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Revision as of 03:29, 2 September 2011

Season 6 episode
Broadcast season 8 episode
Overclockwise
Overclockwise screenshot.png
Fry talks to Bender, who has hacked himself inside-out, making the universe his processor.
No.113
Production number6ACV25
Written byKen Keeler
Directed byRaymie Muzquiz
Title captionSOON TO BE A HIT TELEVISION SHOW
First air date1 September, 2011[1]
Broadcast numberS08E12
Title reference"Overclocking" and "clockwise"
Additional
Commentary
(Transcript)
Transcript
Storyboard

Pictures

Season 6
  1. Rebirth
  2. In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela
  3. Attack of the Killer App
  4. Proposition Infinity
  5. The Duh-Vinci Code
  6. Lethal Inspection
  7. The Late Philip J. Fry
  8. That Darn Katz!
  9. A Clockwork Origin
  10. The Prisoner of Benda
  11. Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences
  12. The Mutants Are Revolting
  13. The Futurama Holiday Spectacular
  14. The Silence of the Clamps
  15. Möbius Dick
  16. Law and Oracle
  17. Benderama
  18. The Tip of the Zoidberg
  19. Ghost in the Machines
  20. Neutopia
  21. Yo Leela Leela
  22. Fry Am the Egg Man
  23. All the Presidents' Heads
  24. Cold Warriors
  25. Overclockwise
  26. Reincarnation
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"Overclockwise" is the one-hundred-and-thirteenth episode of Futurama, the twenty-fifth of the sixth production season and the twelfth of the eighth broadcast season. It is scheduled to air 1 September, 2011 on Comedy Central. Bender evolves into a godlike being after vastly increasing his processing power.[1]

Production

"Overclockwise" was originally planned to be the series finale of season 6, but it was later moved to the penultimate episode to make "Reincarnation" the finale. As "Reincarnation" is a non-canon segmented episode, however, "Overclockwise" is seen as the "proper" season finale. The episode was written in 2010, before the series had been renewed for another season, and much like "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings" and Into the Wild Green Yonder, "Overclockwise" was written as if it was the last episode ever of Futurama. As such, Ken Keeler was once again in charge of the writing, making this his third "last episode ever" for the series.[2] as with "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings" and Into the Wild Green Yonder.[2]

During June 2011, Countdown to Futurama released four items of promotional material for the episode: concept art of the interior of transfigured Bender's head on 7 June, concept art of Fry's character in a World War II video game on 8 June, part of the storyboard showing Mom's sons release hoverfish on 9 June, and a video clip featuring Fry talking to the transfigured Bender on 20 June.

Two promotional pictures for the episode were released by Comedy Central Press.[3]

Image gallery

Additional information

Trivia

  • It is among the few one-word titled media.
  • It was written as the last episode because the show hadn't been renewed at the time of the writing.
  • This is one of four episodes of broadcast season 8 to be broadcast in production order. The other three are "Fry Am the Egg Man", "Cold Warriors" and "Reincarnation".
  • This is the first time that Randy is referred to by name.

Goofs

  • Smitty says that the Planet Express building does not have a doorbell, however a doorbell has been heard in previous episodes.

Characters

(In alphabetic order)

References

  1. ^ a b Comedy Central TV Show Schedule
  2. ^ a b "Now I will say at this point, having written the last episode for FOX, and the last DVD for the DVD releases, and now being back again, and being pretty far along in production, we’re the show with the most experience in writing our last episode ever. We’re getting good at it – we’re doing our third one that we’re actually working on here at the moment – they’ve all been written by Ken Keeler, I should mention, who is writing his third last episode ever."Cohen, David
    Zalben, Alex (22 June 2010). "Exclusive: Futurama Creator Spills on Special Last, Last Episode!". UGO. Retrieved on 22 June 2010.
  3. ^ Comedy Central Press | Futurama