2002

In-Universe

 * A barge filled with New York's garbage starts floating around the oceans of Earth for 50 years, as no will take it, not even "that really filthy one".

Real-World

 * 6 January
 * Episode fifty, "Anthology of Interest II", is aired on FOX.
 * 23 January
 * Comic seven, "New Year's Rockin' Evil", is released.
 * 28 January
 * Volume One is released in.
 * 10 February
 * Episode fifty-seven, "Love and Rocket", is aired on FOX. Season 4 premiere.
 * 17 February
 * Episode fifty-six, "Leela's Homeworld", is aired on FOX.
 * 3 March
 * Episode forty-two, "Where the Buggalo Roam", is aired on FOX.
 * 10 March
 * Episode forty-nine, "A Pharaoh to Remember", is aired on FOX.
 * 17 March
 * Episode fifty-two, "Godfellas", is aired on FOX.
 * 27 March
 * Comic eight, "Planet X-Press Men", is released.
 * 31 March
 * Episode fifty-three, "Future Stock", is aired on FOX.
 * 7 April
 * Episode forty-eight, "A Leela of Her Own", is aired on FOX.
 * '''14 April
 * Episode fifty-four, "The 30% Iron Chef", is aired on FOX. Season 3 finale.
 * 21 April
 * Episode sixty-five, "Where No Fan Has Gone Before", is aired on FOX.
 * 22 May
 * Comic nine, "Freaky Fry-day", is released.
 * 10 November
 * Episode sixty-two, "Crimes of the Hot", is aired on FOX.
 * 11 November
 * Volume Two is released in Region 2.
 * 17 November
 * Episode sixty-one, "Jurassic Bark", is aired on FOX.
 * 27 November
 * Volume One is released in Region 4.
 * Comic ten, "The Big Sweep", is released.
 * 8 December
 * Episode forty-four, "The Route of All Evil", is aired on FOX.
 * 22 December
 * Episode fifty-nine, "A Taste of Freedom", is aired on FOX.