Decision 3012

"Decision 3012" is the one hundred and seventeenth episode of Futurama, the third of the seventh production season and the ninth broadcast season. It is scheduled to air on 27 June 2012 on Comedy Central. Leela becomes a campaign manager for a presidential candidate whose birth certificate is missing.

Production


In 2012, two revelations concerning the episode were made. On 29 February, CGEF revealed the episode's title, its writer to be Patric M. Verrone and its director to be Dwayne Carey-Hill. On 25 April, 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 two items: a character design of Bender dressed as on 13 May and a character design of Senator Chris Travers on 14 May.

Allusions

 * The episode's title is a reference to "Decision 2012", a media nickname for the.
 * The presidential candidate's birth certificate being missing may be a reference to the surrounding U.S. president Barack Obama's own birth certificate.

Continuity

 * Bender was last seen dressed up as in "Godfellas".

Characters

 * Bender
 * Chris Travers
 * Leela
 * Richard Nixon's head