Naturama

"Naturama" is the one hundred and twenty-seventh episode of Futurama, the thirteenth of the seventh production season and the last of the ninth broadcast season. It is set to air August 2012 on Comedy Central. Bender and the crew are reimagined as wild animals in a nature documentary.

Plot
The Planet Express crew members are reborn as wild animals struggling for survival in their native habitats. First, "Salmon Fry" faces vicious predators, towering waterfalls, and the obnoxious "Salmon Zapp Brannigan" as he races upstream to mate with the lovely one-eyed "Salmon Leela." Next, "Tortoise Professor" – an ancient and nearly extinct Galapagos tortoise – makes an epic journey to track down the last surviving female of his species. Finally, the huge, blubber-filled "Elephant Seal Bender" battles to the death to keep all other males away from his vast harem of adoring females.

Production
On 8 November 2011, Eric Rogers revealed that this was the day of the table read of the episode, that the episode had been co-written by him and that the episode would air August 2012, also saying, "Different kind of story this time, but funny as ever!" On 11 November 2011, Phil LaMarr revealed that this was the day of the recording of the episode. On 29 February 2012, CGEF revealed the episode's title, its other writers to be Michael Saikin and Neil Mukhopadhyay and its director to be Crystal Chesney-Thompson. On 31 May 2012, the website published an article in which Matt Groening revealed that "[that] year [the production team was] calling [their] little trilogy the 'Saturday Morning Fun Pit'" - suggesting that "Naturama" had been renamed. On 10 July, updated their Futurama episode guide, revealing the episode's plot. The same day, Zap2it released a TV listing of Futurama which showed the same information about the episode.

On 12 July, following the broadcast of the episode "Zapp Dingbat", the public were given the opportunity to participate in a live chat with the Futurama cast and crew. Several clips of "Naturama" were shown during the live stream.

Characters

 * Amy
 * Bender
 * Professor Farnsworth
 * Fry
 * Hermes
 * Kif
 * Leela
 * Mom
 * Scruffy
 * Zapp
 * Zoidberg