The Six Million Dollar Mon
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"The Six Million Dollar Mon" is the one hundred and twenty-first episode of Futurama, the seventh of the seventh production season and the ninth broadcast season. Hermes upgrades his body with robot parts.[1]
Production
On 28 July 2011, it was revealed at the San Diego Comic-Con that, in an episode of the seventh production season, "Hermes [would] realize he [was] less efficient than a machine, so he [would] chop some unnecessary parts of his body and [would] become a cyborg".[3] On 30 August, a photograph of the cover of the episode's production script was posted on a Tumblr blog - revealing the episode's title.[4] On 29 February 2012, CGEF confirmed the episode's title and revealed its writer to be Ken Keeler and its director to be Peter Avanzino.[5][6]
In June, Countdown to Futurama began releasing promotional material for the episode. It has so far released eight items: A promotional picture showing Leela, Amy, Zoidberg, Farnsworth, a mecha Hermes, Bender and Fry in the Planet Express employee lounge and a design of the mecha Hermes - together with the revelation that the episode was the one associated with the Hermes plot at the San Diego Comic-Con - on 6 June,[1] a design of the cover of the magazine Astounding Tales on 7 June,[7] part of the storyboard showing Bender suggest to Hermes getting an implant on 8 June,[8] a design of a new character, Mark 7-G, on 9 June,[9] a design of Hermes with an extendo arm and cycloscanner eyes and a design of four stages undergone by a ventriloquist dummy of Hermes on 10 June[10] and a promotional picture of Zoidberg controlling a Hermes dummy on 11 June.[11]
By 8 June,[12] MSN TV had revealed the episode's air date.[2]
Image gallery
The cover of the episode's production script.
The first design.
The second design.
The first page of the storyboard to be released.
The third design.
The fourth design.
The fifth design.
The second promotional picture.
Additional information
Allusions
- The episode's title is a reference to the American television series The Six Million Dollar Man - the title character of which is, like Hermes here, a cyborg - and the fact that Hermes pronounces "man" as "mon".
- Astounding Tales[7] is a reference to the American science fiction magazine Analog Science Fiction and Fact - which was initially published as "Astounding Stories" - and the American anthology comic book series Astonishing Tales.
Quotes
Hermes: No more implants. I don't want to end up a cold, emotionless machine like you.
Characters
References
- ^ a b c Matt Tobey (06 June 2012). Countdown to Futurama: Mecha Hermes. (Comedy Centrl [sic].) Retrieved on 06 June 2012.
- ^ a b Futurama - Episode Guide. (MSN TV.) Retrieved on 09 June 2012.
- ^ JavieR (27 July 2011). San Diego Comic-Con 2011 Futurama panel sneak peeks + videos. (The Futurama Point.) Retrieved on 06 June 2012.
- ^ Pizza & Orange Juice. 13 August 2011. Retrieved on 13 May 2012.
- ^ Episode Guide: 7 ACV. (CGEF.) 29 February 2012. Retrieved on 29 February 2012.
- ^ "Just Fan" (29 February 2012). "Futurama: Futurama News (pre-season 7)". (PEEL.) Retrieved on 29 February 2012.
- ^ a b Matt Tobey (07 June 2012). Countdown to Futurama: Astounding Tales. (Comedy Centrl.) Retrieved on 07 June 2012.
- ^ a b Matt Tobey (08 June 2012). Countdown to Futurama: Extendo Arms Storyboard. (Comedy Centrl.) Retrieved on 08 June 2012.
- ^ a b Matt Tobey (09 June 2012). Countdown to Futurama: Mark 7-G. (Comedy Centrl.) Retrieved on 09 June 2012.
- ^ Matt Tobey (10 June 2012). Countdown to Futurama: Cylon Eye and Lil Hermes. (Comedy Centrl.) Retrieved on 10 June 2012.
- ^ Matt Tobey (11 June 2012). Countdown to Futurama: Hermes Dummy. (Comedy Centrl.) Retrieved on 11 June 2012.
- ^ Just Fan (08 June 2012). Futurama: Futurama News (including but not limited to Countdown to Season 7) - Page 8. (PEEL.) Retrieved on 09 June 2012.