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Futurama was created by Matt Groening, and developed jointly with David X. Cohen. Groening had previously created the Simpsons, and Cohen was a writer for the show. Thus, it is only natural that they would include references to the Simpsons occasionally within Futurama (not to mention, owning the copyright means not having to license material).

The Simpsons, too, has referenced Futurama several times.

Following is a complete list of connections between Futurama and the Simpsons.

Voice Actors

Several actors have been on both Futurama and the Simpsons.

• Dan Castellaneta, who plays Homer Simpson (among others) on the Simpsons, played the Robot Devil on Futurama
• Nancy Cartwright 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
• Stephen Hawking has appeared on both shows, playing himself.
• Frank Welker, who plays Nibbler and many other animals on Futurama, has also played many animals on the Simpsons, including Santa's Little Helper.
• Tress MacNeille who voices characters such as Hattie McDoogal and Ndnd also plays Agnes Skinner and Jimbo Jones on the Simpsons.
• Hank Azaria who voices characters such as Chief Wiggum and Moe Szyslak also voiced the character of Harold Zoid.

Simpsons in Futurama

Season 1

• Blinky the Three-Eyed Fish from the Simpsons appears in Space Pilot 3000
• The Bart Simpson dolls on the garbage meteor on Futurama
• Bart and Homer dolls as prizes near Coney Island College (1ACV11)

Season 4

• Pieces of a Bart Simpson balloon used in the construction of a hot-air balloon in the sewer on Futurama

Films

• In the audience scene of Into the Wild Green Yonder Disco Stu is seen in the crowd.

Comics

• On the cover of "Who's Dying to Be a Gazillionaire?" (US#005)
  
  , Millhouse is seen and Fry, Bender, Leela and Amy are on the couch
• Probably the biggest connection is the comic series Futurama/Simpsons Infinitely Secret Crossover Crisis I & II wherein characters from either series were pulled into or out of issue 87 of Simpsons Comics. Interestingly, the issue hadn't been written yet and was created based on the events of the crossover (with the Futurama characters removed).

Futurama in Simpsons

Season 8

• In Treehouse of Horror VII Lisa creates a civilization in a small bowl. When the civilization advances beyond our own, a similar tube system is shown throughout the tiny city.

Season 10

• In Mayored to the Mob Üter is seen wearing a Futurama T-Shirt at the Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con. Space Pilot 3000 was first broadcast just over three months later.

Season 11

• In the Simpsons episode "Missionary: Impossible", Bender is seen working for PBS.

Season 12

• In the Simpsons episode "HOMR" the couch gag shows the family enter through tubes with Bart replaced by Fry only for Fry to be sucked up and replaced by Bart.

Season 14

• In the Simpsons episode "Bart vs. Lisa vs. the 3rd Grade", Bart starts to hallucinate due to lack of sleep and sees Bender among other tv show characters.
• In the Simpsons episode "Helter Shelter", a model of the Planet Express Ship is on Comic Book Guy's shelf.

Season 15

• In the Simpsons episode "Fraudcast News", Squeaky-voiced Teen attempted suicide and while jumping off a cliff screamed "Why did they cancel Futurama?"

Season 16

Bender making a cameo on the Simpsons

• Bender appeared in the Simpsons episode "Future-Drama"—an obvious reference to the title of Futurama itself

Season 19

• In the episode "That 90's Show" Homer mentions Futurama.

Video Game

• Bender appears as one of the enemies, along with Doctor Zoidberg, in The Simpsons Game

Comics

• In issue #7 of "Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror" Fry is seen in the crowd of Springfielders on the last panel.

Concepts

• The Tube Transport System is something that Matt Groening has envisioned for the future before Futurama: In Treehouse of Horror VII (Simpsons Halloween Episode), Lisa creates a civilization in a small bowl. When the civilization advances beyond our own, a similar tube system is shown throughout the tiny city.

See also

• In popular culture for connections to Futurama other than The Simpsons.
  • Star Wars connections for connections to Futurama and Star Wars.
  • Star Trek connections for connections to Futurama and Star Trek.

External Links

• Futurama in The Simpsons--A recompilation of references of Futurama in The Simpsons (Spanish).