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"Crimes of the Hot" is the eighth episode of the fourth production season of the television show ''Futurama''. It originally aired in North America on November 10, 2002 as the season premiere of ''Futurama''s fifth broadcast season. The episode was written by Aaron Ehasz and directed by Peter Avanzino. Al Gore guest stars as his own preserved head in a jar, his second appearance in the series. The episode tackles the topic of global warming as the Planet Express crew is sent to retrieve Earth's yearly ice supply in order to keep the planet cool. When they are unable to retrieve the ice the Earth is forced to search for other ways to solve their global warming problem. In 2003 the episode was nominated for an Environmental Media Award. ==Plot== On Planet Earth, the days are getting hotter and hotter. The crew, looking for an explanation, watch an old movie about global warming. The film explains a temporary solution for global warming was found by dropping a mountainous slab of ice into the ocean on a regular basis to cool it (this started in 2063). The Planet Express crew is assigned the task of gathering a new slab of ice to drop in the ocean. The crew goes to Halley's Comet, but finds that it is out of ice. With no ice left, the world's top scientists are called to a conference in Kyoto, Japan. Ogden Wernstrom uses a giant mirror to deflect 40% of the sun's rays, but a stray asteroid causes it to reflect the rays into a highly destructive beam. Professor Farnsworth reveals that robots (which he invented), with their high-pollution emissions, are the cause of the crisis. The scientists, led by Wernstrom, decide that the only course of action is to destroy all the robots on Earth. Meanwhile, Bender is moved to tears after witnessing a news report showing the migration of turtles due to the heat and decides to rescue one from Holland. When questioned by the crew it is revealed that Bender has many things in common with the turtle. He claims that both have a tough outer shell but live a rich inner life. More importantly, he also confides the inability to get up if he falls directly on to his back. Earth President Richard Nixon's head organizes a party for the unsuspecting robots on the remote Galapagos Islands, where he plans to destroy the entire robot population with an electromagnetic blast from an orbiting EMP cannon made from Wernstrom's mirror. Bender, who was at the meeting of scientists and thus knows of the plan, decides, for the sake of the turtles, that he will accept his fate and attend the party. At the party Bender is overheard saying that all the robots are doomed, causing panic. Farnsworth arrives with Fry and Leela and delivers a solution to the robots; every last one needs to blast their exhaust vents at the same time, straight up in the sky, in order to push the Earth farther from the Sun, thus cooling the Earth and causing the EMP cannon to miss its target. Unfortunately, during the panic Bender and the turtle are knocked onto their backs and cannot get up, which means there is not enough exhaust to move the Earth. As Bender is lamenting his fate, the turtle rocks from side to side and rolls to its feet. Shocked and inspired, but not to be shown up, Bender does the same, allowing him to release his massive exhaust, just barely saving the robots from the EMP. Farnsworth receives a medal of pollution (which actually pollutes) for his work, and the extra week caused by the new orbit of the Earth is declared Robot Party Week. As the robots party, they exhaust fumes, causing all organics to choke. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Crimes of the Hot」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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