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* None of the mafia, or the native martians seemed to question, why the old shrimp carriers, and all those people turned up (the crew in disguise) in the money counting room, despite the fact its supposed to be the most secure area. | * None of the mafia, or the native martians seemed to question, why the old shrimp carriers, and all those people turned up (the crew in disguise) in the money counting room, despite the fact its supposed to be the most secure area. | ||
* The deal between the native martians and the Wongs here, is different to the deal mentioned in "Where the Bugallo Roam". | * The deal between the native martians and the Wongs here, is different to the deal mentioned in "Where the Bugallo Roam". | ||
* Zoidberg doesn't eat the two 100 dollar bills that fall out of his mouth. | |||
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No. | 126 | ||||
Production number | 7ACV12 | ||||
Written by | Josh Weinstein | ||||
Directed by | Frank Marino | ||||
Title caption | Made By Hand (And Tentacle) | ||||
First air date | 22 August, 2012 | ||||
Broadcast number | S09E11 | ||||
Title reference | The 1964 Elvis Presley film Viva Las Vegas | ||||
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"Viva Mars Vegas" is the one hundred and twenty-sixth episode of Futurama, the twelfth of the seventh production season and the ninth broadcast season. The Planet Express crew stages a casino heist to recover stolen property from the Robot Mafia.[1]
Production
On 29 February 2012, CGEF revealed the episode's title, its writer to be Josh Weinstein and its director to be Frank Marino.[2][3] On 10 July, MSN TV updated their Futurama episode guide, revealing the episode's plot and air date.[1] The same day, Zap2it released a TV listing of Futurama which showed the same information about the episode, with slight variation from the plot published by MSN.[4]
On 12 July, following the broadcast of the episode "Zapp Dingbat", the public were given the opportunity to participate in a live chat with the Futurama cast and crew. Several clips of "Viva Mars Vegas" during the live stream.[5]
Additional information
Continuity
- Sir Reginald Wong is mentioned again.
Allusions
- The episode's title is a reference to the 1964 Elvis Presley film Viva Las Vegas.
- The song played through the montage of Zoidberg spending his cash and sung by Zoidberg himself at the end of the episode is a parody of the song Big Spender.
- The Binks Armored Express truck at the beginning of the episode is a reference to the Star Wars character Jar Jar Binks from Episode I: The Phantom Menace. The truck is also piloted by two aliens that bear a striking resemblance to the Gungans, Jar Jar's species, and they also speak like him.
- The Donbot refers to the stolen money as "De Niros", in reference to actor Robert De Niro, who starred as Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part II, a hugely successful movie about the mafia in New York.
Trivia
- When the vault scans the Donbot's finger, it identifies him as Don "Smith".
- The opening sequence is a live-action recreation, which was also used to promote the new season through ads on Comedy Central.
- Zoidberg reads a newspaper called "The Daily Bum Blanket".
Quotes
Zoidberg: Look out, penny slots, I've got a system! It's to put all my money in you! [He laughs to himself.]
Zoidberg: [He sighs then puts his claws together and begins to pray.] God, it's Zoidberg. I hate to bother you, but- [A huge bag full of money lands directly in front of him, he looks inside.] Okay, okay, I'll shut up!
Goofs
- A few stories ago Mars was destroyed but now it is back.
- Native martians are seen here, but they all left mars back in "Where the Bugallo Roam".
- Zoidberg spends a lot of money before he gets to the table, so he couldn't have had eight million left, so he shouldn't have been able to buy eight chips, each worth a million dollars.
- If the Wongs had two casinos, then why not just go there when the mafia take their first casino and their house?
- None of the mafia, or the native martians seemed to question, why the old shrimp carriers, and all those people turned up (the crew in disguise) in the money counting room, despite the fact its supposed to be the most secure area.
- The deal between the native martians and the Wongs here, is different to the deal mentioned in "Where the Bugallo Roam".
- Zoidberg doesn't eat the two 100 dollar bills that fall out of his mouth.
Characters
- 21st Century Girl
- Amy
- Bender
- Clamps
- Donbot
- Farnsworth
- Fry
- Hermes
- Inez Wong
- Joey Mousepad
- Leela
- Leo Wong
- Morbo (cameo)
- Petunia
- Randy
- Sir Reginald Wong (mentioned)
- Zoidberg
References
- ^ a b Futurama - Episode Guide. (MSN TV.) Retrieved on 12 July 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.
- ^ Futurama : Viva Mars Vegas; Naturama. (Zap2It.) Retrieved on 10 July 2024.
- ^ "Tastes Like Fry" (12 July 2012). "Newsarama! (Futurama News Thread)" (page 1). (PEEL.) Retrieved on 13 July 2012.