List of references to Futurama in popular culture

This article lists references to the show Futurama in popular culture, that means references outside of the show to the show itself, in alphabetic order by name of the popular culture referring to it.

Action Comics

 * In ' #863, ' comic, there is a plot involving aliens being sent to a prison camp. Among the aliens is Dr. Zoidberg.

The Adventures of Pluto Nash

 * In the film , the Futurama theme song can be heard in some scenes on the moon.

Aqua Teen Hunger Force
In an episode of  entitled "Bible Fruit" the characters of Frylock, Meatwad and Master Shake have a discussion about watching Futurama.

Countdown with Keith Olbermann

 * ' is a news show hosted by which regularly uses catchphrases from ' and , but has recently taken to common use of Professor Farnsworth's catch phrase, "Good news, everyone!"

The Einstein Factor

 * Contestants in the Australian ABC1 quiz show  choose a specialty on which to be quizzed during the first round. During episode ten of the 2005 season, a contestant chose Futurama as his specialty. He was the second placing of three contestants in the episode. For a time, the questions were stored here for viewing and may one day reappear.

Family Guy

 * During the premiere skit in s ', a reporter on the red carpet asks Stewie Griffin if Fox has any plans to bring back Futurama. Family Guy and Futurama were both animated series on Fox which were canceled and subsequently aired on ; at the time of release Family Guy was scheduled to return but Futurama'' was not.
 * Bender was seen during the scene of the Family Guy episode "".

The Graduate

 * referenced the show in the song "Space Game", from his album , with the lyric "Hey Fry, look, we can still be friends. I won't ask Leela out again".

Homestar Runner

 * During the 2008 Halloween toon, Most in the Graveyard, of the Flash animation series , The Poopsmith is dressed up as Zoidberg. The King of Town also says Professor Farnsworth's catch phrase, "Good news, everyone!" after mentioning that the ketchup in the ketchup fountain wasn't really ketchup after clicking on The Poopsmith at the end of the toon.

An Inconvenient Truth

 * In , Al Gore uses a scene from the episode "Crimes of the Hot" during his initial explanation of global warming.
 * The Futurama cast and crew also made an animated faux-trailer for the film titled A Terrifying Message from Al Gore featuring Gore and Bender.
 * Al Gore is a recurring guest star in Futurama, and he had said that Futurama is his favorite show, prior to his appearance on it.
 * His daughter, Kristin Gore, also worked for the show in later seasons.

Journeyman

 * From the series ', in episode ', the main character travels back in time to the year 2001, and enters his own house at that time, on a TV screen is seen and heard (namely, Professor Farnsworth's "Come on, let's all give Fry some privacy.") a clip from "Parasites Lost", meaning the character probably traveled to January 21st.

Life in Hell

 * In Matt Groening's comic, , a Bender "doll" appears in a 1999 Christmas strip.

Looney Tunes

 * On the show ' in the ' episode Attack of the Drones, Dr. Zoidberg makes a cameo appearance.

Monsters vs. Aliens

 * After the first set of credits in the film, , President Hathaway inadvertently launches all the U.S.'s nuclear missiles. He tells his generals that they should look into it in 500 years, then addresses the audience asking whether anyone could freeze his head down, referencing the concepts of cryonics and heads in jars popularised by Futurama.  This is possibly a thanks for the DreamWorks SKG reference in "Three Hundred Big Boys".

Mozilla Firefox

 * In 's browser (version  or later), if you type ' ' in the address bar, a page will appear paying tribute to robots in popular culture. The last point is "Robots have shiny metal posteriors which should not be bitten." This a reference to Bender's catchphrase, "Bite my shiny metal ass!"

Outer Orbit

 * The Planet Express Ship appears in the  miniseries Outer Orbit.

Over the Hedge

 * In one of the final scenes of the movie , the hyperactive squirrel, Hammy, has a energy drink with caffeine, giving him the same effects that happened to Fry after 100 coffees in "Three Hundred Big Boys" - time slows down almost until pausing and the character calmly saves the situation. Although it is not an explicit reference to Futurama, the scene is very similar.

The PJs

 * In the episode Cliffhangin With Mr. Super of the show , Fry makes a cameo appearance on a wanted ad on a milk carton, referring to Fry's disappearance after being frozen.
 * This was an act of reciprocation for an advertisement of The PJs etched onto a manhole cover in the episodes "I Second that Emotion" and "The Luck of the Fryrish", like The PJ's opening scene.

The Simpsons



 * In, there is a head in a jar in a dream about the future from . This episode aired approximately 5 years and a month before Futurama started.
 * In, Bender appears in the hovercar and Bart are driving after crossing a "quantum tunnel". There are references to heads preserved in jars, Hovercars and cities similar to Futurama. Homer's under water house is resembles one that Fry considers buying in "I, Roommate". The title, "Future-Drama", is an obvious reference to the title of Futurama itself.
 * In "", Bender and Dr. Zoidberg are characters at the end of Level 15 - "In Search Of an Author." Fry also appears in a painting from Matt Groening.
 * In #99, there is a cameo appearance by Bender.
 * In #6, the Planet Express crew appear at the end of this comic.

South Park

 * In the ' episode ', is stuck in the snow and is buried by an avalanche and is defrosted 500 years later. Although not an explicit reference to Futurama, there is brief reference to cryongenics, and the name of the city "New New Hampshire" is familiar to other names of cities used in Futurama, like "New New York" or "New New Jersey".

Star Trek

 * Futurama is supposedly said in the 2009's Star Trek. It is very subtle, but very deliberate. The two words are run together to make it.

Star Wars



 * The droid HK-47 and other droids from the Star Wars Expanded Universe have been known to use Bender's phrase of 'Meatbag'.
 * In the comic Skippy the Jedi Droid, Bender is seen making fun of Skippy.
 * A droid with the name "Probulator" appears in the online game Star Wars Galaxies.
 * Bender is also seen in the comic Junkheap Hero as a scrapped droid.
 * The "Bender Droid" also appeared in the novel Death Star. It is unknown if they are related.
 * Bender was seen in the Star Wars parody Family Guy: Blue Harvest in the Chalmun's Cantina scene.
 * Bendu Fry's name was probably derived from Bender and Fry.
 * There are a few characters in the Star Wars Galaxy with names shared in Futurama:
 * Bender
 * Doctor Farnsworth
 * Fry
 * Leela
 * Jedi Master Xamar's species, Khil, has been jokingly referred to as being the same species of Zoidberg, Decapodian.

Transmetropolitan

 * '  features a billboard depicting Leela and Bender in the background of a panel in issue 25.

Top Ten

 * 's "" (issue 11), a discolored Fry, Leela, and Bender can be seen in the background of one of the frames.

Xiaolin Showdown

 * In the  episode "Days Past", Dojo is instructing Omi about the dangers of travel to the past, he mentions the possibility to him "of being your own grandfather". This is reference to the incident in "Roswell that Ends Well".

Young Avengers

 * In  Special #1, the logo for Slurm can be seen on a vending machine being thrown by the.

Zits

 * In a  comic (published in the 2001 collection, Big Honkin' Zits), Jeremy is excited about a new Futurama episode.