Mom Corporation

Lore & Background

Mom's Friendly Robot Company is the manufacturer of robots seen throughout the series. The company's owner, Mom, uses a control that transmits to every robot's antenna, allowing her to command the entire robot population. In the episode "Mother's Day," Mom attempts to become the "supreme overlord of Earth" by ordering the entire robot population to rebel and overthrow humanity. Her three sons — Walt, Larry, and Igner — cooperate with the Planet Express crew to obtain the robot control Mom keeps in her bra. Their plan involves bringing Mom to her rustic cabin near New New York, having Professor Farnsworth seduce her, remove her bra, and use the control to end the rebellion. When the Professor and Mom meet at the cabin, their love is rekindled, and they erupt into sex. Amidst this, everyone else comes in to escape the robots, who have made their way to the cabin. In order for their romantic evening not to be interrupted, Mom decides to finally call off the rebellion. Mom dumps the Professor after learning of the initial plot.

In Their Own Story

The episode "Mother's Day" (the fourteenth episode in the second season of Futurama, and the 27th episode overall, originally airing on May 14, 2000) centers on Mom's Friendly Robot Company. Every Mother's Day, robots made in the company's factories around the world give gifts, money, and cards to Mom. Despite extensively promoting the holiday, Mom actually hates the day and is in an even more bitter mood this year, remembering a romantic affair that had ended 70 years prior. That doomed romance had been with a younger Professor Hubert Farnsworth, then an employee of Mom's Friendly Robot Company. When Mom insisted that the Professor's latest design — a children's toy named Q.T. McWhiskers — be changed to an eight-foot-tall death machine to be sold on the intergalactic arms market, the Professor, enraged, stormed out of the room, and they had not seen each other since. In revenge, Mom attempts to become the "supreme overlord of Earth" for this Mother's Day, ordering the entire robot population of the planet to rebel and overthrow humanity through a control that transmits to every robot's antenna. Wishing to end the robot rebellion and save humanity, Mom's three sons — Walt, Larry, and Igner — cooperate with the Planet Express crew to obtain the robot control Mom keeps in her bra. Their plan is to bring Mom to her rustic cabin near New New York, have the Professor seduce her, remove her bra, and use the control to end the rebellion. When the Professor and Mom do meet at the cabin, however, their love is rekindled, and they erupt into sex. Amidst this, everyone else comes in to escape the robots, who have made their way to the cabin. In order for their romantic evening not to be interrupted, Mom decides to finally call off the rebellion. Mom dumps the Professor after learning of the initial plot. Life is then returned to normal.

Reader's Guide

The episode "Mother's Day" originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on May 14, 2000. In its initial airing, the episode received a Nielsen rating of 3.9/9, placing it 79th among primetime shows for the week of May 8–14, 2000. The A.V. Club gave the episode an A−. The episode is noted for its storyline involving Mom's Friendly Robot Company, the robot rebellion, and the rekindled romance between Mom and Professor Farnsworth. The Mitchells vs. the Machines is a film with a storyline similar to the same episode.

Did You Know?

• Mom's Friendly Robot Company factories around the world produce robots that give gifts, money, and cards to Mom every Mother's Day.
• Despite extensively promoting Mother's Day, Mom actually hates the holiday.
• Mom's romantic affair with Professor Hubert Farnsworth ended 70 years prior to the events of the episode, when he was an employee of Mom's Friendly Robot Company.
• Mom keeps the control that transmits to every robot's antenna in her bra.
• The episode "Mother's Day" originally aired on May 14, 2000, and received a Nielsen rating of 3.9/9.