Game of Tones

"Game of Tones" is the one hundred and thirty-seventh episode of Futurama, the twenty-third of the seventh production season and the tenth of the tenth broadcast season. It aired on 14 August, 2013, on Comedy Central. The crew journeys into Fry's dreams to seek the meaning of a mysterious alien melody.

Production
As late as 8 January 2013, the episode's title was revealed.

On 5 February, released a preview clip for the tenth broadcast season, which contained footage from the episode.

On 19 June, it was revealed that Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane would voice Seymour in the episode.

By 9 July, part of the animatic for the episode had been released online.

By 8 August, Comedy Central had released a two-minute preview clip featuring the crew trying to discover the source of alien musical tones.

Trivia

 * In "Space Pilot 3000", Fry says "oh, crud", but in this episode he says "aw, crud".


 * At the end of the episode, the song "Manchild" by the Eels, from the 1996 album "Beautiful Freak", plays.
 * This episode shares multiple similarities with Star Trek IV: Voyage Home. A mysterious ship arrives, sending a strange melody to communicate, however it damages the planet and the heroes have to travel back in time to find the answer (in this episode through dreams).

Allusions

 * The episode's title is a reference to the TV series .
 * English actress, who plays in Game of Thrones, guest-stars in another episode of the season, "Stench and Stenchibility". She and Seth MacFarlane used to date.
 * Seymour sitting on the couch along with the rest of the Fry-family and holding a glass of Martini is a reference to ' s Brian Griffin, who is, just like Seymour in this episode, also voiced by Seth MacFarlane.
 * Fry asking his family if they can hear the professor is another reference to Family Guy and the ever-upcoming question if the people in the series are able to hear.

Continuity

 * Bender's "let's go already" song is from "Proposition Infinity".
 * Nibbler tells Fry that he has once more done the Nibblonians a great service. This is a reference to "The Day the Earth Stood Stupid" and "The Why of Fry", in which Fry saves the world and the universe, respectively.

Characters

 * 20th-century kid
 * Amy
 * Bender
 * Charles Constantine
 * Debut: Digby
 * Donkey Kong
 * Fry
 * Glagnar
 * Hermes
 * Last clone of Agnew
 * Leela
 * Michelle
 * Mr. Panucci
 * Mrs. Fry
 * Nibbler
 * Noticeably F.A.T.
 * Professor Farnsworth
 * Randy Munchnik
 * Richard Nixon's head
 * Scruffy
 * Seymour Asses
 * Debut: Shazam
 * Yancy Fry Jr.
 * Yancy Fry Sr.
 * Zoidberg

Places

 * Apartment 00100100
 * Applied Cryogenics
 * Debut: Booby Tuesday's
 * Eiffel Tower
 * France
 * Fry's house
 * Debut: Fry's old apartment
 * Debut: Mount Shushmore
 * O'Grady's Pub
 * Panucci's Pizza
 * Paris
 * Planet Express conference room
 * Planet Express employee lounge
 * Planet Express lab
 * Debut: Planet Z-7
 * Robot Arms Apartments
 * Vergon 6

Miscellaneous

 * "Bender is great!" (in animatic only)
 * Charleston Chew
 * Cryo-tube
 * "Good news, everyone"
 * I. C. Wiener
 * Owls
 * "Walking on Sunshine"