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* YourDaysAreNumbered: In the Windos universe, it's revealed that because Fry wasn't entirely frozen, he's winding himself down prematurely. Bender eventually helps him to wind him up again at cost of himself.
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* CallBack: The King of Space was first mentioned in a throwaway line in "Overclockwise", and first properly shows up here.
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* CallBack: The King of Space was first mentioned in a throwaway line in "Overclockwise", "[[Recap/FuturamaS6E25Overclockwise Overclockwise]]", and first properly shows up here.
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* ThreeShorts: This episode acts as the "anthology of interest" episode, though unusual among these types of episodes, the episode actually has a decently long B-plot, instead of it being a framing device for the shorts. Instead, the shorts are stylised as ad breaks, with AdBumpers before each one, and the shorts all focus on turning the Planet Express crew into toys and writing stories to fit that.
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* ThreeShorts: This episode acts as the "anthology of interest" episode, though unusual among these types of episodes, the episode episodes is that it actually has a decently long B-plot, instead of it being a framing device for the shorts. Instead, the shorts are stylised as ad breaks, with AdBumpers before each one, and the shorts all focus on turning the Planet Express crew into toys and writing stories to fit that.
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* FramingDevice: Compared to similar episodes of the show, the episode is basically a non-canon ThreeShorts format with the Prince of Space story serving less as a way to link the shorts together and more like a regular episode that is being interrupted by MerchandiseDriven toy commercials.
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* SuddenDownerEnding: The Round Wheels segment ends with the car cobbled from the Planet Express crew crashing into a wall and exploding.
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* SuddenDownerEnding: The Round Wheels segment ends with the car cobbled from the Planet Express crew crashing into a wall and exploding. Subverted when Amy says she bought the warranty and they get fixed right away.
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* SuddenDownerEnding: The Round Wheels segment ends with the car cobbled from the Planet Express crew crashing into a wall and exploding.
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* ButtMonkey: Zoidberg, as per usual. In the Rubber Duck/Wobble Egg segment, he casually gets killed and eaten by the other characters.
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* ButtMonkey: Zoidberg, as per usual. In The Talking Cars segment ends with him unwittingly reducing himself to a hood that then gets run over by the amalgamated car parts of the rest of the Planet Express Crew, while in the Rubber Duck/Wobble Egg segment, he casually gets killed and eaten by the other characters.
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* UnseenNoMore: The King of Space appears after being previously mentioned by Leela in the Comedy Central run episode "Overclockwise".
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* Rubber Ducks/ Wobble Eggs: One half of the Planet Express crew chart the ocean to catalog it more thoroughly, and on the way discover what land is, and meet the Wobbly Eggs, and both Fry and Leela fall in love, despite being two different races.
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* Rubber Ducks/ Wobble Ducks/Wobble Eggs: One half of the Planet Express crew chart the ocean to catalog it more thoroughly, and on the way discover what land is, and meet the Wobbly Eggs, and both Fry and Leela fall in love, despite being two different races.
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* GainaxEnding: The episode ends with Leela revealing she was under a love spell, then the Planet Express ship turns into Bender and the crew crash into a planet and explode, implying not even the FramingDevice of this episode was canon.
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* GainaxEnding: The episode ends with Leela revealing she was under a love spell, then the Planet Express ship turns into Bender and the crew crash into a planet the Earth and explode, implying not even the FramingDevice of this episode was canon.
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* RunningGag: Bender has an obsession with performing loop-de-loops in every segment.
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* RunningGag: RunningGag:
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** Every segment starts with a dog chasing a cat.
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** Every segment starts with a dog chasing a cat.
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* RunningGag: Bender has an obsession with performing loop-de-loops in every segment.
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* FoulWaterfowl: The rubber ducks segment actually warns that real ducks are very dangerous to kids, especially since they go for the eyes.
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* LovePotion: Leela reveals at the end of the episode that she wasn't really in love with the Prince of Space, she was under a spell.
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* LovePotion: Leela reveals at the end of the episode that she wasn't really in love with the Prince of Space, she was under a spell.spell (a "science spell", not a magic spell).
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Round Wheel Zoidberg is revealed to be the culprit for the killings, because he couldn't stand being left behind any longer.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Round Wheel Wheels Zoidberg is revealed to be the culprit for the killings, because he couldn't stand being left behind any longer.
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* OffWithHisHead: The King of Space declares this to Fry if the former wins.
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* NotQuiteDead: The Round Wheels version of the crew actually do not die after getting destroyed by Zoidberg, as they could still speak through their dismantled parts.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Round Wheel Zoidberg is revealed to be the culprit for the killings, because he couldn't stand being left behind any longer.
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* BridalCarry: See image above.
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* BridalCarry: See image above. Leela is carried like this by the Prince of Space.
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* BridalCarry:BridalCarry: See image above.
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* HumanPopsicle: Fry in the Windos universe was frozen like the original, but not entirely. He is winding down, the local equivalent of dying of old age, because he was very slowly using his life up due to not being totally frozen.
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* ParodyCommercial: Each toy segment is introduced as an extended commercial for the toy in question, despite going off-the-rails into existential drama.
* PopCulturePunEpisodeTitle: The title is a play on ''Literature/ThePrinceAndThePauper'', alluding to the LoveTriangle with a prince in the "canon" story and the toy-themed "anthology" stories.
* PopCulturePunEpisodeTitle: The title is a play on ''Literature/ThePrinceAndThePauper'', alluding to the LoveTriangle with a prince in the "canon" story and the toy-themed "anthology" stories.
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The Planet Express crew get reimagined as toys. Meanwhile, in the real world, Leela falls in love with "the Prince of Space."
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* Wind-up Toys: Fry discovers he is slowly dying due to his clockwork key winding down when he was frozen, and they all travel to a Guru atop a mountain to seek help.
* Talking Cars: Mysterious texts are being sent to the car inhabitants of New New York, rumoured to kill people not long after reading the message.
* Rubber Ducks/ Wobble Eggs: One half of the Planet Express crew chart the ocean to catalog it more thoroughly, and on the way discover what land is, and meet the Wobbly Eggs, and both Fry and Leela fall in love, despite being two different races.
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* CallBack: The King of Space was first mentioned in a throwaway line in "Overclockwise," and first properly shows up here.
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* CallBack: The King of Space was first mentioned in a throwaway line in "Overclockwise," "Overclockwise", and first properly shows up here.
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* ThreeShorts: This is the season's "anthology episode," and focuses on three stories about the Planet Express crew as toys.
* TooDumbToLive: The characters in the Round Wheels segment keep answering their phones, even after a news report warns viewers of a cursed phone call that will brainwash and kill them.
* TooDumbToLive: The characters in the Round Wheels segment keep answering their phones, even after a news report warns viewers of a cursed phone call that will brainwash and kill them.
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* ThreeShorts: This is episode acts as the season's "anthology episode," of interest" episode, though unusual among these types of episodes, the episode actually has a decently long B-plot, instead of it being a framing device for the shorts. Instead, the shorts are stylised as ad breaks, with AdBumpers before each one, and focuses the shorts all focus on three stories about turning the Planet Express crew as toys.
into toys and writing stories to fit that.
* TooDumbToLive: The characters in the Round Wheels segment keep answering their phones, even after a news report warns viewers of a cursed phone call that will brainwash and killthem.them.
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* TooDumbToLive: The characters in the Round Wheels segment keep answering their phones, even after a news report warns viewers of a cursed phone call that will brainwash and kill
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* TheDogBitesBack: The Round Wheels version of Zoidberg got sick of always being ostracized by the crew, so he started killing them and modifying himself with their scraps.
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* NumberOfTheBeast: The cursed phone number in the Round Wheels segment is 666-666-6666.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: In the Round Wheels section, Zoidberg takes pieces of each crew member and attaches them to himself so that he will never be alone again. When he replaces his own hood with Hermes', his face is now detached from the car, leaving him alone and separated from the rest.
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* ButtMonkey: Zoidberg, as per usual. In the Rubber Duck/Wobble Egg segment, he casually gets killed and eaten by the other characters.
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* CallBack: The King of Space was first mentioned in a throwaway line in "Overclockwise," and first properly shows up here.
* EyeScream: The rubber ducks segment begins with a warning not to put actual ducks in your kids' tub, lest they peck out his eyes (complete with a graphic of an eyeless child).
* GainaxEnding: The episode ends with Leela revealing she was under a love spell, then the Planet Express ship turns into Bender and the crew crash into a planet and explode, implying not even the FramingDevice of this episode was canon.
* EyeScream: The rubber ducks segment begins with a warning not to put actual ducks in your kids' tub, lest they peck out his eyes (complete with a graphic of an eyeless child).
* GainaxEnding: The episode ends with Leela revealing she was under a love spell, then the Planet Express ship turns into Bender and the crew crash into a planet and explode, implying not even the FramingDevice of this episode was canon.
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* LovePotion: Leela reveals at the end of the episode that she wasn't really in love with the Prince of Space, she was under a spell.
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* LovePotion: Leela reveals at the end of the episode that she wasn't really in love with the Prince of Space, she was under a spell.spell.
* MalignedMixedMarriage: In the last segment, Fry, a rubber duck, and Leela, an egg toy, fall in love. Both of their races disapprove of this, leading to a deadly war.
* ShoutOut:
** The Round Wheels segment is a parody of the ''Toys/HotWheels'' franchise, while the story about a cursed phone call is inspired by ''Literature/TheRing''.
** The egg toys are a parody of the Weebles toys.
* ThreeShorts: This is the season's "anthology episode," and focuses on three stories about the Planet Express crew as toys.
* TooDumbToLive: The characters in the Round Wheels segment keep answering their phones, even after a news report warns viewers of a cursed phone call that will brainwash and kill them.
* MalignedMixedMarriage: In the last segment, Fry, a rubber duck, and Leela, an egg toy, fall in love. Both of their races disapprove of this, leading to a deadly war.
* ShoutOut:
** The Round Wheels segment is a parody of the ''Toys/HotWheels'' franchise, while the story about a cursed phone call is inspired by ''Literature/TheRing''.
** The egg toys are a parody of the Weebles toys.
* ThreeShorts: This is the season's "anthology episode," and focuses on three stories about the Planet Express crew as toys.
* TooDumbToLive: The characters in the Round Wheels segment keep answering their phones, even after a news report warns viewers of a cursed phone call that will brainwash and kill them.
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The Planet Express crew get reimagined as toys.
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The Planet Express crew get reimagined as toys. Meanwhile, in the real world, Leela falls in love with "the Prince of Space."
The Planet Express crew get reimagined as toys. Meanwhile, in the real world, Leela falls in love with "the Prince of Space."
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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Fry fights for Leela to be able to marry the Prince of Space, even if it means giving her up.
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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Fry fights for Leela to be able to marry the Prince of Space, even if it means giving her up.up.
* LovePotion: Leela reveals at the end of the episode that she wasn't really in love with the Prince of Space, she was under a spell.
* LovePotion: Leela reveals at the end of the episode that she wasn't really in love with the Prince of Space, she was under a spell.
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The Planet Express crew get reimagined as toys.
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!!Tropes in this episode:
* HeroicSacrifice: Wind-up Bender sacrifices himself to save Fry.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Fry fights for Leela to be able to marry the Prince of Space, even if it means giving her up.
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!!Tropes in this episode:
* HeroicSacrifice: Wind-up Bender sacrifices himself to save Fry.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Fry fights for Leela to be able to marry the Prince of Space, even if it means giving her up.
