Asto... er, Alfalfa's Fantastic Voyage

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Postby jeffbert » 22 years ago

Episode 14 tickled me to no end. It seems to be based more on Futurama's "Parasites Lost", than on the film "Fantastic Voyage", although it could be a coincidence. Nevertheless, on to the really amusing aspect: Atom's nanorobot has an Alfalfa hairstyle! :D ImageImage
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:wahah: :wahah: :D :D :P :P
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Postby Loüßëãr » 22 years ago

Atom's nanorobot has an Alfalfa hairstyle!

Well I just have one question, how does a robot fix a cowlick like that :huh: ?? I mean he can't lick his hand & run it over it like alfalfa tries to do. :P ;) Does he use Valvoline instead of Brylcream :wahah: :P
BTW, I haven't seen any of the new ep's yet but by nanorobot, do you mean a small version of astro?? What is it??
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Postby Loüßëãr » 22 years ago

:P B) :D ;) OK So i had 2 questions ;) :D :wahah: :wahah:
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Postby jeffbert » 22 years ago

A nanorobot is not necessarily a very tiny version of a full-sized robot, but it is very tiny. 'Nano-' means 1/1,000,000,000. Just as a millimeter ir 1/1,000,000 of a meter, so a nanometer is 1/1,000,000,000 of a meter. Nanorobots are extremely tiny robots (although not necessarily of the classic human form robot) that could theoretically be used to perform surgery by attacking similar-sized invaders, whether virus, bacterium, or what ever.

In Atom's case, just as in Fry's (see futurama episode "Parasites Lost"), nanorobots are remote controlled miniature versions of the full-sized items. Thus, the person controls or becomes the miniature version, he sees, hears, and feels everything that the remote-controlled nanorobot does. When he moves his arm, the nanorobot moves its arm.

I will refrain from offering any spoilers here.

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Postby Triple » 22 years ago

Originally posted by Loüßëãr@Jul 20 2003, 03:13 PM
Well I just have one question, how does a robot fix a cowlick like that :huh: ?? I mean he can't lick his hand & run it over it like alfalfa tries to do. :P  ;)  Does he use Valvoline instead of  Brylcream :wahah:  :P

Can robot "hair" be changed? I thought it was always fixed into the same style... :huh: :unsure:

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Postby jeffbert » 22 years ago

The nanorobot Alfalfa was composed in a similar fashion to the way Star Trek transporters work: :lol:

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That is Dr. Elefun's face in the background.

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Why the nanorobot has a different hairstyle, I do not know, except that perhaps it is because it is cuter. :lol:

As mentioned earlier, Alfalfa's mission was surgical, as such, he had to enter the patient:
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I hope this does not spoil it for anyone! :D
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Postby jeffbert » 22 years ago

'Titan'? Who is Titan? Do you have any pics?
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Postby DrFrag » 22 years ago

Must ... avert ... eyes ... from ... spoilers ...

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