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The Geography Portal

Welcome to The Geography Portal, a Futurama portal that anyone can edit.

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The Geography Portal

Technology is the application of developments in science and engineering to benefit humanity. In the 31st century, robots, who are more advanced than in the 21st century, are used for entertainment purposes, work, cooking and cleaning, and companionship. In a thousand years, technology has progressed a lot. As a result, the world of Futurama is populated with an amazingly vast array of new gadgets, gizmos, and techniques. Some of them even work — some of the time.

Featured geography

Portal:Robot/Featured
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Browse geography

Locations of Interest

In the United States

Did you know...

...that there are about 100 robots in Futurama?
...that since there are about 1730 universes, there would be approximately 173,000 Futurama robots?
...that Bender and Planet Express ship are the only robots to appear in every episode, film and comic?

Selected Picture (Just an Example)

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-==Popular culture references==
+{{portal|title=Geography|icon=Infosphere icon geography.png}}
-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.
+<div style="margin-top: -3em; padding-top: 1px">
+<p style="margin: 2.5em 0 0; text-align: center; font-size: 115%; line-height: 1.3">
+Welcome to '''The Geography Portal''', a [[Futurama]] portal that anyone can edit.
+</p>
+<p style="font-variant: small-caps; text-align: center; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 1em; font-size: 125%;">{{#ifexpr: ({{CURRENTMONTH}} mod 2) = 0| {{#switch: {{ #expr: {{CURRENTHOUR}} mod 6}} | 0 = In Hypno-Vision | 1 = As seen on TV |2=Loading... |3=Proudly Made on Earth |4=For external use only |Smell-O-Vision Users Insert Nose Tubes Now. }} | {{#switch: {{ #expr: {{CURRENTHOUR}} mod 6}} | 0 = Last known transmission of the Hubble Telescope | 1 = Please turn off all cell phones and tricorders |2=Controlling you through a chip in your butt since 1999 |3=Known to cause insanity in laboratory mice |4=<big>'''''Now interactive!'''''</big> <br> Joystick controls Fry's left ear |Last known transmission of the Mars polar lander }} }}</p>
-==2001: A Space Odyssey==
+{| cellspacing="3" style="width:100%; background: none;"
-[[File:Dewey.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Dewey, the autopilot]]
+|- valign="top"
-*In [[Roswell that Ends Well]], the Professor's eyes reflecting the passing colours in the vortex is a reference to 2001: A Space Odyssey.
+| style="width:100%; border: 1px solid #f99; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #FFFFFF; background-color: #696969" class=""|
-*In [[Love and Rocket]], Dewey, the autopilot of the [[Planet Express Ship]], is a clear reference to {{w|HAL 9000}}.
+==The ''Geography'' Portal==
-*In [[The Sting]], the scene where Leela looks into Fry's coffin in space and sees a colourful tunnel of light (to the music [[wikipedia:Also sprach Zarathustra (Richard Strauss)|''Also sprach Zarathustra'']]) is a parody of the scene in [[wikipedia:2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|''2001: A Space Odyssey'']], where [[wikipedia:David Bowman (fictional character)|David Bowman]] encounters the [[wikipedia:Monolith (Space Odyssey)|Monolith]] and it opens into the same Stargate sequence as in the end of 2001.
+[[File:Omega Device.png|right|180px|The Omega Device]]
-*The playing of "[[wikipedia:Also sprach Zarathustra (Richard Strauss)|Also sprach Zarathustra]]" when the Planet Express crew logs on to the Internet, and Fry's line "My God, it's full of ads!" are references to ''2001: A Space Odyssey''.
+'''Technology''' is the application of developments in science and engineering to benefit humanity. In the [[31st century]], [[robots]], who are more advanced than in the [[21st century]], are used for entertainment purposes, work, cooking and cleaning, and companionship. In a thousand years, technology has progressed a lot. As a result, the world of ''[[Futurama]]'' is populated with an amazingly vast array of new gadgets, gizmos, and techniques. Some of them even work &mdash; some of the time.
-{{clear}}
+|}
+</div>
-==Family Guy==
+{| cellspacing="4" style="width:100%; background: none;"
-[[File:Fry as a Family Guy character.png|200px|thumb|right|Fry as {{w|Lois Griffin}}]]
+|- valign="top"
-*In [[Fear of a Bot Planet]], the mirroring of Fry in Leela's helmet looks a lot like the characters on {{w|Family Guy}} and his comment "we look stupid" was a clear mocking of Family Guy.
+| style="width:100%; border: 1px solid #1E90FF; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #FFFFFF; background-color: #000000" class=""|
-{{clear}}
-=="Got Milk?"==
+==Featured geography==
-[[File:Gotmilkkilled.jpg|200px|thumb|right|got milk? Then you're a human and must be killed]]
+{{:Portal:Robot/Featured}} <br>
-*In [[Space Pilot 3000]], when Fry walks out of the lab, an ad on a taxi behind him reads "Got Protoplasm?", a reference to the series of "Got Milk?" advertising slogans.
+There is no Featured Robot this month. Click [[Template:FeaturedRobot/6|here]] to create one!
-*In [[Fear of a Bot Planet]], a sign on Chapek 9 reads: ''got milk? then you're a human and must be killed.''
+|}
-{{clear}}
-==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.
-{{clear}}
-==Married with Children==
+{| cellspacing="4" style="width:100%; background: none;"
-[[File:July2007calendar.JPG|200px|right|thumb|Al and Leela]]
+|- valign="top"
-*In [[A Bicyclops Built for Two ]], the scene with [[Alcazar]] and [[Leela]] at the couch, and Leela's new outfit and hairstyle, is a reference to one of [[Katey Sagal]]'s older series {{w|Married with Children}}.
+| style="width:50%; border: 1px solid #f99; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #2F4F4F" class=""|
-{{clear}}
-==Red Dwarf==
+==Browse geography==
-{{see|Red Dwarf}}
+*'''[[Earth#Locations of Interest|Locations of Interest]]'''
-*In [[Space Pilot 3000]], 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.
+**[[Washington DC]]
-*In [[Hell Is Other Robots]], the robots (or mechanoids) are programmed to believe in silicon heaven because if it didn't exist "where would all the little calculators go?", an homage of {{w|Red Dwarf}}.
+**[[Los Angeles]]
-{{clear}}
+**[[San Francisco]]
-==The Simpsons==
+**[[Thermostadt]]
-[[File:Blinkytube.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Blinky]]
+**[[Atlanta]]
-{{see|The Simpsons}}
-*{{w|List_of_animals_in_The_Simpsons#Blinky|Blinky}}, the Three-Eyed Fish, from ''The Simpsons'' makes a brief appearance in an underwater section of tube-way [[Fry]] travels through.
+*'''[[United States of America#States|In the United States]]'''
-*The chef on the Panucci's Pizza box is very similar to the chef Luigi in The Simpsons.
+**[[New New York]]
-*In an early storyboard of this episode, Fry is watching The Simpsons on TV. This does not appear in the final episode.
+**[[Atlantic City]]
-*The badge at second from the bottom of Bender's sash has a profile of Homer Simpson.
+**[[San Francisco]]
-{{clear}}
+**[[Milwaukee]]
-==The PJs==
+**[[Sewer City]]
-[[File:PJmanhole.jpg|200px|right|thumb|The PJ's]]
+**[[NNY Sewers|Sewers of NNY]]
-*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]]".
+|width=50%" style="border:1px solid #99f; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000; background-color: #808080" class=""|
-{{clear}}
-==The Twilight Zone==
+==Did you know...==
-[[File:The Scary Door Ep1.jpg|200px|right|thumb|"It's not fair...It's not fair!"]]
+*...that there are about 100 robots in ''Futurama''?
-*The in-show show [[The Scary Door]] is a parody of {{w|The Twilight Zone}}.
+*...that since there are about [[Parallel universes|1730 universes]], there would be approximately 173,000 ''Futurama'' robots?
-*Two of the episodes of The Scary Door are parodies of The Twilight Zone, like:
+*...that [[Bender]] and [[Planet Express ship]] are the only robots to appear in every episode, film and comic?
-**[[The Scary Door|The Last Man on Earth]] &mdash; {{w|Time Enough at Last}}
+|}
-**[[The Scary Door|Episode 2]] &mdash; {{w|Nightmare at 20,000 Feet}}
-{{clear}}
+{| cellspacing="3" style="width:100%; background: none;"
-==Star Trek==
+|- valign="top"
-{{see|Star Trek}}
+| style="width:100%; border: 1px solid #f99; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #FFFFFF; background-color: #008080" class=""|
-[[File:Leelabathingsuit.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Jadzia Dax's baithing suit]]
-*[[startrek:Captain's log|Captain's log]] are still used, complete with star date.
+==Selected Picture (Just an Example)==
-*[[Brannigan's Law]] is the equivalent to [[startrek:Starfleet|Starfleet's]] [[startrek:Prime Directive|Prime Directive]].
+<p style="font-variant: regular; text-align: center; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 1em; font-size: 100%;">{{#ifexpr: ({{CURRENTMONTH}} mod 2) = 0| {{#switch: {{ #expr: {{CURRENTHOUR}} mod 12}}
-*At the [[The Hip Joint]], Fry meets [[21st Century girl|a woman from the 21st century]] who asks if he remembers "when those cyborgs enslaved Humanity?" This is a reference to [[startrek:Star Trek: First Contact|''Star Trek: First Contact'' (Film)]], when the [[startrek:Borg|Borg]] attempt to assimilate Earth.
-*Fry finds a "Mr Spock Collector's Plate" with a picture of Spock on it.
+|0 =[[File:MomCorpHQ.png|300px|MomCorp headquarters]]<br>
-*Bender screaming at the universe is like a scene from [[startrek:Star Trek Generations|''Star Trek Generations'' (Film)]].
+The headquarters of [[MomCorp]].
-*[[Leela]]'s bathing suit looks very like the one worn by [[startrek:Jadzia Dax|Jadzia Dax]] in the [[startrek:Let He Who Is Without Sin... (episode)|Let He Who Is Without Sin... (DS9)]]
-{{clear}}
+|1=[[File:Clinton Monument.jpg|300px|The Washington and Clinton Monuments]]<br>
-==Star Wars==
+The {{w|George Washington|Washington}} and {{w|Bill Clinton|Bill Clinton}} Monuments.
-{{see|Star Wars}}
-[[File:Galaxy Wars.PNG|200px|thumb|right|Galaxy Wars]]
+|2=[[File:Robot Party Week.png|300px|Robot Party Week!]]<br>
-*In [[Space Pilot 3000]], Fry passes a sign on the street that says "AKBAR." Admiral Akbar is a character in [[starwars:Star Wars|Star Wars]].
+[[Robots]] going to the [[Galápagos Islands]] for [[Robot Party Week]]
-*[[Galaxy Wars]] is an obvious parody of ''[[Star Wars]]'', most likely ''[[starwars:Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace|Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace]]''.
-*A guy on a jet bike is wearing a helmet like [[starwars:Leia Organa Solo|Leia]] wore in ''[[starwars:Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi|Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi]]'' on the [[starwars:Speeder bike|Speeder bike]].
+|3=[[File:Planet Express Exterior 2.jpg|300px|Planet Express headquarters]]<br>
-*When the policemen are beating Fry with their [[lightsaber]] clubs [[Leela]] says: "There is no need to use force" as a reference to [[starwars:The Force|The Force]] in ''Star Wars''.
+Exterior of the [[Planet Express headquarters]]
-*The crew escaping as [[Vergon 6]] self-destructs is similar to the [[starwars:Death Star I|first Death Star's]] destruction in ''Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope''.
-*The [[starwars:Hologram|hologram]] of Vergon 6 looks like the hologram for [[starwars:Endor|Endor]] in ''Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi''. Both are green, translucent, and orbit slowly.
+|4=[[File:Monument Beach 2.jpg|300px|Monuments Beach and its... monuments]]<br>
-*Hermes shows up in the form of a hologram, much like Princess Leia in ''Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope''.
+[[Fry]] viewing the [[Monument Beach]] monuments.
+|5= [[File:Central Bureaucracy.jpg|300px|Est. 2159 A.D., License Pending]] <br>
+The [[Central Bureaucracy]] and it's line.
+|6 =[[File:TheWhiteHouse.jpg|centre|300px|Color TV's White House]]<br>
+The exterior of the [[White House]].
+|7=[[File:Spheroboom.jpg|300px|The Sphereoboom]]<br>
+The [[Spheroboom]] about to hit the [[Scammer Aliens]].
+|8=[[File:Pointy rock stick.png|300px|A primitive technology]]<br>
+[[Professor Farnsowrth]] invents a [[Pointy Rock Tied to a Stick]] when all technology rebels.
+|9=[[File:NCC-1701-A.jpg|300px|Way to kill the franchise, Bakula!]] <br>
+[[Scott Bakula]] using a replica of the [[USS Enterprise]] in the [[Space Demolition Derby]].
+|10=[[File:Death Clock.jpg|300px|Phew...]]<br>
+[[Professor Farnsworth]] shows the crew his new invention, the [[Death Clock]].
+|11= [[File:Ceremonial Killamajig Open.png|centre|300px|The Ceremonial Killamajig]]<br>
+<div style="text-align: center;">The [[Robot Elders]] give [[Bender]] a [[Ceremonial Killamajig]] to kill the humans, [[Fry]] and [[Leela]].</div>  }} }}</p>
+|}