History WesternAnimation / Futurama

''Futurama'' has a well-established {{canon}} -- which plays into numerous episodes at times -- and the occasional dramatic moment hidden amidst the comedy. Episodes notable for such moments include "[[Recap/FuturamaS3E19RoswellThatEndsWell Roswell That Ends Well]]," "[[Recap/FuturamaS4E10TheWhyOfFry The Why of Fry]]," "[[Recap/FuturamaS4E12TheSting The Sting]]," "[[Recap/FuturamaS3E4TheLuckOfTheFryrish The Luck of the Fryrish]]," "[[Recap/FuturamaS4E7JurassicBark Jurassic Bark]]" (whose DownerEnding had the producers getting hate mail from viewers who had cried), and "[[Recap/FuturamaS6E10ThePrisonerOfBenda The Prisoner of Benda]]" (which invented ''a new mathematical theorem for brain switching'').

In 2014, the series had a crossover with ''The Simpsons'' titled "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS26E6Simpsorama Simpsorama]]"; this was followed by a 2017 one-off audio drama on the Podcast/NerdistPodcast called "Radiorama" (to promote the [[DefunctOnlineVideoGames now-defunct]] mobile game ''Futurama: Worlds of Tomorrow''). ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}'' had a rather WeirdCrossover even by Fortnite standards]], then again, it's not the first time they [[WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty crossed over with an adult cartoon]]) crossover with the show two days after the season premiere.

* {{Uncanceled}} by Creator/ComedyCentral in 2010 due to the success of the DVD movies, producing two additional seasons to end in 2013. Depending on the media releases and the streaming services regarding the four movies this incarnation is either seasons five and six or seasons six and seven (some even break the two Comedy Central seasons into two seasons of their own, for simplicities sake TV tropes lists it as seasons six and seven).

The show's original run on Creator/{{Fox}} lasted from 1999 to 2003; the network cited disappointing ratings as the reason for its cancellation, but the creative staff cited its [[FridayNightDeathSlot poor timeslot]]. After years of being reruns on Creator/AdultSwim, the show returned with four direct-to-DVD movies released between 2007 and 2009 (later syndicated as a sixteen-episode "fifth season"), after which Creator/ComedyCentral properly {{Uncanceled}} the series in 2010 due to continued high ratings in syndication. [[note]]So, references to "Season 6" on this page refer to the 2010 season, even though the DVD releases and streaming services label it "Season 5."[[/note]]

On April 22, 2013, it was announced that the Comedy Central run of ''Futurama'' would be coming to an end, with the final episode airing on September 4. In 2014, the series had a crossover with ''The Simpsons'' titled "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS26E6Simpsorama Simpsorama]]"; this was followed by a 2017 one-off audio drama on the Podcast/NerdistPodcast called "Radiorama" (to promote the [[DefunctOnlineVideoGames now-defunct]] mobile game ''Futurama: Worlds of Tomorrow'').

In 2022, it was announced that the series had been {{Uncanceled}} [[RunningGag again]] for a 20-episode revival on Creator/{{Hulu}}. The first ten episodes aired weekly beginning on July 24, 2023. ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}'' had a (rather [[WeirdCrossover unusual even by Fortnite standards]], then again, it's not the first time they [[WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty crossed over with an adult cartoon]]) crossover with the show two days after the season premiere.

In 2022, it was announced that the series had been {{Uncanceled}} [[RunningGag again]] for a 20-episode revival on Creator/{{Hulu}}. The first ten episodes aired weekly beginning on July 24, 2023. ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}'' had a (rather [[WeirdCrossover unusual even by Fortnite standards]]) crossover with the show two days after the season premiere.

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In 2022, it was announced that the series had been {{Uncanceled}} [[RunningGag again]] for a 20-episode revival on Creator/{{Hulu}}. The first ten episodes aired weekly beginning on July 24, 2023. ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}'' had a crossover with the show two days after the season premiere.

In 2022, it was announced that the series had been {{Uncanceled}} [[RunningGag again]] for a 20-episode revival on Creator/{{Hulu}}. The first ten episodes aired weekly beginning on July 24, 2023. ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}'' had a crossover with the show two days following the season premiere.

In 2022, it was announced that the series had been {{Uncanceled}} [[RunningGag again]] for a 20-episode revival on Creator/{{Hulu}}. The first ten episodes aired weekly beginning on July 24, 2023.

On April 22, 2013, it was announced that the Comedy Central run of ''Futurama'' would be coming to an end, with the final episode airing on September 4. In 2014, the series had a crossover with ''The Simpsons'' titled "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS26E6Simpsorama Simpsorama]]"; this was followed by a 2017 one-off audio drama on the Podcast/NerdistPodcast called "Radiorama" (to promote the [[DefunctOnlineVideoGames now-defunct]] mobile game ''Futurama: Worlds of Tomorrow''). In 2022, it was announced that the series had been {{Uncanceled}} [[RunningGag again]] for a 20-episode revival on Creator/{{Hulu}}, set to debut on July 24, 2023.

Created by Creator/MattGroening and co-developed by ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' writer David X. Cohen, this FantasticComedy of an AnimatedSeries follows the life of Philip J. Fry (Creator/BillyWest), a pizza delivery boy in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity. Right as the clock strikes midnight on December 31, 1999, Fry falls into a cryogenic tank and gets frozen for a thousand years. He emerges from his cryo-nap on the morning of December 31, 2999 to find a world of space travel, robots, aliens, mutants, and a buttload of new technology. After making friends with a suicidal, hedonistic robot named Bender (Creator/JohnDiMaggio) and a buxom, take-no-prisoners cyclops named Leela (Creator/KateySagal), Fry tracks down his closest living relative -- Professor Farnsworth (West), an elderly MadScientist and Fry's great-great-something-nephew -- and becomes a delivery boy for Farnsworth's package delivery business, which allows him to have all kinds of adventures.

The show's original run on Creator/{{Fox}} lasted from 1999 to 2003; the network cited disappointing ratings as the reason for its cancellation, but the creative staff cited its [[FridayNightDeathSlot poor timeslot]]. After years of being reruns on Creator/AdultSwim, the show returned with four direct-to-DVD movies released between 2007 and 2009 (later syndicated as a sixteen-episode "fifth season"), after which Creator/ComedyCentral properly {{Uncanceled}} the series in 2010 due to continued high ratings in syndication. [[note]]So, references to "Season 6" on this page refer to the 2010 season, even though the DVD releases and Netflix label it "Season 5."[[/note]]

Created by Creator/MattGroening, with co-development by ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' writer David X. Cohen, this FantasticComedy of an AnimatedSeries follows the life of Philip J. Fry (Creator/BillyWest), a pizza delivery boy in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity; right as the clock strikes midnight on December 31, 1999, Fry falls into a cryogenic tank and gets frozen for a thousand years. He emerges from his cryo-nap in the morning of December 31, 2999 to find a world of space travel, robots, aliens, mutants, and a buttload of new technology. After making friends with a suicidal, hedonistic robot named Bender (Creator/JohnDiMaggio) and a buxom, take-no-prisoners cyclops named Leela (Creator/KateySagal), Fry tracks down his distant relative -- Professor Farnsworth (West), an elderly MadScientist and Fry's great-great-something-nephew -- and becomes a delivery boy for Farnsworth's package delivery business, which allows him to have all kinds of adventures.

Upon ''Futurama''[='=]s release release, many people expected "''The Simpsons'' [[RecycledInSpace in SPACE!]]", but the show proved those fears unfounded soon enough. It also started as a FishOutOfTemporalWater series, but as Fry got used to everything (which didn't take long), it became an ensemble comedy set in the future. (Fry still regularly [[TheWatson needs strange futuristic concepts explained to him]], though.)

The show's original run on Creator/{{Fox}} lasted from 1999 to 2003; the network cited disappointing ratings as the reason for its cancellation, but the creative staff cited its [[FridayNightDeathSlot poor timeslot]]. After years of being kept on life support by Creator/AdultSwim, the show returned with four direct-to-DVD movies released between 2007 and 2009 (later syndicated as a sixteen-episode "fifth season,"), after which Creator/ComedyCentral properly {{Uncanceled}} the series in 2010 after ratings improved in syndication. [[note]]So, references to "Season 6" on this page refer to the 2010 season, even though the DVD releases and Netflix label it "Season 5."[[/note]]

On April 22, 2013, it was announced that the Comedy Central run of ''Futurama'' would be coming to an end, with the final episode airing on September 4. After a 2014 crossover with ''The Simpsons'', titled "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS26E6Simpsorama Simpsorama]]", the show returned in September 2017 for a one-off double length audio drama on the Podcast/NerdistPodcast called "Radiorama" to promote the mobile game ''Futurama: Worlds of Tomorrow'' (which is now [[DefunctOnlineVideoGames defunct]] as of May 2023). In 2022, it was announced that the series had been {{Uncanceled}} [[RunningGag again]] for a 20-episode revival on Creator/{{Hulu}}, set to air on July 24, 2023.

On April 22, 2013, it was announced that the season of ''Futurama'' being aired at the time (7 in production, 10 in broadcast) would be the show's last, and the final episode aired on September 4. After a 2014 crossover with ''The Simpsons'', titled "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS26E6Simpsorama Simpsorama]]", the show returned in September 2017 for a one-off double length audio drama on the Podcast/NerdistPodcast called "Radiorama" to promote the mobile game ''Futurama: Worlds of Tomorrow'' (which is now [[DefunctOnlineVideoGames defunct]] as of May 2023). In 2022, it was announced that the series had been {{Uncanceled}} [[RunningGag again]] for a 20-episode revival on Creator/{{Hulu}}, set to air on July 24, 2023.

Created by Creator/MattGroening, with co-development by ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' writer David X. Cohen, this FantasticComedy of an AnimatedSeries follows the life of Philip J. Fry (Creator/BillyWest): Right as the clock strikes midnight on December 31, 1999, Fry -- a pizza delivery boy in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity -- falls into a cryogenic tank and gets frozen for a thousand years. He emerges from his cryo-nap in the morning of December 31, 2999 to find a world of space travel, robots, aliens, mutants, and a buttload of new technology. After making friends with a suicidal hedonistic robot named Bender (Creator/JohnDiMaggio) and a buxom take-no-prisoners cyclops named Leela (Creator/KateySagal), Fry tracks down his distant relative -- Professor Farnsworth (West), an elderly MadScientist and Fry's great-great-something-nephew -- and becomes a delivery boy for Farnsworth's package delivery business, which allows him to have all kinds of adventures.

Upon its release, many people expected "''The Simpsons'' [[RecycledInSpace in SPACE!]]" but the show proved those fears unfounded soon enough. It also started as a FishOutOfTemporalWater series, but as Fry got used to everything (which didn't take long), it became an ensemble comedy set in the future. (Fry still regularly [[TheWatson needs strange futuristic concepts explained to him]], though.)

Although the show parodied almost every popular sci-fi franchise under the sun at some point, it's particularly fondly remembered among {{Trekkie}}s for its frequent [[AffectionateParody affectionate ribbing]] of ''Franchise/StarTrek'', with several episodes even being {{Whole Plot Reference}}s to classic episodes of [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries the original series]]--like "[[Recap/FuturamaS2E15TheProblemWithPopplers The Problem with Popplers]]" ("[[Recap/StarTrekS2E15TheTroubleWithTribbles The Trouble with Tribbles]]"), "[[Recap/FuturamaS2E5WhyMustIBeACrustaceanInLove Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love?]]" ([[Recap/StarTrekS2E1AmokTime "Amok Time"]]), and [[Recap/FuturamaS4E17SpanishFry "Spanish Fry"]] ("[[Recap/StarTrekS3E1SpocksBrain Spock's Brain]]"). These homages eventually culminated in the episode-length ''Star Trek'' tribute "[[Recap/FuturamaS4E11WhereNoFanHasGoneBefore Where No Fan Has Gone Before]]", where ''every'' then-surviving member of the original series' main cast (except Creator/JamesDoohan) guest stars [[AsHimself as themselves]].

The show's original run on Creator/{{Fox}} lasted from 1999 to 2003; the network cited disappointing ratings as the reason for its cancellation, but the creative staff cited its [[FridayNightDeathSlot poor timeslot]]. After years of being kept on life support by Creator/AdultSwim, the show returned with four direct-to-DVD movies released between 2007 and 2009 (later syndicated as a sixteen-episode "fifth season,") then Creator/ComedyCentral properly {{Uncanceled}} the series in 2010 after ratings improved in syndication. [[note]]So, references to "Season 6" on this page refer to the 2010 season, even though the DVD releases and Netflix label it "Season 5."[[/note]]

On April 22, 2013, it was announced that the season being aired at the time (7 in production, 10 in broadcast) would be Futurama's last, and the final episode aired on September 4. After a 2014 crossover with ''The Simpsons'', titled "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS26E6Simpsorama Simpsorama]]", the show returned in September 2017 for a one-off double length audio drama on the Podcast/NerdistPodcast called "Radiorama" to promote the (now [[DefunctOnlineVideoGames defunct]] as of May 2023) mobile game ''VideoGame/FuturamaWorldsOfTomorrow''. In 2022, it was announced the series had been UnCancelled [[RunningGag again]] for a 20-episode revival on Creator/{{Hulu}}, set to air on July 24th, 2023.

On April 22, 2013, it was announced that the season being aired at the time (7 in production, 10 in broadcast) would be Futurama's last, and the final episode aired on September 4. After a 2014 crossover with ''The Simpsons'', titled "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS26E6Simpsorama Simpsorama]]", the show returned in September 2017 for a one-off double length audio drama on the Podcast/NerdistPodcast called "Radiorama" to promote the (now [[DefunctOnlineVideoGames defunct]] as of May 2023) mobile game ''VideoGame/FuturamaWorldsOfTomorrow''. In 2022, it was announced the series had been UnCancelled [[RunningGag again]] for a 20-episode revival on Creator/{{Hulu}}.

On April 22, 2013, it was announced that the season being aired at the time (7 in production, 10 in broadcast) would be Futurama's last, and the final episode aired on September 4. After a 2014 crossover with ''The Simpsons'', titled "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS26E6Simpsorama Simpsorama]]", the show returned in September 2017 for a one-off double length audio drama on the Podcast/NerdistPodcast called "Radiorama" to promote the mobile game ''Futurama: Worlds of Tomorrow''. In 2022, it was announced the series had been UnCancelled [[RunningGag again]] for a 20-episode revival on Creator/{{Hulu}}.

!!I, Troputer, sentence you to...DEATH ''("Gasp!")'' ...by JustForFun/{{TROPE OVERDOSE|d}} ''("[[CoolAndUnusualPunishment Yes!]]")'' [[note]]("Whimper..." "What are you, gay?")[[/note]]

Created by Creator/MattGroening, this FantasticComedy of an AnimatedSeries follows the life of Philip J. Fry (Creator/BillyWest): Right as the clock strikes midnight on December 31, 1999, Fry -- a pizza delivery boy in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity -- falls into a cryogenic tank and gets frozen for a thousand years. He emerges from his cryo-nap in the morning of December 31, 2999 to find a world of space travel, robots, aliens, mutants, and a buttload of new technology. After making friends with a suicidal hedonistic robot named Bender (Creator/JohnDiMaggio) and a buxom take-no-prisoners cyclops named Leela (Creator/KateySagal), Fry tracks down his distant relative -- Professor Farnsworth (West), an elderly MadScientist and Fry's great-great-something-nephew -- and becomes a delivery boy for Farnsworth's package delivery business, which allows him to have all kinds of adventures.

Upon its release, many people expected "''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' [[RecycledInSpace in SPACE!]]" but the show proved those fears unfounded soon enough. It also started as a FishOutOfTemporalWater series, but as Fry got used to everything (which didn't take long), it became an ensemble comedy set in the future. (Fry still regularly [[TheWatson needs strange futuristic concepts explained to him]], though.)

''Futurama'' has a well-established {{canon}} -- which plays into numerous episodes at times -- and the occasional dramatic moment hidden amidst the comedy. Episodes notable for such moments include "[[Recap/FuturamaS3E19RoswellThatEndsWell Roswell That Ends Well]]," "[[Recap/FuturamaS4E10TheWhyOfFry The Why of Fry]]," "[[Recap/FuturamaS4E12TheSting The Sting]]," "[[Recap/FuturamaS3E4LuckOfTheFryish Luck of the Fryrish]]," "[[Recap/FuturamaS4E7JurassicBark Jurassic Bark]]" (whose DownerEnding had the producers getting hate mail from viewers who had cried), and "[[Recap/FuturamaS6E10ThePrisonerOfBenda The Prisoner of Benda]]" (which invented ''a new mathematical theorem for brain switching'').

''Futurama'' has a [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/crowner.php/BestEpisode/Futurama Best Episode Crowner]]. Tropes related to the ''Futurama'' comic book series by Bongo Comics have [[ComicBook/{{Futurama}} their own page]]. See [[Recap/{{Futurama}} here]] for the Episode List.

Created by Creator/MattGroening, this FantasticComedy of an AnimatedSeries follows the life of Philip J. Fry (Creator/BillyWest): Right as the clock strikes midnight on December 31, 1999, Fry -- a pizza delivery boy in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity -- falls into a cryogenic tank and gets frozen for a thousand years. He emerges from his cryo-nap in the morning of December 31, 2999 to find a world of space travel, robots, aliens, mutants, and a buttload of new technology. After making friends with a suicidal hedonistic robot named Bender (Creator/JohnDiMaggio) and a buxom cyclops named Leela (Creator/KateySagal), Fry tracks down his distant relative -- Professor Farnsworth (West), an elderly MadScientist and Fry's great-great-something-nephew -- and becomes a delivery boy for Farnsworth's package delivery business, which allows him to have all kinds of adventures.

** [[ShoutOut/{{Futurama}} Shot Out]]

Created by Creator/MattGroening, this FantasticComedy of an AnimatedSeries follows the life of Philip J. Fry (Creator/BillyWest): Right as the clock strikes midnight on December 31, 1999, Fry -- a pizza delivery boy in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity -- falls into a cryogenic tank and gets frozen for a thousand years. He emerges from his cryo-nap in the morning of December 31, 2999 to find a world of space travel, robots, aliens, mutants, and a buttload of new technology. After making friends with a suicidal hedonistic robot named Bender (Creator/JohnDiMaggio) and a buxom cyclops named Leela (Creator/KathySagal), Fry tracks down his distant relative -- Professor Farnsworth (West), an elderly MadScientist and Fry's great-great-something-nephew -- and becomes a delivery boy for Farnsworth's package delivery business, which allows him to have all kinds of adventures.

Created by Creator/MattGroening, this FantasticComedy of an AnimatedSeries follows the life of Philip J. Fry: Right as the clock strikes midnight on December 31, 1999, Fry -- a pizza delivery boy in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity -- falls into a cryogenic tank and gets frozen for a thousand years. He emerges from his cryo-nap in the morning of December 31, 2999 to find a world of space travel, robots, aliens, mutants, and a buttload of new technology. After making friends with a suicidal hedonistic robot and a buxom cyclops, Fry tracks down his distant relative -- Professor Farnsworth, an elderly MadScientist and Fry's great-great-something-nephew -- and becomes a delivery boy for Farnsworth's package delivery business, which allows him to have all kinds of adventures.

On April 22, 2013, it was announced that the season being aired at the time (7 in production, 10 in broadcast) would be Futurama's last, and the final episode aired on September 4. After a 2014 crossover with ''The Simpsons'', titled "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS26E6Simpsorama Simpsorama]]", the show returned in September 2017 for a one-off double length audio drama on the Podcast/NerdistPodcast called "Radiorama" to promote the mobile game ''Futurama: Worlds of Tomorrow''. In 2022, it was announced the series had been UnCancelled [[RunningGag again]] for a 20-episode revival on Creator/{{Hulu}}, with the original cast returning minus John [=DiMaggio=] (Bender).