<Tr> <Td> ← Previous "Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch" </Td> <Td> Next → "Love and Rocket" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Futurama (season 4) List of Futurama episodes </Td> </Tr> <P> "Leela's Homeworld" is the second episode in the fourth production season of the American animated television series Futurama . It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on February 17, 2002 . "Leela's Homeworld" was written by Kristin Gore and directed by Mark Ervin . The episode reveals Leela's true origin as a mutant who was abandoned by her parents so she could have a better life . She was disguised as an alien, as it is illegal for mutants to live on the surface . </P> <P> The Professor announces some good news: Leela's old orphanarium has named her orphan of the year, and he has invented a machine that makes glow - in - the - dark noses . The machine produces enormous amounts of toxic waste, and Hermes tells him to get rid of it . The Professor hires Bender for the job, and he dumps the waste into the sewer . </P>

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