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* {{Homage}}: Zapp and Kif are thrown out of the military and have to live like hobos on the streets. Zapp dresses up in cowboy leather clothing and hustles on a street corner, to the tune of "Everybody's Talkin' At Me". The entire montage is a straight homage to ''Film/MidnightCowboy''.

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* {{Homage}}: Zapp and Kif are thrown out of the military and have to live like hobos on the streets. Zapp dresses up in cowboy leather clothing and hustles on a street corner, to the tune of "Everybody's Talkin' At at Me". The entire montage is a straight homage to ''Film/MidnightCowboy''.



* NeverMyFault: Whilst on trial for destroying the DOOP headquarters, Zapp first declares immediately that he's not guilty, then gives a passionate speech about how they can strip him of his rank and medals but they can't take his dignity, before turning around and declaring "Plus it was mostly Kif's fault". And despite just being court martialed himself, [[GuiltByAssociationGag the court actually listens and court-martials Kif as well]].

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* NeverMyFault: Whilst on trial for destroying the DOOP headquarters, Zapp first declares immediately that he's not guilty, then gives a passionate speech about how they can strip him of his rank and medals medals, but they can't take his dignity, before turning around and declaring "Plus it was mostly Kif's fault". And despite just being court martialed himself, [[GuiltByAssociationGag the court actually listens and court-martials Kif as well]].



* RibbonCuttingCeremony: Zapp was supposed to cut the ribbon for the new HQ with the oversized novelty scissors the crew was delivering, but elected to use his ship's death ray instead. It cuts the ribbon successfully... as well as the entire space-station.

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* RibbonCuttingCeremony: Zapp was supposed to cut the ribbon for the new HQ with the oversized novelty scissors the crew was delivering, delivering but elected to use his ship's death ray instead. It cuts the ribbon successfully... as well as the entire space-station.



* TakeThat: Doop's old headquarters are situated in New Jersey, with the building being dilapidated and run down.

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* TakeThat: Doop's DOOP's old headquarters are situated in New Jersey, with the building being dilapidated and run down.
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* ArtisticLicensePhysics: PlayedForLaughs. Despite the fact that Stumbos 4 has a strong enough gravitational force to convert regular pillows to 150 pounds each (or 70kg), working on the planet is depicted as a strenuous inconvenience for the Earthlings, rather than a quickly fatal enterprise. At the very least, the Professor lampshades that they should ''reasonably'' by crushed under the weight of their own hair, and a cut scene shows a [[{{Heavyworlder}} man who’s short, stout and strong enough]] to lift the pillows like they’re nothing.
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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In his first appearance, the Hyper-Chicken is depicted as a complete idiot who only asks inadmissible and/or irrelevant questions, and nearly gets the very open-and-shut case against Zapp thrown out via his incompetence. In future episodes, while he's still far from the best lawyer around, he's nowhere near as outright incompetent as depicted here.

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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In his first appearance, the Hyper-Chicken is depicted as a complete idiot who only asks inadmissible and/or irrelevant questions, and nearly gets the very open-and-shut case OpenAndShutCase against Zapp thrown out via his incompetence. In future episodes, while he's still far from the best lawyer around, he's nowhere near as outright incompetent as depicted here.

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* TheOldestProfession: What Zapp and Kiff are forced to turn to after losing their jobs.



* TheOldestProfession: What Zapp and Kiff are forced to turn to after losing their jobs.

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* IHaveThisFriend: Said after Zapp asks:
-->'''Zapp:''' Let me ask you a serious question, Leela: Does the company that made your bra make a girdle as well?



* IHaveThisFriend: Said after Zapp asks:
-->'''Zapp:''' Let me ask you a serious question, Leela: Does the company that made your bra make a girdle as well?

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* KangarooCourt:
** Zapp's could likely have made a case for a biased jury, seeing as all of them had been injured when he destroyed the space station. (It takes them less than a minute of deliberation to deliver a guilty verdict. Of course, he obviously is guilty.)
** Exaggerated in Kif's case, as all it took was for the recently court-martialed Zapp to blame him for Kif to become court-martialed as well, no trial needed.

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* KangarooCourt:
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KangarooCourt: Zapp's could likely have made a case for a biased jury, seeing as all of them had been injured when he destroyed the space station. (It takes them less than a minute of deliberation to deliver a guilty verdict. Of course, he obviously is guilty.)
** Exaggerated in Kif's case, as all it took was for the recently court-martialed Zapp to blame him for Kif to become court-martialed as well, no trial needed.
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* SentencedWithoutTrial: All it took for Kif to get court-martialed as well was for the recently court-martialed Zapp to blame him for destroying DOOP, no trial needed.

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* BuffySpeak: When Fry sends his knight against Bender’s bishop in their holographic “chess” game:

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* BuffySpeak: When Fry sends his knight against Bender’s Bender's bishop in their holographic “chess” "chess" game:



* CallBack: One of the pieces in Bender and Fry’s holographic table game is Murg, the Trisolian high priest from “[[Recap/FuturamaS1E7MyThreeSuns My Three Suns]]”. Chancellor Gorgak from the same episode later shows up at the new DOOP headquarters, together with one of the [[Recap/FuturamaS1E5FearOfABotPlanet Robot Elders]] and one of the [[Recap/FuturamaS1E13FryAndTheSlurmFactory mini-Glurmos]].

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* CallBack: One of the pieces in Bender and Fry’s Fry's holographic table game is Murg, the Trisolian high priest from “[[Recap/FuturamaS1E7MyThreeSuns "[[Recap/FuturamaS1E7MyThreeSuns My Three Suns]]”.Suns]]". Chancellor Gorgak from the same episode later shows up at the new DOOP headquarters, together with one of the [[Recap/FuturamaS1E5FearOfABotPlanet Robot Elders]] and one of the [[Recap/FuturamaS1E13FryAndTheSlurmFactory mini-Glurmos]].



** Hermes referring to ''Star Trek'' openly, in a way that suggests nobody knows about it.

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** Hermes referring to ''Star Trek'' ''Franchise/StarTrek'' openly, in a way that suggests nobody knows about it.



-->'''Zapp Brannigan''': Kif, it's time to begin our life as civilians. ''That's an order, soldier!''

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-->'''Zapp Brannigan''': Brannigan:''' Kif, it's time to begin our life as civilians. ''That's an order, soldier!''



-->'''Brannigan:''' Throw her in the brig.
-->'''Fry:''' We don't have a brig.
-->'''Brannigan:''' Then throw her in the laundry room, which will hereafter be referred to as "the brig".

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-->'''Brannigan:''' Throw her in the brig.
-->'''Fry:'''
brig.\\
'''Fry:'''
We don't have a brig.
-->'''Brannigan:'''
brig.\\
'''Brannigan:'''
Then throw her in the laundry room, which will hereafter be referred to as "the brig".



* TheMutiny: Zapp convinces Fry and Bender to join one in order to remove Leela as captain of the Planet Express Ship and replace her with him. They later stage a counter-mutiny when Zapp’s insane plans threaten to get them all killed. The episode ends thusly:

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* TheMutiny: Zapp convinces Fry and Bender to join one in order to remove Leela as captain of the Planet Express Ship and replace her with him. They later stage a counter-mutiny when Zapp’s Zapp's insane plans threaten to get them all killed. The episode ends thusly:



* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Zapp has Fry and Bender mutiny on Leela so that he can be captain--and his first order is to crash the whole ship, crew and all ([[DirtyCoward except for him and Kif, escaping in the only spacesuits]]) into the Neutral planet!

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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Zapp has Fry and Bender mutiny on Leela so that he can be captain--and his first order is to crash the whole ship, crew and all ([[DirtyCoward except for him and Kif, escaping in the only spacesuits]]) into the Neutral planet!planet!
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* KangarooCourt: Zapp's could likely have made a case for a biased jury, seeing as all of them had been injured when he destroyed the space station. (It takes them less than a minute of deliberation to deliver a guilty verdict. Of course, he obviously is guilty.)

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* KangarooCourt: KangarooCourt:
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Zapp's could likely have made a case for a biased jury, seeing as all of them had been injured when he destroyed the space station. (It takes them less than a minute of deliberation to deliver a guilty verdict. Of course, he obviously is guilty.))
** Exaggerated in Kif's case, as all it took was for the recently court-martialed Zapp to blame him for Kif to become court-martialed as well, no trial needed.
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I mean, referring himself as the lovable rascal could still fit with how his personality later became define


** Bender referring to himself as "The Lovable Rascal" seems very humble in comparison to his SmallNameBigEgo traits that would arise later on in the series.
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* NeverMyFault: Whilst on trial for destroying the DOOP headquarters, Zapp first declares immediately that he's not guilty, then gives a passionate speech about how they can strip him of his rank and medals but they can't take his dignity, before turning around and declaring "Plus it was mostly Kif's fault". And despite just being court martialed himself, GuiltyByAssociationGag the court actually listens and court-martials Kif as well.

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* NeverMyFault: Whilst on trial for destroying the DOOP headquarters, Zapp first declares immediately that he's not guilty, then gives a passionate speech about how they can strip him of his rank and medals but they can't take his dignity, before turning around and declaring "Plus it was mostly Kif's fault". And despite just being court martialed himself, GuiltyByAssociationGag [[GuiltByAssociationGag the court actually listens and court-martials Kif as well.well]].
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* NeverMyFault: Whilst on trial for destroying the DOOP headquarters, Zapp first declares immediately that he's not guilty, then gives a passionate speech about how they can strip him of his rank and medals but they can't take his dignity, before turning around and declaring "Plus it was mostly Kif's fault."

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* NeverMyFault: Whilst on trial for destroying the DOOP headquarters, Zapp first declares immediately that he's not guilty, then gives a passionate speech about how they can strip him of his rank and medals but they can't take his dignity, before turning around and declaring "Plus it was mostly Kif's fault."fault". And despite just being court martialed himself, GuiltyByAssociationGag the court actually listens and court-martials Kif as well.
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* AbsenteeActor: Zoidberg and Amy do not appear in this episode.
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* NotablyQuickDeliberation: The jury in Zapp's trial walk into another room to deliberate, then immediately walk back into the courtroom again.
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'''''[[CouchGag [=>> NOT Y3K COMPLIANT <<=]]]'''''
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* ImprovisedImprisonment: Fry, Bender, and Brannigan mutiny against Leela and lock her in the ship's laundry room.
-->'''Brannigan:''' Throw her in the brig.
-->'''Fry:''' We don't have a brig.
-->'''Brannigan:''' Then throw her in the laundry room, which will hereafter be referred to as "the brig".
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* FunnyBackgroundMoment: The minute Kif steps out onto the heavy gravity world, his head immediately hits the ground and squishes.

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* FunnyBackgroundMoment: FunnyBackgroundEvent: The minute Kif steps out onto the heavy gravity world, his head immediately hits the ground and squishes.
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* FunnyBackgroundMoment: The minute Kif steps out onto the heavy gravity world, his head immediately hits the ground and squishes.

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* IHaveThisFriend: Said after Zapp asks:
-->'''Zapp:''' Let me ask you a serious question, Leela: Does the company that made your bra make a girdle as well?



* TheMutiny: Zapp convinces Fry and Bender to join one in order to remove Leela as captain of the Planet Express Ship and replace her with him. They later stage a counter-mutiny when Zapp’s insane plans threaten to get them all killed. The episode ends with Professor Farnsworth chewing out the Planet Express crew, and Leela muttering, "Let's mutiny!"

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* TheMutiny: Zapp convinces Fry and Bender to join one in order to remove Leela as captain of the Planet Express Ship and replace her with him. They later stage a counter-mutiny when Zapp’s insane plans threaten to get them all killed. The episode ends with Professor Farnsworth chewing out thusly:
-->'''Fry:''' Leela, I just want you to know that even though you're mean, you're
the Planet Express crew, and Leela muttering, "Let's mutiny!"best captain ever.\\
'''Bender:''' Yeah, you're one dynamite lady. Can we have a week off?\\
'''Leela:''' No.\\
'''Fry:''' Please?\\
'''Bender:''' Come on, Captain.\\
'''Leela:''' Oh, alright.\\
'''Farnsworth:''' ''(overhearing)'' No time off!\\
'''Fry:''' Aw, man!\\
'''Leela:''' Let's mutiny!
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* TheMutiny: Zapp convinces Fry and Bender to join one in order to remove Leela as captain of the Planet Express Ship and replace her with him. They later stage a counter-mutiny when Zapp’s insane plans threaten to get them all killed.

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* TheMutiny: Zapp convinces Fry and Bender to join one in order to remove Leela as captain of the Planet Express Ship and replace her with him. They later stage a counter-mutiny when Zapp’s insane plans threaten to get them all killed. The episode ends with Professor Farnsworth chewing out the Planet Express crew, and Leela muttering, "Let's mutiny!"
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** Zapp and Kif stroll around dressed as Joe Buck and Ratso from ''Film/MidnightCowboy'' -- with Ratso (Kif) being the prostitute.

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** [[Film/MidnightCowboy Zapp and Kif stroll around to the song "Everybody's Talkin'" dressed as Joe Buck and Ratso from ''Film/MidnightCowboy'' Rizzo]] -- with Ratso (Kif) being the prostitute.

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