[1] The episode is noteworthy for featuring the addition of Scruffy, the Janitor, to the staff of Planet Express, and as a recurring cast member, after his previous appearance as a stagehand during the Beastie Boys concert in "Hell Is Other Robots".
Professor Farnsworth shows the crew his new invention, the Fing-Longer, a glove with a long rod meant to be used as an extension of the index finger.
The simulation begins with the giant Bender being built by hundreds of regular-sized bending units on some distant planet.
An enraged and boiled Zoidberg rises out of the water and snaps off Bender's feet, causing him to fall over and impale himself on the Empire State Building.
A tearful Fry admonishes the citizens of New New York about the tragedy of Bender, whose final words lament his inability to fulfill his dream to kill all humans.
The Professor calls Leela to his laboratory, where he tells her that he has designated her as his sole heir due to her lack of impulsiveness.
Insulted, Leela then karate-kicks the Professor on an impulse, sending him into a pit housing his pet man-eating anteaters where he is devoured alive.
When Hermes discovers the Professor's fate, Dr. Zoidberg assumes the role of a detective and takes it upon himself to solve the murder.
Fry is introduced to the "Vice Presidential Action Rangers", led by Al Gore, whose constitutional duty is to protect the space-time continuum.
Fry suddenly smashes the tube with the mace, creating a paradox and causing the universe to collapse into a space-time rift.
It is then shown that everything before was just a simulation by the What-if machine created when the Professor asked what would have happened if he had invented the Fing-Longer, leaving him to lament the unfulfilled possibilities.
This episode guest starred Nichelle Nichols and Al Gore, who would make later appearances in "Where No Fan Has Gone Before" and "Crimes of the Hot" respectively.
story has some good gags, and the fight with Zoidberg is fun (and disturbing), but finding out that he and Fry would still have been friends no matter their respective sizes isn't enough to justify the segment.