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*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.
*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.
**But the characters don't age. Notice how they all look the same as they did in the first episode, yet it is set 10 years after it? And how characters from The Simpsons stay at the same age, even though over 20 years have passed?
**But the characters don't age. Notice how they all look the same as they did in the first episode, yet it is set 10 years after it? And how characters from The Simpsons stay at the same age, even though over 20 years have passed?
***Then again it has been made obvious several times in the series that people in the 31th century age slowler than people in the 21th century so Cubert could still look like a twelve year old physically but could be older than he looks.
***Then again it has been made obvious several times in the series that people in the 31th century age slower than people in the 21th century so Cubert could still look like a twelve year old physically but could be older than he looks.
****Another explanation is that since Cubert was first seen in the year [[3000]], the Professor somehow could have kept him young for a few years so he could experience parenthood longer than humanly possible.
****Another explanation is that since Cubert was first seen in the year [[3000]], the Professor somehow could have kept him young for a few years so he could experience parenthood longer than humanly possible.
*[[Smitty]] and [[URL]] show up at the Planet Express building to arrest Cubert, yet it is revealed that Smitty retired in [[Law and Oracle]].


=== Continuity ===
=== Continuity ===

Revision as of 21:01, 8 September 2011

Season 6 episode
Broadcast season 8 episode
Overclockwise
Overclockwise infobox.png
Bender creates new heavy elements.
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

Act I: "Don't you ever wonder about the future?"

Cubert overclocks Bender to improve his performance while playing an online game. Walt, Larry, and Igner are defeated by Bender and complain to Mom, who sues both Cubert and Professor Farnsworth for overclocking Bender, which is a violation of Bender's contract of ownership. She also sends an army of robots to capture Bender so he can be reset to his original, slower programming. Due to his heightened intelligence caused by his overclocking, Bender begins processing countless books and hooks himself to a water cooler to prevent himself from overheating. He then steals the processing chips of Mom's robots, increasing his capacities even further before leaving Planet Express to find a new, larger coolant.

Act II: "I really shouldn't agree to things I don't understand, but I'm slightly thirsty."

During their trial, Farnsworth and Cubert are ordered to bring in Bender as evidence of their contract violation, and are forced to pay $10,000 every day until Bender is found. With Planet Express running out of business, Leela, weary of her on-again, off-again relationship with Fry, decides to leave Planet Express. Heartbroken, Fry attempts to commit suicide by going over Niagara Falls in a barrel. There, he discovers a cave behind the falls where Bender has developed into an omnipotent being capable of foreseeing the future, using the falls as his new cooling system. Fry tries to convince Bender to help Farnsworth and Cubert, but Bender refuses, unconcerned with their troubles and predicting that they will be found guilty. Fry then asks Bender whether what his future with Leela would be like if they came together, after which Bender gives him a sad look and tells him to leave, saying nothing about Leela.

Act III: "We've had some tough times, but at least we won a Tony!"

After Fry returns to Farnsworth and Cubert's trial, Bender has a change of heart and appears in court, accusing Mom of unfairly trying Cubert, a minor. Fearing that Cubert will gain the jury's sympathy, Mom drops charges against Cubert while still attempting to sue Farnsworth. However, Bender declares that by dropping charges against Farnsworth's clone, she is unable to press charges against Farnsworth for the same crime because he and Cubert are technically the same person. Enraged that she is unable to sue Farnsworth, Mom captures Bender and has him reset to his original programming, returning him to normal. Leela also returns to Fry, who still wonders what the future holds for him and Leela. Bender reveals that he had written down his prediction of their future, which Fry and Leela silently read together. The two don't reveal exactly what the prediction says to the viewer, but their facial expressions indicate that they will have their ups and downs, and will ultimately have a happy ending.

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

Reception

In its original U.S. broadcast on 1 September, 2011, "Overclockwise" scored a 0.8 share among adults aged 18-49, and 1.571 million total viewers.[3] Both numbers were up compared to the previous week's broadcast of "Cold Warriors".

Additional information

Trivia

Allusions

Bender's reading list

Some of the books that Bender reads while overclocked include:

Goofs

  • When the scene where Fry and Leela talk about their relationship in the Planet Express balcony starts, the railing of the Planet Express headquarters spells out PLANET EXPRESS. But, on close shots of Fry and Leela talking, it does not.
  • 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.
    • But the characters don't age. Notice how they all look the same as they did in the first episode, yet it is set 10 years after it? And how characters from The Simpsons stay at the same age, even though over 20 years have passed?
      • Then again it has been made obvious several times in the series that people in the 31th century age slower than people in the 21th century so Cubert could still look like a twelve year old physically but could be older than he looks.
        • Another explanation is that since Cubert was first seen in the year 3000, the Professor somehow could have kept him young for a few years so he could experience parenthood longer than humanly possible.
  • Smitty and URL show up at the Planet Express building to arrest Cubert, yet it is revealed that Smitty retired in Law and Oracle.

Continuity

  • This is the third time that Bender gives someone or something the finger (although it is implied that he did so offscreen). The first time was visibly seen in "Law and Oracle", then again in "Benderama", but this was not visible.
  • The device that Fry holds when Cubert is overclocking Bender is the same one that Morgan Proctor used to download Bender's brain in "How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back".
  • 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).
  • Bender speed-reads a book called "The Sithal War", an event the Planet Express crew re-enacted in "Lethal Inspection".
  • 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 fourth 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 three times were in "Bender's Big Score", "Into the Wild Green Yonder" and "Neutopia".
  • The Mathketball Diaries, first seen in the non-canonical "The Futurama Holiday Spectacular", reappears.

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
  3. ^ Gorman, Bill (02 September 2011). "Thursday Cable: Even 'Jersey Shore' Repeats Can't Be Beaten; 'Burn Notice,' 'Suits,' 'Project Runway' & Lots More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved on 02 September 2011.