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* TechnologyMarchesOn: The crew were unable to find a VHS of a show called ''Single Female Lawyer'' (due to most VHS's being damaged during the second coming of Jesus, which contradicts the earlier episode "[[Recap/FuturamaS1E6AFishfulOfDollars A Fishful of Dollars]]" where Fry was shown watching old VHS tapes of ''Sanford and Son'' in his new apartment). No more than a year after the episode aired, VHS's were pretty much overshadowed by the superior DVD format, and a decade after that, Blu-Ray, streaming, and downloading television shows (legally or otherwise) pretty much made DVD as outdated as VHS (though [=DVD=]s are still around, just not as popular as they once were).

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* TechnologyMarchesOn: The crew were unable to find a VHS of a show called ''Single Female Lawyer'' (due to most VHS's VHS tapes being damaged destroyed during the second coming of Jesus, which contradicts the earlier episode "[[Recap/FuturamaS1E6AFishfulOfDollars A Fishful of Dollars]]" where Fry was shown watching old VHS tapes of ''Sanford and Son'' in his new apartment). No Oddly, no mention is made of the fact that VHS (like all magnetic tape technology) tends to degrade over time and would not have survived for ten ''decades'', let alone ten centuries. In addition, no more than a year after the episode aired, VHS's were pretty much overshadowed by the superior DVD format, and a decade after that, Blu-Ray, streaming, and downloading television shows (legally or otherwise) pretty much made DVD as outdated as VHS (though [=DVD=]s are still around, just not as popular as they once were).
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The episode is built around a parody of ''Series/AllyMcBeal'', which was topical at the time, but the show quickly fell out of public consciousness after going off the air.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: The crew were unable to find a VHS of a show called ''Single Female Lawyer'' (due to most VHS's being damaged during the second coming of Jesus, which contradicts the earlier episode "A Fishful of Dollars" where Fry was shown watching old VHS tapes of ''Sanford and Son'' in his new apartment). No more than a year after the episode aired, VHS's were pretty much overshadowed by the superior DVD format, and a decade after that, Blu-Ray, streaming, and downloading television shows (legally or otherwise) pretty much made DVD as outdated as VHS (though [=DVD=]s are still around, just not as popular as they once were).

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* TechnologyMarchesOn: The crew were unable to find a VHS of a show called ''Single Female Lawyer'' (due to most VHS's being damaged during the second coming of Jesus, which contradicts the earlier episode "A "[[Recap/FuturamaS1E6AFishfulOfDollars A Fishful of Dollars" Dollars]]" where Fry was shown watching old VHS tapes of ''Sanford and Son'' in his new apartment). No more than a year after the episode aired, VHS's were pretty much overshadowed by the superior DVD format, and a decade after that, Blu-Ray, streaming, and downloading television shows (legally or otherwise) pretty much made DVD as outdated as VHS (though [=DVD=]s are still around, just not as popular as they once were).

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* ShownTheirWork: Not only is the Omicron Persei system real, it really is approximately [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omicron_Persei 1000 light years]] from Earth.



* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The episode is built around a parody of ''Series/AllyMcBeal'', which was topical at the time, but the show quickly fell out of public consciousness after going off the air.

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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The episode is built around a parody of ''Series/AllyMcBeal'', which was topical at the time, but the show quickly fell out of public consciousness after going off the air.air.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: The crew were unable to find a VHS of a show called ''Single Female Lawyer'' (due to most VHS's being damaged during the second coming of Jesus, which contradicts the earlier episode "A Fishful of Dollars" where Fry was shown watching old VHS tapes of ''Sanford and Son'' in his new apartment). No more than a year after the episode aired, VHS's were pretty much overshadowed by the superior DVD format, and a decade after that, Blu-Ray, streaming, and downloading television shows (legally or otherwise) pretty much made DVD as outdated as VHS (though DVDs are still around, just not as popular as they once were).

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* TechnologyMarchesOn: The crew were unable to find a VHS of a show called ''Single Female Lawyer'' (due to most VHS's being damaged during the second coming of Jesus, which contradicts the earlier episode "A Fishful of Dollars" where Fry was shown watching old VHS tapes of ''Sanford and Son'' in his new apartment). No more than a year after the episode aired, VHS's were pretty much overshadowed by the superior DVD format, and a decade after that, Blu-Ray, streaming, and downloading television shows (legally or otherwise) pretty much made DVD as outdated as VHS (though DVDs [=DVD=]s are still around, just not as popular as they once were).
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: The crew were unable to find a VHS of a show called ''Single Female Lawyer'' (due to most VHS's being damaged during the second coming of Jesus, which contradicts the earlier episode "A Fishful of Dollars" where Fry was shown watching old VHS tapes in his new apartment). No more than a year after the episode aired, VHS's were pretty much overshadowed by the superior DVD format, and a decade after that, most TV shows can be easily found online in one format or another (legally or otherwise).

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* TechnologyMarchesOn: The crew were unable to find a VHS of a show called ''Single Female Lawyer'' (due to most VHS's being damaged during the second coming of Jesus, which contradicts the earlier episode "A Fishful of Dollars" where Fry was shown watching old VHS tapes of ''Sanford and Son'' in his new apartment). No more than a year after the episode aired, VHS's were pretty much overshadowed by the superior DVD format, and a decade after that, most TV Blu-Ray, streaming, and downloading television shows can be easily found online in one format or another (legally or otherwise).otherwise) pretty much made DVD as outdated as VHS (though DVDs are still around, just not as popular as they once were).
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* ShownTheirWork: Not only is the Omicron Peresei system real, it really is approximately [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omicron_Persei 1000 light years]] from Earth.

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* ShownTheirWork: Not only is the Omicron Peresei Persei system real, it really is approximately [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omicron_Persei 1000 light years]] from Earth.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: The crew were unable to find a VHS of a show called ''Single Female Lawyer'' (due to most VHS's being damaged during the second coming of Jesus). No more than a year after the episode aired, VHS's were pretty much overshadowed by the superior DVD format, and a decade after that, most TV shows can be easily found online in one format or another (legally or otherwise).

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* TechnologyMarchesOn: The crew were unable to find a VHS of a show called ''Single Female Lawyer'' (due to most VHS's being damaged during the second coming of Jesus).Jesus, which contradicts the earlier episode "A Fishful of Dollars" where Fry was shown watching old VHS tapes in his new apartment). No more than a year after the episode aired, VHS's were pretty much overshadowed by the superior DVD format, and a decade after that, most TV shows can be easily found online in one format or another (legally or otherwise).
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* ShownTheirWork: Not only is the Omicron Peresei system real, really is approximately [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omicron_Persei 1000 light years]] from Earth.

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* ShownTheirWork: Not only is the Omicron Peresei system real, it really is approximately [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omicron_Persei 1000 light years]] from Earth.
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* ShownTheirWork: Not only is the Omicron Peresei system real, really is approximately [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omicron_Persei 1000 light years]] from Earth.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: The crew were unable to find a VHS of a show called 'Single Female Lawyer' (due to most VHS's being damaged during the second coming of Jesus). No more than a year after the episode aired, VHS's were pretty much overshadowed by the superior DVD format, and a decade after that, most TV shows can be easily found online in one format or another (legally or otherwise).

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* TechnologyMarchesOn: The crew were unable to find a VHS of a show called 'Single ''Single Female Lawyer' Lawyer'' (due to most VHS's being damaged during the second coming of Jesus). No more than a year after the episode aired, VHS's were pretty much overshadowed by the superior DVD format, and a decade after that, most TV shows can be easily found online in one format or another (legally or otherwise).
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: The crew were unable to find a VHS of a show called 'Single Female Lawyer' (due to most VHS's being damaged during the second coming of Jesus). No more than a year after the episode aired, VHS's were pretty much overshadowed by the superior DVD format, and a decade after that, most TV shows can be easily found online in one format or another (legally or otherwise).
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* {{Defictionalization}}: The spray-on bikini top is at least being tested out first to see if it's physically possible.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The episode is built around a parody of ''Series/AllyMcBeal'', which was topical at the time, but the show quickly fell out of public consciousness after going off the air.

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