[s6e23] The Tip Of The Zoidberg Instant

In the present, the Professor exhibits symptoms, but Zoidberg realizes he actually has "Yetiism" from a scratch decades ago. Zoidberg must then save him from the crew's own over-engineered murder machine, the Murdolator . Key Highlights & Trivia Futurama: "The Tip Of The Zoidberg" - AV Club

(Season 6, Episode 23) is a pivotal episode of Futurama that finally explains why the brilliant Professor Farnsworth employs the notoriously incompetent Dr. Zoidberg. First airing on August 18, 2011, it was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program. Plot Summary [S6E23] The Tip of the Zoidberg

The episode is split between a present-day conflict and a series of flashbacks to the year 2927: In the present, the Professor exhibits symptoms, but

After Zoidberg causes a series of medical disasters, the Planet Express crew demands he be fired. The Professor refuses, prompting the crew to investigate his loyalty to the doctor. Zoidberg

Believing the Professor had contracted terminal "hyper-malaria" during the mission, Zoidberg agreed to a mercy-killing pact: he would kill the Professor if symptoms ever surfaced.

Flashbacks reveal that Farnsworth and Zoidberg met while working for Mom's corporation on a mission to hunt a Tritonian Yeti for biological weapons research.