The Simpsons

The Simpsons is an animated television comedy created by Matt Groening and developed with and. Originating as one-minute shorts on , it debuted as a stand-alone series on 17 December, 1989 and has gone on to become the longest-running American prime-time entertainment series ever. Because Futurama was also created by Groening and developed jointly with then-Simpsons writer David X. Cohen, it is only natural that Futurama would include references to The Simpsons occasionally within the show, and vice versa. Not to mention that owning the copyright means not having to license material. Many people have compared the Futurama characters with The Simpsons characters such as Bender Bending Rodriguez is Futurama 's or Cubert J. Farnsworth is Futurama 's. Following is a complete list of connections between Futurama and The Simpsons.

Crew
There have been a number of people who work on both The Simpsons and Futurama.

The Simpsons in Futurama
The Simpsons has appeared in Futurama on many occasions:

Futurama/The Simpsons Crossovers
In 2002 and 2005, Bongo comics published four special comics of The Simpsons and Futurama. They are considered non-canon. There are too many references too be listed here, so see individual pages for more information. The first series was called Futurama Simpsons Infinitely Secret Crossover Crisis and consisted of "Somewhere Over the Brain-bow!" and "Liquid Diamond Is Forever!". The second series was called The Simpsons Futurama Crossover Crisis II and consisted of "Slaves of New New York!" and "The Read Menace!".

Emmy Awards
Both The Simpsons and Futurama have been nominated several times for :

Futurama in The Simpsons
Futurama has appeared in The Simpsons on several occasions:

Futurama had not yet premiered.

Futurama had been premiered by this time.