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"The Mutants Are Revolting" is the twelfth episode of the seventh season of the animated sitcom ''Futurama'' and is the 100th episode of the series. It aired on Comedy Central on September 2, 2010 as a mid-season finale, with remaining episodes broadcast in November 2010 and in 2011. In the episode, the Planet Express crew celebrate their 100th delivery. Leela's status as a mutant is exposed to the public and she is deported from the surface and forced to live with other mutants in the sewers. She recognizes the inequality with which mutants are forced to live and rallies them together in an equal rights revolt against the surface dwellers. The episode was written by Eric Horsted and directed by Raymie Muzquiz. Mark Mothersbaugh of the band Devo guest stars as himself, while the band appears as future mutated versions of themselves. Having the 100th episode as the seventh season finale was a coincidence. The production team sought to focus the episode's subject matter on a topic with roots in the series' history. They eventually chose to write about Leela's mutant heritage, which had been one of the series' longstanding storylines. "The Mutants Are Revolting" received mixed reviews from critics. Although recognized as an unlikely landmark for ''Futurama'' by critics due to its previous cancellation, the episode was criticized for failing to live up to its status as the series' 100th episode. Devo's guest appearance is one of co-producer and head writer David X. Cohen's favorite moments in the series. ==Plot== The Planet Express crew is hired for their 100th delivery, for which Bender plans the "party of the millennium". The recipient of their delivery, the wealthy widow Astor, invites Fry and Professor Farnsworth to a fundraiser for mutant education in the city's extensive underground sewage system. Leela, whom Fry brings as a guest, notices that Astor and the other socialites in attendance only want to distract the mutants from their appalling living conditions and social inequality. As Leela protests, Fry accidentally reveals Leela as a mutant illegally living on the surface, and she is banished to the sewers to live in squalor with the other mutants. While attempting to appeal to Mayor Poopenmeyer on Leela's behalf, the rest of the crew (minus Bender, who holds his party without them) are banished to the sewers for two weeks for knowingly harboring a mutant. In the sewers, the Planet Express crew stumble upon the wreckage of the ''Land Titanic'', a luxury land bus that sunk into the street in 2912 after striking a mailbox on its maiden voyage, with Astor's husband among the ship's passengers who seemingly died. They find the original passengers manifest and a priceless quantum-force from Astor's husband to his wife. Meanwhile, Fry attempts to reconcile with Leela, who rebuffs him. Determined to prove that he stands by Leela and her fellow mutants' plight, Fry jumps into the toxic sewage lake and emerges as a grotesque mutant blob. He, Leela, and the crew are disgusted by Fry's new appearance, Leela is touched by Fry's sacrifice and rallies the mutants together with her crew to fight for equal rights. With the assistance of Bender (who joins them after becoming lonely at his party), the mutants sabotage the sewer system by bending the main sewage pipe, which sends waste up to flood the surface. While the mutants demand desegregation and equal rights from Mayor Poopenmeyer, Astor tries to force them back underground using a wave of sewage held in Madison Cube Garden, but Fry uses the 's energy to part the wave and defend his fellow mutants. He then shows the mayor and Astor the ''Land Titanic'' passenger manifest, which includes Leela's maternal grandmother, who worked on the ''Land Titanic'' when it sunk. Leela's grandmother explains that Astor's husband gave up his reserved seat on the life car for her and her mother, allowing them to survive. The widowed Astor is moved and urges Mayor Poopenmeyer to support mutant equality. As he and Leela kiss over their victory, Fry's grotesque form melts away, revealing itself to be Astor's mutated husband who fell into the toxic lake and survived as the ''Land Titanic'' sunk; Fry had unknowingly lodged himself in the mutant's mouth. The Astors happily reunite, and the Planet Express crew throw another party in celebration together with Leela's family, who are now allowed access to the surface. 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「The Mutants Are Revolting」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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