Lethal Inspection
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No. | 94 | ||||
Production number | 6ACV06 | ||||
Written by | Eric Horstead | ||||
Directed by | Rab Claffey | ||||
Title caption | Made you look! | ||||
First air date | 22 July, 2010 | ||||
Broadcast number | S07E06 | ||||
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"Lethal Inspection" is the ninety-fourth episode of Futurama, the sixth of the sixth production season and the seventh broadcast season. It aired 22 July 2010 on Comedy Central. Bender discovers that he was build without a backup unit and can, like his human friends, therefore die. Together with Hermes, he seeks out the inspector who originally approved him, despite knowing his flaw.
The Story
Bender learns he suffers from a mortal manufacturing defect.[2] There will also be a civil war plot,[1] with Bender and Scruffy dressed as in the Civil War.
Storyboard
- Main article: Storyboard:Lethal Inspection
A storyboard released from act 1 of "Lethal Inspection" previews a scene of the episode. In the storyboard, Hermes and Bender want to enter the Central Bureaucracy building, and Hermes tells the inspector Bender is his pencil sharpener. Bender sharpens a pencil and the inspector allows them to enter, but drops the pencil into an incinerator.[3]
Trivia
- The letter Leela recieves that she shoves next to the plant says in AL1: "NEED EXTRA CASH? MELT DOWN YOUR OLD; UNWANTED HUMANS; WE PAY TOP DOLLAR!"
- The song that is played at the end of the episode is Little Bird, Little Bird by Elizabeth Mitchell. link
References
- ^ a b Cordova, Gonzalo (05 November 2009). "Countdown to Futurama: Civil War Scruffy". Comnedy Central Insider. Retrieved on 08 June 2010.
- ^ Lethal Inspection Episode Info. (MSN TV.) 01 June 2010. Retrieved on 01 June 2010.
- ^ Tobey, Matt (10 June 2010). "Countdown to Futurama: Pencil Sharpener Storyboard". Comedy Central Insider. Retrieved on 10 June 2010.