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** However, it is beautifully ''subverted'' almost as often. For example, in the 2nd-season episode ''Fry and the Slurm Factory'', the Slurm drink manufacturer runs a contest where the grand prize is won by finding one golden bottle cap hidden in a Slurm can. Fry wonders if there could be a way to find the bottlecap without having to buy millions of cans. As expected, he shortly comes into possession of the professor's "F-Ray" (which can see through anything) and uses it on every can of slurm in the city of New New York. But while this wins him lots of "minor" prizes (including a jetski!), he still doesn't find the golden bottlecap. He's so frustrated that he declares he will never look at another can of slurm again. Of course, he immediately goes to the fridge to get another one to drink. It's the winning can.

* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: Just like in [[The Simpsons|Matt Groening's other show]]. For example, in "Neutopia", Leela lists two things she doesn't like about being a man, then inexplictably says, "The food at those strip clubs is terrible," as if it were a third reason.

* [[Ascended Meme]]: The [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/futurama-fry-not-sure-if-x "Squinting Fry"] image macro showed up in a recent Comedy Central promo for the new 2012 season.

** As did the "Why Not Zoidberg?" meme. Bonus points for both memes being voiced over by their respective voice actors.

* [[Big Eater]]: Nibbler (and the rest of the Nibblonians). Let the Feast Of A Thousand Hams begin! Also Zoidberg, whenever he's not rummaging through garbage cans. He destroys an entire buffet table in "[[Roswell That Ends Well]]" There were hints of Amy of being one throughout the series, but it wasn't until "The Prisoner of Benda" when she switched bodies that she wanted to satisfy her ''food lust''.

* [[Big Little Man]]: When Bender wonders what it would be like to be [[Attack of the 50 Foot Whatever|500 feet high]], we're shown a towering Bender...who then turns out to be a normal-sized robot constructing the giant Bender.

* [[Big No]]:

** In Mars University, when Professor Farnsworth realizes his pet monkey wants to be only decently smart and [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?|get a degree in business]], instead of a being a genius.