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Futurama was created by Matt Groening, and developed jointly with David X. Cohen. Though, Groening had previously created , the most popular and long running animated sitcom ever. Thus, it is only natural that Futurama would include references to The Simpsons occasionally within the show (not to mention, owning the copyright means not having to license material). The Simpsons, too, has referenced Futurama many times. Following is a complete list of connections between Futurama and The Simpsons.

Crew
There have been a number of people who work on both The Simpsons and Futurama:

Voices

 * Tress MacNeille: She has voiced many characters for The Simpsons and has appeared in 309 episodes (for a complete list see here). She has voiced many characters for Futurama.
 * Dan Castellaneta: He has voiced many characters for The Simpsons, though he is best known as the voice of Homer Simpson (for a complete list see here), he has performed songs in 43 episodes and has written 4 episodes. He has voiced the Robot Devil in "Hell Is Other Robots", "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings" (he also voiced the Snail) and The Beast with a Billion Backs, he also performed songs in the two episodes he appeared in.
 * Nancy Cartwright: She has voiced many characters for The Simpsons, though she is best known as the voice of Bart Simpson (for a complete list see here) and she has performed songs in 17 episodes. She was credited for a soundbyte of Bart Simpson's line "Eat my shorts!" which was said by a doll on the garbage meteor in "A Big Piece of Garbage".


 * Stephen Hawking has appeared on both shows, playing himself.
 * Frank Welker, who plays Nibbler and many other animals on Futurama, has also played many animals on the Simpsons, including Santa's Little Helper.
 * Hank Azaria who voices characters such as Chief Wiggum and Moe Szyslak also voiced the character of Harold Zoid.

Other

 * Brian Sheesley: He was an animation timer for three episodes of The Simpsons in . He has directed nine episodes of Futurama.
 * David X. Cohen: He did music/lyrics for, was writer for 35 episodes, story editor for 25 episodes, co-producer for 27 episodes, supervising producer for 15 episodes, co-executive producer for 10 episodes, producer for 9 episodes, consulting producer for 2 episodes and executive producer for 2 episodes of The Simpsons. He developed and was executive producer for all episodes of Futurama, voiced The Die of Power in Bender's Game, Fan #2 for the reading of "Futurama Returns" and the Computer in "Love's Labours Lost in Space", did music/lyrics for "Xmas Story" and "The Problem with Popplers", voice director for "Futurama (video game)" and designed one of the robots in the robot strip club.

The Simpsons in Futurama
The Simpsons has appeared in Futurama on many occasions:

Season 2
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 * The title caption for this episode says "From the network that brought you "The Simpsons""
 * Sewing a head on someone's shoulder was previously done in with Mr Burns' head being sewn on to Homer's body.
 * The Professor calls the final story in this episode absurd, citing "Stephen Hawking in a pizzeria" as especially bad. Interestingly, in, Stephen Hawking buys a Little Caesars pizzeria.

Season 3
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 * While Leela is saying the logical paradox that is supposed to stop Robot Santa Claus, Bender covers his "ears" to not hear while humming. The tune he hums is The Simpsons. This crossover is unique to the Spanish version.
 * Fry's "Battle droid" attack is like one used in The Simpsons. David X Cohen and his sister used this when they were kids.

Season 4
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 * Among the parts of parade balloons, used in creating the hot air balloon that returns to the surface, is a balloon.
 * This episode is similar to The Simpsons episode, which David X Cohen co-wrote.
 * Dan Castellaneta, a voice actor from The Simpsons, appears in this episode as the Robot Devil.

Films
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 * Dan Castellaneta, a voice actor from The Simpsons, appears in this episode as the Robot Devil.
 * Disco Stu is seen in the crowd.

Comics
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 * On the cover, is seen and Fry, Bender, Leela and Amy are on the couch, seen in the
 * The title may be a reference to.
 * Maude Flanders is seen outside the Carton Network building. Comic Book Guy also has a cameo near the end.

Futurama Simpsons Infinitely Secret Crossover Crisis
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The Simpsons Futurama Crossover Crisis II
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Other

 * Early versions of the characters in Futurama had five fingers to diferentiate from The Simpsons, but it looked weird and was changed. Poster Guy still retains the extra finger.
 * Matt Groening mocked The Simpsons commentaries in the commentary for "Love and Rocket" and says that Futurama commentaries are a lot more lively.
 * Both The Simpsons and Futurama have been nominated several times (up to 2004) for :
 * Neither "A Big Piece of Garbage" or won in.
 * Futurama wasn't nominated, while won in
 * "Amazon Women in the Mood" lost against in.
 * "Roswell That Ends Well" won against in.
 * "Jurassic Bark" lost against in.
 * Neither "The Sting" or in.
 * Fry's middle initial is J. This seems to be a popular choice for Matt Groening characters, having used it for Homer Simpson, Bart Simpson and Grampa on The Simpsons. Matt uses the "J." middle name, referring to one of his favourite shows,.
 * Some Futurama characters are similar to some The Simpsons characters:
 * Nine looks faintly similar to Homer.
 * Zapp Brannigan is semily based on as a tribute to . Phil Hartman was the voice of Troy McClure, and was also scheduled to be the voice of Zapp Brannigan until his untimely death. He was instead voiced by Billy West.
 * Horrible Gelatinous Blob, and his species Blobs, are similar to the re-recurring "Space Mutants" of The Simpsons.
 * Both of the Anthology of Interest episodes (and to a lesser extent, the Comics) are similar in nature to The Simpsons.

Futurama in The Simpsons
Futurama has appeared in The Simpsons on several occasions:

Futurama had not yet premiered yet.

Futurama had been premiered by this time.