The Beast with a Billion Backs story
Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs is a 2008 American direct-to-video adult animated science-fiction comedy-adventure film and the second of the four Futurama straight-to-DVD films. The film was released in the United States and Canada on June 24, 2008, followed by a UK release on June 30, 2008 and an Australian release on August 6, 2008. It has been confirmed by David X. Cohen on the audio commentary that the title refers to a euphemism for sexual intercourse—"the beast with two backs"—that originated in English with Shakespeare's Othello. Comedy Central aired the film as a "four-part epic" on October 19, 2008. The movie won an Annie Award for "Best Animated Home Entertainment Production". Directed by: Peter Avanzino. Story by: Eric Kaplan & David X. Cohen Teleplay by .
29 total · 3 choice · 7 major · 19 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| boyfriend and girlfriend | choice | Fry and Colleen. Kif and Amy. Yivo and humanity. |
| romantic love | choice | The whole story was a big parody on human romance. |
| the nature of love | choice | The whole story was a big parody on human romance and in the end someone commented on the nature of love. |
| AI risk to civilization | major | Bender set out to kill all humans with the help of the League of Robots. |
| attack from outer space | major | A betentacled being from a parallel universe came to turn everyone into its willing thralls. |
| human vs. space anomaly | major | The cosmic rift anomaly. |
| humanoid robot | major | There was a secret society of robots. |
| polyamorous relationship | major | Colleen had five different boyfriends including Fry. Yivo had a polyamorous relationship with everyone in the universe. |
| romantic jealousy | major | Bender became exceedingly jealous of Yivo with humanity. Fry was a bit jealous of Colleen's other boyfriends. |
| secret society conspiracy theory | major | Bender joined the secret society the League of Robots. |