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Fry is put on trial for his life for traveling to the forbidden planet of Omega 3 to retrieve all 79 episodes of “Star Trek”, and he must defend the claim that human kind needs “Star Trek” to give them hope for the future. In the 23rd Century, “Star Trek” fans had evolved to such a level that they corrupted the world’s governments and all things “Star Trek” were then banned to Omega 3. Fry sets out on his mission with Leela, Bender and Leonard Nimoy’s head in a jar, only to discover William Shatner, Nichelle Nichols, George Takei and Walter Koening are living on Omega 3 under the watchful eye of Melllvar, an evil energy creature — and “Star Trek’s” biggest fan.
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Fry leads the crew on a quest across the galaxy to regain the forbidden 79 episodes of “Star Trek: The Original Series”, where they encounter the original cast of the show – as well as their captor, an obsessive energy being named Melllvar.
imdb.com summary:
Fry learns that Star Trek had been banned on Earth centuries earlier and goes on a quest with Leonard Nimoy’s Head to find the last remaining episodes. He encounters the re-embodied cast of the original TV show who are prisoners on the planet of a very devoted fan.

Bender attempts to become a chef, and is quickly rejected by the Planet Express crew. He then turns to the chef that inspired him, Elzar, who also rejects him. Bender soon makes friends with some space hobos and, coincidentally, one of them is Helmut Spargel, formerly the world’s greatest chef. Helmut takes Bender under his wing and trains him to be a master chef by giving him a secret weapon — a crystal vial containing “the pure essence of flavor”. A now confident Bender challenges Elzar to a competition in the televised kitchen coliseum known as the “Iron Cook” show.
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Bender receives culinary lessons from the great chef Helmut Spargle, and puts his skills to the test on national television when he competes against Elzar on “Iron Cook”. Meanwhile, Dr. Zoidberg accidentally destroys Professor Farnsworth’s ship-in-a-bottle and pins the deed on Fry, only to be struck with remorse afterwards.
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Bender goes on a quest to learn the secret of Ultimate Flavor so he can humiliate his former idol on television.

When Leela is signed to the New New York Mets, she is thrilled to be the first female major league blernsball player. Drawing huge crowds at the games, Leela believes she is an inspirational role model to all women. What she doesn’t realize is, she has such a following because she is the worst blernsball player to ever play the game.
wikipedia.org summary:
Leela endeavors to become the first female blernsball player, but her lack of depth perception hinders her skills. Nevertheless, she becomes the pitcher for the New New York Mets, purely for her novelty value.
imdb.com summary:
A pickup game with the family-owned pizza place across the street leads to Leela being the first female Blernsball player, but she has to struggle to avoid being the worst player ever.

Fry blindly supports Planet Express’s new CEO, a slick talker from Fry’s time who emphasizes image as he takes on their biggest rival.
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With Planet Express in financial trouble, Fry nominates a flashy businessman from the 1980s to replace Professor Farnsworth as CEO of the company. That Guy goes on to sell Planet Express to Mom’s Friendly Robot Corporation, putting everyone out of a job.
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Fry bonds with a revived 1980s guy who takes over Planet Express and takes on Mom’s Delivery Company, but has a crisis of conscience when his new mentor plans to sell the company.

When the Planet Express Ship is attacked by space pirates, Bender, sleeping in a torpedo tube, gets launched into space. He speeds through an asteroid field and accidentally accumulates a microscopic civilization on his stomach, who declare him God, and worship him despite his constant inability to provide for their needs.
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Bender is accidentally shot out of the ship’s torpedo tube and becomes lost in space. Floating through the ethereal darkness, Bender becomes inhabited with tiny alien life forms, but has trouble playing God to their unyielding prayers.
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When Bender is lost in space, he becomes home and spiritual leader to a race of worshipers who misinterpret his wisdom.

Fry, Leela, and Bender have to deliver a giant sandstone to Osiris 4, a planet resembling ancient Egypt. Once there they are enslaved to work on pharaoh Hamenthotep’s pyramid. After the pharaoh dies, Bender tricks everyone into thinking that he’s the next prophesied pharaoh.
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Bender fears that nobody will remember him after he dies, and sees his chance for immortality when the crew is enslaved on the planet Osiris 4. Posing as the planet’s new pharaoh, Bender orders a humongous statue built in his honor, and quickly goes mad with power.
imdb.com summary:
Fry, Leela and Bender are enslaved on the planet of the original Egyptians to build a monument to the Pharaoh. When the Pharaoh dies, Bender rewrites prophecy to take his place, but keeps Fry and Leela as slaves to build an even bigger monument.

After Peter wins a game of Trivial Pursuit, he is convinced he is a genius. Brian tries to bring him down to earth by telling him to take the MacArthur Genius test. Not only does the test prove he’s not a genius, but it turns out he is mentally challenged. He has a good time taking advantage of this, until he puts Lois in the hospital and the kids are taken from him.
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When Amy’s parents’ ranch is hit by a dust storm that blows away their herd of buggalo, Kif sets out to prove his masculinity by rounding up the herd, only to become entangled with the native Martians.
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Intern Amy Wong’s rich parents host the annual Mars Day picnic, but the original Martians have different plans, so Lieutenant Kif Kroker comes to the rescue.

After Bender dumps toxic waste into the sewers, the mutants become angry and kidnap Bender, Fry and Leela. They suspend the crew over a radioactive lake and threaten to dump them in, altering their human genes and mutating them, but two hooded mutants save them. Leela decides to pursue the mysterious mutants, who seem to have a suspicious fixation with her.
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Dr. Zoidberg’s mysterious miracle cream gives Fry and Leela superpowers. Teaming up with Bender, they form the New Justice Team, under the respective alter egos of Captain Yesterday, Clobberella, and Super King. But Leela’s new duties as a superheroine put a strain on her relationship with her parents.
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Bender sets up a successful waste disposal business. But because he dumps everything in the sewers, the Sewer Mutants revolt and sentence Bender, Leela and Fry to be dumped in the Mutagenic Sewage lake. Somehow two robed mutants with an interest in Leela manage to persuade the Supreme Mutant to let them go.

Love is in the air when Bender finds himself involved in a shipboard romance….with the ship. When the Professor upgrades the Planet Express spaceship’s software with a sexy female voice (guest star Sigourney Weaver), Bender falls hopelessly in love. But when the ship discovers that Bender is unfaithful, she charts a course for self-destruction, and it’s up to Fry and Leela to save the day.
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Bender falls deeply in love with the Planet Express ship autopilot’s female voice setting. Meanwhile, Fry searches for the perfect candy heart to properly convey his feelings for Leela.
imdb.com summary:
When the Planet Express ship gets a selectable personality upgrade, Bender chooses one and falls in love… but too briefly.

Love is in the air when Bender finds himself involved in a shipboard romance….with the ship. When the Professor upgrades the Planet Express spaceship’s software with a sexy female voice (guest star Sigourney Weaver), Bender falls hopelessly in love. But when the ship discovers that Bender is unfaithful, she charts a course for self-destruction, and it’s up to Fry and Leela to save the day.
wikipedia.org summary:
The Planet Express crew ask three more questions for the What-If Machine: Bender asks what if he were human; Fry asks what if life were more like a video game; and Leela asks what if she found her true home.
I, Meatbag – Farnsworth uses his latest invention to turn Bender into a human for the Nobel Committee. Bender goes on a week-long eating binge that turns him into a thousand-pound, morbidly obese blob and dies shortly after inspiring the committee to become party animals like he had.
Raiders of the Lost Arcade – Earth is invaded by a race of aliens from Nintendu 64 in a manner similar to Space Invaders. Fry fails to stop the Nintendian invasion, but when their demands are revealed to be quarters for laundry, a compromise is reached allowing the Nintendians to mix their laundry with the Earthlings’ in exchange for the Earth’s safety.
Wizzin’ – Instead of seeing what would happen if she found her true home, Leela is knocked unconscious by the What-If Machine’s lever and dreams herself in a parody of The Wizard of Oz with herself as Dorothy, Fry as the Scarecrow, Bender as the Tin Man, Zoidberg as the Cowardly Lion, Farnsworth as the Wizard, and Mom as the Wicked Witch. Leela decides she wants to become the new Wicked Witch instead of going home, but her reign of terror and her dream are cut short when Zoidberg splashes and melts her with water.
imdb.com summary:
An anthology of three “what if” stories: what if Bender was human, what if life was more like a video game, and what if Leela found her true home.