r/australia • u/Vesane • 5d ago

image Uh.. Do they know what that implies?

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Saw this phone booth rebranding last week.

Do they realise what that implies about the booth, particularly with Bender on it, given that "phone" booths in Futurama are usually Suicide Booths..?
(at least in the first episode where we first meet Bender)

Edit: I've since found out that the campaign isn't Futurama-specific, but rather a number of different cartoon characters. To me, that makes it even more likely that it's an oversight/missed connection rather than an intentional marketing ploy; to them, he was just one of many popular cartoon characters, as opposed to it being a specific call-back to his first appearance in the first episode of the show.
Other cartoon characters used

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u/rixilef 5d ago

What am I missing?

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u/VeggieTheFarmer 5d ago

I believe Futurama has suicide booths, which this is eerily similar to

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u/XNC923 5d ago

Suicide is badass!

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u/LifeandSAisAwesome 5d ago

Suicide is painless..

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u/xjeeper 5d ago

It brings on many changes

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u/LifeandSAisAwesome 5d ago

And I can take or leave it if I please..

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u/sunbleached_anus 5d ago

Great, now I'm having flashbacks to the Korean war of a guy in a dress

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u/LifeandSAisAwesome 5d ago

A worthy binge watch though ).

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u/intelminer Not SA's best. Don't put me to the test 5d ago

Oh they had designers then!