Futurama

The comics are of a larger size in the UK, and although the stories are exactly the same as the US comics, they are published in a different order. Rapid economic growth in 2002 - 2004 is largely attributed to a surge in steel exports to China. The UK series was first published in 2002 and so far consists of 28 issues, incorporating the Simpsons crossovers. Growth was undergirded by strong domestic demand and growing consumer and investor confidence. The comics are A5-size and now published 4 times a year. The economy continued to expand in 2001, as real GDP rose 9% and industrial output grew by over 14%. The US series was first published in 2000 and so far consists of 22 issues plus 2 2-part crossovers with The Simpsons. The GDP in 2000 showed strong export-based growth of 6%—the first growth since independence—and industrial production grew 12.9%.

There are two sets of comics available, the US series and UK series. Outside institutions—particularly the IMF—have encouraged Ukraine to quicken the pace and scope of reforms and have threatened to withdraw financial support. These are currently the only new stories featuring the Futurama characters. Reforms in the more politically sensitive areas of structural reform and land privatisation are still lagging. Matt Groening's Bongo Comics group is still producing a spin-off series of Futurama comic books. The current government has pledged to reduce the number of government agencies, streamline the regulatory process, create a legal environment to encourage entrepreneurs, and enact a comprehensive tax overhaul. Due to an extremely small production run, the video game is quite scarce and generally sells for more than most games that are just being released. Loose monetary policies pushed inflation to hyperinflationary levels in late 1993.

Critical reviews raised the issue of poor play control and graphic quality, but noted that the game possessed an excellent storyline and voice acting. Output by 1999 had fallen to less than 40% of the 1991 level. Unique Development Studios released a video game titled Futurama for the Xbox and PlayStation 2 consoles in August 2003. After 1991 the government liberalised most prices and erected a legal framework for privatisation, but widespread resistance to reform within the government soon stalled reform efforts and led to some backtracking. Despite the different release dates, the content of the DVDs are identical for both Regions. The lack of significant structural reform has made the Ukrainian economy vulnerable to external shocks. The DVDs were released in Europe first as a test to see if they would sell, and sales were very good on both sides of the Atlantic. Formerly an important agricultural and industrial region of the Soviet Union, Ukraine now depends on Russia for most energy supplies, especially natural gas, although lately it has been trying to diversify its sources.

In Europe (DVD Region 2), the first and second seasons were both released in 2002; the third season was released on June 2, 2003; and the fourth on November 24th, 2003. Summers are warm across the greater part of the country, but generally hot in the south. 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. Winters vary from cool along the Black Sea to cold farther inland. Comedy Central in the US will begin airing Futurama when its contract with Cartoon Network expires in 2008. Precipitation is disproportionately distributed; it is highest in the west and north and lesser in the east and southeast. Futurama now appears in syndication on the Cartoon Network and the TBS Superstation in the US, Sky One, Sky Two and Channel 4 in the United Kingdom, Teletoon/Télétoon in Canada, Fox 8 and Channel 10 in Australia, Fox España and Antena 3 in Spain, Pro7 in Germany, Italia 1 in Italy, Canal Fox in Latin America, One TV in the Middle East, MTV3 in Finland, TV400 (formerly aired on TV4) in Sweden, SF2 in Switzerland, Telemundo in Puerto Rico and Azteca 7 in Mexico. Ukraine has a mostly temperate continental climate, though a more mediterranean climate is found on the southern Crimean coast.

Everybody is excited to get back together--as I am! Into the Future, Billy. The country's only mountains are the Carpathian Mountains in the west, of which the highest is the Hora Hoverla at 2,061 metres (6,762 ft), and those in the Crimean peninsula, in the extreme south along the coast. Full feature length FUTURAMA movies. To the southwest the delta of the Danube forms the border with Romania. phoned me about an hour ago and said that this Futurama project is a done deal! Here's the word from DX--- There are 4 DVD movies that we'll start recording at the end of July or August. The Ukrainian landscape consists mostly of fertile plains, or steppes, and plateaus, crossed by rivers such as the Dnieper, Seversky Donets, Dniester and the Southern Buh as they flow south into the Black Sea and the smaller Sea of Azov. HERE'S GREAT NEWS! Here's the official word on Futurama!! David X. See also regions of Ukraine.

On January 19, 2006, Billy West confirmed on his message board that four Futurama direct-to-DVD movies will begin production in July or August 2006:.
. In January 2006, Variety reported that there have been negotiations to bring back Futurama as a television show, though only a 'limited' amount of episodes may be produced [2]. Additionally, two cities, Kiev and Sevastopol, have a special legal status. The summary has since been deleted [1]. Ukraine is subdivided into twenty-four oblasts (provinces) and one autonomous republic, Crimea. The IMDb once had a plot summary, but Can't Get Enough Futurama reported that the plot summary was submitted by a user who wished to show that the IMDb would report "unconfirmed rumours". See also:.

The Internet Movie Database has a Futurama movie page, which claims that the movie will be released in 2007. Small parties often join in multi-party coalitions (electoral blocks) for the purpose of participating in parliamentary elections. He stated that the Fox Network did not understand the show, and he discussed the possiblity of the show's return and a straight-to-DVD movie. Ukraine has a large number of political parties, many of which have tiny memberships and are unknown to the general public. Several months later, Matt Groening told The Sydney Morning Herald that he "has faith in the relaunch of Futurama". In practice, the scope of local self-government is limited. In July 2005, Billy West seemed to have confirmed a "straight to DVD" Futurama movie on a video blog. Local councils and city mayors are popularly elected and exercise control over local budgets.

The idea was to make a Futurama movie right to DVD and then a 2nd and a 3rd [...]. Local self-government is officially guaranteed. Cohen [...] and he said that they did have talks with the top guys at FOX and they were extremely impressed with the sales of the Futurama DVDs. The Supreme Court of Ukraine is the main body in the system of courts of general jurisdiction. Well, I spoke to David X. Other normative acts are subject to judicial review. On May 22, 2005, the Can't Get Enough Futurama website carried the following unofficial post, attributed to Billy West's discussion board:. Laws, acts of the parliament and the Cabinet, presidential edicts, and acts of the Crimean parliament (Autonomous Republic of Crimea) may be nullified by the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, when they are found to violate the Constitution of Ukraine.

Even though there were no official words on the revival of the show, there have been rumors of it since the news broke that Family Guy was being revived. The President (on advice and consent of the Prime Minister) appoints members of the Cabinet of Ministers, as well as heads of all central agencies and regional and district administrations. It should be noted that Entertainment Weekly disparaged Family Guy early in production, leading to the show's animosity towards the magazine. The President of Ukraine (elected by popular vote) nominates the Prime Minister, who must be confirmed by the 450-seat parliament, the Verkhovna Rada. The last reporter asks "Stewie, do you know if Fox has any plans to bring back Futurama?" Stewie then asks "What magazine are you from?" and the reporter replies Entertainment Weekly, Stewie then angrily snaps the reporter's neck, killing him. Ukraine is a democracy under a semi-presidential system with separate legislative, executive, and judicial branches. Stewie, when walking down the red carpet to the premiere, is stopped by various reporters asking questions. Independence was achieved in 1991 with the collapse of the Soviet Union, and Ukraine was a founding member of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

There is also a reference to Futurama in the Family Guy movie. This decision of Nikita Khrushchev, intended to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the Treaty of Pereyaslav, seen in Soviet historiography as the 'union of two fraternal peoples', led to tensions between Russia and Ukraine after the collapse of the Soviet Union. 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. In 1954, Crimea was transferred from the RSFSR to Ukraine. shorts" imitating the popular mannerism used by Homer. After the Second World War, the borders of then-Soviet Ukraine were extended to the West (see Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and Curzon line), uniting most Ukrainians under one political state with much of the non-Ukrainian population of the attached territories having been deported or killed. Bender eats the shorts, then says "mmmm.. Ukraine is distinguished as one of the first nations to fight the Axis powers in Carpatho-Ukraine, and one that saw some of the greatest bloodshed during the war.

Bender finds a Bart Simpson doll which says "Eat my shorts" when its string is pulled. Of the estimated eleven million Soviet troops who fell in battle against the Nazis, about a quarter (2.7 million) were ethnic Ukrainians. Similarly, Futurama references The Simpsons. 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. Total civilian losses during the war and German occupation in Ukraine are estimated between five and eight million, including over half a million Jews shot and killed by the Einsatzgruppen. Since Futurama's cancellation, Matt Groening's The Simpsons series has made several references to Futurama:. Under these circumstances, most people living on the occupied territory passively or actively opposed the Nazis. In Britain, the series was picked up by Sky One shortly after its US premiere, and Channel 4 later acquired terrestrial broadcast rights. Instead, the Nazis preserved the collective-farm system, systematically carried out genocidal policies against Jews, and deported others (mainly Ukrainians) to work in Germany.

On October 28, 2005, Comedy Central announced that it had signed a multi-year deal to broadcast the series, paying a reported $400,000 each for all 72 episodes, presumably beginning when Cartoon Network's broadcast rights end in 2007. Nazi administrators of conquered Soviet territories made little attempt to exploit the population of Ukrainian territories' dissatisfaction with Soviet political and economic policies. In the United States, Futurama can be seen on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim, usually playing adjacent to another (once) cancelled series, Family Guy. However, German rule in the occupied territories eventually aided the Soviet cause. Several television stations are currently airing the series in syndication. Initially, the Germans were received as liberators by many Ukrainians, especially in western Ukraine. I want to see how it ends". More than 660,000 Soviet troops were taken captive.

The last line of dialogue (recorded months after the episode was taped, after the show's cancellation), aptly enough, was "Don't stop playing, Fry.. In the encirclement battle of Kiev, the city was acclaimed by the Soviets as a "Hero City", for the fierce resistance of the Red Army and of the local population. The episode was not a true series finale however, and though many plot issues were resolved in the last season, the final episode was in no way a clear "conclusion" to the series. In 1941 the German invaders and their Axis allies initially advanced against desperate but unsuccessful efforts of the Red Army. With this episode, the fifth television season (fourth production season) and the whole series ended. During World War II, some elements of the Ukrainian nationalist underground fought both Nazi and Soviet forces, while others collaborated with the Nazis. (Note: the production season forms the basis for the DVD and video sets.) The 72nd and final episode, called "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings", aired in the USA on August 10, 2003. The disaster also has captured many regions of southern Russia; overall, Ukrainian 1932-1933 famine was a whole one third of total starvation victims in USSR at the time of 1921-1933.

These delays account for the difference in Fox's broadcast season number and production season number. An estimated 3-6 million people died in this horrible manmade famine ([1]) similar to the Russian famine of 1921. Due to numerous preemptions and other schedule shuffles, Fox had enough new episodes backlogged for another full year of shows. In some places, famine was allowed to run its course; and millions of peasants in Ukraine starved to death in a famine, called the Holodomor in Ukrainian. While Futurama ended after its fifth broadcast season, there were actually only four production seasons. Within the collective farms, the authorities in many instances exacted such high levels of procurements that starvation was widespread. This way, camera movements provided a perfect geometry of the environment and characters (for example, at the beginning of the series when the camera flies around the Planet Express building). The state in turn forcibly collectivized reluctant peasants and deported kulaks and active rebels to Siberia.

The scenes were first painted by hand and then implemented in 3D. Peasants slaughtered their cows and pigs rather than turn them over to the collective farms, especially in Ukraine, with the result that livestock resources remained below the 1929 level for years afterward. Many of the spacecraft and backgrounds appearing in Futurama were made using 3D computer graphics. The idea of collective farming was foreign to Ukrainian farmers where emphasis was always made on individual achievements. This show is also one of the few animated series to use fully orchestrated original music in almost every episode. Although the program was designed to affect all peasants, the plan met particularly heavy resistance from the wealthiest peasants, the kulaks, and a desperate struggle of the peasantry against the authorities ensued. Three remixes of the theme song were produced and used as the main theme in three different episodes. In the late 1920s and early 1930s the state compounded the peasants' lands and animals into collective farms and state farms.

The original theme song for the show was to be the 1960s electronic music recording "Psyche Rock" by Pierre Henry, but the inability to license the track for the show led Tyng to compose a theme strongly reminiscent of it. To satisfy the state's need for increased food supplies, the Soviet industrialization program called for the collectivization of agriculture, which had a profound effect on Ukraine, the nation's breadbasket (see Collectivization in the USSR). The theme and incidental music for the show were composed by Christopher Tyng. In 20s years the communist leaders realized a policy of Ukrainization (коренизация), introduction of the Ukrainian language and culture in Russian-speaking Ukrainian cities. McCoy, DeForest Kelley, by that time deceased, or James Doohan, who refused to appear; his character was replaced by 'Welshy'.). Also in 1922, most of Central and Eastern Ukraine became a constituent republic of the USSR as the Ukrainian SSR. (This episode did not include a speaking role for the character of Dr. By 1922 Ukraine was split between Poland and the Soviet Union.

Celebrities who have lent their voices to the show include Dick Clark, Beck, Donovan, Al Gore, Stephen Hawking, The Beastie Boys, Sigourney Weaver, Lucy Liu, Pamela Anderson, John Goodman (as Robot Santa), and the Star Trek cast, in "Where No Fan Has Gone Before". Following the Russian Revolution in 1917, Ukraine was briefly independent in two states : Ukrainian People's Republic and West Ukrainian People's Republic, then united in 1920. It was changed to Philip as a way to remember Hartman. Over twenty thousand supporters of Russia are arrested and placed in the Austrian concentration camp in Talerhof, Styria, and in a fortress at Terezín, now in the Czech Republic. Fry's first name was originally going to be Curtis. During World War I Austro-Hungarian authorities subjected to repression of Ukrainians in Galicia that sympathized with Russia. The character Philip J. Ukrainians rose to the highest offices of Russian state (e.g., Aleksey Razumovsky, Alexander Bezborodko, Ivan Paskevich), and dominated the Russian Orthodox Church (e.g., Stephen Yavorsky, Feofan Prokopovich, Dimitry of Rostov).

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. As a result of Russian wars against Turkey and Crimean Khanate of 1768-74 and 1787-1792, the territories along coast of the Black Sea were annexed to Ukraine. Phil Hartman was cast as a voice actor on the series, but he died before production began. Ukrainians played an important role in the frequent wars between East European monarchies and the Ottoman Empire. Actors lending their voices to the series include Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Maurice LaMarche, Lauren Tom, Phil LaMarr, and Tress MacNeille. The treaty of Pereyaslav was abolished and Ukrainians never received the freedoms they were hoping for from Tsarist Russia. Also demonstrated at that World's Fair was Philo Farnsworth's vacuum tube television; Professor Farnsworth is named after him. After the partitions of Poland by Prussia, Austria, and Russia at the end of the eighteenth century, Western Ukraine (Galicia) was taken over by Austria, while the rest of Ukraine was progressively incorporated into the Russian Empire.

Futurama takes its name from a General Motors exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair which depicted future technologies. Left-Bank Ukraine was eventually integrated into Russia as the Cossack Hetmanate, as a consequence of the Treaty of Pereyaslav in 1654. Star Trek: The Pepsi Generation does, however, get an Oscar nomination for best soft-drink product placement. This uprising finally led to a partition of Ukraine between Poland and Russia. (It is mentioned with no penalties, however, once by Hermes Conrad while describing the Democratic Order Of Planets, and again in the episode where the Planet Express crew uses the Internet, and once more in the first episode when Fry says the doors are just like the ones from Star Trek.) There is little mention of what happened to The Next Generation and the other spinoffs, but the head of Jonathan Frakes lives on in a glass jar (normally on a shelf directly behind the jar housing the head of Leonard Nimoy). In 1648 Bohdan Khmelnytsky organized the largest of the Cossacks upprising, against the Commonwealth and the Polish king Jan II Kazimierz. The destruction because of the "Wars" ultimately led to its banning by the Earth government and the execution of its followers "in the manner most befitting virgins", i.e., by being thrown into a volcano to the phrase "He's dead, Jim." By the year 3000, even discussing the show is a serious legal offense. They turned toward Orthodox Russia, which was one reason for the later downfall of the Polish-Lithuanian state.

This caused the "Star Trek Wars" (not to be confused with the "Star Wars Trek", the mass migration of Star Wars fans). Their aspiration was to have a representation in Polish Seim, recognition of Orthodox traditions, which was vehemantly denied by Polish kings. Over the years, as life began to imitate Star Trek more and more, the sci-fi series evolved into an enormous mainstream religious cult that swept the world. However the suppression of the Ukrainian free farmers by the Polish nobility, further imposition of serfdom and the suppression of the Orthodox church pushed the allegiances of Cossacks away from Poland. They believe that Robot Jesus was a very well built robot, but he was not their messiah, and they do not permit decapodians to attend their functions (presumably because shellfish aren't kosher, although ironic since the Decapodians are a parody of Jewish stereotypes). Located in central Ukraine, it was an autonomous military state, initially allied with the Commonwealth. Robot Jews exist as well, although all we know about them is that they hold functions to celebrate a robot becoming a "Bot Mitzvah". In the mid of the 17th century, a Cossack state, the Zaporizhian Sich, was established by Ukrainians and others fleeing Polish serfdom which formally belonged to Poland.

Robot religions exist as well, with the most popular being the quasi-Christian religion of Robotology, which has its Hell located in an abandoned New Jersey amusement park, presided over by the crafty Robot Devil. Thus, the Ukrainian commoners were deprived of their native protectors and turned for the protection to the Cossacks who remained fiercely Orthodox at all times. Hanukkah is now represented by the Hanukkah Zombie and Kwanzaa by Kwanzaabot. The new "intermediate" religion was unnecessary for the upper class, much of whom turned directly towards Catholicism. Zoidberg), and attempts to punish them on Christmas Eve if they are caught outdoors after sun-down. This move failed to achieve its goals. to judge people, whether naughty or nice, and distribute presents accordingly, but his standards were set so high that he invariably deems everybody naughty (except for Dr. At the same time the common people (peasants) retained their old ways (including the Orthodox religion), which led to the increasing social tensions, visible in such events as the 1596 Union of Brest, created by Zygmunt III, who attempted to bring the Orthodox population closer to Catholicism.

He was originally created and programmed by Mom's Friendly Robot Co. one of the Wiśniowiecki's even became king of Poland. Christmas, now Xmas, is celebrated with the fear of a giant robotic Santa Claus, who is located on Neptune. Under the cultural pressure of polonization much of the Ukrainian (or rather Ruthenian) upper class converted to Catholicism as such transitions was beneficial for achieving the political influence within the state, e.g. Some of today's holidays still exist, but with slightly different mascots. After the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was formed in 1569 Union of Lublin, significant part of Ukraine was moved under the Polish administration, as it was transferred to the Polish Crown. (Waltermercadismo is also mentioned in the Latin American version.). In the mid 14th century it was subjugated by Kazimierz IV of Poland, and after the 1386 marriage of Lithuania's Grand Duke Jagiello to Poland's Queen Jadwiga, was ruled by the Lithuanians as part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

Oprahism and Voodoo are now mainstream religions. On Ukrainian territory, the state of Kievan Rus' was succeeded by the principalities of Halych and Volodymyr-Volynskyi, which were merged into the state of Halych-Volynia. There is some form of Space Catholicism, led by the reptilian Space Pope (Crocodylus pontifex) and based upon a platform of discouraging love between robots and humans (featured in I Dated a Robot, an episode wherein Fry breaks the robot-human love taboo by dating a robot version of Lucy Liu).
Kievan Rus' became weakened by internal quarrels and was destroyed by Mongol and Tatar invasions. Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism have all merged into one Amalgamated Church. After the fall of Kiev, and until the eighteenth century, the term "Rus" was self-applied by the members of all three East Slavic nations, but the latinized version, "Ruthenian", was used to designate inhabitants of Ukraine only; while the ancestors of modern Russians were usually referred to as Muscovites or Muscovite Russians by the name of their state that Poland called Muscovy. Religion has changed quite a bit since the year 2000. The term "Rus'" was originally applied to the inhabitants of all Rus' principalities, today comprising Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia.

The war recently made its final end when the Nibblonians used Fry to sneak a bomb into the Brainspawn's main base that would seal them into a pocket dimension prison. Kievan Rus' was fragmentated after Mstislav the Great's death in 1125. Since a matter of years after the Big Bang, an eternal war has been waged across space between the Nibblonians (Nibbler's race) and the Brainspawn (evil floating giant brains with telekinetic and telepathic powers). The ruler of Kiev was also in effect the ruler of all the Rus' principalities. It is unknown if it's possible to travel between these universes freely. Kiev and Kievian Rus' were the seat of the Grand Prince of the Rurik Dynasty. At the edge of the universe, one can witness the alternate cowboy universe. For the etymology of the terms Rus and Russia, see Etymology of Rus and derivatives.

The universe ends after Dog Doo 7. The Varangians later became assimilated into the local population of Rus' and gave the Rus' its first powerful dynasty, the Rurik Dynasty. A planet named Arrakis exists, a tip-of-the-hat to Frank Herbert's Dune novels. According to the Primary Chronicle the Kievan Rus' elite initially consisted of Varangians, or Vikings, from present-day Scandinavia. There is also at least one rogue colony of robots that kills humans on sight (this being Chapek 9, a reference to Karel Čapek who coined the term robot). Its capital was Kiev, the capital of modern Ukraine, ruled by Askold and Dir in the late 800s. A victorious war with the Arachnid homeworld of Tarantulon VI resulted in a silk surplus, which in turn led to a $300 tax refund from the head of Richard Nixon, the ruling President of Earth. During the tenth and eleventh centuries the territory of Ukraine became the center of important state in Europe— Kievan Rus laying the foundation for national identity of Ukrainians, as well as other East Slavic nations, through subsequent centuries.

The series featured a bitter conflict between Earth and Spheron 1, a planet inhabited by giant, bouncing balls. In addition to western Kazakhstan, the Khazar kingdom also included territory in what is now eastern Ukraine, Azerbaijan, southern Russia, and Crimea. Despite the existence of DOOP, interplanetary relations are poor, with constant wars and invasions, often poorly planned and fought for foolish and unnecessary reasons. The Khazars founded the independent Khazar kingdom in the southeastern part of today's Europe, near the Caspian Sea and the Caucasus. The DOOP symbol has rotational symmetry. The majority of the Bulgar tribes migrated in several directions at the end of the seventh century and the remains of their state was swept by the Khazars, a Turkic semi-nomadic people from Central Asia which later adopted Judaism. The inhabitants of Omicron Persei 8 are frequently engaged in conflicts with DOOP. In the 7th century Ukraine was the core of the state of the Bulgars (often referred to as Great Bulgaria) who had their capital in the city of Phanagoria.

Earth sometimes acts unilaterally without the aid of other DOOP members. In the third century, the Goths arrived, calling their country Oium, and formed the Chernyakhov culture before moving on and defeating the Roman empire. or like the 'Federation' from your Star Trek program", includes Earth and many other worlds. The Scythian Kingdom existed in Ukraine between 700 BC and 200 BC. Farnsworth as being "similar to the United Nations.. In antiquity, the southern and eastern parts of modern Ukraine were populated by Iranian nomads called Scythians. This organization, described by Prof. 4500 BC to 3000 BC.

The Democratic Order Of Planets (DOOP) was founded in 2945 after the Second Galactic War (a parallel to the United Nations' founding in 1945 after World War II). The late neolithic Trypillian culture flourished from ca. Bang! Zoom! Straight to the moon!". Human settlement in the territory of Ukraine has been documented into distant prehistory. Citizens of the 31st century have lost all knowledge of the lunar landing, mistaking Ralph Kramden of The Honeymooners for a typical 20th century astronaut due to his common phrase, "One of these days, Alice. In English, the country is sometimes referred to with the definite article, as the Ukraine, a usage increasingly deprecated in English. Earth's moon is still mostly unsettled with the exception of some farms, but houses an amusement park (heavily parodying Disney theme parks even to the motto: "The Happiest Place Orbiting Earth"), and is the sole tourist attraction. Opinions vary as to the immediate derivation:.

The Western Hemisphere of the planet is currently owned by the Wongs, parents of Planet Express intern Amy Wong. The etymology of the Ukrainian name Ukrayina stems from the Old Slavic root *kraj-, meaning "cut". Mars has been terraformed to a great degree (it is now the home of many wealthy socialites), and is home to Mars University. . Earth's national holiday appears to be "Freedom Day", which is traditionally celebrated by doing whatever one wants without regard to the consequences, as well as nude hot tubbing parties, and by dancing and chanting, "Freedom, freedom, freedom, oy!". It became independent once more following the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. 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. A brief period of independence (1917-1921) following the Russian Revolution of 1917 was ended by Ukraine's absorption into the Soviet Union in 1922 and the republic's present borders were only established in 1954.

At times, Nixon's head is carried by the Secretary of Transportation or the headless body of Spiro Agnew. The territory of present-day Ukraine was a key centre of East Slavic culture in the Middle Ages, before being divided between a variety of powers, notably Russia, Poland, Lithuania, Austrian Empire, Romania and the Ottoman Empire. After the Planet Express crew manages to retrieve it, Nixon's head is mounted on a gargantuan, weaponized cyborg body, helping to sway the robot vote. It borders Russia to the northeast, Belarus to the north, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to the west, Romania and Moldova to the southwest and the Black Sea to the south. Nixon buys Bender's robotic body from a pawn shop to serve as his new body. Ukraine (Ukrainian: Україна, Ukrayina, /ukraˈjina/) is a country in Eastern Europe. Despite having been elected President of the United States twice, the head of Richard Nixon is elected President of Earth by exploiting the fact that his old body is not being elected, and Earthican law only stipulates that no body can be elected more than twice. Foreign relations of Ukraine.

The two main parties are the Tastycrats and the Fingerlicans, whose names sound similar to the current American parties, the Democrats and Republicans. Ukrainian presidential election, 2004. The organization of political parties in Futurama is similar to the American two-party system with a number of third parties. Ukrainian verb krajaty "to cut", indicating the land the Ukrainians carved out for themselves. Citizens of Earth are called Earthicans. Ukrainian krajina "country" (this is also one of the meanings of Ukrainian and Russian kraj). visible) where the stars are today. Marches).

and the flag of Earth looks like the Flag of the United States, but with an image of the Earth (with the U.S. Russian okraina "outskirts"; a semantic parallel to -mark in Denmark, cf. This world government seems to be quite US-centric as Earth's capital is Washington, D.C. Borderland, frontier (cf. It seems that various sub-states may have prime ministers and similar leaders, much like the current American system of governors. Earth has a unified government called the United States of Earth headed by a single President of Earth.

This campaign is spearheaded by 25-star General Major Webelo Zapp Brannigan, a conceited, self-absorbed, trouserless individual who makes regular appearances throughout the series. Apparently, Earth is in the process of embarking on a long-term campaign to conquer and/or eliminate all other worlds/races not allied with it. Much of the Milky Way galaxy now operates under the Earth government's sphere of influence, similar to America's influence on world politics today. Numerous other galaxies have been colonized or have made contact by the year 3000.

They often provide additional jokes for fans dedicated enough to decode the messages. The first is a simple one-to-one substitution cipher from the Latin alphabet, while the second uses a more complex modular addition code (officially an ancient alien language predating the universe). The show also often makes use of a pair of alien alphabets in background signage. Ironically, "aks" represents an earlier pronunciation of the word, with the modern "ask" an innovation, so the 31st century sees the word coming full circle.

These changes include the disuse of the word Christmas in favor of Xmas (with the X pronounced, as in "ex-mas") and the pronunciation of ask metathesizing as "aks". English itself has also evolved from today, but still remains comprehensible. In "A Clone of My Own" (and "Space Pilot 3000"), it is implied that French is now a dead language, and that the official language spoken by the French will then be English (in the French version of Futurama, German is substituted for French as the dead language). Futurama's universe also makes several bold predictions about the future of linguistics.

See also: Timeline of Futurama. This sort of indifference to death and pain may be partly a mockery of the reactionary trend of citing rising crime statistics as a symptom of human life losing its value, partly on account of the failure to take proper precautions or care of themselves because of the availability of medicines and operations, and partly callousness (such as Fry's happy declaration that his organ transplant came from a guy who liked to ride motorcycles). What does piano wire count as?") Grievous bodily injuries are shrugged off or treated with a sort of mild uncaring, perhaps in reference to the highly advanced medical technology as well as the general disregard for the lives of others or oneself. Bare hands or weapons?" "Hm.

("Could you pick me up a license to kill?" "Sure. Murder is discussed casually, as if there were little or no penalty for it. The suicide booths are not the only sign of a devaluing of human life, despite their popularity. In another episode, Pamela Anderson mentions that she won an Academy Award for Baywatch: The Movie, the first ever to be filmed entirely in slow-motion.

Atlanta, after being moved to sea, sinks due to overdevelopment and becomes a "lost city" (a parody of the story of Atlantis); its residents evolve (with the help of Coca-Cola's caffeine) into mermaids. Los Angeles has become a wasteland, Fry mistaking it for New New York in the year 4000 after believing he had been cryogenically frozen for a further 1000 years. For example, in the time that has passed formerly-endangered owls and marmosets have emerged as the primary urban pests, at the expense of rats and pigeons. Some of the show's humor comes from passing references to historical events of the past thousand years.

Less inspiring 31st century innovations include coin-operated Suicide Booths (said in the show to have been in business since 2008) and Soylent Cola (the taste "varies from person to person"). Among the robots, spaceships, and floating buildings, Professor Farnsworth introduced many memorable new inventions such as the Smell-o-scope, the What-if Machine, and the Parabox. Wheels used in transportation have been made obsolete by hover technology, to the point that 31st century characters do not know what a wheel is. Despite this, Futurama's world also showcases numerous technological advantages that have been developed by the year 3000.

Robots are treated as independent beings - indeed only twice in the series are robots referred to as property (in The Route of All Evil Qubert refers to Bender as "company property", and in The 30% Iron Chef the Professor shouts "That's my robot! I own him!"). A specific issue on Earth is the large population of super-intelligent/super-incompetent robots (homeless robots and orphan children robots, like Tinny Tim); they are generally lazy, greedy and surly (with the exception of the sycophantic super-efficient Robot 1-X), and often unwilling to assist their human creators. A common clash between the former two is alien immigration plaguing Earth. Race issues in 3000 are now centered around relations among humans, aliens, and robots.

The show's vision of the future is very similar to the present in many ways: the same political figures and celebrities that we know today survive as heads in jars, a method invented by Ron Popeil; television remains the primary means of entertainment; the Internet is still slow and filled with pornography, and problems such as global warming, inflexible bureaucracy, and substance abuse are still pressing issues. Unlike past cartoons like The Jetsons, which showed an efficient, clean, happy future, Futurama portrays a less idealistic view, with humans still dealing with many of the same basic problems of the 20th century. The visually retro-futuristic world of Futurama is not a utopia but neither is it a dystopia. The capabilities of many things vary according to what is most appropriate for the situation at hand.

The setting is first and foremost a backdrop for humor, and the show is not above committing continuity errors if they serve to further the gags. Nearly every mission that the Professor assigns his crew is unusually dangerous. The ship is equipped with autopilot and a shipboard artificial intelligence. Zoidberg accompany the crew as needed.

Amy and Dr. The Planet Express ship is helmed by Leela, with Bender serving as cook and Fry as delivery boy. The Professor often makes passing references to the brutal deaths of previous employees; the crew prior to Fry's arrival was said to have been devoured by a space wasp, while another was stung to death by a swarm of gigantic bees. Planet Express is a delivery company held by Professor Farnsworth to fund his "research" and "inventions".

See also: Futurama's recurring characters. Futurama centers around seven main characters who work for Planet Express, as well as several secondary characters. . The futuristic time frame allowed the show's writers to be creative with their humor by introducing ideas and events from pulp science fiction of the mid 20th century into the series.

The series covers the adventures of Fry and his colleagues as they travel around the universe making deliveries on behalf of Planet Express. Fry's attempt to escape from his now-mandatory job assignment as a delivery boy ends when he is hired on at Planet Express, a small intergalactic package delivery company run by his distantly descended nephew, as a delivery boy. He is defrosted one thousand years later on December 31, 2999 and finds himself in New New York City. Fry, a New York City slacker and pizza delivery man, who is cryogenically frozen by accident on New Year's Eve, 1999.

The series begins with Philip J. Zoidberg, and various other characters) announced in a post to the message board of his official website that the Futurama team would be producing four new, direct-to-DVD movies beginning in the July or August 2006. On January 19th, 2006, Billy West (the voice actor who plays Fry, Professor Farnsworth, Dr. It is currently rerun on the Adult Swim scheduling segment of Cartoon Network in the United States, on Teletoon in Canada, on Channel 4, Sky One and Sky Two in the UK, and on Fox8 and Network Ten in Australia.

Set in "New New York City" in the 31st century, it was introduced on the Fox Network and received airplay between March 28, 1999 and August 10, 2003. Cohen (also a writer for The Simpsons). Futurama is an American animated television series created by Matt Groening (creator of The Simpsons) and David X. Futurama season 5 details.

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When they exit, Bender is in the car with them and says, "All right! You guys are my new best friends!" Homer then says, "You wish, loser!" and throws him out of the back of the hovercar, breaking him. During this sequence, Homer and Bart drive through a "tunnel" where they shift dimensions temporarily. "Future-Drama": Bart and Lisa Simpson explore their teenage years with the help of Professor Frink. He then signs Bender dolls and draws a sketch of Fry for Bart's friend Milhouse.

"My Big Fat Geek Wedding": Matt Groening appears as himself (animated) and was introduced at a convention as the creator of the hit show Futurama. The Third Grade": Bender appears in one of Bart Simpson's dreams. Lisa vs. "Bart vs.

"Fraudcast News": a person jumps off a cliff, screaming "Why did they cancel Futurama?". "Missionary: Impossible": Bender can be seen answering calls on FOX during a fundraising telethon. She is shallow, ditzy, and prone to overusing 31st century slang. Amy Wong (Lauren Tom) - Amy is an intern at Planet Express and heir to half of Mars, constantly pestered by her parents about their lack of grandchildren.

Although a self-proclaimed expert on humans, he constantly provides incompetent medical care and mistakes Fry for a woman when they first meet. Zoidberg (Billy West) - Zoidberg is a lobster-like alien from Decapod 10 and the staff doctor of Planet Express. John Zoidberg a.k.a. Dr.

Much of the show revolves around Fry's attempts to adapt to the 31st century and his interaction with his friends, the rest of the staff of Planet Express. He seeks out his closest living relative, Professor Farnsworth, who employs Fry as a delivery boy at Planet Express. Fry (voiced by Billy West) - Fry is a pizza delivery boy, cryogenically frozen at the beginning of the New Year, 2000 and revived just in time to usher in the year 3000. Fry a.k.a.

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