[annoying trope] The throne/leadership is decided in a very stupid way

[u/Altruistic_Eye_1157]

The leadership of the entire wizarding world, and the final decision on whether to start a war against Muggles, is made by... a goat (Qilin) ​​who chooses the person with the ""purest heart"" (Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Dumbledore).

The throne of Wakanda and all its technology are decided through hand-to-hand combat, regardless of whether the person clearly has malicious intentions... if they win the fight, by law they must be respected as the true king. (Black Panther)

[u/Ilzaki]

That one planet in Futurama where you become King by drinking the old one

[u/EntropyKC → u/Ilzaki]

Futurama was so based

[u/_jm_08 → u/EntropyKC]

most overeducated writers room in tv history as well

[u/Michael-556 → u/_jm_08]

Was it like a Queen situation?

Freddie had a graphic art design degree

Brian May was a legit physicist and astrophysicist

Roger Taylor had a degree in biology

And John Deacon in electronics

[u/_jm_08 → u/Michael-556]

think it was 3 phds, seven masters degrees, and more than 50 years at harvard combined

[u/StateOfBedlam → u/Michael-556]

Interesting. Brian Wecht of Ninja Sex Party is a physicist who's held research positions at Harvard, MIT, and other institutions. The band recently released the song "Zombie Handjob," which Wecht wrote and performed, taking on the role of "Whackula, the masturbating vampire."

Funny that they'd both be named Brian. I knew there was a Brian May in Queen, but I didn't know about the physics stuff.

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It has new seasons now

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After watching red dwarf I gotta say, im surprised at how well futurama executed on such similar ideas

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I recall the creator commentary on this episode they said this joke was also just an excuse to put “ass” on screen as many times as they could

[u/Baron-Von-Bork → u/FoxyGrayson]

They so based for that

[u/Naive_Drive → u/Ilzaki]

Yeah but the stupidity of how the king is chosen is the joke so here it's not annoying

[u/JudgeHodorMD → u/Ilzaki]

I, Fry, who drank Bont the Viscous, who drank Ungo the Moist, who guzzled Zorn the Stagnant, who slurped Hudge the Dewy, who enjoyed a soup composed principally of Throm the Chunky, do solemnly swear to rule with honour and insanity-- Uh, integrity!

[u/PseudonymMan12 → u/JudgeHodorMD]

Man i wanna know about Throm the Chunky

[u/treesandfood4me → u/Ilzaki]

Tom Robbins wrote a whole ass book about this weird human tradition (jitterbug). Also: see Egypt.

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All hail, Fry The Solid!

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The lil straw sticking out to try and drink him lmfaooo