"Anthology of Interest II" is the eighteenth episode of the third season of Futurama. It originally aired in North America on January 6, 2002. This episode, as well as the earlier "Anthology of Interest I", serves to showcase three "imaginary" stories.
Professor Farnsworth hauls out his What-If Machine again, claiming that he's finished "fine-tuning" it (striking it repeatedly with a hammer), and the crew takes a look at three alternate realities...
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"Anthology of Interest II" is the eighteenth episode of the third season of Futurama. It originally aired in North America on January 6, 2002. This episode, as well as the earlier "Anthology of Interest I", serves to showcase three "imaginary" stories.
Professor Farnsworth hauls out his What-If Machine again, claiming that he's finished "fine-tuning" it (striking it repeatedly with a hammer), and the crew takes a look at three alternate realities.
Bender asks what would happen if he were human. The simulation opens with Professor Farnsworth announcing that he has invented a process of reverse fossilization, which can turn robots and machines into organic life-forms (he was already successful into turning a toaster into a raccoon). He uses his reverse fossilization machine on Bender, who is transformed into a human. After a short period of adaptation, Bender's self-control is overwhelmed by his new senses of taste, touch and emotional responses, and goes on a sensory input binge.
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