Futurama

Imagine The Simpsons with less pop culture references, more lulz, and more science fiction wankery. Futurama is an animated sitcom series set in the year 3000, remembered as a show so bad Fox would purposely let its football games run longer than usual to ensure no one would have to sit through more of Matt Groening's eye-rape. Many claim the show's conception was a writing vampire, draining the lulz out of The Simpsons as Groening forced the competent writers to write one-liners for an alcoholic robot.

The episodes sucked, the writing was garbage and in 2003, Fox canned the show. After much butthurt, Futurama debuted four straight-to-DVD movies sometime last Thursday. Then, in 2010, Comedy Central aired the first of 26 new half-hour episodes which are really, really good.

In spite of this, the show has spawned four internet memes: I see what you did there, Child Abduction, Second, Hypnotoad.

The Show

On New Years Eve, 1999, Fry, a Downs Syndrome patient-turn-delivery boy, falls into a cryogenic chamber and freezes himself for a thousand years. This spawned a raging fanboy base from the very beginning, as the targeted demographic are losers and fags. He gets a job at the Planet Express Delivery Company with his nephew, Professor Farnsworth. Every episode begins with the Professor walking into a room and saying "[Blank] news, everyone!" before sending them on a nearly-fatal mission. The writers run with the premise that the future is different than the present, where even making a phone call is painfully ironic.

Characters

Phillip J. Fry: In case you forget multiple times an episode, Fry is from the 20th century. He is voiced by Billy West, who also did every other voice on the show. His squinty eyes ARE the meme I see what you did there. Also, he's his own grandfather.

Bender B. Rodriguez: A lazy, alcoholic, chain smoking, kleptomaniac "bending" robot. It was no surprise when it was revealed in the third season (episode one) that he is actually Mexican. Dreams to one day kill all humans (except Fry, as he reveals in an overly BAWWWWW-inducing episode).

Turanga Leela: The smart, independent woman character necessary to move the plot forward. Leela is a karate master, alien-cyclops-mutant-human with a good body, however she cannot find another man for the life of her. Frequently reminded of her encounter with Zapp Brannigan. Yes, she is voiced by Peggy Bundy from Married With Children.

Prof. Hubert Farnsworth: At least 160 years old, Farnsworth does little else but sleep, invent pointless gadgets and yell at his employees. Notable inventions include the Smell-O-Scope and the 'What-If' machine. Fills the niche of Grampa Simpson, the HALARIOUS elderly man.

Amy Wong: A rich AZN from Mars who's dating the alien Kif Kroker (but had sex with Fry for an episode). Largely another channel for Matt Groening's tits-and-ass fantasies, Amy exists as the character of whom Leela is constantly jealous.

Dr. John A. Zoidberg: Poor, Jewish lobster doctor that has only five jokes on the entire show: having no money, eating anything, being disliked, being a bad doctor and doing Jewish stuff.

Hermes Conrad: The Jamaican created to vent cannabis jokes, Hermes is a bureaucrat needed to round out the collection of racial stereotypes. Likes to limbo and file shit.

Zap Brannigan: A source of lulz, Zapp is a ridiculous character used for taking pot-shots at William Shatner. He enjoys having his armpits shaved in the bath by his assistant Kif Kroker. Was intended for Phil Hartman to voice before he was shot by his slut wife.

Kif Kroker: Zapp's lapboy and Amy's boyfriend. Despite dating Amy, Leela impregnates Kif in the fourth season by touching his hand.

Mom: Generic coporate overlord in the guise of a sweet old lady. Has had copious amounts of sloppy, old-people sex with Professor Farnsworth in the past.

Nibbler: Leela's pet who is secretly an ancient alien spy sent to protect Earth and Fry so he can kill giant brains.

Hypnotoad: Hypnotoad is the worst charactALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD!!!

Scruffy: I'm Scruffy, the janitor. I ain't seen you before neither.

The straight-to-DVD movies (aka Season 5)

Bender's Big Score: Professor Farnsworth finds out that the retarded Fox executives have been fired and beaten to death for canceling Futurama, Hermes gets decapitated, everyone gets scammed and Bender and Fry create a whole shitload of TIME PARADOXES!!!!!00110001001001111010000101101110011!. Because every paradox creates a duplicate of the character, there are over 9000 Bender and Fry copies by the end. Reality implodes under the weight of retardation and the universe turns into goatse.

The Beast With A Billion Backs: After Bender tore the universe a new asshole in Bender's Big Score, a giant shemale Flying Spaghetti Monster called Yivo comes out of it and tentacle rapes everyone by making them deepthroat him/her/schler in one giant gangbang. Fry and Zoidberg become the leaders of Scientology, Zapp fucks Amy after KIF DIES! and Bender becomes a pirate.

Bender's Game: Leela has a fit of roid-rage and smashes the shit out of the Planet Express ship, so Professor Farnsworth makes her wear a shock collar and she starts enjoying it. Meanwhile Bender goes batshit insane and thinks he's a knight in a mystical faerie world. He gets sent to the nuthouse while Professor and Mom fight over some crystals. Some weird shit happens and they get sucked into Bender's imagination. From here on in it's just the Futurama characters doing some LARP and Fry and Leela are the only two that remember who they are. Culminates in a LOTR escapade but somehow everything reverts. Also one of Mom's retarded sons (the one with the pink hair) is Farnsworth's son.

Into The Wild Green Yonder: It doesn't get stupider than this: Amy's dad comes up with a brilliant plan: Blow up teh universe to make way for a giant mini-golf course. Fry gets a piece of jewelery lodged in his brain which allows him to read minds, but he goes insane, dons a tinfoil hat and joins "The Legion of Mad Fellows". Bender has an affair with a slutty fembot called Fanny, Leela and Amy become feminists and they all have a big hippy party before saving a bunch of animals. The movie ends with Fry and Leela finally getting together inside the Planet Express ship and expressing their feelings for each other as Brannigan's ship, the Nimbus, prepares to anally rape them. Suddenly the whole cast gets sucked into a wormhole which Professor Farnsworth says could take them billions of lightyears away and they might never return.

I WONDER WHERE THE WORMHOLE WILL LEAVE THEM?!?!

The Comedy Central Revival

Comedy Central aired the first of 26 brand-new Futurama episodes in mid-2010, keeping them well away from ratings week.

Videos

Some videos of Futurama win, mostly of Zapp:

LOL WUT

Zapp knows how to sing

Zapp showing off his muscles

Sexlexia is highly contagious, especially in 16 year old girls

NOOOOOO!!!!

Lulz ensued

Well....he is a jew after all

WOOP WOOP WOOP

So much fixation with his ass implies something.

Good news everyone!

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Futurama and LOLcats
In Lego form.
The convenient way to become an hero. And at 25 cents, a bargain for the suicidal person on a budget.
Fry's dog
Richard Nixon's head was elected President of Earth in 3004.
Still got nothing on Raptor Jesus.
"Windmills do not work that way!! Good night!"
STFU and get to work.
Futurama cosplay
Death by snu-snu.
The dance of my people.
A highly underused image macro.
Good news everyone! OP sucks cock!
Cam Whore luv Futurama...

Obligatory 34 About missing Pics

A typical scene from Futurama.
Average futurama sex scene.

Average futurama sex scene.
Futurama can also be romantic.

Futurama can also be romantic.
Another canonical Futurama sex scene

Another canonical Futurama sex scene
Notice how Bender doesn't seem to give a fuck about what's going on

Notice how Bender doesn't seem to give a fuck about what's going on
Next season spoilers!
Fry and Bender rape Leela for switching Fry's shampoo with yellow dye. Also note severe sunburn.
Actual deleted scene.