The Butterjunk Effect

"The Butterjunk Effect" is the one hundred and twentieth episode of Futurama, the sixth of the seventh production season and the ninth broadcast season. Amy and Leela become addicted to "Nectar," a nutritional supplement that boosts their performance in the future sport of Butterfly Derby.

Production
On 29 February 2012, CGEF revealed the episode's title, its writer to be Michael Rowe and its director to be Crystal Chesney-Thompson.

In May, Countdown to Futurama began releasing promotional material for the episode. It has so far released four items: A design of a new character, Tank, which revealed the episode's plot on 30 May, a promotional picture showing Amy and Leela as wingnuts on 31 May, part of the storyboard showing Leela kiss Fry on 1 June and another design of a new character, an old lady, on 2 June.

Allusions

 * The episode's title is a reference to the film .

Continuity

 * The relationship between Fry and Leela was last used.
 * The relationship between Fry and Leela was last used.

Characters

 * Amy
 * Fry
 * Leela
 * Debut: Old lady
 * Debut: Tank