Fry and Leela disguise themselves as robots to find Bender after he fails to return from a delivery to a robot planet, only to learn that he has become a celebrity in a culture which fears humans.

Bender is the featured attraction in the Ultimate Robot Fighting League, but his glory is short-lived when he is instructed to intentionally lose his next match. Leela vows to lead Bender to victory, in an effort to show up her unsupportive martial arts teacher.

After a string of bad luck, Fry ventures into the decaying ruins of Old New York to regain his lucky seven-leaf clover from his childhood, only to find that his brother Yancy Fry had stolen not only the clover, but Fry's identity as well. Fry sets out to exhume his brother's body, but discovers the startling truth about Yancy instead.

Leela meets up with her former orphanarium playmate Adlai Atkins, now a plastic surgeon, who offers to grant Leela surgery that will give her two eyes. Meanwhile, Bender adopts twelve orphans in order to collect $1200 in government stipends.

Leela becomes a Hollywood big shot after creating a hit children's television series.

Fry's sneezing reintroduces the common cold to the world of the future, with devastating consequences.

Leela and Amy become addicted to "Nectar", a nutritional supplement that boosts their performance in the future sport of Butterfly Derby.

Bender embarks on a quest for the meaning of life after discovering that as a robot he lacks free will.

The crew journeys into Fry's dreams to seek the meaning of a mysterious alien melody.