* EasyRoadToHell: The religion Bender joins will tolerate absolutely no sin. Do it once, and it's off to Robot Hell.
** It might have more to do with Bender outright tearing off their symbol and hocking it into the trash, as it start sending out the signal to send him to hell, after that, but not when he actually sinned.

* ShoutOut: The title is a reference to the Jean-Paul Satre play ''Huis Clos'' (''No Exit''), which contains the line "Hell is other people".

** Atlantic City, where the crew trick Bender into going to so as to get him sinning again.
** Fry is surprised to find out that there is a Hell and that it's in UsefulNotes/NewJersey, only to stop himself and comment that the location isn't surprising at all.

* ToxicFriendInfluence: Fry and Leela. Bender turns his life around from an addicting habit that nearly got his friend killed and even stopped his other bad habits such as stealing and slacking off at work. The only problems caused by his new ways are that he becomes [[NoSenseOfPersonalSpace over-friendly]] at times. For this, Bender becomes an object of scorn for his co-workers including Fry and Leela that try to pressure him into leaving his religion. Even when he pleads with them to leave him alone and states he's found inner peace they merely scoff and ridicule him further.

* ToxicFriendInfluence: Fry and Leela. Bender turns his life around from an addicting habit that nearly got his friend killed and even stopped his other bad habits such as stealing and slacking off at work. The only problems caused by his new ways are that he becomes [[NoSenseOfPersonalSpace over-friendly]] at times. For this, Bender becomes an object of scorn for his co-workers including Fry and Leela that try to pressure him into leaving his religion. Even when he pleads with them to leave him alone and states he's found inner peace they merely scoff and ridicule him further. The latter trope could be said to be subverted they try to rescue him and admit they were the ones who pressured him.

* ToxicFriendInfluence: Fry and Leela. Bender turns his life around from an addicting habit that nearly got his friend killed and even stopped his other bad habits such as stealing and slacking off at work. The only problems caused by his new ways are that he becomes [[NoSenseOfPersonalSpace over-friendly]] at times, the church where he has his baptism is uncomfortable and he gets them to join in long prayers (though the former has nothing to do with Bender and they could but don't politely decline the latter). For this, Bender becomes an object of scorn for his co-workers including Fry and Leela. They all confront him and try to pressure him into leaving his religion. Even when he pleads with them to leave him alone and states he's found inner peace they merely scoff and ridicule him further. The latter trope could be said to be subverted they try to rescue him and admit they were the ones who pressured him.

* WeWantOurJerkBack: The crew, with Bender once he finds religion.

After a Music/BeastieBoys concert, an old friend of Bender's introduces him to [[FantasticDrug "jacking on" with electricity]]. Bender quickly becomes addicted, but his secret is exposed after he is welded to the Planet Express ship during a delivery through a lightning storm in space. With nowhere else to turn, Bender finds religion, which turns his life around [[WeWantOurJerkBack a little too much]], prompting Fry and Leela to lead him back to his sinful ways. It doesn't take long, but Bender soon discovers that his new religion has an EasyRoadToHell after he is kidnapped by the Robot Devil.

* FireAndBrimstoneHell: With robots.

* TakeThat: This episode lampoons drug addiction and organized religious conversion.
** And Atlantic City, where the crew trick Bender into going to so as to get him sinning again.
** And New Jersey.

-->'''Beastie Boys:''' (''singing'') Hey, Bender, gonna make some noise with your hard drive scratched by the Beastie Boys! (''Mikey-D scratches Bender's hard drive'') That's whatcha, whatcha, whatcha get on Level Five!

* GeniusBonus: If one has any knowledge of electronic schematics, one would notice that the symbol of Robotology is a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resistor resistor]].

** It might have more to do with Bender outright tearing off their symbol and hocking it into the trash, as it start sending out the signal to send him to hell, after that, but not when he actually sind.

-->'''Robot Devil:''' (''singing'') Selling bootleg tapes is wrong, musicians need their income to survive!
-->'''Beastie Boys:''' (''singing'') Hey, Bender's gonna make some noise, with the hard drive scratched by the Beastie Boys! (''Mikey-D scratches hard drive'') That's whatcha, whatcha, whatcha get on Level Five!

* PreAssKickingOneLiner: From Leela; "Time for the drum solo."

* {{Your Mom}}: Bender after insulting the Preacherbot.

After a Music/BeastieBoys concert, an old friend of Bender's introduces him to [[FantasticDrug "jacking on" with electricity]]. Bender quickly becomes addicted, but his secret is exposed after he is melded to the Planet Express ship during a delivery through a lightning storm in space. With nowhere else to turn, Bender seeks religion, which turns his life around [[WeWantOurJerkBack a little too much]], prompting Fry and Leela to lead him back to his sinful ways. It doesn't take long, but Bender soon discovers that his new religion has an EasyRoadToHell after he is kidnapped by the Robot Devil.

-->'''Robot Devil:''' (''singing'') Cigars are evil, you won't miss them. We'll find ways to simulate that smell. What a sorry fella, rolled up and smoked like a Panatella, here on Level One of Robot Hell!

* IronicHell: During the "Robot Hell" song, Bender experiences different ironic punishments for the various sins he'd committed.

After a Beastie Boys concert, an old friend of Bender's introduces him to [[FantasticDrug "jacking on" with electricity]]. Bender quickly becomes addicted, but his secret is exposed after he is melded to the Planet Express ship during a delivery through a lightning storm in space. With nowhere else to turn, Bender seeks religion, which turns his life around [[WeWantOurJerkBack a little too much]], prompting Fry and Leela to lead him back to his sinful ways. It doesn't take long, but Bender soon discovers that his new religion has an EasyRoadToHell after he is kidnapped by the Robot Devil.

* IronicHell: Happens to Bender during the "Robot Hell" song.

* FantasticDrug: Electricity.

* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: There's actually a literal example seen at one point.

* WeWantOurJerkBack

After a Beastie Boys concert, an old friend of Bender's introduces him to [[FantasticDrug "jacking on" with electricity]]. Bender quickly becomes addicted, but his secret is exposed after he is melded to the Planet Express ship during a delivery through a lightning storm in space. With nowhere else to turn, Bender seeks religion, which turns his life around [[WeWantOurJerkBack a little too much]], prompting Fry and Leela to lead him back to his sinful ways. It doesn't take long, but Bender soon discovers that his new religion has an [[EasyRoadToHell easy road to hell]] after he is kidnapped by the Robot Devil.

* HollywoodDensity: A [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] gets hung on this when Fry and Leela are going to have a fiddle contest with the Robot Devil where the prizes are Bender's soul and a solid gold fiddle. When Fry (of all people) asks "Wouldn't a solid gold fiddle weigh hundreds of pounds and sound crummy?" the Robot Devil admits that it's mostly for show, then (being a robot) takes it and plays a complicated piece on it.

-->'''Leela:''' Who would've thought hell would actually exist... and that it would be in New Jersey.
-->'''Fry:''' [[TakeThat Actually]]...

After a Beastie Boys concert, an old friend of Bender's introduces him to [[FantasticDrug "jacking on" with electricity]]. Bender quickly becomes addicted, but his secret is exposed after becoming melded to the Planet Express ship during a delivery through a lightning storm in space. With nowhere else to turn, Bender seeks religion, which turns his life around [[WeWantOurJerkBack a little too much]], prompting Fry and Leela to lead him back to his sinful ways. It doesn't take long, but Bender soon discovers that his new religion has an [[EasyRoadToHell easy road to hell]] after he is kidnapped by the Robot Devil.

-->'''Fry:''' Actually...