Twisted Trivia

[Reply #480 on:]

Okay, what connects:


• Space Pilot 3000
• Episode II: The Series Has Landed
• My Three Suns
• Mars University
• I Second That Emotion
• A Head In The Polls
• Xmas Story
• A Clone Of My Own
• The Deep South
• The Honking
• The Cryonic Woman
• That's Lobstertainment!
• A Leela Of Her Own
• Roswell That Ends Well
• Godfellas
• The Why Of Fry
• The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings
And I'll just preface the guessing by saying the connection is not a very obvious one. Nor an easy one.

[Reply #481 on:]

They all showcase certian rarely shown characters?

[Reply #482 on:]

Nope.

[Reply #483 on:]

Is it something that is said in all of them?

[Reply #484 on:]

No. I'll give an early clue: it's more of a behind the scenes connection.

[Reply #485 on:]

Like in the commentaries?

[Reply #486 on:]

Do they each have Movie refrences in them?

[Reply #487 on:]

[maudlin] i doubt it. almost every episode has a movie reference.
but what do you mean by "behind the scenes?" [/maudlin]

[irrelevant] ooh, i know! they all star bender, fry, and leela! did i win? did i win? [/irrelevant]

[Reply #488 on:]

Alright, here's a fairly big clue: it's to do with the other Matt Groening big animated show.

[Reply #489 on:]

[Bender]Uh, gee Bender, is it episodes with Simpsons references in them?  I dunno, moron.  Is it?[/Bender]

[Reply #490 on:]

I don't think so, David A. Otherwise 'A Big Piece of Garbage', 'Hell is Other Robots', 'Leela's Homeworld'...etc, would have been on the list too...

[Reply #491 on:]

Nah, that's not it. Also, to answer Zeep's question, by 'behind the scenes' I mean that the connection has little to do with the content of the episodes. Action Jacktion's question on Page 8 of this thread is a good example.

[Reply #492 on:]

Edit... didn't see someone taking the same guess as me before.. sorry!

[Reply #493 on:]

By "behind the scenes", are you referring to voice artists?

[Reply #494 on:]

That seems like a good guess if it's connected to The Simpsons, maybe they all have one time charachters voiced by Dan Castellenetta(is that it? I dunno!) or some other voice actor from it?
Very rough guess.. probly wrong

[Reply #495 on:]

Nope, but you're on the right lines by looking at the Futurama staff.

[Reply #496 on:]

They all have usually Simpsons voice-actors working on them?

[Reply #497 on:]

That's true but that counts for just about any episode that has Tress MacNeille in it. So nope.

[Reply #498 on:]

Why do I get the feeling that you will have to keep giving us clues until it is at the point when you're doing an internet version of charades and telling us how many words it has!

[Reply #499 on:]

Because you lot can't be bothered with hard questions. 

[Reply #500 on:]

It's not that I can't be bothered (not going to speak for anyone other than myself), it's simply that I am far too stupid for questions like this!

[Reply #501 on:]

is it anything to do with life is hell?

[Reply #502 on:]

Nope.

I actually realised that I left a few episodes out by mistake. Should I add them or will that just confuse matters further?

[Reply #503 on:]

add them it might help

[Reply #504 on:]

Go ahead and add them.

[Reply #505 on:]

Okay, Episode II, My Three Suns and Xmas Story are also on the list.

[Reply #506 on:]

does it have to do with the fact that a lot of those episodes were written by j. stewart burns or ken keeler?
weren't they both also writers for the simpsons? [farnsworth] or did my brain just flop off for a minute? [/farnsworth]

[Reply #507 on:]

You're close. What you've said thus far is right, but try and expand upon it more.

[Reply #508 on:]

all those episodes were written by people who also wrote for the simpsons?

[Reply #509 on:]

Almost! There's just a little more to it than that.

[Reply #510 on:]

does the rest also have to do with the simpsons?
or is it something about those episodes?
or more about the writers?

[Reply #511 on:]

Yes the rest does have to do with The Simpsons. The connection just expands a little beyond the writers (note that some Keeler and Burns episodes are not listed for a good reason).

[Reply #512 on:]

darn. i think i've seen about 6 episodes of the simpsons. ever. someone else'll have to finish this off. unless...
do they all also have voice actors from the simpsons?
please, oh please, oh please, oh please...

[Reply #513 on:]

Substitute 'voice actors' in that sentence for something else.

[Reply #514 on:]

directors? ooh! ooh! animators?

[Reply #515 on:]

writers?

[Reply #516 on:]

Zeep's pretty much there. The correct answer is that the writer/s and director/s of these episodes all used to work on The Simpsons (though not necessarily as writers or directors I might add).


• Space Pilot 3000 - Groening & Cohen/Moore & Vanzo
• Episode II: The Series Has Landed - Keeler/Avanzino
• My Three Suns - Burns/Lynch & O'Brien
• Mars University - Burns/Haaland
• I Second That Emotion - Verrone/Ervin
• A Head In The Polls - Burns/Haaland
• Xmas Story - Cohen/Avanzino
• A Clone Of My Own - Verrone/Moore
• The Deep South - Burns/Haaland
• The Honking - Keeler/Dieter
• The Cryonic Woman - Burns/Ervin
• That's Lobstertainment! - Verrone/Haaland
• A Leela Of Her Own - Verrone/Scott III
• Roswell That Ends Well - Burns/Moore
• Godfellas - Keeler/Dieter
• The Why Of Fry - Cohen/Archer
• The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings - Keeler/Haaland
So it's Zeep's well earned go. 

[Reply #517 on:]

ok, here we go:
-A Flight to Remember
-A Clone of My Own
-Where the Buggalo Roam
-Godfellas
-The Why of Fry

This one will either be pathetically easy, or amazingly hard. We'll find out which soon enough.

[Reply #518 on:]

If you dont think of one I'll help out by taking your turn.

        

[Reply #519 on:]

too late. i changed my last post, it's up there now.

guesses, anyone?