Calculon 2.0

"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.

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"]".

On 30 March, she revealed that she was "starting thumbnailing and storyboarding on [the episode]". 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".

On 5 February, 2013, released a preview clip for the tenth broadcast season, 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.

Allusions

 * The Shubot Theater is a reference to New York's.
 * Calculon says, "In the world of theater, there are no second acts", a statement reminiscent of author '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 .

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".

Characters

 * Amy
 * Bender
 * Boxy Robot
 * Calculon
 * Censored couple (cameo, 20:20, woman only)
 * Debut: Charles
 * Coilette
 * Dandy Jim
 * Director
 * Executive Alpha
 * Executive Beta
 * Executive Gamma
 * Farnsworth
 * Flabby
 * Fry
 * Debut: General Extermulo
 * Gus
 * Hattie
 * Hermes
 * Hoschel
 * Huge-assed woman
 * Humorbot 5.0
 * iZac
 * Leela
 * Linda
 * Mayor Poopenmeyer
 * Monique
 * President of the network
 * Randy Munchnik
 * Debut: Robert Wagner's head
 * Robot Demons
 * Robot Devil
 * Sal
 * Satan
 * 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