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 footage 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
Trivia
- The voice of the Robot Devil, Dan Castellaneta, guest-stars in this episode, which is the seventh episode of the tenth broadcast season. He also guest-stars in "The Six Million Dollar Mon", which is the seventh episode of the ninth broadcast season. Both of these episodes are episodes of the seventh production season.
- According to Randy Munchnik's clock, All My Circuits starts at 2 o'clock.
Allusions
- Click here to see cultural mentions made in this episode.
- The Shubot Theater is a reference to New York's Shubert Theatre.
- The Tragic Pan is a reference to the restaurant chain the Magic Pan.
- 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.
- Calculon's one-man show is a dual reference to 2001: A Space Odyssey's HAL 9000 and actor Hal Holbrook's Mark Twain Tonight.
Continuity
- Entertainment and Earth Invasion Tonite previously appeared in "Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television".
- 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's line "Calculon's back" is from "I, Roommate".
- A picture of Coilette appears in Calculon's suitcase. Calculon was due to wed her in "Bend Her".
Goofs
- The Robot Devil is able to trap Calculon in a flask, yet he constantly complains about how annoying he is.
- He may have still been able to hear Calculon's voice through the flask.
- The script for Calculon's one-man show should have decayed while he was buried.
- The material with which the script was written on may have been non-biodegradable.
- Calculon is apparently incapable of giving anything other than unrealistic, over-the-top performances without having his ego broken, but in "The Thief of Baghead" he was able to give a much more sincere performance.
- Calculon is unaware of what a second take is, but, in "Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television", he says that he doesn't do two takes.
- He may have been being sarcastic, and his reaction to Leela's explanation of what a second take is may be due to outrage, not shock.
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
- Casting woman
- Censored couple (cameo, 20:20, woman only)
- 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)
- Jesus (mentioned in speech only)
- 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.