"Anthology of Interest I," one of the 30 best "Futurama" episodes, uses an anthology format to explore alternate worlds featuring the central characters. Each of its three stories is used as a vehicle to take the show in some pretty wild directions storyline-wise — including "Terror at 500 Feet," in which an enlarged Zoidberg ultimately kills a 500-foot-tall Bender. In fact, death happens pretty indiscriminately to the central cast, with Leela murdering the entire crew in the story "Dial L for Leela" after she decides to be more impulsive.
With that in mind, it's an excellent thing that what happens in these stories doesn't affect what happens on "Futurama" proper. After all, that's what makes the show's anthology episodes so great. And it'd be a whole lot less fun if characters could remember them.
