Bender's Big Score story
Futurama: Bender's Big Score is a 2007 American direct-to-video adult animated science fiction comedy-adventure film based on the animated series Futurama. It was released in the United States on November 27, 2007. It was the first Futurama production since the original series finale "The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings". Bender's Big Score, along with the three follow-up films, comprise season five of Futurama, with each film being separated into four episodes of the broadcast season. Bender's Big Score made its broadcast premiere on Comedy Central on March 23, 2008. The film was written by Ken Keeler, based on a story by Keeler and David X. Cohen, and directed by Dwayne Carey-Hill. Directed by: Dwayne Carey-Hill. Story by: Ken Keeler & David X. Cohen Teleplay by .
17 total · 2 choice · 5 major · 10 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| Internet crime in society | choice | The story was a parody on stupid people falling prey to ostentatious scams that involved giving personal information on the Internet. |
| time travel | choice | A code was discovered that summoned a backwards time travel portal. |
| disembodied head | major | Hermes was decapitated and his head sustained inside a jar. |
| humanoid robot | major | Bender got infected with an obedience virus. |
| infatuation | major | Leela and Lars. |
| love triangle | major | Hermes, LeBarbara, and Barbados Slim. Fry, future Fry, and Leela. |
| unrequited love | major | Fry pined over Leela, but she was interested in Lars. |
| extramarital affair | minor | Hermes wife LeBarbara hooked up with Barbados Slim after Hermes lost his body. |
| friendship | minor | Bender felt bad about killing his friend Fry but did not let that stop him |
| greed for riches | minor | Scamming aliens and Bender traveled back into the past to plunder riches and bring them back to the present. |