![]() The Martians' hideout makes a return appearance in the movie Into the Wild Green Yonder.Amy also uses this expression at least once, in " Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch". This classic Cantonese expression indicates that she, or her family, is from Hong Kong, or at least Southeastern China. Amy Wong's mother uses the expression "ai-ya" while pacing.The Native Martians' "laser bows'" projectiles resemble light sabers.The term "buggalo" is a combination of the words "bug" and "buffalo".The Martians appear to summon these dust storms via throat singing in a Tuvan style.Zapp Brannigan.", referencing Clint Eastwood's character in Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy. When Zapp Brannigan appears after Amy has been kidnapped, he declares, "I am the man with no name.Real Native American Indian populations were diminished by smallpox. The Futurama Martians resemble American Indians. Not necessarily related facts: Bradbury's anthology has many native Martians killed by chickenpox introduced by Earth colonists. A newspaper on Mars is called the Martian Chronicles, as in the Ray Bradbury stories collected under the same name.However, the Martian native cries because "Cynthia used to drink Slurm". A single tear is seen on the Indian's cheek. A bag of trash is thrown from a moving car. This is a reference to the anti-littering television advertisement featuring Iron Eyes Cody: A Native American looks down over a sweeping landscape intersected by a highway far below him. When Zapp Brannigan throws the Slurm can onto the ground, one of the Martian natives cries.The 'kids love him' line references the controversy of the mascot supposedly targeting children as future smokers. The camel-like character Joe is an obvious spoof of the Camel cigarettes mascot Joe Camel, also of R.J.He bears a generic resemblance to the Marlboro Man, a generic mascot of another tobacco company, the Altria group, formerly Philip Morris Companies. R.J., the cigarette-smoking cowboy, is a reference to the R.J.The Face was featured in the 2000 movie Mission to Mars. The purported face on Mars is seen as an alien home.Music reminiscent of the theme to Star Trek is heard as Zapp and Kif's ship, the Nimbus, is onscreen.Kif's experiences taming and riding buggalo are reminiscent of Paul Atreides riding sandworms in Frank Herbert's famous novel Dune.Wong says that his ancestor bought all of Mars' western Hemisphere for a bead, referencing the sale of the land on which rests on present-day New York was bought for a bunch of beads worth approximately $24, and named New Amsterdam. The attire, accent, facial features, and much of what is seen of the culture of the Native Martians is similar to that of Native American Indians. ![]()
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