Futurama

Futurama is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening (creator of The Simpsons) and David X. Cohen for the Fox Network. The series follows the adventures of New York City pizza delivery guy Philip J. more...

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Fry after he is cryogenically frozen at midnight, December 31, 1999, and is revived a thousand years later.

The series aired from March 28, 1999 to August 10, 2003. Although Futurama was never officially cancelled, Fox decided not to buy the fifth season, and the program fell apart soon after.

However, on June 22, 2006, Comedy Central officially announced that they have ordered 13 new episodes of the series. If the ratings of these episodes are high enough, the show may be brought back for its fifth season. Futurama is currently syndicated in many countries around the world.

The name "Futurama" comes from an exhibit from the 1939 New York World's Fair of the same name. Designed by Norman Bel Geddes, the exhibit depicted what he imagined the world to look like in 1959.

The 20th Century Fox logo at the end of each broadcast is altered for this series to read "30th Century Fox", in honor of its subject matter.

Cast and characters

See also: List of recurring non-robot characters from Futurama and List of recurring robot characters from Futurama

Philip J. Fry (Billy West) — Fry was cryogenically frozen for one thousand years just after midnight on New Year's Day, 2000, reawakening on New Year's Eve, 2999. This makes him 1025 years old chronologically, yet physically he is merely 25. He got a job at Planet Express, owned by his closest living relative Professor Hubert Farnsworth, where he works as a delivery boy. A DVD commentary revealed that Fry was named Philip after Phil Hartman, who was set to play several characters but was murdered before production began.;

Turanga Leela (Katey Sagal) — Leela is the competent, one-eyed captain of the Planet Express Ship. Abandoned at birth, she grew up in an orphanarium believing herself to be an alien from an unknown race. She eventually learns from her parents that she is, in fact, a mutant. Her name is a reference to the Turangalîla-Symphonie (1946–1948) by Olivier Messiaen, which, like many of Messiaen's works, features the Ondes Martenot, an electronic instrument similar to the theremin and featured in many science-fiction film scores.;

Bender Bending Rodríguez (John DiMaggio) — Bender is a foul-mouthed, alcoholic, cigar smoking, kleptomaniacal, human hating, egocentric, ill tempered robot originally programmed to bend girders. Bender is the oldest member of Planet Express beginning with the episode Roswell That Ends Well, which saw his head left in the New Mexican desert in 1947 (after an accident involving time travel). He is Fry's best friend and roommate. He has a dislike of almost all humans and other beings, excluding Fry and, to a lesser extent, Leela. Bender sometimes works as the ship's cook, but he primarily assists in delivering cargo from ship to planet.;

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