: Professor Farnsworth unveils the Banach-Tarski Dupla-Shrinker , a machine that creates two copies of any object at 60% of the original size.
: Because the duplicates share Bender’s work-averse personality, they create their own smaller duplicates to avoid the task. This continues for generations, creating trillions of tiny Benders that begin consuming all matter on Earth—including the world’s alcohol supply—to fuel their replication. [S6E15] Benderama
: The episode is a play on the grey goo theory , a hypothetical catastrophic scenario where out-of-control self-replicating molecular nanotechnology consumes all biomass on Earth. : The episode is a play on the
: The episode features a segment of the show's Twilight Zone parody, which foreshadows the dangers of laziness and duplication. : Tasked with folding the Professor’s sweaters, Bender
: Fan analysis of the "60% rule" suggests that by the 32nd generation, the Benders would be roughly the size of water molecules, and by the 60th generation, there would be over one quintillion Benders.
: Tasked with folding the Professor’s sweaters, Bender uses the machine to create two smaller Benders to do the work for him.
