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On 29 February 2012, [[CGEF]] revealed the episode's title, its writer to be [[Michael Rowe]] and its director to be [[Crystal Chesney-Thompson]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gotfuturama.com/Information/EpisodeGuide/7ACV/|title=Episode Guide: 7 ACV|date=2012-02-29|site=[[CGEF]]|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peelified.com/index.php?topic=22731.msg1299002#msg1299002|title="Futurama: Futurama News (pre-season 7)"|site=[[PEEL]]|author="Just Fan"|date=2012-02-29|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref>
On 29 February 2012, [[CGEF]] revealed the episode's title, its writer to be [[Michael Rowe]] and its director to be [[Crystal Chesney-Thompson]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gotfuturama.com/Information/EpisodeGuide/7ACV/|title=Episode Guide: 7 ACV|date=2012-02-29|site=[[CGEF]]|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peelified.com/index.php?topic=22731.msg1299002#msg1299002|title="Futurama: Futurama News (pre-season 7)"|site=[[PEEL]]|author="Just Fan"|date=2012-02-29|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref>


In May, ''[[Countdown to Futurama]]'' began releasing promotional material for the episode.  It has so far released six items:  A design of a new [[character]], [[Tank]], which revealed the episode's plot on 30 May,<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 1">{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/24072773997/countdown-to-futurama-butterfly-fighter-welcome|title=Countdown to Futurama: Butterfly Fighter|author=Matt Tobey|date=2012-05-30|site=Comedy Centrl|accessdate=2012-05-30}}</ref> a [[promotional picture]] showing Amy and Leela as wingnuts on 31 May,<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 2">{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/24139706880/countdown-to-futurama-wingnuts-as-we-told-you|title=Countdown to Futurama: Wingnuts|author=Matt Tobey|date=2012-05-31|site=Comedy Centrl]|accessdate=2012-05-31}}</ref> part of [[Storyboard:The Butterjunk Effect|the storyboard]] showing Leela kiss [[Fry]] on 1 June,<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 3">{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/24198654160/countdown-to-futurama-mcgruff-storyboard-todays|title=Countdown to Futurama: McGruff Storyboard|author=Matt Tobey|date=2012-06-01|site=Comedy Centrl|accessdate=2012-06-01}}</ref> a design of another new character, an [[old lady]], on 2 June,<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 4">{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/24265893166/countdown-to-futurama-old-lady-butterfly-fighter|title=Countdown to Futurama: Old Lady Butterfly Fighter|author=Matt Tobey|date=2012-06-02|site=Comedy Centrl|accessdate=2012-06-02}}</ref> a promotional picture showing [[Farnsworth]] watch Leela and Amy kissing Fry on 3 June<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 5">{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/24335625467/countdown-to-futurama-orgy-ill-keep-the|title=Countdown to Futurama: Orgy|author=Matt Tobey|date=2012-06-03|site=[http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/ Comedy Centrl [sic<nowiki>]</nowiki>]|accessdate=2012-06-03}}</ref> and a design of a [[nose-pronged device]] on 4 June.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/24410828701/countdown-to-futurama-nose-pronged-device-we|title=Countdown to Futurama: Nose Pronged Device|author=Matt Tobey|date=2012-06-04|site=Comedy Centrl|accessdate=2012-06-04}}</ref>
In May, ''[[Countdown to Futurama]]'' began releasing promotional material for the episode.  It has so far released seven items:  A design of a new [[character]], [[Tank]], which revealed the episode's plot on 30 May,<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 1">{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/24072773997/countdown-to-futurama-butterfly-fighter-welcome|title=Countdown to Futurama: Butterfly Fighter|author=Matt Tobey|date=2012-05-30|site=Comedy Centrl|accessdate=2012-05-30}}</ref> a [[promotional picture]] showing Amy and Leela as wingnuts on 31 May,<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 2">{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/24139706880/countdown-to-futurama-wingnuts-as-we-told-you|title=Countdown to Futurama: Wingnuts|author=Matt Tobey|date=2012-05-31|site=Comedy Centrl]|accessdate=2012-05-31}}</ref> part of [[Storyboard:The Butterjunk Effect|the storyboard]] showing Leela kiss [[Fry]] on 1 June,<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 3">{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/24198654160/countdown-to-futurama-mcgruff-storyboard-todays|title=Countdown to Futurama: McGruff Storyboard|author=Matt Tobey|date=2012-06-01|site=Comedy Centrl|accessdate=2012-06-01}}</ref> a design of another new character, an [[old lady]], on 2 June,<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 4">{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/24265893166/countdown-to-futurama-old-lady-butterfly-fighter|title=Countdown to Futurama: Old Lady Butterfly Fighter|author=Matt Tobey|date=2012-06-02|site=Comedy Centrl|accessdate=2012-06-02}}</ref> a promotional picture showing [[Farnsworth]] watch Leela and Amy kissing Fry on 3 June,<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 5">{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/24335625467/countdown-to-futurama-orgy-ill-keep-the|title=Countdown to Futurama: Orgy|author=Matt Tobey|date=2012-06-03|site=Comedy Centrl|accessdate=2012-06-03}}</ref> a design of a [[nose-pronged device]] on 4 June<ref>{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/24410828701/countdown-to-futurama-nose-pronged-device-we|title=Countdown to Futurama: Nose Pronged Device|author=Matt Tobey|date=2012-06-04|site=Comedy Centrl|accessdate=2012-06-04}}</ref> and a video clip featuring [[Kif]], Amy, Leela, Fry and [[Bender]] in what resembles the inside of a tree - where Leela and Amy fight over Fry - on 5 June.<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 7">{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/24480279740/countdown-to-futurama-leela-and-amy-kissing-fry|title=Countdown to Futurama: Leela and Amy Kissing Fry Clip|author=Matt Tobey|date=2012-06-05|site=[http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/ Comedy Centrl [sic<nowiki>]</nowiki>]|accessdate=2012-06-05}}</ref>


=== Image gallery ===
=== Image gallery ===
<gallery>
<gallery perrow=4>
706-butterfly-fighter.jpg|The first design.
706-butterfly-fighter.jpg|The first design.
706-wingnuts.jpg|The first promotional picture.
706-wingnuts.jpg|The first promotional picture.
The Butterjunk Effect storyboard 1.jpg|The first page of the storyboard to be released.
The Butterjunk Effect storyboard 1.jpg|The first page of the storyboard to be released.
706-old-lady.jpg|The second design.
706-old-lady.jpg|The second design.
706-orgy.jpg|The second promotional picture.
706-nose-device.jpg|The third design.
706-nose-device.jpg|The third design.
</gallery>
</gallery>
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=== Continuity ===
=== Continuity ===
*{{e|6ACV17}}
**Bender said "[[unattractive giant monster|this guy]]'s got it goin' on".
*{{e|6ACV26}}
*{{e|6ACV26}}
**The [[relationship]]s [[Fry-Leela relationship|between Fry and Leela]]<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 3"/> and [[Fry-Amy relationship|between Fry and Amy]]<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 5"/> were last used.
**The [[relationship]]s [[Fry-Leela relationship|between Fry and Leela]]<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 3"/> and [[Fry-Amy relationship|between Fry and Amy]]<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 5"/> were last used.
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{{chars-begin}}
{{chars-begin}}
*[[Amy]]
*[[Amy]]
*[[Bender]]
*[[Farnsworth]]
*[[Farnsworth]]
*[[Fry]]
*[[Fry]]
*[[Kif]]<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 7"/>
*[[Leela]]
*[[Leela]]
*'''Debut''':  The [[old lady]]<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 4"/>
*'''Debut''':  The [[old lady]]<ref name="Countdown to Futurama 4"/>

Revision as of 20:47, 5 June 2012

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Season 7 episode
Broadcast season 9 episode
The Butterjunk Effect
The Butterjunk Effect screenshot.png
Kif, Amy, Leela, Fry and Bender in what resembles the inside of a tree.[1]
No.120
Production number7ACV06
Written byMichael Rowe
Directed byCrystal Chesney-Thompson
Title captionN/A
First air dateTBA
Broadcast numberS09E06
Title referenceThe film The Butterfly Effect
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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"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.[2]

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.[3][4]

In May, Countdown to Futurama began releasing promotional material for the episode. It has so far released seven items: A design of a new character, Tank, which revealed the episode's plot on 30 May,[2] a promotional picture showing Amy and Leela as wingnuts on 31 May,[5] part of the storyboard showing Leela kiss Fry on 1 June,[6] a design of another new character, an old lady, on 2 June,[7] a promotional picture showing Farnsworth watch Leela and Amy kissing Fry on 3 June,[8] a design of a nose-pronged device on 4 June[9] and a video clip featuring Kif, Amy, Leela, Fry and Bender in what resembles the inside of a tree - where Leela and Amy fight over Fry - on 5 June.[1]

Image gallery

  • The first design.

  • The first promotional picture.

  • The first page of the storyboard to be released.

  • The second design.

  • The second promotional picture.

  • The third design.

Additional information

Allusions

Click here to see cultural mentions made in this episode.

Continuity

Quotes

    [Leela gives Fry a long kiss.]
    Leela: Keep your door unlocked tonight.
    Fry: But McGruff the Crime Dog says... [Fry realises what is happening.] Oh!

Characters

(In alphabetic order)

References

  1. ^ a b c Matt Tobey (05 June 2012). Countdown to Futurama: Leela and Amy Kissing Fry Clip. (Comedy Centrl [sic].) Retrieved on 05 June 2012.
  2. ^ a b c Matt Tobey (30 May 2012). Countdown to Futurama: Butterfly Fighter. (Comedy Centrl.) Retrieved on 30 May 2012.
  3. ^ Episode Guide: 7 ACV. (CGEF.) 29 February 2012. Retrieved on 29 February 2012.
  4. ^ "Just Fan" (29 February 2012). "Futurama: Futurama News (pre-season 7)". (PEEL.) Retrieved on 29 February 2012.
  5. ^ Matt Tobey (31 May 2012). Countdown to Futurama: Wingnuts. (Comedy Centrl].) Retrieved on 31 May 2012.
  6. ^ a b Matt Tobey (01 June 2012). Countdown to Futurama: McGruff Storyboard. (Comedy Centrl.) Retrieved on 01 June 2012.
  7. ^ a b Matt Tobey (02 June 2012). Countdown to Futurama: Old Lady Butterfly Fighter. (Comedy Centrl.) Retrieved on 02 June 2012.
  8. ^ a b Matt Tobey (03 June 2012). Countdown to Futurama: Orgy. (Comedy Centrl.) Retrieved on 03 June 2012.
  9. ^ Matt Tobey (04 June 2012). Countdown to Futurama: Nose Pronged Device. (Comedy Centrl.) Retrieved on 04 June 2012.
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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