History Recap / FuturamaS6E26Reincarnation

* ReactionShot: ALso parodied, with anything shocking being immediately followed by the characters surprised faces and vocalizations one at a time.

'''"Future Challenge 3000":''' The second segment sees ''Futurama'' as a low-resolution video game from the early 1980s (think something from Atari or Coleco Vision), ''a la'' the short-lived animated sitcom ''CodeMonkeys''.

* OutOfGenreExperience: TheQuirky Sci-fi Sitcom becomes an old fashioned cartoon, an 8-bit game and a action packed Anime.

* RunningGag: All three segments attempt to depict an important element of the story on screen in spite of the animation style making it completely impossible to do so; "Colorama" shows the invention of a new color despite the entire story being DeliberatelyMonochrome, "Future Challenge 3000" depicts the smallest unit of matter (described as being extremely intricate) as a single pixel along with representing the equation as indespipheral, and "Action Delivery Force" has Zoidberg's dance of peace reduced to him apparently standing still and posing due to the stiff animation.

* MerchadiseDriven: Bender is instead "Mighty Merchandising Robot".

* OutOfGenreExperience

* RunningGag: All three segments attempt to depict an important element of the story on screen in spite of the animation style making it completely impossible to do so; "Colorama" shows the invention of a new color despite the entire story being DeliberatelyMonochrome, "Future Challenge 3000" depicts the smallest unit of matter (described as being extremely intricate) as a single pixel, and "Action Delivery Force" has Zoidberg's dance of peace reduced to him apparently standing still and posing due to the stiff animation.

'''"Future Challenge 3000":''' The second segment sees ''Futurama'' as a low-resolution video game from the 1980s (think something from Atari or Coleco Vision).

'''"Future Challenge 3000":''' The second segment sees ''Futurama'' as a low-resolution video game from the 1980s (think something from Atari or the first Nintendo system [NES]).

'''"Future Challenge 3000":''' The second segment sees ''Futurama'' as a low-resolution video game from the 1980s (think something from Atari or first Nintendo system [NES]).

God, last seen on the episode "Godfellas" presents ''Futurama'' reincarnated as three art styles:

'''"Future Challenge 3000":''' The second segment sees ''Futurama'' as a low-resolution video game from the 1980s (think something from Atari).

'''"Action Delivery Force":''' The third and final segment sees ''Futurama'' re-imagined as a Japanese cartoon (particularly the stiffly-animated, badly-dubbed, and obviously-localized Japanese cartoons from the 1970s).

* RunningGag: All three segments attempt to depict an important element of the story on screen in spite of the animation style making it completely impossible to do so; "Colorama" shows the invention of a new color despite the entire story being DeliberatelyMonochrome, "Future Challenge 3000" depicts the smallest unit of matter (described as being extremely intricate) as a single pixel, and "Action Delivery Force" has Zoidberg's dance of peace reduced to him apparently standing still and posing on account of the low framed anime style.

* {{Retraux}}: The "Colorama" and "Future Challenge 3000" segments.
* TheTeaser

* DeliberatelyMonochrome

-->''"Hey aliens, we will kill you, and dishonor your widows... by making them gather wood."''

* SeriesFauxnale: The third one.

'''"Action Delivery Force":''' The third and final segment sees ''Futurama'' re-imagined as a Japanese cartoon (particularly the stiffly-animated and badly-dubbed and localized Japanese cartoons from the 1970s).

* HypocriticalHumor: When Fry and Leela are on the balcony and everything in the background is happily bouncing.

* HongKongDub: Parodied. When Amy is saying that the aliens speak with dancing instead of Japanese, an obviously male voice shouts "English!" over "Japanese".

-->''"Hey aliens, we will kill you, and dishonor your widows... by making them gather wood."''

-->''"Hey aliens, we will kill you, and dishonor your widows...by making them gather wood."''

A race of gelatinous aliens who can only communicate through body language is angered by the destruction of the diamondium comet, which they worship as a god, and attack Earth in retaliation. The Planet Express crew attempt to relay a message of peace, but cannot communicate with the aliens properly due to both the humans' and aliens' inability to understand the other's language. Doctor Zoidberg successfully persuades the aliens to leave by shedding his shell and performing an intricate dance universally symbolizing peace, which is depicted as Zoidberg merely standing still while the camera pans across his body (apparently he was moving so fast normal eyes couldn't keep up with the dance).

* CaffeineBulletTime: Apparently, Zoidberg's dance is so fast that all we see is him posing in a still position.

'''Child Labor Syndicate Presents: "Colorama: In Glorious Black and White":''' This segment is animated in the style of a Fleischer cartoon from the early 1930s (though the characters are drawn like the pie-eyed, rubber-hosed characters from early 1930s Disney and Warner Bros). Professor Farnsworth discovers a comet made of diamondium, the hardest substance in the universe, and sends the crew to gather diamond dust from the comet's tail to polish a doomsday device. Fry sneaks onto the surface of the comet and finds a large gem, which he hopes to give to Leela as an engagement ring. Fry plants the Professor's doomsday device on the comet and brings Leela to the balcony of the Planet Express building, thinking the resulting explosion will dislodge the gem and send it flying to land on her finger. It instead splits the comet in half, with one half flying towards the sun and creating a rainbow, and the other half flying into the rainbow and creating an entirely new color. Leela marvels at the beautiful sight, depicted entirely in grayscale. Before Fry can propose to Leela, the comet crumbles to dust that falls onto the Planet Express building, crystallizing and trapping Fry and Leela in a giant diamond. One billion years later, an alien proposes to his alien girlfriend with a ring containing the diamond in which Fry and Leela are trapped.

'''"Future Challenge 3000":''' The second segment is shown in the style of a low-resolution video game from the late 1970s/early 1980s. Using the debris from the diamondium comet from the previous segment, Professor Farnsworth creates a microscope lens powerful enough to find the smallest unit of matter, which is depicted as a single black pixel. The Professor forms a scientific equation explaining the mysteries of the universe from this single unit, only to become depressed upon realizing that there are no further scientific questions to answer. Fry cheers him up by saying that he has yet to solve why the laws of the universe are what they are and not something else, thus giving scientists a reason to keep looking for answers about the universe.

'''"Action Delivery Force":''' The third and final segment is drawn in the style of a 1970s anime (with a lot of anime elements and characters from the 1980s and 1990s). A race of gelatinous aliens who can only communicate through body language is angered by the destruction of the diamondium comet, which they worship as a god, and attack Earth in retaliation. The Planet Express crew attempt to relay a message of peace, but cannot communicate with the aliens properly due to both the humans' and aliens' inability to understand the other's language. Doctor Zoidberg successfully persuades the aliens to leave by shedding his shell and performing an intricate dance universally symbolizing peace, which is depicted as Zoidberg merely standing still while the camera pans across his body (apparently he was moving so fast normal eyes couldn't keep up with the dance).

* ShownTheirWork: The segment contains a ShoutOut to the Fleischers' "stereoptical" camera technique used to create three-dimensional backgrounds.

'''Child Labor Syndicate Presents: "Colorama: In Glorious Black and White":''' This segment is animated in the style of a Fleischer cartoon from the early 30s. Professor Farnsworth discovers a comet made of diamondium, the hardest substance in the universe, and sends the crew to gather diamond dust from the comet's tail to polish a doomsday device. Fry sneaks onto the surface of the comet and finds a large gem, which he hopes to give to Leela as an engagement ring. Fry plants the Professor's doomsday device on the comet and brings Leela to the balcony of the Planet Express building, thinking the resulting explosion will dislodge the gem and send it flying to land on her finger. It instead splits the comet in half, with one half flying towards the sun and creating a rainbow, and the other half flying into the rainbow and creating an entirely new color. Leela marvels at the beautiful sight, depicted entirely in grayscale. Before Fry can propose to Leela, the comet crumbles to dust that falls onto the Planet Express building, crystallizing and trapping Fry and Leela in a giant diamond. One billion years later, an alien proposes to his alien girlfriend with a ring containing the diamond in which Fry and Leela are trapped.

'''"Action Delivery Force":''' The third and final segment is drawn in the style of a Japanese cartoon from the 1970s to the 1990s. A race of gelatinous aliens who can only communicate through body language is angered by the destruction of the diamondium comet, which they worship as a god, and attack Earth in retaliation. The Planet Express crew attempt to relay a message of peace, but cannot communicate with the aliens properly due to both the humans' and aliens' inability to understand the other's language. Doctor Zoidberg successfully persuades the aliens to leave by shedding his shell and performing an intricate dance universally symbolizing peace, which is depicted as Zoidberg merely standing still while the camera pans across his body (apparently he was moving so fast normal eyes couldn't keep up with the dance).

'''"Colorama":''' This segment is animated in the style of a Fleischer cartoon from the early 30s. Professor Farnsworth discovers a comet made of diamondium, the hardest substance in the universe, and sends the crew to gather diamond dust from the comet's tail to polish a doomsday device. Fry sneaks onto the surface of the comet and finds a large gem, which he hopes to give to Leela as an engagement ring. Fry plants the Professor's doomsday device on the comet and brings Leela to the balcony of the Planet Express building, thinking the resulting explosion will dislodge the gem and send it flying to land on her finger. It instead splits the comet in half, with one half flying towards the sun and creating a rainbow, and the other half flying into the rainbow and creating an entirely new color. Leela marvels at the beautiful sight, depicted entirely in grayscale. Before Fry can propose to Leela, the comet crumbles to dust that falls onto the Planet Express building, crystallizing and trapping Fry and Leela in a giant diamond. One billion years later, an alien proposes to his alien girlfriend with a ring containing the diamond in which Fry and Leela are trapped.

'''"Future Challenge 3000":''' The second segment is shown in the style of a low-resolution video game. Using the debris from the diamondium comet from the previous segment, Professor Farnsworth creates a microscope lens powerful enough to find the smallest unit of matter, which is depicted as a single black pixel. The Professor forms a scientific equation explaining the mysteries of the universe from this single unit, only to become depressed upon realizing that there are no further scientific questions to answer. Fry cheers him up by saying that he has yet to solve why the laws of the universe are what they are and not something else, thus giving scientists a reason to keep looking for answers about the universe.

'''"Action Delivery Force":''' The third and final segment is drawn in the style of 1960s-70s anime. A race of gelatinous aliens who can only communicate through body language is angered by the destruction of the diamondium comet, which they worship as a god, and attack Earth in retaliation. The Planet Express crew attempt to relay a message of peace, but cannot communicate with the aliens properly due to both the humans' and aliens' inability to understand the other's language. Doctor Zoidberg successfully persuades the aliens to leave by shedding his shell and performing an intricate dance universally symbolizing peace, which is depicted as Zoidberg merely standing still while the camera pans across his body (apparently he was moving so fast normal eyes couldn't keep up with the dance).

* OutOfGenreExperience:… And into three different genres total.

* ShoutOut: To many 80s arcade games. One example is the professor drowning out this sorrows in a ''Thirsty's'' parody.

-->''"Hey aliens, we will kill you, and dishonor your widows... by making them gather wood."''

* SeriesFauxnale: The third one.

Stewie and Brian present three stories based on suggestions from fans.

* HypocriticalHumor: When Fry and Leela are on the balcony and everything in the background is happily bounding.

'''"ActionDeliveryForce":''' The third and final segment is drawn in the style of 1960s-70s anime. A race of gelatinous aliens who can only communicate through body language is angered by the destruction of the diamondium comet, which they worship as a god, and attack Earth in retaliation. The Planet Express crew attempt to relay a message of peace, but cannot communicate with the aliens properly due to both the humans' and aliens' inability to understand the other's language. Doctor Zoidberg successfully persuades the aliens to leave by shedding his shell and performing an intricate dance universally symbolizing peace, which is depicted as Zoidberg merely standing still while the camera pans across his body (apparently he was moving so fast normal eyes couldn't keep up with the dance).