The Six Million Dollar Mon

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Season 7 episode
Broadcast season 9 episode
The Six Million Dollar Mon
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Hermes - with an extendo arm and cycloscanner eyes - and LaBarbara in bed.[1]
No.121
Production number7ACV07
Written byKen Keeler
Directed byPeter Avanzino
Title captionN/A
First air date25 July 2012[2]
Broadcast numberS09E07
Title referenceThe American television series The Six Million Dollar Man and the fact that Hermes pronounces "man" as "mon"
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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 Six Million Dollar Mon" is the one hundred and twenty-first episode of Futurama, the seventh of the seventh production season and the ninth broadcast season.

Plot

Hermes upgrades his body with robot parts.[3] Zoidberg makes a dummy out of Hermes' old body parts and goes on the road as a ventriloquist.[4]

Production

On 28 July 2011, it was revealed at the San Diego Comic-Con that, in an episode of the seventh production season, "Hermes [would] realize he [was] less efficient than a machine, so he [would] chop some unnecessary parts of his body and [would] become a cyborg".[5] On 30 August, a photograph of the cover of the episode's production script was posted on a Tumblr blog - revealing the episode's title.[6] On 29 February 2012, CGEF confirmed the episode's title and revealed its writer to be Ken Keeler and its director to be Peter Avanzino.[7][8]

In June, Countdown to Futurama began releasing promotional material for the episode. It has so far released eight items: A promotional picture showing Leela, Amy, Zoidberg, Farnsworth, a mecha Hermes, Bender and Fry in the Planet Express employee lounge and a design of the mecha Hermes - together with the revelation that the episode was the one associated with the Hermes plot at the San Diego Comic-Con - on 6 June,[3] a design of the cover of the magazine Astounding Tales on 7 June,[9] part of the storyboard showing Bender suggest to Hermes getting an implant on 8 June,[10] a design of a new character, Mark 7-G, on 9 June,[11] a design of Hermes with an extendo arm and cycloscanner eyes and a design of four stages undergone by a ventriloquist dummy of Hermes on 10 June,[12] a promotional picture showing Zoidberg controlling the Hermes dummy on 11 June[13] and a video clip featuring Hermes - with the extendo arm and the cycloscanner eyes - and LaBarbara in bed on 12 June.[1]

By 8 June,[14] MSN TV had revealed the episode's air date.[2]

Comedy Central's website released another promotional picture, showing mecha Hermes about to drive a drill into Farnsworth's head.[15]

On 12 June, following the broadcast of the episode "Zapp Dingbat", the public were given the opportunity to participate in a live chat with the Futurama cast and crew. Several clips of "The Six Million Dollar Mon" were shown during the live stream.[16]

Additional information

Allusions

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Trivia

Quotes

    Hermes: No more implants. I don't want to end up a cold, emotionless machine like you.

    LaBarbara: Hermes! Oh, ya foolish man!

Goofs

  • Hermes Robot Body, starts talking like Roberto before his brain is inserted into the body.
  • No one ever attaches Hermes Brain and scalp to his head, so it should have fallen off, when he tried to run away.
  • If the temperature is hot enough to melt Roberto, then why does hermes key survive?
  • It was orginally shown Hermes had three keys, in his Robot bodies chest compartment, but at the end after Roberto melted there was only one.
  • As Bender points out, where does the music come from?
  • Shouldn't the magnetic waves have destroyed Roberto's brain circuits?
  • Roberto takes control of Hermes robot body, before his brain is placed in it.
  • Hermes robot body, goes from having a hole in its head, where the brain was taken out, to not having one, when Roberto attacks.
  • If the hot soup burned through Sals stomach, he should have died, shouldn't he atleast start bleeding?
  • Hermes stated Zoidberg didn't reattach his nerves in which cause, he would have died the moment he tried to move.

Alien Language Sightings

Time:06:46
Location: Alley wall next to Organ Dealer's store
Language: AL1
Translation: If you lived here you'd be homeless by now

Characters

(In alphabetic order)

References

  1. ^ a b c Matt Tobey (12 June 2012). Countdown to Futurama: Hermes’ Robot Extension. (Comedy Centrl [sic].) Retrieved on 12 June 2012.
  2. ^ a b Futurama - Episode Guide. (MSN TV.) Retrieved on 09 June 2012.
  3. ^ a b Matt Tobey (06 June 2012). Countdown to Futurama: Mecha Hermes. (Comedy Centrl.) Retrieved on 06 June 2012.
  4. ^ Comedy Central (13 June 2011). iTunes - Podcasts - Futurama: Countdown to Futurama by Comedy Central (Week 6). (iTunes Store.) Retrieved on 16 May 2011.
  5. ^ JavieR (27 July 2011). San Diego Comic-Con 2011 Futurama panel sneak peeks + videos. (The Futurama Point.) Retrieved on 06 June 2012.
  6. ^ Pizza & Orange Juice. 13 August 2011. Retrieved on 13 May 2012.
  7. ^ Episode Guide: 7 ACV. (CGEF.) 29 February 2012. Retrieved on 29 February 2012.
  8. ^ "Just Fan" (29 February 2012). "Futurama: Futurama News (pre-season 7)". (PEEL.) Retrieved on 29 February 2012.
  9. ^ a b Matt Tobey (07 June 2012). Countdown to Futurama: Astounding Tales. (Comedy Centrl.) Retrieved on 07 June 2012.
  10. ^ Matt Tobey (08 June 2012). Countdown to Futurama: Extendo Arms Storyboard. (Comedy Centrl.) Retrieved on 08 June 2012.
  11. ^ Matt Tobey (09 June 2012). Countdown to Futurama: Mark 7-G. (Comedy Centrl.) Retrieved on 09 June 2012.
  12. ^ Matt Tobey (10 June 2012). Countdown to Futurama: Cylon Eye and Lil Hermes. (Comedy Centrl.) Retrieved on 10 June 2012.
  13. ^ Matt Tobey (11 June 2012). Countdown to Futurama: Hermes Dummy. (Comedy Centrl.) Retrieved on 11 June 2012.
  14. ^ Just Fan (08 June 2012). Futurama: Futurama News (including but not limited to Countdown to Season 7) - Page 8. (PEEL.) Retrieved on 09 June 2012.
  15. ^ Michelle Rosenblatt. Comedy Central Press | Futurama. (Comedy Central.) Retrieved on 12 July 2012.
  16. ^ "Tastes Like Fry" (12 July 2012). "Newsarama! (Futurama News Thread)" (page 1). (PEEL.) Retrieved on 13 July 2012.