The Beast with a Billion Backs
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| Directed by | Peter Avanzino |
| Produced by | Lee Supercinski Claudia Katz |
| Screenplay by | Eric Kaplan |
| Story by | Eric Kaplan David X. Cohen |
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Billy West Katey Sagal John DiMaggio Tress MacNeille Maurice LaMarche Phil LaMarr Lauren Tom David Herman Brittany Murphy David Cross Dan Castellaneta |
| Music by | Christopher Tyng |
| Edited by | Paul D. Calder |
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| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment |
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89 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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—""—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".
A month after the universe was ripped open in Futurama: 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 more boyfriends.
At a scientific conference, Professor Farnsworth proposes an expedition to investigate the after beating his rival, Wernstrom, in a game of Deathball (a gigantic version of Labyrinth). When Bender explores the anomaly, his touch causes it to emit a shock wave that sends him and the ship flying. Farnsworth and Wernstrom discover that only living beings can pass through the anomaly; electrical objects such as robots are either repelled or destroyed. The two plan to initiate another expedition but are rejected in favor of a military assault on the anomaly led by Zapp Brannigan.
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