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=== Allusions ===
=== Allusions ===
{{cultural mentions}}
*The episode's title is a reference to the film ''{{w|The Thief of Bagdad (1940 film)|The Thief of Bagdad}}''.
*The episode's title is a reference to the film ''{{w|The Thief of Bagdad (1940 film)|The Thief of Bagdad}}''.
*[[Fry]] and [[Amy]]'s zombie appearances are a reference to the aliens in the [[1988]] science fiction-horror film ''{{w|They Live}}''.
*[[Fry]] and [[Amy]]'s zombie appearances are a reference to the aliens in the [[1988]] science fiction-horror film ''{{w|They Live}}''.
*[[Larvae Levin]] is a parody of {{w|Harvey Levin}}, the founder of {{w|TMZ}}.


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

Revision as of 14:07, 5 July 2012

Season 7 episode
Broadcast season 9 episode
The Thief of Baghead
Countdown to Futurama 2012 (video 4).png
Leela, Farnsworth, Fry, Amy, Hermes and Zoidberg waiting for Bender to take a photograph of them.[1]
No.118
Production number7ACV04
Written byDan Vebber
Directed byEdmund Fong
Title captionN/A
First air date4 July 2012[2]
Broadcast numberS09E04
Title referenceThe film The Thief of Bagdad
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 Thief of Baghead" is the one hundred and eighteenth episode of Futurama, the fourth of the seventh production season and the ninth broadcast season. It aired on 4 July 2012[2] on Comedy Central. Bender wants to take a photo of an actor whose face has never been seen so he joins the paparazzi.[2]

Plot

Bender takes up photography. He is the last non-digital photographer on Earth, using film due to his preference for the look of film grain. He attempts to photograph Langdon Cobb, an actor called the greatest in the world. Cobb always wears a bag over his head due to his desire to be known for his acting and not his looks. Calculon challenges him for his title, and the two partake in the World Acting Championship, an acting contest to the death.[3]

Meanwhile, the rest of the Planet Express crew have their life forces removed.[3]

Production

In 2012, two revelations concerning the episode were made. On 29 February, CGEF revealed the episode's title, its writer to be Dan Vebber and its director to be Edmund Fong.[4][5] On 2 May, MSN TV revealed the episode's plot and air date.[2]

In May, Countdown to Futurama began releasing promotional material for the episode. It has so far released eleven items: A design of a new character, the Mushroom Ego, and part of the storyboard showing the Mushroom Ego chase Bender on 18 May,[6] a promotional picture showing Fry, Hermes and Amy husks and a character design of Fry and Amy zombies on 19 May,[7] a design of another new character, Langdon Cobb,[8] and part of the storyboard showing an excerpt of an All My Circuits episode on 21 May,[9] a video clip featuring Bender making Zoidberg, Hermes, Amy, Fry, Leela and Farnsworth angry as he attempts to take a photograph of them[1] and the third Futurama podcast[3] - which confirmed that a storyline involving Calculon competing in the World Acting Championship that was revealed at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con[10] was from the episode - on 22 May, a character design of Zoidberg and Farnsworth dressed as burglars on 23 May,[11] a promotional picture showing Bender dressed as a tourist on 24 May[12] and the fourth Futurama podcast - which revealed that the reason why Zoidberg and Farnsworth get dressed as burglars is that they break into Langdon Cobb's estate to find some dirt on him - on 29 May.[3]

Image gallery

Additional information

Allusions

Continuity

Quotes

    Calculon: [as All My Circuits counterpart] It seems someone in this room... is a murderer! ...It's me. But the real question is, which of you is the victim? And that secret I shall take to my grave!
    [He stabs himself with a sword.]

    Hermes: Film? Who uses film? We've had digital cameras for a thousand years!
    Bender: Digital?!? [Bender turns his head to his right, spits and turns his head back.] No digital camera can capture the warmth and grain o' good, ol' film.
    Farnsworth: How can you even tell?!? Your eyes are digital cameras.

Characters

(In alphabetic order)

References

  1. ^ a b c Matt Tobey (22 May 2012). Countdown to Futurama: Just Take the Damn Picture. (Comedy Centrl [sic].) Retrieved on 22 May 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d Futurama - Episode Guide. (MSN TV.) Retrieved on 02 May 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d Comedy Central (22 May 2012). iTunes - Podcasts - Futurama: Countdown to Futurama by Comedy Central (Week 3). (iTunes Store.) Retrieved on 23 May 2012.
  4. ^ Episode Guide: 7 ACV. (CGEF.) 29 February 2012. Retrieved on 29 February 2012.
  5. ^ "Just Fan" (29 February 2012). "Futurama: Futurama News (pre-season 7)". (PEEL.) Retrieved on 29 February 2012.
  6. ^ a b c Matt Tobey (18 May 2012). Countdown to Futurama: Mushroom Dog. (Comedy Centrl.) Retrieved on 18 May 2012.
  7. ^ Matt Tobey (19 May 2012). Countdown to Futurama: Husks and Zombies. (Comedy Centrl.) Retrieved on 19 May 2012.
  8. ^ a b Matt Tobey (21 May 2012). Countdown to Futurama: Langdon Cobb. (Comedy Centrl.) Retrieved on 21 May 2012.
  9. ^ a b c d Matt Tobey (21 May 2012). Countdown to Futurama: All My Circuits Storyboard. (Comedy Centrl.) Retrieved on 21 May 2012.
  10. ^ JavieR (27 July 2011). "San Diego Comic-Con 2011 Futurama panel sneak peeks + videos". The Futurama Point. Retrieved on 22 August 2011.
  11. ^ Matt Tobey (23 May 2012). Countdown to Futurama: Zoidberg and Farnsworth Burglars. (Comedy Centrl.) Retrieved on 23 May 2012.
  12. ^ a b Matt Tobey (24 May 2012). Countdown to Futurama: Tourist Bender. (Comedy Centrl.) Retrieved on 24 May 2012.