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No. | 108 | ||||
Production number | 6ACV20 | ||||
Written by | J. Stewart Burns | ||||
Directed by | Edmund Fong | ||||
Title caption | Provides a full day's supply of Vitamin F | ||||
First air date | 23 June, 2011[1] | ||||
Broadcast number | S08E01 | ||||
Title reference | A play on the words "neutered" and "utopia".[2] | ||||
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"Neutopia" is the one hundred and eighth episode of Futurama, the twentieth of the sixth production season and the first of the eighth broadcast season. It is scheduled to air 23 June, 2011,[1] with "Benderama" immediately following its airing.[1] Seeing as "The Futurama Holiday Spectacular" was broadcast between the two seasons as a holiday special, "Neutopia" could be considered the season premiere.
Story
Planet Express needs money to keep its building after getting away with free deliveries. The men decide to do a sexy calendar, unfortunately, there are only three women willing to do the photos. The next idea is to turn the Planet Express ship into an airline. Unfortunately, the first flight crashes on an uncharted planet.[3] It is there they encounter an alien that does not understand the concept of 'gender' and so when it meets the crew it goes about conducting experiments such as altering their own genders.[1]
Production
On 28 February, 2011, Comedy Central released[4] two promotional pictures for "Neutopia" in celebration of the show's 10 million likes on Facebook.
During May 2011, Countdown to Futurama released six items of promotional material for the episode: a video clip featuring the Planet Express crew members with swapped genders on 4 May, concept art of a female Zoidberg on 5 May, a promotional picture featuring Amy, Fry, and Leela sleeping together on 6 May, concept art of the Planet Express ship dressed as an airplane on 7 May, part of the storyboard showing the crew make a photo shoot on 8 May, and concept art of a female Scruffy on 14 May.
On 16 June, a video clip from the episode was released on io9, featuring humans (including the PE crew) on a desertic planet, discussing the concept of gender with a rock alien.[5]
Image gallery
Reception
In a preview of "Neutopia" and "Benderama", Katie Schenkel from CliqueClack TV commented that these episodes "[weren't] [her] favourite".[6] On "Neutopia", Schenkel felt the episode was too reminiscing of "Amazon Women in the Mood", but not in a good way.[6] Schenkel argues that the usage of stereotypical male jokes towards women (such as women likes shopping) – which is primarily what "Neutopia" is about – is rather tiring and used.[6] But where "Amazon Women in the Mood" excelled at the usage of these jokes, "Neutopia" falls flat, Schenkel writes, considering many of the jokes seem like they were the ones that didn't make it to the season 3 episode.[6] In fact, the sex changing plot, Schenkel writes, fells tacked on and ruins the pace of the episode, as it is resolved just as it happens.[6] Further, Schenkel feels the episode is unlike Futurama in that its reflection on gender and sex doesn't feel smart or witty, but rather lazy and unfunny.[6]
In a more positive preview, David Hinckley of The Daily News was more receptive of the episode however. He gave it three and a half stars out of five. He stated that the return of the show "doesn't seem to have lost much from either its edge or its attitude."[3]
Additional Info
Trivia
- It is among the few one-word titled media.
Allusions
- The rock alien resembles a gray-coloured Michelin Man.
- The design of female Scruffy's clothes resemble that of Cora in Fantastic Voyage. The same reference is made in "A Clockwork Origin", in which Amy's clothes are ripped in a similar fashion by the trilobots.
Continuity
- The Professor's girlfriend from "Three Hundred Big Boys" appears. This is her only cameo appearance except for the audience scene in Into the Wild Green Yonder.
- Dr. Cahill, who handled Hermes' head in Bender's Big Score, makes an appearance.
- When Bender switches gender and becomes a fembot, it is in his female persona Coilette from "Bend Her".
Quotes
Rock alien: Your gender differ in many ways. But as with all things that are different - chocolate and vanilla, Mac and PC - one is always better.
Bender: Chocolate, Mac, men. The end.
Characters
References
- ^ a b c d reed (03 May 2011). "How many Benders is too many?". CGEF. Retrieved on 04 May 2011.
- ^ "'Our big season premiere on 23 June is a double-decker. We start off with “Neutopia,” (which is a combination of the words “neutered” and “utopia”), our crew crash-lands on an unknown world, where they meet a strange creature that is unfamiliar with the concept of gender. It leads to the alien modifying the genders of our crew members, giving us amazing re-gendered versions of them!" — Cohen, David X.
Cohen, David X. (16 June 2024). Cohen Spills the Beans on Futurama's New Season. Retrieved on 16 June 2011. - ^ a b Hinckley, David (22 June 2011). "'Futurama' review: Back after an 8-year hiatus with sharp social commentary and satire". The Daily News. Retrieved on 22 June 2011.
- ^ "Futurama Tops 10 Million Facebook Likes!". Comedy Central Insider. 08 February 2011. Retrieved on 03 May 2011.
- ^ io9: Exclusive Clip from Futurama's Season Opener!
- ^ a b c d e f Schenkel, Katie (20 June 2011). "Futurama comes back … with a stumble". CliqueClack TV. Retrieved on 20 June 2011.