Our Crew Is Replaceable. Your Package Isn't.
by Greg Lohman, Thomas Snyder, Dan Katz, and Michael King
Answer: SMITHERS
This puzzle consists of six different "river crossing" problems involving the Futurama crew. In each case, packages and beings must be exchanged in a careful order so that incompatible things are never together. For each mission, there may be some flexibility in which crew members come and go, but the order of packages is immutable. Acceptable solutions for the six missions are given below:
Mission 1
- Leela, Bender, and Fry take Adolf Hitler's Brain in the Body of a Great White Shark.
- Bender, Fry, and Zapp return.
- Bender and Fry take Electric Transmogrifier.
- Leela, the Professor, and Mom return.
- Leela and Mom take Thundercougarfalconbird.
- Leela, Mom, and Bender return.
- Leela and Mom take Monsieur Carton Xtra Romantic.
- Leela, Mom, and Amy return.
- Leela and the Professor take Slipperytech Brand Banana Peels.
- Leela, Fry, and the Professor return.
- Leela and the Professor take Cheesy Popplers.
- Leela and the Professor return.
- End mission at HQ.
Mission 2
- Hermes and the Professor take Male Space-Lifestyle Magazines.
- Hermes, Leela, and the Professor return.
- Hermes and Leela take Robot Logic Upgrade. Bender becomes Non-Male.
- Fry, Hermes, and Leela return.
- Fry and Leela take Elzar's Finest Spice Weasels.
- Bender, Fry, and Leela return.
- Bender and Fry take Infinite Deathcount Killbots.
- Bender, Fry, and Zapp return.
- Leela and Hermes take Super Slurm.
- Amy, Leela, and Hermes return.
- Hermes and Leela take Ravenous Beasts.
- Hermes, Kif, and Leela return.
- End mission at HQ.
Mission 3
- Bender, Leela, and the Professor take Yarn People.
- Amy, Kif, and Leela return.
- Amy and Kif take Suicide Booth Brand Home Kit.
- Amy, Bender, and Kif return.
- Leela and Kif take Dr. Flim Flam's Miracle Cream.
- Leela, Mr. Wong, and Mrs. Wong return.
- Amy and Leela take Neptunian Jerky.
- Amy, Leela, and H.G. Blob return.
- Amy and Leela take Old New York Style Dehydrated Cheesecake.
- Amy, Leela, and the Professor return.
- Amy and Leela take IObey Distributor.
- Amy, Kif, and Leela return.
- End mission at HQ.
Mission 4
- Leela and Zoidberg take Idiot Box.
- Fry, Leela, and Zoidberg return. Leela takes the Robot Disguise and wears it for the rest of the mission.
- Leela and the Professor take Orlon Candy.
- Leela, the Professor, and Calculon return.
- Calculon, Leela, and Fry take Wormulonian Top Hats.
- Bender, Fry, and Hedonismbot return. (Leela may remain on Chapek 9, as she is in disguise.)
- Bender and Fry take Creamed Baby Seals.
- Bender, Fry, and Leela return.
- Bender and Fry take Violent Holovids.
- Bender, Calculon, and Fry return.
- Leela and Calculon take Sam Adams' Head Boston Lager.
- Leela, Calculon, and Roberto return.
- End mission at HQ.
Mission 5
- Bender and Fry take Mutant Hamsters.
- Leela, Hermes, and ailing Kif return.
- Leela and Kif take Neo-Tijuana Gold.
- Bender, Leela, and Kif return.
- Bender and Leela take Hi-Voltage Electric Buzzer.
- Bender, Fry, and Leela return.
- Leela and Fry take Rummy Rumstein's Robot Rum.
- Leela, Fry, and Scruffy return.
- Leela and Fry take Evil Parallel Universe Portal Generator.
- Leela, Fry, and the Professor return.
- Hermes and the Professor take Inane Sitcomatron 5000.
- Hermes and the Professor return.
- End mission at HQ.
Mission 6
- Amy, Hermes, and the Professor take Pointy Rock Tied to a Stick.
- Amy, Kif, and Zapp return.
- Amy and Kif take Agnew's Headless Body.
- Amy, Kif, and President Nixon's Head return.
- Amy and Kif take Omicronian Computers.
- Kif, Hermes, and the Professor return.
- Hermes and the Professor take Ooze Monster Bites.
- Fry, Hermes, and the Professor return.
- Hermes and the Professor take Refined Human Horn.
- Bender, Hermes, and the Professor return.
- Hermes and the Professor take St. Pauli Exclusion Principle Girl.
- Amy, Hermes, and the Professor return.
- End mission at HQ.
The first letters of each package will fill in the grid as:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
1 | A | M | Y | I | M | P |
2 | E | R | S | O | N | A |
3 | T | E | D | W | H | O |
4 | M | I | N | C | R | O |
5 | S | S | O | V | E | R |
6 | C | R | I | S | I | S |
This spells AMY IMPERSONATED WHOM IN CROSSOVER CRISIS. In the Futurama/Simpsons Crossover Crisis comic series, Amy disguised herself as SMITHERS.