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(electronic music, distorted vocalizing)
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{\an8}(theme song)
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(8-bit music)
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(ship zooming)
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- (landing gear creaks)
- (roof slams shut)
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{\an8}Spectacular, isn't it?
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{\an8}Probably! What is it?
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I've created a simulation
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of the entire universe!
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- (sting)
- (all gasp)
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{\an8}Oh! In that case, it stinks.
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{\an8}I keep forgetting, Professor.
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{\an8}Are we in the entire universe?
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{\an8}Why, naturally!
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{\an8}(beeping)
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{\an8}3-PIXEL PROFESSOR: Good news, everyone!
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{\an8}We've got a delivery!
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{\an8}(3-Pixel characters cheer)
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But first, roll call!
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- Leela?
- 3-PIXEL LEELA: Here.
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- 3-PIXEL PROFESSOR: Fry?
- 3-PIXEL FRY: Present!
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- 3-PIXEL PROFESSOR: Scruffy?
- 3-PIXEL SCRUFFY: ...Yep.
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- 3-PIXEL PROFESSOR: Hermes?
- 3-PIXEL HERMES: Check.
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3-PIXEL PROFESSOR: Bender?
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3-PIXEL BENDER:
Bite my shiny middle pixel!
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- 3-PIXEL PROFESSOR: Amy?
- 3-PIXEL AMY: Shmobviously.
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3-PIXEL PROFESSOR: And the rest.
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3-PIXEL ZOIDBERG: Hooray!
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I'm an unnamed member of the group!
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That's amazing, Professor!
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How'd you make it so crummy?
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It wasn't easy.
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Even to achieve this level of realism
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requires vast amounts of computing power.
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(beeping)
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{\an8}My Simputron uses more electricity
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{\an8}than 100 bug zappers.
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{\an8}Which reminds me,
I had to unplug our bug zappers.
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(mosquito buzzing)
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(grunting)
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- Ow!
- Got him!
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- (mosquito buzzing)
- The mosquito is still alive.
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There's a mosquito?
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(playful music)
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3-PIXEL HERMES: Listen up, threeple!
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Today, you'll be delivering
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this package to Space Italy.
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Space Italy?
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{\an8}I know, it's an embarrassingly lazy name.
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{\an8}But, when you're creating
an entire universe from scratch,
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{\an8}you can't make up a believable
name for everything.
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{\an8}Sometimes, you just have
to go with "Space Italy"
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or "the Robot Planet"
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or "Dr. Zoidberg."
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Preposterous.
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(upbeat 8-bit music)
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(ship zooming)
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(landing gear clicking)
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(air brake hiss)
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(water streaming, 8-bit beeping)
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3-PIXEL LEELA: Wow, Space Italy!
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You delivering that package, Bender?
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3-PIXEL BENDER: Up all
those steps? No grazie.
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I'll just chuck it into
Trevi Fountain for good luck.
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(giggle, grunt)
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- MALE: Ooh!
- (glass breaks)
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3-PIXEL BLEK: Papa pia!
He hit-a the Space Pope!
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- (European police siren)
- (tires screech)
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3-PIXEL ITALIAN URL: You're under arrest
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for-a bonking His Holiness.
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3-PIXEL ITALIAN SMITTY: I tell-a you,
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this-a Planet Express company
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is a real two-bit operation, eh?
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3-PIXEL BENDER: More like three! (laughs)
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- (handcuffs click)
- (Bender screams)
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3-PIXEL LEELA:
So, um, as long as we're here,
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wanna see the sights?
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3-PIXEL FRY: When in Space Rome...
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(soft, romantic music)
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(kiss)
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3-PIXEL LEELA: Michelangelo's David!
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So lifelike!
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3-PIXEL FRY: Jeez, Dave! Get a fig leaf!
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(3-Pixel Leela giggles)
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3-PIXEL GONDOLIER (singing): ♪ La la la! ♪
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♪ La la la! ♪
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- (3-Pixel Leela sighs)
- ♪ La la la! ♪
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(swelling music)
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3-PIXEL LEELA: I just can't understand
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how it doesn't fall dow...
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- (scream)
- (thud)
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3-PIXEL FRY: Lemme give you a han...
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- (scream)
- (thud)
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(both laughing)
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(both moaning, kissing)
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Oh, mama, they're going at it
like two packs of gum!
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Bender, give us a little privacy.
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- (clang)
- ALL: Aw...
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So, do those people in the casserole
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know they're in a simulation,
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or do they think that they're real?
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Of course they think they're real.
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To them, the rules of my software
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are just their laws of physics.
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But, we think we're real.
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Couldn't our universe
also be a simulation?
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(laugh) Absolutely not! No chance.
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- The very idea is preposterous!
- How can you be so sure?
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Because it's computationally impossible!
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For example, every atom in the universe
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is affected whenever
one little thing moves.
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Like my ass? (humming, grunting)
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(strange whirring)
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Oh yeah! Come on! (humming, grunting)
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PROFESSOR: That's a perfect
example, Bender,
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- and some pretty decent twerking.
- (whirring continues)
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My software can't possibly compute
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the gravitational changes
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between Bender's ass
and every other particle,
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so I had to have the information
travel outward gradually,
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at a fixed speed.
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Like the speed of light in our universe?
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Right!
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(clears throat)
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Oh, fuff. That's just a coincidence.
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I had to cut other corners, too.
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I mean, my simulation
doesn't even keep track
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- of exactly where everything is.
- (opens door)
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Taking all bets!
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Find the ball, win me not punching you!
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{\an8}ZOIDBERG: My last $5 on cup number one!
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In fact, make it my last $10!
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Another convenient example.
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My lazy software wouldn't even
decide which cup the ball's in
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- until someone actually looked at it.
- (strange whirring)
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Until then, it's just sort of in both.
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- (Bender giggles)
- (Zoidberg groans)
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So, your programming shortcut
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is like quantum mechanics in our world?
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Exactly like that!
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(clears throat)
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Hm, interesting.
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I guess what I'm trying to say is
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our universe is
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probably also a simulation.
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(all gasp)
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But, that's the exact opposite
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of what you said one minute ago!
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New evidence was presented,
and I changed my mind.
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I'm a scientist, not a...
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- Idiot?
- ...politician.
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Man. Imagine how awful it would be
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to find out your whole
personality was just simulated,
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like Bender's.
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Whuzzulated? Like whozer's!?
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I just mean you're an
artificial intelligence, Bender.
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Like the people in
the Professor's simulation.
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- Artificial?
- Uh-huh. Yep.
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Why'd you have to tell me!?
You just ruined my life!
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My big fat fake life! (sobs)
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You're a walking bucket!
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How can you say I'm not real!?
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If you prick me, do I not bleed?
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- (clanging)
- (grunting)
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(crinkle)
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Okay, that was a bad example!
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- (stab)
- Ow! I'm bleeding!
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- Showoff.
- There there, Bender.
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You're as real as any of us.
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The philosopher René Descartes said,
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"I think, therefore I am."
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- Can you think?
- I don't think so!
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I think I might not be able to think!
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Anyway, it was a fun little universe,
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but we're looking at
a Godzilla-sized electric bill.
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It's time to shut it down.
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But, you can't just turn them off!
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That would be like turning me off!
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Good idea! That'll save even more power!
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But, we'll start with them.
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(elongated) No...
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BENDER: ...no...
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(grunting)
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The plug is stuck.
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- (Bender continues yelling)
- Or maybe I'm just extraordinarily weak.
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That is a possibility.
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Oh, bother. I'll just keep
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the simulation running a little longer.
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- BENDER: Thanks, Professor!
- (both grunting)
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Bender, how were you leaping
through the air that entire time?
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I wasn't! My first leap missed by a mile,
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so I leapt again.
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But, I never stopped
screaming for a second!
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(upbeat 8-bit music)
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3-PIXEL FRY: I feel
like I've been in existence
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for a while now, Leela.
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So, it's time I set myself a life's goal.
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3-PIXEL LEELA: That's a great idea!
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I'll be quiet and let you think.
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3-PIXEL BENDER: And I'll turn on the TV
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to drown out any distracting noises.
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(click, static)
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(Hypnotoad buzzing)
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3-PIXEL FRY: That's it!
I found my life's goal!
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I, Phillip J. Fry, hereby pledge
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to watch every TV show ever made.
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- 3-PIXEL LEELA: Oh lord.
- (swoop)
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That orange guy sure is dumb.
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(sob) These innocent bit bags
may be artificial,
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(gasp) like me,
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but they don't know that!
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They deserve the same respect
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as any other living creature.
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Except clams!
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To hell with clams!
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I'm telling you they're nothing
but ones and zeros!
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They're no more alive
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than the number 10101.
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She was my aunt!
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Professor, I think Bender might be right.
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No, you don't!
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I mean, we're nothing
more than atoms, right?
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But, somehow, we are more.
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(Bender sniffles, gasps)
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(melancholic music)
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Unlike clams!
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(gentle music)
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Professor, I will now ask
of you a solemn promise.
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- Now, the feet.
- Forget the feet!
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Alright, whatever.
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Why are we in a robot strip club?
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(strip club music)
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Because we had to do this in a place
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that's meaningful to me!
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Bender!
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- (clink, hiss)
- Here you go, hun.
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- Keep the chain, toots.
- Ow!
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(gulping)
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(belch)
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Let the solemn ceremony begin.
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Professor, you created a world
of conscious living beings,
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so now you're responsible for them.
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I want you to swear you'll do
everything in your power
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to keep them alive.
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I barely make any effort
to keep myself alive.
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- Oof!
- Professor!
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And you'll never let them know
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they're not real! Never!
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So they won't have to go through
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what I'm going through!
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I swear nothing!
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I said swear it!
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(sigh) Very well. I swear it.
254
00:09:50,376 --> 00:09:52,086
But, the amount of electricity...
255
00:09:52,086 --> 00:09:55,923
Why, we'd basically need our
own hydroelectric generator.
256
00:09:55,923 --> 00:09:58,175
I really don't think
there's any possible...
257
00:09:58,175 --> 00:09:59,885
(toilet flush)
258
00:09:59,885 --> 00:10:01,595
Eureka!
259
00:10:01,595 --> 00:10:05,516
As you all know, I do my best thinking
on the toilet.
260
00:10:05,516 --> 00:10:07,935
We know! Stop telling us!
261
00:10:07,935 --> 00:10:09,770
I didn't even have to go.
262
00:10:09,770 --> 00:10:13,733
I was just sitting here,
wiling away a Sunday afternoon,
263
00:10:13,733 --> 00:10:15,693
when suddenly, it hit me!
264
00:10:15,693 --> 00:10:18,195
A new source of electricity!
265
00:10:18,195 --> 00:10:20,072
Would you care to tell us about it...
266
00:10:20,072 --> 00:10:21,490
in another room?
267
00:10:21,490 --> 00:10:23,117
- No!
- (creak)
268
00:10:23,117 --> 00:10:25,119
According to these old maps,
269
00:10:25,119 --> 00:10:27,538
which I use in lieu of toilet paper...
270
00:10:27,538 --> 00:10:29,206
(overlapping gags)
271
00:10:29,206 --> 00:10:31,167
...the main New New York sewer line
272
00:10:31,167 --> 00:10:33,961
runs directly under Planet Express.
273
00:10:33,961 --> 00:10:36,756
(dramatic music)
274
00:10:36,756 --> 00:10:38,966
(click, whirring)
275
00:10:38,966 --> 00:10:41,051
(smash, crunching)
276
00:10:41,051 --> 00:10:43,888
- (rumbling)
- We'll simply drill into the pipe,
277
00:10:43,888 --> 00:10:46,140
- drop this turbine into the torrent,
- (turbine whirring)
278
00:10:46,140 --> 00:10:47,391
and voilà!
279
00:10:47,391 --> 00:10:49,310
Free clean power!
280
00:10:49,310 --> 00:10:52,146
- Clean?
- Oh my, no.
281
00:10:52,146 --> 00:10:54,607
(whirring, crunching)
282
00:10:54,607 --> 00:10:56,108
(growling)
283
00:10:56,108 --> 00:10:58,611
We're approaching the main pipeline.
284
00:10:58,611 --> 00:11:02,531
Can you imagine the quantity
of sewage running through there?
285
00:11:02,531 --> 00:11:03,741
Yes!
286
00:11:03,741 --> 00:11:05,159
(crumbling)
287
00:11:05,159 --> 00:11:07,328
(grinding)
288
00:11:07,328 --> 00:11:10,164
LEELA: Contact in four! Three!
289
00:11:10,164 --> 00:11:12,041
- Number two!
- (splash)
290
00:11:12,041 --> 00:11:14,335
(overlapping gagging, retching)
291
00:11:14,335 --> 00:11:15,836
(upbeat music)
292
00:11:15,836 --> 00:11:19,423
(all coughing, gagging)
293
00:11:21,383 --> 00:11:23,260
Let's rarely speak of that again.
294
00:11:23,260 --> 00:11:25,221
This should generate enough power
295
00:11:25,221 --> 00:11:27,097
to keep the simulation running.
296
00:11:27,097 --> 00:11:29,934
And it's substantially higher resolution!
297
00:11:29,934 --> 00:11:33,229
(click, zap, whirring, beeping)
298
00:11:33,229 --> 00:11:35,564
- (door hiss)
- Let's see how my guys are doing.
299
00:11:36,065 --> 00:11:37,191
(simulation beeping)
300
00:11:37,191 --> 00:11:38,859
3-PIXEL PROFESSOR: Good news, everyone!
301
00:11:38,859 --> 00:11:41,987
We have a delivery to the King of Space.
302
00:11:42,404 --> 00:11:44,990
(simulation crew cheers)
303
00:11:45,866 --> 00:11:48,035
Aw, they're so cute!
304
00:11:48,035 --> 00:11:49,620
Now, I care about them!
305
00:11:49,620 --> 00:11:52,915
Happy, Bender?
We saved your little friends.
306
00:11:52,915 --> 00:11:54,416
I sure did.
307
00:11:54,416 --> 00:11:55,793
SIMULATED PROFESSOR: In other news,
308
00:11:55,793 --> 00:11:58,254
I've made a huge breakthrough!
309
00:11:58,254 --> 00:12:00,714
- What is it, Professor?
- No, him.
310
00:12:00,714 --> 00:12:04,218
- What is it, Professor?
- After many sleepless nights
311
00:12:04,218 --> 00:12:07,805
and an equal number of
glorious sleep-filled days,
312
00:12:07,805 --> 00:12:11,141
I've completed my greatest achievement!
313
00:12:11,141 --> 00:12:12,560
(beep, whirring)
314
00:12:12,560 --> 00:12:16,230
A simulation of our entire universe!
315
00:12:16,230 --> 00:12:18,107
- (beeping)
- (sting)
316
00:12:18,107 --> 00:12:19,733
3-PIXEL PROFESSOR: Good news, everyone!
317
00:12:19,733 --> 00:12:22,736
We have a delivery to Space Italy!
318
00:12:22,736 --> 00:12:25,072
(3-pixel crew cheers)
319
00:12:25,072 --> 00:12:26,740
- (whoosh)
- (hologram crew gasps)
320
00:12:26,740 --> 00:12:28,450
- (whoosh)
- (crew gasps)
321
00:12:28,450 --> 00:12:29,535
(whoosh)
322
00:12:30,119 --> 00:12:33,706
(solemn music)
323
00:12:33,706 --> 00:12:36,417
Sweet facsimile of Space Italy!
324
00:12:36,417 --> 00:12:37,835
- A simulation...
- (whoosh)
325
00:12:38,085 --> 00:12:39,962
Within a simulation!?
326
00:12:39,962 --> 00:12:42,548
- Where does it all end?
- Hopefully there.
327
00:12:42,548 --> 00:12:44,550
- Already my head hurts.
- (whoosh)
328
00:12:44,550 --> 00:12:48,178
Professor, if you can make
a whole simulated universe,
329
00:12:48,178 --> 00:12:50,472
isn't it possible that our own universe
330
00:12:50,764 --> 00:12:52,391
is also a simulation?
331
00:12:52,391 --> 00:12:54,059
Absolutely not!
332
00:12:54,059 --> 00:12:56,770
You sound like a stoned freshman!
333
00:12:56,770 --> 00:12:58,814
I mean, what if our laws of physics
334
00:12:58,814 --> 00:13:00,357
are just the computer code
335
00:13:00,357 --> 00:13:03,903
of some big brilliant professor
playing god up there?
336
00:13:04,028 --> 00:13:05,279
- (whooshing)
- Nailed it!
337
00:13:05,279 --> 00:13:09,074
Hm. Quantum mechanics
is pretty ridiculous,
338
00:13:09,074 --> 00:13:10,701
but it's a moot point.
339
00:13:10,701 --> 00:13:12,912
Even if we are living in a simulation,
340
00:13:12,912 --> 00:13:15,789
there's no possible way of knowing.
341
00:13:15,789 --> 00:13:17,124
(clears throat)
342
00:13:17,124 --> 00:13:18,417
Yes?
343
00:13:18,417 --> 00:13:20,669
Oh, nothing. I just had
a loogie in my throat.
344
00:13:20,669 --> 00:13:23,130
- Possibly a simulated loogie.
- (lights flicker, whir)
345
00:13:23,130 --> 00:13:26,300
What's that? A g-g-g-grid overload?
346
00:13:26,300 --> 00:13:30,012
My simulation is drawing a lot
of power for some reason.
347
00:13:30,012 --> 00:13:31,764
(whirring, beeping)
348
00:13:31,764 --> 00:13:35,726
Ah! It appears two black holes
just collided in there.
349
00:13:35,726 --> 00:13:39,563
Can you imagine how complex
that computation is?
350
00:13:39,563 --> 00:13:42,441
The Simputron is really
straining to keep up.
351
00:13:42,441 --> 00:13:45,361
(creaking, hissing)
352
00:13:45,361 --> 00:13:47,196
Oh my glorsh!
353
00:13:47,196 --> 00:13:50,574
Maybe there is a way to find
out if we live in a simulation.
354
00:13:50,574 --> 00:13:51,784
- Well, I doubt that.
- (whoosh)
355
00:13:51,784 --> 00:13:53,285
- Double doubt it!
- (whoosh)
356
00:13:53,285 --> 00:13:55,746
If our universe is a simulation,
357
00:13:55,746 --> 00:13:58,374
then it's running on some
kind of computer, right?
358
00:13:58,374 --> 00:13:59,750
I'm with you so far.
359
00:13:59,750 --> 00:14:02,336
Actually, I'm not.
Is this about a new soda?
360
00:14:02,336 --> 00:14:05,547
Suppose we made something
happen that was impossible
361
00:14:05,547 --> 00:14:08,300
for that big computer to simulate.
362
00:14:08,300 --> 00:14:10,219
It would overload!
363
00:14:10,219 --> 00:14:11,679
Exactly!
364
00:14:11,679 --> 00:14:13,263
Cool! And then what?
365
00:14:13,263 --> 00:14:16,976
I don't know! Probably stuff
would pixelate and look weird!
366
00:14:16,976 --> 00:14:19,478
The laws of physics would fail!
367
00:14:19,478 --> 00:14:21,063
Like playing a new video game
368
00:14:21,063 --> 00:14:23,065
on a crummy underpowered game system!
369
00:14:23,065 --> 00:14:24,274
Precisely!
370
00:14:24,274 --> 00:14:26,652
...that my cheapskate grandma got me.
371
00:14:26,652 --> 00:14:27,736
(click, beep)
372
00:14:27,736 --> 00:14:29,321
Some phenomena are so
373
00:14:29,321 --> 00:14:30,781
wildly complex
374
00:14:30,781 --> 00:14:32,199
that they'd be impossible
375
00:14:32,199 --> 00:14:34,410
for any computer to simulate.
376
00:14:34,410 --> 00:14:37,496
For example, a collapsing magnetic star
377
00:14:37,496 --> 00:14:39,081
or magnetar.
378
00:14:39,081 --> 00:14:42,793
But, such an event might not
happen for millions of years.
379
00:14:42,793 --> 00:14:45,045
But, what if we intentionally caused
380
00:14:45,045 --> 00:14:46,672
a magnetar to collapse?
381
00:14:46,672 --> 00:14:48,132
Then, we could just watch
382
00:14:48,132 --> 00:14:50,300
and see if the universe glitches out.
383
00:14:50,300 --> 00:14:53,137
Of course! And we'd know once and for all
384
00:14:53,137 --> 00:14:55,139
if we're living in a simulation.
385
00:14:55,139 --> 00:14:57,725
(cheering)
386
00:14:57,725 --> 00:15:01,395
Although I'm not sure
I wanna know the answer to that.
387
00:15:01,395 --> 00:15:04,189
Me neither. I like resting secure
in the knowledge
388
00:15:04,189 --> 00:15:05,733
- that I'm the real deal.
- (whoosh)
389
00:15:05,733 --> 00:15:08,777
(imitates buzzer)
Guess again, loser. (giggles)
390
00:15:08,777 --> 00:15:11,030
- (loud sobbing)
- (whoosh)
391
00:15:11,030 --> 00:15:12,990
Let's put it to a vote.
392
00:15:12,990 --> 00:15:16,285
Who here wants to test
if we're living in a simulation?
393
00:15:16,285 --> 00:15:17,578
(overlapping agreement)
394
00:15:17,578 --> 00:15:19,538
And who would rather continue living
395
00:15:19,538 --> 00:15:20,956
in shameful ignorance?
396
00:15:20,956 --> 00:15:22,708
- (overlapping agreement)
- Uh, that one!
397
00:15:22,708 --> 00:15:25,252
You all voted for two things.
398
00:15:25,252 --> 00:15:28,797
Honestly. I wanna know if
I'm not living in a simulation,
399
00:15:28,797 --> 00:15:29,923
but not if I am.
400
00:15:30,340 --> 00:15:31,383
Does that make sense?
401
00:15:31,383 --> 00:15:33,093
Surprisingly, yes.
402
00:15:33,093 --> 00:15:34,887
Let's just forget about it.
403
00:15:35,929 --> 00:15:38,057
Although, now we're
always gonna be wondering.
404
00:15:38,057 --> 00:15:39,391
Let's just go
405
00:15:39,391 --> 00:15:40,809
(dramatic music)
406
00:15:40,809 --> 00:15:43,395
(ship roaring)
407
00:15:43,395 --> 00:15:44,480
(whoosh)
408
00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:45,939
Uh-oh. Not good.
409
00:15:45,939 --> 00:15:47,858
{\an8}(spit) Not good at all.
410
00:15:47,858 --> 00:15:51,445
My half-baked software
absolutely will not be able
411
00:15:51,445 --> 00:15:54,031
to simulate a collapsing magnetar.
412
00:15:54,031 --> 00:15:56,158
Oh, I never should have outsourced it
413
00:15:56,158 --> 00:15:58,327
to that Indian middle schooler.
414
00:15:58,327 --> 00:16:01,747
But, the simulations will
find out they're simulations!
415
00:16:01,747 --> 00:16:05,417
You swore a strip club oath
that would never happen.
416
00:16:05,417 --> 00:16:07,920
Alas, there'll be no hiding the truth
417
00:16:07,920 --> 00:16:10,464
when they see that magnetar glitching out
418
00:16:10,464 --> 00:16:13,967
like a big flaming ball of Microsoft Word.
419
00:16:13,967 --> 00:16:17,387
(sniff) Well, if they're gonna
find out anyway,
420
00:16:17,387 --> 00:16:19,389
I should be the one to tell them.
421
00:16:19,389 --> 00:16:22,309
I'm the only one who truly understands!
422
00:16:22,309 --> 00:16:24,436
Plus, I like delivering bad news.
423
00:16:24,436 --> 00:16:26,980
Actually, that might be possible.
424
00:16:26,980 --> 00:16:29,358
Since you're basically just software
425
00:16:29,358 --> 00:16:32,820
- in a greasy wad of aluminum foil...
- Aw...
426
00:16:32,820 --> 00:16:35,614
...I could extract your
programming, compress it,
427
00:16:35,614 --> 00:16:38,408
and inject it into Simulated Bender.
428
00:16:38,408 --> 00:16:41,662
You'd take his place
in the simulated world.
429
00:16:41,662 --> 00:16:43,288
But, what would happen to him?
430
00:16:43,288 --> 00:16:46,250
He'd be pushed through
to the sub-simulation.
431
00:16:46,250 --> 00:16:47,459
And that Bender?
432
00:16:47,459 --> 00:16:50,420
It's Benders all the way down.
433
00:16:50,671 --> 00:16:52,506
Alright. I'm going in.
434
00:16:52,506 --> 00:16:53,882
(all gasp)
435
00:16:53,882 --> 00:16:55,509
I must warn you, Bender.
436
00:16:55,509 --> 00:16:57,511
It'll be a one-way trip.
437
00:16:57,511 --> 00:16:59,888
There's no way of returning.
438
00:16:59,888 --> 00:17:02,182
That's okay. I don't wanna live in a world
439
00:17:02,182 --> 00:17:04,560
where I'm less real than everyone else.
440
00:17:04,560 --> 00:17:06,270
Those are my people in there,
441
00:17:06,270 --> 00:17:07,771
in Baloney Town.
442
00:17:07,771 --> 00:17:10,440
(melancholic music)
443
00:17:10,440 --> 00:17:12,901
- (zap)
- Ooh! (giggling)
444
00:17:12,901 --> 00:17:15,237
In a few minutes, you should reboot
445
00:17:15,237 --> 00:17:19,074
in the simulated world
as Simulated Bender.
446
00:17:19,074 --> 00:17:20,409
Or you might die.
447
00:17:21,326 --> 00:17:24,329
(emotional) Goodbye,
precious friends and coworkers.
448
00:17:24,329 --> 00:17:27,708
Goodbye sewage-stained floor tiles.
449
00:17:27,708 --> 00:17:28,917
(emotionless) Goodbye, Zoidberg.
450
00:17:28,917 --> 00:17:31,712
How will I go on without you?
451
00:17:31,712 --> 00:17:34,006
(crank, zapping)
452
00:17:34,006 --> 00:17:35,090
(whir)
453
00:17:36,341 --> 00:17:38,051
(creak, clatter)
454
00:17:38,051 --> 00:17:39,887
I'll get a broom.
455
00:17:40,971 --> 00:17:42,890
(tense music)
456
00:17:42,890 --> 00:17:45,976
(ship roaring)
457
00:17:47,019 --> 00:17:48,437
(whirring down)
458
00:17:48,437 --> 00:17:51,106
Holding outside magnetar implosion range.
459
00:17:51,106 --> 00:17:53,066
We'll be safe at this distance,
460
00:17:53,066 --> 00:17:55,569
even if, God forbid, we're real.
461
00:17:56,028 --> 00:17:58,655
Then, it's time to put
reality to the test.
462
00:17:58,655 --> 00:18:00,991
- I'm scared!
- I am, too.
463
00:18:00,991 --> 00:18:03,619
But, it's actually kind of beautiful.
464
00:18:03,619 --> 00:18:06,330
Would it be any less beautiful
if it weren't real?
465
00:18:06,330 --> 00:18:09,917
- And we weren't real?
- We'll find out soon enough.
466
00:18:09,917 --> 00:18:12,794
Begin monopole bombardment!
467
00:18:13,295 --> 00:18:15,547
(zapping)
468
00:18:15,547 --> 00:18:18,634
(dramatic music)
469
00:18:22,012 --> 00:18:25,098
(operatic music)
470
00:18:25,599 --> 00:18:27,935
- (groaning)
- You okay, buddy?
471
00:18:27,935 --> 00:18:30,062
No! (retching)
472
00:18:30,062 --> 00:18:31,772
Probably a bad clam.
473
00:18:31,772 --> 00:18:33,690
I think I'm gonna reboot!
474
00:18:33,690 --> 00:18:34,775
- (whir)
- Oh...
475
00:18:35,692 --> 00:18:37,736
- (fizzling)
- (static)
476
00:18:37,736 --> 00:18:39,446
Where-- Where am I?
477
00:18:39,446 --> 00:18:40,864
You're right here, Bender.
478
00:18:40,864 --> 00:18:43,659
Just outside magnetar implosion range.
479
00:18:43,659 --> 00:18:45,827
Oh... Right.
480
00:18:45,827 --> 00:18:47,120
Baloney Town.
481
00:18:47,120 --> 00:18:48,413
(muffled laser whirring)
482
00:18:48,413 --> 00:18:50,707
Guys? I have something to tell you,
483
00:18:50,707 --> 00:18:52,626
and it'll be the hardest bad news
484
00:18:52,626 --> 00:18:54,836
I've ever had the pleasure of delivering.
485
00:18:54,836 --> 00:18:57,047
Shush, Bender! We're about to find out
486
00:18:57,047 --> 00:18:58,966
if we're living in a simulation!
487
00:18:58,966 --> 00:19:01,635
Right... I-It's about that. See--
488
00:19:01,635 --> 00:19:04,263
I've been thinking
about that, too, actually.
489
00:19:04,263 --> 00:19:05,764
And you wanna know what I think?
490
00:19:05,764 --> 00:19:09,559
- Do I!
- I think it makes no difference at all.
491
00:19:10,060 --> 00:19:11,728
Either way, the laws of the universe
492
00:19:11,728 --> 00:19:13,480
are way beyond our control.
493
00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:15,232
So, what can we do?
494
00:19:15,232 --> 00:19:17,109
We just make the best of it.
495
00:19:17,609 --> 00:19:19,528
I don't know what we're
about to see, Leela,
496
00:19:19,528 --> 00:19:20,696
but I love you.
497
00:19:20,696 --> 00:19:22,614
Now and forever.
498
00:19:22,614 --> 00:19:24,324
And that much is real,
499
00:19:24,324 --> 00:19:26,201
even if we're not.
500
00:19:26,201 --> 00:19:27,536
(sniffle)
501
00:19:27,953 --> 00:19:30,205
Hm... The dummy's right.
502
00:19:30,205 --> 00:19:32,374
I feel, therefore I am.
503
00:19:32,374 --> 00:19:34,626
It doesn't matter if I'm real?
504
00:19:34,626 --> 00:19:36,378
Not one bit.
505
00:19:36,378 --> 00:19:38,463
So, what did you wanna tell us, robot?
506
00:19:38,463 --> 00:19:41,091
Just... (sob) thank you!
507
00:19:41,550 --> 00:19:44,052
(wailing)
508
00:19:44,052 --> 00:19:46,430
(sigh) That's robots for you.
509
00:19:46,430 --> 00:19:49,182
Now, let's sit back and enjoy the show.
510
00:19:49,182 --> 00:19:52,185
(dramatic music)
511
00:19:52,185 --> 00:19:54,271
(zapping)
512
00:19:54,271 --> 00:19:57,774
Oh, lordy-loo.
The magnetar is about to pop!
513
00:19:57,899 --> 00:19:59,818
How's the Simputron holding up?
514
00:19:59,818 --> 00:20:02,070
- (beeping, alarm blaring)
- AMY: Processor overload!
515
00:20:02,070 --> 00:20:04,114
The cooling fan's on fire!
516
00:20:04,114 --> 00:20:05,198
- (blast)
- Whoa!
517
00:20:05,198 --> 00:20:06,283
(all gasp)
518
00:20:06,283 --> 00:20:09,244
(dramatic music)
519
00:20:10,579 --> 00:20:11,788
- (alarm continues)
- Pull the plug!
520
00:20:11,788 --> 00:20:13,165
Stop the simulation!
521
00:20:13,165 --> 00:20:15,042
No! Bender's in there!
522
00:20:15,042 --> 00:20:16,209
There's no choice.
523
00:20:16,209 --> 00:20:18,045
This building's about to go up in smoke,
524
00:20:18,378 --> 00:20:21,923
and I've got doomsday devices hidden
in every nook and cranny.
525
00:20:22,841 --> 00:20:23,884
( melancholic music)
526
00:20:23,884 --> 00:20:25,427
I'm sorry, buddy.
527
00:20:25,427 --> 00:20:28,430
I know you can't hear me,
but we tried our best.
528
00:20:28,430 --> 00:20:30,474
At least you got to go out with dignity.
529
00:20:30,599 --> 00:20:32,017
(woozy groaning)
530
00:20:32,017 --> 00:20:33,518
(splat)
531
00:20:33,518 --> 00:20:34,728
(creaking)
532
00:20:34,728 --> 00:20:36,772
- (click, static)
- (monotone) Rebooting.
533
00:20:37,856 --> 00:20:39,691
(normal) Where-- Where am I?
534
00:20:39,691 --> 00:20:41,651
Right here, in the universe.
535
00:20:41,651 --> 00:20:45,197
Oh... I had to come tell you something...
536
00:20:45,197 --> 00:20:49,034
Bender? How did you
possibly manage to come back?
537
00:20:49,034 --> 00:20:52,162
Don't be rude, Professor,
Bender was speaking first.
538
00:20:52,162 --> 00:20:53,872
What did you wanna tell us, robot?
539
00:20:53,872 --> 00:20:55,332
It's just that...
540
00:20:55,332 --> 00:20:57,709
I know how to save the simulation.
541
00:20:57,709 --> 00:21:00,253
Oh, please. There's no possible...
542
00:21:00,253 --> 00:21:01,797
(toilet flush)
543
00:21:01,797 --> 00:21:03,507
Eureka!
544
00:21:03,507 --> 00:21:05,509
- (eyepiece whirs)
- (screwdriver squeaking)
545
00:21:05,509 --> 00:21:08,303
I made the change you suggested, Bender.
546
00:21:08,303 --> 00:21:10,472
Although it took a lot of toilet time
547
00:21:10,472 --> 00:21:11,640
to fully comprehend.
548
00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:12,724
(creak)
549
00:21:12,724 --> 00:21:14,976
We won't need nearly so much power
550
00:21:14,976 --> 00:21:17,687
now that I've under-clocked the processor.
551
00:21:17,687 --> 00:21:20,273
But, won't the simulation run slower?
552
00:21:20,273 --> 00:21:22,150
Oh, much slower.
553
00:21:22,150 --> 00:21:25,779
Are we talking regular slow
or bureaucrat slow?
554
00:21:25,779 --> 00:21:27,572
Infinitely slower than that.
555
00:21:27,572 --> 00:21:28,865
- (gasp)
- (glass shatters)
556
00:21:28,865 --> 00:21:31,410
So, they'll be in, like, a coma?
557
00:21:31,410 --> 00:21:32,828
Oh my, no!
558
00:21:32,828 --> 00:21:35,038
They'll never notice any difference.
559
00:21:35,038 --> 00:21:37,999
But, while they live out
one second of their lives,
560
00:21:37,999 --> 00:21:41,169
years, if not centuries, will pass for us.
561
00:21:41,169 --> 00:21:44,256
Aw, then I guess we won't get
to spy on them anymore.
562
00:21:44,256 --> 00:21:45,799
Spy all you like.
563
00:21:45,799 --> 00:21:49,344
But, it's about to get very, very boring.
564
00:21:49,344 --> 00:21:50,846
Not for them.
565
00:21:50,846 --> 00:21:53,849
("Satellite" by Tea playing)
566
00:21:53,849 --> 00:21:57,144
(zapping, whirring)
567
00:21:57,144 --> 00:22:00,397
(overlapping gasping, exclaiming)
568
00:22:01,273 --> 00:22:03,275
(whirring builds)
569
00:22:03,692 --> 00:22:05,610
(explosion, whirring)
570
00:22:05,610 --> 00:22:07,404
(glitching)
571
00:22:07,404 --> 00:22:09,406
- (all gasp)
- ZOIDBERG: Pixels...
572
00:22:09,406 --> 00:22:11,408
(gasping)
573
00:22:11,408 --> 00:22:14,870
♪ To make it real, really real ♪
574
00:22:15,203 --> 00:22:16,913
♪ She says ♪
575
00:22:17,914 --> 00:22:20,792
♪ You just have to be here ♪
576
00:22:20,792 --> 00:22:22,461
(guitar rocking)
577
00:22:23,003 --> 00:22:26,339
♪ On this satellite ♪
578
00:22:26,339 --> 00:22:28,508
♪ Satellite ♪
579
00:22:28,508 --> 00:22:30,886
♪ Had to be here ♪
580
00:22:32,721 --> 00:22:35,640
♪ On this satellite ♪
581
00:22:36,308 --> 00:22:38,101
♪ Satellite ♪
582
00:22:38,101 --> 00:22:40,187
♪ Had to be here ♪
583
00:22:42,063 --> 00:22:44,733
♪ On this satellite ♪
584
00:22:47,819 --> 00:22:50,197
♪ Had to be here ♪
585
00:22:51,740 --> 00:22:54,743
{\an8}♪ On this satellite ♪
586
00:23:00,707 --> 00:23:03,627
(song slowly ends)
587
00:23:03,627 --> 00:23:07,130
(strange electronic distortion)
588
00:23:07,130 --> 00:23:10,217
(soft, orchestral)