The Simpsons is an animated television comedy created by Matt Groening and developed with James L. Brooks and Sam Simon. Originating as one-minute shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show, it debuted as a stand-alone series on 17 December, 1989 and has gone on to become the longest-running American prime-time entertainment series ever. Because Futurama was also created by Groening and developed jointly with then-Simpsons writer David X. Cohen, it is only natural that Futurama would include references to The Simpsons occasionally within the show, and vice versa. Not to mention that owning the copyright means not having to license material. Many people have compared the Futurama characters with The Simpsons characters such as Bender Bending Rodriguez is Futurama's Homer Simpson or Cubert J. Farnsworth is Futurama's Bart Simpson. 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.

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The Simpsons in Futurama

The Simpsons has appeared in Futurama on many occasions:

Season 6

Season 7

Futurama/The Simpsons Crossovers

In 2002 and 2005, Bongo comics published four special crossover 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!".

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Emmy Awards

Both The Simpsons and Futurama have been nominated several times for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour):

Futurama in The Simpsons

Futurama has appeared in The Simpsons on several occasions:

Futurama had not yet premiered.

Episode Reference Image "Itchy & Scratchy Land" (2F01) The robotic arms behind Professor Frink are very similar to the arms of Bender in form (even with three fingers) and colours.

This episode aired approximately 4 and a half years before Futurama started.

Futurama had been premiered by this time.

Episode Reference Image "Missionary: Impossible" (BABF11) Bender is seen working for Fox.

Episode Reference Image "HOMR" (BABF22) The couch gag shows the family enter through tubes with Bart replaced by Fry, only for Fry to be sucked up and replaced by Bart. "Trilogy of Error" (CABF14) Linguo bears a slight resemblance to Bender. For example in the shape of the head and antenna. Moreover, Homer gets Linguo to drink beer which again may be a reference to Bender.

Episode Reference Image "Future-Drama" (GABF12) Bender appears in the hovercar Homer 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.

Episode Reference Image "Bonfire of the Manatees" (GABF18) The song "Car Wash" plays towards the end of the episode when Mr. Burns and Smithers wash the manatee. It also plays in the cold opening of "My Three Suns". (N/A)

Episode Reference Image "That 90's Show" (KABF04) Homer mentions that Matt Groening was working hard to release Futurama during the 1990s. (N/A)

Episode Reference Image "Lisa the Drama Queen" (KABF22) The "Two-nicorn" belches out rainbows and then exclaims "I didn't know I could do that!" This is very similar to Stephen Hawking shooting lasers out of his eyes and then saying the same sentence in The Beast with a Billion Backs. (N/A)

Episode Reference Image "Love Is A Many Strangled Thing" (NABF10) The Planet Express ship appears on the title screen gag, and the Futurama theme song plays for a few seconds before the original Simpsons theme.

Episode Reference Image "Cue Detective" Bender is shown to still be in the Simpsons' basement after the events of "Simpsorama". It is revealed that Marge has been using his chest cavity as a safe, keeping all the money she has found in Homer's pockets over the years inside of it. "Simprovised" The end of the episode featured a live-on-air Q&A with Homer, during which Bender walks across the screen holding a sign which reads "BRING BACK FUTURAMA (AGAIN)".

Episode Reference Image "Treehouse of Horror XXVII" Homer dresses up as Bender for Halloween.

Issue Reference Image #11 There is an album that has a picture that looks a lot like Kif.

This issue was published approximately 3 and three quarter years before Futurama started. #46 The dialogue between Dolph and Nelson is clearly allusive to Futurama. Nelson says "I just wanted to draw robots and an alien girl with one eye which I saw on TV the other night". (N/A) #50 There is a cameo appearance by Fry at the wall. (Top centre) #84 On the cover the hair of Leela and Fry can be seen. (Centre right) #85 There is a cameo appearance by Bender on the cover of the "Corporate Annual Reports" of Bongo. #95 Homer (nearly) exclaims "Bite my shiny metal ass", Bender's phrase. #99 There is a cameo appearance by Bender. #100 There is a cameo appearance by Bender. (Centre) "Monkey Sea, Monkey Doom!"'s" cover appears in a pile of comic books. #128 Bender appears on one of the TV channels. #145 There is a comic book entitled "Anthology of Interest" with a a Bender-like robot on the cover.

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See also

Category:The Simpsons for more articles to do with The Simpsons.