Futurama / Season 5
Season 5 of Futurama | |||
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Episodes | 16 | ||
Country of production |
United States , South Korea (animation) |
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First broadcast | March 23, 2008 - August 30, 2009 on Comedy Central | ||
German-language first broadcast |
September 19, 2010 - November 16, 2011 on ProSieben | ||
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The fifth production season of Futurama , a US science fiction - animated series consists of 16 episodes. It emerged from the four Futurama films Bender's Big Score , The Era of the Tentacle , Bender's Game and Leela and the Encyclopods , which were each split into four episodes for broadcast as part of the television series. In this form they were to be seen for the first time from March 23, 2008 on the US television station Comedy Central . Fox previously premiered the series. The German dubbed version of the fifth Futurama season ran for the first time on September 19, 2010 on ProSieben .
Episodes
No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title subtitle |
Original title Subtitle |
Director | script | First broadcast | ||||
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No. ( total ) |
St. | No. ( St. ) |
Original version | German dubbed version |
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73 | 1 | Bender's Big Score (Part 1) | Bender's Big Score It just won't stay dead! |
Dwayne Carey-Hill | Ken Keeler , David X. Cohen | 73 | 6th | 1 | 23 Mar 2008 | 19 Sep 2010 |
Fry spots a tattoo of Bender's head on his bum . Bender finds a number code hidden in it that enables time travel. Meanwhile, nudist alien scammers take over Planet Express and use a virus to seize Benders. In the meantime, Leela meets the man of her dreams and Hermes (literally) loses his head during a game of limbo . | ||||||||||
74 | 2 | Bender's Big Score (Part 2) | Bender's Big Score Watch, Rinse, Repeat |
Dwayne Carey-Hill | Ken Keeler, David X. Cohen | 74 | 6th | 2 | 23 Mar 2008 | 26 Sep 2010 |
The alien cheaters use the tattoo on Fry's buttocks to steal the most valuable objects in history through time travel. Fry flees into the 20th century and Bender is sent after him by the alien cheaters to kill him. Meanwhile, Leela becomes more and more familiar with her new boyfriend, and Hermes gets a new body. | ||||||||||
75 | 3 | Bender's Big Score (Part 3) | Bender's Big Score Apply directly to the foreclaw |
Dwayne Carey-Hill | Ken Keeler, David X. Cohen | 75 | 6th | 3 | 23 Mar 2008 | Oct 10, 2010 |
Although the scammers release Bender from their control and the tattoo on Fry's bum is destroyed, more and more people are falling into poverty and misery through the machinations of the scammers. In the meantime, Leela marries her new boyfriend and Fry learns what his life could have been like in the 21st century. | ||||||||||
76 | 4th | Bender's Big Score (Part 4) | Bender's Big Score Last known transmission of the Hubble Telescope |
Dwayne Carey-Hill | Ken Keeler, David X. Cohen | 76 | 6th | 4th | 23 Mar 2008 | Oct 17, 2010 |
After Leela's heart is broken at Leela's wedding and Hermes' new body is killed again, the deceivers banish the earth citizens to the edge of the solar system , which leads to an intergalactic war for the earth. When the truth about Leela's fiancé emerges, Bender ultimately becomes a hero. Due to the many time travel, however, a rift arises in space just before Bender's Big Score ends. | ||||||||||
77 | 5 | The era of the tentacle (part 1) | The Beast with a Billion Backs The Proud Result of Prison Labor |
Peter Avanzino | Eric Kaplan, David X. Cohen | 77 | 6th | 5 | Oct 19, 2008 | Oct 24, 2010 |
When a mysterious rift appears in space, Professor Farnsworth starts an investigation to find out what is on the other side. Meanwhile, Kif and Amy cement their relationship with a wedding-like ceremony following the tradition of Kif's home culture, and Fry has reason to fear that his new girlfriend is asking more than he is willing to give. | ||||||||||
78 | 6th | The era of the tentacle (part 2) | The Beast with a Billion Backs It Makes a Nice Sandwich |
Peter Avanzino | Eric Kaplan, David X. Cohen | 78 | 6th | 6th | Oct 19, 2008 | Nov 7, 2010 |
After exploration of the rift ends disastrously in space, military action is planned against the rift, causing Kif to lose his life. In the meantime, Fry decides to move to the universe on the other side of the rift, while Bender joins a secret robotic organization. | ||||||||||
79 | 7th | The era of the tentacle (part 3) | The Beast with a Billion Backs 0100100001101001 |
Peter Avanzino | Eric Kaplan, David X. Cohen | 79 | 6th | 7th | Oct 19, 2008 | Nov 14, 2010 |
Fry has fallen in love with a gigantic tentacle monster from the universe on the other side of the rift, which is now stretching its tentacles all over the local universe. Meanwhile, Amy tries to cope with Kif's death, Bender consolidates his reputation as a hater in his new secret club, and Leela finds out shocking things about the tentacle monster. | ||||||||||
80 | 8th | The era of the tentacle (part 4) | The Beast with a Billion Backs The Robots are Coming! The Robots are Coming! |
Peter Avanzino | Eric Kaplan, David X. Cohen | 80 | 6th | 8th | Oct 19, 2008 | Nov 21, 2010 |
The tentacle monster invites everyone in the universe on a date. As a result, everyone on the other side of the rift wants to live with the tentacle monster and leave Earth. Only the robots are left behind. Meanwhile, the monster Kif is brought back to life, and Bender takes drastic measures to bring everyone back to earth. | ||||||||||
81 | 9 | Bender's Game (Part 1) | Bender's Game The flames in your TV are not part of the show. |
Dwayne Carey-Hill | Eric Horsted, David X. Cohen | 81 | 6th | 9 | Apr 26, 2009 | Dec 5, 2010 |
Leela lets herself be carried away by mobbing rednecks to participate in a space demolition derby . The Planet Express ship is badly damaged in the process, and private use of the ship was also prohibited due to the increased prices for dark matter , fuel. Meanwhile, Bender becomes an obsessed player with Dungeons and Dragons . | ||||||||||
82 | 10 | Bender's Game (Part 2) | Bender's Game The episode they'll be thinking about by the water cooler, but not mentioning specifically |
Dwayne Carey-Hill | Eric Horsted, David X. Cohen | 82 | 6th | 10 | Apr 26, 2009 | Dec 12, 2010 |
Prof. Farnsworth explains why he is upset about the shortage of dark matter, which has turned into a downright economic crisis. Together with Fry and Leela, he sneaks into Mom's headquarters in Alaska. Meanwhile, Bender was taken to a lunatic asylum for robots. There he makes no progress. | ||||||||||
83 | 11 | Bender's Game (Part 3) | Bender's Game Current eBay bid: $ 8.51 |
Dwayne Carey-Hill | Eric Horsted, David X. Cohen, Michael Rowe, Eric Kaplan | 83 | 6th | 11 | Apr 26, 2009 | Dec 19, 2010 |
Fry, Leela and Farnsworth recognize the harrowing truth behind the resource shortage. Suddenly a crack opens in the ground and they find themselves transformed into mystical figures in the magical world of Cornwood , which corresponds to Bender's fantasy of the game world of Dungeons and Dragons . | ||||||||||
84 | 12 | Bender's Game (Part 4) | Bender's Game Collect all fifty billion! |
Dwayne Carey-Hill | Eric Horsted, David X. Cohen, Patric Verrone | 84 | 6th | 12 | Apr 26, 2009 | Jan. 2, 2011 |
In the fantasy world, the main characters' alter egos go through various adventures. The final defeat against Mom brings her back to her own world, where a trick wins over Mom. | ||||||||||
85 | 13 | Leela and the Encyclopods (Part 1) | Into the Wild Green Yonder <ESP> Closed-captioned for the ESP-impaired |
Peter Avanzino | Ken Keeler, David X. Cohen | 85 | 6th | 13 | Apr 26, 2009 | Jan. 9, 2011 |
The Planet Express crew visits Amy's parents, Leo and Inez Wong. These destroy the old Mars Vegas in order to be able to build a new, more unusual variant of it. A group of eco-feminists led by Frida Waterfall protests against the resulting destruction of the environment. This leads to an accident in which a piece of Frida jewelry lands in Fry's head, giving him telepathic powers . Leela saves a Martian bloodsucker, the last of its kind, from destruction by Leo Wong. | ||||||||||
86 | 14th | Leela and the Encyclopods (Part 2) | Into the Wild Green Yonder If you can read this, thank us! |
Peter Avanzino | Ken Keeler | 86 | 6th | 14th | Apr 26, 2009 | Jan. 9, 2011 |
Fry meets Hutch, who introduces him to the Legion of Mad Fellows , a secret society of telepaths who wear aluminum foil headgear to protect themselves from their minds being read. He tells Fry about the encyclopods , a race that conserves the DNA of all endangered species in the universe in order to be able to recreate them. A purple dwarf star is the egg of the last encyclopod. The rest were wiped out by the Dark Ones . | ||||||||||
87 | 15th | Leela and the Encyclopods (Part 3) | Into the Wild Green Yonder Now available without a prescription |
Peter Avanzino | Ken Keeler | 87 | 6th | 15th | Apr 26, 2009 | Jan. 16, 2011 |
Leo Wong hires Zapp Brannigan and Kif Kroker to catch the eco-feminists. Fry infiltrates Leo's organization as a security guard. He wants to send a message to Leela through Frida Waterfall, but Frida is killed undetected by the last Dark One . Farnsworth, Zoidberg and Hermes are captured by the eco-feminists who have since joined Leela, Amy, LaBarbara Conrad and others. Fry and Leela meet secretly, but are overheard by Zapp Brannigan. The eco-feminists are now being captured for their part. | ||||||||||
88 | 16 | Leela and the Encyclopods (Part 4) | Into the Wild Green Yonder The humans shall not defeat us (written in "extraterrestrial" ) |
Peter Avanzino | Ken Keeler, David X. Cohen | 88 | 6th | 16 | Apr 26, 2009 | Jan. 16, 2011 |
The Planet Express crew and the eco-feminists flee. When Leo Wong tries to destroy the dwarf star, the Martian bloodsucker reveals himself to be the last of the Dark Ones . The last encyclopedia is born, brings extinct species back into the universe and kills the last Dark One . When Zapp Brannigan tries to catch the fugitives, they flee from him into a wormhole, a journey with an uncertain outcome. Fry confesses his love to Leela and she returns it. |
production
The fifth production season of Futurama marks the comeback of the series after a break of several years. It was discontinued in 2003 by the US broadcaster Fox after 72 episodes. However, reruns on Cartoon Network and Adult Swim achieved stable ratings, and the first seasons also sold well on DVD . When Comedy Central acquired the broadcasting rights to Futurama for the years 2008 to 2013 in October 2005 , the broadcaster also had the option to broadcast new Futurama episodes. Finally, it was agreed to continue the series through so-called direct-to-DVD productions based on a proposal by Futurama creators Matt Groening and David X. Cohen, i.e. material that is not first released on television, but directly on DVD for the home video market. These were to be made into television episodes and broadcast on Comedy Central. With four DVDs the resumption of production was possible to cover costs. Comedy Central paid for part of the cost, and the remainder was to be collected by selling the DVDs.
After the decision for four DVDs had been made, those responsible, above all Groening, Cohen and Ken Keeler , first had to decide how the plot should be divided. In addition to other formats, an all-encompassing plot and four independent films were up for discussion. Ultimately, four films were made, each with a completed plot; only the first ends with a cliffhanger that explains the beginning of the second. The conception took place in two steps, as Groening explained in an interview at the beginning of 2007:
"We're writing them as movies and then we're going to chop them up, reconfigure them, write new material and try to make them work as separate episodes."
"We'll write them as films, and then we'll split them up, remodel them, write new material, and try to make them work as separate episodes."
In another interview that same year, Cohen made it clear that there will be differences between the films and the TV versions:
“We're beginning with the four direct-to-DVD feature releases, and then down the road, each of them will appear as an epic four-episode arc on Comedy Central. There are a few things on the DVD that we won't have on the show, and a couple of things on the show that won't be on the DVD, because it'll be for TV. "
“We'll start with the four direct-to-DVD films and then, later, each of them will come out as an epic four-part on Comedy Central. There are a few things on the DVD that we won't have on the show, and there are some things on the show that we won't have on the DVD because it will be on TV. "
Groening and Cohen were able to recruit the old staff for the production: all authors , speakers and the animation team returned. Various celebrities lent their voices to characters in the form of guest appearances :
- Al Gore as himself in Bender's Big Score (Part 2) and (Part 4)
- Dan Castellaneta as a robot devil in The Age of the Tentacle (Part 4)
- Coolio as Kwanzaabot in Bender's Big Score (Part 4)
- David Cross as Yivo in The Age of the Tentacle (Part 3) and (Part 4)
- Gary Gygax as himself in Bender's Game (Part 4)
- Mark Hamill as Chanukah Zombie in Bender's Big Score (Part 4)
- Stephen Hawking as himself in The Age of the Tentacle (Part 2)
- Penn & Teller as Herself in Leela and the Encyclopedias (Part 1)
- Phil Hendrie as Frida Waterfall and Hutch Waterfall in Leela and the Encyclopedias (Part 1) to (Part 4)
- Tom Kenny as Yancy Fry, Jr. in Bender's Big Score (Part 2)
- Rich Little as Himself in Bender's Game (Part 1)
- Seth MacFarlane as Mars Vegas singer in Leela and the Encyclopods (Part 1)
- Brittany Murphy as Colleen in The Age of the Tentacle (Part 1) to (Part 4)
- Sarah Silverman as Michelle in Bender's Big Score (Part 2)
- Snoop Dogg as himself in Leela and the Encyclopedias (Part 4)
- George Takei as himself in Bender's Game (Part 1)
publication
As a direct-to-DVD productions were the first four films each on DVD , partly on Blu-ray releases (see Bender's Big Score , The Beast with a Billion Backs , Bender's Game and Leela and Enzyklopoden ) . They are available in a box set in DVD regions 2 and 4 under the title Futurama: The Collected Epics . A publication of the cut version for television for the video market is not known.
The television version of the films ran for the first time on March 23, 2008 on Comedy Central's program. On that day it broadcast all four episodes of the first film one after the other. He also followed this pattern for the following episodes: He showed the episodes of The Age of the Tentacle on October 19, 2008, of Bender's Game on April 26, 2009, and of Leela and the encyclopedias on April 26, 2009.
ProSieben showed the first broadcast of the German dubbed version between September 19, 2010 and January 16, 2011. The station showed an episode of the new season on Sunday afternoons shortly after 5 p.m., followed by an older one.
Web links
- Episode list for Futurama from fernsehserien.de (German)
- Episode list for Futurama from FuturamaPedia (German)
- Futurama (Season 5) in The Infosphere (English)
- List of episodes for Futurama in the Internet Movie Database (German / English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Silver screen Simpsons, Futurama facing finish? BBC January 19, 2002, archived from the original April 19, 2003 ; accessed on November 10, 2012 .
- ↑ Cohen: FUTURAMA not canceled ... Exactly. (No longer available online.) February 14, 2002, archived from the original on September 26, 2012 ; accessed on November 10, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c Marc D. Allan: Back to the 'Futurama'. November 16, 2007, accessed February 28, 2009 .
- ^ A b Nathan Rabin: Matt Groening. In: The Onion AV Club . April 26, 2006, accessed February 22, 2009 (Interview with Matt Groening).
- ^ John Dempsey: Animation central. 'Futurama' in Comedy's future via big deal. (No longer available online.) In: Online edition of Variety . October 27, 2005, formerly in the original ; accessed on November 10, 2012 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Don Kaplan: Back to the 'Futurama'. In: Online edition of the New York Post . June 22, 2006, archived from the original on August 13, 2006 ; accessed on March 24, 2010 (English): "[...] Comedy Central outbid Adult Swim for the license to air all 52 [sic!] episodes of" Futurama "and whatever new episodes might one day be produced."
- ^ John Dempsey: Animation central. 'Futurama' in Comedy's future via big deal. (No longer available online.) In: Online edition of Variety . October 27, 2005, formerly in the original ; accessed on November 10, 2012 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ EXCLUSIVE: Claudia Katz on Futurama the Movie: Bender's Big Score. In: Movieweb. November 16, 2007, accessed on November 11, 2012 (English, interview with Claudia Katz).
- ↑ a b Rhymes with raining. (No longer available online.) In: CraveOnline. February 26, 2007, archived from the original on July 22, 2012 ; Retrieved November 10, 2012 (English, interview with Matt Groening). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Nina Hämmerling Smith: Scoop: Futurama's Back with Bender's Big Score! In: TVGuide.com . November 27, 2007, accessed November 14, 2012 (English, interview with David X. Cohen).
- ^ Futurama: The Collected Epics. In: TheInfosphere. Retrieved November 5, 2012 .
- ^ Futurama - The Collected Epics [DVD]. In: Amazon.co.uk . Retrieved November 5, 2012 .
- ↑ Futurama: The Collected Epics (4 Disc Box Set). (No longer available online.) In: EZYDVD. Archived from the original on February 8, 2016 ; accessed on November 5, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ The Futon Critic Staff: COMEDY CENTRAL'S 'SOUTH PARK,' 'LIL' BUSH, 'MORE TO RETURN IN MARCH. February 7, 2008, accessed March 30, 2009 .
- ↑ It's The Biggest And The Best Time To Tune In And Space Out! Get ReadyFor The World Television Premiere of The "Futurama" Epic "The Beast With A Billion Backs" Debuting on Comedy Central® Sunday, October 19 at 8:00 PM *. Comedy Central , accessed November 5, 2012 (press release).
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- ↑ Futurama. In: Konstruickserien.de. Retrieved November 10, 2012 .
- ↑ Bernd Michael Krannich: Futurama: ProSieben takes the 7th season into the program. In: Serienjunkies.de. September 28, 2011, accessed November 6, 2012 .
- ↑ Uwe Mantel: After 6 years: "Futurama" with a poor comeback. In: DWDL.de . September 20, 2010, accessed November 6, 2012 .