Rebirth
- Episode aired Jun 24, 2010
- TV-14
- 22m
After the events of Over The Wild Green Yonder, Leela is put in an irreversible coma. Fry must find a way to cope with his loss, so he builds a robotic Leela.After the events of Over The Wild Green Yonder, Leela is put in an irreversible coma. Fry must find a way to cope with his loss, so he builds a robotic Leela.After the events of Over The Wild Green Yonder, Leela is put in an irreversible coma. Fry must find a way to cope with his loss, so he builds a robotic Leela.
- Philip J. Fry
- (voice)
- …
- Turanga Leela
- (voice)
- …
- Bender
- (voice)
- …
- Build-a-Bot Leela
- (voice)
- …
- Kif Kroker
- (voice)
- Amy Wong
- (voice)
- Hermes Conrad
- (voice)
- Nibbler
- (voice)
- …
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis was the first original episode broadcast on Comedy Central.
- GoofsThe pelvises of the men and women skeletons look exactly alike, all female.
- Quotes
Prof. Hubert J. Farnsworth: Come on, stem cells, work your astounding scientific nonsense!
Philip J. Fry: Fetal stem cells? Aren't those controversial?
Prof. Hubert J. Farnsworth: In your time, yes. But nowadays... shut up! Besides, these are adult stem cells, harvested from healthy adults whom I've killed for their stem cells.
- ConnectionsEdited into Futurama: Game of Drones (2016)
- SoundtracksComa Chameleon
(uncredited)
Parody of Culture Club's "Karma Chameleon"
Originally written by Boy George
Performed by John DiMaggio
Rebirth didn't meet my expectations but it should succeed in entertaining the audience. Indeed some situations were quite hilarious. I didn't dig the whole Bender delirium but most of the jokes were funny. However I found some cultural references a bit lazy, at least two films. I couldn't help comparing it to Space Pilot 3000, that I rated 10 out of 10, and they didn't play in the same creative league. Otherwise the characters spirit hasn't aged and I instantly fell in love again with Leela & Fry. I found some scenes touching and even if their relationship is not as super as Lois & Clark I think it has potential and I hope it'll be further developed in the upcoming episodes.
As for the story it wasn't mind blowing but twisted enough so you should definitely be surprised. Visually it's still a miss of traditional 2D animation and 3D cel-shaded CG. However I think they could have upgraded their vision and made it a bit more modern. Some backgrounds were specially tasteless but overall I think the production quality is good. Last but not least it ended with a cliffhanger and even if I don't expect Futurama to switch to a heavy format, with one story for the whole season, it should intrigue you enough to at least watch the next episode, In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela. So it wasn't a two parts pilot but I think Rebirth deserves your attention. But don't expect Futurama to reinvent itself ! It's really like if the show had never been canceled.
- igoatabase
- Jun 24, 2010
Details
- Runtime22 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1