Description: Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs is a 2008 American direct-to-video adult animated science-fiction comedy-adventure film based on the animated series Futurama, and the second of four straight-to-DVD films that make up the show's fifth season. 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. The title refers to a euphemism for sexual intercourse—"the beast with two backs". 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". DETAILED PLOT A month after the universe was ripped open in Bender's Big Score, people decide to go on with their lives. Amy and Kif get married. Fry starts dating a girl named Colleen, but breaks up with her when he discovers she has many other boyfriends. At a conference, Professor Farnsworth proposes an expedition to investigate the anomaly. When Bender explores the anomaly, his touch causes it to emit a shock wave that sends him and the ship flying. Farnsworth discovers that only living beings can pass through the anomaly; electrical objects are either repelled or destroyed. His plans for another expedition are rejected in favor of a military assault led by Zapp Brannigan. During Zapp's unsuccessful attack, Fry enters the anomaly while Kif is killed. On the other side of the anomaly, Fry comes across a colossal, one-eyed, tentacled alien named "Yivo" which begins forcing its appendages through the anomaly. Yivo's tentacles touch everyone in the universe, and nothing can stop them since they are made of "electro-matter", which can only be harmed by other electro-matter. Fry returns to Earth with Yivo's tentacle attached to the back of his neck and tells everyone to "love the tentacle." Yivo's tentacles attach themselves to nearly everyone, causing their victims to fall in love with it, eventually leaving Leela as the only one unattached. Fry becomes the pope of a religion established to worship Yivo. Leela examines Yivo's tentacle fragment and discovers that they are actually reproductive organs, revealing this to everyone at a universal religious gathering. Yivo admits that mating with everyone in the universe was its original intention but claims that it is now truly in love with them. As a sign of good faith, Yivo resurrects Kif who is heartbroken to discover that while he was dead, Zapp capitalised on Amy's grief and slept with her. Yivo begins the relationship anew and removes its tentacles from everyone. Yivo takes everyone in the universe out on a date at the same time, which goes well. However, the universe's leaders feel that Yivo has made no commitment and send a delegation to break up with it. Before they can do so, Yivo proposes marriage and they accept. Bender becomes frustrated from being neglected by Fry and makes a deal with the Robot Devil for an army of robots to take over the world in exchange for his first-born son, with Robot Devil being genuinely shocked over how coldblooded it was. His attack is made unnecessary when humanity leaves Earth willingly to live on Yivo, along with the other civilizations of the universe. This leaves Bender lonely and stagnates the robot population, who are built to serve humans. The universe's residents promise Yivo that they will never contact other universes. Fry, however, cannot help writing a letter to Bender, which is sent without Yivo's knowledge. Bender receives Fry's letter, which is made out of electro-matter, and decides to set out and "rescue" his friend from his relationship with Yivo. He and his army harpoon Yivo from the other side of the anomaly and tow it into their own universe. Fry convinces Bender to spare Yivo, but Yivo discovers that the robots' weapons are lined with the electro-matter from Fry's letter, allowing them to harm it. Since Fry broke his promise, Yivo breaks up with the universe and makes everyone leave. Yivo finds consolation with Colleen, and they begin a relationship as they return to the other universe and close the anomaly. Fry decides to find love elsewhere and tries to ask Leela out, but she rejects him. Kif and Amy's relationship is strained due to Amy's affair with Zapp. Bender breaks up his friends' quarrel and assures them that what they experienced was not love, as love is a jealous, hard-to-obtain emotion that does not share itself with the world. Bender shares his own love with Fry and Leela by giving them a big hug, which chokes them.
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Returns Accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Music Artist: Christopher Tyng
Case Type: Tall/DVD Case
Rating: PG
Subtitle Language: English & English Commentary For The Hearing Impaired, Damish & Danish Commentary For The Hearing Impaired, Finnish & Finnish Commentary For The Hearing Impaired, Norwegion & Norwegion Commentary For The Hearing Impaired, Swedish & Swedish Commentary For The Hearing Impaired
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Director: Peter Avanzino
Sub-Genre: Animation, Slapstick
Cinematic Movement: Experimental, Arthouse/Independent
MPN: Multi Region Player Required To Play Outside Aust & NZ
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Edition: Standard Edition
Type: TV Series
Format: DVD
Region Code: DVD: 4 (AU, NZ, Latin America...)
Release Year: 2008
Language: English
Actor: Voices Of: Dan Castellaneta, David Cross, John Di, Stephen Hawking, David Herman, Maurice LaMarche, Phil LaMarr, Tress MacNeille, Brittany Murphy, Katey Sagal, Lauren Tom, Frank Welker, Bikly West
Features: Widescreen, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound, With Subtitles
Genre: Children & Family,Animation
Movie/TV Title: Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs
Season: The Beast With A Million Bucks
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
