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breelandwalker:zarpaulus:breelandwalker:averax:platinumcracker:harryll0yds:captjackfrost:notadangirl:luckyspike:futurama is one of those shows that lures you in by being funny and then rips your fucking heart outIf you didn’t know the hand was her father, the squid thing her mother, her parents left her at an orphanage when she was a baby but in reality were looking out for her all her lifewhat makes it even sadder is the reason they left her in an orphanage. they didn’t want her to know she was a mutant. they wanted her to live a normal human life so they gave her up while they live in the sewers as mutants.she is a cyclopshow did she NOT know she was a mutantBITCH if u watched the show or did any research at all you’d know that she thought she was an ALIEN, which in that society was completely acceptable. Try again!!!!Her mother used her Ph.D in Exolinguistics to forge a note in an incomprehensible alien language to make the deception seem legit, so nobody would ever question why she was the only cyclops, or suspect her of being a mutant on the surface, which was illegal.A postscript: After finally meeting her parents, Leela visits them regularly (with all the quirks and foibles pertaining to the relationship between parents and their adult children), eagerly learns about her mutant heritage, and becomes an avid campaigner for Mutant Rights. With the help of her friends, she eventually convinces the Mayor of NNY to grant surface passes for visitation and later free access for all mutants.The beginning of that episode where she gets surface access for mutants also illustrates covert racism pretty well.The crew are at a charity gala for the university where mutants are trained as sanitation workers when Leela hears several of the wealthy donors making disparaging comments about mutants. She realizes they’re reinforcing the system that keeps mutants in the sewers while making themselves look good, and lets slip that she’s a mutant. Then the hostess screams for the cops to toss her down a manhole.Other great bits from that episode:“If I say one more thing, I might say it with my evening boot.”Leela ripping Fry a new one for thinking he “understands the plight of the mutant people” for being sentenced to a couple of weeks living in the sewer.The surface people only giving a damn once they realize that sewer labor is vital when the mutants STOP WORKING.The rich people only giving a damn once it directly affects them in a way they can’t buy off, bury, or blow up. (Typical.)THE LAND TITANIC. -- source link