The Silence of the Clamps

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Season 6 episode
Broadcast season 8 episode
The Silence of the Clamps
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Bender is told that he is being put in the witness relocation program.
No.102
Production number6ACV14
Written byEric Rogers
Directed byFrank Marino
Title captionNO REFUNDS
First air date14 July, 2011
Broadcast numberS08E05
Title referenceThe Silence of the Lambs
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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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"The Silence of the Clamps" 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 aired 14 July, 2011 on Comedy Central. After testifying against the Robot Mafia, Bender goes into hiding in the witness relocation program.

Plot

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Production

"The Silence of the Clamps" was originally titled "Bend on a Wire".[1] Maurice LaMarche revealed in an update online that the episode would have a large focus on Clamps, indeed his great breakthrough episode.[1] Eric Rogers said on his Twitter page that the episode would be directed by Frank Marino, not Ray Claffey.[2] A video clip from the episode featuring Bender meeting Bella and witnessing the crime was hidden on Volume 5 as an Easter egg. "Neutopia" replaced the episode as the eighth broadcast season's first.

During May and June 2011, Countdown to Futurama released three items of promotional material for the episode: reused concept art of the Crushinator from "The Series Has Landed" (accompanied by two classic Crushinator clips) on 22 May, part of the storyboard showing the Donbot's trial on 23 May, and a video clip featuring Clamps arguing with Zoidberg on 17 June.

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Additional Information

Trivia

  • This is first time that Space Pope has a larger role and talks in the series.

Allusions

  • The title is a reference to the novel (and the film) The Silence of the Lambs.
  • The episode features censored but uncommon use of cursing. Given the subject matter, this could be a reference to gangster films such as Goodfellas and Casino, which became famous for their frequent use of "blue" language. It is unknown whether this will be uncensored on the DVD.
  • The barn where Bender and Bella make out has the word "STABLES" on it, in the same font as the logo for office supply chain store Staples.
  • The first mission that Clamps goes on is the same one that Bender went on in the episode "The Series Has Landed"
  • When ordered to take care of Bender (who is actually Billy West) Clamps says that they're in space where no one can hear you clamp. The tagline of Alien is "In space no one can hear you scream".
  • The robot mistaken to be Bender was named Billy West, and Fry scoffs at that name.

Continuity

Quotes

    [Bender is seeing Clamps clamp Calculon.]
    Bella: Yeah, Daddy hates welchers. The only thing he hates more is witnesses... [Bender looks horrified.] ...and guys who mess around with his daughters... [Bender looks even more horrified.] ...and attempt to duplicate his meatball recipe. [Bender opens his chest cabinet and takes out a pan of steaming hot meatballs and looks even more horrifed.]

    Witness Relocation Robot: We're putting you in the Witness Relocation Program.
    Bender: I gotta hide? For how long?
    Witness Relocation Robot: Until the Robot Mafia finds and kills you. They're very good with that.

Characters

(In alphabetic order)

References

  1. ^ a b "MightyBooshFan91" (10 February 2010). ""Hot Diggity Daffodil, Futurama's back!" (News thread) (No spoilers)" Page 5. (PEEL.) Retrieved on 10 February 2010.
  2. ^ Eric Rogers' Twitter