The Thief of Baghead

"The Thief of Baghead" is the one hundred and eighteenth episode of Futurama, the fourth of the seventh production season and the ninth broadcast season. It is scheduled to air on 4 July 2012 on Comedy Central. Bender wants to take a photo of an actor whose face has never been seen so he joins the paparazzi.

Production
In 2012, two revelations concerning the episode were made. On 29 February, CGEF revealed the episode's title, its writer to be Dan Vebber and its director to be Edmund Fong. On 2 May, revealed the episode's plot and air date.

In May, Countdown to Futurama began releasing promotional material for the episode. It has so far released five items: A design of a new character, the mushroom dog, and part of the storyboard showing the mushroom dog chase Bender on 18 May, a promotional picture showing Fry, Hermes and Amy husks and a character design of Fry and Amy zombies on 19 May and another design of a new character, Langdon Cobb, on 21 May.

Allusions

 * The episode's title is a reference to the film .
 * Fry and Amy's zombie appearances are a reference to the aliens in the 1988 science fiction-horror film .

Continuity

 * Bender's camera makes its first appearance since "The Mutants Are Revolting".

Characters

 * Amy
 * Bender
 * Fry
 * Hermes
 * Debut: Langdon Cobb
 * Debut: The mushroom dog