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|image text=[[Bender]] and [[Fry]] in [[Robot Hell]] with the [[Robot Devil]] behind them.
|image text=[[Bender]] and [[Fry]] in [[Robot Hell]] with the [[Robot Devil]]. <ref name="22 May">{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/51090529639/countdown-to-futurama-fry-and-bender-in-robot|title=Countdown to Futurama: Fry and Bender in Robot Hell with Robot Devil|date=2013-05-22|site=[http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/ Comedy Central's Tumblr page]|accessdate=2013-07-17}}</ref>
|written by=Lewis Morton
|written by=Lewis Morton
|directed by=Stephen Sandoval
|directed by=Stephen Sandoval
|caption=N/A
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|special guest=[[Dan Castellaneta]]
|special guest=
|first aired=24 July, 2013
|first aired=24 July, [[2013]]
|number=7ACV20
|number=7ACV20
|broadcast number=S10E07
|broadcast number=S10E07
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{{future video}}
{{future video}}
"'''Calculon 2.0'''" is the one hundred and thirty-fourth episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', the twentieth of the [[Season 7|seventh production season]] and the seventh of the [[Broadcast season 10|tenth broadcast season]].
"'''Calculon 2.0'''" is the one hundred and thirty-fourth episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', the twentieth of the [[Season 7|seventh production season]] and the seventh of the [[Broadcast season 10|tenth broadcast season]].
== Plot ==
[[Bender]] and [[Fry]] travel all the way to [[Robot Hell]] to ask the [[Robot Devil]] to release [[Calculon]]. <ref name="22 May"/>


== Production ==
== 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]]"]". <ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/#!/aimeekitty/status/178253112388231168|title=aimeekitty|author=[[Aimee Steinberger]]|date=2012-03-09|site={{w|Twitter}}|accessdate=2012-03-10}}</ref>  
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]]"]". <ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/#!/aimeekitty/status/178253112388231168|title=aimeekitty|author=[[Aimee Steinberger]]|date=2012-03-09|site={{w|Twitter}}|accessdate=2012-03-10}}</ref>
 
On 30 March, she revealed that she was "starting thumbnailing and [[storyboard:7ACV20|storyboarding]] on [the episode]". <ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/#!/aimeekitty/status/185517682110631936|title=aimeekitty|author=Aimee Steinberger|date=2012-03-30|site=Twitter|accessdate=2012-04-01}}</ref> 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". <ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/#!/aimeekitty/status/202834849042673664|title=aimeekitty|author=Aimee Steinberger|date=2012-05-16|site=Twitter|accessdate=2012-05-19}}</ref>


On 30 March, she revealed that she was "starting thumbnailing and [[storyboard:7ACV20|storyboarding]] on [the episode]". <ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/#!/aimeekitty/status/185517682110631936|title=aimeekitty|author=Aimee Steinberger|date=2012-03-30|site=Twitter|accessdate=2012-04-01}}</ref> On 16 May, she revealed that she had "screened [her] last [''Futurama'' episode for] a while [on that day]" - 7ACV20 - and that it had "turned out really nice [and] funny". <ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/#!/aimeekitty/status/202834849042673664|title=aimeekitty|author=Aimee Steinberger|date=2012-05-16|site=Twitter|accessdate=2012-05-19}}</ref>
On 5 February, [[2013]], {{w|Vulture.com}} released a preview clip for the tenth broadcast season, <ref name="Vulture">{{cite web|url=http://www.vulture.com/2013/02/watch-a-preview-of-futuramas-seventh-season.html|title=Watch a Preview of Futurama’s Seventh Season|author=Jesse David Fox|date=2013-2-5|site=Vulture.com|accessdate=2013-6-23}}</ref> which contained a scene from the episode.


=== Image Gallery ===
=== Image Gallery ===
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Futurama Calculon 2.0 Vaxtron.jpg|Concept art for [[Vaxtron]], the actor that replaces [[Calculon]] on ''[[All My Circuits]]'' after his death.
File:Futurama Calculon 2.0 Vaxtron.jpg|Concept art for [[Vaxtron]], the actor that replaces [[Calculon]] on ''[[All My Circuits]]'' after his death. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/51162208165/countdown-to-futurama-vaxatron-meet-vaxatron|title=Countdown to Futurama: Vaxatron|date=2013-05-23|site=[[Comedy Central]]'s {{w|Tumblr}} page|accessdate=2013-07-17}}</ref>
File:Futurama Calculon 2.0 Calculon Performing His One Robot Show.jpg|Promotional still of Calculon performing on his "one-robot show," after being replaced on ''All My Circuits''.
File:Futurama Calculon 2.0 Calculon Performing His One Robot Show.jpg|[[Promotional picture]] of Calculon performing on his "one-[[robot]] show," after being replaced on ''All My Circuits''. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/51234280048/countdown-to-futurama-calculon-performing-his-one|title=Countdown to Futurama: Calculon Performing His One Robot Show|date=2013-05-24|site=Comedy Central's Tumblr page|accessdate=2013-07-17}}</ref>
</gallery>
</gallery>


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=== Quotes ===
=== Quotes ===
{{q|
{{q|
<poem>'''Farnsworth''': Now, we just reintroduce [[Calculon]]'s programming to his body using science!
<poem>'''[[Farnsworth]]''': Now, we just reintroduce Calculon's programming to his body using science!
'''Amy''': It's like magic, but with electricity.</poem>
'''[[Amy]]''': It's like magic, but with electricity.</poem>
<poem>'''Farnsworth''': Now, it's a simple matter of reverse-installing Calculon's operating system. Amy, play this installation disc backwards.
<poem>'''Farnsworth''': Now, it's a simple matter of reverse-installing Calculon's operating system. Amy, play this installation disc backwards.
''[The Professor passes the disc to Amy, who places it on a small turntable-like device and begins to spin it backwards using her finger.]''
''[The Professor passes the disc to Amy, who places it on a small turntable-like device and begins to spin it backwards using her finger.]''
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*[[Bender]]
*[[Bender]]
*[[Calculon]]
*[[Calculon]]
*[[Professor Farnsworth]]
*[[Farnsworth]]
*[[Fry]]
*[[Fry]]
*[[Hermes]]
*[[Hermes]]
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==== Places ====
==== Places ====
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*[[Planet Express attic]] <ref name="Vulture"/>
*[[Robot Hell]]
*[[Robot Hell]]
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== References ==
== References ==

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Season 7 episode
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Calculon 2.0
No.134
Production number7ACV20
Written byLewis Morton
Directed byStephen Sandoval
Title captionN/A
First air date24 July, 2013
Broadcast numberS10E07
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"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.

Plot

Bender and Fry travel all the way to Robot Hell to ask the Robot Devil to release Calculon. [1]

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"]". [2]

On 30 March, she revealed that she was "starting thumbnailing and storyboarding on [the episode]". [3] 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". [4]

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

Image Gallery

Additional Information

Quotes

    Farnsworth: Now, we just reintroduce Calculon's programming to his body using science!
    Amy: It's like magic, but with electricity.

    Farnsworth: Now, it's a simple matter of reverse-installing Calculon's operating system. Amy, play this installation disc backwards.
    [The Professor passes the disc to Amy, who places it on a small turntable-like device and begins to spin it backwards using her finger.]
    Installation disc: Rise from the dead in the name of Satan!

Appearances

Characters

(In alphabetic order)

Places

References

  1. ^ a b Countdown to Futurama: Fry and Bender in Robot Hell with Robot Devil. (Comedy Central's Tumblr page.) 22 May 2013. Retrieved on 17 July 2013.
  2. ^ Aimee Steinberger (09 March 2012). aimeekitty. (Twitter.) Retrieved on 10 March 2012.
  3. ^ Aimee Steinberger (30 March 2012). aimeekitty. (Twitter.) Retrieved on 01 April 2012.
  4. ^ Aimee Steinberger (16 May 2012). aimeekitty. (Twitter.) Retrieved on 19 May 2012.
  5. ^ a b Jesse David Fox (05 February 2013). Watch a Preview of Futurama’s Seventh Season. (Vulture.com.) Retrieved on 23 June 2013.
  6. ^ Countdown to Futurama: Vaxatron. (Comedy Central's Tumblr page.) 23 May 2013. Retrieved on 17 July 2013.
  7. ^ Countdown to Futurama: Calculon Performing His One Robot Show. (Comedy Central's Tumblr page.) 24 May 2013. Retrieved on 17 July 2013.
Futurama episodes/films
1ACV
(Season 1)		 "Space Pilot 3000" • "The Series Has Landed" • "I, Roommate" • "Love's Labours Lost in Space" • "Fear of a Bot Planet" • "A Fishful of Dollars" • "My Three Suns" • "A Big Piece of Garbage" • "Hell Is Other Robots" • "A Flight to Remember" • "Mars University" • "When Aliens Attack" • "Fry and the Slurm Factory"
2ACV
(Season 2)		 "I Second that Emotion" • "Brannigan, Begin Again" • "A Head in the Polls" • "Xmas Story" • "Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love?" • "The Lesser of Two Evils" • "Put Your Head on My Shoulders" • "Raging Bender" • "A Bicyclops Built for Two" • "A Clone of My Own" • "How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back" • "The Deep South" • "Bender Gets Made" • "Mother's Day" • "The Problem with Popplers" • "Anthology of Interest I" • "War Is the H-Word" • "The Honking" • "The Cryonic Woman"
3ACV
(Season 3)		 "Amazon Women in the Mood" • "Parasites Lost" • "A Tale of Two Santas" • "The Luck of the Fryrish" • "The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz" • "Bendless Love" • "The Day the Earth Stood Stupid" • "That's Lobstertainment!" • "The Cyber House Rules" • "Where the Buggalo Roam" • "Insane in the Mainframe" • "The Route of All Evil" • "Bendin' in the Wind" • "Time Keeps on Slippin'" • "I Dated a Robot" • "A Leela of Her Own" • "A Pharaoh to Remember" • "Anthology of Interest II" • "Roswell that Ends Well" • "Godfellas" • "Future Stock" • "The 30% Iron Chef"
4ACV
(Season 4)		 "Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch" • "Leela's Homeworld" • "Love and Rocket" • "Less than Hero" • "A Taste of Freedom" • "Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television" • "Jurassic Bark" • "Crimes of the Hot" • "Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles" • "The Why of Fry" • "Where No Fan Has Gone Before" • "The Sting" • "Bend Her" • "Obsoletely Fabulous" • "The Farnsworth Parabox" • "Three Hundred Big Boys" • "Spanish Fry" • "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings"
5ACV
(Season 5)
Bender's Big Score The Beast with a Billion Backs Bender's Game Into the Wild Green Yonder
Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 • Part 4 Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 • Part 4 Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 • Part 4 Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 • Part 4
6ACV
(Season 6)		 "Rebirth" • "In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela" • "Attack of the Killer App" • "Proposition Infinity" • "The Duh-Vinci Code" • "Lethal Inspection" • "The Late Philip J. Fry" • "That Darn Katz!" • "A Clockwork Origin" • "The Prisoner of Benda" • "Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences" • "The Mutants Are Revolting" • "The Futurama Holiday Spectacular" • "The Silence of the Clamps" • "Möbius Dick" • "Law and Oracle" • "Benderama" • "The Tip of the Zoidberg" • "Ghost in the Machines" • "Neutopia" • "Yo Leela Leela" • "Fry Am the Egg Man" • "All the Presidents' Heads" • "Cold Warriors" • "Overclockwise" • "Reincarnation"
7ACV
(Season 7)		 "The Bots and the Bees" • "A Farewell to Arms" • "Decision 3012" • "The Thief of Baghead" • "Zapp Dingbat" • "The Butterjunk Effect" • "The Six Million Dollar Mon" • "Fun on a Bun" • "Free Will Hunting" • "Near-Death Wish" • "31st Century Fox" • "Viva Mars Vegas" • "Naturama" • "Forty Percent Leadbelly" • "2-D Blacktop" • "T.: The Terrestrial" • "Fry and Leela's Big Fling" • "The Inhuman Torch" • "Saturday Morning Fun Pit" • "Calculon 2.0" • "Assie Come Home" • "Leela and the Genestalk" • "Game of Tones" • "Murder on the Planet Express" • "Stench and Stenchibility" • "Meanwhile"
8ACV
(Season 8)		 "The Impossible Stream" • "Children of a Lesser Bog" • "How the West Was 1010001" • "Parasites Regained" • "Related to Items You've Viewed" • "I Know What You Did Next Xmas" • "Rage Against the Vaccine" • "Zapp Gets Cancelled" • "The Prince and the Product" • "All the Way Down"
Specials Everybody Loves Hypnotoad: "Amazon Adventure" • "The Lost Adventure" • "Simpsorama"
S01E
(Broadcast season 1)		 "Space Pilot 3000" • "The Series Has Landed" • "I, Roommate" • "Love's Labours Lost in Space" • "Fear of a Bot Planet" • "A Fishful of Dollars" • "My Three Suns" • "A Big Piece of Garbage" • "Hell Is Other Robots"
S02E
(Broadcast season 2)		 "A Flight to Remember" • "Mars University" • "When Aliens Attack" • "Fry and the Slurm Factory" • "I Second that Emotion" • "Brannigan, Begin Again" • "A Head in the Polls" • "Xmas Story" • "Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love?" • "Put Your Head on My Shoulders" • "The Lesser of Two Evils" • "Raging Bender" • "A Bicyclops Built for Two" • "How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back" • "A Clone of My Own" • "The Deep South" • "Bender Gets Made" • "The Problem with Popplers" • "Mother's Day" • "Anthology of Interest I"
S03E
(Broadcast season 3)		 "The Honking" • "War Is the H-Word" • "The Cryonic Woman" • "Parasites Lost" • "Amazon Women in the Mood" • "Bendless Love" • "The Day the Earth Stood Stupid" • "That's Lobstertainment!" • "The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz" • "The Luck of the Fryrish" • "The Cyber House Rules" • "Insane in the Mainframe" • "Bendin' in the Wind" • "Time Keeps on Slippin'" • "I Dated a Robot"
S04E
(Broadcast season 4)		 "Roswell that Ends Well" • "A Tale of Two Santas" • "Anthology of Interest II" • "Love and Rocket" • "Leela's Homeworld" • "Where the Buggalo Roam" • "A Pharaoh to Remember" • "Godfellas" • "Future Stock" • "A Leela of Her Own" • "The 30% Iron Chef" • "Where No Fan Has Gone Before"
S05E
(Broadcast season 5)		 "Crimes of the Hot" • "Jurassic Bark" • "The Route of All Evil" • "A Taste of Freedom" • "Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch" • "Less than Hero" • "Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles" • "The Why of Fry" • "The Sting" • "The Farnsworth Parabox" • "Three Hundred Big Boys" • "Spanish Fry" • "Bend Her" • "Obsoletely Fabulous" • "Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television" • "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings"
S06E
(Broadcast season 6)		 "Bender's Big Score Part 1" • "Bender's Big Score Part 2" • "Bender's Big Score Part 3" • "Bender's Big Score Part 4" • "The Beast with a Billion Backs Part 1" • "The Beast with a Billion Backs Part 2" • "The Beast with a Billion Backs Part 3" • "The Beast with a Billion Backs Part 4" • "Bender's Game Part 1" • "Bender's Game Part 2" • "Bender's Game Part 3" • "Bender's Game Part 4" • "Into the Wild Green Yonder Part 1" • "Into the Wild Green Yonder Part 2" • "Into the Wild Green Yonder Part 3" • "Into the Wild Green Yonder Part 4"
S07E
(Broadcast season 7)		 "Rebirth" • "In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela" • "Attack of the Killer App" • "Proposition Infinity" • "The Duh-Vinci Code" • "Lethal Inspection" • "The Late Philip J. Fry" • "That Darn Katz!" • "A Clockwork Origin" • "The Prisoner of Benda" • "Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences" • "The Mutants Are Revolting" • "The Futurama Holiday Spectacular"
S08E
(Broadcast season 8)		 "Neutopia" • "Benderama" • "Ghost in the Machines" • "Law and Oracle" • "The Silence of the Clamps" • "Yo Leela Leela" • "All the Presidents' Heads" • "Möbius Dick" • "Fry Am the Egg Man" • "The Tip of the Zoidberg" • "Cold Warriors" • "Overclockwise" • "Reincarnation"
S09E
(Broadcast season 9)		 "The Bots and the Bees" • "A Farewell to Arms" • "Decision 3012" • "The Thief of Baghead" • "Zapp Dingbat" • "The Butterjunk Effect" • "The Six Million Dollar Mon" • "Fun on a Bun" • "Free Will Hunting" • "Near-Death Wish" • "31st Century Fox" • "Viva Mars Vegas" • "Naturama"
S10E
(Broadcast season 10)		 "Forty Percent Leadbelly" • "2-D Blacktop" • "T.: The Terrestrial" • "Fry and Leela's Big Fling" • "The Inhuman Torch" • "Saturday Morning Fun Pit" • "Calculon 2.0" • "Assie Come Home" • "Leela and the Genestalk" • "Game of Tones" • "Murder on the Planet Express" • "Stench and Stenchibility" • "Meanwhile"
S11E
(Broadcast Season 11)		 "The Impossible Stream" • "Children of a Lesser Bog" • "How the West Was 1010001" • "Parasites Regained" • "Related to Items You've Viewed" • "I Know What You Did Next Xmas" • "Rage Against the Vaccine" • "Zapp Gets Cancelled" • "The Prince and the Product" • "All the Way Down"
Specials Everybody Loves Hypnotoad: "Amazon Adventure" • "The Lost Adventure" • "Simpsorama"
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