Murder on the Planet Express
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No. | 138 | ||||
Production number | 7ACV24 | ||||
Written by | Lewis Morton | ||||
Directed by | Frank Marino | ||||
Title caption | #1 Rated Show in Universe 3 | ||||
First air date | 21 August, 2013 | ||||
Broadcast number | S10E11 | ||||
Title reference | The 1934 Agatha Christie book Murder on the Orient Express | ||||
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"Murder on the Planet Express" is the one hundred and thirty-eighth episode of Futurama, the twenty-fourth of the seventh production season and the eleventh of the tenth broadcast season. It aired on 21 August, 2013, on Comedy Central. The crew get trapped aboard the ship with a horrific alien creature.
Plot
Production
On 5 February, 2013, Vulture.com released a preview clip for the tenth broadcast season,[2] which contained footage from the episode.
On 14 August, Comedy Central released a two-minute preview clip featuring the crew picking up a space hitchhiker.[3]
Image gallery
Concept art of the alien form featured in the episode.[4]
Additional information
Allusions
- Click here to see cultural mentions made in this episode.
- The episode's title is a reference to the novel Murder on the Orient Express, by Agatha Christie.
- Zoidberg reads the book in a deleted scene from "The Tip of the Zoidberg".
- For Your Eyes Mainly is a reference to the James Bond film For Your Eyes Only.
- One of the special features on the D.V.D. for Bender's Game is a genetics lab that merges the characters. The result of the Fry/Bender merger is also named Friender.
Continuity
- Fry wears the space suit from "A Big Piece of Garbage".
Quotes
Dan McMasters: So I hear we've been having some trust issues, huh? Well, for the next week... we'll be doing hundreds of trust falls from every possible height and level of gravity.
Bender: Or we could not do that.
Dan McMasters: Hello Planet Express! I'm Dan McMasters, and I'll be your retreat leader for a week of fun and personal empowerment!
Professor Farnsworth: [looking annoyed at the crew] I hope you're happy!
[Leela opens up a cabinet full of weapons inside the Planet Express ship and takes a rifle from inside; stood around her are Fry, Bender, Amy and Zoidberg.]
Leela: It's time we solved this problem the old fashioned way. By shooting it!
Bender: Wait, wait, wait, wait, you can't give everybody guns! What if one of us is the creature? It could be any of us: [The camera pans to each character as Bender calls out their name.] Fry. Leela. Amy. Zoidberg. [The camera pans to another Zoidberg stood next to the original.] Zoidberg.
[Everyone gasps and backs away.]
Appearances
Characters
- Debut: Alien form
- Amy
- Bender
- Debut: Blorgulax (alien form in disguise)
- Debut: Dan McMasters
- Professor Farnsworth
- Fry
- Hermes
- Debut: Jackie Jr.
- Leela
- Linda
- Morbo
- Nine
- Scruffy
- Zoidberg
Places
Miscellaneous
- Channel √2 News
- Dark-matter engines
- Facebook (mentioned in speech only)
References
- ^ Countdown to Futurama: Alien Sneaking Up Behind Bender. (Comedy Central's Tumblr page.) 06 June 2013. Retrieved on 06 June 2013.
- ^ Jesse David Fox (05 February 2013). Watch a Preview of Futurama’s Seventh Season. (Vulture.com.) Retrieved on 23 June 2013.
- ^ Team Building Retreat - Video Clip. (Comedy Central.) Retrieved on 08 August 2013.
- ^ Countdown to Futurama: Alien Form. (Comedy Central's Tumblr page.) 05 June 2013. Retrieved on 05 June 2013.
- ^ Countdown to Futurama: Fry with a Monster Mouth. (Comedy Central's Tumblr page.) 07 June 2013. Retrieved on 07 June 2013.