The Silence of the Clamps

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Season 6 episode
Broadcast season 8 episode
The Silence of the Clamps
Silence of the Clamps screenshot.jpg
Clamps angrily chokes Dr. Zoidberg for calling his clamps "squeezers".
No.102
Production number6ACV14
Written byEric Rogers
Directed byFrank Marino
Title captionN/A
First air date14 July, 2011[1]
Broadcast numberS08E05
Title referenceThe Silence of the Lambs
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  9. A Clockwork Origin
  10. The Prisoner of Benda
  11. Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences
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  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
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"The Silence of the Clamps",[2] originally titled "Bend on a Wire",[3] is the one hundred and second episode of Futurama, the fourteenth of the sixth production season and the fifth of the eighth broadcast season. It is scheduled to air on 14 July, 2011.[1] The episode was for some time thought to be the broadcast season premiere, but the announcement that "Neutopia" will air on 23 June in its place[4] proved otherwise.

Story

Bender joins the witness relocation program after testifying against the Robot Mafia.[5]

Production

Maurice LaMarche revealed in an update online that this episode will have a large focus on Clamps, indeed his great breakthrough episode.[3] Episode writer Eric Rogers has also said, on his Twitter page, that "6ACV14 is directed by Frank Marino, not Ray Claffey".[6]

The characters Bender, Billionaire Bot, the Queen of Yonkers, Mayor Poopenmeyer, Fanny, the Donbot, Bella, Calculon, Clamps, and Joey Mousepad appear in a clip from the episode hidden as an Easter egg on Volume 5.[7] More characters can also be seen in the storyboard.[8]

Countdown to Futurama began releasing promotional material for the episode in May 2011. It has so far released two items: reused concept art of the Crushinator from "The Series Has Landed" (accompanied by two classic Crushinator clips) on 22 May and part of the storyboard showing the Donbot's trial on 23 May.

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Additional Information

Allusions

Characters

(In alphabetic order)

References

  1. ^ a b Futurama - Episode Guide - MSN TV
  2. ^ "With their scripts on easels in front of them, they began at Act 1, Scene 1 of "The Silence of the Clamps," performing each scene in sequence."
    Moore, Frazier (22 June 2010). "Back To The Future With New 'Futurama' Episodes". cbs4denver. Retrieved on 22 June 2010.
  3. ^ a b "MightyBooshFan91" (10 February 2010). ""Hot Diggity Daffodil, Futurama's back!" (News thread) (No spoilers)" Page 5. (PEEL.) Retrieved on 10 February 2010.
  4. ^ reed (03 May 2011). "How many Benders is too many?". CGEF. Retrieved on 04 May 2011.
  5. ^ Countdown to Futurama: Crushinator Design
  6. ^ Eric Rogers' Twitter
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k YouTube - Robobium
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Countdown to Futurama: Robot Mistrial
  9. ^ Countdown to Futurama: Crushinator Design