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* WholePlotReference: "Planet X-Press Men" is an homage to ''Franchise/XMen'', with the Planet Express crew in their place.

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* WholePlotReference: "Planet X-Press Men" is an homage to ''Franchise/XMen'', ''ComicBook/XMen'', with the Planet Express crew in their place.
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* BabyFeverTrigger: In "Lost Our Leela," Zapp tricks an amnesiac Leela into acting as his housewife and taking care of three robot teenagers with him. Leela (who, pre-amnesia, had already expressed a belief that she'd be a great mother) enjoys taking care of the robots so much that she propositions Zapp to make a baby with her. This makes him panic as having sex with him may bring back her memory, so he bails. Even after she gets her memory back (and is understandably very mad at Zapp), she does feel fondly for the robot boys and believes the experience convinced her she can be a good mother someday (despite having forgotten to change her own alien pet's diaper for hours).
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* AdaptationalUpbringingChange: In issue #74, "What the What If?", the professor's WhatIf machine explodes, splitting New New York into a variety of different self-contained universes. In one of them, Leela was never given up by her parents to live on the surface, so she was raised in the sewers to be meek and naive. She's also dating Leg Mutant.

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Like ''ComicBook/TheSimpsons'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' ventured into the ComicBook scene thanks to the TV show's success. The comic book series was published by Creator/BongoComics and was published bi-monthly in the United States since November 2000 (apart from a couple of temporary delays caused by the two comic crossovers with ''The Simpsons''). The comic book series continued its run even after the show's first cancellation by FOX and its second cancellation following its run on Comedy Central before ceasing publication altogether in 2017. The comic lasted 83 issues, with the last two only being available digitally through the Futuramaland app.

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Like ''ComicBook/TheSimpsons'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' ventured into the ComicBook scene thanks to the TV show's success. The comic book series was published by Creator/BongoComics and was published bi-monthly in the United States since November 2000 (apart from a couple of temporary delays caused by [[ComicBook/TheSimpsonsFuturamaCrossoverCrisis the two comic crossovers crossovers]] with ''The Simpsons''). The comic book series continued its run even after the show's first cancellation by FOX and its second cancellation following its run on Comedy Central before ceasing publication altogether in 2017. The comic lasted 83 issues, with the last two only being available digitally through the Futuramaland app.



* {{Crossover}}: The two-part "Futurama/Simpsons Infinitely Secret Crossover Crisis" and its sequel "Simpsons/Futurama Crossover Crisis II" both had the cast of Futurama crossing over with the characters of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.
* CrossoverCouple: In the second ''Simpsons'' crossover, [[UnholyMatrimony Mom and Mr. Burns fall in love]].



-->'''Leela:''' Fry, after I stop screaming in terror, remind me to kick your butt.\\

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-->'''Leela:''' --->'''Leela:''' Fry, after I stop screaming in terror, remind me to kick your butt.\\



* {{Gasshole}}: During the first ''Simpsons'' crossover, Bart constantly tries to prank substitute teacher Fry, who knows all of the tricks. However, there's a loud "BRAAAAP", and one of the students congratulates Bart on the whoopee cushion gag. Fry interrupts and says, no, there was no cushion. That was just him. All of the students go "[[{{Squick}} Ewwwwwwwww!]]" [[invoked]]
* GenreSavvy: In the first part of the Simpsons crossover, Fry is easily able to navigate Springfield because he spent hours playing a Simpsons video game when he was younger and [[SomedayThisWillComeInHandy has the layout of the town completely memorized]]. Later, [[spoiler:Amy]] unexpectedly saves the day when she reveals that she [[spoiler:disguised herself as Smithers to keep an eye on Burns, having seen enough Simpsons episodes to know that Burns was about due for an evil plot.]]



* MythologyGag:
** "Infinitely Secret Crossover Crisis" references the show's theme sequence.
-->'''Lisa:''' That's a great picture! So realistic!\\
'''Fry:''' Yeah, so much that Leela crashes into it almost every week!\\
'''Leela:''' Humph!
** In issue #47, Bender flies off due to an exploding jet propulsion in his ass, and passes through the billboard like the ship does in the theme sequence.



* OpeningShoutOut: In issue #47, Bender flies off due to an exploding jet propulsion in his ass, and passes through the billboard like the ship does in the theme sequence.



* ReferenceOverdosed: It's rare to find an issue that doesn't have a reference to movies, comic book, video games, etc..
* RefugeeFromTVLand: The ''Simpsons'' characters (and later, non-''Simpsons'' fictional characters) being pulled out of comics into the Futurama world.

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* ReferenceOverdosed: It's rare to find an issue that doesn't have a reference to movies, comic book, video games, etc..
* RefugeeFromTVLand: The ''Simpsons'' characters (and later, non-''Simpsons'' fictional characters) being pulled out of comics into the Futurama world.
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--> '''Professor Farnsworth:''' Here at Planet Express, we approve of free will. In fact, in this story, you can choose from several alternative paths. So, if you want to know what happens next, read on, but if you'd rather follow Bender, go to page 9.\\

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--> '''Professor --->'''Professor Farnsworth:''' Here at Planet Express, we approve of free will. In fact, in this story, you can choose from several alternative paths. So, if you want to know what happens next, read on, but if you'd rather follow Bender, go to page 9.\\
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* TheCameo: Quite a few well-known (and less well-known) comic and cartoon characters make background appearances over the course of the comic -- but issue #31, "As the Wormhole Turns", takes it up a notch with multiple cameos from such diverse characters as [[WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost Brak]], [[{{Transformers}} Soundwave (with Laserbeak)]], [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones The Great Gazoo]], ComicBook/HowardTheDuck, [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Marvin the Martian]], ComicBook/MetalMen, [[Series/MorkAndMindy Mork from Ork]] and even [[http://www.toonopedia.com/dodo.htm DoDo, the Kid From Outer Space, and his robot bird Compy.]]

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* TheCameo: Quite a few well-known (and less well-known) comic and cartoon characters make background appearances over the course of the comic -- but issue #31, "As the Wormhole Turns", takes it up a notch with multiple cameos from such diverse characters as [[WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost Brak]], [[{{Transformers}} [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Soundwave (with Laserbeak)]], [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones The Great Gazoo]], ComicBook/HowardTheDuck, [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Marvin the Martian]], ComicBook/MetalMen, [[Series/MorkAndMindy Mork from Ork]] and even [[http://www.toonopedia.com/dodo.htm DoDo, the Kid From Outer Space, and his robot bird Compy.]]

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