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Futurama was created by Matt Groening, and developed jointly with David X. Cohen. Though, Groening had previously created The Simpsons, the most popular and long running animated sitcom ever. Thus, it is only natural that Futurama would include references to The Simpsons occasionally within the show (not to mention, owning the copyright means not having to license material). The Simpsons, too, has referenced Futurama many times. Following is a complete list of connections between Futurama and The Simpsons.
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Crew
There have been a number of people who work on both The Simpsons and Futurama:
Voices
- 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.
Other
The Simpsons in Futurama
The Simpsons has appeared in Futurama on many occasions:
Season 1
- Blinky, the Three-Eyed Fish, from The Simpsons makes a brief appearance in an underwater section of tube-way Fry travels through.
"The Series Has Landed" (1ACV02)
"Love's Labours Lost in Space" (1ACV04)
"Fear of a Bot Planet" (1ACV05)
"A Fishful of Dollars" (1ACV06)
"A Big Piece of Garbage" (1ACV08)
- Bart Simpson dolls appear on the garbage meteor.
"Hell Is Other Robots" (1ACV09)
"A Flight to Remember" (1ACV10)
- Bart and Homer dolls are prizes near Coney Island Community College.
"Fry and the Slurm Factory" (1ACV13)
Season 2
"I Second that Emotion" (2ACV01)
"Brannigan, Begin Again" (2ACV02)
"A Head in the Polls" (2ACV03)
"Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love?" (2ACV05)
"The Lesser of Two Evils" (2ACV06)
"Put Your Head on My Shoulder" (2ACV07)
"A Bicyclops Built for Two" (2ACV09)
"How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back" (2ACV11)
"The Problem with Popplers" (2ACV15)
"Anthology of Interest I" (2ACV16)
Season 3
"Amazon Women in the Mood" (3ACV01)
"A Tale of Two Santas" (3ACV03)
"The Luck of the Fryrish" (3ACV04)
"The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz" (3ACV05)
"The Day the Earth Stood Stupid" (3ACV07)
"That's Lobstertainment!" (3ACV08)
"The Cyber House Rules" (3ACV09)
"Where the Buggalo Roam" (3ACV10)
"Insane in the Mainframe" (3ACV11)
"The Route of All Evil" (3ACV12)
"Bendin' in the Wind" (3ACV13)
"Time Keeps on Slippin'" (3ACV14)
"A Pharaoh to Remember" (3ACV17)
"Anthology of Interest II" (3ACV18)
"Roswell that Ends Well" (3ACV19)
Season 4
"Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch" (4ACV01)
- Among the parts of parade balloons, used in creating the hot air balloon that returns to the surface, is a Bart Simpson balloon.
"Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television" (4ACV06)
"Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles" (4ACV09)
"Where No Fan Has Gone Before" (4ACV11)
"Obsoletely Fabulous" (4ACV14)
"The Farnsworth Parabox" (4ACV15)
"Three Hundred Big Boys" (4ACV16)
"The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings" (4ACV18)
Films
The Beast with a Billion Backs
- Disco Stu is seen in the crowd.
Video Game
Comics
"Who's Dying to Be a Gazillionaire?" (US#005)
- On the cover, Milhouse Van Houten is seen and Fry, Bender, Leela and Amy are on the couch, seen in the couch gags
Futurama Simpsons Infinitely Secret Crossover Crisis
"Somewhere Over the Brain-bow!" (US#X01)
"Liquid Diamond Is Forever!" (US#X02)
The Simpsons Futurama Crossover Crisis II
"Slaves of New New York!" (US#X03)
Other
Futurama in The Simpsons
Futurama has appeared in The Simpsons on several occasions:
Season 5
- In Burns's dream about the future, he appears as a head in a jar (with robotic body). This episode premiered 5 years and a half before Futurama started.
- There is a head in a jar in a dream about the future from Bart.
Season 6
- The robotic arms behind Professor Frink is very similar to the arms of Bender in form (even with three fingers) and colors.
Season 8
Treehouse of Horror VII (4F02)
- The city is built around the tooth Lisa keeps a suspicious resemblance to the city of New New York, especially the Tube Transport System.
- Some of the ships leaving the miniature city is also suspiciously similar to the Planet Express ship.
- A Robot Santa Claus appears in this episode.
Season 10
- Üter Zörker 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
Treehouse of Horror X (BABF01)
- In the opening credits, David "Watch Futurama" Cohen appears as executive producer.
Missionary: Impossible (BABF11)
- Bender is seen working for PBS.
Season 12
- 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.
- Lingua bears a slight resemblance to Bender. For example in the shape of the head and antenna. Moreover, Homer gets Lingua to drink beer which again may be a reference to Bender.
Season 14
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.
- A model of the Planet Express Ship is on Comic Book Guy's shelf.
Season 15
I, (Annoyed Grunt)-Bot (FABF04)
- Bender's name appears on a videotape fighting Killhammad Aieee.
My Big Fat Geek Wedding (FABF12)
- [[Matt Groening] appears in this episode as the creator of Futurama, signing Bender dolls at Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con Springfield. He also has an original sketch of Fry.
- There is a Futurama poster on one wall of the store videos.
- Squeaky-Voiced Teen attempts suicide and while jumping off a cliff screams "Why did they cancel Futurama?"
Season 16
- Bender appears in the hover-car Homer and Bart after crossing a "quantum tunnel".
- There are references to heads preserved in jars and cities similar to the Futurama.
- The title, "Future-Drama", is an obvious reference to the title of Futurama itself.
Season 19
- Homer mentions that Matt Groening was working hard to release Futurama, during the 1990s.
Video Games
- Bender appears as one of the enemies, along with Doctor Zoidberg.
Comics
- In issue #11, there is an album that looks a lot like Kif.
Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror
- In issue #7, Fry is seen in the crowd of Springfielders on the last panel.
Other
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).