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- "Tell me something, you've got all this money. How come you always dress like you're doing your laundry?"
- ―Fry to Amy
Put Your Head on My Shoulders is the tenth episode of Futurama Season Two. It was written by Ken Keeler, and directed by Chris Louden.
Synopsis
Amy asks Leela to help her buy a car at Malfunctioning Eddie's Rocket-car Emporium. Meanwhile, Bender decides not to get the recommended safety features installed These would reduce the risk of "catastrophic butt failure," namely explosion, in a low-speed collision, but it makes his ass look Human.
Hg's Fuel, 4750 Miles either way
Amy asks Fry to take a road trip to Mercury, but they break down after they run out of gas. While waiting for a tow truck, she and Fry begin making out.
With Valentine's Day approaching, Bender decides to start a computer dating service. Fry worries that he and Amy are spending too much time together, and asks Leela to come with them on a picnic to Europa they had planned. When she refuses, Fry asks Zoidberg to instead. Zoidberg comes with them, but when Fry asks him to drive he crashes the car. Fry wakes up to find Zoidberg telling him that his body was badly damaged in the crash. Fry, in shock, discovers his head is grafted onto Amy's shoulder in order to be kept alive. After returning to Earth Fry breaks up with Amy and she makes Valentine's Day plans with another man, Gary.
Fry, Amy and Amy's date wind up at Elzar's Fine Cuisine, where all the people who applied to Bender's dating service, including Leela, are with their dates. However, all these dates are flops as Bender merely rounded up a bunch of strangers from the bus station and they all leave for the bus ride home. Amy hits it off with her date, and is about to go home with him over Fry's unwilling protestations. Luckily for Fry, Leela spots him across the room and comes over. She saves Fry by tricking Amy's boyfriend into talking about banking industry regulation. He soon winds up talking about various technical minutiae, distracting him from leaving with Amy. Fry quietly thanks Leela for the assistance.
The next day, Zoidberg reattaches Fry's head to his now-repaired body, and everything returns to normal. Some of the nerves in Fry's neck were apparently rewired so that Fry's left leg hits him every time he touches his neck. As a result, Fry kicks Bender, and his explosive butt finally blows.
Trivia
- Bender: "Mind if I tag along? I gotta bring my ass in for servicing." [He picks up a recall notice.] "The recall notice says it could burst into flames in a low-speed collision." This, and the ending sequence, are references to the Ford Pinto, whose gas tank design made it especially vulnerable to collisions. Internal Ford Company memos were obtained by the press that contained a cost/benefit analysis favorably comparing settlement of potential liability claims with what was considered ultimately more expensive overall, an $11 repair to remedy the problem on each car.
- Victor: "Ah-ah-ah! A gentleman always sells a lady a car first." [He takes Amy over to a car.] "This is the Beta Romeo. Yes, the Beta Romeo. Note the cross-your-heart seat belt which protects, lifts and separates." This is a reference to the Alfa Romeo sports car, and an advertisement for the Cross Your Heart bra.
- Victor's accent is quite similar to Ricardo Montalbán. Montalbán was best known for his role as Mr. Roarke on Fantasy Island and as Khan in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. He also did advertisements for Chrysler praising it's "soft Corinthian leather" in a manner similar to Victor and the eagles.
- A Space Odyssey (film) 2001: A Space Odyssey is referenced when an "out of order" monolith is seen floating around Europa.
- Antagonist: Fry's blind date
- The gas station on Mercury is "Hg's gas station". Hg is the chemical symbol for the metallic element mercury.
- Fry and Amy break down near a sign that says "Gas 4750 miles", and points in both directions. Since Mercury's equatorial circumference is roughly 9,525 miles, they're obviously at the farthest point from Hg's gas station.
- The song is Scruffy the Cat's "Moons of Jupiter". [1]
- Al Gore is on the $500 bill.
- According to the commentary, this is Gore's favorite episode.