TheFuturamacastis required to voice different versions of their established characters under different names in what are seemingly non-canonical stories.
Matt Groening’s animated sitcom incorporates severaloverused sci-fi tropesand has done so since its inception in 1999.
Not even light itself.
But that’s it!"
Now, the scene isn’t entirely accurate.
It’s a broad field of scientific research, but it encompasses black holes.
He’s voiced himself in animated projects as well as live-action ones.
Other appearances by Tyson include episodes ofStargate: Atlantis,Gravity Falls, andBrooklyn Nine-Nine.
Speaking withSlate,Futuramawriter and producer Patric M. Verrone discussed the impressive qualifications boasted by those penning the scripts.
Futurama follows the exploits of Philip J. Fry, a pizza delivery boy from 1999 who is cryogenically frozen for 1000 years. Waking up in the year 3000, Fry befriends a cyclops named Leela and a roguish robot named Bender, and the three find employment with Planet Express, an interplanetary delivery service. Their work takes them to all corners of the universe, exploring space and the future as imagined by Matt Groening and the creators of The Simpsons.
So,Futuramawill quietly continue to fold in these complex formulas for simple moments of hidden comedy.