Futurama
Futuramaseason 12 just insultedThe Simpsons, finally calling out a 25-year-old Matt Groening mystery.
In the episode, the Planet Express crew visitis Leela’s former orphanarium.
Interestingly, this storyline left room for one fantasticThe Simpsonsreference.
Most of the images are simply cute animals, but one is a not-so subtle reference toThe Simpsons.
Characters like Bart and Lisa have wacky and unnatural hair styles, highlighting the biggest differences in the shows.
Futuramaseason 12’s Bart Easter egg lightly pokes fun at these character design differences.
TheFuturamacharacters find Bart ugly because, compared toFuturama’s humans, Bart looks a bit like a freak.
Most of the characters meet Bart and spend a lot of time with him.
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.
