In honor of futuramas 20th anniversary, were taking a look once again at our 25 favorite futurama episodes, including installments from both the fox and comedy central eras. It originally aired on comedy central on july 29, 2010. The simpsons already made the perfect ending episode. Aug 31, 2016 its this last aspect its fearlessness that defined futurama and, as a result, made the show an inspiration to comedies everywhere. Futurama the whole point of the episode lethal inspection was that if bender died or his body destroyed, then his software wouldnt be able to enter any other bending unit bodies or, presumably, any other bodies period, since there was such. Bender becomes a famous firefighter, but the crew suspects him of arson. Matt groenings futurama celebrates 20th anniversary.
Well see what happens in the months to come but if last nights meanwhile. Meanwhile is the series finale of the american animated television series futurama. Futurama series and episode guides tv from radiotimes. Maybe, it is good that futurama ended, even if a bit too prematurely. This was followed by 4 directtodvd movies, which later aired on comedy central the last one was titled into the.
Fry, primarily known by his surname fry, is the main protagonist of the series. In the last ever episode of the scifi cartoon, the gang make a trip to. Futurama creator says the show may return but in an entirely different form. The original 72episode run of futurama was produced as four seasons. I t originally aired on august 10, 2003 and the production code was 4acv18.
Its difficult just to grab one, and say this is the handsdown best futuramaepisode in any field ever. In the episode, professor farnsworth and amy build a machine that allows them to switch minds so that they may each pursue their lifelong dreams. So here we are, the last episode of the series second revival. I really loved futurama as much as the simpsons but futurama has managed to end on a way i. Written by lewis morton and taking inspiration from sciencefiction classics such as flight to forever, the time machine, and last and first men, this episode is another futurama tale of time travel. I love some for their emotional impact, the way they really get. Futuramas final episode makes me a fry and leela shipper. Meanwhile futurama meanwhile is the series finale of the american animated television series futurama. In fact, its hard to think of any animated show that has ever been as emotional as futurama, even if you stack it sidebyside with the simpsons. The last season received a rating of 92%, and an 8. Hell, the saddest futurama episodes are probably more likely to make you cry than almost any other show on television, animated or not. The longestrunning primetime scripted series ever, the simpsons is regarded simultaneously as one of the greatest shows of the 20th century and most disappointing of the 21st. The day after it debuted on march 28, 1999, variety. Sunday timeslot caused the show to often be preempted by sports and usually have a later than average season premiere.
Nov 01, 2019 for fans of matt groenings animated scifi farce futurama, it may seem like a millennia has come and gone since we last saw the planet express crew in action. The final episodes, which represent the second half of season 7, begin airing on june 19 at 10 p. The best episode of futurama from each season, ranked. Mar 01, 2019 fans keep going back to futurama, as matt groenings animated series enjoys a healthy life in syndication, 20 years after it began. In all likelihood, last nights episode of futurama, the fittingly titled meanwhile, was the last episode that will ever be produced. He is sidetracked by professor farnsworth and bender, who force him to test out the professors time machine, which only goes forward in time. It fixes something that has bothered me from the beginning of the show, and shows us the beauty of true love. The title card for the very last episode of futurama reddit. It serves as the 26th episode of the seventh season, and the 140th episode of the series overall. For fans of matt groenings animated scifi farce futurama, it may seem like a millennia has come and gone since we last saw the planet express crew in action. The prisoner of benda is the 10th episode of the sixth season of the animated sitcom futurama. Sep, 2019 the 1999 futurama episode xmas story introduces the shows hilariously bleak take on christmases future.
Jun 19, 20 it will be our best last season ever ever. All good things must come to an end, i think they went out in style and as much as id love to see more episodes i hate it when shows beat a. The simpsons has already made the best ending episode possible. For a show thats supposed to be funny, futurama sure does have some sad moments. The episode was written in 2010, before the series had been renewed for another season, and much like the devils hands are idle playthings and into the wild green yonder, overclockwise was written as if it were the last episode ever of futurama. In the same reddit thread, executive producer david x cohen suggested we havent exactly seen the last of it. Futurama had a shaky start, but after that first episode, things are getting better on the show. Nov 12, 2018 the simpsons has already made the best ending episode possible. He is a 20th century pizza delivery boy in new york city who, after getting dumped by his girlfriend and being stuck in a deadend job, is cryogenically frozen on december 31, 1999, waking up years later just before the year 3000. Many of these characters were created for onetime gags, background scenes or other functions in the futurama universe. Cohen told the av club that he thinks futurama is over for good. The futurama gang stars in a trio of craptastic morning cartoons. Fans keep going back to futurama, as matt groenings animated series enjoys a healthy life in syndication, 20 years after it began.
Its usually somewhere in the vicinity of a year from the beginning of a futurama episode to the day when you can see it on tv. The show aired its final episode on september 4, 20. Overall, if this was the last episode of futurama ever, i would be satisfied. If it does come back, it makes for a significant breaking point.
With the bots and the bees, we actually started working last march. And unlike so many shows that run more than a decade. These were not shown around halloween, but there are offical halloween futurama eps. It serves as the 26th episode of the seventh season, and the 140th episode. However, they learn that the machine cannot be used twice on the same pairing of bodies. Each episode of futurama takes at least a year to make. Fry is the seventh episode of the sixth season of the animated series futurama. Thankfully, its not and we get to enjoy planet express for at least another season. Dec 20, 20 i think we really hit the right tone, at least for what i was looking for on this most recent last episode ever, meanwhile. At a maximum security prison, bender meets a famous folk singer and attempts to make a copy of his precious guitar. The final episode of the fox show was titled the devils hands are idle playthings which aired in 2003, the last episode of season 4. Futurama might not ever hit those same heights again, with the last episode having aired in 20, but it seems the door might not have been completely closed on the shows universe. After winning a contest where fry and the rest of the planet express crew get to take a tour of the famed slurm factory on planet wormulon, fry, leela, and bender make a terrible discovery about the addictive soft drink. Season 7, episode 26 futurama had admittedly patchy final series though nothing on the simpsons post season 11 but it bowed out in style, rewarding fry and leela with the happy ending that.
Futurama voice actor reflects on the shows saddest episode. Futurama ended last night, leaving behind some pretty emotional episodes. That was one of the best episodes of futurama i have ever seen. Matt groenings futurama celebrates 20th anniversary variety. Really just a wonderful show with amazing characters and tons of great episodes and some perfect ones im looking at you the late phillip j. A number of them have gained expanded roles and subsequently. Best ever futurama episode page at the largest futurama forum peel. When fry gets trapped in ice during oktoberfest he is mistaken for a caveman and accepted in the isolated world of the neanderthals.
I think we really hit the right tone, at least for what i was looking for on this most recent last episode ever, meanwhile. In the year 3000, santa claus is real, but hes a malfunctioning robot convinced that all. Sep 04, 20 this episode made me long for more futurama episodes. The 1999 futurama episode xmas story introduces the shows hilariously bleak take on christmases future. Its difficult just to grab one, and say this is the handsdown best futurama episode in any field ever. In the episode, fry attempts to make it on time to a birthday dinner date for leela.
This list features the episodes in original production order, as featured on the dvd box sets. The saddest futurama episodes that legit made you cry. I love some for their emotional impact, the way they really get to you, and make you care deeply for the characters. The 10 most touching episodes in the surprisingly poignant. The episode was written by ken keeler and directed by peter avanzino. Fox broadcast the episodes out of the intended order, resulting in five aired seasons. Jun 20, 2012 its usually somewhere in the vicinity of a year from the beginning of a futurama episode to the day when you can see it on tv. Fry and the slurm factory is one of the best early futurama episodes, just for the fact that is so funny. Benders big score production code xacv01, and that came out recently. A press will reverse time to before the device was ever invented and no one will remember what happened. Lets take a look back at a few of the coolest futurama artworks ever created during the shows run.
Convinced he is a neanderthal himself he decides to plot a war against the stuck up homo sapiens. Its this last aspect its fearlessness that defined futurama and, as a result, made the show an inspiration to comedies everywhere. These are the 10 very best episodes of futurama by matt groening ever since it launched in 1999 until its end. Along with the employees of planet express, futurama includes a large array of characters, which include coworkers, media personalities, business owners, extended relatives, townspeople, aliens, and villains. Meanwhile is the one hundred and fortieth and last episode of futurama, the twentysixth and last of the seventh production season and the thirteenth and last of the tenth broadcast season. Sep 05, 20 in all likelihood, last nights episode of futurama, the fittingly titled meanwhile, was the last episode that will ever be produced. It works perfectly in both scenarios if futurama never ever comes back, it makes for a beautiful conclusion. Never watching comedy central again why would you cancel futurama when 27 million people love itcomedy central canceled futurama, we canceled comedy central. Futurama is as funny and endearing as ever in its sixth season. The ever tardy fry is forced by the professor, along with bender, to test out his new invention.
I guess the closest thing to a halloween futurama episode would be the tales of interest specials 1 and 2 number 29 and 50. Probably the darkest episode that futurama ever made, the sheer surreal visual stylings of the sting have made it a somewhat polarizing entry for certain. In the lastever episode of the scifi cartoon, the gang make a trip to. It may not have stuck around as long as the simpsons, but with 14 years and 124 episodes under its belt, futurama had a pretty great run. Top 10 scifi tv shows ever many comebacks futurama was created by matt groening, the man behind the simpsons and the life in hell comic. The exploits of fry, leela, bender and the rest make for some of the funniest things ive ever seen in a tv show.
During the course of the series, 140 episodes of futurama aired over seven seasons. The original 72 episode run of futurama was produced as four seasons. The evertardy fry is forced by the professor, along with bender, to test out his new invention. Futuramas final episode makes me a fry and leela shipper at last. Mar 28, 2019 in honor of futurama s 20th anniversary, were taking a look once again at our 25 favorite futurama episodes, including installments from both the fox and comedy central eras.