coldangel

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Kif didn't share any "deep feelings of love" with Leela. Irrelevant, as he later explained: "I thank Leela for the DNA she gave me but, in my species, the true parent is the one who inspired the initial feeling of love."His receptive state was evidently caused by the panic of decompression No idea where you got that from. when would Leela have "impregnated" Kif? Watch the episode. Everybody touches him. Give up now and admit your idiocy.
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Otis P Jivefunk

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It's a shitty ep anyways, one of the worst from the original run if you ask me. I'd sooner forget it than worry about who got Kif pregnant. The offspring have been completely neglected, just conveniently pushed to the sidelines with that cop-out twenty years line. Really makes the ep feel worthwhile...
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Svip

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I liked it as well. It was not the best episode, sure, but hardly terrible.
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bjjo2006

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is reincarnation the newest ep?
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Gorky

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According to the transcript on 'Infosphere' it was explained by Kif.
Kif: Leela must have impregnated me when she grabbed my ungloved hand. That explains the poster in hygiene class: "No Glove, No Love".
Yeah, I always figured Kif's species is impregnated only by hand-to-hand combat contact. The scene where they're all trying to hold on to Kif makes a big deal about how everyone kind of grazes his hand, but only Leela grabs it. Amy is the parent of Kif's offspring to the extent that she "inspired the initial feeling of love"; the genetic material itself is only Kif's and Leela's. I don't find that problematic, though, from a storytelling perspective. Kif doesn't care who the biological parent of his children is--all that matters is that Amy's the one who put him in the receptive state in the first place. It's a shitty ep anyways, one of the worst from the original run if you ask me. I'd sooner forget it than worry about who got Kif pregnant. The offspring have been completely neglected, just conveniently pushed to the sidelines with that cop-out twenty years line. Really makes the ep feel worthwhile...
"Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch" has to be one of my favorite episodes of the series; it's nice to see the spotlight on Kif and Amy for once, and the story itself is both hilarious and strangely touching (no pun intended). You're right that the ending is kind of a cop-out, but that's never bugged me. Amy and Kif becoming "real" parents would totally change the dynamic of the show; maybe the writers shouldn't have pursued the story in the first place if they never really expected it to amount to anything, but I just find the episode so enjoyable that its lack of continuity with the rest of the series doesn't bother me. As a standalone episode, it's one of my favorites.
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coldangel

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I don't find that problematic, though, from a storytelling perspective. Kif doesn't care who the biological parent of his children is--all that matters is that Amy's the one who put him in the receptive state in the first place.
Which was a nice way for the writers to nudge modern society toward acceptance of non-conventional family units. Namely same-sex parents. An enlightened mob, those Futurama writers.
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Fnord
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Watch the episode. Everybody touches him.
Give up now and admit your idiocy.
I'm going to take 1/3 of your advice. I'm going to rewatch it, especially since we seem to have seen different things.
I just got done watching the episode again. There's nothing in the episode that contradicts anything that I have said or conjectured. However, in the commentary, the writers did say that Leela was the only other parent of Kif's offspring. So I'm going to take another 1/3 of coldangel's advice. However, I still consider the ending to be "part of O.M.", so I will not admit any (nonexistant) idiocy.
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Svip

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I know, but I still was granted the opportunity to make that post. We nitpick around here.
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coldangel

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Oh don't fucking jinx it you douchebag! I oughtta slap you down.
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Inquisitor Hein
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I personally prefer the dynamic between Zapp and Leela, which in recent years has been swiped under the rug in favor of the on off again ship...
...though there is imhO not really a reason why Zapp should stop chasing Leela, even when she's together with Fry.
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DannyJC13

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Something that has been bothering me for a while: Has anyone else noticed that huge chunks of all the new episodes take place in the Conference Room? I can't think of a single ep from Rebirth that doesn't involve something minor/major in the plot happening in that room.  Dunno if that's a bad thing or what...
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DannyJC13

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Yes but it seems like it is getting used a little too much... What happened to the Professor (and sometimes Hermes) walking in on the crew watching TV and telling them they have to make a delivery? Or the crew repairing the ship and telling them there?
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Otis P Jivefunk

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That's a good observation and one which I hadn't thought of before. I do like the conference room very much though, especially as it was designed by my fave artist Dave Cooper, but I agree that some variation wouldn't go amiss. I remember a fun TV room scene with Bender and Mr. Peppy from Fry Am The Egg Man, but that was a little different I suppose...
What with your point, and most of the crew going on missions together now I guess the shows dynamic has changed a little, with the increased conference room usage perhaps being a little shift towards that change...
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