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Along with the employees of Planet Express, Futurama includes a large array of characters, which include co-workers, media personalities, business owners, extended relatives, townspeople, aliens, and villains. Many of these characters were created for one-time gags, background scenes, or other functions, but later gained expanded roles.
Futurama is an American animated science fiction sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company and later revived by Comedy Central, and then Hulu.The series follows Philip J. Fry, who is cryogenically preserved for 1,000 years and revived on December 31, 2999.
The Futurama universe has a cooperative interplanetary organization known as the Democratic Order of Planets or D.O.O.P.. [1] First mentioned in the episode "Love's Labours Lost in Space", it is explored in more detail in "Brannigan Begin Again", in which it is compared to the present-day United Nations and the Federation from Star Trek. [5]
After delivering to the Moocher Homeworld, the Planet Express crew find that their store rooms have been raided. They land on a planet in search of food, finding that it abounds in a delicious edible life-form, which they call "Popplers." The highly addictive "Popplers" soon inspire a new business venture for the crew.
Articles relating to the television series Futurama.The series follows Philip J. Fry, who is cryogenically preserved for 1,000 years and revived on December 31, 2999. Fry finds work at the interplanetary delivery company Planet Express, working alongside the one-eyed mutant Leela and the robot Bender.
"Murder on the Planet Express" is the twenty-fourth episode in the seventh season of the American animated television series Futurama, and the 138th episode of the series overall. It originally aired on Comedy Central on August 21, 2013. The episode was written by Lewis Morton and directed by Frank Marino.
Leela serves as captain of the Planet Express Ship, proving herself to be a skilled officer and often rescuing her less-talented coworkers from peril. Leela is an avid environmentalist. In " Love's Labour Lost in Space ", Leela and crew are sent to Vergon 6, a planet that is about to collapse because of mining.
David X. Cohen and Matt Groening at the Futurama panel of Comic-Con 2009.. Matt Groening initially conceived of Futurama in the mid-1990s. In 1996, he enlisted David X. Cohen, then a Simpsons writer and producer, to assist in developing the series; [4] the two then spent time researching science fiction books, television shows, and films of the past.