In the friend's body

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Episode of the series Futurama
title In the friend's body
Original title The Prisoner of Benda
Country of production United States
original language English
length 22 minutes
classification Season 6, episode 10
98th episode overall ( list )
First broadcast August 19, 2010 on Comedy Central
German-language
first broadcast
December 31, 2011 on ProSieben
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Director Stephen Sandoval
script Ken Keeler
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In the body of your friend (original title: The Prisoner of Benda ) is an episode of the American science fiction - animated series Futurama . It was first broadcast on August 19, 2010 on the US broadcaster Comedy Central ; the German dubbed version was published on December 31, 2011 by ProSieben . The work received a WGA Award .

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Using a new invention of Professor Farnsworth transfer Amy and the professor in the body of the other - the professor, to be young again, and Amy to unrepentant eat a lot. They later find out that the planned direct return transfer is not possible because the device only works once for each pairing of bodies.

Meanwhile, Bender is planning a break in with the robo-Hungarian Emperor Nikolai. In order to be able to steal his crown undetected, he exchanges his body with the professor for Amy's body. Amy, in turn, swaps the professor's body with Leela . In this way, Leela wants to find out if her admirer Fry only loves her because of her body. To refute Leela's argument, Fry also wants to slip into a repulsive body and swaps his own with Dr. Zoidberg . Much to the chagrin of the rest of the guests, they show each other the disgusting properties of their new bodies over dinner in a fine restaurant, in order to get the other to admit that he cares about his body. Among those present is Amy, who in the meantime has made Leela's body fat through excessive eating and has finally swapped it for Hermes' . Disgusted by the bodies of the professor and Zoidberg, you lose your appetite.

Bender, who was caught during the break-in, has meanwhile persuaded Nikolai to swap his body with him so that Nikolai can experience the life of a simple-poor robot for a day. Bender first exchanges Amy's body for that of a robot cleaning bucket, then that of the bucket for Nikolais. In the guise of the nobleman, Bender enjoys his wealth when Nikolai's partner and his first officer reveal to him that they are having an affair with each other, want to kill Nikolai and attach the crime to the burglar in order to get to Nikolai's throne.

The professor has meanwhile joined a robot circus in Bender's robotic form to spend his life doing dangerous stunts. There he gets to know an old robot cannon, which gives him the benefits of his own, albeit old, body. On TV you see Bender in Nikolai's body on the run from the first officer. The professor lets the robotic cannon shoot him there and saves Bender by killing the attacker in a duel.

Finally, two globetrotters , Ethan “Bubblegum” Tate and “Sweet” Clyde Dixon, mathematically prove that with the help of only two additional bodies, everyone can be transferred back into their own body. They do this with the help of their own bodies.

production

In the body of the friend was produced as the tenth episode of the sixth production season of Futurama , which was broadcast as the seventh season (see first broadcast of Futurama ). It is the 98th episode in the series. The speakers for the main characters in the series took on a few supporting roles. This is how Billy West spoke alongside Fry, Prof. Farnsworth and Dr. Zoidberg among others Richard Nixon; Tress MacNeille acted as Linda, Princess Flavia, Robot Mop Bucket, and Big Bertha; Maurice LaMarche spoke Morbo and various smaller roles; Phil LaMarr not only voiced Hermes Conrad, but Ethan “Bubblegum” Tate as well; and David Herman starred as Nikolai and Sweet Clyde alongside Scruffy.

Stephen Sandoval directed the film and Ken Keeler wrote the screenplay . The mathematical theorem , according to which all bodies can be exchanged back to their original owners from any situation with the help of two additional bodies, was developed by Keeler, who holds a Ph.D. in mathematics , developed and proven especially for this episode.

Awards

Screenwriter Ken Keeler received a WGA Award for this In the Body of the Friend .

In 2011, the Writers Guild of America honored author Ken Keeler with a WGA Award in the animation category for the screenplay for In the Body of a Friend . Keeler prevailed against his colleague Patric M. Verrone, who was also nominated in the same category for the screenplay for the Futurama episode Velrrrück nach Ndndir .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Alaina G. Levine: Profiles in Versatility. The Futurama of Physics with David X. Cohen. 2010, accessed on March 27, 2012 .
  2. ^ Writers Guild Awards. Award winners. Archived from the original on April 12, 2006 ; Retrieved February 23, 2011 (American English, list of WGA award winners since 1996).
  3. Futurama Grabs 2 WGA Noms! In: GotFuturama.com. Retrieved December 9, 2010, February 23, 2011 (American English).