Calculon 2.0 story
"Calculon 2.0" is the twentieth episode of the seventh season of the animated sitcom Futurama. It originally aired on Comedy Central on July 24, 2013. The episode was written by Lewis Morton and directed by Stephen Sandoval. Calculon is backed up and put into the body of a new robot so he can return to All My Circuits, only to learn that his over-the-top acting was never appreciated. Directed by: Stephen Sandoval. Story by: Lewis Morton.
14 total · 7 major · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| acting | major | Calculon is the eponymous robot actor in center of the story. |
| coping with being washed up | major | Calculon found himself to be a washed up actor form a bygone era after being rebooted from the dead. |
| humanoid robot | major | Calculon the robot actor. |
| lesson in humility | major | Calculon was crushed to learn that he was a B level actor. |
| pride goes before a fall | major | Calculon considered himself to be “the greatest actor to ever trod the boards!" but is humbled when he fails at resuming his acting career. |
| self-confidence | major | Calculon lost confidence in his acting abilities. |
| soap opera | major | Calculon tried to rejoin the cast of "All My Circuits", a robot soap opera. |
| black magic | minor | The Professor performed an occult style ritual to reboot Calculon. |
| coping with an obnoxious chatterbox | minor | Robot Devil with Calculon ghost. |
| coping with the death of someone | minor | Various people mourned for Calculon at his funeral. |