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"'''Calculon 2.0'''" is the one hundred and thirty-fourth episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', the twentieth of the [[Season 7|seventh production season]] and the seventh of the [[Broadcast season 10|tenth broadcast season]]. It aired on 24 July, [[2013]], on [[Comedy Central]]. [[Bender]] goes grave-robbing to bring [[Calculon|his favourite actor]] back to life.
[[Bender]] goes grave-robbing to bring [[Calculon|his favourite actor]] back to life.


== Story ==
== Story ==
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== Production ==
== Production ==
{{expansion|section=yes|''[[Countdown to Futurama]]''}}
{{expansion|section=yes|{{es|7ACV04}} [[Commentary:The Thief of Baghead|commentary]], <br> ''[[Countdown to Futurama]]''}}


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]]"]". <ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/#!/aimeekitty/status/178253112388231168|title=aimeekitty|author=[[Aimee Steinberger]]|date=2012-03-09|site={{w|Twitter}}|accessdate=2012-03-10}}</ref>  
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]]"]". <ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/#!/aimeekitty/status/178253112388231168|title=aimeekitty|author=[[Aimee Steinberger]]|date=2012-03-09|site={{w|Twitter}}|accessdate=2012-03-10}}</ref>  
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On 30 March, she revealed that she was "starting thumbnailing and [[storyboard:Calculon 2.0|storyboarding]] on [the episode]". <ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/#!/aimeekitty/status/185517682110631936|title=aimeekitty|author=Aimee Steinberger|date=2012-03-30|site=Twitter|accessdate=2012-04-01}}</ref> 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". <ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/#!/aimeekitty/status/202834849042673664|title=aimeekitty|author=Aimee Steinberger|date=2012-05-16|site=Twitter|accessdate=2012-05-19}}</ref>
On 30 March, she revealed that she was "starting thumbnailing and [[storyboard:Calculon 2.0|storyboarding]] on [the episode]". <ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/#!/aimeekitty/status/185517682110631936|title=aimeekitty|author=Aimee Steinberger|date=2012-03-30|site=Twitter|accessdate=2012-04-01}}</ref> 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". <ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/#!/aimeekitty/status/202834849042673664|title=aimeekitty|author=Aimee Steinberger|date=2012-05-16|site=Twitter|accessdate=2012-05-19}}</ref>


On 5 February, [[2013]], {{w|Vulture.com}} released a preview clip for the tenth broadcast season, <ref name="Vulture">{{cite web|url=http://www.vulture.com/2013/02/watch-a-preview-of-futuramas-seventh-season.html|title=Watch a Preview of Futurama’s Seventh Season|author=Jesse David Fox|date=2013-2-5|site=Vulture.com|accessdate=2013-6-23}}</ref> which contained a scene from the episode.
On 5 February, 2013, {{w|Vulture.com}} released [[Vulture preview clip|a preview clip]] for the tenth broadcast season,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vulture.com/2013/02/watch-a-preview-of-futuramas-seventh-season.html|title=Watch a Preview of ''Futurama''’s Seventh Season|author=Jesse David Fox|date=2013-2-5|site=Vulture.com|accessdate=2013-6-23}}</ref> which contained footage 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]]. <ref name="Comedy Central clip">{{cite web|url=http://www.comedycentral.com/video-clips/yzyljf/futurama-calculon-s-immortal-soul|title=Calculon's Immortal Soul - Video Clip|site=Comedy Central|accessdate=2013-07-19}}</ref>
By 19 July, [[Comedy Central]] had released a two-minute preview clip featuring Bender and [[Fry]] successfully freeing [[Calculon]] from [[Robot Hell]]. <ref name="Comedy Central clip">{{cite web|url=http://www.comedycentral.com/video-clips/yzyljf/futurama-calculon-s-immortal-soul|title=Calculon's Immortal Soul - Video Clip|site=Comedy Central|accessdate=2013-07-19}}</ref>
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<gallery>
File:Futurama Calculon 2.0 Fry and Bender in Robot Hell with Robot Devil.jpg|[[Bender]] and [[Fry]] in [[Robot Hell]] with the [[Robot Devil]]. <ref name="22 May">{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/51090529639/countdown-to-futurama-fry-and-bender-in-robot|title=Countdown to Futurama: Fry and Bender in Robot Hell with Robot Devil|date=2013-05-22|site=[http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/ Comedy Central's Tumblr page]|accessdate=2013-07-17}}</ref>
File:Futurama Calculon 2.0 Fry and Bender in Robot Hell with Robot Devil.jpg|[[Bender]] and [[Fry]] in [[Robot Hell]] with the [[Robot Devil]]. <ref name="22 May">{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/51090529639/countdown-to-futurama-fry-and-bender-in-robot|title=Countdown to Futurama: Fry and Bender in Robot Hell with Robot Devil|date=2013-05-22|site=[http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/ Comedy Central's Tumblr page]|accessdate=2013-07-17}}</ref>
File:Futurama Calculon 2.0 Vaxtron.jpg|Concept art for [[Vaxtron]], the actor that replaces [[Calculon]] on ''[[All My Circuits]]'' after his death. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/51162208165/countdown-to-futurama-vaxatron-meet-vaxatron|title=Countdown to Futurama: Vaxatron|date=2013-05-23|site=Comedy Central's {{w|Tumblr}} page|accessdate=2013-07-17}}</ref>
File:Futurama Calculon 2.0 Vaxtron.jpg|[[Concept art]] for [[Vaxtron]], the actor that replaces [[Calculon]] on ''[[All My Circuits]]'' after his death. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/51162208165/countdown-to-futurama-vaxatron-meet-vaxatron|title=Countdown to Futurama: Vaxatron|date=2013-05-23|site=Comedy Central's {{w|Tumblr}} page|accessdate=2013-07-17}}</ref>
File:Futurama Calculon 2.0 Calculon Performing His One Robot Show.jpg|[[Promotional picture]] of Calculon performing on his "one-[[robot]] show", after being replaced on ''All My Circuits''. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/51234280048/countdown-to-futurama-calculon-performing-his-one|title=Countdown to Futurama: Calculon Performing His One Robot Show|date=2013-05-24|site=Comedy Central's Tumblr page|accessdate=2013-07-17}}</ref>
File:Futurama Calculon 2.0 Calculon Performing His One Robot Show.jpg|[[Promotional picture]] of Calculon performing on [[Calculon Is HAL 9000|his "one-robot show"]], after being replaced on ''All My Circuits''. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/51234280048/countdown-to-futurama-calculon-performing-his-one|title=Countdown to Futurama: Calculon Performing His One Robot Show|date=2013-05-24|site=Comedy Central's Tumblr page|accessdate=2013-07-17}}</ref>
</gallery>
</gallery>


== Additional Information ==
== Additional Information ==
=== Trivia ===
=== Trivia ===
*According to [[Randy Munchnik]]'s clock, ''[[All My Circuits]]'' starts at 2 o'clock.
*The episode's title has the same digits as the episode's season number.
*The voice of the Robot Devil, [[Dan Castellaneta]], guest-stars in this episode, which is the seventh episode of the tenth broadcast season. He also guest-stars in "[[The Six Million Dollar Mon]]", which is the seventh episode of the [[Broadcast season 9|ninth broadcast season]]. Both of these episodes are episodes of the seventh production season.
*According to [[Randy Munchnik]]'s {{cat|clock}}, ''[[All My Circuits]]'' starts at 2 o'clock.


=== Allusions ===
=== Allusions ===
{{cultural mentions}}
{{cultural mentions}}
*The punishment of one of the [[robots]] in Robot Hell is running a boulder up a treadmill, a reference to the [[Greece|Greek]] {{cat|king}} {{w|Sisyphus}}.
*The [[Shubot Theater]] is a reference to [[Old New York|New York]]'s {{w|Shubert Theatre (New York City)|Shubert Theatre}}.
*The [[Shubot Theater]] is a reference to [[Old New York|New York]]'s {{w|Shubert Theatre (New York City)|Shubert Theatre}}.
*[[Calculon Is HAL 9000|Calculon's one-man show]] is a dual reference to ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]''{{'}}s {{w|HAL 9000}} and actor {{w|Hal Holbrook}}'s ''{{w|Mark Twain Tonight}}''.
*[[The Tragic Pan]] is a reference to the restaurant chain the {{w|Magic Pan}}.
*[[The Tragic Pan]] is a reference to the restaurant chain the {{w|Magic Pan}}.
*Calculon says, "In the world of theater, there are no second acts", a statement reminiscent of author {{w|F. Scott Fitzgerald}}'s "There are no second acts in [[America]]n lives".
*Calculon says, "In the world of {{cat|theater}}, there are no second acts", a statement reminiscent of author {{w|F. Scott Fitzgerald}}'s "There are no second acts in [[America]]n lives".
*In the casting office, there is a poster of ''10,000 A.C.'', a reference to the [[2008]] film ''{{w|10,000 BC (film)|10,000 BC}}''.
*In the casting office, there is a poster of ''10,000 A.C.'', a reference to the [[2008]] [[films in Futurama|film]] ''{{w|10,000 BC (film)|10,000 BC}}''.


=== Continuity ===
=== Continuity ===
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*Calculon's ghostly appearence is identical to the ghostly versions of Bender and the Robot Devil seen in "[[Ghost in the Machines]]".
*Calculon's ghostly appearence is identical to the ghostly versions of Bender and the Robot Devil seen in "[[Ghost in the Machines]]".
*Randy's line "Calculon's back" is from "[[I, Roommate]]".
*Randy's line "Calculon's back" is from "[[I, Roommate]]".
*[[Leela]] circles jobs in the classifieds section of the {{cat|newspaper}} that Calculon might be good at. One of those ads is about a robot needed to assemble {{cat|s=no|technology|machinery}}. In "[[The Honking]]", Calculon tells Fry, Leela and Bender that he [[2019|once]] was a lowly robot arm working in an {{cat|car|automotive}} research {{cat|laboratorie|lab}}.
*A picture of [[Coilette]] appears in Calculon's suitcase. Calculon was due to wed her in "[[Bend Her]]".
*A picture of [[Coilette]] appears in Calculon's suitcase. Calculon was due to wed her in "[[Bend Her]]".


=== Goofs ===
=== Goofs ===
*The Robot Devil is able to trap Calculon in a flask, yet instead he just constantly complains about how annoying he is.
*The Robot Devil is able to trap Calculon in a flask, yet he constantly complains about how annoying he is.
*The script for [[Calculon Is HAL 9000|Calculon's one-man show]] should have decayed while he was buried.
**He may have still been able to hear Calculon's voice through the flask.
*When [[Farnsworth]] says "Hail {{cat|s=no|science}}!", he has skin tags on the left side of his head.
*The script for Calculon's one-man show should have decayed while he was buried.
**The material which the script was written on may have been non-biodegradable.
*Calculon is unaware of what a second take is, but, in "Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television", he says that he doesn't do two takes.
**He may have been being sarcastic, and his reaction to Leela's explanation of what a second take is may be due to outrage, not shock.


=== Quotes ===
=== Quotes ===
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'''Bender''': Is he right?
'''Bender''': Is he right?
'''Robot Devil''': [sarcastic] Yes, the number I was thinking of was the letter "M".</poem>
'''Robot Devil''': [sarcastic] Yes, the number I was thinking of was the letter "M".</poem>
<poem>'''[[Farnsworth]]''': Now, we just reintroduce Calculon's programming to his body using science!
<poem>'''Farnsworth''': Now, we just reintroduce Calculon's programming to his body using science!
'''[[Amy]]''': It's like magic, but with electricity.</poem>
'''[[Amy]]''': It's like magic, but with electricity.</poem>
<poem>'''Farnsworth''': Now, it's a simple matter of reverse-installing Calculon's operating system. Amy, play this installation disc backwards.
<poem>'''Farnsworth''': Now, it's a simple matter of reverse-installing {{w|Windows Vista|Calculon's operating system}}. Amy, play this installation disc backwards.
''[The Professor passes the disc to Amy, who places it on a small turntable-like device and begins to spin it backwards using her finger.]''
''[Farnsworth passes the disc to Amy, who places it on a small turntable-like device and begins to spin it backwards using her finger.]''
'''Installation disc''': Rise from the dead in the name of [[Satan]]!</poem>
'''Installation disc''': Rise from {{cat|deceased character|the dead}} in the name of [[Satan]]!</poem>
<poem>'''Fry''': No! We like you and your big words, and we need you back on [[TV]], so we can watch and not talk to each other. [[Fry-Bender relationship|Our friendship]] depends on it!
<poem>'''Fry''': No! We like you and your big words, and we need you back on [[TV]], so we can watch and not talk to each other. [[Fry-Bender relationship|Our friendship]] depends on it!
'''Bender''': [screaming] Your voice is so annoying!
'''Bender''': [screaming] Your voice is so annoying!
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=== Appearances ===
=== Appearances ===
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{{list expansion|sure=no}}
{{chars}}


==== Characters ====
==== Characters ====
{{chars-begin}}
{{chars-begin|note=no}}
*[[Amy]]
*[[Amy]]
*[[Bender]]
*[[Bender]]
*[[Boxy Robot]]
*[[Boxy Robot]]
*[[Calculon]]
*[[Calculon]]
*Casting woman
*[[Censored couple]] <small>([[cameo]], 20:20, woman only)</small>
*[[Censored couple]] <small>([[cameo]], 20:20, woman only)</small>
*[[Charles]]
*[[Charles]]
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==== Places ====
==== Places ====
{{chars-begin}}
{{chars-begin|note=no}}
*Hollywood
*Hollywood
*[[Los Angeles]]
*[[Los Angeles]]
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*'''Debut''': [[The Tragic Pan]]
*'''Debut''': [[The Tragic Pan]]
*'''Debut''': Urbana, Illinois {{miso}}
*'''Debut''': Urbana, Illinois {{miso}}
{{chars-end}}
==== Miscellaneous ====
{{chars-begin|note=no}}
*'''Debut''': [[Anonyco]]
*[[Lightsaber]]
{{chars-end}}
{{chars-end}}



Revision as of 21:57, 25 March 2014

Season 7 episode
Broadcast season 10 episode
Calculon 2.0
Calculon 2.0 infobox.png
Calculon realising that he is alive again.
No.134
Production number7ACV20
Written byLewis Morton
Directed byStephen Sandoval
Title captionTHE ONLY SHOW BROADCAST AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT
First air date24 July, 2013
Broadcast numberS10E07
Special guest(s)Dan Castellaneta,
Robert Wagner
Additional
Commentary
(Transcript)
Transcript
Storyboard

Pictures

Season 7
  1. The Bots and the Bees
  2. A Farewell to Arms
  3. Decision 3012
  4. The Thief of Baghead
  5. Zapp Dingbat
  6. The Butterjunk Effect
  7. The Six Million Dollar Mon
  8. Fun on a Bun
  9. Free Will Hunting
  10. Near-Death Wish
  11. 31st Century Fox
  12. Viva Mars Vegas
  13. Naturama
  14. Forty Percent Leadbelly
  15. 2-D Blacktop
  16. T.: The Terrestrial
  17. Fry and Leela's Big Fling
  18. The Inhuman Torch
  19. Saturday Morning Fun Pit
  20. Calculon 2.0
  21. Assie Come Home
  22. Leela and the Genestalk
  23. Game of Tones
  24. Murder on the Planet Express
  25. Stench and Stenchibility
  26. Meanwhile
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"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. It guest-stars Dan Castellaneta as the Robot Devil and Robert Wagner as himself. Bender goes grave-robbing to bring his favourite actor back to life.

Story

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Production

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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"]". [1]

On 30 March, she revealed that she was "starting thumbnailing and storyboarding on [the episode]". [2] 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". [3]

On 5 February, 2013, Vulture.com released a preview clip for the tenth broadcast season,[4] which contained footage 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. [5]

Image Gallery

Additional Information

Trivia

Allusions

Click here to see cultural mentions made in this episode.

Continuity

Goofs

  • The Robot Devil is able to trap Calculon in a flask, yet he constantly complains about how annoying he is.
    • He may have still been able to hear Calculon's voice through the flask.
  • When Farnsworth says "Hail science!", he has skin tags on the left side of his head.
  • The script for Calculon's one-man show should have decayed while he was buried.
    • The material which the script was written on may have been non-biodegradable.
  • Calculon is unaware of what a second take is, but, in "Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television", he says that he doesn't do two takes.
    • He may have been being sarcastic, and his reaction to Leela's explanation of what a second take is may be due to outrage, not shock.

Quotes

    Robot Devil: For Calculon's immortal soul, guess the number I'm thinking of.
    Fry: Uhhhhhm...
    Robot Devil: It's between one and three.
    Fry: Four!
    Robot Devil: Between one and three, not including one or three.
    Fry: "M"!
    Bender: Is he right?
    Robot Devil: [sarcastic] Yes, the number I was thinking of was the letter "M".

    Farnsworth: Now, we just reintroduce Calculon's programming to his body using science!
    Amy: It's like magic, but with electricity.

    Farnsworth: Now, it's a simple matter of reverse-installing Calculon's operating system. Amy, play this installation disc backwards.
    [Farnsworth passes the disc to Amy, who places it on a small turntable-like device and begins to spin it backwards using her finger.]
    Installation disc: Rise from the dead in the name of Satan!

    Fry: No! We like you and your big words, and we need you back on TV, so we can watch and not talk to each other. Our friendship depends on it!
    Bender: [screaming] Your voice is so annoying!
    Fry: [screaming] You always leave the toilet seat crushed!

Appearances

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Characters

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References

  1. ^ Aimee Steinberger (09 March 2012). aimeekitty. (Twitter.) Retrieved on 10 March 2012.
  2. ^ Aimee Steinberger (30 March 2012). aimeekitty. (Twitter.) Retrieved on 01 April 2012.
  3. ^ Aimee Steinberger (16 May 2012). aimeekitty. (Twitter.) Retrieved on 19 May 2012.
  4. ^ Jesse David Fox (05 February 2013). Watch a Preview of Futurama’s Seventh Season. (Vulture.com.) Retrieved on 23 June 2013.
  5. ^ Calculon's Immortal Soul - Video Clip. (Comedy Central.) Retrieved on 19 July 2013.
  6. ^ Countdown to Futurama: Fry and Bender in Robot Hell with Robot Devil. (Comedy Central's Tumblr page.) 22 May 2013. Retrieved on 17 July 2013.
  7. ^ Countdown to Futurama: Vaxatron. (Comedy Central's Tumblr page.) 23 May 2013. Retrieved on 17 July 2013.
  8. ^ Countdown to Futurama: Calculon Performing His One Robot Show. (Comedy Central's Tumblr page.) 24 May 2013. Retrieved on 17 July 2013.