List of opening cartoons

This article is about the opening cartoons seen in most Futurama episodes at the opening sequence on the video screen the Planet Express ship crashes into.

Episodes from the first four seasons usually contain an opening cartoon. In season 5, which featured 4 direct-to-DVD films split into 4 episodes each, parts 2, 3, and 4 of the films Bender's Game and Into the Wild Green Yonder did not feature opening cartoons. In season 6 and season 7, most opening sequences are cut short, leaving out the cartoon. Of season 6, only "Rebirth", "That Darn Katz!", "Benderama", "Yo Leela Leela", and "All the Presidents' Heads" feature an opening cartoon. Of season 7, only "Decision 3012", "Viva Mars Vegas", "Forty Percent Leadbelly", "T.: The Terrestrial", "Leela and the Genestalk", and "Stench and Stenchibility" feature an opening cartoon. "Naturama" features an alternate opening sequence, and the camera zooms out at the end to reveal that it is being broadcast on the video screen. In season 8, the cartoons are restored as a regular presence in the opening sequence.

This article is similar to list of title captions.

Production Order

Season		Episodes with opening cartoons
	1	13

	2	19

	3	22

	4	18

	5	7

	X	Films: 4

	6	5

	7	7

	8	10

Episodes
Listing order: Production · Broadcast · Branded
Commentaries · Transcripts
Title captions · Opening cartoons · Deleted scenes

Comics
Grouping: Regional · Comparitive

Season 1

Episode	Opening cartoon
Episode	Origin	Other uses	Image
"Space Pilot 3000" (1ACV01)	Little Buck Cheeser (1937)
"The Series Has Landed" (1ACV02)	Baby Bottleneck (1946)	1ACV03
"I, Roommate" (1ACV03)	Baby Bottleneck (1946)	1ACV02
"Love's Labours Lost in Space" (1ACV04)	The Wacky Wabbit (1942)
"Fear of a Bot Planet" (1ACV05)	A Corny Concerto (1943)	1ACV08
"A Fishful of Dollars" (1ACV06)	Betty Boop's Crazy Inventions (1933)
"My Three Suns" (1ACV07)	The Impractical Joker (1937)
"A Big Piece of Garbage" (1ACV08)	A Corny Concerto (1943)	1ACV05
"Hell Is Other Robots" (1ACV09)	Betty Boop and Grampy (1935)
"A Flight to Remember" (1ACV10)	Clutch Cargo – "Space Station" (1959)
"Mars University" (1ACV11)	Pigs in a Polka (1943)	2ACV02
"When Aliens Attack" (1ACV12)	Daffy – The Commando (1943)
"Fry and the Slurm Factory" (1ACV13)	The Simpsons shorts – "Making Faces" (1987)

Season 2

Episode	Opening cartoon
Episode	Origin	Other uses	Image
"I Second that Emotion" (2ACV01)	Fresh Hare (1942)	2ACV04
"Brannigan, Begin Again" (2ACV02)	Pigs in a Polka (1943)	1ACV11
"A Head in the Polls" (2ACV03)	Koko Needles the Boss (1927)	2ACV10
"Xmas Story" (2ACV04)	Fresh Hare (1942)	2ACV01
"Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love?" (2ACV05)	My Old Kentucky Home (1926)
"The Lesser of Two Evils" (2ACV06)	Felix the Cat Trifles with Time (1925)	2ACV11
"Put Your Head on My Shoulders" (2ACV07)	Chick and Double Chick (1946)
"Raging Bender" (2ACV08)	Hollywood Capers (1935)	2ACV09 6ACV17
"A Bicyclops Built for Two" (2ACV09)	Hollywood Capers (1935)	2ACV08 6ACV17
"A Clone of My Own" (2ACV10)	Koko Needles the Boss (1927)	2ACV03
"How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back" (2ACV11)	Felix the Cat Trifles with Time (1925)	2ACV06
"The Deep South" (2ACV12)	Scrap Happy Daffy (1943)
"Bender Gets Made" (2ACV13)	Up to Mars (1930)	2ACV15 2ACV19
"Mother's Day" (2ACV14)	Bold King Cole (1936)	2ACV18
"The Problem with Popplers" (2ACV15)	Up to Mars (1930)	2ACV13 2ACV19
"Anthology of Interest I" (2ACV16)	Bosko Shipwrecked! (1931)
"War Is the H-Word" (2ACV17)	Neptune Nonsense (1936)
"The Honking" (2ACV18)	Bold King Cole (1936)	2ACV14
"The Cryonic Woman" (2ACV19)	Up to Mars (1930)	2ACV13 2ACV15

Season 3

Episode	Opening cartoon
Episode	Origin	Other uses	Image
"Amazon Women in the Mood" (3ACV01)	Art for Art's Sake (1934)	3ACV07
"Parasites Lost" (3ACV02)	Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (1934)
"A Tale of Two Santas" (3ACV03)	Box Car Blues (1930)	3ACV08
"The Luck of the Fryrish" (3ACV04)	Boom Boom (1936)
"The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz" (3ACV05)	Bubbles (1922)
"Bendless Love" (3ACV06)	Little Ol' Bosko in Bagdad (1938)
"The Day the Earth Stood Stupid" (3ACV07)	Art for Art's Sake (1934)	3ACV01
"That's Lobstertainment!" (3ACV08)	Box Car Blues (1930)	3ACV03
"The Cyber House Rules" (3ACV09)	Congo Jazz (1930)	3ACV19
"Where the Buggalo Roam" (3ACV10)	The Emerald Isle (1949)
"Insane in the Mainframe" (3ACV11)	The Mild West (1947)
"The Route of All Evil" (3ACV12)	Heap Hep Injuns (1950)
"Bendin' in the Wind" (3ACV13)	A Coy Decoy (1941)
"Time Keeps on Slippin'" (3ACV14)	The Clown's Little Brother (1920)
"I Dated a Robot" (3ACV15)	Censored (1944)	3ACV20
"A Leela of Her Own" (3ACV16)	The Goal Rush (1946)
"A Pharaoh to Remember" (3ACV17)	Toys Will Be Toys (1949)	3ACV22
"Anthology of Interest II" (3ACV18)	A Close Call (1929)
"Roswell that Ends Well" (3ACV19)	Congo Jazz (1930)	3ACV09
"Godfellas" (3ACV20)	Censored (1944)	3ACV15
"Future Stock" (3ACV21)	Jingle Jangle Jungle (1950)
"The 30% Iron Chef" (3ACV22)	Toys Will Be Toys (1949)	3ACV17

Season 4

Episode	Opening cartoon
Episode	Origin	Other uses	Image
"Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch" (4ACV01)	It's a Greek Life (1936)
"Leela's Homeworld" (4ACV02)	Makin' 'Em Move (1931)	4ACV03 7ACV14 7ACV25
"Love and Rocket" (4ACV03)	Makin' 'Em Move (1931)	4ACV02 7ACV14 7ACV25
"Less than Hero" (4ACV04)	The Dover Boys at Pimento University (1942)
"A Taste of Freedom" (4ACV05)	The Queen Was in the Parlor (1932)	4ACV12 4ACV15
"Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television" (4ACV06)	Much Ado About Mutton (1947)	4ACV08 4ACV10 4ACV14 4ACV17
"Jurassic Bark" (4ACV07)	Hiss and Make Up (1943)	4ACV11
"Crimes of the Hot" (4ACV08)	Much Ado About Mutton (1947)	4ACV06 4ACV10 4ACV14 4ACV17
"Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles" (4ACV09)	Moonlight for Two (1932)
"The Why of Fry" (4ACV10)	Much Ado About Mutton (1947)	4ACV06 4ACV08 4ACV14 4ACV17
"Where No Fan Has Gone Before" (4ACV11)	Hiss and Make Up (1943)	4ACV07
"The Sting" (4ACV12)	The Queen Was in the Parlor (1932)	4ACV05 4ACV15
"Bend Her" (4ACV13)	Naughty but Mice (1947)
"Obsoletely Fabulous" (4ACV14)	Much Ado About Mutton (1947)	4ACV06 4ACV08 4ACV10 4ACV17
"The Farnsworth Parabox" (4ACV15)	The Queen Was in the Parlor (1932)	4ACV05 4ACV12
"Three Hundred Big Boys" (4ACV16)	Flop Goes the Weasel (1943)
"Spanish Fry" (4ACV17)	Much Ado About Mutton (1947)	4ACV06 4ACV08 4ACV10 4ACV14
"The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings" (4ACV18)	The Futurama opening itself.	5ACV06 5ACV07 5ACV08

Season 5

Episode	Opening cartoon
Episode	Origin	Other uses	Image
"Bender's Big Score Part 1" (5ACV01)	Futurama – "Space Pilot 3000" (1999)
"Bender's Big Score Part 2" (5ACV02)	None
"Bender's Big Score Part 3" (5ACV03)	None
"Bender's Big Score Part 4" (5ACV04)	None
"The Beast with a Billion Backs Part 1" (5ACV05)	The Soup Song (1931)
"The Beast with a Billion Backs Part 2" (5ACV06)	The Futurama opening itself.	4ACV18 5ACV07 5ACV08
"The Beast with a Billion Backs Part 3" (5ACV07)	The Futurama opening itself.	4ACV18 5ACV06 5ACV08
"The Beast with a Billion Backs Part 4" (5ACV08)	The Futurama opening itself.	4ACV18 5ACV06 5ACV07
"Bender's Game Part 1" (5ACV09)	Quasi at the Quackadero (1975)
"Bender's Game Part 2" (5ACV10)	None
"Bender's Game Part 3" (5ACV11)	None
"Bender's Game Part 4" (5ACV12)	None
"Into the Wild Green Yonder Part 1" (5ACV13)	The Fly's Bride (1929)
"Into the Wild Green Yonder Part 2" (5ACV14)	None
"Into the Wild Green Yonder Part 3" (5ACV15)	None
"Into the Wild Green Yonder Part 4" (5ACV16)	None

Direct-to-DVD films

See Opening sequence for more information about what happens in the film openings.

Film	Opening cartoon
Film	Origin	Notes	Image
Bender's Big Score	Futurama – "Space Pilot 3000" (1999)
The Beast with a Billion Backs	The Soup Song (1931)
Bender's Game	Quasi at the Quackadero (1975)
Into the Wild Green Yonder	The Fly's Bride (1929)

Season 6

Episode	Opening cartoon
Episode	Origin	Other uses	Image
"Rebirth" (6ACV01)	Silvery Moon (1933)
"In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela" (6ACV02)	None
"Attack of the Killer App" (6ACV03)	None
"Proposition Infinity" (6ACV04)	None
"The Duh-Vinci Code" (6ACV05)	None
"Lethal Inspection" (6ACV06)	None
"The Late Philip J. Fry" (6ACV07)	None
"That Darn Katz!" (6ACV08)	Scotty Finds a Home (1935)
"A Clockwork Origin" (6ACV09)	None
"The Prisoner of Benda" (6ACV10)	None
"Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences" (6ACV11)	None
"The Mutants Are Revolting" (6ACV12)	None
"The Futurama Holiday Spectacular" (6ACV13)	None
"The Silence of the Clamps" (6ACV14)	None
"Möbius Dick" (6ACV15)	None
"Law and Oracle" (6ACV16)	None
"Benderama" (6ACV17)	Hollywood Capers (1935)	2ACV08 2ACV09
"The Tip of the Zoidberg" (6ACV18)	None
"Ghost in the Machines" (6ACV19)	None
"Neutopia" (6ACV20)	None
"Yo Leela Leela" (6ACV21)	The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg (1936)
"Fry Am the Egg Man" (6ACV22)	None
"All the Presidents' Heads" (6ACV23)	"Zoich" (2010)
"Cold Warriors" (6ACV24)	None
"Overclockwise" (6ACV25)	None
"Reincarnation" (6ACV26)	None

Season 7

Episode	Opening cartoon
Episode	Origin	Other uses	Image
"The Bots and the Bees" (7ACV01)	None
"A Farewell to Arms" (7ACV02)	None
"Decision 3012" (7ACV03)	The Family Album (1930)
"The Thief of Baghead" (7ACV04)	None
"Zapp Dingbat" (7ACV05)	None
"The Butterjunk Effect" (7ACV06)	None
"The Six Million Dollar Mon" (7ACV07)	None
"Fun on a Bun" (7ACV08)	None
"Free Will Hunting" (7ACV09)	None
"Near-Death Wish" (7ACV10)	None
"31st Century Fox" (7ACV11)	None
"Viva Mars Vegas" (7ACV12)	Futurama – "Reincarnation" (2011)
"Naturama" (7ACV13)	"Mutual of Omicron's Wild Universe"
"Forty Percent Leadbelly" (7ACV14)	Makin' 'Em Move (1931)	4ACV02 4ACV03 7ACV25
"2-D Blacktop" (7ACV15)	None
"T.: The Terrestrial" (7ACV16)	Wot a Night (1931)
"Fry and Leela's Big Fling" (7ACV17)	None
"The Inhuman Torch" (7ACV18)	None
"Saturday Morning Fun Pit" (7ACV19)	None
"Calculon 2.0" (7ACV20)	None
"Assie Come Home" (7ACV21)	None
"Leela and the Genestalk" (7ACV22)	Rocketeers (1932)
"Game of Tones" (7ACV23)	None
"Murder on the Planet Express" (7ACV24)	None
"Stench and Stenchibility" (7ACV25)	Makin' 'Em Move (1931)	4ACV02 4ACV03 7ACV14
"Meanwhile" (7ACV26)	None

Season 8

Episode	Opening cartoon
Episode	Origin	Other uses	Image
"The Impossible Stream" (8ACV01)	Ain't She Sweet? (1933)		150px
"Children of a Lesser Bog" (8ACV02)	Room Runners (1932)		150px
"How The West Was 1010001" (8ACV03)	A Is for Atom (1953)		150px
"Parasites Regained" (8ACV04)	Betty Boop's May Party (1933)		150px
"Related to Items You've Viewed" (8ACV05)	Betty Boop's May Party (1933)		150px
"I Know What You Did Next Xmas" (8ACV06)	Jack Frost (1934)		150px
"Rage Against the Vaccine" (8ACV07)	Circus (1932)		150px
"Zapp Gets Cancelled" (8ACV08)	Chinaman's Chance (1933)		150px
"The Prince and the Product" (8ACV09)	Soda Squirt (1933)		150px
"All the Way Down" (8ACV10)	Pong (1972)		150px