If you’re a fan of the animated television series Futurama, you might recall an episode where Hermes Conrad, the Jamaican accountant for Planet Express, loses his body. In “The Six Million Dollar Mon,” Bender accidentally runs over Hermes while driving the company’s delivery truck. Dr. Zoidberg manages to save Hermes’ head, but his body is destroyed beyond repair.
So what happened next? How did Hermes end up losing his body in Futurama?
It all started when Bender became obsessed with a movie called “The Six Million Dollar Manatee.” In the film, a manatee is given advanced robotic limbs after losing its original ones in an accident. Bender becomes convinced that he too can become a cyborg and sets out to get himself upgraded.
When he arrives at the robotics facility, he accidentally runs over Hermes with the delivery truck. Zoidberg is able to save Hermes’ head by transplanting it onto a robot body, but things go awry when Bender insists on upgrading the body to make it stronger and faster.
Bender adds so many upgrades that the body becomes unstable and eventually explodes, leaving only Hermes’ head intact once again. The crew tries to find a new body for Hermes but has no luck until they stumble upon an abandoned robot factory.
There they find a prototype of an experimental “cybernetic organism,” or cyborg, which they use to create a new body for Hermes. However, this new body has some unexpected side effects – it causes Hermes to become more aggressive and impulsive than usual.
In the end, things return mostly back to normal for Hermes as he adjusts to his new cyborg form. But this episode serves as a reminder that even in the world of science fiction and animation, accidents can happen – sometimes with unexpected consequences.
Conclusion
Hermes Conrad’s loss of his original human body in Futurama was caused by a combination of Bender’s obsession with becoming a cyborg and a tragic accident. While the crew was eventually able to find him a new body, it came with some unexpected side effects. As always, Futurama manages to combine humor with heart in its storytelling, reminding us that even in a world filled with technology and robots, human connections and emotions still matter.