Children of a Lesser Bog
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| No. | 142 | ||||
| Production number | 8ACV02 | ||||
| Written by | Eric Horsted | ||||
| Directed by | Edmund Fong | ||||
| Title caption | Anything Happen While We Were Out? | ||||
| Title caption reference | The 10-year gap between Run 2 & Run 3 | ||||
| First air date | 31 July, 2023[1] | ||||
| Broadcast number | S11E02 | ||||
| Title reference | The play (and film) 'Children of a Lesser God' | ||||
| Opening cartoon | Room Runners by MGM (1932) | ||||
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"Children of a Lesser Bog" is the one hundred and forty-second episode of Futurama, the second of the eighth production season and the second of the eleventh broadcast season. It aired on 31 July, 2023[1], on Hulu.
This episode is a follow-up to "Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch," and features the finished births of Kif's offspring.
Plot
Act I
Act II
Act III
Production
The overseas production for this episode was handled by Digital eMation, rather than Rough Draft, Korea. However, Rough Draft Studios is still credited with animation production.
The writer of record for this episode is Eric Horsted.[2]
Reception
Additional information
Trivia
- This is the first episode to feature Feodor Chin as Leo Wong, succeeding the role from Billy West.
Several characters are seen using eyePhones.
Amy's Calendar
This episode, like the one its story follows, has a freeze-frame joke where Amy's calendar shows many humourous events.
In this episode, the events are:
| Freedom Day | Eat Leftovers | Cardio Kickbarre Cycling | ||||
| Eyelash Perm | Orange Theorum | Fried Fruit Friday | ||||
| Hypnotoad Trivia Night | Frozen Yoga | Hair Extension Cut | Call Mom About Dad | Call Mom About Mom | ||
| Mestful[3] Monday | Make Something Up | Event Reminder! (Created 01.12.3003) | Buy A Church | |||
| Guenter's Birthday | Speling Team | Deep Clean Dimples | Bacon-Wrapped Date Night | Reassure Kif |
Note: January 12th, 3003 was on a Wednesday
Allusions
Continuity
Quotes
Whale Biologist: "I'm a bear biologist"
Zapp Brannigan: "Sounds like a fun job that pays bad."
Amy: "I'm the worst mom ever (except for my own mom)."
Zapp Brannigan: "The DOOP never leaves a man behind. Not when I'm the man."
The Grand Midwife: "I appreciate your emotional shouting in my ear-hole."
Alien Language Sightings
The phone booth on Kepler-10b that Petunia calls from has the following:
Time: 11:47
Location: Phone booth wall, above top left corner of payphone
Language: AL1
Translation: ET&T
Goofs
On the initial reverse shot of Amy's calendar, the third item on the bottom row is 'Speling Team'; on the zoom-in, the same spot in the calendar says 'Ball Game'.
On the wide-angle front view of Amy's calendar, there is no item next to the "Event Reminder!" item; on the zoom-in shot, there is an item next to the 'Event Reminder!' item.