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* [[Bender]]'s "let's go already" song is from "[[Proposition Infinity]]". | * [[Bender]]'s "let's go already" song is from "[[Proposition Infinity]]". | ||
* Nibbler tells Fry that he has once more done the Nibblonians a great service. This is a reference to "[[The Day the Earth Stood Stupid]]" and "[[The Why of Fry]]", in which Fry | * Nibbler tells Fry that he has once more done the Nibblonians a great service. This is a reference to "[[The Day the Earth Stood Stupid]]" and "[[The Why of Fry]]", in which Fry saves [[Earth|the world]] and [[the universe]], respectively. | ||
=== Appearances === | === Appearances === |
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No. | 137 | ||||
Production number | 7ACV23 | ||||
Written by | Michael Rowe | ||||
Directed by | Edmund Fong | ||||
Title caption | IF UNABLE TO SEE THIS MESSAGE, TURN ON FUTURAMA NOW | ||||
First air date | 14 August, 2013 | ||||
Broadcast number | S10E10 | ||||
Title reference | The TV series Game of Thrones | ||||
Special guest(s) | Sarah Silverman Seth MacFarlane Tom Kenny | ||||
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"Game of Tones" is the one hundred and thirty-seventh episode of Futurama, the twenty-third of the seventh production season and the tenth of the tenth broadcast season. It aired on 14 August, 2013, on Comedy Central. The crew journeys into Fry's dreams to seek the meaning of a mysterious alien melody.
Plot
Production
As late as 8 January 2013,[1] the episode's title was revealed.[2]
On 5 February, Vulture.com released a preview clip for the tenth broadcast season, [3] which contained footage from the episode.
On 19 June, it was revealed that Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane would voice Seymour in the episode.[4]
By 9 July, part of the animatic for the episode had been released online.[5]
By 8 August, Comedy Central had released a two-minute preview clip featuring the crew trying to discover the source of alien musical tones.[6]
Image gallery
Promotional picture of Fry licking Seymour.[7]
Concept art for a Nibblonian ship[8] similar to Nibbler's.
Promotional picture of Fry with his parents and Seymour.[4]
Additional information
Trivia
- In "Space Pilot 3000", Fry says "oh, crud", but in this episode he says "aw, crud".
Allusions
- Click here to see cultural mentions made in this episode.
- The episode's title is a reference to the TV series Game of Thrones.
- English actress Emilia Clarke, who plays Daenerys Targaryen in Game of Thrones, guest-stars in another episode of the season, "Stench and Stenchibility". She and Seth MacFarlane used to date.[10]
- The fact that MacFarlane voices Seymour is a reference to the fact that, on Family Guy, he voices the anthropomorphic dog Brian Griffin. The voices even sound similar.
Continuity
- Bender's "let's go already" song is from "Proposition Infinity".
- Nibbler tells Fry that he has once more done the Nibblonians a great service. This is a reference to "The Day the Earth Stood Stupid" and "The Why of Fry", in which Fry saves the world and the universe, respectively.
Appearances
Characters
- 20th-century kid
- Amy
- Bender
- Charles Constantine
- Debut: Digby
- Donkey Kong
- Fry
- Glagnar
- Hermes
- Last clone of Agnew
- Leela
- Michelle
- Mr. Panucci
- Mrs. Fry
- Nibbler
- Noticeably F.A.T.
- Professor Farnsworth
- Randy Munchnik
- Richard Nixon's head
- Scruffy
- Seymour Asses
- Debut: Shazam
- Yancy Fry Jr.
- Yancy Fry Sr.
- Zoidberg
Places
- Apartment 00100100
- Applied Cryogenics
- Debut: Booby Tuesday's
- Eiffel Tower
- France
- Fry's house
- Debut: Fry's old apartment
- Debut: Mount Shushmore
- O'Grady's Pub
- Panucci's Pizza
- Paris
- Planet Express conference room
- Planet Express employee lounge
- Planet Express lab
- Debut: Planet Z-7
- Robot Arms Apartments
- Vergon 6 (mentioned in speech only)
Miscellaneous
- "Bender is great!" (in animatic only)
- Charleston Chew (mentioned in speech only)
- Cryo-tube
- "Good news, everyone"
- I. C. Wiener (mentioned in speech and text only, 14:42)
- Owls
- "Walking on Sunshine"
References
- ^ Eric Rogers (08 January 2012). EricRogersLA. (Twitter.) Retrieved on 17 January 2012.
- ^ FoxFast: Futurama. (FoxFast.com.) Retrieved on 17 January 2013.
- ^ Jesse David Fox (05 February 2013). Watch a Preview of Futurama’s Seventh Season. (Vulture.com.) Retrieved on 23 June 2013.
- ^ a b Dan Snierson (19 June 2013). 'Futurama': Seth MacFarlane to play.... -- EXCLUSIVE. (Entertainment Weekly.) Retrieved on 19 June 2013.
- ^ Roy Camacho. FUTURAMA 723 :Rufino Roy Camacho II. Retrieved on 09 July 2013.
- ^ I Too Was on Earth That Day - Video Clip. (Comedy Central.) Retrieved on 08 August 2013.
- ^ Countdown to Futurama: Fry Licking Seymour. (Comedy Central's Tumblr page.) 02 June 2013. Retrieved on 02 June 2013.
- ^ Countdown to Futurama: Nibblonian Ship. (Comedy Central's Tumblr page.) 03 June 2013. Retrieved on 07 August 2013.
- ^ Countdown to Futurama: Nibbler and Digby. (Comedy Central's Tumblr page.) 04 June 2013. Retrieved on 07 August 2013.
- ^ Taryn Ryder (20 March 2013). Seth MacFarlane and ‘Game of Thrones’ Star Emilia Clarke Break Up. (Omg.yahoo.com.) Retrieved on 19 June 2013.