Futurama / Season 5

Season 5 of Futurama
Episodes	16
Country of production	United States , South Korea (animation)
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

See also : List of Futurama Episodes

No. ( total )	No. ( St. )	German title subtitle	Original title Subtitle	Director	script	First broadcast
						No. ( total )	St.	No. ( St. )	Original version	German dubbed version
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	0Nov 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	0Dec 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	0Jan. 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	0Jan. 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	0Jan. 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

See also : Production of the Futurama films

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."

- Matt Groening : Interview

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. "

- David X. Cohen : Interview

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

1. ↑ Silver screen Simpsons, Futurama facing finish? BBC January 19, 2002, archived from the original April 19, 2003 ; accessed on November 10, 2012 . 
2. ↑ 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.  
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Marc D. Allan: Back to the 'Futurama'. November 16, 2007, accessed February 28, 2009 . 
4. ^ ^{A b} Nathan Rabin: Matt Groening. In: The Onion AV Club . April 26, 2006, accessed February 22, 2009 (Interview with Matt Groening). 
5. ^ 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.    
6. ↑ 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." 
7. ^ 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.    
8. ↑ 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). 
9. ↑ ^{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.  
10. ↑ 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). 
11. ^ Futurama: The Collected Epics. In: TheInfosphere. Retrieved November 5, 2012 . 
12. ^ Futurama - The Collected Epics [DVD]. In: Amazon.co.uk . Retrieved November 5, 2012 . 
13. ↑ 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.  
14. ↑ The Futon Critic Staff: COMEDY CENTRAL'S 'SOUTH PARK,' 'LIL' BUSH, 'MORE TO RETURN IN MARCH. February 7, 2008, accessed March 30, 2009 . 
15. ↑ 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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17. ↑ Futurama. In: Konstruickserien.de. Retrieved November 10, 2012 . 
18. ↑ Bernd Michael Krannich: Futurama: ProSieben takes the 7th season into the program. In: Serienjunkies.de. September 28, 2011, accessed November 6, 2012 . 
19. ↑ Uwe Mantel: After 6 years: "Futurama" with a poor comeback. In: DWDL.de . September 20, 2010, accessed November 6, 2012 .