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* SpiritualAntithesis: As both episodes feature the Holophonor, this serves as one to ''Parasites Lost''. In the prior episode, Leela only loved the Fry that the worms had made, leading to his improved musical abilities. In this episode, upon seeing the lengths Fry goes to win her heart and how he ultimately gave up the hands that made him a prodigy player, she's genuinely moved and listens to his performance he performs the best he naturally can.

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* SpiritualAntithesis: As both episodes feature the Holophonor, this serves as one to ''Parasites Lost''. In the prior episode, Leela only loved the Fry that the worms had made, leading to his improved musical abilities. In this episode, upon seeing the lengths Fry goes to win her heart and how he ultimately gave up the hands that made him a prodigy player, she's genuinely moved and listens to his performance as he performs the best he naturally can.
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* EvilLaughter: Robot Devil has it.

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* EvilLaughter: EvilLaugh: Robot Devil has it.
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* TheBadGuyWins: {{Downplayed}}, but the Robot Devil definitely gets what he wants (his hands back). However, he ''doesn't'' manage to kill Fry and Leela's love for each other, as the final scene shows.


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* BittersweetEnding: The Robot Devil gets his hands back from Fry, meaning Fry can no longer play the Holophonor very well, but Fry and Leela's love for each other has been [[RayOfHopeEnding strengthened by their ordeal]].

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* TheMagicWasInsideYouAllAlong: Zoidberg encourages Fry to continue playing even after losing the Devil's hands because "the beauty came from your heart, not your hands." Subverted when Fry plays lousy and Zoidberg yells "Your music is bad, and you should feel bad!"



* TheMagicWasInsideYouAllAlong: Zoidberg encourages Fry to continue playing even after losing the Devil's hands because "the beauty came from your heart, not your hands." Subverted when Fry plays lousy and Zoidberg yells "Your music is bad, and you should feel bad!"
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* RunningGag: The Robot Devil can't use the word "irony" correctly, mistaking it for being mean or coincidental. It's not until the finale at the opera that it finally gets used correctly.
-->'''Bender:''' "The use of words expressing something other than their literal intention". Now ''that'' '''is''' irony.
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* CleavageWindow: Leela's dress to the opera has a cut out for her cleavage and another for her belly button.
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* SpoiledByTheFormat: Anyone able to see the title could figure out that Fry was going to get the Robot Devil's hands.
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* SeriousBusiness: After he sells his crotch-plate, Bender makes a huge deal out of the fact that he can no longer tell people to "[[CatchPhrase bite my shiny metal ass]]!" The camera even does a dramatic zoom-in on the void where said shiny metal ass used to be!

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* SeriousBusiness: After he sells his crotch-plate, Bender makes a huge deal out of the fact that he can no longer tell people to "[[CatchPhrase "[[CharacterCatchphrase bite my shiny metal ass]]!" The camera even does a dramatic zoom-in on the void where said shiny metal ass used to be!

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** Bender admits that if they had ever fought Godzilla, he ''so'' would have ran off like that.

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** Bender cheerfully admits that if they had ever fought Godzilla, he ''so'' would have ran off like that.



* UnkemptBeauty: Fry is inspired to write an opera about Leela while she's eating barbequed buggalo legs.

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* UnkemptBeauty: Fry is inspired to write an opera about Leela while she's messily eating barbequed buggalo legs.


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* WalkingOutOnTheShow: Everybody ([[spoiler:except Leela]]) does this to Fry's opera after he's forced to un-swap hands with the Robot Devil.
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** Three deals, in fact. The Robot Devil gives robot hands for Fry, gives Bender an airhorn in exchange for his ass plate and Leela Calculon's ears to restore her hearing in exchange for her hand, which he later clarifies is her hand ''in marriage''. The first one bit the Robot Devil in the ass, however, when he has to exchange his own hands with Fry.

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** Three deals, in fact. The Robot Devil gives robot hands for Fry, gives Bender an airhorn in exchange for his ass plate and Leela Calculon's ears to restore her hearing (after Bender destroyed it with his new airhorn) in exchange for her hand, which he later clarifies is her hand ''in marriage''. The first one bit the Robot Devil in the ass, however, when he has to exchange his own hands with Fry.Fry; the later deals are part of his "ridiculously circuitous" plan to get them back.
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* SpiritualAntithesis: As both episodes feature the Holophonor, this serves as one to ''Parasites Lost''. In the prior episode, Leela only loved the Fry that the worms had made, leading to his improved musical abilities. In this episode, upon seeing the lengths Fry goes to win her heart and how he ultimately gave up the hands that made him a prodigy player, she's genuinely moved and listens to his performance he performs the best he naturally can.
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** Three deals, in fact. The first one bit the devil in the ass, however.

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** Three deals, in fact. The Robot Devil gives robot hands for Fry, gives Bender an airhorn in exchange for his ass plate and Leela Calculon's ears to restore her hearing in exchange for her hand, which he later clarifies is her hand ''in marriage''. The first one bit the devil Robot Devil in the ass, however.however, when he has to exchange his own hands with Fry.



* SeriesFauxnale: This episode was originally the conclusion of ''Futurama'', but that changed when a series of direct-to-DVD films were made that subsequently lead to Comedy Central renewing the series for more episodes.

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* SeriesFauxnale: This episode was originally the conclusion of ''Futurama'', but that changed when a series of direct-to-DVD films were made that subsequently lead led to Comedy Central renewing the series for more episodes.

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* EvilHand: The first thing the Robot Devil's hands do when they are implanted on Fry is to choke him, which the Devil says will wear off after a couple of days. Later, the Robot Devil complains that Fry's hands are "always touching me... [[ADateWithRosiePalms in places!]]"

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* EvilHand: The first thing the Robot Devil's hands do when they are implanted on Fry is to choke him, which the Devil says will wear off after a couple of days. Later, the Robot Devil complains that Fry's hands are "always touching me... [[ADateWithRosiePalms in places!]]"places!"



* GrandFinale: The episode was when it originally aired, concluding the subplot of Fry and Leela's romance with the Robot Devil as a suitably threatening antagonist.

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* GrandFinale: The This episode was when it originally aired, served as the finale for the original FOX run, concluding the subplot of Fry and Leela's romance with the Robot Devil as a suitably threatening antagonist.


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* SeriesFauxnale: This episode was originally the conclusion of ''Futurama'', but that changed when a series of direct-to-DVD films were made that subsequently lead to Comedy Central renewing the series for more episodes.
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: The Robot Devil's line about Fry's hands touching him in places.
-->'''Fry:''' Yeah, they get around.
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* SnapBack: The episode ends with Leela deafened and having to wear Calculon's ears to restore her hearing as well as Bender losing his ass, both developments being completely ignored starting with the direct-to-DVD movie era. In Bender's case, it could be justified by the fact that the Robot Devil simply threw Bender's ass in the trash and it was possibly recovered after the events of the episode.
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All in all, it'll probably get deleted for breaking some rule, but it's worth trying just for fun.

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