The Futurama Holiday Spectacular
futurama holiday spectacular originally titled holiday valupak thirteenth episode sixth season american animated television series futurama st episode series overall originally aired holiday special november remaining episode season broadcast episode feature three selfcontained segment sponsored fictitious product gundersons unshelled nut first segment based xmas pronounced eksmas version christmas present st century longextinct pine tree specie revived due seed contamination grows control second segment based robanukah holiday based hanukkah made bender avoid work bender lead crew search petroleum oil order celebrate holiday third final segment planet express crew go search beeswax order create traditional beeswax candle kwanzaa segment feature recurring element including environmental theme song ending main character either die face certain death al gore reprises role head jar three segment coolio reprises role kwanzaabot third segment series producer david x cohen compared episode simpson treehouse horror series gang ski resort fir tree reminds fry christmas central plot proceeds robot santa attack planet express building xmas eve explaining song holiday celebrated crew inspired revive pine tree became extinct seed svalbard global seed vault however seed contaminated biological weapon repository neighboring vault causing pine tree grow spread rapid rate cover entire earth though tree seem beneficial first returning planet lush wildlifefilled state uncontrolled growth produce dangerously high level oxygen atmosphere bender light celebratory cigar spark ignite air burn planet cinder killing entire population bender criticizes crew celebrating madeup robot holiday robanukah fear bot planet sings song explaining detailing tradition fembots must wrestle petroleum oil six half week shocked discover enough oil four half week wrestling force crew drill deep earth planet express ship since surface reserve petroleum exhausted crew tunnel toward earth core immense pressure crush everyone death except bender decides take nap wake million year later find heat pressure turned friend body petroleum oil returning nowdilapidated planet express building surprised find two fembots still wrestling original supply oil declares robanukah miracle crew visit hermes family kwanzaa learning holiday song kwanzaabot hermes wife labarbara learns traditional beeswax candle required kwanzaa sends hermes get however crew discover beeswax world due colony collapse disorder caused infestation bloodsucking mite accompanied kwanzaabot decide return space beehive sting collect wax find colony disarray caused mite hermes us kwanzaa tenet spread goodwill space bee drone restoring harmony killing mite however nowunited swarm destroys kwanzaabot encases crew member wax use candle kwanzaa celebration curtain descends al gore appears close episode reminds viewer character return featuring major character called captain lance starman wish audience happy holiday season behalf gundersons unshelled nut amy dance costume advertising product episode feature three standalone environmentally holidaythemed musical segment following structure episode anthology interest anthology interest ii however unlike episode feature machine episode part series continuity three segment based around three winter holiday previous futurama episode xmas kwanzaa robanukah holiday bender made get work fear bot planet coolio reprised gueststarring role kwanzaabot kwanzaa segment al gore also make appearance xmas robanukah segment well wraparound segment closing episode original american broadcast episode viewed estimated million household robert canning ign gave episode citing worth watching explained weakest segment show robot santa made appearance help sing tradition holiday praised two ending segment show futurama holiday spectacular infosphere futurama wiki futurama holiday spectacular imdb