Naturama
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No. | 127 | ||||||||
Production number | 7ACV13 | ||||||||
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Directed by | Crystal Chesney-Thompson | ||||||||
Title caption | Tell Your Parents It's Educational | ||||||||
First air date | 29 August, 2012[1][2] | ||||||||
Broadcast number | S09E13 | ||||||||
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"Naturama" is the one hundred and twenty-seventh episode of Futurama, the thirteenth of the seventh production season and the last of the ninth broadcast season. It is set to air August 2012[1] on Comedy Central. Bender and the crew are reimagined as wild animals in a nature documentary.[2]
Plot
The Planet Express crew members are reborn as wild animals struggling for survival in their native habitats. First, "Salmon Fry" faces vicious predators, towering waterfalls, and the obnoxious "Salmon Zapp Brannigan" as he races upstream to mate with the lovely one-eyed "Salmon Leela." Next, "Tortoise Professor" – an ancient and nearly extinct Galapagos tortoise – makes an epic journey to track down the last surviving female of his species. Finally, the huge, blubber-filled "Elephant Seal Bender" battles to the death to keep all other males away from his vast harem of adoring females.[3]
Production
On 8 November 2011, Eric Rogers revealed that this was the day of the table read of the episode,[4] that the episode had been co-written by him[4] and that the episode would air August 2012,[1] also saying, "Different kind of story this time, but funny as ever!"[4] On 11 November 2011, Phil LaMarr revealed that this was the day of the recording of the episode.[5] On 29 February 2012, CGEF revealed the episode's title, its other writers to be Michael Saikin and Neil Mukhopadhyay and its director to be Crystal Chesney-Thompson.[6][7] On 31 May 2012, the website Zap2it published an article in which Matt Groening revealed that "[that] year [the production team was] calling [their] little trilogy the 'Saturday Morning Fun Pit'" [8] - suggesting that "Naturama" had been renamed. On 10 July, MSN TV updated their Futurama episode guide, revealing the episode's plot.[2] The same day, Zap2it released a TV listing of Futurama which showed the same information about the episode.[9]
On 12 July, 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 "Naturama" were shown during the live stream.[10]
Image gallery
A screenshot from the episode shown during the live stream, showing Professor Farnsworth and Mom reimagined as tortoises.
A screenshot from the episode shown during the live stream, showing Zoidberg reimagined as a squid.
Additional information
Characters
References
- ^ a b c Eric Rogers (08 November 2011). Kitchelfilms. (Twitter.) Retrieved on 09 November 2011.
- ^ a b c Futurama - Episode Guide. (MSN TV.) Retrieved on 12 July 2012.
- ^ Amanda Kondolojy (27 August 2012). One Hour Mid-Season Finale of 'Futurama' Airs Wednesday, 29 August. (TV by the Numbers.) Retrieved on 27 August 2012.
- ^ a b c Eric Rogers (08 November 2011). Kitchelfilms. (Twitter.) Retrieved on 08 November 2011.
- ^ Phil LaMarr (11 November 2011). phillamarr. (Twitter.) Retrieved on 12 November 2011.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Rick Porter (31 May 2012). 'Futurama' Season 7: Matt Groening teases an election, Fry and Leela and more. (Zap2it.) Retrieved on 05 June 2012.
- ^ Futurama : Viva Mars Vegas; Naturama. (Zap2It.) Retrieved on 10 July 2024.
- ^ "Tastes Like Fry" (12 July 2012). "Newsarama! (Futurama News Thread)" (page 1). (PEEL.) Retrieved on 13 July 2012.
- ^ http://www.comedycentral.com/press/images/futurama/fut0713_1-withcredit.jpg
- ^ http://www.comedycentral.com/press/images/futurama/fut0713_1-withcredit.jpg