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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
00:09:50,256 --> 00:09:51,966
But, the amount of electricity...
255
00:09:51,966 --> 00:09:55,803
Why, we'd basically need our
own hydroelectric generator.
256
00:09:55,803 --> 00:09:58,055
I really don't think
there's any possible...
257
00:09:58,055 --> 00:09:59,765
(toilet flush)
258
00:09:59,765 --> 00:10:01,475
Eureka!
259
00:10:01,475 --> 00:10:05,396
As you all know, I do my best thinking
on the toilet.
260
00:10:05,396 --> 00:10:07,815
We know! Stop telling us!
261
00:10:07,815 --> 00:10:09,650
I didn't even have to go.
262
00:10:09,650 --> 00:10:13,613
I was just sitting here,
wiling away a Sunday afternoon,
263
00:10:13,613 --> 00:10:15,573
when suddenly, it hit me!
264
00:10:15,573 --> 00:10:18,075
A new source of electricity!
265
00:10:18,075 --> 00:10:19,952
Would you care to tell us about it...
266
00:10:19,952 --> 00:10:21,370
in another room?
267
00:10:21,370 --> 00:10:22,997
- No!
- (creak)
268
00:10:22,997 --> 00:10:24,999
According to these old maps,
269
00:10:24,999 --> 00:10:27,418
which I use in lieu of toilet paper...
270
00:10:27,418 --> 00:10:29,086
(overlapping gags)
271
00:10:29,086 --> 00:10:31,047
...the main New New York sewer line
272
00:10:31,047 --> 00:10:33,841
runs directly under Planet Express.
273
00:10:33,841 --> 00:10:36,636
(dramatic music)
274
00:10:36,636 --> 00:10:38,846
(click, whirring)
275
00:10:38,846 --> 00:10:40,931
(smash, crunching)
276
00:10:40,931 --> 00:10:43,768
- (rumbling)
- We'll simply drill into the pipe,
277
00:10:43,768 --> 00:10:46,020
- drop this turbine into the torrent,
- (turbine whirring)
278
00:10:46,020 --> 00:10:47,271
and voilà!
279
00:10:47,271 --> 00:10:49,190
Free clean power!
280
00:10:49,190 --> 00:10:52,026
- Clean?
- Oh my, no.
281
00:10:52,026 --> 00:10:54,487
(whirring, crunching)
282
00:10:54,487 --> 00:10:55,988
(growling)
283
00:10:55,988 --> 00:10:58,491
We're approaching the main pipeline.
284
00:10:58,491 --> 00:11:02,411
Can you imagine the quantity
of sewage running through there?
285
00:11:02,411 --> 00:11:03,621
Yes!
286
00:11:03,621 --> 00:11:05,039
(crumbling)
287
00:11:05,039 --> 00:11:07,208
(grinding)
288
00:11:07,208 --> 00:11:10,044
LEELA: Contact in four! Three!
289
00:11:10,044 --> 00:11:11,921
- Number two!
- (splash)
290
00:11:11,921 --> 00:11:14,215
(overlapping gagging, retching)
291
00:11:14,215 --> 00:11:15,716
(upbeat music)
292
00:11:15,716 --> 00:11:19,303
(all coughing, gagging)
293
00:11:21,263 --> 00:11:23,140
Let's rarely speak of that again.
294
00:11:23,140 --> 00:11:25,101
This should generate enough power
295
00:11:25,101 --> 00:11:26,977
to keep the simulation running.
296
00:11:26,977 --> 00:11:29,814
And it's substantially higher resolution!
297
00:11:29,814 --> 00:11:33,109
(click, zap, whirring, beeping)
298
00:11:33,109 --> 00:11:35,444
- (door hiss)
- Let's see how my guys are doing.
299
00:11:35,945 --> 00:11:37,071
(simulation beeping)
300
00:11:37,071 --> 00:11:38,739
3-PIXEL PROFESSOR: Good news, everyone!
301
00:11:38,739 --> 00:11:41,867
We have a delivery to the King of Space.
302
00:11:42,284 --> 00:11:44,870
(simulation crew cheers)
303
00:11:45,746 --> 00:11:47,915
Aw, they're so cute!
304
00:11:47,915 --> 00:11:49,500
Now, I care about them!
305
00:11:49,500 --> 00:11:52,795
Happy, Bender?
We saved your little friends.
306
00:11:52,795 --> 00:11:54,296
I sure did.
307
00:11:54,296 --> 00:11:55,673
SIMULATED PROFESSOR: In other news,
308
00:11:55,673 --> 00:11:58,134
I've made a huge breakthrough!
309
00:11:58,134 --> 00:12:00,594
- What is it, Professor?
- No, him.
310
00:12:00,594 --> 00:12:04,098
- What is it, Professor?
- After many sleepless nights
311
00:12:04,098 --> 00:12:07,685
and an equal number of
glorious sleep-filled days,
312
00:12:07,685 --> 00:12:11,021
I've completed my greatest achievement!
313
00:12:11,021 --> 00:12:12,440
(beep, whirring)
314
00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:16,110
A simulation of our entire universe!
315
00:12:16,110 --> 00:12:17,987
- (beeping)
- (sting)
316
00:12:17,987 --> 00:12:19,613
3-PIXEL PROFESSOR: Good news, everyone!
317
00:12:19,613 --> 00:12:22,616
We have a delivery to Space Italy!
318
00:12:22,616 --> 00:12:24,952
(3-pixel crew cheers)
319
00:12:24,952 --> 00:12:26,620
- (whoosh)
- (hologram crew gasps)
320
00:12:26,620 --> 00:12:28,330
- (whoosh)
- (crew gasps)
321
00:12:28,330 --> 00:12:29,415
(whoosh)
322
00:12:29,999 --> 00:12:33,586
(solemn music)
323
00:12:33,586 --> 00:12:36,297
Sweet facsimile of Space Italy!
324
00:12:36,297 --> 00:12:37,715
- A simulation...
- (whoosh)
325
00:12:37,965 --> 00:12:39,842
Within a simulation!?
326
00:12:39,842 --> 00:12:42,428
- Where does it all end?
- Hopefully there.
327
00:12:42,428 --> 00:12:44,430
- Already my head hurts.
- (whoosh)
328
00:12:44,430 --> 00:12:48,058
Professor, if you can make
a whole simulated universe,
329
00:12:48,058 --> 00:12:50,352
isn't it possible that our own universe
330
00:12:50,644 --> 00:12:52,271
is also a simulation?
331
00:12:52,271 --> 00:12:53,939
Absolutely not!
332
00:12:53,939 --> 00:12:56,650
You sound like a stoned freshman!
333
00:12:56,650 --> 00:12:58,694
I mean, what if our laws of physics
334
00:12:58,694 --> 00:13:00,237
are just the computer code
335
00:13:00,237 --> 00:13:03,783
of some big brilliant professor
playing god up there?
336
00:13:03,908 --> 00:13:05,159
- (whooshing)
- Nailed it!
337
00:13:05,159 --> 00:13:08,954
Hm. Quantum mechanics
is pretty ridiculous,
338
00:13:08,954 --> 00:13:10,581
but it's a moot point.
339
00:13:10,581 --> 00:13:12,792
Even if we are living in a simulation,
340
00:13:12,792 --> 00:13:15,669
there's no possible way of knowing.
341
00:13:15,669 --> 00:13:17,004
(clears throat)
342
00:13:17,004 --> 00:13:18,297
Yes?
343
00:13:18,297 --> 00:13:20,549
Oh, nothing. I just had
a loogie in my throat.
344
00:13:20,549 --> 00:13:23,010
- Possibly a simulated loogie.
- (lights flicker, whir)
345
00:13:23,010 --> 00:13:26,180
What's that? A g-g-g-grid overload?
346
00:13:26,180 --> 00:13:29,892
My simulation is drawing a lot
of power for some reason.
347
00:13:29,892 --> 00:13:31,644
(whirring, beeping)
348
00:13:31,644 --> 00:13:35,606
Ah! It appears two black holes
just collided in there.
349
00:13:35,606 --> 00:13:39,443
Can you imagine how complex
that computation is?
350
00:13:39,443 --> 00:13:42,321
The Simputron is really
straining to keep up.
351
00:13:42,321 --> 00:13:45,241
(creaking, hissing)
352
00:13:45,241 --> 00:13:47,076
Oh my glorsh!
353
00:13:47,076 --> 00:13:50,454
Maybe there is a way to find
out if we live in a simulation.
354
00:13:50,454 --> 00:13:51,664
- Well, I doubt that.
- (whoosh)
355
00:13:51,664 --> 00:13:53,165
- Double doubt it!
- (whoosh)
356
00:13:53,165 --> 00:13:55,626
If our universe is a simulation,
357
00:13:55,626 --> 00:13:58,254
then it's running on some
kind of computer, right?
358
00:13:58,254 --> 00:13:59,630
I'm with you so far.
359
00:13:59,630 --> 00:14:02,216
Actually, I'm not.
Is this about a new soda?
360
00:14:02,216 --> 00:14:05,427
Suppose we made something
happen that was impossible
361
00:14:05,427 --> 00:14:08,180
for that big computer to simulate.
362
00:14:08,180 --> 00:14:10,099
It would overload!
363
00:14:10,099 --> 00:14:11,559
Exactly!
364
00:14:11,559 --> 00:14:13,143
Cool! And then what?
365
00:14:13,143 --> 00:14:16,856
I don't know! Probably stuff
would pixelate and look weird!
366
00:14:16,856 --> 00:14:19,358
The laws of physics would fail!
367
00:14:19,358 --> 00:14:20,943
Like playing a new video game
368
00:14:20,943 --> 00:14:22,945
on a crummy underpowered game system!
369
00:14:22,945 --> 00:14:24,154
Precisely!
370
00:14:24,154 --> 00:14:26,532
...that my cheapskate grandma got me.
371
00:14:26,532 --> 00:14:27,616
(click, beep)
372
00:14:27,616 --> 00:14:29,201
Some phenomena are so
373
00:14:29,201 --> 00:14:30,661
wildly complex
374
00:14:30,661 --> 00:14:32,079
that they'd be impossible
375
00:14:32,079 --> 00:14:34,290
for any computer to simulate.
376
00:14:34,290 --> 00:14:37,376
For example, a collapsing magnetic star
377
00:14:37,376 --> 00:14:38,961
or magnetar.
378
00:14:38,961 --> 00:14:42,673
But, such an event might not
happen for millions of years.
379
00:14:42,673 --> 00:14:44,925
But, what if we intentionally caused
380
00:14:44,925 --> 00:14:46,552
a magnetar to collapse?
381
00:14:46,552 --> 00:14:48,012
Then, we could just watch
382
00:14:48,012 --> 00:14:50,180
and see if the universe glitches out.
383
00:14:50,180 --> 00:14:53,017
Of course! And we'd know once and for all
384
00:14:53,017 --> 00:14:55,019
if we're living in a simulation.
385
00:14:55,019 --> 00:14:57,605
(cheering)
386
00:14:57,605 --> 00:15:01,275
Although I'm not sure
I wanna know the answer to that.
387
00:15:01,275 --> 00:15:04,069
Me neither. I like resting secure
in the knowledge
388
00:15:04,069 --> 00:15:05,613
- that I'm the real deal.
- (whoosh)
389
00:15:05,613 --> 00:15:08,657
(imitates buzzer)
Guess again, loser. (giggles)
390
00:15:08,657 --> 00:15:10,910
- (loud sobbing)
- (whoosh)
391
00:15:10,910 --> 00:15:12,870
Let's put it to a vote.
392
00:15:12,870 --> 00:15:16,165
Who here wants to test
if we're living in a simulation?
393
00:15:16,165 --> 00:15:17,458
(overlapping agreement)
394
00:15:17,458 --> 00:15:19,418
And who would rather continue living
395
00:15:19,418 --> 00:15:20,836
in shameful ignorance?
396
00:15:20,836 --> 00:15:22,588
- (overlapping agreement)
- Uh, that one!
397
00:15:22,588 --> 00:15:25,132
You all voted for two things.
398
00:15:25,132 --> 00:15:28,677
Honestly. I wanna know if
I'm not living in a simulation,
399
00:15:28,677 --> 00:15:29,803
but not if I am.
400
00:15:30,220 --> 00:15:31,263
Does that make sense?
401
00:15:31,263 --> 00:15:32,973
Surprisingly, yes.
402
00:15:32,973 --> 00:15:34,767
Let's just forget about it.
403
00:15:35,809 --> 00:15:37,937
Although, now we're
always gonna be wondering.
404
00:15:37,937 --> 00:15:39,271
Let's just go
405
00:15:39,271 --> 00:15:40,689
(dramatic music)
406
00:15:40,689 --> 00:15:43,275
(ship roaring)
407
00:15:43,275 --> 00:15:44,360
(whoosh)
408
00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:45,819
Uh-oh. Not good.
409
00:15:45,819 --> 00:15:47,738
{\an8}(spit) Not good at all.
410
00:15:47,738 --> 00:15:51,325
My half-baked software
absolutely will not be able
411
00:15:51,325 --> 00:15:53,911
to simulate a collapsing magnetar.
412
00:15:53,911 --> 00:15:56,038
Oh, I never should have outsourced it
413
00:15:56,038 --> 00:15:58,207
to that Indian middle schooler.
414
00:15:58,207 --> 00:16:01,627
But, the simulations will
find out they're simulations!
415
00:16:01,627 --> 00:16:05,297
You swore a strip club oath
that would never happen.
416
00:16:05,297 --> 00:16:07,800
Alas, there'll be no hiding the truth
417
00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:10,344
when they see that magnetar glitching out
418
00:16:10,344 --> 00:16:13,847
like a big flaming ball of Microsoft Word.
419
00:16:13,847 --> 00:16:17,267
(sniff) Well, if they're gonna
find out anyway,
420
00:16:17,267 --> 00:16:19,269
I should be the one to tell them.
421
00:16:19,269 --> 00:16:22,189
I'm the only one who truly understands!
422
00:16:22,189 --> 00:16:24,316
Plus, I like delivering bad news.
423
00:16:24,316 --> 00:16:26,860
Actually, that might be possible.
424
00:16:26,860 --> 00:16:29,238
Since you're basically just software
425
00:16:29,238 --> 00:16:32,700
- in a greasy wad of aluminum foil...
- Aw...
426
00:16:32,700 --> 00:16:35,494
...I could extract your
programming, compress it,
427
00:16:35,494 --> 00:16:38,288
and inject it into Simulated Bender.
428
00:16:38,288 --> 00:16:41,542
You'd take his place
in the simulated world.
429
00:16:41,542 --> 00:16:43,168
But, what would happen to him?
430
00:16:43,168 --> 00:16:46,130
He'd be pushed through
to the sub-simulation.
431
00:16:46,130 --> 00:16:47,339
And that Bender?
432
00:16:47,339 --> 00:16:50,300
It's Benders all the way down.
433
00:16:50,551 --> 00:16:52,386
Alright. I'm going in.
434
00:16:52,386 --> 00:16:53,762
(all gasp)
435
00:16:53,762 --> 00:16:55,389
I must warn you, Bender.
436
00:16:55,389 --> 00:16:57,391
It'll be a one-way trip.
437
00:16:57,391 --> 00:16:59,768
There's no way of returning.
438
00:16:59,768 --> 00:17:02,062
That's okay. I don't wanna live in a world
439
00:17:02,062 --> 00:17:04,440
where I'm less real than everyone else.
440
00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:06,150
Those are my people in there,
441
00:17:06,150 --> 00:17:07,651
in Baloney Town.
442
00:17:07,651 --> 00:17:10,320
(melancholic music)
443
00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:12,781
- (zap)
- Ooh! (giggling)
444
00:17:12,781 --> 00:17:15,117
In a few minutes, you should reboot
445
00:17:15,117 --> 00:17:18,954
in the simulated world
as Simulated Bender.
446
00:17:18,954 --> 00:17:20,289
Or you might die.
447
00:17:21,206 --> 00:17:24,209
(emotional) Goodbye,
precious friends and coworkers.
448
00:17:24,209 --> 00:17:27,588
Goodbye sewage-stained floor tiles.
449
00:17:27,588 --> 00:17:28,797
(emotionless) Goodbye, Zoidberg.
450
00:17:28,797 --> 00:17:31,592
How will I go on without you?
451
00:17:31,592 --> 00:17:33,886
(crank, zapping)
452
00:17:33,886 --> 00:17:34,970
(whir)
453
00:17:36,221 --> 00:17:37,931
(creak, clatter)
454
00:17:37,931 --> 00:17:39,767
I'll get a broom.
455
00:17:40,851 --> 00:17:42,770
(tense music)
456
00:17:42,770 --> 00:17:45,856
(ship roaring)
457
00:17:46,899 --> 00:17:48,317
(whirring down)
458
00:17:48,317 --> 00:17:50,986
Holding outside magnetar implosion range.
459
00:17:50,986 --> 00:17:52,946
We'll be safe at this distance,
460
00:17:52,946 --> 00:17:55,449
even if, God forbid, we're real.
461
00:17:55,908 --> 00:17:58,535
Then, it's time to put
reality to the test.
462
00:17:58,535 --> 00:18:00,871
- I'm scared!
- I am, too.
463
00:18:00,871 --> 00:18:03,499
But, it's actually kind of beautiful.
464
00:18:03,499 --> 00:18:06,210
Would it be any less beautiful
if it weren't real?
465
00:18:06,210 --> 00:18:09,797
- And we weren't real?
- We'll find out soon enough.
466
00:18:09,797 --> 00:18:12,674
Begin monopole bombardment!
467
00:18:13,175 --> 00:18:15,427
(zapping)
468
00:18:15,427 --> 00:18:18,514
(dramatic music)
469
00:18:21,892 --> 00:18:24,978
(operatic music)
470
00:18:25,479 --> 00:18:27,815
- (groaning)
- You okay, buddy?
471
00:18:27,815 --> 00:18:29,942
No! (retching)
472
00:18:29,942 --> 00:18:31,652
Probably a bad clam.
473
00:18:31,652 --> 00:18:33,570
I think I'm gonna reboot!
474
00:18:33,570 --> 00:18:34,655
- (whir)
- Oh...
475
00:18:35,572 --> 00:18:37,616
- (fizzling)
- (static)
476
00:18:37,616 --> 00:18:39,326
Where-- Where am I?
477
00:18:39,326 --> 00:18:40,744
You're right here, Bender.
478
00:18:40,744 --> 00:18:43,539
Just outside magnetar implosion range.
479
00:18:43,539 --> 00:18:45,707
Oh... Right.
480
00:18:45,707 --> 00:18:47,000
Baloney Town.
481
00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:48,293
(muffled laser whirring)
482
00:18:48,293 --> 00:18:50,587
Guys? I have something to tell you,
483
00:18:50,587 --> 00:18:52,506
and it'll be the hardest bad news
484
00:18:52,506 --> 00:18:54,716
I've ever had the pleasure of delivering.
485
00:18:54,716 --> 00:18:56,927
Shush, Bender! We're about to find out
486
00:18:56,927 --> 00:18:58,846
if we're living in a simulation!
487
00:18:58,846 --> 00:19:01,515
Right... I-It's about that. See--
488
00:19:01,515 --> 00:19:04,143
I've been thinking
about that, too, actually.
489
00:19:04,143 --> 00:19:05,644
And you wanna know what I think?
490
00:19:05,644 --> 00:19:09,439
- Do I!
- I think it makes no difference at all.
491
00:19:09,940 --> 00:19:11,608
Either way, the laws of the universe
492
00:19:11,608 --> 00:19:13,360
are way beyond our control.
493
00:19:13,360 --> 00:19:15,112
So, what can we do?
494
00:19:15,112 --> 00:19:16,989
We just make the best of it.
495
00:19:17,489 --> 00:19:19,408
I don't know what we're
about to see, Leela,
496
00:19:19,408 --> 00:19:20,576
but I love you.
497
00:19:20,576 --> 00:19:22,494
Now and forever.
498
00:19:22,494 --> 00:19:24,204
And that much is real,
499
00:19:24,204 --> 00:19:26,081
even if we're not.
500
00:19:26,081 --> 00:19:27,416
(sniffle)
501
00:19:27,833 --> 00:19:30,085
Hm... The dummy's right.
502
00:19:30,085 --> 00:19:32,254
I feel, therefore I am.
503
00:19:32,254 --> 00:19:34,506
It doesn't matter if I'm real?
504
00:19:34,506 --> 00:19:36,258
Not one bit.
505
00:19:36,258 --> 00:19:38,343
So, what did you wanna tell us, robot?
506
00:19:38,343 --> 00:19:40,971
Just... (sob) thank you!
507
00:19:41,430 --> 00:19:43,932
(wailing)
508
00:19:43,932 --> 00:19:46,310
(sigh) That's robots for you.
509
00:19:46,310 --> 00:19:49,062
Now, let's sit back and enjoy the show.
510
00:19:49,062 --> 00:19:52,065
(dramatic music)
511
00:19:52,065 --> 00:19:54,151
(zapping)
512
00:19:54,151 --> 00:19:57,654
Oh, lordy-loo.
The magnetar is about to pop!
513
00:19:57,779 --> 00:19:59,698
How's the Simputron holding up?
514
00:19:59,698 --> 00:20:01,950
- (beeping, alarm blaring)
- AMY: Processor overload!
515
00:20:01,950 --> 00:20:03,994
The cooling fan's on fire!
516
00:20:03,994 --> 00:20:05,078
- (blast)
- Whoa!
517
00:20:05,078 --> 00:20:06,163
(all gasp)
518
00:20:06,163 --> 00:20:09,124
(dramatic music)
519
00:20:10,459 --> 00:20:11,668
- (alarm continues)
- Pull the plug!
520
00:20:11,668 --> 00:20:13,045
Stop the simulation!
521
00:20:13,045 --> 00:20:14,922
No! Bender's in there!
522
00:20:14,922 --> 00:20:16,089
There's no choice.
523
00:20:16,089 --> 00:20:17,925
This building's about to go up in smoke,
524
00:20:18,258 --> 00:20:21,803
and I've got doomsday devices hidden
in every nook and cranny.
525
00:20:22,721 --> 00:20:23,764
( melancholic music)
526
00:20:23,764 --> 00:20:25,307
I'm sorry, buddy.
527
00:20:25,307 --> 00:20:28,310
I know you can't hear me,
but we tried our best.
528
00:20:28,310 --> 00:20:30,354
At least you got to go out with dignity.
529
00:20:30,479 --> 00:20:31,897
(woozy groaning)
530
00:20:31,897 --> 00:20:33,398
(splat)
531
00:20:33,398 --> 00:20:34,608
(creaking)
532
00:20:34,608 --> 00:20:36,652
- (click, static)
- (monotone) Rebooting.
533
00:20:37,736 --> 00:20:39,571
(normal) Where-- Where am I?
534
00:20:39,571 --> 00:20:41,531
Right here, in the universe.
535
00:20:41,531 --> 00:20:45,077
Oh... I had to come tell you something...
536
00:20:45,077 --> 00:20:48,914
Bender? How did you
possibly manage to come back?
537
00:20:48,914 --> 00:20:52,042
Don't be rude, Professor,
Bender was speaking first.
538
00:20:52,042 --> 00:20:53,752
What did you wanna tell us, robot?
539
00:20:53,752 --> 00:20:55,212
It's just that...
540
00:20:55,212 --> 00:20:57,589
I know how to save the simulation.
541
00:20:57,589 --> 00:21:00,133
Oh, please. There's no possible...
542
00:21:00,133 --> 00:21:01,677
(toilet flush)
543
00:21:01,677 --> 00:21:03,387
Eureka!
544
00:21:03,387 --> 00:21:05,389
- (eyepiece whirs)
- (screwdriver squeaking)
545
00:21:05,389 --> 00:21:08,183
I made the change you suggested, Bender.
546
00:21:08,183 --> 00:21:10,352
Although it took a lot of toilet time
547
00:21:10,352 --> 00:21:11,520
to fully comprehend.
548
00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:12,604
(creak)
549
00:21:12,604 --> 00:21:14,856
We won't need nearly so much power
550
00:21:14,856 --> 00:21:17,567
now that I've under-clocked the processor.
551
00:21:17,567 --> 00:21:20,153
But, won't the simulation run slower?
552
00:21:20,153 --> 00:21:22,030
Oh, much slower.
553
00:21:22,030 --> 00:21:25,659
Are we talking regular slow
or bureaucrat slow?
554
00:21:25,659 --> 00:21:27,452
Infinitely slower than that.
555
00:21:27,452 --> 00:21:28,745
- (gasp)
- (glass shatters)
556
00:21:28,745 --> 00:21:31,290
So, they'll be in, like, a coma?
557
00:21:31,290 --> 00:21:32,708
Oh my, no!
558
00:21:32,708 --> 00:21:34,918
They'll never notice any difference.
559
00:21:34,918 --> 00:21:37,879
But, while they live out
one second of their lives,
560
00:21:37,879 --> 00:21:41,049
years, if not centuries, will pass for us.
561
00:21:41,049 --> 00:21:44,136
Aw, then I guess we won't get
to spy on them anymore.
562
00:21:44,136 --> 00:21:45,679
Spy all you like.
563
00:21:45,679 --> 00:21:49,224
But, it's about to get very, very boring.
564
00:21:49,224 --> 00:21:50,726
Not for them.
565
00:21:50,726 --> 00:21:53,729
("Satellite" by Tea playing)
566
00:21:53,729 --> 00:21:57,024
(zapping, whirring)
567
00:21:57,024 --> 00:22:00,277
(overlapping gasping, exclaiming)
568
00:22:01,153 --> 00:22:03,155
(whirring builds)
569
00:22:03,572 --> 00:22:05,490
(explosion, whirring)
570
00:22:05,490 --> 00:22:07,284
(glitching)
571
00:22:07,284 --> 00:22:09,286
- (all gasp)
- ZOIDBERG: Pixels...
572
00:22:09,286 --> 00:22:11,288
(gasping)
573
00:22:11,288 --> 00:22:14,750
♪ To make it real, really real ♪
574
00:22:15,083 --> 00:22:16,793
♪ She says ♪
575
00:22:17,794 --> 00:22:20,672
♪ You just have to be here ♪
576
00:22:20,672 --> 00:22:22,341
(guitar rocking)
577
00:22:22,883 --> 00:22:26,219
♪ On this satellite ♪
578
00:22:26,219 --> 00:22:28,388
♪ Satellite ♪
579
00:22:28,388 --> 00:22:30,766
♪ Had to be here ♪
580
00:22:32,601 --> 00:22:35,520
♪ On this satellite ♪
581
00:22:36,188 --> 00:22:37,981
♪ Satellite ♪
582
00:22:37,981 --> 00:22:40,067
♪ Had to be here ♪
583
00:22:41,943 --> 00:22:44,613
♪ On this satellite ♪
584
00:22:47,699 --> 00:22:50,077
♪ Had to be here ♪
585
00:22:51,620 --> 00:22:54,623
{\an8}♪ On this satellite ♪
586
00:23:00,587 --> 00:23:03,507
(song slowly ends)
587
00:23:03,507 --> 00:23:07,010
(strange electronic distortion)
588
00:23:07,010 --> 00:23:10,097
(soft, orchestral)