Bender's Big Score

Bender's Big Score is the first of the four Direct-to-DVD films, and was released on November 27, 2007 in North America, March 5, 2008 in Australia and April 7, 2008 in Europe. The film is set years after The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings.

The film was recut into four episodes and aired on Comedy Central in March 2008.

A preview of the film was shown at Comic-Con 2007. 

The film was produced in 1080p high definition and will soon be available on Blu-Ray in this format.

Miscellany
for trivia, quotes, etc.

Characters
(this list is not yet complete)

Cast

 * Billy West as Philip J. Fry, Doctor John Zoidberg, Professor Hubert Farnsworth, Lars Fillmore, Zapp Brannigan, Earth President Richard Nixon, God Entity, Inuit #1, Inuit #3, Phillip Fry, and Silly Willy Video Will Guy
 * Katey Sagal as Turanga Leela
 * John DiMaggio as Bender Bending Rodríguez, Robot Santa, Sal, Mr. Panucci, Barbados Slim, Elzar, Curly Joe, and BOX Executive #1
 * Tress MacNeille as Linda, Dr. Cahill, Dr. Schlovinowitz, Turanga Munda, Tinny Tim, Hattie McDoogal, Leela's Wrist Thingy, and BOX Executive #2
 * Maurice LaMarche as Kif Kroker, Narrator, Hedonismbot, Schlump, Morbo, Horrible Gelatinous Blob, Donbot, Clamps, Charles de Gaulle's head, Headless body of Agnew, Leelu, Cryogenicist, Leroy, Inuit #2, Transition Announcer, Box Executive #3, "Hi, How Are You?" Voice, Spam Voice, Nibblonian #1, Nibblonian, Nobel Prize Presenter, Late Cute Animal News Presenter, and Male Narwhal
 * Phil LaMarr as Hermes Conrad, Ethan "Bubblegum" Tate, Sweet Clyde, Philip Joshua Fry, and Dwight Conrad
 * Lauren Tom as Amy Wong and Philip J. Fry, II
 * David Herman as Nudar, Scruffy, Turanga Morris, Terry, Father Changstein El-Gamal, Nude Bartender, Constantine, and Everybody Loves Hypnotoad Announcer
 * Kath Soucie as Cubert Farnsworth
 * Dawnn Lewis as LaBarbara Conrad
 * Frank Welker as Nibbler, Fleb, Seymour Asses, Xylex, and Pandas
 * Coolio as Kwanzaabot
 * Al Gore as Himself
 * Mark Hamill as Chanukah Zombie
 * Tom Kenny as Yancy Fry, Jr.
 * Sarah Silverman as Michelle

Episode Credits

 * Writers
 * David X. Cohen
 * Ken Keeler
 * Director
 * Dwayne Carey-Hill
 * Voices
 * Billy West
 * Katey Sagal
 * John DiMaggio
 * Phil LaMarr
 * Lauren Tom
 * Maurice LaMarche
 * Tress MacNeille
 * Dave Herman
 * Frank Welker
 * Special Guests
 * Al Gore
 * Sarah Silverman
 * Coolio
 * Tom Kenny
 * Mark Hamil

The DVD
The DVD contains the following:
 * The film itself.
 * Commentary track
 * The reading of Futurama Returns from Comic-Con
 * A 22 minute episode of Everybody Loves Hypnotoad.
 * Deleted storyboard scenes.
 * A Terrifying Message from Al Gore.
 * Commentary track with Gore, Matt Groening and David X. Cohen
 * Bite my shiny metal X &mdash; a math lecture about math inside Futurama.
 * 3D models
 * The original first draft of the script
 * New character - design sketch
 * Original 5-minute Comic-Con promo

Additional

 * The release with Best Buy in region 1 included an animatic teaser for the upcoming film,.
 * Region 2 discs include the same teaser regardless of retailer.
 * The German version is missing the holography cover albeit the German rental version was issued with the holography cover.