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.

Action Comics
In  #863, comic, there is a plot involving aliens being sent to a prison camp. Among the aliens is Dr. Zoidberg and possibly Kif Kroker.

Cracked
In  #340 (December 1999) has Futurama parodied on the front cover. There is also a comic in this issue that can be read here (under Cracked Magazine).

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

Mad
The magazine parodies many popluar culture things, including Futurama. The gallery shows all appearances of Futurama in Mad.

Mother Jones
Four panels of Futurama are featured on the back of the May/June 2001 issue of.

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

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

Top Ten
's  (issue 11), a discoloured Fry, Leela, and Bender can be seen in the background of one of the frames.

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.

The Adventures of Pluto Nash
In the film , the Futurama theme song can be heard in some scenes on the moon.

Comic Book: The Movie
The mockumentary, , features a Futurama cut-out in it. Some Futurama voice actors also appear in the movie including Mark Hamill, Billy West, Matt Groening and Maurice LaMarche.

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 favourite show, prior to his appearance on it.
 * His daughter, Kristin Gore, also worked for the show in later seasons.

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 cryogenics and heads in jars popularised by Futurama. This is possibly a thanks for the DreamWorks SKG reference in "Three Hundred Big Boys".

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.

Star Trek
The word "Futurama" can be heard in the 2009 film. It is unclear if this is coincidence or intentional, but the strange wording of the sentence implies the latter. The part in question (out of context) is "...angry future-Romulan...", which does nearly sound like the word "Futurama" is there.

The Supermarket
In the 2009 movie, The Supermarket, some Futurama characters appear in a photo in a scene.

The Day the Robots Woke Up
The London 2.0 buildings featured in the short film The Day the Robots Woke Up, are very similar to those seen in Futurama.

Unfaithful
Futurama appears in the movie. It is unknown where it appears in the movie, but Fox is credited for its use in the film.

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.

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!"

Robot Hall of Fame
Bender is currently nominiated for the. He is (as of July 2009) in number two position, with 30% of the votes, to get a place in the Hall of Fame.

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

The Colbert Report
During the intro for the 22 June, 2009 episode of , 's interview with author was headlined "Future-Schama" &mdash; a pun on the name for 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!"

Doctor Who
The relaunched  contains a few possible references (or just similarities) to Futurama.
 * In the episode, "", a character pretends to be a student at Mars University, to which a medical technician replies, "The Martian boondocks. Typical!"
 * The episode, "" (set in the year five billion and twenty-three), takes place in the city of New New York. However, if the city had been more accurately named, it would in fact be "New New New New New New New New New New New New New New New New York" (as it was the fifteenth New York).
 * New New York also appears in the episode,, which is set 30 years after "New Earth". It features a character called "Branagan", and has a similar skyline to Futurama.
 * The Christmas Special,, has an interstellar cruiser modelled after the original . This is very similar to the space cruise ship, Titanic, in the Futurama episode, "A Flight to Remember".

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.

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 cancelled 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 "".

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 travelled to January 21st.

Kenan & Kel
In season 4 of the sitcom , there is an episode named "Futurama".

Looney Tunes
On the show , in the episode "Attack of the Drones", Dr. Zoidberg makes a cameo appearance.

The PJs
In the episode "Hangin' 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.

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 cryogenics, 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".

Talkin' 'bout your Generation
The Australian quiz show, , asks many popular culture questions. On episode 9, in the round "Your Generation", a true or false question was asked: "Did Darren Shatner, the son of William Shatner, compose the theme song to Futurama?" Generation Y answered true and got the question wrong. Futurama's theme song was actually composed by Christopher Tyng.

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 probably a reference to the incident in "Roswell that Ends Well".

Contra 4
Bender appears credited with his full name on the Special Thanks section in the  credits.

Gears of War 2
On , in the special thanks section for the makers, Mikey Spano says That Guy's quote of "My one regret is that I have Boneitis!". John DiMaggio voices the main character and  in the game also.

TimeSplitters: Future Perfect
In the game , the gingerbread man says Bender's quote of "Bite my crunchy brown ass!"

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines
In the hospital, of the game , a patient named D. Marsh is diagnosed with frequent bouts of Sexlexia.

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".

Forbes
Mom was included in the 2007. She was ranked at #4 with an estimated net worth of $15.7 billion. MomCorp was also included in the list of "The 25 Largest Fictional Companies" which estimated its sales at $291.8 billion.

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.

Star Wars

 * The  and other droids from the   have been known to use Bender's phrase of "".
 * In the , Bender is seen making fun of.
 * A droid with the name "Probulator" appears in the online game .
 * Bender is also seen in the comic  as a scrapped droid.
 * The also appeared in the novel . It is unknown if they are related.
 * Bender was seen in the Star Wars  in the  scene.
 * 's name was probably derived from Bender and Fry.
 * There are a few characters in the Star Wars with names shared in Futurama:
 * 's, , has been jokingly referred to as being the same species of Zoidberg, Decapodian.
 * A clip from "War Is the H-Word" appears in the "" featurette on the
 * 's, , has been jokingly referred to as being the same species of Zoidberg, Decapodian.
 * A clip from "War Is the H-Word" appears in the "" featurette on the
 * 's, , has been jokingly referred to as being the same species of Zoidberg, Decapodian.
 * A clip from "War Is the H-Word" appears in the "" featurette on the