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Bender's serial number, 2716057, can be expressed as the sum of two cubes (952 3 + (-951 3)), which is humorous to Bender and Flexo after Flexo reveals that his serial number (3370318) has the same characteristic (119 3 + 119 3) (also, Bender’s designation 1729 is a taxicab number).
Bender refuses on the grounds of artistic integrity, as he still wishes to create "the best folk song in the universe". Just as he begins to add the next verse to his song, Caboose appears in his train and runs Bender down. At Bender's memorial service, it is revealed that this is not really Bender, but a duplicate fabricated by the 3-D printer.
Bender resorts to asking Robot 1-X to save the crew. Once 1-X saves them, Bender is overcome with feelings of gratitude and friendship for 1-X. It is then revealed that Bender never left the upgrade factory in the first place, and his experience on the island and everything after was an illusion triggered by the upgrade process.
A Comedy Central teaser trailer announced the return of Futurama March 23, 2008, [151] which was Bender's Big Score divided into four episodes followed by the other three movies. On June 24, 2010, the season 6 premiere, " Rebirth ", drew 2.92 million viewers in the 10:00 p.m. time slot on Comedy Central. [ 152 ]
John G. Nettles of PopMatters wrote: " 'Hell is Other Robots' is a terrific introduction to Bender and Futurama's irreverent humor, sly social satire, and damn catchy musical numbers." [13] TV Squad wrote that the series' funnier material appears in "Robot Hell – after Bender is 'born again' in the Temple of Robotology."
Futurama has returned to the theme of time travel three times since; in Futurama: Bender's Big Score, although the cause of time travel is different, in "The Late Philip J. Fry", which involves a time machine that can only travel forwards in time – to specifically avoid creating a paradox, and in "I Know What You Did Next Xmas", involving a ...
Zack Handlen of The A.V. Club gave the episode an A. [9] In 2008, Empire placed Futurama 25th on their list of "The 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time" and cited "Godfellas" as the show's best episode. [10] In 2013, it was ranked number 7 "as voted on by fans" for Comedy Central's Futurama Fanarama marathon. [11]
In 2006, IGN.com ranked this episode as the series' twelfth best, with "Anthology of Interest I" at number 13, in their list of the "Top 25 Futurama episodes". [2] Zack Handlen of The A.V. Club gave the episode a B. [ 3 ] In its initial airing, the episode received a Nielsen rating of 4.5, placing it 62nd among primetime shows for the week of ...