Non-Natural Number Gag: Because all the whole numbers have been retired, blernsball players have fractions and other numerical functions on their uniforms.
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Played straight with Jackie Anderson, the first woman to play professional blernsball well. Jackie Robinson Story: Parodied with Leela, because she's only the first woman player in the league as a joke.The Cygnoids apparently take the statement of food tasting like vomit as a compliment until Leela reminds them of its awful taste.When Bender calls Abner Doubledeal a sleazebag, he doesn't deny it, only telling Bender he's now the sleazebag who owns the NY Mets.Idiot Ball: Leela, who is normally super-competent at just about anything you care to mention, not only proves to be a terrible blernsball player, but shows no self-awareness at all regarding her lack of skill until Jackie gives her a "The Reason You Suck" Speech.Hope Spot: Leela trains, and very nearly scores her first out by getting two strikes, but then the rival hits the next pitch so hard the string breaks and the ball flies into the "win the game" hole, leading to her going down in history as the worst blernsball player of all time.That Fry is the one who points it out speaks volumes as to why he's considered the worst blernsball player ever. Had the Silly Thing in Reverse: Hank Aaron XXIV holds the bat upside down.He's actually pretty sad to have the title taken away from him. Subverted in that he's the worst player in the history of the game until Leela went down in history as a WORSE player than him. Generation Xerox: Hank Aaron XXIV became a famous baseball player like his namesake.There's no Aesop delivered (unless you count Leela saying that the world is not going to get any better until man- and alienkind pretend to like each other), and he doesn't learn to tolerate them. Fantastic Racism: Professor Farnsworth hates the Cygnoids.Exact Words: When Leela claims shes been training with Hank Aaron, her coach incredulously asks " the Hank Aaron?" Leela awkwardly replies " a Hank Aaron.".Epic Fail: In her career, Leela manages to go without getting a single out, although she comes very, very close.Downer Ending: Despite her efforts, Leela goes her entire career without getting a single out and goes down in history as the worst blernsball player of all time.Continuity Nod: Bender recognizes Abner Doubledeal as the sleazebag that owned the Ultimate Robot Fighting League.Bender's demand for every deal is "put a one and two zeroes in front of that, or we pass!" Comically Small Bribe: Thanks to Bender's negotiating skills, one of Leela's advertising jobs lands her a solid 1001 pesos.
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