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* AliensSpeakingEnglish: The first statue has [[RougeAnglesOfSatin a typo]] which is defended by the boss by the fact they're aliens with English as a second language that made a minor error.

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* AliensSpeakingEnglish: The {{Lampshaded}}. After Leela complains that the first statue has [[RougeAnglesOfSatin a typo]] which is defended by typo]], the boss by defends himself and the fact workers by pointing out that they're aliens with who speak English as a second language that and made a minor error.

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* TheCameo: [[Series/DoctorWho The Fourth Doctor]] appears in the space whale's stomach.



* TheDeterminator: Leela doesn't really let anything deter her from going after the space whale.
* EatenAlive: Everyone except Zoidberg, by the whale.

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* CrossoverCameo: [[Series/DoctorWho The Fourth Doctor]] appears in the space whale's stomach.
* TheDeterminator: Leela doesn't really let anything deter her from going after the space whale.
whale. This is revealed to be what the beast is counting on, as it feeds off of the obsession and obstinacy of its prey.
* EatenAlive: Everyone except Zoidberg, Zoidberg ends up being swallowed by the whale.
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* TheBermudaTriangle: Many spacecraft have disappeared in a 3-dimensional version known as the Bermuda Tetrahedron, and this is where the space whale is found.


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* EldritchLocation: At one point, the space whale drags the Planet Express Ship along into [[SubspaceOrHyperspace hyperspace]]. Bizarre things happen aboard the Planet Express while in hyperspace, including SdrawkcabSpeech and a conga line including infinite copies of Bender.
-->'''Hermes:''' I can see sideways in time! !emit ni syawedis ees nac I[[note]]The same sentence, in reverse[[/note]]
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* CartoonWhale: The SpaceWhale looks like a stereotypical cartoon whale that resembles a sperm whale with upper teeth, cavernous jaws, and belly-lining. Justified given it's an alien whale.

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* CartoonWhale: The SpaceWhale looks like a stereotypical cartoon whale that resembles a sperm whale with upper teeth, cavernous jaws, and belly-lining. Justified given it's an alien that it's, well, a space whale.
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* CartoonWhale: The SpaceWhale looks like a stereotypical cartoon whale that resembles a sperm whale with upper teeth, cavernous jaws, and belly-lining. Justified given it's an alien whale.
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* EpicFail: Leela attempting to pin a map to the wall of the ship ripping open a hole into space, see also TooDumbToLive and AndThenWhat.

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* EpicFail: Leela attempting to pin a map to the wall of the ship ripping open a hole into space, see space. See also TooDumbToLive and AndThenWhat.



* TooDumbToLive: Leela jumping onto the whales face and trying to kill it with a kitchen Knife, see also EpicFail and AndThenWhat.

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* TooDumbToLive: Leela jumping onto the whales face and trying to kill it with a kitchen Knife, see knife. See also EpicFail and AndThenWhat.



* WhatTheHellHero: The rest of the crew call out Leela for endangering their lives with her obsession with killing the SpaceWhale. Hilariously, she calls out ''herself'' when she declares to become a one-woman crew after the others mutiny against her.

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* WhatTheHellHero: The rest of the crew call out Leela for endangering their lives with her obsession with for killing the SpaceWhale. Hilariously, she calls out ''herself'' when she declares to become a one-woman crew after the others mutiny against her.
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* WhatTheHellHero: The rest of the crew call out Leela for endangering their lives with her obsession with killing the SpaceWhale. Hilariously, she calls out ''herself'' when she declares to become a one-woman crew after the others mutiny against her.
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* GotMeDoingIt: Leela corrects whoever calls the space whale a fish, insisting it's a space ''mammal'', but she herself calls it a fish as she declares they should kill it for eating them at the end. It could be chalked up as an insult though.
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* JerkassBall: Leela is at her worst in this episode, putting the lives of the crew at risk just so that she can kill the space whale because it inconvenienced her.

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* JerkassBall: Leela is at her worst in this episode, putting the lives of the crew at risk just so that she can kill the space whale because it inconvenienced her. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that the whale is deliberately invoking those emotions in her to feed off of.



* MobySchtick: With Leela being Ahab. She and her crew are being pursued by a space whale and Leela becomes increasingly more unstable and determined to kill the whale, even at the risk of her crew.

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* MobySchtick: With Leela being Ahab. She and her crew are being pursued by a space whale and Leela becomes increasingly more unstable and determined to kill the whale, even at the risk of her crew. [[InvokedTrope Turns out, the whale reels in prey by psychologically influencing them to invoke this trope]].
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* AmbiguouslyGay: Leela is about to marry Fry and Zoidberg together but fails when Hermes and Fry attack her. Zoidberg replies in anguish "Oh so close."

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* AmbiguouslyGay: AmbiguouslyBi: Leela is about to marry Fry and Zoidberg together but fails when Hermes and Fry attack her. Zoidberg Zoidberg, who had previously fallen for a female Decapodian named Edna and in this episode later has an implied relationship with original Planet Express crew member Candy, replies in anguish "Oh so close."



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%%ZCE * TheDeterminator: LeelaLeela doesn't really let anything deter her from going after the space whale.

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* AndThenWhat: After Amy successfully harpoons the whale, the crew asks Leela [[MissingStepsPlan what's their next move.]] "I don't know, I always assumed whales died when you harpooned them."



* EpicFail: Leela attempting to pin a map to the wall of the ship ripping open a hole into space, see also TooDumbToLive.

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* EpicFail: Leela attempting to pin a map to the wall of the ship ripping open a hole into space, see also TooDumbToLive.TooDumbToLive and AndThenWhat.



* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Leela "Maybe if I move the compass like this it will somehow kill the whale". See also EpicFail and TooDumbToLive.

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* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Leela "Maybe if I move the compass like this it will somehow kill the whale". See also AndThenWhat, EpicFail and TooDumbToLive.



* PsychologicalProjection: When Bender gets hit by a diamond and his head goes flying into space, Fry says they need to stop chasing the whale and rescue him, Leela replies "Screw your unhealthy obsession with Bender, we have to stop the whale."



* TooDumbToLive: Leela jumping onto the whales face and trying to kill it with a kitchen Knife, see also EpicFail.

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* TooDumbToLive: Leela jumping onto the whales face and trying to kill it with a kitchen Knife, see also EpicFail.EpicFail and AndThenWhat.

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* AbstractEater: According to Captain Tucker, the whale feeds on feelings of obsession, hence why he and Leela (both {{Determinator}}s obsessed with getting their deliveries completed) were both spared from its mobius intestinal tract.



* BodyHorror: Due to spending decades fused to the Whale's innards, Captain Tucker sports greyish skin, a gaping hole through his chest that exposes his ribs, and a leg that's been stripped to the bone.



* TheDeterminator: Leela

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* %%ZCE TheDeterminator: Leela



* NonMaliciousMonster: Lampshaded by Leela, the 4-D whale isn't evil, it's just very very hungry.

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* NonMaliciousMonster: Lampshaded by Leela, Leela - the 4-D whale isn't evil, it's just very very hungry.hungry and happens to feed off obsession.



* SpaceIsAnOcean: This being a Literature/MobyDick parody.

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* SpaceIsAnOcean: This being a Literature/MobyDick parody.parody, the "hunting the whale" montage features .

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** [[Literature/MobyDick Obviously]]

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** [[Literature/MobyDick Obviously]]Obviously]].


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** One of the people seen escaping the whale is clearly [[Series/DoctorWho the Fourth Doctor]].
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* JerkassBall: Leela is at her worst in this episode, putting the lives of the crew at risk just so that she can kill the space whale because it inconvenienced her.
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''[[CouchGag Featuring Sparky, the invisible elf]]''
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** When Amy tells Leela that they have to release the harpoon on the space whale, Leela replies "Negative, [[Franchise/SailorMoon Sailor Moon]]. We're going for a sleigh ride."
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* AluminiumChristmasTrees: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_sail Solar sails]] are an actual concept.

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* HeWhoFightsMonsters

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* HeWhoFightsMonstersHeWhoFightsMonsters: Leela, at one point declaring that she is the whale once she becomes fused with it.


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* PetTheDog: The episode ends with Candy and Zoidberg "picking up where they left off," having apparently been in a romantic relationship before she disappeared.
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** The ending in which the Space Whale releases everyone in its stomach is similar to the ending of ''Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind''.

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--> '''Zoidberg''': Hey, it's all my favourite patients, and also Captain Tucker! Pow!\\

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--> '''Zoidberg''': '''Zoidberg:''' Hey, it's all my favourite patients, and also Captain Tucker! Pow!\\



'''Captain Tucker''': You totally got me, Dr. John. You're hilarious.\\
'''Hermes''': ''[back in the present]'' ''[[LampshadeHanging Zoidberg was popular?]]''\\

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'''Captain Tucker''': Tucker:''' You totally got me, Dr. John. You're hilarious.\\
'''Hermes''': ''[back ''[Back in the present]'' present:]''\\
'''Hermes:'''
''[[LampshadeHanging Zoidberg was popular?]]''\\

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* ShoutOut: [[Literature/MobyDick Obviously]]

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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
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[[Literature/MobyDick Obviously]]Obviously]]
** In the Bermuda Tetrahedron, the ship flies past the tail of an OceanicAirlines plane, with the same livery from ''Series/{{Lost}}''.
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* UnreliableVoiceOver: {{Inverted}} in that the visuals are unreliable instead of the voiceover. At the beginning of Professor Farnsworth's first flashback, Zoidberg is shown [[HairTodayGoneTomorrow with a full head of hair]], to the surprise of the listeners -- but the Professor replies "I never said he had hair! You are the ones who decided to imagine him that way!"

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* UnreliableVoiceOver: {{Inverted}} in that the visuals are unreliable instead of the voiceover. At the beginning of Professor Farnsworth's first flashback, Zoidberg is shown [[HairTodayGoneTomorrow with a full head of hair]], to the surprise of the listeners -- but the Professor replies "I never said he had hair! You are the ones who decided If you chose to imagine him that way!"way, that's your business!"

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* NoodleIncident: When Leela tells Hermes that she could marry him and Bender against their will, Bender just replies "I've been married to worse."

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* NoodleIncident: NoodleIncident:
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When Leela tells Hermes that she could marry him and Bender against their will, Bender just replies "I've been married to worse." "
** Amy gets selected to harpoon the whale after she claims she once went harpooning giraffes in Africa. Whatever the hell happened traumatised her, as she starts having flashbacks and screaming furiously about giraffes.
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* MobySchtick: With Leela being Ahab.

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* MobySchtick: With Leela being Ahab. She and her crew are being pursued by a space whale and Leela becomes increasingly more unstable and determined to kill the whale, even at the risk of her crew.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Hermes chooses to focus on the fact Zoidberg had friends more than the tragic story of Farnsworth’s original crew.

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