Futurama: Volume 3
20th Century Fox (2001)
Animation, Comedy, Science Fiction
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IMDB   9.1
506 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR (Not Rated)
Billy West Philip J. Fry/Prof. Hubert J. Farnsworth/Dr. Zoidberg/Zapp Brannigan/Leo Wong/Smitty
Lauren Tom Amy Wong
Katey Sagal Turanga Leela
John Di Maggio Bender
Phil LaMarr Hermes Conrad
Director
Peter Avanzino
Wesley Archer
Producer Jason Grode
Eric Horsted
Writer Matt Groening

Futurama, set in the next millennium, follows the exploits of Fry, a pizza delivery boy who was cryogenically frozen by accident for 1,000 years; Leela, a female cyclops; Bender, an immoral robot, and others as they work for an intergalactic delivery service owned by Fry's great, great, great... nephew, Professor Hubert Farnsworth.
Episodes
 30 mins    11/5/2000  1.  Amazon Women in the Mood
At his late Uncle Vladimir's estate, Bender is run over by a vicious Werecar, inheriting the curse. The only way to stop Bender's fatal transformations is to seek out and destroy the original Werecar - the deadly Project Satan.
Director:  Susie Dietter  Writer:  Ken Keeler 
 30 mins    11/26/2000  2.  Parasites Lost
Bender and Fry volunteer for military duty to enjoy the benefits of the soldiers' discount. When war breaks out later that same day, Leela too decides to join the all-male ranks, under the guise of Lee Lemon, and creates quite a stir for her leader, Zapp Brannigan.
Director:  Ron Hughart  Writer:  Eric Horsted 
Guest starring:  Todd Susman
 30 mins    12/3/2000  3.  A Tale of Two Santas
Fry, Leela, and Bender all lose their jobs at Planet Express, and they endeavor to return to their old jobs. Due to a mix-up of their career chips, Fry becomes a career counselor at Applied Cryogenics, where he meets up with a familiar defrostee - his girlfriend from the 20th century, Michelle.
Director:  Mark Ervin  Writer:  J. Stewart Burns 
Guest starring:  Sarah Silverman, Pauly Shore
 30 mins    1/21/2001  4.  The Luck of the Fryish
When Fry becomes infested with parasitic worms that make him stronger and smarter, he finally finds the perfect way to profess his feelings to Leela. Meanwhile, the rest of the crew goes on a journey into Fry's body to eradicate the worms.
Director:  Peter Avanzino  Writer:  Eric Kaplan 
 30 mins    2/4/2001  5.  The Birdbot of Ice-catraz
A double-date for Kif, Amy, Zapp, and Leela ends in disaster when their orbiting restaurant crashes on planet Amazonia. The hulking female inhabitants of the planet take their male captives to the omniscient Femputer, who orders Fry, Zapp, and Kif to death by "snu-snu".
Director:  Brian Sheesley  Writer:  Lewis Morton 
Guest starring:  Beatrice Arthur, Suzie Plakson
 30 mins    2/11/2001  6.  Bendless Love
Bender's urge to bend prompts Professor Farnsworth to send him on a rehabilitation visit to a steel factory, where he falls in love with a shapely fem-bot named Angleyne. But Bender's old rival Flexo and the intrusion of the Robot Mafia threaten to throw a wrench into the proceedings.
Director:  Swinton O. Scott III  Writer:  Eric Horsted 
Guest starring:  Jan Hooks
 30 mins    2/18/2001  7.  The Day the Earth Stood Stupid
Earth is invaded by super-intelligent flying brains, who sap the Earth's populace of their intelligence. Leela is taken to Nibbler's home planet Eternia, where the Nibblonians explain that only one human is immune to the brains' powers - Fry.
Director:  Mark Ervin  Writer:  Jeff Westbrook 
 30 mins    2/25/2001  8.  That’s Lobstertainment!
Dr. Zoidberg reunites with his uncle, silent hologram star Harold Zoid, and the two of them set out to make a movie together. They cast the temperamental Calculon in the lead role, who demands an Oscar for his performance, but the movie doesn't go over well with audiences.
Director:  Bret Haaland  Writer:  Patric M. Verrone 
Guest starring:  Hank Azaria
 30 mins    3/4/2001  9.  The Cyber House Rules
A sober Bender crashes a dark matter tanker on Pluto, threatening the penguin reserve nearby. Leela helps out in the clean-up, but when the penguins begin mating out of control, drastic action must be taken to thin the herd.
Director:  James Purdum  Writer:  Dan Vebber 
Guest starring:  Phil Hendrie
 30 mins    3/11/2001  10.  Where the Buggalo Roam
After a string of bad luck, Fry ventures into the decaying ruins of Old New York to regain his lucky seven-leaf clover from his childhood, only to find that his brother Yancy Fry had stolen not only the clover, but Fry's identity as well. Fry sets out to exhume his brother's body, but discovers the startling truth about Yancy instead.
Director:  Chris Louden  Writer:  Ron Weiner 
Guest starring:  Tom Kenny
 30 mins    4/1/2001  11.  Insane in the Mainframe
Leela meets up with her former orphanarium playmate Adlai Atkins, now a plastic surgeon, who offers to grant Leela surgery that will give her two eyes. Meanwhile, Bender adopts twelve orphans in order to collect $1200 in government stipends.
Director:  Susie Dietter  Writer:  Lewis Morton 
Guest starring:  Tom Kenny, Nicole St. John
 30 mins    4/8/2001  12.  The Route of All Evil
Accused of robbing a bank, Fry and Bender plead insanity and are both sent to a robot insane asylum. While Bender and his buddy Roberto plan an escape, Fry is brainwashed into thinking that he is a robot.
Director:  Peter Avanzino  Writer:  Bill Odenkirk 
 30 mins    4/22/2001  13.  Bendin’ in the Wind
When Bender is paralyzed in a tragic can opener accident, he discovers his musical washboard skills and goes on tour as a member of Beck's folk-rock band, acting as a voice for broken robots everywhere. Fry, Leela, Amy, and Zoidberg tag along in Fry's antique 1960s VW Van.
Director:  Ron Hughart  Writer:  Eric Horsted 
Guest starring:  Beck
 30 mins    5/6/2001  14.  Time Keeps on Slipping
While creating a team of mutants to play the Harlem Globetrotters, the Professor accidentally causes a disruption in time that threatens the existence of the universe. Meanwhile, Fry tries to win an unreceptive Leela's heart.
Director:  Chris Louden  Writer:  Ken Keeler 
Guest starring:  Jeff Cesario
 30 mins    5/13/2001  15.  I Dated a Robot
Fry discovers the ability to download any celebrity onto a blank robot, and chooses to download Lucy Liu, with whom he falls madly in love. Repulsed by this disgusting display of human/robot love, Leela, Bender, and Zoidberg set out to shut down Nappster.com and put an end to illegal celebrity downloads forever.
Director:  James Purdum  Writer:  Eric Kaplan 
Guest starring:  Lucy Liu
16.  A Leela of Her Own
17.  A Pharaoh to Remember
18.  Anthology of Interest II
19.  Roswell That Ends Well
20.  Godfellas
21.  Future Stock
22.  The 30% Iron Chef
Edition Details
Edition Special Edition
Series Television
Distributor 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Release Date 3/9/2004
Packaging Custom Case
Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3)
Subtitles English; English (Closed Captioned); French; Spanish
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital 5.1 [English]
Dolby Digital Stereo [English]
Dolby Digital Surround [English]
Dolby Digital Surround [French]
Dolby Digital Surround [German]
Dolby Digital Surround [Spanish]
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 4

Features
Disc 01 Full-length audio commentary on all 22 episodes Deleted Scenes from 17 Episodes Storyboard, Character Art and "How to Draw" galleries Animatic, 3-D models and more!>br>