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"'''Futurama Returns'''" is the second special edition [[comic]] of ''[[Futurama]]''.  It served as a teaser for the [[Season 5|four Direct-to-DVD films]] at Comic-Con 2007, where it was read aloud by the cast members of the show.  For these reasons, "Futurama Returns" is not considered part of the comic [[canon]].


==The Story==
== The Story ==
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The crew return from a delivery to find an invitation to the Q&A panel at Packagecon, the big delivery and shipping convention in Space Diego. Meanwhile, [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|the Professor]] learns that the [[Box Network]] has removed [[Planet Express]] from the delivery schedule, but he soon discovers an alternative in the Carton Network. The crew, while on their way to Packagecon, get snagged on a cable operated by the Carton Network which pulls them into a vortex. They go back to [[Timeline#Dawn of time — 1999|31 December, 2999]] and are forced to relive the last five years and all of their past deliveries again. Over this time, Fry and Leela realize that they are living in a world of cable reruns.
===Act I===
The crew return from a delivery to find an invitation to Package-Con. Meanwhile [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|The Professor]] learns that the Box Network has removed [[Planet Express]] from the delivery schedule, but he soon discovers an alternative in the Carton Network who create a vortex to trap the crew, who were headed to the con. They end up in a time loop where they must relive past deliveries.


===Act II===
=== Act II ===
The Package-Con attendees are shocked to discover that the only Planet Express staff member to show up is [[Scruffy]], and try to find ways to get the crew to safety. The crew grow sick of their loop [[The Honking|during a visit]] to the [[Gypsy]] and ask about the future, she tells them of [[Episode_Listing#Direct-to-DVD_films|four adventures]]. At least the [[Bender's Big Score|first]] [[The Beast with a Billion Backs|two]] of which involve cosmic repercussions. Finally, the crew are saved thanks to the mighty nerd powers of their fans.
Bill Morrison, the moderator of Boxco, introduces the Planet Express Crew. Only to realize that the only [[Planet Express#Employees|member]] that has showed up is Scruffy.The Package-Con attendees are shocked to discover this and frantically asking questions about them. After a question about [[DVDs|DVD sets]], Scruffy gets the idea of releasing Hidden Camera Tapes Volumes 1-4, DVD box sets showing what happens behind the scenes of Planet Express in a {{w|Big Brother}} style situation (some things shown include Amy having a shower, Hermes picking his nose, Zoidberg picking through garbage and Cubert going into Farnsworth's safe). The crew grow sick of their loop during their 93rd [[The Honking|visit]] to the [[Gypsy]] and ask about the future. The Gypsy informs them of [[Episode Listing#Direct-to-DVD films|four adventures]], the [[Bender's Big Score|first]] [[The Beast with a Billion Backs|two]] of which involve cosmic repercussions, though the Gypsy couldn't, even with her powers of robo-foresight, see the plot of the [[Into the Wild Green Yonder|fourth]] adventure. Finally, the crew are saved and brought back to the present thanks to the mighty nerd powers of their fans.


==Additional Info==
== Additional Info ==
===Trivia===
=== Trivia ===
*Only available from Comic-Con in 2007 and subsequently eBay and other locations fans might upload to or sell from.
*This comic was only available from Comic-Con in 2007 and subsequently eBay and other locations fans might upload to or sell from.
**The table reading can be watched [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKSLfNfrH3Q&mode=related&search= here], continuing [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3sB4h4lBgE here].
**The table reading can be watched [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKSLfNfrH3Q&mode=related&search= here], continuing [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3sB4h4lBgE here], as well as in the special features of {{f|1}}.
*The reading of this comic had actors performing roles the missing cast members would normally fill and featured [[Katey Sagal]]'s second ever Futurama character.
**The actual comic can be read [http://slurmed.com/?p=returns/comic here].
*The reading of this comic had actors performing roles the missing cast members would normally fill (i.e. Billy West did Scruffy instead of David Herman as well as the Gypsy-bot instead of Tress MacNeille) and featured [[Katey Sagal]]'s first ever non-Leela Futurama character.
*Teaser images for the first three films, as shown below, were included as part of the comic, these provided information that was not yet known about them.
*This is the first time a character ([[Nudar]], [[Yivo]], [[Titanius Anglesmith]], [[Frydo]], [[Leegola]] and [[The Great Wizard Greyfarn]]) has had a debut appearance in a comic before appearing in the main series, of course this is a teaser for the films and not even [[canon]] to the comics.
**However, if the [[Blobs]] in "[[Love and Rocket]]" were [[Horrible Gelatinous Blob|H.G.]] and [[Mrs. Blob]], then she holds this honour.
*On Bender's ass, on the first page, there are the words 'Hecho En Mexico'.
*[[David X. Cohen]] and [[Eric Kaplan]] (or possibly [[Schlomo]]) are pictured as some of the nerds.
*This comic is set in [[Timeline#3000 — 4000|3004]] as apparent from the Packagecon banner.
*Carton Network is an obvious parody of {{w|Cartoon Network}} (which shares a channel space with [[Adult Swim]]). As is [[Box Network]] for the {{w|Fox Network}}.
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===Quotes===
=== Quotes ===
*'''Leela''': The computer is bonkers. The read-outs went Kerblooie. Even my wrist thingy is acting jiggy.<br/>'''Bender''': Stop using all that science jargon! Just tell us what's happening!
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*'''Fry''': I have a strange feeling... <br />'''Leela''': Déjà Vu?<br />'''Fry:''' Leela! Now is not the time to come onto me in French!
<poem>'''Leela''': The computer is bonkers. The read-outs went Kerblooie. Even my [[Wristlojackimator|wrist thingy]] is acting jiggy.
'''Bender''': Stop using all that science jargon! Just tell us what's happening!</poem>
<poem>'''Fry''': I have a strange feeling...
'''Leela''': Déjà Vu?
'''Fry''': Leela! Now is not the time to come onto me in French!</poem>
}}


=== Allusions ===
*{{w|Peter Griffin}} of ''[[Family Guy]]'' and {{w|Maude Flanders}} from ''[[The Simpsons]]'' are seen outside the Carton Network building. {{w|Comic Book Guy}} also has a cameo near the end.
** It is possible that Peter Griffin's cameo is a reference to both [[20th Century Fox]] and [[Adult Swim]], both of which air ''Futurama'' and ''Family Guy''.


===Outside References===
=== Episodes Seen or Mentioned ===
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Futurama Returns
Futurama Returns.jpg
US Publish NumberS02
UK Publish Number(s)US only
Written byPatric M. Verrone
Art byJason Ho
Title captionNone
Published (US)Comic-Con 2007
Title referenceAdvertising the upcoming DVD films

"Futurama Returns" is the second special edition comic of Futurama. It served as a teaser for the four Direct-to-DVD films at Comic-Con 2007, where it was read aloud by the cast members of the show. For these reasons, "Futurama Returns" is not considered part of the comic canon.

The Story

Act I

The crew return from a delivery to find an invitation to the Q&A panel at Packagecon, the big delivery and shipping convention in Space Diego. Meanwhile, the Professor learns that the Box Network has removed Planet Express from the delivery schedule, but he soon discovers an alternative in the Carton Network. The crew, while on their way to Packagecon, get snagged on a cable operated by the Carton Network which pulls them into a vortex. They go back to 31 December, 2999 and are forced to relive the last five years and all of their past deliveries again. Over this time, Fry and Leela realize that they are living in a world of cable reruns.

Act II

Bill Morrison, the moderator of Boxco, introduces the Planet Express Crew. Only to realize that the only member that has showed up is Scruffy.The Package-Con attendees are shocked to discover this and frantically asking questions about them. After a question about DVD sets, Scruffy gets the idea of releasing Hidden Camera Tapes Volumes 1-4, DVD box sets showing what happens behind the scenes of Planet Express in a Big Brother style situation (some things shown include Amy having a shower, Hermes picking his nose, Zoidberg picking through garbage and Cubert going into Farnsworth's safe). The crew grow sick of their loop during their 93rd visit to the Gypsy and ask about the future. The Gypsy informs them of four adventures, the first two of which involve cosmic repercussions, though the Gypsy couldn't, even with her powers of robo-foresight, see the plot of the fourth adventure. Finally, the crew are saved and brought back to the present thanks to the mighty nerd powers of their fans.

Additional Info

Trivia

  • This comic was only available from Comic-Con in 2007 and subsequently eBay and other locations fans might upload to or sell from.
  • The reading of this comic had actors performing roles the missing cast members would normally fill (i.e. Billy West did Scruffy instead of David Herman as well as the Gypsy-bot instead of Tress MacNeille) and featured Katey Sagal's first ever non-Leela Futurama character.
  • Teaser images for the first three films, as shown below, were included as part of the comic, these provided information that was not yet known about them.
  • This is the first time a character (Nudar, Yivo, Titanius Anglesmith, Frydo, Leegola and The Great Wizard Greyfarn) has had a debut appearance in a comic before appearing in the main series, of course this is a teaser for the films and not even canon to the comics.
  • On Bender's ass, on the first page, there are the words 'Hecho En Mexico'.
  • David X. Cohen and Eric Kaplan (or possibly Schlomo) are pictured as some of the nerds.
  • This comic is set in 3004 as apparent from the Packagecon banner.
  • Carton Network is an obvious parody of Cartoon Network (which shares a channel space with Adult Swim). As is Box Network for the Fox Network.
  • Futurama Returns - Bender's Big Score.jpg
  • Futurama Returns - The Beast with a Billion Backs.jpg
  • Futurama Returns - Bender's Game.jpg

Quotes

    Leela: The computer is bonkers. The read-outs went Kerblooie. Even my wrist thingy is acting jiggy.
    Bender: Stop using all that science jargon! Just tell us what's happening!

    Fry: I have a strange feeling...
    Leela: Déjà Vu?
    Fry: Leela! Now is not the time to come onto me in French!

Allusions

Episodes Seen or Mentioned

Characters

Speaking Characters

Characters Seen or Mentioned

Characters on Page 8

Comic Credits

Futurama comics
Issues 1 — 20 "Monkey Sea, Monkey Doom!" • "...But Deliver Us to Evil!" • "The Owner of Mars Attacks!" • "DOOP the Right Thing!" • "Who's Dying to Be a Gazillionaire?" • "Xmas Time Is Fear" • "New Year's Rockin' Evil" • "Planet X-Press Men" • "Freaky Fry-day" • "The Big Sweep" • "The Cure for the Common Clod" • "Sideshow Fry" • "The Bender You Say" • "Six Characters in Search of a Story" • "Fry Me to the Moon" • "Kickin' It Old School" • "The Time Bender Trilogy:" (Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3) • "Bender Breaks Out"
21 — 40

"More than a Filling!" • "A Fit Worse than Death" • "The A-Team" • "Twice Told Tales of Interest" • "Robot Robin Hood" • "A Whole Lotta Leela" • "Rotten to the Core" • "Let's Twist Again" • "Downsized!" • "Fry and the Double-Bag Must-Have Item" • "As the Wormhole Turns" • "Doctor What" • "Attack of the 50-ft Amy" • "Planet Michelle" • "Son of the Sun" • "You Don't Wanna Know Jak!" • "Full Metal Racket" • "Rumble in the Jungle" • "Rust in Peace" • "Robot Santa's Little Helpers"

41 — 60

"Soldier Boys" • "Homeward Boned" • "Welcome to my Nightmall" • "The Fry and the Furious!" • "Anthology of Interest II" • "Follow the Reader" • "Chitty Chitty Bend Bend" • "Claw and Order" • "Dummy Up!" • "Your Mother Wears Pilot Boots" • "Fry Cook!" • "Ro-Botox!" • "A Bump in the Flight" • "How Much is that Mutant in the Window?" • "The Trouble With Trilogies" • "Do You Want Fry with That?" • "Steampunk'd" • "Boomsday!" • "How to Secede Without Really Trying" • "The Bot Who Cried Wolf"

61 — 80

"Troop Grit" • "Lost Our Leela" • "Igner-Ance is Bliss!" • "Secret Santa" • "The Sun Also Raises!" • "The Board Game Games" • "Tartar House Five" • "Futuramarutuf" • "Don't Go Taking my Heart!" • "The Devil and Professor F." • "Pizza Wars" • "Trading Spaces" • "Night of the Automated Dead" • "What the What if?" • "Bendership Galactica" • "Captain Brannigan: The Windbag Soldier" • "New New New York" • "Little Orphan Android" • "Kif of Death!" • "Dumbsday!"

81 — 100

"A Touch of Medieval" • Futurama Comics #82

Simpsons Crossovers "Somewhere Over the Brain-bow!" • "Liquid Diamond Is Forever!" • "Slaves of New New York!" • "The Read Menace!"
Mini-comics "H.G. Blob in Revenge of the Blob" • "The Continuum Less Travelled" • "Leela & Amy in Hostile Makeover" • "Captain Zapp Brannigan in The Seven Day Itch" • "Captain Zapp Brannigan in Purple Tentacle Tour" • "Captain Zapp Brannigan in Rank Call!" • "Zoidberg Makes a House Call" • "H.G. Blob in A Funny Feeling in my Tummy" • "Breaking News"
Collections Futurama-O-Rama • Futurama Adventures • Futurama: The Time Bender Trilogy • Futurama Conquers The Universe • The Simpsons Futurama Crossover Crisis • Futurama Comics: To Infinity!
Special issues "Monkey Sea, Monkey Doom!" • "Futurama Returns" • "Delivery-Boy Man"
Comics related Bongo Comics Group • Futuramaland
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