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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:

Comics

 * Ian Boothby: He has written about 46 comics for The Simpsons. He has written 24 comics for Futurama, including all of The Simpsons crossovers.
 * Eric Rogers: He has penned about 8 comics for The Simpsons. He has penned 16 comics for Futurama.
 * Patric M. Verrone: He has written 4 comics for The Simpsons. He has written 4 comics for Futurama, as well as writing 7 episodes.
 * James Lloyd: He has drawn 19 comics for The Simpsons. He has drawn 15 comics for Futurama, including all of The Simpsons crossovers.
 * Mike Kazaleh: He has drawn 3 comics for The Simpsons. He has drawn 12 comics for Futurama, as well as being a layout artist for the series.
 * Bill Morrison: He was the co-founder for Bongo Comics and has been editor for all The Simpsons and Futurama comics.
 * Tom King: He has drawn 1 comic for The Simpsons. He has drawn 6 comics for Futurama, as well as being a layout artist for the series.
 * John Delaney: He has drawn 13 comics for The Simpsons. He has drawn 11 comics for Futurama.

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:

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.
 * Pazuzu beasr a resemblance to Mr Burns.
 * Both of the Anthology of Interest episodes (and to a lesser extent, the Comics) are similar in nature to The Simpsons.
 * Futurama, like The Simpsons, tends to poke fun at the . An example of such would be the Box Network.

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.