Calculon 2.0
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No. | 134 | ||||
Production number | 7ACV20 | ||||
Written by | Lewis Morton | ||||
Directed by | Stephen Sandoval | ||||
Title caption | THE ONLY SHOW BROADCAST AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT | ||||
First air date | 24 July, 2013 | ||||
Broadcast number | S10E07 | ||||
Special guest(s) | Dan Castellaneta, Robert Wagner | ||||
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"Calculon 2.0" is the one hundred and thirty-fourth episode of Futurama, the twentieth of the seventh production season and the seventh of the tenth broadcast season. It aired on 24 July, 2013, on Comedy Central. Bender goes grave-robbing to bring his favourite actor back to life.
Story
Production
In 2012, assistant director Aimee Steinberger made three revelations concerning the episode. On 9 March, she revealed that she had "just read [her] next and last [Futurama] script for a while", the script for the episode, that it was "really funny [and] cute" and that she was "looking [forward to working] on it after [the production team finished "7ACV14"]". [1]
On 30 March, she revealed that she was "starting thumbnailing and storyboarding on [the episode]". [2] On 16 May, she revealed that she had "screened [her] last [Futurama episode for] a while [on that day]" - this episode - and that it had "turned out really nice [and] funny". [3]
On 5 February, 2013, Vulture.com released a preview clip for the tenth broadcast season, [4] which contained a scene from the episode.
By 19 July, Comedy Central had released a two-minute preview clip featuring Bender and Fry successfully freeing Calculon from Robot Hell. [5]
Image Gallery
Bender and Fry in Robot Hell with the Robot Devil. [6]
Concept art for Vaxtron, the actor that replaces Calculon on All My Circuits after his death. [7]
Promotional picture of Calculon performing on his "one-robot show", after being replaced on All My Circuits. [8]
Additional Information
Allusions
- Click here to see cultural mentions made in this episode.
- The Shubot Theater is a reference to New York's Shubert Theatre.
- Calculon says, "In the world of theater, there are no second acts", a statement reminiscent of author F. Scott Fitzgerald's "There are no second acts in American lives".
- In the casting office, there is a poster of 10,000 A.C., a reference to the 2008 film 10,000 BC.
Continuity
- Calculon's original death took place in "The Thief of Baghead".
- Calculon's ghostly appearence is identical to the ghostly versions of Bender and the Robot Devil seen in "Ghost in the Machines".
- Randy Munchnik's line "Calculon's back" is from "I, Roommate".
- Entertainment and Earth Invasion Tonight, previously seen in "Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television" returned in this episode.
Quotes
Robot Devil: For Calculon's immortal soul, guess the number I'm thinking of.
Fry: Uhhhhhm...
Robot Devil: It's between one and three.
Fry: Four!
Robot Devil: Between one and three, not including one or three.
Fry: "M"!
Bender: Is he right?
Robot Devil: [sarcastic] Yes, the number I was thinking of was the letter "M".
Farnsworth: Now, we just reintroduce Calculon's programming to his body using science!
Amy: It's like magic, but with electricity.
Farnsworth: Now, it's a simple matter of reverse-installing Calculon's operating system. Amy, play this installation disc backwards.
[The Professor passes the disc to Amy, who places it on a small turntable-like device and begins to spin it backwards using her finger.]
Installation disc: Rise from the dead in the name of Satan!
Fry: No! We like you and your big words, and we need you back on TV, so we can watch and not talk to each other. Our friendship depends on it!
Bender: [screaming] Your voice is so annoying!
Fry: [screaming] You always leave the toilet seat crushed!
Appearances
Characters
- Amy
- Bender
- Boxy Robot
- Calculon
- Censored couple (cameo, 20:20, woman only)
- Debut: Charles
- Coilette (cameo, 13:28)
- Dandy Jim
- Director
- Executive Alpha
- Executive Beta
- Executive Gamma
- Farnsworth
- Flabby (cameo, 14:59)
- Fry
- Debut: General Extermulo
- Gus
- Hattie (cameo, 0:54)
- Hermes
- Hoschel
- Huge-assed woman
- Humorbot 5.0 (cameo, 14:59)
- iZac (cameo, 14:59)
- Leela
- Linda
- Mayor Poopenmeyer
- Monique
- President of the network
- Randy Munchnik
- Debut: Robert Wagner's head
- Robot Demons
- Robot Devil
- Sal
- Satan (mentioned in speech only)
- Smitty
- Tinny Tim
- URL
- Debut: Vaxtron
- Zoidberg
Places
- Hollywood
- Los Angeles
- Planet Express attic
- Planet Express employee lounge
- Robot Hell
- Debut: Shubot Theater
- Debut: The Tragic Pan
- Debut: Urbana, Illinois (mentioned in speech only)
References
- ^ Aimee Steinberger (09 March 2012). aimeekitty. (Twitter.) Retrieved on 10 March 2012.
- ^ Aimee Steinberger (30 March 2012). aimeekitty. (Twitter.) Retrieved on 01 April 2012.
- ^ Aimee Steinberger (16 May 2012). aimeekitty. (Twitter.) Retrieved on 19 May 2012.
- ^ Jesse David Fox (05 February 2013). Watch a Preview of Futurama’s Seventh Season. (Vulture.com.) Retrieved on 23 June 2013.
- ^ Calculon's Immortal Soul - Video Clip. (Comedy Central.) Retrieved on 19 July 2013.
- ^ Countdown to Futurama: Fry and Bender in Robot Hell with Robot Devil. (Comedy Central's Tumblr page.) 22 May 2013. Retrieved on 17 July 2013.
- ^ Countdown to Futurama: Vaxatron. (Comedy Central's Tumblr page.) 23 May 2013. Retrieved on 17 July 2013.
- ^ Countdown to Futurama: Calculon Performing His One Robot Show. (Comedy Central's Tumblr page.) 24 May 2013. Retrieved on 17 July 2013.