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Nasty Pasty
DOOP Secretary
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Those arent just in our galaxy, they're our neighbors in our Solar System. We really dont have any non-scientific names for planets other than in our solar system, so who knows, they might have visited other planets in our galaxy.
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Nixorbo
UberMod
DOOP Secretary
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Omicron Persei 8, for example.
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Action Jacktion
Professor
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The Omicron Persei system is in our galaxy (and it really exists), but since they can go anywhere in the universe, many of the planets they visit could be outside of our galaxy.
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MrBurns
Bending Unit
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« Reply #13 on: 04-22-2004 15:55 »
« Last Edit on: 04-22-2004 15:55 »
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Originally posted by David A: Actually, it's Capek 9. You're both wrong. You beat me to it! Capek was the surname of the man that invented the term "robot" for machines. Well something along the lines of that... anyway, it shows how much thought they put into naming the robot planet. edit: I just found this: "Contrary to the popular opinion, Karel Capek, the author of RUR is not the inventor of the word robot. The word which is derived from the czech noun "robota" meaning "labor" is an accomplishement of Capek's older brother, the cubist painter and writer Josef Capek. The word first appeared in the play RUR published in 1920. Some claim that the word "robot" was first used in Josef Capek's short story Opilec (the Drunkard) published in the collection Lelio in 1917. According to the Capek brother's Society in Prague this is not correct. The word used in Opilec is "automat"."(taken from http://capek.misto.cz/english/robot.html )
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Action Jacktion
Professor
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Originally posted by David A: You're both wrong. And so are you. It's Čapek.
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VoVat
Bending Unit
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Where's McPluto? That's probably the name used to refer to the planet in the business world, since it's owned by the McDonald's Corporation. They set up the penguin preserve as an attempt to show they were environmentally friendly, as well as a cheap source of meat for for their McPenguin sandwiches. I believe Venus was only shown in Leela's dream, but she might well have been there before, or at least seen pictures of it, so we can probably assume that's what it really looks like. There are also apparently Venusians living on Earth, although I don't know that we've actually seen any of them. Amy mentions a Jupiter State University in "Bendless Love." Doesn't Old Man Waterfall talk about having fought a battle on Saturn?
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David A
Space Pope
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A quick rundown of the solar system, as seen on Futurama:
The Sun: The closest we come to visiting the sun is in "The Farnsworth Parabox", when Hermes almost throws a box containing Universe 1 into the sun. Also, job deserters are fired out of a cannon into the sun, and a television program called The Real World: The Sun is filmed there.
Mercury: Fry and Amy visit Mercury in "Put Your Head on My Shoulders". It has one gas station. Mercury has a breathable atmosphere in the 31st century, but it is still very hot.
Venus: Venus is never actually visited during the series, but Fry and Leela dance in a Venusian garden in her dream in "The Sting".
The Earth: Earth is seen in almost every episode. Enough said.
The Moon: The PE crew goes to the moon in "The Series Has Landed". Aside from the amusement park, the moon remains much the same as it is today.
Mars: The PE crew visits Mars in "Mars University" and "Where the Buggalo Roam". Mars has been terraformed, and is home to Mars University, where Amy is a student and Professor Farnsworth teaches. Amy's parents own the Western Hemisphere of Mars, where they have a buggalo ranch. Mars was once inhabited by a race of native Martians, but they have since left in search of a new planet.
Jupiter: Jupiter itself is never visited during the series, but in "Put Your Head on My Shoulders" Fry, Amy, and Zoidberg visit Jupiter's moon Europa.
Saturn: Saturn is also never visited during the series, but Fry and Leela dance along its rings in the holophoner sequence in "Parasites Lost".
Uranus: Although Uranus is never seen during the series, in "A Big Ball of Garbage" we learn that its name has been changed to Urectum.
Neptune: The PE crew visits Neptune in "A Tale of Two Santas". Santa's ice fortress is located at the North Pole of Neptune, where he opresses the local Neptunian people. Like Mercury and Mars, Neptune has a breathable atmosphere. Neptunians are also seen throughout the series, most notably Elzar and Heather.
Pluto: The PE crew goes to Pluto in "The Birdbot of Ice-catraz". Pluto is home to a penguin preserve. Pluto has a breathable atmosphere, and a climate similar to that of Antarctica.
Haley's Comet: The PE crew goes to Haley's Comet in "Crimes of the Hot" to get ice, but the comet is out of ice.
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David A
Space Pope
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Originally posted by Action Jacktion: It's C<caron>apek. There should be a "ī" above the "C", but my keyboard doesn't seem to be able to render that properly. Originally posted by Action Jacktion: We also see Fry and Leela on Saturn's moon Hyperion in her dream in "The Sting." I knew that I missed one of the moons of either Jupiter or Saturn, but I couldn't think of which one. And in case anyone wondered, the only episode that does not have any scenes set on Earth is "Where the Buggalo Roam." Yup. That's why I said almost every episode.
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Nasty Pasty
DOOP Secretary
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Yeah, its a deleted scene from Season 2 i think.
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Teral
Helpy McHelphelp
DOOP Secretary
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The deleted scene from "The Cryonic Women" looks more like something from the Asteroid field than the rings of Saturn.
Apparently the Venusians invaded Earth at some point.
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Nasty Pasty
DOOP Secretary
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Originally posted by Alliteration: The Moon shall rise again!
But seriously... it's a dump with a tacky amusement park QUOTE]
except the Tilt-a-whirl.
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