The Simpsons

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:

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

Futurama/The Simpsons Crossovers
In 2002 and 2005, Bongo comics published four special comics of The Simpsons and Futurama. They are considered non-canon. There are too many references too be listed here, so see individual pages for more information. The first series was called Futurama Simpsons Infinitely Secret Crossover Crisis and consisted of "Somewhere Over the Brain-bow!" and "Liquid Diamond Is Forever!". The second series was called The Simpsons Futurama Crossover Crisis II and consisted of "Slaves of New New York!" and "The Read Menace!".

Other
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 * Zapp Brannigan is slightly 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.|| Zapptroy.jpg
 * Nine looks faintly similar to Homer.|| Homernumber9.jpg
 * Helmut Spargle is very similar to .|| MolemanSpargle.jpg
 * Smitty is faintly similar to .||
 * Ipgee looks faintly similar to .|| Apuipgee.jpg
 * Horrible Gelatinous Blob, and his species Blobs, are similar to the re-recurring "Space Mutants" of The Simpsons.|| Blobsspacemutants.jpg
 * The Fratbots resemble the characters from The Simpsons: Both Gearshift and Benjamin are the tallest; Oily would be Doug and both Fatbot and Gary are the fattest. Also, they are all students at university.|| [[Image:Fratbots.png|200px]]
 * The Robot Mafia may resemble the characters, from The Simpsons: Both Donbot and Fat Tony are the bosses and the fattest; Joey Mousepad would be Legs and Clamps's face looks similar like Louies'.|| [[Image:Robot Mafia.jpg|200px]]
 * 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.|| Poster Guy.jpg
 * Matt Groening mocked The Simpsons commentaries in the commentary for "Love and Rocket" and says that Futurama commentaries are a lot more lively.|| (N/A)
 * 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, .|| (N/A)
 * Futurama, like The Simpsons, tends to poke fun at the . An example of such would be the Box Network.|| Box Network.gif
 * Both of the Anthology of Interest episodes (and to a lesser extent, the Comics) are similar in nature to The Simpsons .|| (N/A)
 * The Fratbots resemble the characters from The Simpsons: Both Gearshift and Benjamin are the tallest; Oily would be Doug and both Fatbot and Gary are the fattest. Also, they are all students at university.|| [[Image:Fratbots.png|200px]]
 * The Robot Mafia may resemble the characters, from The Simpsons: Both Donbot and Fat Tony are the bosses and the fattest; Joey Mousepad would be Legs and Clamps's face looks similar like Louies'.|| [[Image:Robot Mafia.jpg|200px]]
 * 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.|| Poster Guy.jpg
 * Matt Groening mocked The Simpsons commentaries in the commentary for "Love and Rocket" and says that Futurama commentaries are a lot more lively.|| (N/A)
 * 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, .|| (N/A)
 * Futurama, like The Simpsons, tends to poke fun at the . An example of such would be the Box Network.|| Box Network.gif
 * Both of the Anthology of Interest episodes (and to a lesser extent, the Comics) are similar in nature to The Simpsons .|| (N/A)
 * 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, .|| (N/A)
 * Futurama, like The Simpsons, tends to poke fun at the . An example of such would be the Box Network.|| Box Network.gif
 * Both of the Anthology of Interest episodes (and to a lesser extent, the Comics) are similar in nature to The Simpsons .|| (N/A)
 * Futurama, like The Simpsons, tends to poke fun at the . An example of such would be the Box Network.|| Box Network.gif
 * Both of the Anthology of Interest episodes (and to a lesser extent, the Comics) are similar in nature to The Simpsons .|| (N/A)
 * Both of the Anthology of Interest episodes (and to a lesser extent, the Comics) are similar in nature to The Simpsons .|| (N/A)

Emmy Awards
Both The Simpsons and Futurama have been nominated several times (up to 2004) for :

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.