History Recap / FuturamaS8E1TheImpossibleStream

* {{Retcon}}: At the end of "Meanwhile", Farnsworth configured the button to turn time back before the instant he conceived of it (in other words, a short time before the episode proper). In the opening narration of this episode, he instead says he configured it to turn back time the second time was frozen.

** When Farnsworth asks to see the Atomic clock, he asks Hermes to move the large, complicated-looking coffee machine out of the way, which reveals a more traditional paper calendar with robotic elements.

* FourFingeredHands: Averted when a five-fingered hand appears in the opening of ''The Black Mirror''.
* FreezeFrameBonus:

-->'''Farnsworth:''' They'll bring back any old crap!

-->'''Bender:''' Any idiot can be a TV writer!
-->'''Calculon:''' Many are.

* LampshadeHanging: Nestled within all the punny "Futurama-ized" parody TV programs--right between "[[Series/TwoAndAHalfMen Two and a Third Mutants]] and Quantum Nonlocal News--is one just called "Series/{{Fargo}} But In Space".

* SpoofAesop: The episode ends with Fry at a presidential summit giving a lesson on binge-watching, but concluding that [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall any good TV show should be canceled three or four times before coming back, and nobody should watch more or less than ten episodes in one sitting.]] He then [[RuleOfFunny randomly leaves]] the hearing.

* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: Calculon has died since the show was last cancelled, luckily they rescue him from Robot Hell.

* SelfDeprecation: Many of the jokes in the episode are meta-humor about how series that get rebooted after a long period, especially rebooted to a streaming service, often end up being of significantly lower quality than the original.

* EvolvingCredits: On top of the new LogoJoke of the show being briefly called "Hulurama", some slight alterations are added to the opening sequence, including the Nimbus flying across the background, Bender [[Recap/FuturamaS1E2TheSeriesHasLanded visibly dangling from a giant magnet out of the Planet Express ship]], and Mom's Friendly Robot Company making an appearance.

* FakeOutFadeOut: Near the end of the episode, Bender brags that, despite his writing faults, he at least filled the allotted airtime, "''to, the, second --'' fade to black." Then the credits start to roll... before cutting to a special news report seguing into a presidential summit on streaming.

* RebootSnark: The episode is full of meta jokes referencing how often Futurama has been cancelled and revived, using ''All My Circuits'' as a stand-in as Leela and Bender revive it (and its dead star Calculon) for the streaming service Fulu, which will apparently revive anything. Fry concludes at the end of the episode that any TV show that truly cares about its viewers ''must'' be revived at least three times.

->'''Amy:''' D-did someone switch the universe off and on?\\
'''Hermes:''' It feels like we got rebooted!

** Slurms [=MacKenzie=] appears in a dilapidated state in a ParodyCommercial despite being killed off in "[[Recap/FuturamaS1E13FryAndTheSlurmFactory Fry And The Slurm Factory]]." Although given his dilapidated state, it's possibly a [[Retcon]] that he was NotQuiteDead.

** Slurms [=MacKenzie=] appears in a dilapidated state in a ParodyCommercial despite being killed off in "[[Recap/FuturamaS1E13FryAndTheSlurmFactory Fry And The Slurm Factory]]." Although given his dilapidated state, it's possibly a Retcon that he was NotQuiteDead.

** Slurms [=MacKenzie=] appears in a dilapidated state in a ParodyCommercial despite being killed off in "[[Recap/FuturamaS1E13FryAndTheSlurmFactory Fry And The Slurm Factory]]."

* SpoofAesop: The episode ends with Fry at a presidential hearing giving a lesson on binge-watching, but concluding that [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall any good TV show should be canceled three or four times before coming back, and nobody should watch more or less than ten episodes in one sitting.]] He then [[RuleOfFunny randomly leaves]] the hearing.

** Fry sets his Fulu passcode to be 1077, which was also his PIN number originally revealed in "[[Recap/FuturamaS1E6AFishfulOfDollars A Fishful of Dollars]]".

* CreatorCameo: The writers passed out in the ''All My Circuits'' writing room are several writers from the current ''Futurama'' season, including Eric Horsted and Shirin Najafi as heads in jars and Ariel Ladensohn and Cody Ziglar in the flesh. The one who talks is even voiced by Patric M. Verrone.

** Zoidberg suggests that they revive ''All My Circuits'' with a fan-campaign involving letters and a viral hashtag, with Leela's response being that taking that route would be a recipe for failure.