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Popular culture references
This article lists pop culture references in the show Futurama, that means references inside of the show to the other shows, in alphabetic order by name of the popular culture referring to it.

Life in Hell

 * In Space Pilot 3000, Fry passes a sign on the street that says "AKBAR." This is likely to be a reference to Akbar, a character in Matt Groening's "Life in Hell" comic strip, and it is the name of the Simpsons font.

Red Dwarf

 * The cryogenic chamber may be a reference to Red Dwarf, how Lister, the main character, 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.

The Simpsons



 * , the Three-Eyed Fish, from The Simpsons makes a brief appearance in an underwater section of tube-way Fry travels through.
 * The chef on the Panucci's Pizza box is very similar to the chef Luigi in The Simpsons.
 * In an early storyboard of this episode, Fry is watching The Simpsons on TV. This does not appear in the final episode.
 * The badge at second from the bottom of Bender's sash has a profile of Homer Simpson.

The PJs

 * As an act of reciprocation for Fry being on a milk carton, The PJ's manhole cover, like the one in The PJ's opening scene, is shown in the episodes "I Second that Emotion" and "The Luck of the Fryrish".

Star Trek

 * Captain's log are still used, complete with star date.
 * Brannigan's Law is the equivalent to Starfleet's Prime Directive.
 * At the The Hip Joint, Fry meets a woman from the 21st century who asks if he remembers "when those cyborgs enslaved Humanity?" This is a reference to Star Trek: First Contact (Film), when the Borg attempt to assimilate Earth.
 * Fry finds a "Mr Spock Collector's Plate" with a picture of Spock on it.
 * Bender screaming at the universe is like a scene from Star Trek Generations (Film).
 * Leela's bathing suit looks very like the one worn by Jadzia Dax in the Let He Who Is Without Sin... (DS9)

Star Wars

 * In Space Pilot 3000, Fry passes a sign on the street that says "AKBAR." Admiral Akbar is a character in Star Wars.