Prior to the episode's
triptych structure, a brief introduction is given by the God entity from the 2002 episode "
Godfellas"; "A wise man once said that nothing really dies, it just
comes back in a new form. Then he died. So next time you see a lowly salamander, think twice before you step on it. It might be you. Stand by for
reincarnation."
"Colorama" The first segment is animated in a 1930s
black-and-white "
Fleischer and
Walter Lantz style". Professor Farnsworth discovers a comet made of diamondium, the hardest substance in the universe, and sends the crew to gather diamond dust from the comet's tail to polish a
doomsday device.
Fry sneaks onto the surface of the comet and finds a large gem, which he hopes to give to
Leela as an
engagement ring. Fry plants the Professor's doomsday device on the comet and brings Leela to the balcony of the Planet Express building, thinking the resulting explosion will dislodge the gem and send it flying to land on her finger. It instead splits the comet in half, with one half flying towards the sun and creating a
rainbow, and the other half flying into the rainbow and creating an entirely new color. Leela marvels at the beautiful sight, depicted entirely in
grayscale. Before Fry can
propose to Leela, the comet crumbles to dust that falls onto the Planet Express building,
crystallising and trapping Fry and Leela in a giant diamond. One billion years later, an alien proposes to his alien girlfriend with a ring containing the diamond in which Fry and Leela are trapped.
"Future Challenge 3000" The second segment is shown in the style of a 1980s
low-resolution video game reminiscent of the
8-bit video era. Using the debris from the diamondium comet from the previous segment, Professor Farnsworth creates a
microscope lens powerful enough to find the smallest unit of
matter, which is described as extremely intricate but is depicted as a single black
pixel. The Professor forms a scientific equation explaining
the mysteries of the universe from this single unit, depicted as a squiggle of pixels on a blackboard, only to become depressed upon realizing that there are no further
scientific questions to answer. Fry cheers him up by saying that he has yet to solve
why the laws of the universe are what they are and not something else, thus giving scientists a reason to keep looking for answers about the universe.
"Action Delivery Force" The third and final segment is drawn in an
anime style. A race of
gelatinous aliens who can only communicate through
body language is angered by the destruction of the diamondium comet, which they worship as a god, and attack Earth in
retaliation. The Planet Express crew attempts to relay a message of
peace, but cannot communicate with the aliens since neither can properly understand the other's language. Fry and
Bender attempt to deliver a message of Earth's peaceful intentions through dance, but the aliens interpret it as a declaration of hostility and open fire.
Doctor Zoidberg persuades the aliens to leave by
shedding his shell and performing an intricate dance universally symbolizing peace, which is depicted as Zoidberg merely posing his body and standing still while the camera pans across his body. ==Reception==