The Problem with Popplers

"The Problem with Popplers" is episode 15 in season 2 of Futurama. It originally aired in North America on May 7, 2000. When the Planet Express crew lands on a previously undiscovered planet, they find that it is covered in a new and delicious animal life form which they call "popplers". The name was chosen by Fry from a list of the two remaining names on Earth that were not trademarked; the second was "Zitzles". This was also after rejecting the... more

"The Problem with Popplers" is episode 15 in season 2 of Futurama. It originally aired in North America on May 7, 2000. When the Planet Express crew lands on a previously undiscovered planet, they find that it is covered in a new and delicious animal life form which they call "popplers". The name was chosen by Fry from a list of the two remaining names on Earth that were not trademarked; the second was "Zitzles". This was also after rejecting the unsuitable name "tasticles" as too similar to an existing product: "Those frozen Rocky Mountain Oysters on a stick—you know, 'test-sicles'?". These edible and highly addictive "popplers" soon become a new business venture for the crew, for Earthlings just can't seem to get enough of these delicacies. Unfortunately, after popplers become an incredibly popular food item, and the organization MEAT, or Mankind for Ethical Animal Treatment, begins to protest against them, it is learned that they are the larval stage of the Omicronian race. Leela,... less