Errors in Where the buggalo roam

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Well, first of all, owning 1/2 of mars happens to be exactly 17.9 billion acres, so that is accurate (and olympus mons is in the western hemisphere).  The moons were not too accurate though.  The larger moon moves really fast, you should actually be able to see it move through the sky (plus it isn't gigantic, it appears smaller than the moon from earth).  The smaller moon is almost stationary (like a satellite); it should stay in the same location for days.

Plus, how come you can see bender through kif when he goes chameleon, but you can't see his own gloved hand when he scratches the back of his head?

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Although they did get the shape of Phobos and Deimos correct, they're not spheres.

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True, they are lumpy potato shaped things. More like captured asteroids than moons. They are only a few kilometers across.

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Was it just me or did Olympus Mons seem really, really small?

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Yeah, it was tiny compared to any mountain on Earth. That crater was pitifully small as well. Maybe the aliens blasted them all and left the one on Mars intact.

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Olympus mons should be friggin huge (like 370 miles/600 km diameter; the size of Missouri).  The crater at the top should be the size of Rhode Island.  Plus it is surrounded by 4-6 km high cliffs (think of the side of a rocky seashore).  It is 24 km high.  Guess they don't need to breath in the future.

I reviewed everytime kif cloaked or whatever, you could see stuff behind him, but he would not change into the color of something he was wearing (the rim of his hat vanished, but you could see behind him, his hand vanished but you could see bender through him).

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Why didn't he use his camo technique on Amazonia?

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Better yet, why didn't he "use" it here? It seems to be an element that got half-whacked in the rewriting process; probably used in an earlier draft to allow Kif to infiltrate the kidnappers.

So...why didn't he use it? Er...

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Moreover, if Kif has no bones, why did he think he was going to die by snu-snu on Amazonia? And if the Amazon women were bigenough to pop his bladders, why didn't his head explode like a grape on the high-gravity planet?

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and I think one moon looked exactly like a moon they used for another planet... dunno which one though... and btw you are all nerds  hehe...

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Guess they don't need to breath in the future.

Remember, back in Mars University they said they terraformed Mars:


Fry: Very impressive.  Back in the 20th Century we had no idea there was a university on Mars.
Prof.: Well, in those days Mars was just a dreary, uninhabitable wasteland, much like Utah.  But unlike Utah it was eventually made livable when the University was founded in 2636.
Leela: They planted traditional college foliage.  Ivy ... trees ... hemp ... soon the whole planet was terra-formed!
Fry: Does that mean it's safe to breathe the air?
Prof.: Of course!
*sounds of Fry gulping in air*

(Shamelessly pulled from a Usenet post from 1999... Thanks Google Groups!    )

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Originally posted by Xenomorph:
Moreover, if Kif has no bones, why did he think he was going to die by snu-snu on Amazonia? And if the Amazon women were bigenough to pop his bladders, why didn't his head explode like a grape on the high-gravity planet?

I don't think that makes sense...the high gravity wasn't enough to crush Fry/Zapp's bones, so obviously it's not strong enough to pop Kif's bladders. Besides, maybe Kif is just sensible and didn't want to get pregnant, which is why he was afraid of having unprotected snu-snu with the amazonians. Or maybe he's just gay.

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Remember, Kif never fully explained HOW his bladder system works.  He kept getting cut off.

If you notice in "Brannigan Begin Again" Kif's head smacks to the ground in a funny sight gag when he enter's that planet's atmosphere.  Maybe that is a clue to how they work.  I know it was a clue to him having no bones.

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Just a clarifying note:  Olympus mons is 3 times taller than mount everest.  You cannot breath on top of mount everest; there is not enough oxygen.  Even accounting for the fact that the atmosphere of Mars "leaks" into space (the gravity is not high enough to contain an atmosphere forever on mars), thus allowing the atmosphere to extend higher somewhat, you will not be able to breath on top of the volcano.

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erm...
in "A flight to remember" (i think), as they were escaping from the "Titanic" didn't Amy's parents introduce Amy to Kif? and from then Kif likes Amy alot and eventually goes out together.
but suddenly her parents seem not to know Kif at all.

perhaps her parents introed Amy to too many guys till they forget?

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It was pointed out elsewhere--perhaps on this thread, I dunno, but certainly not in the episode--that when the Wongs introduced Amy to Kif, they thought he was a captain (as Zapp had given him command of the ship before fleeing). Now they know better.

Think of it as an Easter Egg of sorts; only the biggest "Futurama" geeks like us will be left unconfused by things like that.

Jooooooiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnn ussssssssss.

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oh thats a good point, BrainSluggo. I hadn't thought of that, and when i watched the episode, I was like "Hey, they introduced Kif to Amy! What's the deal??"
now I know better. I'M the deal.

oh and did anyone bring this up yet (?), but if Kiff got snu snued by the amazon women, why did he forget what sex was and think when the Buggalos went running by that he and Amy had just made love?

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Maybe Kiff thinks sex and making love are different things, would explain a lot.

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Originally posted by skullhappy:
oh and did anyone bring this up yet (?), but if Kiff got snu snued by the amazon women, why did he forget what sex was and think when the Buggalos went running by that he and Amy had just made love?

Kif didn't get snusnu'ed on Amazonia. He used the suction cups on his hands and feets to cling to the ceiling of the cave, until Amy came in and rescued him.

But I did get the impression he and Amy had snusnu after returning ot Earth. Perhaps Kif got stagefright. Or possible Kif's race have snusnu in another way than humans, and thus he didn't consider snusnu with Amy as sex.

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Afterall he comes from a race where men gets pregnant (according to TLZ about "Kif Gets Knocked Up A Notch" ), so the actual snusnu process may be somewhat different too.

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Yeah, Teral brings up a good point. I thought that he had gotten snu snu'ed, but after watching it again, the same woman that goes in with him the first time is the one poking him with the broom, and when the Amazonians take their turn, they only go into Fry's and Zapp's rooms.

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Not exactly an error, but I hope those Martians are really careful when they stop at the next planet. The diamond is simply in tow, nothing prevents it from slamming into the spaceship if it stops for some reason.

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Well, if their ships have half the durability of the PE Ship, it shouldn't be that much of a problem.

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I guess not, but the PE ship was constructed by a mad scientist. Hard to know what kind of weird alloys he used.

It just looked funny, a diamond worth more than half the surface of Mars and they just put it in a sling and tow it after the spaceship.

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But did you see all the different lengths of wire he used in making the ship?

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Actually there is something else wrong with the moons: (If this was mentioned, ignore me)
Phobos currently is the lumpy potato shape, but scientists believe in a few hundred years or sooner, the moon (which is developing deep cracks down the middle) will split apart to either form two moons, or be completely destroyed. So why is it still there? Did they repair it? I read about this many years ago, so feel free to correct me. Also if you wanna see something else funny about that episode and Kif click here:  http://www.planetexpress.dk/?kiffreproductive

(WARNING may be offencive to some)

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Maybe some Berkeley-based historical society demanded the Government spend billions of dollars to have Phobos "restored."

"...Or we'll boycott Fishy Joe's!!"
--Free Waterfall Jr.

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I think the vegetarians wouldn't eat at Fishy Joe's anyhow. I mean, come on. All the place serves is animal products.

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Captain Obvious strikes again

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Captain Obvious?!?! Where! :: looks around with autograph book and pen ::

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Captain obvious? I love that guy!
:: High fives Venus (nice avitar  ) ::

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tis my favoritist avator in the whole wide world!

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Shriek! Where's the Spelling Nazis when you need them? 

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How many different ways can "avatar" be misspelled?

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According to "Wibster's Dictionary", 9.

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you read dictionarys? what a nurd.

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ooh, ive got one, kif's magical clothes change during the saving amy bit. magic.

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Originally posted by Oni Zyxer:
you read dictionarys? what a nurd.

Of course I read dictionarys. Do you think I own a Universal Translator? Have you priced those things lately, I'm not made of money. Leave me alone.   

Edit: Come to think of it the Wibsters joke was abit obscure. Only Dilbert fans would pick up on it (and I happen to know Nix is a Dilbert fan  )

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Double post, but what the h***.

When our happy quintet is about to enter the nostrils of the Great Stoneface of Mars, Betsy is in the middle of them, right next to Kif. Cut to closer shot, Zapp yells "Noseward hooo!", and Betsy have disappeared. Inside the tunnel Betsy is also missing, yet when Kif needs her inside the crater, poof she appears out of nowhere.

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Originally posted by McGrady:
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I reviewed everytime kif cloaked or whatever, you could see stuff behind him, but he would not change into the color of something he was wearing (the rim of his hat vanished, but you could see behind him, his hand vanished but you could see bender through him).

This could be on purpose.
Most "ye old Sci-Fi films", that involved the person disapearing also had the back bit of clothing dissapear due to poor specialFX...
I look at it as a reference to all those old Sci-fi flicks... 

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Futurama Comics #3 actually showed the Wong ranch, and it looked like the building that appeared here. Hey, advance continuity! (Having said that, Fox held this episode back so long it could well have been finished before #3 was even started!)

On the other hand,  in the comic there was green grass around it instead of Martian soil, and there were cows visible too. Dunno about you, but *I* believed Amy when she said they were extinct in 'A Fishful Of Dollars'...