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	(TLZ) Futurama Madhouse > Fan Fiction
		Futurama: The Soap Opera: This is a soap opera, and as all soap operas it will involve multiple plotlines, intrigue, intertwining stories and shocking revelations.
		Futurama Outtakes: Leela presents some scenes that were cut, for various reasons, from the Futurama series.
		Futurama: Universe of Malice: After the discovery of a rare and a valuable substance, the planet where the substance is found falls victim of an unfortunate disaster.
	www.futurama-madhouse.com.ar /fanfic-old (12070 words)

	The Silhouette Online Edition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		When Futurama was first aired on Fox it was, and in some cases still is, labeled as “The Simpsons in space.” This is for a variety of reasons, the foremost being Matt Groening’s involvement: he, of course, was the creator of both shows.
		The artistic style of the characters in both shows exhibit similarities and the humor has the same sort of witty bite that The Simpsons had, even if the subject matter is wildly different.
		The characters are very strong and are all given a chance to develop in the first season.
	www.msu.mcmaster.ca /sil/archives/030918/andy/030918futurama.html (768 words)

	Futurama Encyclopedia Article @ GameOpinion.com (Game Opinion) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Futurama's setting is first and foremost a backdrop, and the writers are not above committing Jurassic Bark if they serve to further the gags.
		Futurama is set at the beginning of the 31st century, in a time filled with technological wonders.
		The characters' home on Earth is the city of 2006, built over the ruins of modern-day President of Earth.
	www.gameopinion.com /encyclopedia/Futurama (3170 words)

	Locus Online: Lucius Cook reviews Futurama on DVD
		A recurring motif in the earlier shows is Fry's innocent, Candide-like joy in interacting with his strange new world; the fact that Bender is a borderline sociopath and ex-felon doesn't detract from Fry's bliss at fulfilling his childhood dream of having a robot for his best friend.
		Where Futurama succeeds as SF is the way the writers develop and explore their story ideas in a self-consistent and intelligent manner.
		Skeptics and holdouts owe it to themselves to check it out: Futurama was clearly conceived by people who had SF literature in their hearts and minds, and it deserves to find a place in the hearts and minds of fans who'll get all the jokes.
	www.locusmag.com /2004/Reviews/04Cook_Futurama.html (1406 words)

	New series 'Futurama' takes on 30th century in grand 'Simpsons' style (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A decade after "The Simpsons" began, we finally have another vehicle for the Groening blend of visual and verbal wit and juvenile slapstick that guarantees entertainment for the entire 20th century (and beyond) family.
		"Futurama" opens in present-day New York City, where we meet Fry, a slacker with a crummy pizza-delivery job and an unfaithful girlfriend.
		Spock to enjoy "Futurama"; many of the sci-fi references are familiar enough to be obvious.
	www.jsonline.com /enter/tv/0327futurama.asp (863 words)

	InfORama: Interview with Futurama's David X. Cohen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		None of us at Futurama were big fans of "crossovers," in which characters from one show (or comic strip) intrude on the reality of another.
		Since Futurama was always intended to have dozens of recurring characters, there was no way they could all have tremendous depth from day one.
		With the side characters, you start with something simple, take note of what expansions of their character work well, and then try to build on these things over the years.
	www.futuramafan.net /?id=artikkel_cohen (1736 words)

	List of recurring non-robot characters from Futurama - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A recurring feature of Futurama was use of this fanciful idea to allow guest appearances by 20th- and 21st-century celebrities, established as early as the first episode when Fry and Bender hide in "The Head Museum" and meet the head of Leonard Nimoy.
		The Futurama writers use him to ridicule religion, as when Bender is lost in "Godfellas" he tells Fry that there isn't anything useful religion can do to help him.
		Panucci is one of the few recurring characters who doesn't appear in the 31st century.
	tags.lyricsfreak.com /Nibblonian (8619 words)

	Futurama - The TV IV
		Futurama (1999–2003) is Matt Groening's follow-up to the creation of The Simpsons in 1989.
		Futurama was met with critical praise and a fanatical fan base because of its deeply layered storylines and occasionally esoteric sci-fi humor.
		Futurama's ever increasing acclaim, however, didn't transfer to positive feelings among FOX executives, who thwarted the show at every turn.
	tviv.org /Futurama (532 words)

	Futurama - Bellazon
		In an early episode of Futurama, the crew are sent to destroy a huge ball of garbage in space by placing a bomb on it.
		Groening revealed in the DVD audio commentary for this episode that he intended The Simpsons to be a television show in the Futurama universe, and conversely Futurama was a television show in The Simpsons universe, which is somewhat confirmed in the Simpsons episode in which he guest stars.
		Futurama is a great show, its the show that will carry on after the simpsons finish there legacy.
	www.bellazon.com /main/index.php?showtopic=4649 (2014 words)

	futurama (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Futurama is an American animated television series that follows Philip J. Fry after he is cryonically frozen at midnight, December 31, 1999 and is defrosted a thousand years later in the year 2999.
		Futurama is set at the beginning of the 31st century.
		Benderâs character is developed intensely during this season, with a few of the missions centering around him and his journey to overcome his contempt for humans.
	hometown.aol.de /cokoladazak/wo-23498.html (2696 words)

	Amazon.ca: Futurama: Volume 3: DVD: Futurama (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Farnsworth fulminates, "You changed the result by observing it!" Recurring minor characters (Elzar the chef, the robot mafia, the mutants in the sewers) pop up unexpectedly throughout, providing another wink to dedicated fans; like Red Dwarf, this is a show that loves the genre it sets out to spoof.
		I consider Futurama to be one of the funniest and finest cartoons ever made, and a travesty that it was canceled.
		Futurama was the name of the famous General Motors exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair that depicted a futuristic landscape.
	www.amazon.ca /Futurama-3-Billy-West-II/dp/B00013RBX0 (1512 words)

	Futurama
		Futurama is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening (creator of The Simpsons) and David X. Cohen for the Fox Network.
		Futurama's setting is first and foremost a backdrop, and the writers are not above committing continuity errors if they serve to further the gags.
		The characters' home on Earth is the city of New New York, built over the ruins of modern-day New York City.
	www.link-ex.net /wiki_en/?title=Futurama (2972 words)

	Futurama Cast Pictures - Futurama Cast and Crew - TV.com
		Katey Sagal is the 50-year-old star of Futurama, Married...
		He voices characters such as: Doug, Ren and Stimpy, Phillip J. Fry Invader ZIM (Pilot only), Mushu, and The Vice President.
		The characters in the cartoon series all behaved and spoke in a contemporary manner, though they lived in the...
	www.tv.com /futurama/show/249/cast.html (681 words)

	Futurama/Characters - The TV IV
		Futurama was a series which was rich in characters.
		Although many of those characters were played by the billed voice actors, many of them never got quite the credit they deserve.
		This listing holds every character for the series that appear in a recurring way (for instance, Fry's family would get listed but Randy the random gay man played by John Di Maggio might not).
	tviv.org /Futurama/Characters (91 words)

	Futurama - TvWiki, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Futurama is an animated American cartoon series created by Matt Groening (creator of The Simpsons) and David X. Cohen (also a writer for The Simpsons).
		Some believe Billy West performs the character of Zapp Brannigan in a Hartman-ish voice as a tribute to him (hence why Zapp looks so much like Hartman's Simpsons character, Troy McClure), but the DVD commentary reveals that West's version of Zapp's voice is actually unchanged from the way he did it originally in auditions.
		In the USA (DVD Region 1), the first season of Futurama was released on DVD on March 25, 2003; the second season on August 12, 2003; the third season on March 9, 2004; and the fourth (and final) on August 24, 2004.
	www.tvwiki.tv /wiki/Futurama (5254 words)

	Futurama Show and Episode Reviews - Futurama Ratings - TV.com
		The characters were simply awesome and the plots were so well-developed and engaging.
		The show also introduced some unforgettable recurring characters like the obnoxiously repulsive Captain Zapp Brannigan,his helpless yet loyal protege Kiff and of course the ever angry Lurr of the planet Omicorn Persei 8 to name a few.
		In 2003 when Futurama finshed it went out on a great episode but now it's returning in 2008 it will no longer be known as the last episode of Futurama.
	www.tv.com /futurama/show/249/reviews.html?review_id=284292 (687 words)

	Wired 7.02: One-Eyed Aliens! Suicide Booths! Mom's Old-Fashioned Robot Oil!
		In Futurama, a midseason replacement slated to début this spring, Groening transports his message a millennium into the future, to the new New York of the year 3000.
		Slyly piercing the hype and optimism that surround new technology, the show is populated by 20th-century celebrity talking heads in jars, narcotic soft drinks, while-you-sleep advertising, one-eyed she-aliens, jet-powered scooters, beer-drinking robots, and a corrupt megacorporation run by a despotic mom.
		Our main characters - Bender and Fry and the others - are all outcasts who want to go against their programming, whether or not they will be successful.
	www.wired.com /wired/archive/7.02/futurama_pr.html (3349 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Futurama: Season 3: DVD: Futurama (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Recurring minor characters (Elzar the chef, the robot mafia, the mutants in the sewers) pop up unexpectedly throughout, providing another wink to dedicated fans; like Red Dwarf, this is a show that loves the genre it sets out to spoof.
		Futurama is sometimes touching always funny and generally a great series, far better than the Simpsons.
		This DVD proves that Futurama is just as good as the Simpsons, Homer (from the Simpsons) is the best character out of both shows, but Bender, Fry and Zoidberg are probably the next three (Bart probably being fith).
	www.amazon.co.uk /Futurama-Season-Billy-West-II/dp/B000092WDA (1542 words)

	TV Squad
		West, who, as many of you know, did the voices of a bunch of the characters on Futurama, plus the voice of both Ren and Stimpy during part of that show's run, not to mention a ton of other characters both classic and new.
		West talks about how he comes up with voices for the characters, and tells a funny story about watching The Diary of Anne Frank because one of the actors, Lou Jacobi, was part of his inspiration for the voice of Zoidberg on Futurama.
		What I mean by that is that Futurama doesn't have nearly as many recurring side characters as its predecessor; however, it allows for those side characters to be both more broadly-drawn and better-developed.
	www.tvsquad.com /category/futurama (2440 words)

	Nobody's Watching (2006) (TV) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The second show this reminded me of was the Office, with Nobody's Watching filmed in a same mockumentary style with characters who acknowledge, speak to, and look at the camera based on the premise of a reality show, but Nobody's Watching is somewhat out of the box even in these relatively new realms.
		It is day one and the show is already self-referential and postmodern with characters who actually acknowledge their own studio audience.
		Secondly I found that the characters were perhaps not quirky enough, in that while Scrubs characters each come with a slew of running gags these characters only have wisecracks.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0817942 (831 words)

	Futurama - Season 4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		By turns frenetic and far-sighted, Matt Groening's futuristic comedy provided belly-laughs for self-confessed SF nerds, but somehow failed to connect with a broader audience, even though it was often funnier and sharper than stablemate The Simpsons.
		Recurring characters are great if you've watched the show before, as are the in-jokes; and the many parodies of classic science fiction are fine for the initiated, but risk leaving other viewers out in the cold.
		The show's strengths and perceived weaknesses are exemplified in the episode "Where No Fan Has Gone Before", in which the original cast of Star Trek play themselves: hilarious for Trekkers, but not really for anyone else.
	homepage.mac.com /childlost/details/page181.html (246 words)

	Futurama (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The series follows the adventures of New York pizza delivery guy Philip J. Fry after he is cryogenically frozen at midnight, January 1, 2000, and is revived a thousand years later.
		It should be noted that the Futurama comics may not be "canon" per se, and while they do draw from the Futurama universe, the events portrayed within them do not necessary have any effect upon the continuity of the show.
		A boy is wearing a Futurama shirt in a 1998 episode of The Simpsons at the bi-mon-sci-fi-con in Springfield.
	www.1bx.com /en/Futurama.htm (2855 words)

	Futurama
		Set in the year 3000, Futurama is the acme of sci-fi animated sitcom from Simpsons creator Matt Groening.
		While not as universally popular as The Simpsons, Futurama is equally hip and hilarious, thanks to its zippy lateral-thinking contemporary pop cultural references, celebrity appearances (Pamela Anderson and Leonard Nimoy are among a number of guest stars to appear as disembodied heads in jars), and Bender, a distinctly Homer Simpson-esque robot.
		Part of Futurama's charm is that with decades of sci-fi junk behind us, we've effectively been living with the distant future for years and can now have fun with it.
	www.animecornerstore.com /futurama.html (528 words)

	futurama
		As such, the show is as much a testament to the creativity of the writers as it is a story of Fry and his colleagues.
		A specific issue on Earth is the large population of super-intelligent/super-incompetent robots (such as homeless robots and orphan children robots, like Tinny Tim); they are generally lazy and surly, and often unwilling to assist their human creators.
		At the end of Futurama's last episode, however, the Robot Devil drags Nixon's head back to Hell, so the status of his presidency is now in question.
	www.theramonitor.com /Fro-to-Fut/futurama.php (6348 words)

	DVDFanatic Review: Futurama: Volume 3
		Futurama is probably one of the greatest animated series that never got the attention it deserved.
		Some recurring characters that are definitely worth mentioning are Zap Brannigan, Captain of the Nimbus starship in the DOOP (think Star Trek’s Federation), and Kiff his first mate.
		As I said, Futurama was a fantastic show on every level; it just never got the chance it should have.
	www.dvdfanatic.com /review.php?id=futurama3 (1706 words)

	Futurama - Questions, Answers, Fun Facts, Information
		In his honor, the main character Fry was named after him (Phillip J. Fry), and Billy West voiced both characters.
		Leela was the first recurring character on the show that Fry meets, as at the time he is unfrozen she works in the Cryogenics Lab.
		"Futurama" is not the only show where Lauren Tom portrays a mother and daughter on an animated show.
	www.funtrivia.com /en/Television/Futurama-2423.html (1982 words)

	List of recurring robot characters from Futurama
		Though robots in Futurama as a rule are drawn with square pupils, Hedonism-Bot—along with the Countess de la Roca from the episode "A Flight to Remember" and the Gypsy Booth—appear to have round pupils.
		Calculon is a fictional recurring character on the animated television series Futurama.
		In the episode "The Honking", it is revealed that Calculon began his existence in the 21st century as a standard industrial robot.
	libraryoflibrary.com /E_n_c_p_d_Robot_Devil (3508 words)

	Futurama: Season one - Video review
		Being a sci-fi spoof, this series has a more focused agenda than the present-day exploits of the denizens of Springfield, and its cast of recurring characters is not as broad (at least, not yet), but then The Simpsons has had more than ten years to establish itself.
		Futurama comes into its own with its other major characters: Bender, the hard-drinking, kleptomaniac droid with attitude; Doctor Zoidberg, the crustacean physician with a woeful lack of knowledge about human anatomy; and the elderly Professor Farnsworth.
		One thing that Futurama definitely has over The Simpsons is the quality of its animation.
	www.sci-fi-online.50megs.com /reviews/video/12-18_Futurama.htm (597 words)

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