Calculon 2.0

"Calculon 2.0" is the one hundred and thirty-fourth episode of Futurama, the twentieth of the seventh production season and the seventh of the tenth broadcast season. It aired on 24 July, 2013, on Comedy Central. Bender goes grave-robbing to bring his favourite actor back to life.

Production
In 2012, assistant director Aimee Steinberger made three revelations concerning the episode. On 9 March, she revealed that she had "just read [her] next and last [Futurama] script for a while", the script for the episode, that it was "really funny [and] cute" and that she was "looking [forward to working] on it after [the production team finished "7ACV14"]".

On 30 March, she revealed that she was "starting thumbnailing and storyboarding on [the episode]". On 16 May, she revealed that she had "screened [her] last [Futurama episode for] a while [on that day]" - this episode - and that it had "turned out really nice [and] funny".

On 5 February, 2013, released a preview clip for the tenth broadcast season, which contained a scene from the episode.

By 19 July, Comedy Central had released a two-minute preview clip featuring Bender and Fry successfully freeing Calculon from Robot Hell.

Trivia

 * According to Randy Munchnik's clock, All My Circuits starts at 2 o'clock.

Allusions

 * The Shubot Theater is a reference to New York's.
 * The Tragic Pan is a reference to the restaurant chain the.
 * Calculon says, "In the world of theater, there are no second acts", a statement reminiscent of author 's "There are no second acts in American lives".
 * In the casting office, there is a poster of 10,000 A.C., a reference to the 2008 film .

Continuity

 * Entertainment and Earth Invasion Tonite previously appeared in "Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television".
 * Calculon's original death took place in "The Thief of Baghead".
 * Calculon's ghostly appearence is identical to the ghostly versions of Bender and the Robot Devil seen in "Ghost in the Machines".
 * Randy's line "Calculon's back" is from "I, Roommate".
 * A picture of Coilette appears in Calculon's suitcase. Calculon was due to wed her in "Bend Her".

Goofs

 * The Robot Devil is able to trap Calculon in a flask, yet he constantly complains about how annoying he is.
 * He may have still been able to hear Calculon's voice through the flask.
 * The script for Calculon's one-man show should have decayed while he was buried.
 * The material with which the script was written on may have been non-biodegradable.
 * Calculon is unaware of what a second take is, but, in "Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television", he says that he doesn't do two takes.
 * He may have been being sarcastic, and his reaction to Leela's explanation of what a second take is may be due to outrage, not shock.
 * If resurrecting a Robot is so easy, why didn't they try it when Bender died in "Ghosts in the Machine", they already had his remains and were clearly sad he was dead.
 * As the Robot Devil has the power to free robots from limbo (as he said in "Ghosts in the Machine") and he hated Calculon so much, why didn't he simply free him, so he didn't have to listen to his over the top acting.
 * How does accidentally pulling a rope that is just resting on a beam, cause everything to collapse?

Characters

 * Amy
 * Bender
 * Boxy Robot
 * Calculon
 * Censored couple (cameo, 20:20, woman only)
 * Charles
 * Coilette
 * Dandy Jim
 * Director
 * Executive Alpha
 * Executive Beta
 * Executive Gamma
 * Farnsworth
 * Flabby
 * Fry
 * Debut: General Extermulo
 * Gus
 * Hattie
 * Hermes
 * Hoschel
 * Huge-assed woman
 * Humorbot 5.0
 * iZac
 * Jesus
 * Leela
 * Linda
 * Mayor Poopenmeyer
 * Monique
 * President of the network
 * Randy Munchnik
 * Debut: Robert Wagner's head
 * Robot Demons
 * Robot Devil
 * Sal
 * Satan
 * Smitty
 * Tinny Tim
 * URL
 * Debut: Vaxtron
 * Zoidberg

Places

 * Hollywood
 * Los Angeles
 * Planet Express attic
 * Planet Express employee lounge
 * Robot Hell
 * Debut: Shubot Theater
 * Debut: The Tragic Pan
 * Debut: Urbana, Illinois