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==''Futurama'' in ''The Simpsons''== | ==''Futurama'' in ''The Simpsons''== | ||
''Futurama'' has appeared in ''The Simpsons'' on several occasions: | ''Futurama'' has appeared in ''The Simpsons'' on several occasions: | ||
==={{w|The Simpsons (season 5)|Season 5}}=== | ==={{w|The Simpsons (season 5)|Season 5}}=== | ||
'''{{w|Rosebud (The Simpsons)|Rosebud (1F01)}} | {| class="overview" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" | ||
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| {{w|Rosebud (The Simpsons)|Rosebud (1F01)}} || In Burns's dream about the future, he appears as a [[head in a jar]] (with robotic body).<br />This episode premiered 5 and a half years before ''Futurama'' started. || [[File:Burnshead.jpg|250px]] | |||
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| {{w|Bart Gets Famous|Bart Gets Famous (1F11)}} || There is a head in a jar in a dream about the future from Bart.<br />This episode premiered 5 years and a month before ''Futurama'' started. || [[File:Simpsonsheadinjar.jpg|250px]] | |||
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==={{w|The Simpsons (season 6)|Season 6}}=== | ==={{w|The Simpsons (season 6)|Season 6}}=== | ||
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| {{w|Itchy & Scratchy Land|Itchy & Scratchy Land (2F01)}} || The robotic arms behind {{w|Professor Frink|Professor Frink}} are very similar to the arms of Bender in form (even with three fingers) and colours.<br />This episode premiered 4 and a half years before ''Futurama'' started. || [[File:Frinkwithbenderarms.jpg|250px]] | |||
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==={{w|The Simpsons (season 8)|Season 8}}=== | ==={{w|The Simpsons (season 8)|Season 8}}=== | ||
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| rowspan="2" | {{w|Treehouse of Horror VII|Treehouse of Horror VII (4F02)}} || The city is built around the tooth Lisa keeps a resemblance to the city of [[New New York]], especially the [[Tube Transport System]].<br />This episode premiered 2 and a half years before ''Futurama'' started. || [[File:Toothcity.jpg|250px]] | |||
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| Some of the ships leaving the miniature city are similar to the Planet Express ship. || [[File:Shipsinsimpsons.jpg|250px]] | |||
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| {{w|Homer's Phobia|Homer's Phobia (4F11)}} || A [[Robot Santa Claus]] (similar to ''Futurama'''s) appears in this episode.<br />This episode premiered 2 years and a month before ''Futurama'' started. || [[File:Robotsantasimpsons.jpg|250px]] | |||
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==={{w|The Simpsons (season 10)|Season 10}}=== | ==={{w|The Simpsons (season 10)|Season 10}}=== | ||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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File:Uterfuturamashirt.jpg|Üter with a ''Futurama'' shirt | File:Uterfuturamashirt.jpg|Üter with a ''Futurama'' shirt | ||
File:Watchuturamacohen.jpg|David "Watch ''Futurama''" Cohen | File:Watchuturamacohen.jpg|David "Watch ''Futurama''" Cohen |
Revision as of 07:11, 20 April 2009
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.
All points have pictures. Points without pictures are marked with (N/A). Pictures are located in the gallery at the bottom of the page.
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
Episode | Reference and how long before Futurama it aired |
Image |
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Rosebud (1F01) | In Burns's dream about the future, he appears as a head in a jar (with robotic body). This episode premiered 5 and a half years before Futurama started. |
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Bart Gets Famous (1F11) | There is a head in a jar in a dream about the future from Bart. This episode premiered 5 years and a month before Futurama started. |
Season 6
Itchy & Scratchy Land (2F01) | The robotic arms behind Professor Frink are very similar to the arms of Bender in form (even with three fingers) and colours. This episode premiered 4 and a half years before Futurama started. |
Season 8
Treehouse of Horror VII (4F02) | The city is built around the tooth Lisa keeps a resemblance to the city of New New York, especially the Tube Transport System. This episode premiered 2 and a half years before Futurama started. |
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Some of the ships leaving the miniature city are similar to the Planet Express ship. | ||
Homer's Phobia (4F11) | A Robot Santa Claus (similar to Futurama's) appears in this episode. This episode premiered 2 years and a month before Futurama started. |
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.
- The 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
- At the scene of the spaceship of Kang and Kodos, Leela and Bender are among the public.
- Bender and Dr. Zoidberg are characters at the end of Level 15 - "In Search Of an Author."
- Fry appears in a painting from Matt Groening.
Comics
- In #11, there is an album that looks a lot like Kif.
- In #46, the dialogue between Dolph and Nelson is clearly allusive to Futurama. Nelson says "I just wanted to draw robots and an alien girl from one eye as I saw on TV the other night".
- In #50, there is a cameo appearance by Fry at the wall.
- In #84, on the cover the hair of Leela and Fry can be seen.
- In #85, there is a cameo appearance by Bender on the cover of the "Corporate Annual Reports" of Bongo.
- In #95, Homer (nearly) exclaims "Bite my shiny metal ass", Bender's phrase.
- In #99, there is a cameo appearance by Bender.
- In #100, there is a cameo appearance by Bender and "Monkey Sea, Monkey Doom!'s" cover appears in a pile of comic books.
- In #128, Bender appears on one of the TV channels.
- In #145, there is a comic book entitled "Anthology of Interest" with a a Bender-like robot on the cover.
- In #14, Space Boy in Outer Space and "Fry Me to the Moon" appear on the front cover on the back cover of the comic that Homer is reading.
- In #25, someone wants to sell Bart a Futurama comic in bad condition.
- In #31, there is a cameo appearance by Bender at the Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con.
Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror
- In #5, there is a head inside a jar and Mr Burns is holding a head similar to that of Bender.
- In #7, Fry is seen in the crowd of people on the last panel.
- In #7, the Sea Monkeys are similar to those seen in "Monkey Sea, Monkey Doom!".
- Dr Crab is similar to Zoidberg.
- In #6, the Planet Express crew appear at the end of this comic.
Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror Heebie-Jeebie Hullabaloo
- Kang and Kodos are in the office of Matt Groening, surrounded by all kinds of articles from The Simpsons, along with a poster of Bender and the Planet Express ship hanging from the ceiling.
The Simpsons Holiday Humdinger
- There is a toy of Robot Santa Claus when Comic Book Guy is daydreaming of being Santa.
Simpsons Winter Wing Ding
- There is a toy of Robot Santa Claus in this comic.
Free Comic Book Day
- Both promotional images can be seen with a Futurama comic. These are "The Owner of Mars Attacks!" and "The Time Bender Trilogy: Part 3".
Other
The Simpsons Library of Wisdom
- In "Comic Book Guy's Book of Pop Culture", "Bite my shiny metal ass" appears in his personal greatest quotes of all time and a "Bender blender" appears in his best apartment ever.
Gallery
See also
- In popular culture for connections to Futurama other than The Simpsons.