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* ChildrenAreCruel: The orphans who bullied Leela, but especially Herman the blind kid. They are still {{Jerkass}}es as adults.

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* ChildrenAreCruel: The orphans who bullied Leela, but especially Herman Kurt the blind kid. They are still {{Jerkass}}es as adults.
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** Another orphan who bullied Leela was blind, arguing that at least he ''had'' two eyes even if they didn't work.


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** Even during the episode, it was noted that the operation only gave Leela the ''appearance'' of having two eyes; the second eye itself was purely cosmetic and she couldn't actually see with it.
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* KeepingTheHandicap: Leela eventually goes back to having one eye because she understands this is part of what makes her herself.
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* JerkassFacade: At the end we see that Bender is actually touched by the painting the children did for him.

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* JerkassFacade: JerkWithAHeartOfGold: At the end we see that Bender is actually touched by the painting the children did for him.
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--->'''Albert''': Can we have Bender Burgers again?
--->'''Bender''': No! The cat shelter's onto me!

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--->'''Albert''': -->'''Albert''': Can we have Bender Burgers again?
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'''Bender''':
No! The cat shelter's onto me!
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* FlowersOfRomance: Adlai orders a bouquet for Leela from a bouquet-vending tree. He wants "average", which is a simple bouquet of yellow flowers. The couple before them got something much more splendid.

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* BlackComedyAnimalCruelty: Bender's reaction to when he agrees to get the kids food.
--->'''Albert''': Can we have Bender Burgers again?
--->'''Bender''': No! The cat shelter's onto me!



* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** Combined with a bit of ParentalBonus, Leela and Adlai both look awkward and uncomfortable when Bender suggests they adopt Bethany (the black orphan).
** Bender's reaction to when he agrees to get the kids food.
--->'''Albert''': Can we have Bender Burgers again?
--->'''Bender''': No! [[BlackComedyAnimalCruelty The cat shelter's onto me]]!

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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Little Leela at the orphanage. The photograph of her standing alone says it all.


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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Little Leela at the orphanage. The photograph of her standing alone says it all.

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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Little Leela at the orphanage. The photograph of her standing alone says it all.



* ChildrenAreCruel: The orphans who bullied Leela, but especially Herman the blind kid. They are still {{Jerkass}}es as adults.



* DogPileOfDoom: The kids do a cute version on Fry at Benders home and also on Bender in the closing shot.
* DoorstopBaby: Subverted. Leela finds what looks like a baby in a basket in front of their home. It turns out to be an invitation to an orphan reunion.



* HonestJohnsDealership: The sign above Bender's home reads "Honest Bender's Stolen Car Parts Boutique".



** When Bender presents the orphans he adopted to Leela and Adlai for their own adoption, Leela reflects back on the humiliation of being presented like livestock during her orphan days. Then she dismisses one orphan for being too fat.



* {{Jerkass}}: The orphans who bullied Leela, but especially Herman the blind kid.

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* {{Jerkass}}: ** The female robot praises Bender for being a man of responsibility. He agrees and proposes to ditch the kids in an alley so the two of them can have some fun.
** When Bender presents the
orphans who bullied Leela, but especially Herman he adopted to Leela and Adlai for their own adoption, Leela reflects back on the blind kid.humiliation of being presented like livestock during her orphan days. Then she dismisses one orphan for being too fat.
* JerkassFacade: At the end we see that Bender is actually touched by the painting the children did for him.


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* LickedByTheDog: Bender's kids hugging him at the bar and later handing him a cute painting.


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* OrphanageOfFear: The orphanage looks like a prison from the outside, and Leela is reminiscent of the metal bars in the windows.


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* SpitTake: Bender when learning of the $100/week child adoption deal.
* StatusQuoIsGod: At the end of the episode Leela gets her one eye back.


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* TemptingFate: Leela announcing the most beautiful moment of her life is followed by her being covered in Zoidberg's ink.
* ThisPageWillSelfDestruct: The orphan basket self-destroys.
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* BigShutUp: Leela yells his to Fry when he shouts "Yay!" when Leela tells Adlai that she's happy being herself.

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* BigShutUp: Leela yells his this to Fry when he shouts "Yay!" when Leela tells Adlai that she's happy being herself.
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Leela meets another former orphan from the Orphanage, Adlai Atkins, who has become a plastic surgeon. He offers to give two eyes so she can appear normal, a chance Leela leaps on, to Fry's dismay. Meanwhile, Bender adopts ''all'' of the orphans to get the stipends from the government, but finds child-rearing to be a more costly venture than he figured.

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Leela meets another former orphan from the Orphanage, Adlai Atkins, who has become a plastic surgeon. He offers to give her two eyes so she can appear normal, a chance Leela leaps on, to Fry's dismay. Meanwhile, Bender adopts ''all'' of the orphans to get the stipends from the government, but finds child-rearing to be a more costly venture than he figured.



* AnAesop: Fitting in for shallow reasons is overrated, and people who are shallow and try to have you change your physical apperance don't care about you as much as you think.

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* AnAesop: Fitting in for shallow reasons is overrated, and people who are shallow and try to have you change your physical apperance appearance don't care about you as much as you think.



* BigShutUp: Leela yells his to Fry when he shouted "Yay!" when Leela tells off Adlai that she's happy being herself. Because he's been telling Leela to be herself all through the episode.

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* BigShutUp: Leela yells his to Fry when he shouted shouts "Yay!" when Leela tells off Adlai that she's happy being herself. Because he's been telling Leela to be herself all through the episode.herself.



** When trying to get rid of the children, Bender calls a restaurant to ask if they take children, and checks Albert's (the fat kid) weight. When the police come to arrest him, two of the charges are "selling children as food" and "misrepresenting the weight of livestock".

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** When trying to get rid of the children, Bender calls a restaurant to ask if they take children, and checks Albert's Albert (the fat kid) kid)'s weight. When the police come to arrest him, two of the charges are "selling children as food" and "misrepresenting the weight of livestock".



* DoAnythingRobot: Bender needs a calculator. He has one built in, but as he points out to Fry, he needs a ''good'' calculator. This is apparently a peeve of one of the Futurama writers.

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* DoAnythingRobot: Bender needs a calculator. He has one built in, but as he points out to Fry, he needs a ''good'' calculator. This is apparently a pet peeve of one of the Futurama writers.



-->'''Albert''': Can we have Bender Burgers again?
-->'''Bender''': No! [[BlackComedyAnimalCruelty The cat shelter's onto me]]!

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-->'''Albert''': --->'''Albert''': Can we have Bender Burgers again?
-->'''Bender''': --->'''Bender''': No! [[BlackComedyAnimalCruelty The cat shelter's onto me]]!



* KickTheDog: The NNYPD also arrest Fry and the kids for being part of Bender's scam, despite the fact it's pretty obvious they couldn't have been involved (a deleted scene explains Bender told them the kids were in on it, just to avoid doing hard time).
* NoNameGiven: Of the twelve orphans, only four get names; Nina (the black girl), Albert (the fat one), Sally (the girl with an ear on her forehead), and Bethany (who isn't identified).

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* KickTheDog: The NNYPD also arrest Fry and the kids for being part of Bender's scam, despite the fact it's pretty obvious they couldn't have been involved (a deleted scene explains that Bender told them the kids were in on it, just it to avoid doing hard time).
* NoNameGiven: Of the twelve orphans, only four get names; names: Nina (the black girl), Albert (the fat one), Sally (the girl with an ear on her forehead), and Bethany (who isn't identified).



* YoureJustJealous: What Leela says to Fry's disapproving getting two eyes and into a relationship with Adlai.

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* YoureJustJealous: What Leela says to Fry's disapproving when Fry disapproves of her getting two eyes and entering into a relationship with Adlai.
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* ObsessivelyNormal: Adlai prides himself in being the RidiculouslyAverageGuy that he is. Every compliment Adlai gives Leela is on how average and not-special she is, he specifically orders an average bouquet for her and when Leela decides to adopt the three-eared Sally, he only agrees on the condition that he has the third ear removed.
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* BeYourself: Fry insists Leela is better the way she is. [[DumbassHasAPoint Eventually Leela agrees with him]].
* BigShutUp: Leela yells his to Fry when he shouted "Yay!" when Leela tells off Adlai that she's happy having one eye.

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* BeYourself: Fry insists Leela is better the way she is. [[DumbassHasAPoint Eventually Leela agrees with him]].
him.]]
* BigShutUp: Leela yells his to Fry when he shouted "Yay!" when Leela tells off Adlai that she's happy having one eye.being herself. Because he's been telling Leela to be herself all through the episode.
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* EyeScream: Threatened when Leela wants to return to being a cyclops.
--> '''Leela:''' Listen, buddy. By the end of the day, one of us is gonna have one eye.



-->'''Bender''': No! The cat shelter's onto me!

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-->'''Bender''': No! [[BlackComedyAnimalCruelty The cat shelter's onto me!me]]!



* ParentalNeglect: Just one of many of Bender's mistreatments of the kids.
* RagtagBandOfMisfits: In an attempt to dissuade Leela from getting the surgery, Fry tries to pass off the Planet Express company's various disfunctions as good things.

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* ParentalNeglect: Just one of many of Bender's mistreatments of the kids.
kids. [[RealityEnsues He and Fry are arrested for it]].
* RagtagBandOfMisfits: In an attempt to dissuade Leela from getting the surgery, Fry tries to pass off the Planet Express company's various disfunctions dysfunctions as good things.
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* ContinuityNod: At the end of the episode, the Cookieville Minimum-Security Orphanarium is renamed the [[Recap/FuturamaS3E4LuckOfTheFryish Bender B. Rodríguez]] Orphanarium.

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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Smitty listing the charges the NNYPD are arresting Bender for.
-->'''Smitty''': You're under arrest for child cruelty, child endangerment, denying children food, selling children ''as'' food and misrepresenting the weight of livestock!



* MurderArsonAndJaywalking: Smitty listing the charges the NNYPD are arresting Bender for.
-->'''Smitty''': You're under arrest for child cruelty, child endangerment, denying children food, selling children ''as'' food and misrepresenting the weight of livestock!

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* BrickJoke: Zoidberg's ink pouch.

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* BrickJoke: BrickJoke:
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Zoidberg's ink pouch.



* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Combined with a bit of ParentalBonus, Leela and Adlai both look awkward and uncomfortable when Bender suggests they adopt Bethany (the black orphan).
* Bender's reaction to when he agrees to get the kids food.

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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
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Combined with a bit of ParentalBonus, Leela and Adlai both look awkward and uncomfortable when Bender suggests they adopt Bethany (the black orphan).
* ** Bender's reaction to when he agrees to get the kids food.



* HypocriticalHumor: When Bender presents the orphans he adopted to Leela and Adlai for their own adoption, Leela reflects back on the humiliation of being presented like livestock during her orphan days. Then she dismisses one orphan for being too fat.

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* HypocriticalHumor: HypocriticalHumor:
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When Bender presents the orphans he adopted to Leela and Adlai for their own adoption, Leela reflects back on the humiliation of being presented like livestock during her orphan days. Then she dismisses one orphan for being too fat.



* KickTheDog: The NNYPD also arrest Fry and the kids for being part of Bender's scam, despite the fact it's pretty obvious they couldn't have been involved.

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* KickTheDog: The NNYPD also arrest Fry and the kids for being part of Bender's scam, despite the fact it's pretty obvious they couldn't have been involved.involved (a deleted scene explains Bender told them the kids were in on it, just to avoid doing hard time).



* WouldHurtAChild: Bender tries to sell some of the orphans to a Chinese restaurant.

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* RidiculouslyAverageGuy: Adlai is so bland he has Hawaiian shirts ''toned down''.
* SuddenlyShouting: Zoidberg, when Leela informs him that most doctors are actually rich.
-->'''Zoidberg:''' What?! You're joking, right? ''(starts shaking Leela)'' THAT'S NOT FUNNY!
* WouldHurtAChild: Bender begins the episode trying to stomp on a basket, not remotely caring when Leela claims there's a baby inside, and later tries to sell some of the orphans to a Chinese restaurant.
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* Bender's reaction to when he agrees to get the kids food.
-->'''Albert''': Can we have Bender Burgers again?
-->'''Bender''': No! The cat shelter's onto me!

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* BigShutUp: Leela yells his to Fry when he shouted "Yes!" when Leela tells off Adlai that she's happy having one eye.

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* BigShutUp: Leela yells his to Fry when he shouted "Yes!" "Yay!" when Leela tells off Adlai that she's happy having one eye.


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-->'''Fry''': I already did!
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* AnAesop: Fitting in for shallow reasons is overrated, and people who are shallow and try to have you change your physical apperance don't care about you as much as you think.
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* BigShutUp: Leela yells his to Fry when he shouted "Yes!" when Leela tells off Adlai that she's happy having one eye.

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* KickTheDog: The NNYPD also arrest Fry and the kids for being part of Bender's scam, despite the fact it's pretty obvious they couldn't have been involved.



-->'''Leela:''' ... That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard.

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-->'''Leela:''' ... -->'''Leela:''' ''[Beat]'' That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard.


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-->'''Fry''': What's so wonderful about Leela being normal? The rest of us aren't normal and that's what makes us great. Like Dr. Zoidberg: he's a weird monster who smells like he eats garbage and does.
-->'''Zoidberg''': Damn right!
-->'''Fry''': The Professor's a senile, amoral crackpot. ''[Farnsworth gibbers and waves]'' Hermes is a Rastafarian accountant.
-->'''Hermes''': Tally me banana.
-->'''Fry''': Amy's a klutz from Mars. ''[Amy drops the glass she is drinking from and it smashes]''
-->'''Amy''': Sploops!
-->'''Farnsworth''': And, Fry, you've got that brain thing.

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* BeYourself: Fry insists Leela is better the way she is. Eventually Leela agrees with him.

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* BeYourself: Fry insists Leela is better the way she is. [[DumbassHasAPoint Eventually Leela agrees with him.him]].


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* MurderArsonAndJaywalking: Smitty listing the charges the NNYPD are arresting Bender for.
-->'''Smitty''': You're under arrest for child cruelty, child endangerment, denying children food, selling children ''as'' food and misrepresenting the weight of livestock!

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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Adlai.

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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Adlai.Adlai is still as judgmental as ever about other people's abnormalities, and only bothered to "correct" Leela's one eye on the grounds that he'd be able to date her afterward.


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* FreezeFrameBonus: A newspaper clipping headlined "Primitive Human Found in Cryo-tube", and a picture of Fry.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Combined with a bit of ParentalBonus, Leela and Adlai both look awkward and uncomfortable when Bender suggests they adopt Bethany (the black orphan).
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** When trying to get rid of the children, Bender calls a restaurant to ask if they take children, and checks Albert's (the fat kid) weight. When the police come to arrest him, one of the charges is "misrepresenting the weight of livestock".

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** When trying to get rid of the children, Bender calls a restaurant to ask if they take children, and checks Albert's (the fat kid) weight. When the police come to arrest him, one two of the charges is are "selling children as food" and "misrepresenting the weight of livestock".

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* DoAnythingRobot: Bender needs a calculator. He has one built in, but as he points out to Fry, he needs a ''good'' calculator. This is apparently a peeve of one of the Futurama writers.



* {{Jerkass}}: The orphans who bullied Leela.
* NoNameGiven: Of the twelve orphans, only four get names; Nina (the black girl), Albert (the fat one), Sally (the girl with an ear on her forehead), and Nina (who isn't identified).

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** One of the orphans who bullied Leela, who happened to be French, calls her as stupid as a French guy.
* {{Jerkass}}: The orphans who bullied Leela.
Leela, but especially Herman the blind kid.
* NoNameGiven: Of the twelve orphans, only four get names; Nina (the black girl), Albert (the fat one), Sally (the girl with an ear on her forehead), and Nina Bethany (who isn't identified).

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* BeYourself: Fry insists Leela is better the way she is. Eventually Leela agrees with him.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Adlai.
* BrickJoke: Zoidberg's ink pouch.
** When trying to get rid of the children, Bender calls a restaurant to ask if they take children, and checks Albert's (the fat kid) weight. When the police come to arrest him, one of the charges is "misrepresenting the weight of livestock".
* CheerfulChild: The orphans. It makes Bender slightly less monstrous when he tries to sell them for money.



* {{Jerkass}}: The orphans who bullied Leela.
* NoNameGiven: Of the twelve orphans, only four get names; Nina (the black girl), Albert (the fat one), Sally (the girl with an ear on her forehead), and Nina (who isn't identified).
* NotHelpingYourCase: Fry has a point, but he phrases it really badly.
-->'''Fry:''' Do you wanna be like (the Planet Express crew), or do you wanna be like Adlai, with no physical or social problems whatsoever?
-->'''Leela:''' ... That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard.
* ParentalNeglect: Just one of many of Bender's mistreatments of the kids.



* WouldHurtAChild: Bender tries to sell some of the orphans to a Chinese restaurant.



-->'''Fry:''' No, I'm not! OhWait, I am! But my point remains valid!

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-->'''Fry:''' No, I'm not! OhWait, Oh wait, I am! But my point remains valid!valid!
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Leela meets another former orphan from the Orphanage, Adlai Atkins, who has become a plastic surgeon. He offers to give two eyes so she can appear normal, a chance Leela leaps on, to Fry's dismay. Meanwhile, Bender adopts ''all'' of the orphans to get the stipends from the government, but finds child-rearing to be a more costly venture than he figured.

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* DistractedByTheSexy: Two-Eyed Leela briefly causes Mom's sons to become a HumanTrafficJam when she passes them on the street.
* HypocriticalHumor: When Bender presents the orphans he adopted to Leela and Adlai for their own adoption, Leela reflects back on the humiliation of being presented like livestock during her orphan days. Then she dismisses one orphan for being too fat.
* RagtagBandOfMisfits: In an attempt to dissuade Leela from getting the surgery, Fry tries to pass off the Planet Express company's various disfunctions as good things.
* YoureJustJealous: What Leela says to Fry's disapproving getting two eyes and into a relationship with Adlai.
-->'''Fry:''' No, I'm not! OhWait, I am! But my point remains valid!

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