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Plot While visiting the Past-o-rama theme park, Fry runs over a robot with an uncanny resemblance to Bender. They bring him back to the Planet Express building, where Professor Farnsworth repairs him. The robot's name is Flexo, and like Bender, he is a bending unit. The only physical difference between the two is that Flexo has a goatee. Bender and Flexo hit it off, but Flexo soon begins to grate on the nerves of Fry, who suspects him of being evil, despite his behavior being similar to Bender's. The Professor reveals an atom of the fictional element Jumbonium, which the crew is to deliver to the Miss Universe pageant, to be held on Tova 9. Due to the value of the atom, the Professor hires Flexo as additional security. Leela assigns Fry, Bender, and Flexo shifts guarding the atom, but when Fry's shift comes up he falls asleep due to staying up during all of Flexo's shift, and the atom is stolen. Fry not only suspects Flexo, but believes he has disguised himself as Bender. After Bender re-establishes his identity, Fry, Leela, and Bender head off to inform pageant host Bob Barker's head of the theft. They burst into the contest in pursuit of Flexo, and he and Bender start to fight. At the end of the fight, Bender's chest cavity door is knocked open, revealing the atom. Flexo tells the rest of the crew that he had seen Bender steal the atom and left to inform Bob Barker. Leela learns that Zapp Brannigan is one of the judges. With the atom recovered, and Flexo accidentally imprisoned for Bender's crime due to Bob Barker's disinterest in his identity, the pageant concludes with a giant paramecium being crowned Miss Universe, only after Leela is mistakenly crowned first due to a miscommunication from Zapp. Broadcast and reception In its initial airing, the episode received a Nielsen rating of 4.4/8, placing it 87th among primetime shows for the week of February 14-20, 2000. Production In the audio commentary of the show, David X. Cohen states that this episode was the only one to which he gave his artistic input. Halfway through the episode when Fry, Bender and Flexo are at a robot strip club, a robot stripper with a strange gear oriented design can be seen. Cohen claims that he drew the robot himself. Continuity In this episode, Bender mistakes a telephone booth for a suicide booth while at Past-o-Rama. In "Space Pilot 3000", Fry mistakes a suicide booth for a telephone booth (which is how he met Bender). Bender also mistakes the telephone booth as a suicide booth in Bender's Big Score after having gone back to Old New York to exterminate Fry. The Crushinator, from "Episode Two: The Series Has Landed" is seen in this episode. Characters Characters making their first appearances in this episode are: Flexo Miss Universe Contestants: Miss Arrakis: A horned, blue humanoid with flippers. Miss Perfect Little: Squat, black creature with tendrils, and many eyes and breasts. Miss Vega 4: A giant purple paramecium, Miss Universe 3000's winner. Miss Heaven: A green energy being. Miss Pluto: A pink haired, blue humanoid. Miss Demeanor: A turquoise, hoofed alien that bears antennae. Miss Methane Planet: Halatina Smogmire, a footless alien consisting of purple methane gas. Miss Earth's Moon: The Crushinator, an enormous pink robot that doubles as a car. Miss Un-named Planet #2856-B: She is green, with orange hair and a trumpet for a nose. Zapp Brannigan apparently likes her. Cultural references This section does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (September 2009) While guarding the Jumbonium atom, Bender is reading pentium-house, a reference to the pornographic magazine Penthouse. Flexo's goatee is a reference to the Star Trek episode "Mirror, Mirror", in which Spock's evil twin sports a similar goatee. The planet Tova Nine is a reference to Tova Borgnine. The strip bar that Fry, Flexo, and Bender visit is called Electric Ladyland, a reference to the album of the same name by The Jimi Hendrix Experience. References ^ "PEOPLE'S CHOICE.(Brief Article)". Broadcasting & Cable (Reed Business Information). 2000-02-28. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-60300398.html. Retrieved 2009-03-07. ^ http://www.futurama-madhouse.com.ar/grabs/2acv06/2acv06-37.jpg External links Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: The Lesser of Two Evils "The Lesser of Two Evils" st TV.com "The Lesser of Two Evils" at the Internet Movie Database The Lesser of Two Evils at The Infosphere. v d e Futurama episodes Season 1 "Space Pilot 3000" "The Series Has Landed" "I, Roommate" "Love's Labours Lost in Space" "Fear of a Bot Planet" "A Fishful of Dollars" "My Three Suns" "A Big Piece of Garbage" "Hell Is Other Robots" "A Flight to Remember" "Mars University" "When Aliens Attack" "Fry and the Slurm Factory" Season 2 "I Second That Emotion" "Brannigan, Begin Again" "A Head in the Polls" "Xmas Story" "Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love?" "The Lesser of Two Evils" "Put Your Head on My Shoulder" "Raging Bender" "A Bicyclops Built for Two" "A Clone of My Own" "How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back" "The Deep South" "Bender Gets Made" "Mother's Day" "The Problem with Popplers" "Anthology of Interest I" "War Is the H-Word" "The Honking" "The Cryonic Woman" Season 3 "Amazon Women in the Mood" "Parasites Lost" "A Tale of Two Santas" "The Luck of the Fryrish" "The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz" "Bendless Love" "The Day the Earth Stood Stupid" "That's Lobstertainment!" "The Cyber House Rules" "Where the Buggalo Roam" "Insane in the Mainframe" "The Route of All Evil" "Bendin' in the Wind" "Time Keeps On Slippin'" "I Dated a Robot" "A Leela of Her Own" "A Pharaoh to Remember" "Anthology of Interest II" "Roswell That Ends Well" "Godfellas" "Future Stock" "The 30% Iron Chef" Season 4 "Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch" "Leela's Homeworld" "Love and Rocket" "Less Than Hero" "A Taste of Freedom" "Bender Should Not Be Allowed on TV" "Jurassic Bark" "Crimes of the Hot" "Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles" "The Why of Fry" "Where No Fan Has Gone Before" "The Sting" "Bend Her" "Obsoletely Fabulous" "The Farnsworth Parabox" "Three Hundred Big Boys" "Spanish Fry" "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings" Season 5 Bender's Big Score The Beast with a Billion Backs Bender's Game Into the Wild Green Yonder Season 6 "Rebirth" Categories: Futurama episodes 2000 television episodesHidden categories: Articles needing additional references from September 2009 All articles needing additional references The e-commerce company in China offers quality products such as Butterfly Valve Manufacturer Manufacturer , Pvc Butterfly Valve Manufacturer, and more. 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