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*This is one of four episodes of broadcast season 8 to be broadcast in production order.  The other three are "[[Fry Am the Egg Man]]", "[[Cold Warriors]]" and "[[Reincarnation]]".
*This is one of four episodes of broadcast season 8 to be broadcast in production order.  The other three are "[[Fry Am the Egg Man]]", "[[Cold Warriors]]" and "[[Reincarnation]]".
*This is the first time that [[Randy Munchnik|Randy]] is referred to by name.
*This is the first time that [[Randy Munchnik|Randy]] is referred to by name.
=== Allusions ===
*The X-Cube 360 is a parody of {{w|Xbox 360}} and {{w|Nintendo GameCube}}.
*''[[World of World War II 3]]'' is a parody of {{w|World of Warcraft}}.
**It could also be a reference to {{w|Call of Duty: World at War}}.  This makes more sense because it's a FPS (First Person Shooter).
*The German commander character in ''[[World of World War II 3]]'' resembles {{w|Colonel Klink}} from ''{{w|Hogan's Heroes}}''.
*Walt slaps himself and says, "Ach! I could haf fired a V-8!" This is a parody of the famous advertising campaign "I could've had a {{w|V8 (beverage)|V8}}!"
*When [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]] and [[Cubert Farnsworth|Cubert]] are in jail, there's a ''{{w|Kilroy was here}}'' drawing on the wall.
*Nibbler suggests putting on a show called "Nibbler on the Roof", a parody of ''{{w|Fiddler on the Roof}}''.
*The [[hoverfish]] resemble the Sentinels from the {{w|The Matrix (franchise)|''The Matrix'' films}}.
*Judge Whitey says to Cubert, "That'll do, pig," a famous line from the movie ''{{w|Babe (film)|Babe}}''.
=== Bender's reading list ===
*Some of the books that Bender reads while overclocked include:
*Some of the books that Bender reads while overclocked include:
**''Calculus''
**''Calculus''
**''Advanced Calculus''
**''Advanced Calculus''
**''NNYC Phone Book''
**''NNYC Phone Book''
**[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Kill_a_Mockingbird ''How to Kill a Mockingbird'']
**''{{w|To Kill a Mockingbird|How to Kill a Mockingbird}}''
**[http://www.amazon.com/Ventriloquism-Dummies-John-Wing-Jr/dp/0887533701 ''Ventriloquism for Dummies''] (Which itself references the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Dummies For Dummies] book series)
**[http://www.amazon.com/Ventriloquism-Dummies-John-Wing-Jr/dp/0887533701 ''Ventriloquism for Dummies''] (Which itself references the ''{{w|For Dummies}}'' book series)
**''Dante's Life in Hell'' (Referencing the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_comedy Divine Comedy] by Dante Alighieri, and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_in_Hell Life in Hell] by Matt Groening)
**''Dante's Life in Hell'' (Referencing the ''{{w|Divine Comedy}}'' by Dante Alighieri, and ''[[Life in Hell]]'' by Matt Groening)
**''Connecticut Tax Law''
**''Connecticut Tax Law''
**''Google Book''
**''Google Book''
**''Big Book of Tumbleweeds''
**''Big Book of Tumbleweeds''
**''Guiness Book of Parallel World Records''
**''Guinness Book of Parallel World Records''
**''VCR Repair''
**''VCR Repair''
**''Ayn Rand McNally Atlas Shrugged'' (Referencing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_shrugged Atlas Shrugged] by Ayn Rand, and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rand_McNally Rand McNally] the publisher of maps)
**''Ayn Rand McNally Atlas Shrugged'' (Referencing ''{{w|Atlas Shrugged}}'' by Ayn Rand, and map publisher {{w|Rand McNally}})
**[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/529646.How_I_Conquered_Your_Planet ''How I Conquered Your Planet'']
**[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/529646.How_I_Conquered_Your_Planet ''How I Conquered Your Planet'']
**''The Collected Wisdom of [[Braino]]''
**''The Collected Wisdom of [[Braino]]''
**''The Complete Simpson Episode Guide''
**''The Complete [[The Simpsons|Simpson]] Episode Guide''
**"[[All the Presidents' Heads]]"
**"[[All the Presidents' Heads]]"
**''Shakespeare Typed by Monkeys - Volume 78'' (Referencing the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_monkey_theorem Infinite Monkey Theorem])
**''Shakespeare Typed by Monkeys - Volume 78'' (Referencing the {{w|infinite monkey theorem}})
**''The [[Sith-il War|Sithal War]]'' (Referencing the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War American Civil War] and the Star Wars [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Great_Sith_War Great Sith War])
**''The [[Sith-il War|Sithal War]]'' (Referencing the {{w|American Civil War}} and the ''[[Star Wars]]'' {{sw|Great Sith War}})
**''[[Calculon]] on Calculon''
**''[[Calculon]] on Calculon''
**''Some of the Digits of π''
**''Some of the Digits of π''
**''Genome of the Flatworm - Volume 12''
**''Genome of the Flatworm - Volume 12''
=== Allusions ===
*The X-Cube 360 is a parody of {{w|Xbox 360}} and {{w|Nintendo GameCube}}.
*''[[World of World War II 3]]'' is a parody of {{w|World of Warcraft}}.
**It could also be a reference to {{w|Call of Duty: World at War}}.  This makes more sense because it's a FPS (First Person Shooter).
*The German commander character in ''[[World of World War II 3]]'' resembles {{w|Colonel Klink}} from ''{{w|Hogan's Heroes}}''.
*Walt slaps himself and says, "Ach! I could haf fired a V-8!" This is a parody of the famous advertising campaign "I could've had a {{w|V8 (beverage)|V8}}!"
*When [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]] and [[Cubert Farnsworth|Cubert]] are in jail, there's a ''{{w|Kilroy was here}}'' drawing on the wall.
*Nibbler suggests putting on a show called "Nibbler on the Roof", a parody of ''{{w|Fiddler on the Roof}}''.
*The [[hoverfish]] resemble the Sentinels from the {{w|The Matrix (franchise)|''The Matrix'' films}}.
*Judge Whitey says to Cubert, "That'll do, pig," a famous line from the movie ''{{w|Babe (film)|Babe}}''.


=== Goofs ===
=== Goofs ===

Revision as of 18:34, 2 September 2011

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Season 6 episode
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Overclockwise
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Fry talks to Bender, who has hacked himself inside-out, making the universe his processor.
No.113
Production number6ACV25
Written byKen Keeler
Directed byRaymie Muzquiz
Title captionSOON TO BE A HIT TELEVISION SHOW
First air date1 September, 2011
Broadcast numberS08E12
Title reference"Overclocking" and "clockwise"
Additional
Commentary
(Transcript)		Transcript
Storyboard

Pictures

Season 6
  1. Rebirth
  2. In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela
  3. Attack of the Killer App
  4. Proposition Infinity
  5. The Duh-Vinci Code
  6. Lethal Inspection
  7. The Late Philip J. Fry
  8. That Darn Katz!
  9. A Clockwork Origin
  10. The Prisoner of Benda
  11. Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences
  12. The Mutants Are Revolting
  13. The Futurama Holiday Spectacular
  14. The Silence of the Clamps
  15. Möbius Dick
  16. Law and Oracle
  17. Benderama
  18. The Tip of the Zoidberg
  19. Ghost in the Machines
  20. Neutopia
  21. Yo Leela Leela
  22. Fry Am the Egg Man
  23. All the Presidents' Heads
  24. Cold Warriors
  25. Overclockwise
  26. Reincarnation
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"Overclockwise" is the one-hundred-and-thirteenth episode of Futurama, the twenty-fifth of the sixth production season and the twelfth of the eighth broadcast season. It aired 1 September, 2011 on Comedy Central. Bender evolves into a godlike being after vastly increasing his processing power.

Plot

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Production

"Overclockwise" was originally planned to be the series finale of season 6, but it was later moved to the penultimate episode to make "Reincarnation" the finale. As "Reincarnation" is a non-canon segmented episode, however, "Overclockwise" is seen as the "proper" season finale. The episode was written in 2010, before the series had been renewed for another season, and much like "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings" and Into the Wild Green Yonder, "Overclockwise" was written as if it was the last episode ever of Futurama. As such, Ken Keeler was once again in charge of the writing, making this his third "last episode ever" for the series.[1] as with "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings" and Into the Wild Green Yonder.[1]

During June 2011, Countdown to Futurama released four items of promotional material for the episode: concept art of the interior of transfigured Bender's head on 7 June, concept art of Fry's character in a World War II video game on 8 June, part of the storyboard showing Mom's sons release hoverfish on 9 June, and a video clip featuring Fry talking to the transfigured Bender on 20 June.

Two promotional pictures for the episode were released by Comedy Central Press.[2]

Image gallery

  • Concept art of the interior of transfigured Bender's head.

  • Concept art of Fry's character in a World War 2 video game.

  • Page 70 of the storyboard.

  • A screenshot from the video clip.

  • The first promotional picture.

  • The second promotional picture.

Additional information

Trivia

  • It is among the few one-word titled media.
  • It was written as the last episode because the show hadn't been renewed at the time of the writing.
  • This is one of four episodes of broadcast season 8 to be broadcast in production order. The other three are "Fry Am the Egg Man", "Cold Warriors" and "Reincarnation".
  • This is the first time that Randy is referred to by name.

Allusions

Bender's reading list

Goofs

  • Smitty says that the Planet Express building does not have a doorbell, however a doorbell has been heard in previous episodes.
    • With so many things falling apart in the building (ceiling fans, for example) the doorbell might have been broken.
  • Bender addresses Cubert as a twelve-year-old, but he turned 13 in "Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television", which is set years earlier.

Continuity

  • When Mom looks at Bender's data, we see his serial number is 2716057 (2ACV06), his unit is 22 (2ACV08) and he was inspected by Inspector #5 (6ACV06).
  • The bridge where Fry falls over is the same one where he and Leela celebrated Leela's birthday in "The Late Philip J. Fry".
  • This is the first cameo appearance of Nine since Into the Wild Green Yonder, he can be seen wearing his tinfoil hat.
  • Vyolet can be seen in the jury since mutants were granted citizenship in The Mutants Are Revolting.
  • This is the third time that Planet Express almost goes out of business (This fact is referenced in the banner that says "GOING OUT OF BUSINESS...AGAIN!"). The first two times were in Into the Wild Green Yonder and Neutopia.

Characters

(In alphabetic order)

References

  1. ^ a b "Now I will say at this point, having written the last episode for FOX, and the last DVD for the DVD releases, and now being back again, and being pretty far along in production, we’re the show with the most experience in writing our last episode ever. We’re getting good at it – we’re doing our third one that we’re actually working on here at the moment – they’ve all been written by Ken Keeler, I should mention, who is writing his third last episode ever." — Cohen, David
    Zalben, Alex (22 June 2010). "Exclusive: Futurama Creator Spills on Special Last, Last Episode!". UGO. Retrieved on 22 June 2010.
  2. ^ Comedy Central Press | Futurama
Futurama episodes/films
1ACV
(Season 1)		 "Space Pilot 3000" • "The Series Has Landed" • "I, Roommate" • "Love's Labours Lost in Space" • "Fear of a Bot Planet" • "A Fishful of Dollars" • "My Three Suns" • "A Big Piece of Garbage" • "Hell Is Other Robots" • "A Flight to Remember" • "Mars University" • "When Aliens Attack" • "Fry and the Slurm Factory"
2ACV
(Season 2)		 "I Second that Emotion" • "Brannigan, Begin Again" • "A Head in the Polls" • "Xmas Story" • "Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love?" • "The Lesser of Two Evils" • "Put Your Head on My Shoulders" • "Raging Bender" • "A Bicyclops Built for Two" • "A Clone of My Own" • "How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back" • "The Deep South" • "Bender Gets Made" • "Mother's Day" • "The Problem with Popplers" • "Anthology of Interest I" • "War Is the H-Word" • "The Honking" • "The Cryonic Woman"
3ACV
(Season 3)		 "Amazon Women in the Mood" • "Parasites Lost" • "A Tale of Two Santas" • "The Luck of the Fryrish" • "The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz" • "Bendless Love" • "The Day the Earth Stood Stupid" • "That's Lobstertainment!" • "The Cyber House Rules" • "Where the Buggalo Roam" • "Insane in the Mainframe" • "The Route of All Evil" • "Bendin' in the Wind" • "Time Keeps on Slippin'" • "I Dated a Robot" • "A Leela of Her Own" • "A Pharaoh to Remember" • "Anthology of Interest II" • "Roswell that Ends Well" • "Godfellas" • "Future Stock" • "The 30% Iron Chef"
4ACV
(Season 4)		 "Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch" • "Leela's Homeworld" • "Love and Rocket" • "Less than Hero" • "A Taste of Freedom" • "Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television" • "Jurassic Bark" • "Crimes of the Hot" • "Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles" • "The Why of Fry" • "Where No Fan Has Gone Before" • "The Sting" • "Bend Her" • "Obsoletely Fabulous" • "The Farnsworth Parabox" • "Three Hundred Big Boys" • "Spanish Fry" • "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings"
5ACV
(Season 5)
Bender's Big Score The Beast with a Billion Backs Bender's Game Into the Wild Green Yonder
Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 • Part 4 Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 • Part 4 Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 • Part 4 Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 • Part 4
6ACV
(Season 6)		 "Rebirth" • "In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela" • "Attack of the Killer App" • "Proposition Infinity" • "The Duh-Vinci Code" • "Lethal Inspection" • "The Late Philip J. Fry" • "That Darn Katz!" • "A Clockwork Origin" • "The Prisoner of Benda" • "Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences" • "The Mutants Are Revolting" • "The Futurama Holiday Spectacular" • "The Silence of the Clamps" • "Möbius Dick" • "Law and Oracle" • "Benderama" • "The Tip of the Zoidberg" • "Ghost in the Machines" • "Neutopia" • "Yo Leela Leela" • "Fry Am the Egg Man" • "All the Presidents' Heads" • "Cold Warriors" • "Overclockwise" • "Reincarnation"
7ACV
(Season 7)		 "The Bots and the Bees" • "A Farewell to Arms" • "Decision 3012" • "The Thief of Baghead" • "Zapp Dingbat" • "The Butterjunk Effect" • "The Six Million Dollar Mon" • "Fun on a Bun" • "Free Will Hunting" • "Near-Death Wish" • "31st Century Fox" • "Viva Mars Vegas" • "Naturama" • "Forty Percent Leadbelly" • "2-D Blacktop" • "T.: The Terrestrial" • "Fry and Leela's Big Fling" • "The Inhuman Torch" • "Saturday Morning Fun Pit" • "Calculon 2.0" • "Assie Come Home" • "Leela and the Genestalk" • "Game of Tones" • "Murder on the Planet Express" • "Stench and Stenchibility" • "Meanwhile"
8ACV
(Season 8)		 "The Impossible Stream" • "Children of a Lesser Bog" • "How the West Was 1010001" • "Parasites Regained" • "Related to Items You've Viewed" • "I Know What You Did Next Xmas" • "Rage Against the Vaccine" • "Zapp Gets Cancelled" • "The Prince and the Product" • "All the Way Down"
Specials Everybody Loves Hypnotoad: "Amazon Adventure" • "The Lost Adventure" • "Simpsorama"
S01E
(Broadcast season 1)		 "Space Pilot 3000" • "The Series Has Landed" • "I, Roommate" • "Love's Labours Lost in Space" • "Fear of a Bot Planet" • "A Fishful of Dollars" • "My Three Suns" • "A Big Piece of Garbage" • "Hell Is Other Robots"
S02E
(Broadcast season 2)		 "A Flight to Remember" • "Mars University" • "When Aliens Attack" • "Fry and the Slurm Factory" • "I Second that Emotion" • "Brannigan, Begin Again" • "A Head in the Polls" • "Xmas Story" • "Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love?" • "Put Your Head on My Shoulders" • "The Lesser of Two Evils" • "Raging Bender" • "A Bicyclops Built for Two" • "How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back" • "A Clone of My Own" • "The Deep South" • "Bender Gets Made" • "The Problem with Popplers" • "Mother's Day" • "Anthology of Interest I"
S03E
(Broadcast season 3)		 "The Honking" • "War Is the H-Word" • "The Cryonic Woman" • "Parasites Lost" • "Amazon Women in the Mood" • "Bendless Love" • "The Day the Earth Stood Stupid" • "That's Lobstertainment!" • "The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz" • "The Luck of the Fryrish" • "The Cyber House Rules" • "Insane in the Mainframe" • "Bendin' in the Wind" • "Time Keeps on Slippin'" • "I Dated a Robot"
S04E
(Broadcast season 4)		 "Roswell that Ends Well" • "A Tale of Two Santas" • "Anthology of Interest II" • "Love and Rocket" • "Leela's Homeworld" • "Where the Buggalo Roam" • "A Pharaoh to Remember" • "Godfellas" • "Future Stock" • "A Leela of Her Own" • "The 30% Iron Chef" • "Where No Fan Has Gone Before"
S05E
(Broadcast season 5)		 "Crimes of the Hot" • "Jurassic Bark" • "The Route of All Evil" • "A Taste of Freedom" • "Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch" • "Less than Hero" • "Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles" • "The Why of Fry" • "The Sting" • "The Farnsworth Parabox" • "Three Hundred Big Boys" • "Spanish Fry" • "Bend Her" • "Obsoletely Fabulous" • "Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television" • "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings"
S06E
(Broadcast season 6)		 "Bender's Big Score Part 1" • "Bender's Big Score Part 2" • "Bender's Big Score Part 3" • "Bender's Big Score Part 4" • "The Beast with a Billion Backs Part 1" • "The Beast with a Billion Backs Part 2" • "The Beast with a Billion Backs Part 3" • "The Beast with a Billion Backs Part 4" • "Bender's Game Part 1" • "Bender's Game Part 2" • "Bender's Game Part 3" • "Bender's Game Part 4" • "Into the Wild Green Yonder Part 1" • "Into the Wild Green Yonder Part 2" • "Into the Wild Green Yonder Part 3" • "Into the Wild Green Yonder Part 4"
S07E
(Broadcast season 7)		 "Rebirth" • "In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela" • "Attack of the Killer App" • "Proposition Infinity" • "The Duh-Vinci Code" • "Lethal Inspection" • "The Late Philip J. Fry" • "That Darn Katz!" • "A Clockwork Origin" • "The Prisoner of Benda" • "Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences" • "The Mutants Are Revolting" • "The Futurama Holiday Spectacular"
S08E
(Broadcast season 8)		 "Neutopia" • "Benderama" • "Ghost in the Machines" • "Law and Oracle" • "The Silence of the Clamps" • "Yo Leela Leela" • "All the Presidents' Heads" • "Möbius Dick" • "Fry Am the Egg Man" • "The Tip of the Zoidberg" • "Cold Warriors" • "Overclockwise" • "Reincarnation"
S09E
(Broadcast season 9)		 "The Bots and the Bees" • "A Farewell to Arms" • "Decision 3012" • "The Thief of Baghead" • "Zapp Dingbat" • "The Butterjunk Effect" • "The Six Million Dollar Mon" • "Fun on a Bun" • "Free Will Hunting" • "Near-Death Wish" • "31st Century Fox" • "Viva Mars Vegas" • "Naturama"
S10E
(Broadcast season 10)		 "Forty Percent Leadbelly" • "2-D Blacktop" • "T.: The Terrestrial" • "Fry and Leela's Big Fling" • "The Inhuman Torch" • "Saturday Morning Fun Pit" • "Calculon 2.0" • "Assie Come Home" • "Leela and the Genestalk" • "Game of Tones" • "Murder on the Planet Express" • "Stench and Stenchibility" • "Meanwhile"
S11E
(Broadcast Season 11)		 "The Impossible Stream" • "Children of a Lesser Bog" • "How the West Was 1010001" • "Parasites Regained" • "Related to Items You've Viewed" • "I Know What You Did Next Xmas" • "Rage Against the Vaccine" • "Zapp Gets Cancelled" • "The Prince and the Product" • "All the Way Down"
Specials Everybody Loves Hypnotoad: "Amazon Adventure" • "The Lost Adventure" • "Simpsorama"
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