Anna Daniels
It should be pointed out that Futurama‘s writers are no slouches when it comes to following through on their own premises. The writer Ken Keeler famously created a mathematical theorem to solve a body-swapping problem at the center of one episode, and they’ve shown themselves to be sticklers at abiding by their world’s own rules.
It seems, however, that they let this one slip by them. In the episode, popplers become a global sensation, selling over 198 billion baby Omnicronians all over planet Earth. As WhatCulture figured it, this works out to 16.5 billion dozens of alien infants eaten. At a buck a bundle, that’s $16.5 billion for our protagonists. Even split three ways between Leela, Fry and Bender, that’s more than $5 billion a piece.
It seems their cut of this massive bonanza was swept under the rug, though, as they continue to toil for Professor Farnsworth for several more seasons.
Written by: Looper
