The Six Million Dollar Mon
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No. | 121 | ||||
Production number | 7ACV07 | ||||
Written by | Ken Keeler | ||||
Directed by | Peter Avanzino | ||||
Title caption | This Episode Worth 250 Futurama Points | ||||
First air date | 25 July 2012[2] | ||||
Broadcast number | S09E07 | ||||
Title reference | The American television series The Six Million Dollar Man and the fact that Hermes pronounces "man" as "mon" | ||||
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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
- Click here to see cultural mentions made in this episode.
- The episode's title is a reference to the American television series The Six Million Dollar Man - the title character of which is, like Hermes here, a cyborg - and the fact that Hermes pronounces "man" as "mon".
- Astounding Tales[9] is a reference to the American science fiction magazine Analog Science Fiction and Fact - which was initially published as "Astounding Stories" - and the American anthology comic book series Astonishing Tales.
- The book Lady Chatterley's Janitor is a reference to the 1928 book Lady Chatterley's Lover. In keeping with the running gag of Scruffy only reading sexually explicit material, Lady Chatterley's Lover is well-known for containing explicit descriptions of sex.
- Hermes reads a book called "The Invisible Mon" - which is a reference to the H. G. Wells science fiction novella The Invisible Man.
- The song sung by Zoidberg is a parody of the Monster Mash.
Trivia
- This is the second episode of season 7 where a recurring character has been killed (The first being Calculon in "The Thief of Baghead").
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.
- Shouldn't the magnetic waves have destroyed Roberto's brain circuits?
- Hermes robot body, goes from having a hole in its head, where the brain was taken out, to not having one, when Roberto attacks.
- 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
References
- ^ a b c Matt Tobey (12 June 2012). Countdown to Futurama: Hermes’ Robot Extension. (Comedy Centrl [sic].) Retrieved on 12 June 2012.
- ^ a b Futurama - Episode Guide. (MSN TV.) Retrieved on 09 June 2012.
- ^ a b Matt Tobey (06 June 2012). Countdown to Futurama: Mecha Hermes. (Comedy Centrl.) Retrieved on 06 June 2012.
- ^ Comedy Central (13 June 2011). iTunes - Podcasts - Futurama: Countdown to Futurama by Comedy Central (Week 6). (iTunes Store.) Retrieved on 16 May 2011.
- ^ JavieR (27 July 2011). San Diego Comic-Con 2011 Futurama panel sneak peeks + videos. (The Futurama Point.) Retrieved on 06 June 2012.
- ^ Pizza & Orange Juice. 13 August 2011. Retrieved on 13 May 2012.
- ^ Episode Guide: 7 ACV. (CGEF.) 29 February 2012. Retrieved on 29 February 2012.
- ^ "Just Fan" (29 February 2012). "Futurama: Futurama News (pre-season 7)". (PEEL.) Retrieved on 29 February 2012.
- ^ a b Matt Tobey (07 June 2012). Countdown to Futurama: Astounding Tales. (Comedy Centrl.) Retrieved on 07 June 2012.
- ^ Matt Tobey (08 June 2012). Countdown to Futurama: Extendo Arms Storyboard. (Comedy Centrl.) Retrieved on 08 June 2012.
- ^ Matt Tobey (09 June 2012). Countdown to Futurama: Mark 7-G. (Comedy Centrl.) Retrieved on 09 June 2012.
- ^ Matt Tobey (10 June 2012). Countdown to Futurama: Cylon Eye and Lil Hermes. (Comedy Centrl.) Retrieved on 10 June 2012.
- ^ Matt Tobey (11 June 2012). Countdown to Futurama: Hermes Dummy. (Comedy Centrl.) Retrieved on 11 June 2012.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Michelle Rosenblatt. Comedy Central Press | Futurama. (Comedy Central.) Retrieved on 12 July 2012.
- ^ "Tastes Like Fry" (12 July 2012). "Newsarama! (Futurama News Thread)" (page 1). (PEEL.) Retrieved on 13 July 2012.