seven episodes prior in "The Lesser of Two Evils". This was meant to imply that at some intervening point Flexo had taken over Bender's life. The scene was removed after the creators decided it would irk fans and render the later episode "Bendless Love" (in which Bender impersonates Flexo in order to prove that Angleyne still loves Flexo) entirely incomprehensible. The episode features the first appearance of The Robot Mafia, Donbot, Clamps, and Joey Mousepad. Bender comments that his food tastes good even though it was established in "My Three Suns" that Bender has no taste buds. Smitty describes his motivation for becoming a police officer: the failure of his father's restaurant business due to 'dine and dash' thefts. This contradicts "Space Pilot 3000" in which it was originally established that a person's job was assigned to them rather than chosen. Much like in other episodes, Dr. Zoidberg is treated unfairly: when Leela damages the Planet Express building during an attempt to take off while blind, Hermes states that the repair costs will come out of Zoidberg's pay. The Masked Unit from "Raging Bender" can be seen in the background in the Little Bitaly scene. Other recurring extras and minor characters can also be seen. Professor Farnsworth says, "Holy zombie Jesus". He used the same phrase in the episode, "The Deep South" (which was also censored when aired on Cartoon Network and TBS, but not FOX, Comedy Central, or on the DVDs). Cultural references The police batons are visually similar to lightsabers. However, they are functionally different; instead of being used as blades for cutting, they are used as nightsticks for beating. The character Elzar is a reference to the television chef Emeril Lagasse as is his television program and restaurant. The laser guns the Robot Mafia uses look almost exactly like the Thompson Sub-Machine gun which is the stereotypical gun used by the original Mafia. URL refers to the "Marmaduke" newspaper cartoon. MmmTV, the channel that broadcasts Elzar's television show, is a reference to MTV. Leela's eye is treated at the Taco Bellevue Hospital, a reference to Taco Bell and the real Bellevue Hospital. To further this reference, one of the doctors appearing there is a parody of the Taco Bell spokesman of the time, a talking chihuahua-like alien. Bender correctly guesses that the Robot Mafia's "private lottery" is an illegal numbers game; Clamps insists they are into "nothing