List of references to Futurama in popular culture

This article lists references to the show Futurama in popular culture, that means references outside of the show to the show itself.

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In an issue of the comic series  (#21, released September 2006), the Australian mechanic Johnny Warrawa wears a welding mask shaped like Bender's face whilst repairing the droid head of.

Action Comics
In  (#863, released May 2008), a comic, there is a plot involving aliens being sent to a prison camp. Among them is what appears to be Zoidberg and possibly Kif Kroker.

Cracked
 was a humour magazine which based most of its material on popular culture. The gallery shows all appearances of Futurama in Cracked.

Forbes
Mom was included in the 2007. She was ranked at #4 with an estimated net worth of $15.7 billion. MomCorp was also included in the list of "The 25 Largest Fictional Companies" which estimated its sales at $291.8 billion.

Heroes
A supplement of the, the graphic novel "The Trip, Part 1" (#160, released January 4, 2010) features the Planet Express ship in a full page panel.

Life in Hell
In Matt Groening's comic, , a Bender-like doll appears in a 1999 Christmas strip.

Mad
The magazine parodies many popular culture things, including Futurama. The gallery shows all appearances of Futurama in Mad.

Mother Jones
Four panels of Futurama are featured on the back of the May/June 2001 issue of.

Off The Mark
The September 17, 2009, issue of the single panel comic , created by, features Leela, with Fry and Bender in the background at the bar. Leela is trying to be chatted up by cyclops Mike Wazowski from the film , whilst his friend Sulley is at the bar.

Outer Orbit
The Planet Express Ship appears in an issue of the miniseries Outer Orbit.

Transmetropolitan
In '  (#25), there is a billboard which depicts Leela and Bender.

Top Ten
In 's  (#11), a discoloured Fry, Leela, and Bender can be seen in the background of the first frame of page 11. Nibbler is also featured two panels later wearing a shirt saying "Slam", a reference to the DC Comics' Message Board poster who suggested Nibbler as an Easter egg.

Young Avengers
In  Special #1 (released February, 2006), the logo for Slurm can be seen on a vending machine being thrown by the.

Zits
In a  comic (published in the 2001 collection, Big Honkin' Zits), Jeremy is excited about a new Futurama episode.

The Adventures of Pluto Nash
In the film , released August 16, 2002, a piece of music similar to the Futurama theme song can be heard in some scenes on the moon.

Attack of the Drones
' was the forth short of and was released in 2003, though not theatrically, because of the failure of '. Dr. Zoidberg makes a cameo appearance in the council, even as much as having a line: "Uh, what do we do?". Billy West voiced him, due to his obligations as. The buildings and animation (2D with 3D sequences) are similar to Futurama's and this may be due to Dwayne Carey-Hill, Eric Kaplan and Rich Moore's involvement. It can be viewed here.

Comic Book: The Movie
The mockumentary,  (released January 27, 2004), features a Futurama cut-out in it. Some Futurama voice actors also appear in the movie including Mark Hamill, Billy West, Matt Groening and Maurice LaMarche.

An Inconvenient Truth

 * In , released 	May 24, 2006, Al Gore uses a scene from the episode "Crimes of the Hot" during his initial explanation of global warming.
 * The Futurama cast and crew also made an animated faux-trailer for the film titled A Terrifying Message from Al Gore featuring Gore and Bender.
 * Al Gore is a recurring guest star on Futurama, appearing in "Anthology of Interest I", "Crimes of the Hot", Bender's Big Score and an unknown Season 6 episode. He has said that Futurama is his favourite show, prior to his appearance on it, during the time of Season 1.
 * His daughter, Kristin Gore, also worked for the show as a screen writer for all of Season 3 and 4's episodes, bar three.

Logorama
In the 2009 short film , over 2,500 logos are used to tell the story. Among these is the logo for Slurm, which appears among others at. Also the name is similar to Futurama. It can be viewed here.

Unfaithful
Futurama appears in the movie. It is unknown where it appears in the movie, but Fox is credited for its use in the film.

Homestar Runner
During the Halloween toon, "Most in the Graveyard" (released October 30, 2008), of the Flash animation series , The Poopsmith is dressed up as Zoidberg. The King of Town also says Professor Farnsworth's catch phrase, "Good news, everyone!", when you click The Poopsmith at the end of the toon. It can be viewed here.

Mozilla Firefox
In 's browser (version  or later), if you type "about:robots" in the address bar, a page will appear paying tribute to robots in popular culture. The last point is "Robots have shiny metal posteriors which should not be bitten." This a reference to Bender's catchphrase, "Bite my shiny metal ass!"

RiffTrax
In the commentary for  (released December 10, 2007),  asks   to finish their Slurm. It can be viewed here.

Robot Hall of Fame
Bender is nominated for the. He is currently in number two position, with 29% of the votes, to get a place.

Runescape
 mentions Futurama on several occasions:
 * The Sea slugs' ability to take over a human's mind is similar to the Brain Slugs of Futurama.
 * During the final dialogue of the quest Troll Romance (released 5 January, 2005), Arrg says "This concept of 'love' confuses and infuriates Arrg." This is a reference to a quote said by Lrrr in the episode "Love and Rocket".
 * In the 100th quest, Recipe for Disaster (released 15 March, 2006), when the player is informed by Gypsy Aris that the universe could be destroyed, the player exclaims, "Not the whole universe! That's where I keep my stuff!", a quote originally appearing in Futurama.

Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series

 * In episode 7 of the internet series Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series, released 7 August 2006, (in robot monkey form) and  are dubbed over as Bender and Fry in the episode "Space Pilot 3000". It can be viewed here.
 * In episode 17 (released 17 March, 2007), appears as a parody of the Hypnotoad, with the same noise and eyes as it. It can be viewed here.

Atomic Raygun Attack
The band Atomic Raygun Attack made an free download EP in 2007 which bases it's six songs off the Futurama episode "The Sting".

The Devin Townsend Project
The song "Bend It Like Bender!", from The Project album  (released November 17, 2009), is a reference to Bender. It can be viewed here.

MC Lars
referenced the show in the song "Space Game", from his album  (released March 21, 2006), with the lyric "Hey Fry, look, we can still be friends. I won't ask Leela out again". It can be heard here.

Aqua Teen Hunger Force
In an episode of  called "Bible Fruit" (released March 23, 2008), Frylock, Meatwad and Master Shake have a discussion about watching Futurama. It is a joke about Futurama being removed from Adult Swim, as Comedy Central had bought the rights to the show.

The Colbert Report
During the intro for the 22 June, 2009 episode of , 's interview with author was headlined "Future-Schama" &mdash; a pun on the name for Futurama.

Countdown with Keith Olbermann
' is a news show hosted by who regularly uses catchphrases from The Simpsons and ', but has recently taken to common use of Professor Farnsworth's catch phrase, "Good news, everyone!"

Doctor Who
The relaunched  contains a few possible references (or just similarities) to Futurama.
 * In the episode, "" (released 	May 7, 2005), a character pretends to be a student at Mars University, to which a medical technician replies, "The Martian boondocks. Typical!"
 * The episode, "" (released 	15 April, 2006), which is set in the year five billion and twenty-three in the city of New New York. However, if the city had been more accurately named, it would in fact be "New New New New New New New New New New New New New New New New York" as it was the fifteenth New York.
 * New New York also appears in the episode,  (released 14 April, 2007), which is set 30 years after "New Earth". It features a character called "Branagan", and has a similar skyline to Futurama.
 * The Christmas Special,  (released 25 December, 2007), has an interstellar cruiser modelled after the original . This is very similar to the space cruise ship, Titanic, in the Futurama episode, "A Flight to Remember".

The Einstein Factor
Contestants in the Australian ABC1 quiz show  choose a specialty on which to be quizzed during the first round. During episode ten of the 2005 season, a contestant chose Futurama as his specialty. He was the second placing of three contestants in the episode.

Family Guy

 * In the episode "" of , released 	April 9, 2006, sings a song without his inspiration (marijuana). His lyrics are possibly describing the Tube Transport System in New New York.
 * During the premiere skit in , released September 27, 2005, a reporter on the red carpet asks if Fox has any plans to bring back Futurama. Family Guy and Futurama were both animated series on Fox which were cancelled and subsequently aired on ; at the time of release Family Guy was scheduled to return but Futurama was not.
 * Bender was seen during the scene of the "", released September 23, 2007.
 * In the fifth "road" episode, "", released September 27, 2009, Stewie keeps the multiverse remote in a safe, with alienese characters on the buttons. Also the multiverses are similar to Futurama's Parallel universes.

Gilmore Girls
In the  episode "Scene in a Mall" (released 24 February 2004), Brian has a set of action figures from the show, which he and Zach discuss at length.

Good News Week
In an episode of , broadcast 31st August 2009,, the host, went to a commercial break saying "Stay tuned meatbags!" Meatbag is a word frequently used by Bender.

The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
In the episode "Dream Mutt" (released June 17, 2005) of , Wiggy Jiggy Jed's line "So you can lick my Candy-striped..." may be a reference to Bender's line of Bite my shiny metal ass.

Journeyman
In the series , in the episode "Emily" (released November 19, 2007), travels back in time to the year 2001, and enters his own house and at that time, on a TV screen, a clip from "Parasites Lost" is seen and heard (Professor Farnsworth saying "Come on, let's all give Fry some privacy."). This means that he probably travelled to January 21.

Kenan & Kel
In season 4 of the sitcom , there is an episode named "Futurama" (released December 31, 1999) which is set in the year 3000.

Lost

 * In the episode "" (released May 9, 2007) of the series, the plot element of the arrivals being assigned their new jobs and one being angry about it, is similar to the Career chip in the Futurama episode "Space Pilot 3000".
 * In the episode "", released January 21, 2009, Daniel describes the time skips like a needle skipping on a record player. This is a direct quote from the Futurama episode "Time Keeps on Slippin'".

The PJs
In the episode "Hangin' With Mr. Super" of the show , Fry makes a cameo appearance on a wanted ad on a milk carton, referring to Fry's disappearance after being frozen. This was an act of reciprocation for an advertisement of The PJs etched onto a manhole cover in the episodes "I Second that Emotion" and "The Luck of the Fryrish", like The PJ's opening scene.

Shaun the Sheep
In the  episode "The Visitor", the alien's space ship can use sheep feces as fuel, which resembles Nibbler's feces.

South Park
In the  episode "", is stuck in the snow and is buried by an avalanche and is defrosted 500 years later. Although not an explicit reference to Futurama, there is brief reference to cryogenics, and the name of the city "New New Hampshire" is familiar to other names of cities used in Futurama, like "New New York" or "New New Jersey".

Stargate Universe
In the  episode "Earth", Eli Wallace gives his mother the name Philip Fry.

Talkin' 'bout your Generation
The Australian quiz show, , asks many popular culture questions. On episode 9, in the round "Your Generation", a true or false question was asked: "Did Darren Shatner, the son of William Shatner, compose the theme song to Futurama?" Generation Y answered true and got the question wrong. Futurama's theme song was actually composed by Christopher Tyng.

Warehouse 13
On the 8 September, 2009 episode of the series  (episode 10, "Breakdown"), Claudia says, "Oh, we're boned!" A common phrase in Futurama.

Contra 4
Bender appears credited with his full name on the Special Thanks section in the  credits.

Gears of War 2
On , in the special thanks section for the makers, Mikey Spano says That Guy's quote of "My one regret is that I have Boneitis!". John DiMaggio voices the main character and  in the game also.

Team Fortress 2
In , an unlockable headgear called Triboniophorus Tyrannus is modelled after the Brain slugs on Futurama.

TimeSplitters: Future Perfect
In the game , the gingerbread man says Bender's quote of "Bite my crunchy brown ass!"

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines
In the hospital, of the game , a patient named D. Marsh is diagnosed with frequent bouts of Sexlexia.

The Simpsons



 * In, there is a head in a jar in a dream about the future from . This episode aired approximately 5 years and a month before Futurama started.
 * In, Bender appears in the hovercar and Bart are driving after crossing a "quantum tunnel". There are references to heads preserved in jars, Hovercars 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.
 * In , Bender and Dr. Zoidberg are characters at the end of Level 15 - "5 Characters In Search Of an Author." Fry also appears in a painting from Matt Groening.
 * In #99, there is a cameo appearance by Bender.
 * In #6, the Planet Express crew appear at the end of this comic.

Star Wars

 * The  and other droids from the   have been known to use Bender's phrase of "".
 * In the , Bender is seen making fun of.
 * A droid with the name "Probulator" appears in the online game .
 * Bender is also seen in the comic  as a scrapped droid.
 * The also appeared in the novel . It is unknown if they are related.
 * Bender was seen in the Star Wars  in the  scene.
 * 's name was probably derived from Bender and Fry.
 * There are a few characters in the Star Wars with names shared in Futurama:
 * 's, , has been jokingly referred to as being the same species of Zoidberg, Decapodian.
 * A clip from "War Is the H-Word" appears in the "" featurette on the
 * 's, , has been jokingly referred to as being the same species of Zoidberg, Decapodian.
 * A clip from "War Is the H-Word" appears in the "" featurette on the
 * 's, , has been jokingly referred to as being the same species of Zoidberg, Decapodian.
 * A clip from "War Is the H-Word" appears in the "" featurette on the

Transformers
Various  releases include some references to Futurama:
 * In the  comic "Wreckers Finale: Part 1", Bender appears as a resident of CSSB-16 Spaceport.
 * In the  story "Gone Too Far", Old Fortran is mentioned.
 * In the Transformers: Timelines script reading "Bee in the City", Bumblebee says "My manwich!", a line used by Hermes and Dwight Conrad in Futurama.
 * In the  episode "A Fistful of Energon", the Decepticon's Clone #2716057 and Clone #3370318 is a reference to Bender and Flexo's serial numbers.
 * In "The AllSpark Almanac" for Transformers Animated, there is an advertisement for many films, including Bikini Party Summer from the episode "That's Lobstertainment!".
 * The voice actors Frank Welker, Phil LaMarr, Bumper Robinson, Kath Soucie and John DiMaggio have done work for both Futurama and Transformers