Comic Book / The Simpsons Futurama Crossover Crisis

Years before "Simpsorama", The Simpsons and Futurama had not one, but two crossover comic book miniseries: Futurama Simpsons Infinitely Secret Crossover Crisis in 2002 and The Simpsons Futurama Crossover Crisis II in 2005. In 2010, both miniseries were collected in a hardcover edition titled The Simpsons Futurama Crossover Crisis.

In Futurama Simpsons Infinitely Secret Crossover Crisis, the Brain Spawn are able to trap the entire Planet Express crew inside an issue of The Simpsons comic. With the exceptions of Fry and Nibbler, everyone from the crew is then suffering from amnesia and wandering around Springfield. It's up to Fry and Nibbler to find the others and leave the comic before it's too late.

In The Simpsons Futurama Crossover Crisis II, Professor Farnsworth creates a device that can harness the power of a fictional world, using it on the same Simpsons comic from the first miniseries. However, doing so results in numerous Simpsons characters coming out of the comic and appearing in New New York, whereas they are treated as slaves given that they're fictional and thus have no real constitutional rights. What follows are the Simpsons characters being arrested to work as slaves, while the Simpsons themselves get help from the Planet Express crew and end up doing deliveries with them.

Tropes:

• Accidental Hero: In space, Bender and Homer accidentally manage to get rid of flying saucers pursuing the heroes. How exactly? Bender threw a beer bottle at Homer, the latter failed to catch the bottle, and it hit one of the flying saucers' engine, causing a chain reaction that destroyed all the flying saucers:
  Bender: And so the day is saved, thanks to my lousy throwing and Homer's crappy hand-eyed coordination!
• Action Figure Justification: When the Planet Express ship is approaching Nerdanus XII, the Living Planet, it flies past the Action Figure Moon, which has a sign that reads "Action Figure (Don't Call Them Dolls) Moon".
• Amnesiac Dissonance: In the first story, the Planet Express crew (save Fry) lose their memories on being stuck in the comic. Hermes and Zoidberg are the most notably afflicted, thinking they're friends.
• Amnesiac Resonance: Hermes's hatred of Zoidberg allows him to regain his memories.
• Are We There Yet?: Homer asks this to Leela while they're on their way to an ice planet:
  Leela: [annoyed] For the last time Homer, no!
• Armor-Piercing Response: When Smithers refuse to let the heroes use the Nimbus (whom he became its captain after pulling a mutiny) so they can save the Earth, Marge asks him "And what about Mr. Burns?" He asks "What about him?" before adding that his boss' keen mind and supple body will get him out of whatever dangers he's facing. Smirking, Leela replies that Burns is dating Mom and they seem quite like an item. This is all it takes to make Smithers change his mind.
• Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: The giant Homer from the very first issue of the Simpsons comic ends up being brought back during the climax of the second miniseries.
• Audience? What Audience?: The first issue of the first miniseries ends with this:
  Narration Box: Farnsworth committed! Fry trapped in the school! Nibbler's brain lactified! Is all lost for the Planet Express crew? Are they finally, truly, totally boned?
  One of the Brain Spawn: Yes, they are!
  Another Brain Spawn: Who are you talking to?
• Bait-and-Switch Comment:
  • When Bender admits that he doesn't have a place to stay for the night, Homer tells him that any best friend of his will always have a bed and something to eat, giving the impression that he's gonna let the robot stay at his house. However, the next panel shows the two of them standing in front of Ned Flanders' house, with Homer demanding Ned to give a bed and something to eat to Bender.
  • After the Simpsons characters end up in New New York, Homer points an accusing finger at Farnsworth and asks "So it was you who tore reality a new space hole?" The Professor nervously admits he did so. However, instead of going on a rant over it, Homer is relieved:
    Homer: Whew! I thought it was me! Finally something that's not my fault!
• Behind the Black: During the climax of the first mini-series, Mr. Burns is revealed to be Smithers in disguise. Homer then asks where the real Burns is, only for the latter to appear in a nearby big chair and exclaim "Right here!", causing Homer to loudly ask "How'd we miss that big chair?"
• Big Brother Instinct: When Nancy Drew, Pippi Longstocking, and Anne of Green Gables are trying to attack Lisa, Bart runs after them and exclaims "Get your Canadian cootie-covered hands off my sister!"
• Big Damn Heroes: The Simpsons, Fry, Leela, Bender, and Nibbler are inside the Simpsons' car when it's falling from the sky. Fortunately, the car is caught by a big magnet tied to Professor Frink's flying motorcycle (with Farnsworth as Frink's passenger).
• Bland-Name Product: In the second miniseries, the Simpsons are pretending to be life-sized Simpsons action figures that Fry bought from eBuy in order to avoid being arrested by Smitty and URL.
• Borrowed Catchphrase:
  • Fry asks Bart to help him find his friends, only for the 10 year-old boy to ask why doesn't he just look into the comic they're in to see where they are. Fry reacts by slapping his own face and exclaiming Homer's catchphrase "D'oh!"
  • The very next panel has Fry exclaiming Bart's rarely used catchphrase "Cowabunga!" while they're using skateboards to go to the Simpsons' house:
    Bart: [frowning] Oh please, that is so early 90's!
  • At the very end of the second miniseries, Mom manages to create a clone of Mr. Burns. Said clone needs one year to cool. She then ends the comic with a speech where she says Burns' catchphrase:
    Mom: Patience, my love, patience. Soon we'll be together again! Then this stink pit of a universe will learn the true meaning of pain! It'll be brutal, it'll be vicious, it'll be... [steepling her fingertips] excellent!
• Brain Bleach: The heroes try to distract the giant Homer by using a giant TV that shows Marge holding pork chops:
  Leela: It's working! He's hugging the TV. [looking disgusted] Now he's kissing the TV.
  Bender: Now he's...Ew! [covering his eyes] Well that's one building I'm never going into again!
• Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs: In order to defeat the giant Homer, Farnsworth asks what Homer loves more than anything. Lisa replies it's her mother. Bart replies it's TV. Homer himself replies it's pork chops. The next panel then shows Marge appearing on a giant TV while holding a plate of pork chops in order to distract the giant Homer.
• Bridal Carry: Smithers carries Burns in his arms and runs away when they see aliens from Kang and Kodos' race that are actually holograms created by Lisa using Fry's Holophoner.
• Bully Hunter: Leela meets Lisa when she's being bullied by Jessica Lovejoy and Francine. Leela then asks the latter two to apologize to Lisa and give her lunch back. Francine asks "Or what?", only for the next panel to show Jessica hanging from a tree branch (looking knocked out) and Francine hanging onto a spinning merry-go-round while looking like she's about to throw up.
• Call-Back:
  • The Brain Spawn are able to turn Leela and Bender into idiots, but it has no effect on Fry. One of the Brain Spawn then recognizes him as the human who thwarted them in "The Day The Earth Stood Stupid".
  • Fry ends up replacing Edna Krabappel as Bart's teacher because she's sick. Why is she sick? Well, according to Skinner, she ate some undercooked steamed hams the previous night.
  • In order to defeat the fictional characters invading New New York, the Simpsons summon the giant Homer from the very first issue of their comic book series.
• Cassandra Truth: Pretending to be a teacher, Fry finally gets a chance to talk to Bart and says "Bart, I'm from the year 3002, trapped in a comic book because evil brains want to destroy the universe, and I need to find my friends, a cyclops, robot, and a talking lobster, or we'll all die!" Naturally, Bart doesn't believe him, but admits it's nice to know he can still drive a teacher crazy. It's only the next day, when Fry shows his Simpsons comic to Bart that the latter believes him.
• Casual Danger Dialogue:
  • After the Simpsons and the Planet Express crew have been captured by a wampa expy and they ended up hanging upside down in an icy cave:
    Lisa: Does this sort of thing happen to you a lot in your line of work?
    Bender: Being totally boned? Oh yeah.
  • When Amy is captured by Peter Pan, that doesn't stop her from asking him "Say, where did you get those great shoes?"
• Chair Reveal: At the end of the first crossover, with Mr. Burns hiding in a gigantic chair until the time comes to dramatically turn it around. Homer even asks how they failed to notice it.
• Chekhov's Gun: Fry introduces his Holophoner to Lisa, which is a musical instrument that projects holographic images. During the climax of the first miniseries, Lisa uses it to make aliens from Kang and Kodos' race appear and scare Mr. Burns, thus saving the day.
• Continuity Cameo: Numerous Simpsons and Futurama characters, including several minor ones, make cameos over the course of these two crossovers:
  • Jessica Lovejoy and Francine bully Lisa until Leela intervenes.
  • Jacques is among the drivers who notice the pretty lady hologram from the walk signal that Farnsworth tinkered with. The next panel then shows the Southern gentleman crashing into the walk signal.
  • Ernst and Gunter (the Siegfried and Roy expies who appeared in Simpsons episodes such as "$pringfield") appear alongside their tiger in a flashback where Smithers says that he used to be an assistant for them for three years, thus explaining how he was able to free himself from his ropes after being knocked out by Amy.
  • Sally (the orphan with an ear on her forehead introduced in "The Cyber House Rules") is shown skipping with Sherri and Terri in New New York.
• Continuity Nod:
  • When Fry and Bender see the Simpsons sitting on the couch at the Planet Express building:
    Fry: Hey "The Simpsons" is on!
    Bender: Oooh! I hope it's the one where they go to Itchy and Scratchy Land and the robots attack!
  • When the Simpsons are traveling through space onboard the Planet Express ship, Marge expresses how amazed she is to see space like that. By contrast, Homer looks bored and says "Meh. You've been in space once, you've seen it all.", referencing the one time he was in space. This is followed by him reminding Marge that she's afraid of flying. She then starts freaking out by running back and forth and yelling "Let me out!" repeatedly, just like in "Fear of Flying".
  • At Farnsworth's laboratory, Bart takes a peek into the box that contains the Futurama universe from "The Farnsworth Parabox".
  • At the Planet Express building, Bart finds the finglonger, which was introduced in "Anthology of Interest I".
• Creator's Show Within a Show: The Simpsons are portrayed as a work of fiction in the Futurama universe, with the Futurama cast Trapped in TV Land in the first series.
• Crossover: Between The Simpsons and Futurama. The final part ups the ante by bringing in characters from every single book ever written.
• Crossover Couple:
  • On the final page of the first miniseries, Zapp Brannigan is shown flirting with Edna Krabbapel.
  • That same final page also shows Mr. Burns and Mom greeting each other, which then leads to a romance between the two in the second miniseries.
• Curb-Stomp Battle: During the climax of the second miniseries, the giant Homer easily defeats Dracula by stomping on him.
• December–December Romance: Mr. Burns and Mom fall in love with each other after the former ends up in New New York alongside other Springfieldians.
• Department of Redundancy Department: Fry doesn't like the idea of taking the biggest comic collection in the universe and have it be sealed in diamond forever. Leela then says that it's the only way they'll be collectibles according to "The Collectible Comic Guide to Collecting Collectible Comics."
• Disney Owns This Trope: An in-universe example. According to Hermes, Farnsworth's Character Catchphrase "Good news, everyone" is a registered catchphrase of Planet Express and the management guarantees no actual good news.
• Distracted by the Sexy: After Farnsworth improves a walk signal by making it project a hologram of a pretty lady wearing a two-piece swimsuit, several drivers are distracted by it.
• Does This Make Me Look Fat?: When Bart pulls out Fry's Simpsons comic, Homer and Marge take a look at it. The former is amused that he's having zany adventures, while the latter asks if her butt really looks that big.
• Donut Mess with a Cop: At the end of the first miniseries, Chief Wiggum, Lou, Smitty, and URL are all eating donuts.
• Eating the Eye Candy: After Zoidberg mutates into a human, Leela, Marge, and Amy are all drooling over his hot naked body.
• Entertainingly Wrong: Leela, Marge, and Amy are all drooling at Zoidberg after he mutates into a human, but he concludes they're drooling with disgust instead of the complete opposite reaction.
• Epic Fail: Homer makes his appearance at Moe's in the first crossover having tried to use the bidet in the washroom and wound up completely soaked. According to Moe, this isn't the first time he's done so.
  Moe: Homer, either read the instructions or don't use the bidet.
• Faint in Shock: Ned Flanders does this upon seeing Bender having sex with his jukebox.
• Flashback: In the first issue of the second miniseries, Farnsworth explains to his employees how the Simpsons characters ended up in New New York. He gives to his employees flashback pills that will allow them to see his story while he's telling. However, Bender has no tongue, so he hides his pill under Fry's tongue. Fry then ends up seeing double flashbacks as a result.
• Funny Background Event: Upon seeing Hermes and Zoidberg through one of his cameras, Burns asks Smithers who are they. Meanwhile, the other cameras show someone being chased by a Giant Spider, a guy being slapped in the face by another guy, someone seemingly being on fire, some man accidentally dropping a barrel of radioactive waste into a bunch of people below him, someone slipping, and a guy with three eyes.
• Gasp!: The Simpsons, Professor Frink, and half of the Planet Express crew do this when they arrive at the Nuclear Power Plant and see that Mr. Burns has captured Hermes and Zoidberg, with the latter also being suspended over a barrel of toxic waste.
• Gasshole: Bart constantly tries to prank substitute teacher Fry, who knows all of the tricks. At one point, there's a loud "BRAAAAP", and Nelson congratulates Bart on the Whoopee Cushion gag. However, Bart realizes he didn't do that gag, causing Fry to reveal that, no, there was no cushion. That was just him. All of the students go "Eeeeew!"
• Genius Loci: At the beginning, Fry, Leela, and Bender arrives on Nerdanus XII, the Living Planet, which looks like the head of a Stereotypical Nerd (complete with Nerd Glasses).
• Genre Savvy:
  • In the first miniseries, Fry is easily able to navigate Springfield because he played several Simpsons video games and has the layout of the town completely memorized.
  • Later, Amy unexpectedly saves the day when she reveals that she disguised herself as Smithers to keep an eye on Burns, having seen enough Simpsons episodes to know that Burns would be at the center of an evil plot at some point.
  • When trying to get rid of the giant Homer, Homer suggests a nuke. Farnsworth reluctantly agrees to use an atomic bomb he was saving for the Fourth of July. However, Bart points out that nuclear weapons in monster movies only make things bigger, thus it would make their problem even worse.
• Getting the Boot: The second issue begins with Moe throwing Bender out of his bar:
  Moe: And stay out! You're banned for life!
• Hindenburg Incendiary Principle: In the first miniseries, after Homer spits out the anti-gravity gum keeping their car in the air when said gum loses its flavor, the car falls through the sky... only to safely land on top of the Duff blimp. Bender says their good luck calls for a "celebratory smoke", and despite Leela warning him not to, Bender lights his cigar, and the blimp predictably bursts into flame (revealing a rigid metal framework similar to a zeppelin), causing the car to resume falling. Fortunately, Professor Frink and Farnsworth come to the rescue on a flying motorcycle.
• Hot in Human Form: Zoidberg gets dropped into a vat of nuclear waste. He emerges as a fully nude human with blond hair. Needless to say, the nearby human women are drooling at him due to how attractive his human form, which Zoidberg misinterprets to be a disgusted reaction, causing him to conclude that he had turned into something hideous.
• Humanity Ensues: Zoidberg turns into a human after landing into a vat of toxic waste. He goes back to normal when he leaves the Simpsons comic.
• Hypocritical Humor: When Burns is chocking, Zoidberg decides to help him. How exactly? By putting Burns in a punch bowl and dropping a toaster in the bowl, thus electrocuting the old man. Dr. Nick then shows up and asks the alien while frowning "What are you, some kind of quack?" Considering this is Dr. Nick asking that...
• I Can See My House from Here: When the Simpsons, Fry, Leela, Bender, and Nibbler need to go to the Nuclear Power Plant, Fry gives some anti-gravity gum to Homer so his car can fly and thus avoid the traffic jam. While in the air, Marge comments that she can see the Lovejoys' backyard and that she feels like such a voyeur.
• I Need a Freaking Drink: When every fictional character from every book comes to life in the second miniseries and are about to cause lots of trouble in New New York:
  Bender: Who's up for getting so drunk we don't care about the danger!
  Homer: [raising his hand] I AM!
  Fry: [raising his hand as well] YO!
• Ignorant About Fire: After making three deliveries with the Planet Express crew and returning to New New York, Lisa notices that Homer's back is on fire and exclaims "Dad, you're on fire!":
  Homer: Thanks, Lisa. You did great, too!
• Immediate Self-Contradiction: After arriving in Springfield, Bender says he doesn't remember anything and that he reeks of booze. He then adds that he learned his lesson and will never drink again. However, the next panel reveals he's right next to Moe's and he decides to have a few beers to celebrate his new sobriety.
• Inadvertent Entrance Cue: At Moe's, Carl comments that he likes Bender's brand of sass, adding "In fact, he reminds me of..." only to be interrupted by Homer's arrival.
• Inconsistent Coloring: Bart's shirt is colored blue when Fry enters his classroom for the first time, as well as when Bart sees Fry again the next morning. Other than these two instances, his shirt is red like usual.
• Instantly Proven Wrong: When Lisa asks how being used as unpaid labor in exchange for not being sold as slaves actually differs from just being slaves, Fry cheerfully states there's less whipping. The Professor then whips him for talking.
• It's the Best Whatever, Ever!: Because the anti-gravity gum allows his car to fly, Homer calls it the best gum ever.
• Lampshade Hanging: At the end of the first series, Fry asks the Professor if their adventures will have some ironic twist-style repurcussions, with the Professor pointing out in response what a "forced and odd" question that is.
• Latex Perfection: During the climax of the first miniseries, it's revealed that Smithers was actually Amy in disguise, who knocked out the real Smithers, tied him up in a closet, put on his clothes, and used some prosthetic make up and a wig to look just like him in order to foil Mr. Burns' evil plan. However, it's then revealed that Burns was actually Smithers himself in disguise, who freed himself and disguised himself as Burns in order to help the latter succeed with his plan.
  Smithers: You're not the only one who knows how to use make up and a corset!
• Lawyer-Friendly Cameo: The final part features brief shadowed cameos from Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Spider-Man, Wolverine, Captain America, and The Mighty Thor. When Bart asks why they're all standing in the shadows, Spider-Man replies "Copyright protection!"
• Leaning on the Fourth Wall:
  • The first miniseries ends with a two-page spread showing numerous Simpsons characters in New New York. Fry comments that if they were still in a comic, it'd sure make for a cool-looking, two-page spread.
  • When trying to get rid of the giant Homer, Marge suggests they ask the "What if" machine for a solution. However, her family already asked three questions to the machine earlier in the issue and Leela explains that the machine only answers three questions per year, a reference to the "Anthology of Interest" episodes (where the machine would be asked three questions per episode) that ended up being produced once per season before being abandoned completely after Season 3.
• Let's You and Him Fight: When Bart is about to be attacked by superheroes from DC Comics and Marvel Comics, he claims that the ones from DC said that everyone from Marvel is a sissy. The superheroes from both comics then proceed to fight each other:
  Fry: Good work, Bart! Lucky you knew that comic book heroes'll fight each other at the drop of a hat!
• MacGyvering:
  • In Springfield, Farnsworth decides to make a walk signal more efficient by using a gum, a coat hanger, a broken watch, and tin foil. The result is that the walk signal can project a hologram of a pretty lady who wears nothing but a two-piece swimsuit.
  • By using pinking shears, an MP3 player attuned to the correct vibrational frequency, and a shiny control knob attached to it, that is how Farnsworth is able to bring Simpsons characters from their comic into New New York.
• Massive Multiplayer Crossover: The final part of the second miniseries becomes this when every fictional character from every book ever written comes to life and causes chaos in New New York.
  • The list includes: Anne of Green Gables, Tom Sawyer, Dracula, Harry Potter, The Cat in the Hat, The Three Musketeers and the Man in the Iron Mask, Captain Ahab, Hamlet, Alice, the Cheschire Cat, Tweedledee, and Tweedledum, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, Robin Hood, Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox, Dorothy, the Tin Man, and the Flying Monkeys, The Invisible Man, some Hobbits, John Grisham lawyers, Pennywise, Carrie, Christine, Jack Torrance, Cujo, Isaac, the Artful Dodger and Mr. Bumble, Tarzan, the creatures from Hop on Pop, Captain Nemo, Inspector Javert, Conan the Barbarian, Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde, Raoul Duke, Peter Pan, Nancy Drew, Pippi Longstocking, Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Spider-Man, Wolverine, Captain America, The Mighty Thor, Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf, Frankenstein's monster, Atticus Finch, and Ponyboy Curtis.
• Mistaken for Flatulence: Subverted. When Fry sits on Krabappel's chair, the sound of a fart is heard. All the students laugh at it and think Bart put a Whoopee Cushion on the chair. However, Bart realizes he didn't do that, causing Fry to embarrassingly apologize and thus admit he did fart.
• My Master, Right or Wrong: Smithers has Zoidberg and Hermes dragged off, and as Hermes pleads for him to help Smither explains that he must obey Mr. Burns even when it goes against every moral fibre he has.
  Hermes: (to Zoidberg) Now there's a work ethic! Why can't you be more like him?
• Never Heard That One Before: Pretending to be a teacher, Fry tells Bart he wants to talk to him. Bart thinks it's about the pranks he pulled on Fry:
  Fry: No, I did all those things to substitute teachers when I was a kid, too.
  Bart: Oh, so this is where you try and "relate" to me, to get me to open up, and change my ways? Sorry, sister, I've heard it all before!
• Nice Job Breaking It, Hero:
  • On Nerdanus XII, after learning of the Brain Spawn's evil plan, Fry tells them that even if they killed him, Leela, and Bender, the rest of the Planet Express crew will avenge their deaths and defeat the Brain Spawn. The latter get the idea of forcing the rest of the crew to come to Nerdanus XII they can be killed alongside Fry, Leela, and Bender. Both Amy and Hermes call out Fry for what he did.
  • This is followed by Fry telling the Brain Spawn he and the rest of the Planet Express crew will find them in the comic they'll be sent to and kick their butt until they're free again. However, this gives to the Brain Spawn the idea of only sending the Planet Express crew and not themselves in the comic. That way, the crew will be stuck in the comic forever:
    Farnsworth: Let me say it this time.
    Hermes: Go ahead.
    Farnsworth: Fry, you're an idiot.
  • When Zoidberg is suspended above a vat of toxic waste, Homer decides to become a hero by pulling a lever in order to save the alien. However, by doing so, Zoidberg ends up into the vat anyway. Fortunately, he survives, but he mutates into a human, only to go back to normal when he leaves the Simpsons comic.
  • Bart accidentally activates the literary reality-tearing machine. Bender decides to save the day by throwing it into the New New York Public Library as there's never any people there. However, doing so results in every fictional character from every book ever written coming to life and causing even more chaos than the Simpsons characters did.
• No-Sell: No matter how they attack him, the fictional characters are unable to defeat the giant Homer during the climax of the second miniseries.
• Not So Above It All: In New New York, Bart asks the Planet Express crew if he and his family can accompany them to make a delivery to an ice planet. Leela replies that it's up to his mother. Marge, who is known for being a Wet Blanket Wife, is quite interested to go into space when she's shown smirking and saying "Only if we all wear jackets."
• Now You Tell Me: Fry gives some anti-gravity gum to Homer so his car can fly and they can go to the Nuclear Power Plant. However, after a while, Homer spits the gum out of his mouth after its flavor's gone out:
  Leela: [frowning] That gum was all that was keeping us in the air!
  Homer: [frowning] You could have told me.
  Leela: We did. Seven times!
• Oh, Crap!: Someone from the Planet Express crew (it's not shown who says that) exclaims "Oh, space crap!" when the Nimbus appears.
• Opening Shout-Out: The second miniseries references Futurama's theme sequence when the heroes are using a giant TV to distract the giant Homer:
  Lisa: That's a great picture! So realistic!
  Fry: Yeah, so much so that Leela crashes into it almost every week!
  Leela: Hmmph!
• Police Are Useless: The first miniseries end with numerous Simpsons characters in New New York, resulting in all sorts of chaos and mayhem. However, instead of doing anything about this chaos, Chief Wiggum, Lou, Smitty, and URL are all resting against a wall and eating donuts.
• Pop-Culture Pun Episode Title:
  • The title of the first miniseries' first issue is "Somewhere Over the Brain-Bow!".
  • The one for the second issue is "Liquid Diamond is Forever!".
  • For the first issue of the second miniseries, its title is "Slaves of New New York".
  • The final issue is titled "The Read Menace", a reference to the 1949 film The Red Menace.
• Prank Call: This classic Simpsons Running Gag is done in the style of Futurama here. When Moe is working at Zorgnax's Pub, he gets a call from Bender and Bart asking for 100101 100100. When Moe calls for that name, Calculon smugly replies "Well, she's your mother but it still doesn't seem appropriate!" while the other robots at the pub all laugh at that. Moe then does his usual threat over the phone, while Bender and Bart are shown laughing out loud.
• Rambling Old Man Monologue: Placed in the Springfield Retirement Castle, Professor Farnsworth gets into a ramble-off with Abe, which gets him noticed by Professor Frink, who's visiting his father, who figures the "new guy" is rambling like a pro and will fit right in.
• Random Smoking Scene: Jessica Lovejoy is shown smoking a cigarette when Leela asks her and Francine to apologize to Lisa and give her lunch back.
• Refugee from TV Land: The second miniseries focuses on the Simpsons characters being pulled out of a comic book into the Futurama world. Later on, every fictional character from every book ever written are pulled out of their books as well.
• Scenery Censor: When Zoidberg mutates into a human, he appears completely naked. The only thing covering his family jewels in one panel is Marge's blue hair.
• Screaming at Squick:
  • Edna Krabbapel's students react in disgust when it turns out Fry did fart instead of sitting on a Whoopee Cushion.
  • This is the reaction several Simpsons characters have when Zapp Brannigan accidentally rips off his clothes and reveals his fat belly.
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here: During the climax of the second miniseries, Dracula decides to retreat after being crushed by the giant Homer and tells all the fictional characters (minus the Simpsons characters) to do the same thing.
• Sequel Hook:
  • The first miniseries ends with numerous Simpsons characters ending up in New New York.
  • The second miniseries ends with Mom making a clone of Mr. Burns and having to wait a year for the clone to cool.
• Shotgun Wedding: The hydroponic farmer uses his shotgun to force Gil to marry his robot daughter the Crushinator.
• Shout-Out:
  • There are several Star Wars references:
    • The Action Figure Moon has at least one Star Wars action figure.
    • When the Brain Spawn make everyone dumber with their powers, Nerdanus XII (who became dumber as well) says that George Lucas was right to make Greedo shoot first in the Star Wars special edition.
    • When he gets arrested by URL, Comic Book Guy agrees to surrender, but only on the condition of having a metal slave bikini like Princess Leia's from Return of the Jedi. Even though he has no stomach, URL openly admits the image makes him nauseous.
    • While doing deliveries, the Simpsons and the Planet Express crew end up on an ice planet in the Lucas Galaxy. What happens afterwards is a parody of Luke Skywalker's encounter with a wampa in The Empire Strikes Back.
  • On Nerdanus XII, some of the comics that can be seen include Action Comics, Batman, G.I. Joe, and Fritz the Cat. Also, there is a lampshade with Daffy Duck's face on it.
  • When Apu and Comic Book Guy accidentally crash their cars into each other, Comic Book Guy exclaims to Apu "You are as blind as Matt Murdoch!"
  • The hardcover edition adds two extra pages to the second issue of the first miniseries. On the second of those pages, a ball of dark matter produced by Nibbler goes through all the floors at the Simpsons' house before ending up in Hell. There, the Devil is shown watching Family Guy, with Brian Griffin appearing on the TV screen.
  • Fry and Bart use the anti-gravity gum to make their skateboards fly and go to the Simpsons' house faster. Comic Book Guy sees this and points out that they're ripping off Michael J. Fox's flying skateboard scene from Back to the Future Part II:
    Comic Book Guy: Worst tribute, ever!
  • Lisa tells Leela that the latter is like Xena and Madeleine Albright all rolled into one.
  • After Lisa explains how she and her family ended up at Planet Express:
    Fry: And now you're sitting in our chairs.
    Zoidberg: [looking sadly at a bowl he's holding] And they ate our porridge!
  • Fry claims to Smitty and URL that the Simpsons in the Planet Express are just his life-sized Simpsons action figures. The two cops fall for it, but URL comments that Fry having action figures at his age is just as sad as the end of Old Yeller.
  • In a commercial starring Malfunctioning Eddie and Gil, the latter shows a few sci-fi vehicles, namely George Jetson's flying car and the Doctor's TARDIS (except they're both red instead of green and blue respectively).
  • The second delivery the Simpsons do with the Planet Express crew result in them having to deal with a xenomorph and facehuggers.
  • The third delivery has them delivering a Monolith to Dave Bowman, the latter appearing as a Star Child.
  • Smithers is dressed like Captain Harlock after he stages a mutiny on the Nimbus and becomes its captain instead of Zapp Brannigan. Also, the song "In the Navy" is playing when he explains how he became the Nimbus' new captain.
• So Proud of You: After Bart manages to get rid of a wampa expy, thus saving himself, his family, and the Planet Express crew:
  Homer: Good work, boy!
  Marge: I'm very proud of you!
• Space "X":
  • When the Nimbus shows up to capture those who are on the Planet Express ship, someone from the Planet Express crew (it's not shown who says that) exclaims "Oh, space crap!"
  • When Smithers explains that he staged a mutiny on the Nimbus, he calls it a "space mutiny".
  • At the end, after several building in New New York have been destroyed by the giant Homer, Bender comments it's no worse than the last time the city had a case of the space crabs.
• Spoof Aesop: In the second part of the second miniseries, every fictional character from every book ever written ends up causing trouble in New New York. Later on, the heroes are able to defeat the giant Homer partly thanks to a giant TV screen. Thus, Bart comes to the following conclusion:
  Bart: Well, at least I learned a valuable lesson. TV saved the day, so that means TV is good and books are bad!
  Lisa: [frowning] What? That's ridiculous! TV rots the brain!
  Fry: [frowning] Maybe, but at least TV never tried to take over a city!
  Bender: Death to books! All hail TV!
• Stating the Simple Solution: Fry finally convinces Bart that the latter is a comic book character by showing him the Simpsons comic they're both in. Fry then asks Bart to help him find his friends, leading to:
  Bart: Why don't you just look in the comic and see where they are?
  Fry: [slapping his own face] D'oh!
• Sure, Let's Go with That:
  • Bender is mistaken by Lenny, Carl, and Moe to be a guy in a robot suit who's also the new Duff mascot:
    Bender: Would I get more free beer if I am?
    Moe: Sure, I'd just bill the company.
    Bender: Then that's me, all right! The new mascot guy, spreading alcohol-fueled love and peace. Now, pour me a beer or I'll tear your arms off, jerk-wad!
  • When Skinner spots Fry hiding in some bushes next to the school, the principal asks him if he's the new teacher he's been waiting for, adding that he'll call the police if that's not the case. Fry plays along and pretends to be the new teacher.
  • Leela meets Lisa when the latter is being bullied, leading to this exchange:
    Leela: Why do you let them push you around?
    Lisa: Oh right! I just let them! What are you, the new guidance counselor?
    Leela: If you say so. I'm [sic] mean, yes, I suppose I am.
  • After Bart betrays the Planet Express crew to the fictional characters invading New New York, Marge angrily tells him that she's very disappointed in him. However, Lisa disagrees with her:
    Lisa: No, Mom! Bart freed us the only way possible! At least we now have a chance to help everyone else! Good plan, Bart!
    Bart: [smiling nervously] Um...yeah. That was the plan all right!
• Symbol Swearing: While dealing with a xenomorph who is attacking Homer, Marge paraphrases Ellen Ripley's iconic line ("Get away from her, you bitch!") by saying "Get away from my Homie, you $#@%*!!"
• Take That!: The Brain Spawn attacks makes anyone they zap (but Fry) into rambling idiots. As demonstration, Nerdanus declares "George Lucas was right to make Greedo shoot first!"
• Tempting Fate:
  • While making a delivery on an ice planet, the Simpsons and the Planet Express crew end up being captured by a wampa expy. After Bart manages to get rid of the alien, Lisa comments "Well, at least the next delivery can't be any worse!" Cue the next page, where the next delivery results in them being attacked by a xenomorph and facehuggers.
  • After Bender and Homer manage to get rid of a bunch of flying saucers pursuing them, Fry comments that he thinks everything's going to be just fine. However, he's unable to finish his sentence before the Nimbus (Zapp Brannigan's ship) appears and the heroes are told to surrender.
• This Is My Chair: Bender and Homer first meet as Bender is drinking on Homer's barstool, and he proves it by showing the solid gold plaque saying as such. Bender insists he's still not moving.
• Tongue on the Flagpole: While on the ice planet, Fry warns everyone to not lick anything metal because of the temperature. Bart still ends up having his tongue stuck on Bender:
  Bart: Roo rate!
  Bender: It's not his fault. I really am delicious.
• Toy Disguise: In the second miniseries, Simpsons characters, by virtue of being fictional within the world of Futurama, are treated as slaves and thus are being arrested. When Smitty and URL go to the Planet Express building to arrest the Simpsons, the latter are standing still while Fry claims they're just his life-sized Simpsons action figures that he got from eBuy.
• Trapped in TV Land: The first miniseries is about the Planet Express crew ending up inside of a Simpsons comic because of the Brain Spawn.
• Unholy Matrimony: Mr. Burns and Mom are major villains in their respective series. They also fall in love with each other in the second miniseries.
• Vampire Vords: Dracula talks like this in the second issue of the second miniseries. For instance, when he's revealed to be the new mayor of New New York:
  Dracula: My fellow New New Yorkers... I vant to suck your blood! Blah!
• Violently Protective Girlfriend: When a xenomorph is attacking Homer, Marge uses the same mech Ellen Ripley used at the end of Aliens to fight it:
  Marge: Get away from my Homie, you $#@%*!!
• Weaksauce Weakness: It turns out drinking milk is the Nibblonians' one weakness, as it makes them stupider. This becomes a problem when Nibbler hypnotizes Marge into thinking he's a baby and she makes him drink Maggie's spare bottle.
• Wedgie: Walt, Larry, and Igner are all given one by Jimbo, Dolf, and Kearney at the end of the first miniseries.
• What the Hell, Hero?: When fictional characters from every book ever written are attacking everyone in New New York, including the Planet Express crew and the Simpsons, Bart points out to the fictional characters that he and his family are also made-up characters. Thus, if the fictional characters have to capture someone, they should capture the Planet Express crew, much to the latter's shock. After the PE crew members are handcuffed and the Simpsons are told they're free to go, Marge angrily tells her son that she's very disappointed in him.
• Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe: Naturally, The Mighty Thor talks like this when he makes a Lawyer-Friendly Cameo:
  Thor: Thou hath made me drop my helmet! Have at thee!
• You and What Army?: Leela asks this to the Brain Spawn after they reveal their evil plan. One of the Brain Spawn responds with "This one.", with numerous giant brains appearing and causing Leela, Fry, and Bender to be rather nervous about it.
• You Monster!: Bender yells this to the giant Homer when the latter is about to destroy a malt liquor factory.
• Your Costume Needs Work: When Bender arrives at Moe's, Lenny, Carl, and Moe think he's just a guy wearing a robot suit instead of an actual robot.

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