Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Futurama season 12, episode 6!

best Futurama episodes. However, Futurama season 12, episode 6 just retreaded ground in a strange way, borrowing a story from just a few episodes ago.

Futurama season 12, episode 6, "Attack of the Clothes" sees Farnsworth decide to take on another wacky experiment, with him this time attempting to create a headless Frankenstein's monster of his own. After enlisting guest star Cara Delevingne to be the head of this creature, the clothes that Farnsworth designs for it become immensely popular, elevating the scientist to the status of fashion icon. Farnsworth creates a fast fashion empire in New New York, and while all of the story so far is original, this is where it becomes a little repetitive.

"Attack Of The Clothes" Repeats "The Temp's" Trash Planet Storyline

Only A Few Episodes Later

Strangely enough, the episode "Attack of the Clothes" essentially repeats a major storyline from Futurama season 12, episode 3, "The Temp." In "Attack of the Clothes," Farnsworth begins instructing his customers to discard their old clothes into a garbage can-shaped wormhole, sending the waste to an unknown location. After some of the characters enter the wormhole, they discover that it leads to another planet that has been decimated by the fashion leftovers. The inhabitants of this planet have seemingly been killed, with it being entirely filled with trash.

Interestingly, a very similar trash planet played a major role in the story of "The Temp" just a few episodes ago. In "The Temp," the Planet Express crew is assigned a job in which they have to take a load of New New York's old books and dump them on a giant trash planet. Upon arriving on the trash planet, the titular temp worker is left behind, with them later returning, picking up the temp worker, and leaving Fry behind. Much of the episode centers around this trash planet, which is why it is strange that another separate trash planet returned so soon.

Futurama Season 12 Even Repeats The Planet Express Crew Member Fate Story

The New Have Dark Endings

Centering the story around a trash planet isn't the only thing that "Attack of the Clothes" seemingly lifts from "The Temp," as it also repeats the fate of one Planet Express crew member. In "Attack of the Clothes," the Frankenstein's monster version of Cara Delevingne s the Planet Express crew in their expedition into the wormhole. However, she becomes left behind when escaping the planet, leaving her stranded on the other side of the wormhole.

Interestingly, "The Temp" also did something similar, with its new Planet Express crew member getting left behind. After dropping the books off on the trash planet, the main cast of Futurama forgets about the temp worker, leaving him behind. He is stranded on the trash planet for years, plotting his revenge. The temp worker is eventually rescued by the Planet Express crew, allowing him to carry out his villainous plan. While these stories do have slight differences, it is funny just how similar they are.

How Futurama's New Trash Planet Is Different From The Previous Season 12 Storyline

The Fate Of The Planet Is Much Darker

Although both episodes feature trash planets and characters being left behind on them, there is one major difference between how "Attack of the Clothes" and "The Temp" handles these stories. In "The Temp," the trash planet seems to be just another planet that has been designated as a junkyard, with not much else being known about it. However, "Attack of the Clothes" has a trash planet that is much darker.

The latter Futurama episode reveals that Farnsworth's wormhole doesn't lead to another planet. Instead, it leads to a future Earth. This means that the trash planet that the characters saw earlier in the episode is actually a post-apocalyptic Earth, with Farnsworth's clothes eventually covering everything and killing everyone on the planet. This tragic twist on this repeated Futurama story does make episode 6's version stand out a little bit more, although both episodes are good regardless.