Viva Mars Vegas
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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!
Characters
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.