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<div>{{Television infobox<br />
|name = ''The Simpsons''<br />
|image = [[File:TheSimpsons.jpg|225px]]<br />
|caption = ''The Simpsons'' logo.<br />
|genre = Comedy<br />
|format = Animation<br />
|created by = [[Matt Groening]]<br />
|developed by = {{s|James L. Brooks}}<br>[[Matt Groening]]<br>{{s|Sam Simon}}<br />
|origin = [[United States of America]]<br />
|first appear = <br />
|producer = {{s|Al Jean}}<br>{{s|James L. Brooks}}<br>[[Matt Groening]]<br>{{s|Sam Simon}}<br />
|runtime = Approximately 22 minutes<br />
|company = {{s|Gracie Films}}<br>[[20th Century Fox Television]]<br />
|channel = [[Fox Network]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''''The Simpsons''''' is an animated television comedy created by [[Matt Groening]] and developed with {{s|James L. Brooks}} and {{s|Sam Simon}}. Originating as one-minute shorts on ''{{w|The Tracey Ullman Show}}'', 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. Following is a complete list of connections between ''Futurama'' and ''The Simpsons''.<br />
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== Crew ==<br />
There have been a number of people who work on both ''The Simpsons'' and ''Futurama''.<br />
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=== Voices ===<br />
{| class="overview" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3"<br />
! style="width:150px;" | Name<br />
! Work in ''The Simpsons''<br />
! Work in ''Futurama''<br />
! style="width:205px;" | Image<br />
|-<br />
| [[Hank Azaria]] || He has voiced many characters (''for a complete list see {{s|Category:Characters voiced by Hank Azaria|here}}''), performed songs in 13 episodes and has appeared in many of the video games.||He voiced [[Harold Zoid]] in "[[That's Lobstertainment!]]".|| [[File:Hank azaria.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Nancy Cartwright]] || She is best known as the voice of {{s|Bart Simpson}}, although she is the voice of many secondary and one-time characters as well (''for a complete list see {{s|Category:Characters voiced by Nancy Cartwright|here}}'') and she has performed songs in 17 episodes.||She was credited for a soundbyte of Bart Simpson's line "Eat my shorts!" which was said by a doll on the garbage meteor in "[[A Big Piece of Garbage]]".|| [[File:Nancy cartwright.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Dan Castellaneta]] || He is the voice of {{s|Homer Simpson}}, although he is the voice of many secondary and one-time characters as well (''for a complete list see {{s|Category:Characters voiced by Dan Castellaneta|here}}''), he has performed songs in 43 episodes and has written 4 episodes.||He voiced the [[Robot Devil]] in "[[Hell Is Other Robots]]", "[[The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings]]" (he also voiced the [[Grumpy Snail (character)|Grumpy Snail]]), "[[Ghost in the Machines]]" and ''[[The Beast with a Billion Backs]]'', he performed songs in two of the episodes he appeared in.|| [[File:Dan Castellaneta.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Dick Clark]] || He voiced {{s|Dick Clark|himself}} in {{s|Treehouse of Horror X|"Treehouse of Horror X" (BABF01)}}. || He voiced himself in "[[Space Pilot 3000]]". || [[File:Dick Clark.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[John DiMaggio]] || He provided the voice of [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] in the {{s|season 16}} episode {{s|Future-Drama|"Future-Drama" (GABF12)}}. || He is the voice of Bender, but is also the voice of many secondary and one-time characters as well. || [[File:John DiMaggio.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[John Goodman]] || He played the biker {{s|Meathook}} in the {{s|season 11}} episode {{s|Take My Wife, Sleaze|"Take My Wife, Sleaze" (BABF05)}}. || He is the voice of the [[Robot Santa Claus]] in "[[Xmas Story]]". || [[File:John goodman.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Mark Hamill]] || He voiced {{s|Mark Hamill|himself}} in the {{s|season 10}} episode {{s|Mayored to the Mob|"Mayored to the Mob" (AABF05)}}. || Is the voice of the [[Chanukah Zombie]] in ''[[Bender's Big Score]]''. || [[File:Mark Hamill.PNG|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Stephen Hawking]] || He has voiced {{s|Stephen Hawking|himself}} in {{s|They Saved Lisa's Brain|"They Saved Lisa's Brain" (AABF18)}}, {{s|Don't Fear the Roofer|"Don't Fear the Roofer" (GABF10)}}, {{s|Stop or My Dog Will Shoot|"Stop or My Dog Will Shoot" (JABF12)}} and {{s|Elementary School Musical|"Elementary School Musical" (MABF21)}}.||He has voiced himself in "[[Anthology of Interest I]]", ''[[The Beast with a Billion Backs]]'', and "[[Reincarnation]]".|| [[File:Stephen hawking.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Jan Hooks]] || She was the voice of {{s|Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon}} for 6 episodes from 1997-2002. || She voiced [[Angleyne]] in the episode "[[Bendless Love]]". || [[File:Jan Hooks.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Maurice LaMarche]] || He is a recurring actor, providing voices to some minor characters (''for a complete list {{s|Maurice_LaMarche#Characters_voiced|see here}}'') || Is a regular performer, voicing many secondary and one-time characters.|| [[File:Maurice LaMarche.png|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Lucy Liu]] || She voiced {{s|Madam Wu}}, the Chinese adoption official in the {{s|season 16}} episode {{s|Goo Goo Gai Pan|"Goo Goo Gai Pan" (GABF06)}}. || She voiced herself in "[[I Dated a Robot]]" and "[[Love and Rocket]]". || [[File:Lucy Liu 2008.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Tress MacNeille]] || She is a regular performer, voicing many characters over hundreds of episodes (''for a complete list see {{s|Category:Characters voiced by Tress MacNeille|here}}'')|| She is a regular performer, voicing many secondary and one-time characters.|| [[File:Tress MacNeille.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Leonard Nimoy]] || He has voiced {{s|Leonard Nimoy|himself}} in {{s|Marge vs. the Monorail|"Marge vs. the Monorail" (9F10)}} and {{s|The Springfield Files|"The Springfield Files" (3G01)}}.||He has voiced himself in "[[Space Pilot 3000]]" and "[[Where No Fan Has Gone Before]]".|| [[File:Nimoy.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Conan O'Brien]] || He has voiced himself in {{s|Bart Gets Famous|"Bart Gets Famous" (1F11)}}, written 4 episodes, producer for 48, supervising producer for 6 episodes and wrote the "Monorail Song" in {{s|Marge vs. the Monorail|"Marge vs. the Monorail" (9F10)}}.||He voiced himself in "[[Xmas Story]]".|| [[File:Conan o brien.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Parker Posey]] || She voiced {{s|Otto Mann}}'s fiancée Becky in the {{s|season 11}} episode {{s|It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge|"It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge" (BABF18)}}. || She voiced the mermaid [[Umbriel]] in "[[The Deep South]]". || [[File:Parker Posey.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Sarah Silverman]] || She voiced the character {{s|Nikki McKenna}} in the {{s|season 21}} episode {{s|Stealing First Base|"Stealing First Base" (MABF07)}}. || She is the regular voice of [[Philip J. Fry|Fry's]] ex-girlfriend [[Michelle]]. || [[File:Sarah Silverman.png|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[George Takei]] || He appeared in {{s|George Takei|three episodes}} from 1991-2001, voicing three different characters including the first appearance of {{s|Akira}}. || He has voiced himself in "[[Where No Fan Has Gone Before]]", ''[[Bender's Game]]'', and "[[Proposition Infinity]]". || [[File:George Takei 1996.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Frank Welker]] || He voiced {{s|Santa's Little Helper}} and other animals in 19 episodes.||He has done a couple of voices, though he is best known for [[Nibbler]].|| [[File:Frank Welker.png|200px]]<br />
|}<br />
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=== Comics ===<br />
{| class="overview" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3"<br />
! style="width:150px;" | Name<br />
! Work in ''The Simpsons''<br />
! Work in ''Futurama''<br />
! style="width:205px;" | Image<br />
|-<br />
| [[Ian Boothby]] || He has written about 46 comics.|| He has written 24 comics, including all of ''The Simpsons'' crossovers.|| [[File:Ian boothby.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[John Delaney]] || He has drawn 13 comics.|| He has drawn 11 comics.|| '''''(N/A)'''''<br />
|-<br />
|[[Mike Kazaleh]] || He has drawn 3 comics.|| He has drawn 12 comics, as well as being a layout artist for the series.|| [[File:Mike Kazaleh.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Tom King]] || He has drawn 1 comic.|| He has drawn 6 comics, as well as being a layout artist for the series.|| '''''(N/A)'''''<br />
|-<br />
| [[James Lloyd]] || He has drawn 19 comics.|| He has drawn 15 comics, including all of '''The Simpsons'' crossovers.|| '''''(N/A)'''''<br />
|-<br />
|[[Bill Morrison]] || He was the co-founder for Bongo Comics and has been editor for all ''The Simpsons'' and ''Futurama'' comics.||''See left''|| [[File:Bill Morrison by Gage Skidmore.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Patric M. Verrone]] || He has written 4 comics, {{s|Milhouse of Sand and Fog|1 episode}}, and co-produced 2 episodes. || He has written [[Patric M. Verrone#Comics|4 comics]] and [[Patric M. Verrone#Episodes written|10 episodes]].|| [[File:Patric m verrone.jpg|200px]]<br />
|}<br />
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=== Other ===<br />
{| class="overview" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3"<br />
! style="width:150px;" | Name<br />
! Work in ''The Simpsons''<br />
! Work in ''Futurama''<br />
! style="width:205px;" | Image<br />
|-<br />
|[[J. Stewart Burns]] || Is a current writer and producer for the series, and composed "Merry Month of May" for the episode {{s|Marge Gamer|"Marge Gamer" (JABF10)}}. || Is a current writer and producer for the series, and composed the lyrics for "[[List of song performances#The Wagon Song|Bonanza]]" in "[[Where the Buggalo Roam]]". || [[File:J Stewart Burns.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[David X. Cohen]] || He did music/lyrics for {{s|The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show|"The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show" (4F12)}}, was writer for 35 episodes, story editor for 25 episodes, co-producer for 27 episodes, supervising producer for 15 episodes, co-executive producer for 10 episodes, producer for 9 episodes, consulting producer for 2 episodes and executive producer for 2 episodes.||He developed and was executive producer for all episodes, voiced The [[Die of Power]] in ''[[Bender's Game]]'', Fan #2 for the reading of "[[Futurama Returns]]" and the Computer in "[[Love's Labours Lost in Space]]", did music/lyrics for "[[Xmas Story]]" and "[[The Problem with Popplers]]", voice director for "[[Futurama (video game)]]" and designed one of the robots in the robot strip club.|| [[File:David X. Cohen.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Matt Groening]] || He is the creator and developer for all episodes, the movie and most games, executive producer for 418 episodes, creative consultant for 139 episodes and character designer for 133 episodes.|| He is creator, developer and producer for all episodes and films. || [[File:Matt Groening.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Ken Keeler]] || He was a writer for 7 episodes, producer for 30 episodes, supervising producer for 24 episodes, co-producer for 2 episodes, and wrote original song lyrics for 5 episodes. || He is a writer, co-executive producer, and executive producer for the series, and has written original song lyrics for the show. || [[File:Ken Keeler.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Bill Oakley]] || Along with [[Josh Weinstein]] he was a writer for 13 episodes, story editor for 25 episodes, executive producer for 51 episodes, supervising producer for 47 episodes, consulting producer for 21 episodes, contributed to the soundtrack for 3 episodes, and was show runner for seasons 7 and 8. || He was a consulting producer for 13 episodes during [[season 3]]. || [[File:Bill Oakley.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Richard Raynis]] || He was a line producer for 23 episodes, executive in charge of animation for 23 episodes, and is a current producer for the series. || He was a consulting producer for 55 episodes during the [[original run]]. || N/A<br />
|-<br />
|[[Brian Sheesley]] || He was an animation timer for three episodes in {{s|Season 7}}.||He has directed nine episodes.|| [[File:Brian sheesley.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Dan Vebber]] || He wrote the {{s|season 23}} episode {{s|The Book Job|"The Book Job" (NABF22)}}.||He is a current writer and producer for the series.||N/A<br />
|-<br />
|[[Josh Weinstein]] || Along with [[Bill Oakley]] he was a writer for 13 episodes, story editor for 25 episodes, executive producer for 51 episodes, supervising producer for 47 episodes, consulting producer for 21 episodes, contributed to the soundtrack for 3 episodes, and was show runner for seasons 7 and 8. || Is currently a writer and co-executive producer for the show, and previously was a consulting producer on 22 episodes. || [[File:Josh Weinstein.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Eric Rogers]] || He has penned about 8 comics.|| He has penned 16 comics, and is currently a writer for the show.|| '''''(N/A)'''''<br />
|}<br />
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== ''The Simpsons'' in ''Futurama'' ==<br />
''The Simpsons'' has appeared in ''Futurama'' on many occasions:<br />
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=== [[Season 1]] ===<br />
{| class="overview" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3"<br />
! style="width:225px;" | Episode<br />
! Reference<br />
! style="width:205px;" | Image<br />
|-<br />
| rowspan="5" |{{e|1ACV01}} || [[Blinky]], the Three-Eyed Fish, from ''The Simpsons'' makes a brief appearance in an underwater section of tube-way [[Fry]] travels through. || [[File:Blinky.png|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| The chef on the Panucci's Pizza box is very similar to the chef {{s|Luigi Risotto}} in ''The Simpsons''. In the Simpsons episode Co-Dependant's day he is actually posing for the cover of pizza boxes in a manner more or less exactly like the pizza box art in Futurama. || [[File:Panuccipizzabox.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| In ''The Simpsons'' two part episode {{s|Who Shot Mr. Burns?|"Who Shot Mr. Burns?" (2F16 & 2F20)}}, {{s|Waylon Smithers}} dreamt that {{s|Mr. Burns}} was in a race on the TV. The intro to the race was an information text saying "In Color". The same font and color like in "Space Pilot 3000". "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" aired approximately four years before "Space Pilot 3000" did. || [[File:Title Caption Episode 0101.png|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| In an early storyboard of this episode, Fry is watching ''The Simpsons'' on TV. This does not appear in the final episode. || [[File:Spacepilotstoryboard.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| ''Other references'': Rodney Dangerfield is drawn similar to his appearance in the Simpsons episode {{s|Burns, Baby Burns|"Burns, Baby Burns" (4F05)}} as {{s|Larry Burns}}, there is a {{s|Ralph Wiggum}}-like character when Fry rides the tube and the music in the background, while the [[suicide booth]] is trying to kill Fry, sounds ''Simpsons''-like in nature.|| '''''(N/A)'''''<br />
|-<br />
| {{e|1ACV03}} || The sequence in which Fry, [[Bender]], and [[Leela]] look at new apartments is very similar to a sequence in {{s|Lisa's First Word|"Lisa's First Word" (9F02)}}, in which Homer and Marge search for places to live for their growing family. || '''''(N/A)'''''<br />
|-<br />
| {{e|1ACV05}} || The Ralph Wiggum-like character, first seen in "Space Pilot 3000", makes a reappearance; he can be seen in the background of [[Madison Cube Garden]].|| '''''(N/A)'''''<br />
|-<br />
| {{e|1ACV07}} || The badge at second from the bottom of Bender's sash has a profile of Homer Simpson.|| [[File:Homeronsash.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| {{e|1ACV08}} || [[Bart Simpson doll]]s appear on the garbage ball. When the cord on one is pulled by Bender, it says "eat my shorts", one of Bart's catchphrases. After Bender eats the doll's shorts, he says "Mmm...shorts" which is a reference to one of Homer Simpson's quotes.|| [[File:Bart Simpson doll.png|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| rowspan="2" |{{e|1ACV09}} || When Fry and Leela open the door to [[Robot Hell]], in the bottom right side of the screen there is a heart with an arrow through etched on the wall, reading "H.S 4 M.B". This means Homer Simpson for Marge Bouvier.|| [[File:Hs4mb.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
|Dan Castellaneta, a voice actor from ''The Simpsons'', appears in this episode as the Robot Devil.|| [[File:Robot Devil.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| {{e|1ACV11}} || Bart and Homer dolls are prizes near [[Coney Island Community College]]. Also, a character looking a little like {{s|Professor Frink}} is biking past one of the college buildings. The same biker appears when [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth]] mentions Utah.|| [[File:Homerandbartdolls.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| {{e|1ACV12}} || Bender chokes Fry during Zapp Brannigan's briefing, and Fry's facial expression is similar to when Bart is being choked by Homer Simpson.|| [[File:Bender chokes Fry.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| {{e|1ACV13}} || The cartoon clip on the billboard in the opening credits is Bart, Lisa and Maggie in {{s|The Simpsons shorts}} episode "{{s|Making Faces}}" (on ''{{s|The Tracey Ullman Show}}'').|| [[File:Opening Cartoon Episode 0113.png|200px]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== [[Season 2]] ===<br />
{| class="overview" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3"<br />
! style="width:225px;" | Episode<br />
! Reference<br />
! style="width:205px;" | Image<br />
|-<br />
| {{e|2ACV05}} || The [[title caption]] for this episode says "From the network that brought you "''The Simpsons''""|| [[File:Title Caption Episode 0205.png|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| {{e|2ACV06}} || After the atom goes missing, the crew immediately blame [[Flexo]], thinking he is the "evil twin", however it turns out that Bender is in fact the evil one. This is similar to {{s|Treehouse of Horror VII|"Treehouse of Horror VII" (4F02)}}, in which Bart's supposedly "evil twin", Hugo, turns out to be the good one of the two, and Bart is the in fact the evil twin.|| '''''(N/A)'''''<br />
|-<br />
| {{e|2ACV07}}|| Sewing a head on someone's shoulder was previously done in {{s|Treehouse of Horror II|"Treehouse of Horror II" (8F02)}} with Mr Burns' head being sewn on to Homer's body.|| [[File:Headonbody.jpg|200px]] <br />
|-<br />
| {{e|2ACV16}} || The Professor calls the final story in this episode absurd, citing "Stephen Hawking in a pizzeria" as especially bad. Interestingly, in {{s|Don't Fear the Roofer|"Don't Fear the Roofer" (GABF10)}}, Stephen Hawking buys a Little Caesars pizzeria.|| [[File:Hawkingsimpsons.jpg|200px]]<br />
|}<br />
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=== [[Season 3]] ===<br />
{| class="overview" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3"<br />
! style="width:225px;" | Episode<br />
! Reference<br />
! style="width:205px;" | Image<br />
|-<br />
| {{E|3ACV02}}|| Fry tears off his shirt ala Groundskeeper Willie from the Simpsons in the episode {{s|Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song|"Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song" (1F18)}}.<br />
|-<br />
| {{e|3ACV03}}|| While Leela is saying the logical paradox that is supposed to stop [[Robot Santa Claus]], Bender covers his "ears" to not hear while humming. The tune he hums is ''The Simpsons''. This crossover is unique to the Spanish version.|| '''''(N/A)'''''<br />
|-<br />
| {{e|3ACV04}}|| On the shelf in the basement of the old house, there is a head of Bart Simpson.|| [[File:Barthead.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| {{e|3ACV08}}||Hank Azaria, a voice actor from ''The Simpsons'', appears in this episode as Harold Zoid.|| [[File:Harold zoid.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| {{e|3ACV11}}|| Fry's "Battle droid" attack is like one used by Bart Simpson in "{{s|Lisa on Ice}}". David X Cohen and his sister used this when they were kids.|| '''''(N/A)'''''<br />
|-<br />
| {{e|3ACV18}}|| When Bender is human, his human alter-ego looks exactly like a 31st century version of Homer Simpson. Bender is overweight and is wearing a white shirt and blue trousers, although he has a lot more hair and no beard.|| [[File:Human Bender.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| rowspan="2" | {{e|3ACV19}}|| One of the stores in the episode is called "Gil's Televisual Radios". {{s|Gil Gunderson}} is a character from ''The Simpsons'' who sold many different items.|| [[File:Gilstvs.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| One of the clocks they fly past and that ends up inside the ship is the 'Felix the cat' clock from ''The Simpsons''. Another reference is the way Enos' sergeant yells "Enos!" is the same as the way {{s|Gary Chalmers}} yells "Skinner!".||[[File:Catclock.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| {{e|3ACV20}}|| This episode is similar to a segment of {{s|Treehouse of Horror VII|"Treehouse of Horror VII" (4F02)}} in which Lisa become god of a tiny race.|| '''''(N/A)'''''<br />
|}<br />
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=== [[Season 4]] ===<br />
{| class="overview" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3"<br />
! style="width:225px;" | Episode<br />
! Reference<br />
! style="width:205px;" | Image<br />
|-<br />
| {{e|4ACV02}}|| Among the parts of parade balloons used in creating the hot air balloon that returns to the surface, is a Bart Simpson balloon.|| [[File:Bartballoon.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| rowspan="2" | {{e|4ACV05}}|| "Freedom Day" is a lot like "Do What You Feel Day" in {{s|Bart's Inner Child|"Bart's Inner Child" (1F05)}}.<br />
|-<br />
| One of the booing people resembles {{s|Kent Brockman}}.<br />
|-<br />
| {{e|4ACV07}}|| The hole of the miniature windmill is closed until further notice due to someone being inconsiderate and creating an unsanitary condition. This this is a reference to {{s|Natural Born Kissers|"Natural Born Kissers" (5F18)}} in which Homer and Marge have sex at a minigolf windmill.|| [[File:Unsanitarywindmill.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| {{e|4ACV11}}||In the [[Head Museum]], one of the heads appears to be that of {{s|Apu Nahasapeemapetilon}} from ''The Simpsons''.|| [[File:Apu head.png|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{e|4ACV13}}|| The robot at the gender test can't wait for Coilette/Bender because he wants to go home to see "The Simpsons Zombies". In the original version says I have to get home to watch "The Zombie Osbournes". Similar to "[[A Tale of Two Santas]]", this crossover is exclusive to the Spanish version.|| '''''(N/A)'''''<br />
|-<br />
| {{e|4ACV14}}||The scene where Bender sees the cymbal banging monkey after waking up is the same one from {{s|The Computer Wore Menace Shoes|"The Computer Wore Menace Shoes" (CABF02)}} where Homer, after waking up from the drugs sees the monkey. Also, [[Cartridge Unit]] says WHAT?! and then sticks in the same tape and says WHAT?! ''The Simpsons'' have a similar joke where Homer writes on a chalkboard YES, then erases it and writes YES, in the episode "{{s|Jaws Wired Shut}}".|| '''''(N/A)'''''<br />
|-<br />
| {{e|4ACV16}}||This episode is similar to ''The Simpsons'' episode {{s|22 Short Films About Springfield|"22 Short Films About Springfield" (3F18)}}, which David X Cohen co-wrote. According to the DVD commentary, it is partially based on it. Also, In this episode when the gang hears about their tax refund Amy remarks "I'm slightly richer". This is similar to when Mr. Burns exclaims "We're slightly richer", when he and the "rich side of town" discover some gold in {{s|A Tale of Two Springfields|"A Tale of Two Springfields" (BABF20)}}.|| '''''(N/A)'''''<br />
|-<br />
| {{e|4ACV18}}|| Dan Castellaneta, a voice actor from ''The Simpsons'', appears in this episode as the Robot Devil.|| [[File:Dhaipt.jpg|200px]]<br />
|}<br />
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=== [[Season 5|Films]] ===<br />
{| class="overview" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3"<br />
! style="width:225px;" | Film<br />
! Reference<br />
! style="width:205px;" | Image<br />
|-<br />
|{{f|1}}||When in Egypt, Bender says "Scarab forearm bird bird bird!", which, when translated to heiroglyphs, means "kheper d", then a, w, o, or m three times. In short, nothing. But, this is also the same version of the Egyptian used by Pharaoh Skinner in {{s|Simpsons Bible Stories|"Simpsons Bible Stories" (AABF14)}}. Also, Apu, as a head, appears in this film.|| [[File:Scarabforearmscarab.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| rowspan="2" | {{f|2}}||The end credits show the actor's name, together with an array of pictures of the characters they voiced. This is similar to ''{{s|The Simpsons Movie}}''.|| [[File:Creditsbwabb.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
|Dan Castellaneta, a voice actor from ''The Simpsons'', appears in this film as the Robot Devil.|| [[File:Devilbwabb.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{f|3}}||[[Morcs]] is also the name of the {{s|Moe Szyslak|Moe}} orcs from ''{{s|The Simpsons Game}}''. Another good reference is that Leela has to wear a shock collar. {{s|Nelson Muntz}} was forced to wear one in the Simpsons episode {{s|Brother's Little Helper|"Brother's Little Helper" (AABF22)}} and the collar also triggers when Nelson thinks about violence or sexual pleasure, like Leela's collar.|| '''''(N/A)'''''<br />
|-<br />
| rowspan="2" | {{f|4}}||After Brannigan and Bender overhear the conversation between Leela and Fry, using some sort of spying device, Brannigan orders Kif to set the coordinates to 36-24-36. This is Bart's locker combination from ''The Simpsons''.|| '''''(N/A)'''''<br />
|-<br />
|{{s|Disco Stu}} is seen in the crowd, as is [[Matt Groening's head]].|| [[File:Audience.png|200px]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== Season 6 ===<br />
{| class="overview" cellspacing=''1'' cellpading=''3''<br />
! style="width:224px;" | Episode<br />
! Reference<br />
! style="width:205px;" | Image<br />
|-<br />
| {{e|In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela}}||The V-Chip censored programs including [[The Simpsons|The Pimpsons]] and [[Futurama|Assarama]] || [[file:V-GINY inside.png|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| {{e|Attack of the Killer App}}||One of the people infected by the [[Twitt-Worm]] bear a striking resemblance to {{s|Krusty the Clown}}. Although the faux-Krusty previously appeared in the episode {{e|When Aliens Attack}}. || [[file:Krusty.png|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| {{e|That Darn Katz!}}||Nibbler's revolver is a Smith and Wesson, the same revolver that {{s|Abraham Simpson}} owned in {{s|Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)|"Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)" (2F16)}}. ||<br />
|-<br />
| rowspan="2"| {{e|Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences}}||[[Matt Groening's head]] is presented as the creator of The Simpsons. ||[[File:Matt Groening's head.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| Bender asks when the second {{s|The Simpsons Movie|Simpsons movie}} is coming out, and when shot by [[Matt Groening's head|Matt Groening]], he shouts "{{s|D'oh!}}", Homer Simpson's catch phrase. || [[file:Another Simpsons movie.png|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| {{e|6ACV13}}||The Holiday Spectacular is sponsored by ''[[Gunderson's Nuts]]'', a possible reference to the Simpsons character {{s|Gil Gunderson}}, who had an idea for unshelled nuts. || [[File:Gunderson's Unshelled Nuts.png|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| {{e|6ACV18}} || Fry develops a condition called "Simpsons jaundice", which turns his skin yellow. He then utters "{{s|Ay caramba!}}" || [[File:Simpsons jaundice.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| {{e|6ACV19}} || [[Dan Castellaneta]], the voice of {{s|Homer Simpson}}, guest stars as the [[Robot Devil]]. || [[File:Wikipedia.png|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| {{e|6ACV25}} || Bender reads ''The Complete Simpson Episode Guide'' when he is overclocked. ||<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== [[Comic Listing|Comics]] ===<br />
{| class="overview" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3"<br />
! style="width:225px;" | Issue<br />
! Reference<br />
! style="width:205px;" | Image<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan="2" | {{clink|US#001|Monkey Sea, Monkey Doom!}}||Fry is bored and has carved a bust of Homer using plasticine. In addition, the package of Play-doh is rotated so that it reads the word "Doh", his famous quote.|| [[File:Playdohhomer.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| At the bottom of the panel, you can see the top of Barts head.|| [[File:Topofbartshead.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{clink|US#003|The Owner Of Mars Attacks!}}||At the market, an [[Omicronian]] is buying a Bart Simpson doll.|| [[File:Bartdollcomics.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| rowspan="3" | {{clink|US#005|Who's Dying to Be a Gazillionaire?}}||On the cover, {{s|Milhouse Van Houten}} is seen and Fry, Bender, Leela and Amy are on the couch, seen in ''The Simpsons''.|| [[File:Futurama Comic 5.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
|Fry strangling Farnsworth is similar to Homer strangling Bart in ''The Simpsons''.|| [[File:Strangling.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
|In the audience there are two heads reminiscent of Marge and Bart. Also, the head to the right could be Grampa.|| [[File:Lookhard.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| rowspan="2" | {{clink|US#015|Fry Me to the Moon}}||There is a nerd at the store who resembles {{s|Comic Book Guy}}.|| [[File:Comicbookguycomics.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
|The director plans to go into pre-production of a live action ''The Simpsons''.|| [[File:Liveactionsimpsons.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{clink|US#018|The Time Bender Trilogy: Part 2}}||Leela talks to the Greek poet Homer and she mistakes him for Homer Simpson.|| [[File:Homergreekpoet.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{clink|US#027|Rotten To The Core}}||Fry has a collection of ''The Simpsons'' comics, preserved in perfect condition. Fry argues that the comic is #122, which was published two weeks before this issue.|| [[File:Frysimpsoncollection.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{clink|US#028|Let's Twist Again}}||Fry watches ''The Simpsons'' on TV.|| [[File:Simpsonsontv.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{clink|US#039|Rust in Peace}}||There is a Bart Simpson doll at the fair.|| [[File:Bartdollcomicsrip.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{clink|US#040|Robot Santa's Little Helpers}}||The title may be a reference to Santa's Little Helper.|| '''''(N/A)'''''<br />
|-<br />
| rowspan="2" | {{clink|US#S02|Futurama Returns}}||{{s|Maude Flanders}} is seen outside the Carton Network building.|| [[File:Maude.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| A character resembling Comic Book Guy appears at Packagecon. || [[File:Comicbookguyreturns.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{cmlink|Futurama Conquers The Universe-mini|Leela & Amy in Hostile Makeover|Futurama Conquers The Universe#Leela & Amy in Hostile Makeover}}|| Leela gets a haircut which resembles Marge Simpson's. || '''''(N/A)'''''<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==== ''Futurama/The Simpsons'' Crossovers ====<br />
In 2002 and 2005, Bongo comics published four special {{w|Fictional crossover|crossover}} 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!]]".<br />
<br />
=== Other ===<br />
{| class="overview" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3"<br />
! Reference<br />
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|-<br />
|[[Zapp Brannigan]] is slightly based on {{s|Troy McClure}} as a tribute to [[Phil Hartman]]. Phil Hartman was the voice of Troy McClure, and was also scheduled to be the voice of Zapp Brannigan until his untimely death. He was instead voiced by [[Billy West]].|| [[File:Zapptroy.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Number 9 Man|Nine]] looks faintly similar to Homer.|| [[File:Homernumber9.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Helmut Spargle]] is very similar to {{s|Hans Moleman}}.|| [[File:MolemanSpargle.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Smitty]] is faintly similar to {{s|Squeaky-Voiced Teen|Squeaky-Voiced Teen}}.||<br />
|-<br />
|[[Ipgee]] looks faintly similar to {{s|Apu Nahasapeemapetilon}}.|| [[File:Apuipgee.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Horrible Gelatinous Blob]], and his species [[Blobs]], are similar to the re-recurring "{{s|Space Mutants}}" of ''The Simpsons''.|| [[File:Blobsspacemutants.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| The [[Fratbots]] resemble the characters {{s|Benjamin}}, {{s|Doug (nerd)|Doug}} and {{s|Gary (nerd)|Gary}} from ''The Simpsons'': Both [[Gearshift]] and Benjamin are the tallest; [[Oily]] would be Doug and both [[Fatbot]] and Gary are the fattest. Also, they are all students at university.|| [[File:Fratbots.png|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
|The [[Robot Mafia]] may resemble the characters {{s|Fat Tony}}, {{s|Legs}} and {{s|Louie}} from ''The Simpsons'': Both [[Donbot]] and Fat Tony are the bosses and the fattest; [[Joey Mousepad]] would be Legs and [[Clamps]]'s face looks similar like Louie's.|| [[File:Robot Mafia.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| Early versions of the characters in ''Futurama'' had five fingers to differentiate from ''The Simpsons'', but it looked weird and was changed. [[Poster Guy]] still retains the extra finger.|| [[File:Poster Guy.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| Matt Groening mocked ''The Simpsons'' commentaries in the commentary for "[[Commentary:Love and Rocket|Love and Rocket]]" and says that ''Futurama'' commentaries are a lot more lively.|| '''''(N/A)'''''<br />
|-<br />
|Fry's middle initial is J. This seems to be a popular choice for Matt Groening characters, having used it for Homer Simpson, Bart Simpson and Grampa on ''The Simpsons''. Matt uses the "J." middle name, referring to one of his favourite shows, {{w|The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show}}.|| '''''(N/A)'''''<br />
|-<br />
|''Futurama'', like ''The Simpsons'', tends to poke fun at the {{w|Fox Broadcasting Company}}. An example of such would be the [[Box Network]].|| [[File:Box Network.gif|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
|Both of the [[Anthology of Interest]] episodes (and to a lesser extent, the [[Comics]]) are similar in nature to ''The Simpsons'' {{s|Treehouse of Horror (series)|Treehouse of Horror Halloween episodes}}.|| '''''(N/A)'''''<br />
|-<br />
|The [[Volume 4#AL1 Message|AL1 message]] on [[Volume 4]] refers to ''Futurama'' fans, and everyone involved in the show, as "Nerdlingers". This is a term that comes from a stereotypical nerd character in the movie ''{{s|School of Hard Knockers}}'', a college film Homer Simpson is watching in "{{s|Homer Goes to College}}".|| '''''(N/A)'''''<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==== Emmy Awards ====<br />
Both ''The Simpsons'' and ''Futurama'' have been nominated several times for {{w|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour)}}:<br />
{| class="overview" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3"<br />
! Year<br />
! ''Futurama'' episode<br />
! ''The Simpsons'' episode<br />
! Result<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|51st Primetime Emmy Awards|1999}} || "[[A Big Piece of Garbage]]" || {{s|Viva Ned Flanders|"Viva Ned Flanders" (AABF06)}} || Neither (''{{w|King of the Hill}}'')<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|52nd Primetime Emmy Awards|2000}} || No nomination || {{s|Behind the Laughter|"Behind the Laughter" (BABF19)}} || ''The Simpsons''<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|53rd Primetime Emmy Awards|2001}} || "[[Amazon Women in the Mood]]" || {{s|HOMR|"HOMR" (BABF22)}} || ''The Simpsons''<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|54th Primetime Emmy Awards|2002}}|| "[[Roswell that Ends Well]]" || {{s|She of Little Faith|"She of Little Faith" (DABF02)}} || ''Futurama''<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|55th Primetime Emmy Awards|2003}} || "[[Jurassic Bark]]" || {{s|Three Gays of the Condo|"Three Gays of the Condo" (EABF12)}} || ''The Simpsons''<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|56th Primetime Emmy Awards|2004}} || "[[The Sting]]" || {{s|The Way We Weren't|"The Way We Weren't" (FABF13)}} || Neither (''{{w|Samurai Jack}}'')<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|57th Primetime Emmy Awards|2005}} || Cancelled || {{s|Future-Drama|"Future-Drama" (GABF12)}} || Neither (''{{w|South Park}}'')<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|58th Primetime Emmy Awards|2006}} || Cancelled || {{s|The Seemingly Never-Ending Story|"The Seemingly Never-Ending Story" (HABF06)}} || ''The Simpsons''<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|59th Primetime Emmy Awards|2007}} || Cancelled || {{s|The Haw-Hawed Couple|"The Haw-Hawed Couple" (JABF02)}} || Neither (''{{w|South Park}}'')<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|60th Primetime Emmy Awards|2008}} || No nomination || {{s|Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind|"Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind" (KABF02)}} || ''The Simpsons''<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|61st Primetime Emmy Awards|2009}} || No nomination || {{s|Gone Maggie Gone|"Gone Maggie Gone" (LABF04)}} || Neither (''{{w|South Park}}'')<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|62nd Primetime Emmy Awards|2010}} || No nomination || {{s|Once Upon a Time in Springfield|"Once Upon a Time in Springfield" (LABF20)}} || Neither (''{{w|Prep & Landing}})<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|63rd Primetime Emmy Awards|2011}} || "[[The Late Philip J. Fry]]" || {{s|Angry Dad: The Movie|"Angry Dad: The Movie" (NABF07)}} || ''Futurama''<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== ''Futurama'' in ''The Simpsons'' ==<br />
''Futurama'' has appeared in ''The Simpsons'' on several occasions:<br />
<br />
=== {{s|Category:Episodes|Episodes}} ===<br />
<br />
==== {{s|Season 5}} ====<br />
''Futurama'' had not yet premiered.<br />
{| class="overview" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3"<br />
! style="width:200px;" | Episode<br />
! Reference<br />
! style="width:205px;" | Image<br />
|-<br />
| {{s|Rosebud|"Rosebud" (1F01)}} || In Burns's dream about the future, he appears as a [[head in a jar]] (with robotic body).<br />This episode aired approximately 5 and a half years before ''Futurama'' started. || [[File:Burnshead.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| {{s|Homer Goes to College|"Homer Goes to College" (1F02)}} || The first use of the word "[[Nerdlinger]]" occurs when Homer is watching ''{{s|School of Hard Knockers}}'' and sees the same-named character (on the right in the picture).<br>The episode aired 5 years and 5.5 months before ''Futurama'' started. || [[File:Nerdlinger.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| {{s|Bart Gets Famous|"Bart Gets Famous" (1F11)}} || {{w|Kitty Carlisle}}'s head in a jar is in Bart's dream about his future.<br />This episode aired approximately 5 years and a month before ''Futurama'' started. || [[File:Simpsonsheadinjar.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| {{s|Homer Loves Flanders|"Homer Loves Flanders" (1F14)}} || Kent Brockman gives a report on the U.S. Army, which he describes as a "[[Killbot|Kill-Bot]] Factory".<br />This episode aired exactly 5 years and 11 days before ''Futurama'' started. || [[File:Simpsons 1F14 Killbot Factory.jpg|200px]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==== {{s|Season 6}} ====<br />
{| class="overview" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3"<br />
! style="width:200px;" | Episode<br />
! Reference<br />
! style="width:205px;" | Image<br />
|-<br />
| {{s|Itchy & Scratchy Land|"Itchy & Scratchy Land" (2F01)}} || The robotic arms behind {{w|Professor Frink}} are very similar to the arms of Bender in form (even with three fingers) and colours.<br />This episode aired approximately 4 and a half years before ''Futurama'' started. || [[File:Frinkwithbenderarms.jpg|200px]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==== {{s|Season 8}} ====<br />
{| class="overview" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3"<br />
! style="width:200px;" | Episode<br />
! Reference<br />
! style="width:205px;" | Image<br />
|-<br />
| rowspan="2" | {{s|Treehouse of Horror VII|"Treehouse of Horror VII" (4F02)}} || The city is built around the tooth Lisa keeps a resemblance to the city of [[New New York]], especially the [[Tube Transport System]]. It is also similar to the [[Season 3]] episode "[[Godfellas]]".<br />This episode aired approximately 2 and a half years before ''Futurama'' started. || [[File:Toothcity.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| Some of the ships leaving the miniature city are similar to the [[Planet Express ship]]. || [[File:Shipsinsimpsons.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| {{s|Homer's Phobia|"Homer's Phobia" (4F11)}} || A Robot Santa Claus (similar to ''Futurama'''s) appears in this episode.<br />This episode aired approximately 2 years and a month before ''Futurama'' started. || [[File:Robotsantasimpsons.jpg|200px]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==== {{s|Season 10}} ====<br />
{| class="overview" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3"<br />
! style="width:200px;" | Episode<br />
! Reference<br />
! style="width:205px;" | Image<br />
|-<br />
| {{s|Treehouse of Horror IX|"Treehouse of Horror X" (AABF01)}} || In the opening credits, David "Watch ''Futurama''" Cohen appears as executive producer. || [[File:Watchuturamacohen.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| {{s|Mayored to the Mob|"Mayored to the Mob" (AABF05)}} || {{s|Üter Zörker}} is seen wearing a ''Futurama'' T-Shirt at the {{s|Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con}}.<br />This episode aired approximately 3 months before ''Futurama'' started. || [[File:Uterfuturamashirt.jpg|200px]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==== {{s|Season 11}} ====<br />
''Futurama'' had been premiered by this time.<br />
{| class="overview" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3"<br />
! style="width:200px;" | Episode<br />
! Reference<br />
! style="width:205px;" | Image<br />
|-<br />
| {{s|Missionary: Impossible|"Missionary: Impossible" (BABF11)}} || Bender is seen working for Fox. || [[File:Benderonpbs.jpg|200px]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==== {{s|Season 12}} ====<br />
{| class="overview" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3"<br />
! style="width:200px;" | Episode<br />
! Reference<br />
! style="width:205px;" | Image<br />
|-<br />
| {{s|HOMR|"HOMR" (BABF22)}} || The couch gag shows the family enter through [[Tube Transport System|tubes]] with Bart replaced by Fry, only for Fry to be sucked up and replaced by Bart. || [[File:Fryonthecouch.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| {{s|Trilogy of Error|"Trilogy of Error" (CABF14)}} || {{s|Linguo}} bears a slight resemblance to Bender. For example in the shape of the head and antenna. Moreover, Homer gets Linguo to drink beer which again may be a reference to Bender. || [[File:Linguia.jpg|200px]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==== {{s|Season 14}} ====<br />
{| class="overview" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3"<br />
! style="width:200px;" | Episode<br />
! Reference<br />
! style="width:205px;" | Image<br />
|-<br />
| {{s|Bart vs. Lisa vs. the Third Grade|"Bart vs. Lisa vs. the Third Grade" (DABF20)}} || Bart starts to hallucinate due to lack of sleep and sees Bender among other TV show characters. || [[File:Bartvslisavs3rdgrade.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| {{s|Helter Shelter|"Helter Shelter" (DABF21)}} || A model of the Planet Express Ship is on {{s|Comic Book Guy}}'s shelf.|| [[File:Cbg'sshelf.jpg|200px]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==== {{s|Season 15}} ====<br />
{| class="overview" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3"<br />
! style="width:200px;" | Episode<br />
! Reference<br />
! style="width:205px;" | Image<br />
|-<br />
| {{s|I, (Annoyed Grunt)-Bot|"I, (Annoyed Grunt)-Bot" (FABF04)}} || Bender's name appears on a videotape fighting Killhammad Aieee. || [[File:Benderfighttape.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| {{s|My Big Fat Geek Wedding|"My Big Fat Geek Wedding" (FABF12)}} || Matt Groening appears in this episode as the creator of ''Futurama'', signing Bender dolls at the Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con. He also draws a sketch of Fry for a fan.|| [[File:Groeningpromo.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| {{s|Catch 'Em If You Can|"Catch 'Em If You Can" (FABF14)}} || There is a ''Futurama'' poster on one wall of the store videos.|| [[File:Futuramaposter.jpg|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
| {{s|Fraudcast News|"Fraudcast News" (FABF18)}}||The {{s|Squeaky-Voiced Teen}} attempts suicide and, while jumping off a cliff, screams "Why did they cancel ''Futurama''?"|| '''''(N/A)'''''<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==== {{s|Season 16}} ====<br />
{| class="overview" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3"<br />
! style="width:200px;" | Episode<br />
! Reference<br />
! style="width:205px;" | Image<br />
|-<br />
| {{s|Future-Drama|"Future-Drama" (GABF12)}} || Bender appears in the hovercar Homer and Bart are driving after crossing a "quantum tunnel". There are references to heads preserved in jars, [[Hovercar]]s and cities similar to ''Futurama''. Homer's under water house is resembles one that Fry considers buying in "[[I, Roommate]]". The title, "Future-Drama", is an obvious reference to the title of ''Futurama'' itself. || [[File:Bender on the Simpsons.jpg|200px]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==== {{s|Season 19}} ====<br />
{| class="overview" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3"<br />
! style="width:200px;" | Episode<br />
! Reference<br />
! style="width:205px;" | Image<br />
|-<br />
| {{s|That 90's Show|"That 90's Show" (KABF04)}}||Homer mentions that Matt Groening was working hard to release ''Futurama'' during the 1990s.|| '''''(N/A)'''''<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==== {{s|Season 20}} ====<br />
{| class="overview" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3"<br />
! style="width:200px;" | Episode<br />
! Reference<br />
! style="width:205px;" | Image<br />
|-<br />
| {{s|Lisa the Drama Queen|"Lisa the Drama Queen" (KABF22)}}||The "Two-nicorn" belches out rainbows and then exclaims "I didn't know I could do that!" This is very similar to [[Stephen Hawking]] shooting lasers out of his eyes and then saying the same sentence in ''[[The Beast with a Billion Backs]]''.|| '''''(N/A)'''''<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==== {{s|Season 21}} ====<br />
{| class="overview" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3"<br />
! style="width:200px;" | Episode<br />
! Reference<br />
! style="width:205px;" | Image<br />
|-<br />
| {{s|Treehouse of Horror XX|"Treehouse of Horror XX" (LABF14)}} || {{s|Hubert Wong}}, who looks similar to and has the same last name as [[Amy Wong]] and the same first name as [[Hubert Farnsworth]] is seen.|| [[File:Hubert Wong.png|200px]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==== {{s|Season 22}} ====<br />
{| class="overview" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3"<br />
! style="width:200px;" | Episode<br />
! Reference<br />
! style="width:205px;" | Image<br />
|-<br />
| {{s|Love is a Many-Strangled Thing|"Love Is A Many Strangled Thing" (NABF10)}} || The Planet Express ship appears on the title screen gag, and the ''Futurama'' theme song plays for a few seconds before the original ''Simpsons'' theme. || [[file:futurama-simpsons-opening.png|200px]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==== {{s|Season 23}} ====<br />
{| class="overview" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3"<br />
! style="width:200px;" | Episode<br />
! Reference<br />
! style="width:205px;" | Image<br />
|-<br />
| rowspan="2"|{{s|Holidays of Future Passed|"Holidays of Future Passed" (NABF18)}} || At {{s|Heathrow Teleport}}, a passenger in front of {{s|Maggie Simpson}} enters a teleporter to [[New New York]].|| [[File:SimpsonsNNY.png|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
|The {{s|Ultranet}} is very similar to, and may draw inspiration from, ''Futurama's'' [[Internet]]. || [[File:Ultranet.png|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{s|The Food Wife|"The Food Wife" (NABF20)}} || There is a show called ''{{s|Iron Cook}}'', a reference to the [[Iron Cook|show of the same name]] in "[[The 30% Iron Chef]]". || [[File:Iron Cook Simpsons.png|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{s|Replaceable You|"Replaceable You" (NABF21)}} || [[Bender]] appears on an issue of ''{{s|Popular Robotics}}''. || [[File:Popular Robotics.png|200px]]<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== {{s|Category:Video games (real world)|Video games}} ===<br />
{| class="overview" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3"<br />
! style="width:200px;" |Game<br />
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| "{{s|The Simpsons Game}}" || Bender and Dr. Zoidberg are characters at the end of Level 15 - "In Search Of an Author." Fry also appears in a painting from Matt Groening.|| [[File:Simpsonsgame.jpg|200px]]<br />
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| #50 || There is a cameo appearance by Fry at the wall. ''(Top centre)''|| [[File:Frysimpsonscomics.jpg|200px]]<br />
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| #84 || On the cover the hair of Leela and Fry can be seen. ''(Centre right)''|| [[File:Simpsonscomic84.jpg|200px]]<br />
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| #85 || There is a cameo appearance by Bender on the cover of the "Corporate Annual Reports" of Bongo.|| [[File:Bongoreport.jpg|200px]]<br />
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| #95 || Homer (nearly) exclaims "[[Bite my shiny metal ass]]", Bender's phrase.|| [[File:Homersma.jpg|200px]]<br />
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| rowspan="2" |#100 || There is a cameo appearance by Bender. ''(Centre)''|| [[File:Bender100.jpg|200px]]<br />
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| {{s|Category:Simpsons_Super_Spectacular|"Simpsons Super Spectacular"}}|| #6 || The [[Planet Express]] crew appear at the end of this comic.|| [[File:Ssspec.jpg|200px]]<br />
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| "The Simpsons Holiday Humdinger"|| || There is a toy of Robot Santa Claus when Comic Book Guy is daydreaming of being Santa.||[[File:Humdinger.jpg|200px]]<br />
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| rowspan="2" |"Free Comic Book Day"|| 2005|| The two covers for this comic include ''Futurama'' comics on them. This issue also has "[[The Bender You Say]]" among the comics inside it. This first cover has "[[The Owner of Mars Attacks!]]" on it.||[[File:Fcbd1.jpg|200px]]<br />
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| 2005|| The second cover has "[[The Time Bender Trilogy: Part 3]]" on it.||[[File:Fcbd2.jpg|200px]]<br />
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[[Category:The Simpsons| ]]</div>174.20.244.115http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Space_Pilot_3000&diff=108528Space Pilot 30002012-02-15T02:38:49Z<p>174.20.244.115: </p>
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<div>{{episode infobox<br />
|name=Space Pilot 3000<br />
|no=1<br />
|image=[[File:Space Pilot 3000.jpg|225px|]]<br />
|image text=Fry sees the future for the first time<br />
|season=1<br />
|number=1ACV01<br />
|caption=In color<br />
|first aired=28 March, 1999<br />
|written A by=David X. Cohen<br />
|written B by=Matt Groening<br />
|directed A by=Rich Moore<br />
|directed B by=Gregg Vanzo<br />
|title reference=The fact that it is a {{w|television pilot|pilot episode}} and ''{{w|Mystery Science Theater 3000}}''.<br />
|caption reference=<br />
|opening cartoon=Little Buck Cheeser by {{w|Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM}} {{w|Happy Harmonies#1937|(1937)}}<br />
|broadcast number=S01E01<br />
|special guest=[[Dick Clark's head|Dick Clark]]<br />[[Leonard Nimoy]]<br />
|hasanimatic=yes<br />
|hasstoryboard=yes<br />
|prev ep=Episode Listing<br />
|next ep=The Series Has Landed<br />
}}<br />
"'''Space Pilot 3000'''" is the first and pilot episode of ''[[Futurama]]'' and of the [[Season 1|first season]]. It aired 28 March, 1999 on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX]]. It guest stars [[Leonard Nimoy]] and [[Dick Clark's head|Dick Clark]] as themselves in [[Head Jars|jars]]. [[Philip J. Fry]], a [[Old New York|New York]] pizza delivery boy winds up in a [[Applied Cryogenics|cryogenics lab]] and wakes up a thousand years later, where he meets [[Turanga Leela]] and [[Bender Bending Rodríguez]], who all apply for a job at [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth]]'s [[Planet Express]].<br />
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== The Story ==<br />
[[File:Frozen Fry.jpg|left|thumb|Fry being frozen]]<br />
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=== Act I: "Here's to another lousy millennium!" ===<br />
Pizza delivery boy [[Philip J. Fry]] hates his life; he has to deliver a pizza without pay, [[Michelle|his girlfriend]] dumps him and begins dating a [[Charles Constantine|new man]], and [[Bike thief|someone]] steals his bike, and it all happens on [[New Year, 3000|New Year's]] Eve of [[Timeline|2000]]. The pizza goes to someone named "[[I. C. Wiener]]" in a [[Applied Cryogenics|cryogenics lab]], where Fry soon realises that it was a prank call. He sits down and drinks one of the beers, toasting to "another lousy millennium." The bell tolls midnight and he unenthusiastically blows a noise maker when it knocks back in his face, causing him to fall backwards into a [[Cryogenic Freezing Chamber|cryogenics tube]]. The tube sets itself for a thousand years and Fry is frozen. As he lies in wait for the next thousand years, the city of [[Old New York|New York]] changes&mdash;it is [[The First Destruction of New York City|destroyed]] by a group of [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|mysterious spaceships]]. It is rebuilt into primitive Medieval-era castles, only to be destroyed again by more ships. By the time Fry awakens, he sees that New York has become an [[New New York|extremely futuristic metropolis]] and immediately deduces that he is in the future. He realizes that he will never see his friends, family and girlfriend again...and he couldn't be any happier. The [[Opening Sequence]] rolls.<br />
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=== Act II: "Have a nice future!" ===<br />
Fry is greeted by two workers at the lab&mdash;[[Terry|one of them]] gives an extremely melodramatic greeting ("Welcome to the world of tomorrow!"). He is escorted to the Fate Assignment Officer's Office where he meets [[Turanga Leela|Leela]], a beautiful woman with a huge eye in the center of her face, who explains that it is 31 December, 2999.<br />
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A DNA scan reveals that he has only one living relative in this time period: his many times great nephew [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth]]. Fry begins looking forward to his life in the future until Leela assigns him a permanent career as a delivery boy. Fry refuses to be a delivery boy again, but Leela says that everyone&mdash;even herself&mdash;has to do a job whether they like it or not, coining the phrase, "You gotta do what you gotta do." She tries to implant a [[career chip]] that will label Fry a delivery boy forever, but Fry runs away. Leela ends up falling into one of the cryogenic tubes during the ensuing chase, which sets itself for 1000 years much like Fry's tube. Fry prepares to leave frozen there but, out of the goodness in his heart, decides to reset the tube to defrost her in 5 minutes before he leaves the lab.<br />
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After witnessing the wonders of the city and how it has changed, he decides to call his descendant Farnsworth. He gets in line for what he thinks is a phone booth and meets a robot named [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] waiting in line. It turns out the phone booth is actually a [[Suicide Booth]], and that Bender is eagerly awaiting his death. As they go in, the suicide booth asks for "quick and painless" or "slow and horrible". Fry asks to place a collect call, but the suicide booths takes it as "slow and horrible". Luckily, they both manage to avoid death by backing away from the weapons. <br />
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Having failed at suicide again, Bender invites Fry to get drunk with him at a bar. Fry finds out that Bender wants to kill himself because of his programming as a girder-bender for Suicide Booths. Fry convinces Bender to abandon his plans at suicide and the two become friends when Leela finds them.<br />
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=== Act III: "Welcome to the head museum." ===<br />
[[File:Leonard Nimoy.jpg|right|thumb|[[Leonard Nimoy]] at the [[Head Museum]].]]<br />
Fry and Bender duck into the [[Head Museum]] to hide and are greeted by [[Leonard Nimoy's head]]. Leela, along with two police officers [[Smitty]] and [[URL]], finds the group in the museum, where Fry accidentally bumps into the shelves, knocking [[Richard Nixon's head]] down and provoking him to attack. Smitty and URL begin to use excessive force on Fry, but Leela tries to convince them to stop. After the officers insult her appearance (she actually took offense to a statement about her nose instead of her eye), and Leela knocks them out, prompting Fry and Bender to run for it. Leela demands to know why the officers would beat Fry like that&mdash;they explain that it's their job, saying "[they] gotta do what [they] gotta do."<br />
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Fry and Bender lock themselves in a room from Leela. Fry notices that there is a barred window and that Bender can bend the bars so they can escape, but Bender is unable to comply, saying he is only programmed to bend for construction. Fry, however, convinces him to break free from his dependency on his programming, and Bender manages to bend the bars apart, reaching the epiphany of bending whatever, whenever, and whoever he pleases. They go deep underground to the ruins of Old New York, where Fry realizes that he has lost everything he left behind in the past. Leela once again catches up with them, but Fry decides to give in to his fate as a delivery boy. But instead of implanting the career chip, Leela sympathizes his loneliness, saying that [[Turanga Morris and Munda|her parents]] abandoned her as a baby, thus giving her an unclear perspective of her heritage. She removes her own chip, thus quitting her job, and thanks Fry for helping her realize the nonsensicality of the quote "You gotta do what you gotta do," much like he did for Bender.<br />
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=== Act IV: "We have you partially surrounded!" ===<br />
Since all three have quit their jobs, Fry, Bender, and Leela realize that they are now fugitives of the law, so they hide at [[Planet Express]] where Fry's nephew Professor Farnsworth lives. After confirming his connection to Fry for himself, the Professor shows them his [[Planet Express Ship|intergalactic spaceship]]. The building is then (partially) surrounded by the police, so they use the ship to escape. While they take off, the police open fire&mdash;but the bell tolls the year [[3000]], and the ship cannot be seen through the fireworks. Fry, Bender and Leela begin to ponder their lives as they are now unemployed until the Professor decides to hire them for an interplanetary delivery service he founded to fund his work. He even kept the career chips of his old crew as they had apparently been devoured by a [[Space Wasp]] (in actuality they had been stung to death by [[Space Bee]]s). Fry is assigned to be a delivery boy...and he couldn't be happier.<br />
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== Production ==<br />
[[File:Fry Frozen, time lapse.png|thumb|left|The time lapse effect while Fry is frozen was inspired by ''{{w|The Time Machine (1960 film)|The Time Machine}}''.<ref name="com-mg-timemachine">{{cite commentary |speaker={{n|Groening|Matt}} |episode=Space Pilot 3000 |volume=One |disc=1 |quote=[The Fry in tube time lapse scene] is inspired by the – you know – ''The Time Machine''.}}</ref>]]<br />
The script for "Space Pilot 3000" went through several major changes during the writing sessions, and combined they had up to two hours worth of material.<ref name="com-dxc-materials">{{cite commentary |speaker={{n|Cohen|David|X.}} |episode=Space Pilot 3000 |volume=One |disc=1 |quote=We were very over ambitious in the beginning and we really probably had 2 hours of material for the pilot and realised we could not possibly use it all.}}</ref><br />
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From early on, it was important to established the new major change in Fry's life, that he had come to the future, before the [[opening sequence]] of the show.<ref name="com-mg-pilot">{{cite commentary |speaker={{n|Groening|Matt}} |episode=Space Pilot 3000 |volume=One |disc=1 |quote=This is a tough thing, to get the show off the ground. And pilots in general probably are pretty tough for everybody. But to do a show where you're setting up a story that takes place a thousand years in the future, and what we tried to do, we tried to lay in a lot of little secrets in this episode that we would pay off later.}}</ref> But Fry's way to the [[Applied Cryogenics]]' tube and afterwards to [[Planet Express]] changed a lot during the script.<ref name="com-dxc-materials"/><br />
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In an early script, Fry was supposedly a watchman at Applied Cryogenics, and wasn't a delivery boy at all,<ref name="com-dxc-watchman">{{cite commentary |speaker={{n|Cohen|David|X.}} |episode=Space Pilot 3000 |volume=One |disc=1 |quote=In some very early conception of the series, Fry wasn't even a delivery boy, he was a night watchman at the cryogenics lab. One very early one.}}</ref> something which obviously became a major plot device in the final episode. After coming out of the tube, an early script had him being sold for organs to the professor at an auction,<ref name="com-dxc-auction">{{cite commentary |speaker={{n|Cohen|David|X.}} |episode=Space Pilot 3000 |volume=One |disc=1 |quote=In one of the early drafts, when Fry was first woke up, he was immediately dragged to an auction, where he was bought by the Professor for spare organs.}}</ref> or one where he was forced immediately to Ellis Island and the [[Statue of Liberty]] caught him.<ref name="com-dxc-solcut">{{cite commentary |speaker={{n|Cohen|David|X.}} |episode=Space Pilot 3000 |volume=One |disc=1 |quote=There was another early version of the script, in which Fry woke up and went straight to Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty for processing. And he fell out of the head of the Statue of Liberty and the statue moved and caught him.}}</ref><br />
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In the original airing, the man entering the [[tube system]] said "JFK, Jr. Airport",<ref name="animatic">{{cite animatic |episode=Space Pilot 3000 |volume=One |disc=1}}</ref><ref name="com-dxc-jfkj"/> but the line was dubbed over as "Radio City Mutant Hall" after {{w|John F. Kennedy, Jr.}}'s death in July of 1999, and since his death was in a plane crash and the line was about an airport, they felt it was too close to keep,<ref name="com-dxc-jfkj">{{cite commentary |speaker={{n|Cohen|David|X.}} |episode=Space Pilot 3000 |volume=One |disc=1 |quote=It actually aired once with that guy saying he wanted to go to JFK, Jr. airport and then there was the tragedy with JFK, Jr. in the plane crash, so we decided, because it was a plane and an airport, we should change it.}}</ref> All subsequent airings since then have been replaced with "Radio City Mutant Hall".<ref name="com-dxc-jfkj"/><br />
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The pilot episode was also used to establish the [[Alien languages#AL1|first alien language]], by introducing a sign saying "Drink [[Slurm]]" in plain English, and one where "Drink" was written using AL1 glyphs.<ref name="com-dxc=al1drink">{{cite commentary |speaker={{n|Cohen|David|X.}} |episode=Space Pilot 3000 |volume=One |disc=1 |quote="Drink", it's the alien language letters say D-R-I-N-K; "drink Slurm", elsewhere in this episode we showed a banner all in English, that said "drink Slurm". That was our clue to people, how to translate those five letters, D, R, I, N, K.}}</ref> Unfortunately, for the show's makers, fans had broken the entire language a few hours after its first airing, and also cracked the "Venusians go home" line later in the episode.<ref name="com-dxc-al1broken">{{cite commentary |speaker={{n|Cohen|David|X.}} |episode=Space Pilot 3000 |volume=One |disc=1 |quote=We thought it would be more challenging than that, but people were pretty on the ball.}}</ref> This led them to create the [[Alien Language 2|second alien language]], which would first appear in much later episodes, which were intended to be a lot harder than AL1.<ref name="com-dxcmg-al2">{{cite commentary |speaker={{n|Cohen|David|X.}} |speaker 2={{n|Groening|Matt}} |speaker 3={{n|Cohen|David|X.}} |episode=Space Pilot 3000 |volume=One |disc=1 |quote=So, we later introduced a second alien language, which is much hard to translate and people finally got it, but only after— |quote 2=Did they get it? |quote 3=Yeah, they got it. Took a few months though.<br />
}}</ref> But even that was cracked, but only after a few months.<ref name="com-dxcmg-al2"/><br />
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When establishing a pilot episode, the writers decided to put in little secrets around the episode, that they would be able to pay off later.<ref name="com-mg-pilot"/> Though, while they on the [[Commentary:Space Pilot 3000|commentary]] say "secret" a lot, only [[Nibbler's shadow]] has been a thing they have paid off from the pilot episode, and it may be possible to question whether there actually was more.<br />
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[[File:Planet Express ship leaving Earth on New Year's Eve, 3000.png|thumb|right|The final shot where the [[Planet Express ship]] flies out made [[Gregg Vanzo]] fear whether they were capable of maintaining this production level on a weekly basis.<ref name="com-rm-shipescape">{{cite commentary |speaker={{n|Moore|Rich}} |episode=Space Pilot 3000 |volume=One |disc=1 |quote=That whole sequence, I think came out really good. I remember seeing it, and hoping, "god, I hope we can do this on a weekly basis".}}</ref>]]<br />
The [[probulator]] scene was also supposed to be much longer,<ref name="animatic"/> with certain flashbacks to Fry's past being shown to the viewer before progressing into the story, but this was too long as was scrapped in the final version,<ref name="com-dxc-probulator">{{cite commentary |speaker={{n|Cohen|David|X.}} |episode=Space Pilot 3000 |volume=One |disc=1 |quote=It was another long scene here in the pilot, actually which was even partially animated where we had decided to rewrite it, where this complicated device was hooked up to Fry's head, when they were studying him and we saw all these scenes from his past, including his birth and going up to college, at Coney Island.}}</ref> but several of these flashback stories of [[Fry's past]] later turned into a [[story arc]].<br />
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Animation wise, the pilot episode was also hard, as the show required more 3D than the producers, writers and animators had been used to, particularly from ''[[The Simpsons]]''.<!-- wrong episode: <ref name="com-gv">{{cite commentary |speaker={{n|Vanzo|Gregg}} |episode=Space Pilot 3000 |volume=One |disc=1}}</ref>--> The opening sequence alone was directed by Mike Smith,<ref name="com-rm-mikesmith">{{cite commentary |speaker={{n|Moore|Rich}} |episode=Space Pilot 3000 |volume=One |disc=1 |quote=Directed by Mike Smith, a great animator.}}</ref> and there was original fear about the opening sequence being too fast compared to the other opening sequences of the day.<ref name="com-mg-opening">{{cite commentary |speaker={{n|Groening|Matt}} |episode=Space Pilot 3000 |volume=One |disc=1 |quote=This opening sequence; when we saw it for the first time – fully animated – we thought; "oh, this is too fast, you can't see what's going on, that's too crazy". }}</ref> The theme music, as well as the rest of the music on ''Futurama'' was done by [[Christopher Tyng]].<ref name="com-mg-greatstuff">{{cite commentary |speaker={{n|Groening|Matt}} |episode=Space Pilot 3000 |volume=One |disc=1 |quote=Great voices, great writing, and– great music Chris Tyng did, great animation– incredible animation.}}</ref><br />
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Leela's nose had apparently become a heated argument between the animators and [[Matt Groening]],<ref name="com-mg-nose">{{cite commentary |speaker={{n|Groening|Matt}} |episode=Space Pilot 3000 |volume=One |disc=1 |quote=Actually, the nose thing, that was a– that was a big thing to actually get the designers to draw her nose that big, because they thought it was hideous. That it– that cartoon heroines must have tiny noses. }}</ref> he wanted her nose to be of a larger than usual size for cartoon heroines, but the animators tried to draw it smaller because they felt it looked hideous.<ref name="com-mg-nose"/><br />
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== Reception ==<br />
"Space Pilot 3000" aired on 28 March, 1999, 20:30 between ''The Simpsons'' and ''The X-Files''. In an review by Patric Lee for ''Science Fiction Weekly'', who had only seen the first episode at the time of publication, described ''Futurama'' as a clever upstart, but did not feel it was as funny as its predecessor, though, it was certainly worthy of further viewings.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue101/screen.html |title=The future's not what it used to be |author=Lee, Patric |date=1999-03-22 |publisher=Science Fiction Weekly |accessdate=2009-04-16}}</ref> Rob Owen for ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'' noted that the episode contained a similar skewed humor as ''The Simpsons'', but felt it was not as funny and smart, however he attributed these issues to the fact that the pilot episode served for a lot of character introduction, and he felt that the show was "off to a good start". Alex Case said it is his favorite episode ever, next to [[The Farnsworth Parabox]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/tv/19990326rob4.asp |title=Simpsons meet the Jetsons; 'The Devil's Arithmetic' |author=Owen, Rob |date=1999-03-26 |publisher=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |accessdate=2009-04-16}}</ref><br />
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Andrew Billen of ''New Statesman'' considered the first episode unoriginal, but praised its humorous background jokes such as during the sequence when Fry is frozen, but also criticised its use of in-jokes, such as [[Matt Groening]]'s head at the [[Head Museum]]. He remained somewhat enthusiastic about the show.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/199909270044 |title=Laughing matters |author=Billen, Andrew |date=1999-09-27 |publisher=New Statesman |accessdate=2009-04-16}}</ref> Joyce Millman from ''Salon Entertainment'', on the other hand, praised the pilot's perception of American culture and the show's premise.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.salon.com/ent/tv/mill/1999/03/cov_26mill.html |title=That 31st century show |author=Millman, Joyce |publisher=Salon Entertainment |date=1999-03-26 |accessdate=2009-04-15}}</ref><br />
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Despite airing between ''The Simpsons'' and ''X-Files'' it was Fox's most viewed show that evening, and gained exceptional high numbers according to {{w|Nielsen Ratings}} with 11.2/17 in homes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117492811.html?categoryid=14&cs=1 |title=Fox sees 'Futurama' and it works |author=Bierbaum, Tom |date=1999-03-30 |publisher=Variety |accessdate=2009-04-16}}</ref> And was in fact the most viewed pilot episode on Fox when it aired.<ref name="com-jdmg-rating">{{cite commentary |speaker={{n|DiMaggio|John}} |speaker 2={{n|Groening|Matt}} |episode=Space Pilot 3000 |disc=1 |volume=One |quote=Wasn't this the highest rated debut in Fox history? Am I mistaken in saying that? I think it was. |quote 2=I can't remember. It did really well. And much to the surprise of Fox, because they were very alarmed by this show– this episode.}}</ref><br />
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In 2006, IGN ranked it as the 14th best episode on its 25 best ''Futurama'' episode list.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tv.ign.com/articles/716/716663p2.html |title=Top 25 Futurama Episodes |author=Iverson, Dan |publisher=IGN |date=2006-07-07 |accessdate=2009-04-26}}</ref><br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
[[File:Futuramapilot.jpg|right|thumbnail|The [[poster]] and [[promotional picture]] for this episode]]<br />
*The first shot of New New York was also the first 3D sequence in the show, and an experiment of sorts.<br />
*Leela is officer 1BDI ("one beady eye").<br />
*This episode is one of two episodes that do not feature [[Dr. Zoidberg]], the other being "[[Mars University]]".<br />
*It took the cartoonists over 2 years to come up with the look of the characters on the show.<br />
*In the intro, the Statue of Liberty holds a gun in her torch hand, but during the episode, she is holding part of the [[Tube Transport System]].<br />
*[[AL1|The original Alien language]] devised by the writers and hidden throughout the episode was solved completely by the fans after only one airing. [[AL2|The second one]], however, took them several months to solve.<br />
*When Fry is delivering the pizza, he passes by a sign written in Chinese. When translated, the characters say "young" and "women." This probably being loosely translated to mean 'young women'.<br />
*Even though the show is supposed to begin in our time (1999), it is still in the future. (It premiered in March, showing December in the show.)<br />
*In the rough draft version of the script, [[Michelle]] was named Janet, and Fry was actually named Curtis Fry. It was changed to Philip in honor of [[Phil Hartman]], who was set to have a recurring role as [[Zapp Brannigan]] on the series until his unfortunate death.<br />
*John DiMaggio (Bender) had originally auditioned for the voice of the Professor, and co-creator David X. Cohen had actually considered doing the voice of Bender.<br />
*This was voted the best episode of [[Futurama]] during the Adult Swim marathon.<br />
*The ship of the game ''[[Monkey Fracas Jr.]]'' at the start of the show looks very much like the Planet Express ship. It is a foreshadowing of things to come.<br />
*This episode is the highest rated pilot episode in the history of the [[Fox Broadcasting Company]].<br />
*URL says he is going to "get [[24th century]] on his ass"; "get 24th century" has the same meaning as "get medieval". Partway through Fry's frozen suspension, possibly around the 24th century, there was a [[medieval]]-type period, with New York rebuilt as castles before being destroyed again and rebuilt as the futuristic city.<br />
*Bender takes Fry to hide inside the Head Museum saying, "It's Free on Tuesdays." 31 December 2999 will, in fact, be a Tuesday.<br />
*Bender excretes a brick, a reference to a common {{w|Shit#Surprise|slang phrase}}. He continually does this throughout the series when scared. He even does it after eating {{w|Olestra}} chips {{et|3ACV13}}.<br />
*During the countdown scene at the end of the episode (in the year 2999), France is shown, yet the inhabitants there use the [[English language]] instead of [[French]]. It is assumed that French in the future is a dead language; this idea is supported in a later episode where Professor Farnsworth invents a universal translator that can only translate into "an incomprehensible dead language".<br />
*The places in the first countdown scene appear in this order:<br />
**[[Old New York|New York]]; [[United States of America]]<br />
**[[Paris]], [[France]], [[Eiffel Tower]] Backdrop<br />
**[[Rome]], [[Italy]], {{w|Pope}} on Balcony turning "Calendar" of Roman Numerals<br />
**{{w|Cairo}}, [[Egypt]], Desert, {{w|Great Sphinx of Giza}} and the other three Pyramids as backdrop<br />
**{{w|Athens}}, [[Greece]], {{w|Acropolis}} as backdrop, two highlights next on the sides of it<br />
**[[China]], [[Great Wall of China]]<br />
**[[India]], {{w|Taj Mahal}}, some people counting down in Water<br />
**Small tribal village, [[Africa]]<br />
**[[Tokyo]], the shot is very similar to New York shot except for the Japanese handwriting font.<br />
**The entire Earth, shot from space.<br />
*All the people in line before Fry select the "quick and painless" method of killing themselves.<br />
*If one looks closely at Leela's computer screen, it actually reveals that Fry's full name is "Phillip J. Fry", which becomes an established fact in "[[The Problem with Popplers]]" (however, his name is spelled with two ''L''s instead of one). His blood type is said to be ''B''.<br />
*When Leela points to the, "You gotta do whatcha gotta do" poster, notice that the man in the poster has 5 fingers, unlike everyone else in the show who has 4.<br />
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=== Quotes ===<br />
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<poem>'''Fry''': Space, it seems to go on forever. But then you get to the end and the gorilla starts throwin' barrels at you.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Fry''': Wait, is that blimp accurate?<br />
'''Leela''': Yep, it's December 31st, 2999.<br />
'''Fry''': My God, a million years!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Leela''': I'm sure this must be very upsetting for you.<br />
'''Fry''': Y'know, I guess it should be but, actually, I'm glad. I had nothing to live for in my old life. I was broke, I had a humiliating job and I was beginning to suspect [[Michelle|my girlfriend]] might be cheating on me.<br />
'''Leela''': Well, at least here you'll be treated with dignity. Now strip naked and get on the probulator.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': [[Bite my shiny metal ass]]!<br />
'''Fry''': It doesn't look so shiny to me.<br />
'''Bender''': Shinier than yours, meatbag.</poem><br />
<poem>''[Fry has just been unfrozen.]''<br />
'''Fry''': My god! It's the future! My parents! My coworkers! My girlfriend... I'll never see any of them again. [pause] YAHOO!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Fry''': What if i don't want to be a delivery boy?<br />
'''Leela''': Then you'll be fired...<br />
'''Fry''': Fine.<br />
'''Leela''': ... out of a cannon into the sun.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Leonard Nimoy's head''': Welcome to the Head Museum. I am Leonard Nimoy.<br />
'''Fry''': Spock? Hey, do the thing! ''[Fry does the thing.]''<br />
'''Leonard Nimoy's head''': I don't do that anymore.</poem><br />
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=== Continuity ===<br />
*{{e|2ACV06}}<br />
**Bender believes a phone booth is a Suicide Booth, similar to what Fry did.<br />
*{{e|2ACV10}}<br />
**Leela's (lacking) depth perception is mentioned again.<br />
**French is proved to be a dead language.<br />
*{{e|2ACV19}}<br />
**A couple passes by Fry, when he is walking, wearing mostly transparent clothing, censored with black bars. These people have moved to [[Los Angeles]] by the events of [[2ACV19]].<br />
*{{e|4ACV02}}<br />
**Leela's single eye is explained.<br />
*{{e|4ACV10}}<br />
**The shadow under the desk Fry sits at is explained.<br />
*{{e|4ACV12}}<br />
**More information about the Professor's old crew is revealed.<br />
*{{f|1}}<br />
**It is revealed that Bender is the one who [[The First Destruction of New York City|destroyed New York]] the first time.<br />
*{{f|2}}<br />
**Bender visits a suicide booth again and even does the coin-on-a-string trick again.<br />
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=== Allusions ===<br />
*The space ships destroying the cities were similar to the ones in ''{{w|The War of the Worlds (1953 film)|The War of the Worlds}}''.<br />
*The first scene (Fry teaching a kid how to play a video game) might be a reference to {{w|WarGames}}. In the movie, the first scene with David Lightman has him playing {{w|Galaga}}. He has to go and gives control of the game to a kid.<br />
*One of the billboards in the future shows {{w|Angelyne}}, a real-life busty female entertainer that has billboards hanging around the Los Angeles area. In the cartoon billboard, she's hooked up to some sort of respirator.<br />
*According to Groening, the inspiration for the suicide booth was the 1937 {{w|Donald Duck}} cartoon, ''{{w|Modern Inventions}}'', in which Donald is faced with—and nearly killed several times by—various push button gadgets in a Museum of the Future.<br />
*Professor Farnsworth is named after the inventor {{w|Philo Farnsworth}}, a Utah native and television pioneer whose invention was premiered at the 1939 New York World's Fair, along with the Futurama exhibit.<br />
**It is later revealed in the episode [[All the Presidents' Heads]] that Philo Farnsworth is indeed a distant reletive of the professors.<br />
*The feeding lady at the head museum is wearing a uniform like that at the corn-dog specific restaurant, {{w|Hot Dog on a Stick}}.<br />
*Fry's outfit is based on James Dean in ''{{w|Rebel Without a Cause}}''.<br />
*In addition to the setting, part of the original concept for the show was that there would be a lot of advanced technology similar to that seen in Star Trek, but it would be constantly malfunctioning. The automatic doors at Applied Cryogenics resemble those in ''{{w|Star Trek: The Original Series}}''; however, they malfunction when Fry remarks on this similarity.<br />
*The introduction is reminiscent of {{w|Star Trek}} intros in ''TOS'' and ''{{w|Star Trek: The Next Generation}}'' ("Space: The Final Frontier..." becomes "Space: It seems to go on and on forever...") and has similar music and voice-over.<br />
*Leonard Nimoy says that he no longer does {{w|Spock}}'s {{w|Vulcan Salute}}, 'Live Long and Prosper'.<br />
**It is presumed in this episode it is simply because he has no hands, but the truth behind this statement is seen in the future episode, {{e|4ACV11}}.<br />
*The rows of jars containing heads, with the one jar containing Nimoy's head in front to greet people, is reminiscent of the original series Star Trek episode "{{w|Return To Tomorrow}}", where the alien minds were preserved in glowing spheres, with Sargon in the one sphere in front.<br />
*The relationship formed between Fry and Bender in this episode has been compared to the relationship between Will Robinson and the {{w|Robby the Robot}} in ''{{w|Lost in Space}}''.<br />
*When Fry walks out of the lab, an ad on a taxi behind him reads "Got {{w|Protoplasm}}?", a reference to the "{{w|Got Milk?}}" advertising slogans. <br />
*Another running gag of the series is Bender's fondness for Olde Fortran malt liquor, named after {{w|Olde English 800}} malt liquor and the programming language {{w|Fortran}}. The drink was first introduced in this episode and became so closely associated with the character that he was featured with a bottle in both the Rocket USA wind-up toy and the action figure released by Moore Action Collectibles.<br />
*In the earliest glimpse of the future while Fry is frozen in the cryonic chamber, time is seen passing outside the window until reaching the year 3000. This scene was inspired by a similar scene in the [[1960]] film {{w|The Time Machine (1960 film)|The Time Machine}} based on H.G. Wells' book ''{{w|The Time Machine}}''.<br />
*When Fry awakens in the year [[2999]], he is greeted with Terry's catchphrase "Welcome to the world of tomorrow." The scene is a joke at the expense of Futurama's namesake, the {{w|Futurama (New York World's Fair)|Futurama ride}} at the {{w|1939 World's Fair}} whose tag line was "The World of Tomorrow".<br />
*The heads in jars in order shown: {{w|Johnny Carson}}, {{w|Lucille Ball}}, {{w|Ed Begley, Jr.}}, {{w|David Duchovny}}, {{w|Gillian Anderson}}, {{w|Elizabeth Taylor}}, {{w|Dennis Rodman}}, {{w|Billy Corgan}}, [[Matt Groening]], {{w|Barbra Streisand}}, {{w|Rodney Dangerfield}}, a {{w|Hinduism|Hindu}} person (possibly {{w|Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi|Gandhi}}) and [[Dick Clark's head|Dick Clark]].<br />
**In the Hall of Presidents: [[Richard Nixon's head|Richard Nixon]], [[Gerald R. Ford's head|Gerald Ford]], [[Jimmy Carter's head|Jimmy Carter]], {{w|Ronald Reagan}}, [[George H. W. Bush's head|George H. W. Bush]], [[Bill Clinton's head|Bill Clinton]], {{w|Warren G. Harding}}, {{w|Andrew Jackson}}, [[Grover Cleveland's head|Grover Cleveland]] (twice) and {{w|Benjamin Harrison}}.<br />
*There are numerous Simpsons references:<br />
**Rodney Dangerfield is drawn similar to his appearance in the Simpsons episode "{{s|Burns, Baby Burns}}" as {{s|Larry Burns}}.<br />
**There's a {{s|Ralph Wiggum}}-like character when Fry rides the tube.<br />
**When Fry is going through the transport tubes, he passes by [[Blinky]], the three-eyed fish.<br />
**Fry's middle initial is J. This seems to be a popular choice for Matt Groening characters, having used it for {{s|Homer Simpson}}, {{s|Marge Simpson}}, {{s|Bart Simpson}} and {{s|Abraham Simpson}}. Matt uses the "J." middle name, referring to one of his favorite shows, ''{{w|The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show}}''.<br />
**The chef on the Panucci's Pizza box is very similar to the chef {{s|Luigi Risotto}}.<br />
**In the Simpsons two part episode "{{s|Who Shot Mr. Burns?}}", {{s|Waylon Smithers}} dreamt that {{s|Montgomery Burns|Mr. Burns}} was in a race on the TV. The intro to the race was an information text saying "In Color". The same font and color like in Space Pilot 3000. It is also interesting to note that "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" aired four years before Space Pilot 3000 did.<br />
**Fry has 9 spikes in his hair just like Bart Simpson.<br />
*The film ''{{w|Sleeper (film)|Sleeper}}'' has much the same premise as this episode. Also, the suicide booths are similar to Sleeper's Orgasmatron.<br />
*The cryogenic chamber may be a reference to ''{{w|Red Dwarf}}''. The main character {{w|Dave Lister}} is punished by being put in a cryogenic chamber for 15 years, except something goes wrong and everyone dies on the ship due to a fatal radiation leak. Lister is left for 3 million years until the ships computer decides that the radiation level is safe enough for him to be released.<br />
*When the head of Richard Nixon says "You just made my list!", this is a reference to {{w|Nixon's Enemies List}}, a list of over 200 people whom he believed were part of a conspiracy against him.<br />
*The person who uses the [[Tube Transport System]] before Fry says "Radio City Mutant Hall", a reference to {{w|Radio City Music Hall}}. His original line was "JFK Junior Airport", a reference to the {{w|John F. Kennedy International Airport}}. The line was changed after the death of {{w|John F. Kennedy, Jr.}} (though it can still be heard in the animatic).<br />
**Although the JFK Jr. reference has been dubbed out (even on the DVD) in the Spanish dubbed version of this episode the man can still be heard asking to be taken to JFK Jr. Airport.<br />
*''{{w|Mystery Science Theater 3000}} is referenced as the number "3000" is written on the moon. It looks like the MST3K logo, a planet with the name on it. It's even in the same font.<br />
*Fry is playing a video game called [[Monkey Fracas Jr.]] at the pizza place, narrating it as he plays. The game starts out as a space shooter similar to ''{{w|Asteroids (video game)|Asteroids}}'', ''{{w|Gradius}}'' and/or ''{{w|Defender (video game)|Defender}}'', then approaches a Saturn-like planet at the end of the level. At that point, the planet breaks in half, and an ape resembling {{w|Donkey Kong (character)|Donkey Kong}} emerges. The ape throws barrels at the spaceship and destroys it. The game's name itself is a parody of {{w|Donkey Kong Jr.}}<br />
*The gag of Fry & Bender hiding with their heads looking through shelves and being disguised by lots of other heads is from ''{{w|Young Frankenstein}}''.'<br />
[[File:AKBAR.jpg|thumb|AKBAR sign.]]<br />
*''[[Star Wars]]'':<br />
**The police use sticks that resemble the [[Lightsaber]] from ''Star Wars''. Unlike their ''Star Wars'' counterparts, they are blunt weapons (like nightsticks/batons), rather than superheated blades.<br />
**When the policemen are beating Fry with their lightsaber clubs Leela says: "There is no need to use force" as a reference to {{sw|The Force}} in ''Star Wars''.<br />
**New New York is set out like {{sw|Coruscant}} (mostly in the [[Opening sequence]]). The Planet Express Ship's entry, in the opening sequence, seems to be a parody of the {{sw|Millennium Falcon}}'s entrance into {{sw|Cloud City}} in ''{{sw|Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back}}''.<br />
**A guy on a jet bike is wearing a helmet like {{sw|Leia Organa Solo|Leia}} wore in ''{{sw|Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi}}'' on the {{sw|Speeder bike}}.<br />
**The part where Fry gets hit in the head by the remote door is a possible reference to the scene in ''{{sw|Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope}}'', where {{sw|Unidentified head-bumping stormtrooper|one}} of the {{sw|Stormtrooper}}s accidentally bumps his head into a similar gadget.<br />
**A sign on the street says "AKBAR." {{sw|Ackbar|Admiral Ackbar}} is a character in ''Star Wars''. Though, it is more likely to be a reference to Akbar, a character in [[Matt Groening]]'s "{{w|Life in Hell}}" comic strip.<br />
*People have chips implanted in their hands like in {{w|Babylon 5}}.<br />
*''{{w|Back to the Future trilogy|Back to the Future}}'' references:<br />
**Fry shows a little kid how to play a video game, like {{w|Marty McFly}} in ''{{w|Back to the Future Part II}}''.<br />
**When Fry runs out of the building in the beginning, he looks around at New New York like in Part II.<br />
*When they go underground to Old New York is like ''{{w|Beneath the Planet of the Apes}}''.<br />
*The countdown to the millennium occurring at the same time all over the world is like [[1996]] film ''{{w|Doctor Who (1996 film)|Doctor Who}}''.<br />
*The underground old New York City is similar to the slums underneath the city plates in Midgar in {{w|Final Fantasy VII}}.<br />
*The pneumatic tubes that transport people all over New New York are an allusion to {{w|Beach Pneumatic Transit}}, which was a failed attempt in 1870 by Alfred Ely Beach to move people around New York by air power.<br />
*The Robot Policeman, URL, says he would go "24th century on their ass." This being a reference to the 1994 film ''{{w|Pulp Fiction (film)|Pulp Fiction}}'' where the character Marsellus Wallace says to Zed and the Gimp "I'm a get medieval on yo' ass."<br />
*''{{w|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy}}'' has a similar premise as this episode. The cynical Bender is much like {{w|Marvin the Paranoid Android}}, and the coffee machine in Professor Farnsworth's ship may be a reference to {{w|The Restaurant at the End of the Universe}} in which a spaceship's specialty was producing hot drinks. <br />
*The way Bender swallows his empty liquor bottle is reminiscent of a robot in the Isaac Asimov novel, ''{{w|The Caves of Steel}}''.<br />
*Implanting a 'fate chip' in the palm of your right hand is from ''{{w|Logan's Run}}''.<br />
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=== Goofs ===<br />
*David Duchovny is seen in the Head Museum, but [[Calculon]] claims to be him in "[[The Honking]]".<br />
**Calculon may be lying or exaggerating somehow, being the dramatic robot he is.<br />
**Or perhaps an acting unit named after Duchovny could have been built.<br />
*Most of the heads in the museum died long before the technology to preserve them was invented. However, this can easily be interpreted as a joke, as it would be impossible for the show to feature celebrities from a time after ours.<br />
*At the Cryogenic facility, right where Fry shouts "Pizza delivery for..." the desk is positioned almost parallel to the window, but when Fry sits down at the desk, its positioned perpendicular to the window.<br />
*In the 2999 countdown, Bender pulls the arms off the chair he was sitting on. A moment later, an armchair is missing.<br />
*Leela wasn't wearing a ring prior to the hand-holding scene with Fry.<br />
*After Bender gives Leela her ring back she puts it on, but then a second later it's gone.<br />
*They misspelled "Barbara" Streisand. It's actually Barbra.<br />
*When Leela calls for backup, her [[wristlojackimator]] is on the wrong wrist.<br />
*Bender breaks two bars from the window when they are trapped in the cellar. In the next shot, he holds the bars, but they have re-appeared back in the window.<br />
*The crowds in [[Paris]] at the New Year's countdowns for New Years' [[2000]] and [[3000]] are identical.<br />
*It's dark outside in New York at midnight when Fry is frozen, but a long shot of the planet actually shows the eastern half of the United States as being in sunlight.<br />
*Fry wasn't frozen for exactly 1000 years, as he was frozen at 00:00:07, January 1st, 2000 but was un-frozen the December 31, 2999. This may be explained by the leap days/seconds/weeks/years. (See more {{w|Leap year|here}}.)<br />
*When Fry and Bender are at the bar, the barman hands Bender a bottle of liquor. He takes a big swig of it, but the level in the bottle remains the same.<br />
**However, the beer may have completed a loop in a suitable manner to be effected by {{w|inertia}} so as to remain in the can, save for a small dribble.<br />
*The year 2000 or 3000 are not the start of the new century or millennium contrary to what "Space Pilot 3000" says. In the Gregorian Calendar, this distinction falls to the year 2001/3001, because the first century began with year AD 1 (there was no year zero), and the thousand years spanned to years 1-1001.<br />
**Though, it is only Fry that specifically mentions it is a new millennium, which was commonly accepted among people that 1999/2000 was a change to a new millennium. One can suggest that the first millennium only contained 999 years and be done with it.<br />
*When Fry is queuing for the booth, he opens the piece of paper, showing the picture and writing. Just before he steps in to the booth, it changes color and goes blank, then in the next shot it's back as before.<br />
*The [[career chip]] storyline is almost wholly abandoned after this episode. After being introduced here, it is contradicted several times throughout the series through job changes, incompetents, examples of a free market economy and references to the Earthican dream. Supposedly, you are required to work the job you have the chip for and the assignment is permanent.<br />
*There is a bad framing error when Bender was carrying Farnsworth onto the ship.<br />
*During the Countdown at '9' when they showed Egypt, the people didn't seem to resemble Egyptians.<br />
*Since New New York was built on top of Old New York, the building the cryogenic lab was in should have been underground as well.<br />
**Actually, no&#151;the lab was on the 64th floor of the building, which is much farther up than the ceiling of Old New York suggests.<br />
**Also they could have just moved these to the new building<br />
*Prof. Farnsworth's slippers change color and shape from one scene to the next.<br />
*The last set of buildings built before Fry wakes up look different than it does when Fry wakes up and looks out the window.<br />
*Fry mentions ''[[Star Trek]]'' without getting arrested.<br />
**However, when the door hits him, it cuts him off before he finishes the words.<br />
*Because the world has different time zones, the whole world would not be counting down at the same time.<br />
*The results of the probulator claim that Fry has got one living relative, his nephew, the Professor, but in Bender's Game, Igner is the Professor's son, so Fry and Igner are relatives as well.<br />
**Although no one seemed to know that and Mom wanted that fact to be kept secret, so it's likely Mom had erased that from the files well before Fry entered the year 2999.<br />
*When Fry falls into the [[cryo-tube]], multiple mistakes can be found.<br />
**His whistle drops right next to the chair, but, when the scene cuts, it is gone.<br />
**He quickly hits the ground, flips upside down, and finally stops once he hits the inside of the tube. If that had really happened, the beer in the can he's holding would have spilled all over him.<br />
**Since time is moving quickly, the the space ships [[First Destruction of New York City|destroying New New York]] would be moving much faster.<br />
***The passage of time could have been slowed for the purpose of showing the ships during those shots so the space ships destroying the city only did so in one day each. Otherwise, the buildings would have just looked like they vanished.<br />
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=== Alien Language Sightings ===<br />
'''Time''':10:27<br /><br />
'''Location''': Slurm advertisement in O'Zorgnax's Pub<br /><br />
'''Language''': [[Alien languages#AL1|AL1]]<br /><br />
'''Translation''': DRINK<br />
<br />
'''Time''':15:26<br /><br />
'''Location''': Graffiti in alleyway<br /><br />
'''Language''': [[Alien languages#AL1|AL1]]<br /><br />
'''Translation''': VENUSIANS GO HOME [[:Image:Venusians Go Home.jpg|''(Image)'']]<br />
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'''Time''':19:11<br /><br />
'''Location''': Aliens counting down to 3000<br /><br />
'''Language''': ?<br /><br />
'''Translation''': "6" and "7"<br />
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== Characters ==<br />
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*[[20th Century kid]]<br />
*[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]]<br />
*[[Bike thief]]<br />
*[[Bill Clinton's head]]<br />
*[[Blinky]]<br />
*[[Boris Yeltsin's head]] (in storyboard)<br />
*[[Censored couple]] (cameo)<br />
*[[Charles Constantine]]<br />
*[[Dave Borden]] (in script)<br />
*[[Dick Clark's head]]<br />
*[[Eddie Farnsworth]] (in storyboard)<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]<br />
*[[Fry's sister]] (in storyboard)<br />
*[[George H. W. Bush's head]]<br />
*[[Gerald R. Ford's head]]<br />
*[[Head Museum feeder]]<br />
*[[Ipji]]<br />
*[[Janet]] (in storyboard)<br />
*[[Jimmy Carter's head]]<br />
*[[Leonard Nimoy]]<br />
*[[Lou]]<br />
*[[Michelle]]<br />
*[[Mr. Panucci]]<br />
*[[Nibbler]] (unofficial)<br />
*[[Night watchman]] (in storyboard)<br />
*[[Nerdy teens]] (in storyboard)<br />
*[[Number 9 Man]]<br />
*[[Poster Guy]]<br />
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth]]<br />
*[[Richard Nixon's head]]<br />
*[[Terry]]<br />
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]<br />
*[[Smitty and Url]]<br />
*[[W. Disney]] (in storyboard)<br />
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== Episode Credits ==<br />
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*Writers<br />
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**[[Matt Groening]]<br />
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**[[John DiMaggio]]<br />
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**[[Dave Herman]]<br />
**[[Kath Soucie]]<br />
*Special Guests<br />
**[[Dick Clark's head|Dick Clark]]<br />
**[[Leonard Nimoy]]<br />
*DVD Commentary<br />
**[[David X. Cohen]]<br />
**[[Gregg Vanzo]]<br />
**[[John DiMaggio]]<br />
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**[[Rich Moore]]<br />
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In the 20<sup>th</sup> and early 21<sup>st</sup> century (The [[Stupid Ages]]), '''New York''' was known as simply New York. It was one of the biggest cities in the world and produced more garbage than any other city. In [[2000]] the city put its garbage on a giant barge, which was launched into space [[2052|52 years later]].<br />
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== Locations of interest during the 20th/21st century ==<br />
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=== Panucci's Pizza ===<br />
{{see|Panucci's Pizza}}<br />
[[File:Panucci%27s Pizza.jpg|left|200px]]<br />
'''First Appearance''': {{e|1ACV01}} <br \><br />
'''Description''': A pizzeria where [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] was the delivery boy.<br />
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=== Applied Cryogenics ===<br />
{{see|Applied Cryogenics}}<br />
[[File:Applied Cryogenics 1.jpg|left|200px]]<br />
'''First Appearance''': {{e|1ACV01}} <br \><br />
'''Description''': A cryogenics lab where, in the 20th century, Fry is frozen. In the 30th century, [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] is the Fate Assignment Officer.<br />
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=== Fox Station(WNYW) ===<br />
{{see|20th Century Fox}}<br />
[[File:Fox.jpg|left|200px]]<br />
'''First Appearance''': {{e|1ACV12}} <br \><br />
'''Description''': 20th Century Fox [[Television|televises]] programs such as "[[Single Female Lawyer]]" and programs of the form "World's Blankiest Blank". WNYW Fox 5 is the real life flagship station of the Fox Network. <br />
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=== Coney Island College ===<br />
{{see|Coney Island College}}<br />
[[File:Coney island community college.jpg|left|200px]]<br />
'''First Appearance''': {{e|1ACV11}} <br \><br />
'''Description''': An attraction on Coney Island.<br />
{{clear}}<br />
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=== The Frys' House ===<br />
[[File:The Fry Residence.jpg|left|200px]]<br />
'''First Appearance''': {{e|3ACV04}} <br \><br />
'''Description''': The family home belonging to [[Yancy and Mrs. Fry]]. The house appears to be unchanged in over a thousand years, remaining in it's original decrepit form. An unused bomb shelter, housing the best music of the 1980's in one amazing collection, can be found in the basement. It is located in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, as evidenced by the Newkirk Avenue Subway Station where Fry, Leela, and Bender arrive at. The group use Bender as a form of transport to get there, with Bender dubbing himself 'The B Train'. Ironically, the B train is an actual subway line that serves the actual Newkirk Avenue Station.<br />
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== In the 31st Century: Old New York ==<br />
[[File:Old New York.jpg|left|200px|The ruins of Old New York.]]<br />
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The remains of much of New York still exist as ruins in the [[31st century]], due to the [[First Destruction of New York City|attack]] by [[Bender]], below the streets of [[New New York]]. They may be part of the [[NNY Sewers|New New York sewers]]. Fry first saw the ruins when he and Bender were escaping from Leela during his first day in the future, and Fry recognized his old neighborhood.<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
[[File:Victory.jpg|left|thumb|Fry in the ruins of Old New York.]]<br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{e|1ACV01}}<br />
*{{e|1ACV12}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV16}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV19}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV04}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV07}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV10}}<br />
*{{e|5ACV02}}<br />
*{{g|1}}<br />
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[[Category:Places]]</div>174.20.244.115http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Bender%27s_Big_Score_Part_2&diff=108526Bender's Big Score Part 22012-02-15T02:28:00Z<p>174.20.244.115: </p>
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<div>{{episode infobox<br />
|no=74<br />
|image=[[File:BBSp2.jpg|225px]]<br />
|broadcast season=6<br />
|season=5<br />
|from film=Bender's Big Score<br />
|name=Bender's Big Score Part 2<br />
|number=5ACV02<br />
|caption=Watch, Rinse, Repeat<br />
|first aired=23 March, 2008<br />
|written by=Ken Keeler<br />
|directed by=Dwayne Carey-Hill<br />
|broadcast number=S06E02<br />
|special guest=[[Al Gore]]<br>[[Sarah Silverman]]<br>[[Tom Kenny]]<br />
|hascommentary=no<br />
|prev ep=Bender's Big Score Part 1<br />
|next ep=Bender's Big Score Part 3<br />
}}<br />
"'''Bender's Big Score Part 2'''" is the seventy-fourth episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', the second of the [[Season 5|fifth production season]] and [[Broadcast season 6|sixth broadcast season]] and the second cut from ''[[Bender's Big Score]]''. It aired 23 March, 2008 on Comedy Central. It guest stars [[Al Gore]] as himself, as well as [[Sarah Silverman]] as [[Michelle]]. Controlled by the [[scammer aliens]], [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] time travels to the past to steal stuff, while [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] goes back to the year [[2000]].<br />
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== The Story ==<br />
{{BBS/2}}<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Miscellany ===<br />
{{see|Miscellany of Bender's Big Score}} ''for trivia, quotes, etc.''<br />
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=== Goofs ===<br />
*After Bender shoots [[Al Gore]]'s votes, in the newspaper, it says "USA Toady", not "USA Today".<br />
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=== Film to Episode Edits ===<br />
*The introduction is replaced. Following the title caption, Bender appears at the [[League of Robots|league headquarters]] and says "Previously on ''[[Futurama]]''.", he blows cigar smoke at the screen and there is a summary of the first part, followed by a billboard crash into a blank board. The section is backed by [[Futurama (video game)|the game]]'s theme music remix, much like the film's introduction was.<br />
*Various "minor" bits of scenes, usually with dialogue, are removed and some music is adjusted to fit the re-edit<br />
**Nibbler begging Nudar is cut.<br />
**The conversation between LaBarbara, Barbados and Hermes' head is shortened greatly, removing mention of running into each other.<br />
**Farnsworth's chuckle after being asked to compare notes with Hedonismbot is removed.<br />
**Bender's exit from the Nobel ceremony is shortened.<br />
**Hermes doesn't say that his body is not the original, he only says that it is a copy.<br />
**The Lars/Leela date montage is cut down to leave only the scene at Elzar's and the bubble ride.<br />
**Fry now runs as soon as Nudar threatens him instead of trying to talk his way out of it.<br />
**Bender doesn't taunt Nudar for missing.<br />
**After missing Fry in the elevator, Bender doesn't say "let us match wits".<br />
**Bender is quicker to notice that he's not in a suicide booth.<br />
**Bender doesn't suspect Constantine is tricking him.<br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
{{chars-begin}}<br />
*[[Al Gore]]<br />
*[[Amy Wong|Amy]]<br />
*[[Barbados Slim]]<br />
*[[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]]<br />
*[[Ethan 'Bubblegum' Tate|Bubblegum Tate]]<br />
*[[Dwight Conrad]]<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]<br />
*[[Hedonism Bot]]<br />
*[[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]]<br />
*[[LaBarbara Conrad]]<br />
*[[Lars Fillmore]]<br />
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]<br />
*[[Linda]]<br />
*[[Michelle]]<br />
*[[Morbo]]<br />
*[[Narrator]]<br />
*[[Nibbler]]<br />
*[[Nudar]]<br />
*[[Mr. Panucci]]<br />
*[[Petunia]]<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry, II]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Philip Joshua Fry]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Phillip Fry]]<br />
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]<br />
*[[Galactic Entity|The Galactic Entity]]<br />
*[[Richard Nixon's head]]<br />
*[[Scammer Aliens]]<br />
*[[Scruffy]]<br />
*[[Seymour Asses|Seymour]]<br />
*[[Yancy Fry, Jr.]]<br />
*[[Zapp Brannigan]]<br />
*[[Dr. John Zoidberg|Dr. Zoidberg]]<br />
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=== Episode Credits ===<br />
{{credits-begin}}<br />
*Writers<br />
**[[David X. Cohen]]<br />
**[[Ken Keeler]]<br />
*Director <br />
**[[Dwayne Carey-Hill]]<br />
*Voices<br />
**[[Billy West]]<br />
**[[Katey Sagal]]<br />
**[[John DiMaggio]]<br />
**[[Phil LaMarr]]<br />
**[[Lauren Tom]] <br />
**[[Maurice LaMarche]]<br />
**[[Tress MacNeille]]<br />
**[[Dave Herman]]<br />
**[[Frank Welker]]<br />
*Special Guests<br />
**[[Al Gore]]<br />
**[[Sarah Silverman]]<br />
**[[Tom Kenny]]<br />
{{credits-end}}<br />
{{navigation bottom<br />
|prev ep=Bender's Big Score Part 1<br />
|next ep=Bender's Big Score Part 3<br />
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