History Recap / FuturamaS8E7RageAgainstTheVaccine

** The writers also took pot-shots at people who didn't trust the science of the vaccines or how the virus spread in the first place, and trusting other alternative sources and rationale instead; with Voodoo, literal black magic, being used as the eventual cure for it in the show.

-->'''Farnsworth:''' You were on the moon last week! You grew up on Mars!\\
'''Amy:''' That's what they want you to think.

* HowDidYouKnowIDidnt: Bender joins in on the street fight during the Omnicronian invasion. When Zoidberg asks if robots can be infected with the virus, Bender replies "What virus?"

* TheBusCameBack: Barbaros Slim returns to help Hermes find the voodoo cure for the rage virus.

* UnaffectedBySpice: Hermes eats a spoonful of gumbo made bubbling hot by a spice weasel and becomes disappointed by how "mild" it is, despite [[FireBreathingDiner shooting some flame from his mouth]]. He later reveals that he had ''eight bowls'' of it.

** Just as he did in [[Recap/FuturamaS7E7TheSixMillionDollarMon The Six Million Dollar Mon]], Hermes proves he is UnaffectedBySpice when he eats extremely spicy gumbo at Elzar's Nonola.

** Just as he did in [[Recap/FuturamaS7E7TheSixMillionDollarMon once again]], Hermes proves he is UnaffectedBySpice when he eats extremely spicy gumbo at Elzar's Nonola.

** Hermes [[Recap/FuturamaS7E7TheSixMillionDollarMon once again]] proves he is UnaffectedBySpice, when he eats a spoonful of gumbo made bubbling hot by a spice weasel and becomes disappointed by how "mild" it is, despite [[FireBreathingDiner shooting some flame from his mouth]]. He later reveals that he had ''eight bowls'' of it.

* ShownTheirWork: Alligators are depicted with broad snouts and overbites, just as in "The Series Has Landed", in contrast to the crocodiles seen in "Children of a Lesser Bog".

** Hermes [[Recap/FuturamaS7E7TheSixMillionDollarMon once again]] proves he is UnaffectedBySpice, when he eats a spoonful of gumbo made bubbling hot by a spice weasel and becomes disappointed by how "mild" it is [[FireBreathingDiner shooting some flame from his mouth]]. He later reveals that he had ''eight bowls'' of it.

** Hermes [[Recap/FuturamaS7E7TheSixMillionDollarMon once again]] proves he is UnaffectedBySpice, when he eats a spoonful of gumbo made bubbling hot by a spice weasel and calls it a bit mild despite [[FireBreathingDiner shooting some flame from his mouth]].

* TheBusCameBack:

* TheCameo:
** [[Series/BillNyeTheScienceGuy Bill Nye]] guest stars as his own head in a jar.

** The general distrust of news and media outlets is alluded to, and social media's impact is also present, with Jrr shown quite literally making stuff up to destabilise the world and make them more angry.

** Hermes [[Recap/FuturamaS7E7TheSixMillionDollarMon once again]] proves he is UnaffectedBySpice, when he eats a bowl of gumbo made bubbling hot by a spice weasel and calls it a bit mild despite [[FireBreathingDiner shooting some flame from his mouth]].

* CallBack:
** The space helmet-wearing alligators from "The Series Has Landed" appear as fauna in New New Orleans.

* ContinuityNod: Leela is quarantined in the "Angry Dome" from "[[Recap/FuturamaS4E1KifGetsKnockedUpANotch Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch]]".

** One of the voodoo dolls on display in the fotune-teller robot’s shop is of a Trog from WesternAnimation/{{Disenchantment}}.

* ShoutOut: One of the hairstyle filters Amy tries out while on the Gloom call is [[Anime/DragonBallZ Goku]].

* ExactWords: Amy says she doesn't want to "point fingers" at who brought the pandemic to the surface... so she uses her foot to point to Leela instead.

* TheBigEasy: New Orleans is the destination for Hermes as he pursues a cure through voodoo.

** The space helmet-wearing alligators from "The Series Has Landed" appear as fauna in New Orleans.

* FindTheCure: Hermes goes to New Orleans to find a vaccination for EXPLOVID-23 through voodoo practices, having hypothesized that the virus turns people into zombies.

* HollywoodVoodoo: Hermes manages to find a cure by pursuing the art of voodoo in New Orleans. For the most part, the cure is identical to that of a vaccination, the only difference being the inclusion of a voodoo doll that is placed on the patient's arm before they are injected. However these dolls don't seem to serve an actual purpose as the voodoo needle is jabbed through the doll and injected directly into the patient's arm as a traditional vaccine would be.

* PlagueZombie: Hermes' theory of EXPLOVID-23 is that it's a form of virus that turns people into a zombie, leading him to head to New Orleans to seek out voodoo practises.

* TheBigEasy: The destination for Hermes as he pursues a cure through voodoo.

** The variants of EXPLOVID-23 and their multiple inoculation treatments are also mentioned, with some vaccine variants competing with each other (Farnsworths' gives people a aching shoulder, Wernstroms' gives people a magnetic superpower). Not only that, but the virus mutates, starting from Mutants living underground, then to the general population of New New York, then to the Omnicronians having their own variant.

* TemptingFate: As Mayor Poopenmeyer celebrates the city triumphing over COVID-19 once and for all, the news announces the outbreak of Explovid-23.

** The writers also took pot-shots at people who didn't trust the science of the vaccines or how the virus spread in the first place, and trusting other alternative sources and rationale instead, with Voodoo; literal black magic, being used as the eventual cure for it in the show.

-->'''Professor:''' You were on the moon last week! You grew up on Mars!\\