Futurama
Warning : The following contains SPOILERS forFuturama .
Summary
The long - running animated seriesFuturamais packed with Easter ballock . Many of them are references to the earlier creation of cartoonist Matt Groening , includingThe Simpsonsand the comic stripLife In Hell . Others are nods to Greco-Roman literature , science fabrication , and advanced math , meant to amuse the well - study consultation to whomFuturamawas mean to appeal .
Many episodes ofFuturamabenefit from repeat watch . While the show ’s persistence is somewhat on the loose , particularly in paying attention to whetherFuturamashares a universe withThe Simpsonsor not , there are a number of Easter eggs that foreshadow the events of later episodes . Futuramaalso often shows of import characters in silent cameos before they make their first speaking appearing later in the chronology . Here is a run - down of 30 of the bestFuturamaEaster eggs .
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30The Alien Languages
Many fantasy and skill fiction series revolutionise fictional languages , from the Klingon language ofStar Trekto Dothraki inGame of Thrones . Futuramais no different , featuringtwo made - up alien languages . billboard and foretoken run around foreign news look throughoutFuturama , let in the opening credit . One double foreign phrase in the billboards , once translated , promotes " TASTY HUMAN BURGERS , " though it is unreadable if these are hamburger meant for humans or made of humans .
29Blinky The Fish
Blinky the Fish was something of a mascot toThe Simpsonsduring the show ’s other season . The three - eyed mutant fish appear most conspicuously in the episode " Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Pisces , " where Mr. Burns go for governor as part of a schema to cover up how his nuclear exponent works was mutating Springfield ’s wildlife . Blinky has a cameo in the pilot sequence ofFuturama , briefly appearing as Fry is tease through a transport tube that passes underwater .
28Matt Groening’s First Cameo
Cartoonist Matt Groening has made a figure of cameos in the appearance that he created . He splendidly play himself as a head in a jar , hosting a panel at Comic - Con 3010 in theFuturamaepisode " Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences . " However , many missed Groening ’s non - speaking cameo in theFuturamapilot , " Space Pilot 3000 , " where his header can be get wind next to Barbra Streisand , among the celebrities in the Head Museum .
27Leela’s Parents' First Appearance
empty on the doorstep of an orphanage as an infant , Leela spend the former seasons ofFuturamapresuming that she was an unknown give up on Earth . It was at last let out in theFuturamaseason 4 installment " Leela ’s Homeworld " that Leela ’s parent were sewerage - harp mutant humans who gave her up , trust she might pass as an alien and find a better life than they could give her . This Apocalypse was tease two seasons earlier , in theFuturamaseason 2 installment " I Second That Emotion . " During the Planet Express gang ’s first journey into the sewer under New New York , Leela ’s parent are briefly visible in the upper - left quoin during a crowd panorama .
26Nibbler’s Shadow
TheFuturamaseason 5 episode " The Why of Fry " revealed that Nibbler and his race had been manipulating Fry for his entire life . Indeed , Nibbler himself was responsible for the accident that pin down Fry in a cryogenic sleeping room for 1000 twelvemonth , control he would survive to help the Nibblonians in their eternal fight with the Brain Spawn . This was hinted at in the first installment ofFuturama , " Space Pilot 3000 , " where Nibbler ’s shadow is briefly visible just before Fry fall back his counterbalance and falls into the cryo - chamber .
25Honoring Phil Hartman
A frequent node performer onThe Simpsons , where he voice both actor Troy McClure and attorney Lionel Hutz , comedian Phil Hartmanhad been cast as Zapp Brannigan inFuturamajust before his tragical demise in 1998 . The show went on to honour Hartman in two discrete way . The main character of Fry , who had not been given a first name at that point , was named Philip J. Fry in Hartman ’s honour . Additionally , histrion Billy West , who was recast in the function of Zapp Brannigan , break the role a close idea of Hartman ’s hallmark smooth baritone horn voice .
24Mystery Science Theater 3000
At one point in theFuturamaseason 2 episode " Raging Bender , " the Planet Express crew goes to the movies . When Fry start up heckling the newsreel , he is told to be quiet by the silhouettes of two unambiguously designed automaton . These robots are meant to be Crow T. Robot and Tom Servo fromMystery Science Theater 3000 , arevolutionary cult comedy seriesin which the two robots and a human Quaker make fun of bad movies . While the original run ofMystery Science Theater 3000had ended at the time " stray Bender " primitively aired , the show has joinedFuturamain savor multiple revivification and now has its own self - funded cyclosis platform .
23To Serve Man
One ofFuturama ’s sillier running gag call for the robot Bender ’s desire to become a master chef , despite having no sense of taste . He is still employed as the Planet Express ship chef , sometimes wear an apron that says " To Serve Man . " This is a reference to a classic science fable story by Damon Knight , which was later conform into an installment ofThe Twilight Zonein 1962.The story centers around a raceway of seemingly charitable aliens who do to Earth , and one of their rule book , titled " To Serve Man , " is afterwards determined to be a cookbook .
22Go, Ladybuggle, Go!
Twenty years after they became parents in theFuturamaseason 5 installment " Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch , " Kif and Amy began raising their children at once in the time of year 11 episode " Children Of A Lesser Bog . " At one point , they read their children a book titledGo , Ladybuggle , Go!Beyond being a charade of the Dr. Seuss bookGo , Dog , Go!,this is a callback to the character of Ladybuggle . She was one of the cute exotic creatures Leela exploit to become a successful shaver ’s entertainer in theFuturamaseason 8 episode " Yo Leela Leela . "
21A Revealing Envelope
When Professor Farnsworth originally take Fry , Leela and Bender to replace the crowd of the Planet Express in " Space Pilot 3000 , " he was shown to have saved the previous crew ’s career chips in an envelope labeled " Contents of Space Wasp ’s Stomach . " This foreshadowed the full floor of the last crew ’s fate , which was revealed in theFuturamaseason 5 episode " The Sting , " where Fry , Leela and Bender were sent to steal infinite honey from a beehive of jumbo distance bees . This has actuate considerable argumentation amongFuturamafans regarding whether there is a difference between space bee and space wasps or if the Professor just got the species integrate up .
