Futurama A Clockwork Origin (1999–2013) Online
- Original Title :
- A Clockwork Origin
- Genre :
- TV Episode / Animation / Comedy / Sci-Fi
- Year :
- 1999–2013
- Directror :
- Dwayne Carey-Hill
- Cast :
- Billy West,Katey Sagal,John DiMaggio
- Writer :
- Matt Groening,Matt Groening
- Type :
- TV Episode
- Time :
- 22min
- Rating :
- 7.9/10
After a dispute with creationists, Farnsworth flees with the others to a remote, uninhabited planet. Upon releasing microrobots in a pond, non-organic life begins to evolve on the planet.
| Episode cast overview: | |||
 | Billy West | - | Philip J. Fry / Prof. Hubert J. Farnsworth / Dr. Zoidberg / Hydroponic Farmer (voice) |
 | Katey Sagal | - | Turanga Leela (voice) |
 | John DiMaggio | - | Bender (voice) |
 | Tress MacNeille | - | Protester / Bret Blob / Dr. Widnar (voice) |
 | Maurice LaMarche | - | Flying Spaghetti Monster / Robotic Dinosaur / Robotic Caveman / Robotic Male Scientist / Robotic Heckler / Highly Evolved Robotic Juror (voice) |
 | Lauren Tom | - | Amy Wong (voice) |
 | Phil LaMarr | - | Hermes Conrad / Robotic Policeman / Robotic Judge (voice) |
 | David Herman | - | Dr. Banjo / Dr. BenBeeler / Robotic Juror (voice) |
 | Kath Soucie | - | Cubert Farnsworth (voice) |
The plot for this episode was inspired by a controversial campaign led by Kirk Cameron to insert creationist materials in pamphlets on evolution at college campuses on the anniversary of Charles Darwin's birthday. The robotic scientist, Dr. Widnar, is an anagram of Darwin.
The paintings on the caves by robot cavemen is based on the Lascaux cave paintings in France.
The Flying Spaghetti Monster is a reference to the emergence of Pastafarianism (Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster), a satirical faux-religion and social movement that promotes a light-hearted view of religion and opposes the teaching of intelligent design and creationism in public schools.
When the crew is digging for the Missing Link, Hermes finds "another one of Fry's dogs." This is a reference to the episode "Jurassic Bark," which is consistently voted the saddest episode of Futurama.
NANDerthal is a pun mixing Neanderthal with NAND (a logic gate in processors).