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This page lists articles that were featured on the Main Page during 2011. If you have ideas for pages that should be featured, please add them on the nominations page.  


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Fortnight 1, 2011: Tinny Tim

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Tinny Tim is an unlucky orphan robot who lives on the streets of New New York. He uses a crutch (which seems to replace his arm) to help himself walk. Despite the hardships he endures, he seems to be accepting of his lot in life. Though generally seen begging, he has also been seen selling newspapers. Tinny Tim is both in name, accent and appearance based on Charles Dickens' Tiny Tim character. (more...)

Fortnight 2, 2011: The Late Philip J. Fry

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"The Late Philip J. Fry", aired in July 2010, is often considered by both staff and fans to be one of the best episodes, if not the best episode, of both the series and the sixth season. Fry, Professor Farnsworth, and Bender accidentally travel into a dystopic year ten thousand, without the possibility to travel backwards, only forwards in time. Upon realising this, they decide to keep traveling beyond, hoping to reach a time when Humanity has constructed a backwards time machine. (more...)

Fortnight 3, 2011: Proposition Infinity

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"Proposition Infinity", aired in July 2010, is the ninety-second episode of Futurama. It was nominated for a 2010 Annie Award for Best Animation Television Production. Bender and Amy form a robosexual relationship, a relationship between a Human and a Robot, and fight for their right to marry. (more...)

Fortnight 4, 2011: Sweden

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Sweden is still an Earthican country in the 31st century. We did not see it until Bender's Big Score, but three mentions had already been made to it before the film was released. After it being referred to during the original run (3ACV16/4ACV04/4ACV13), Bender went back in time to 2308 and stole the Nobel Peace Prize from the Sweedledome, only to be attacked by Swedish spaceships (BBS). (more...)

Fortnight 5, 2011: Earth

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Earth is the perfect place for life, the third planet from the sun and home planet of humans, animals and plants as well as robots. In spite of being conquered several times by various aliens, by the 31st century, humans are again the dominant life form on the planet. Earth's government is a planet-wide democracy that is clearly modeled after (if not directly descended from) America's government of today. Even the flag, Old Freebie, is similar to the American flag. The government is largely run by clones, though, in 3000, the Earthican people elected Richard Nixon's head President of Earth. Albeit frequently invaded by Aliens, such as the Omicronians and the Decapodians, Earth seems to be a military power to be reckoned with. (more...)

Fortnight 6, 2011: Futurama theorem

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The Futurama theorem is a real-life mathematical theorem invented by Futurama writer Ken Keeler, who holds a PhD in applied mathematics, purely for use in the Season 6 episode "The Prisoner of Benda". It is the first known theorem to be created for the sole purpose of entertainment in a TV show, and, according to Keeler, was included to popularize math among young people. The theorem proves that regardless of how many mind switches between two bodies have been made, they can still all be restored to their original bodies using only two extra people, provided these two people have not had any mind switches prior. (more...)

Fortnight 7, 2011: Amphibiosans (reprise)

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Amphibiosans are the native sentient life on Amphibios 9. They are humanoid creatures that are smaller and lankier than the average human, have no bones and are instead supported by a system of liquid-filled bladders. Amphibiosans have three distinctive phases in their life cycle that they go through, the tadpole, the "bulboid" and the swarm of hookworms. Either gender is able to bear young, which after birth is left to grow in the swamp at their clan's birthing grounds for twenty years.

Fortnight 8, 2011: Season 6

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Season 6 is the current season of Futurama, and the first season of the second run. With 26 episodes, season 6 is the largest season of the series, beating season 3 which had 22 episodes. The production season is spread out over two broadcast seasons, the seventh and eighth, with 13 episodes in 2010 and 13 in 2011. Both seasons end with a non-canon segmented episode: the seventh broadcast season ended with "The Futurama Holiday Spectacular" and the eight will end with "Reincarnation". Broadcast season 8 is scheduled to begin during the summer of 2011. (more...)

Fortnight 9, 2011: Into the Wild Green Yonder (reprise)

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Into the Wild Green Yonder is the final Futurama film from the fifth production block and aired, slightly adjusted, as the last four episodes of broadcast season six. The epic struggle between golfing and environmentalism once again rears its ugly head and is made more intense thanks to an even more ancient conflict. Leela, Amy and other prominent women join Frida Waterfall's group as they try to stop construction of Leo Wong's giant miniature golf course. Meanwhile, Fry finds himself in an awkward position as a double agent; posing as Leo's most loyal employee while secretly working for Nine as a mind-reading member of the Legion of Mad Fellows, who are the only group truly aware of what is at stake.

Fortnight 10, 2011: The Prisoner of Benda

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"The Prisoner of Benda" is the ninety-eighth episode of Futurama. In it, the Professor and Amy invent a mind-switching machine for the Planet Express crew members to swap bodies, but everything goes haywire and they can't change back. Featuring several plot lines, it is often compared to "Three Hundred Big Boys", and it is often seen as the best Futurama episode of all time alongside episodes such as "The Late Philip J. Fry", "Time Keeps on Slippin'" and "Jurassic Bark". (more...)

Fortnight 11, 2011: Bending Units

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Bending Units are robots built by Mom's Friendly Robot Company for the main purpose of bending metal for constructive purposes. Like many devices of the 20th century, however, these robots have many capabilities aside from their main function, and other robots, such as Robo-Rooter, are capable of bending while having other primary functions. (more...)

Fortnight 12, 2011: Robosexuality

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Robosexuality is the love and/or sexuality between a humanoid and a robot, making them robosexuals. Highly controversial, robosexual marriages were illegal in the state of New New York until the passing of Proposition ∞ in July of 3010. The subject is controversial and forbidden both by Space Catholicism and Robotology. (more...)