These parodies are especially common inFuturama’s anthology episodes.
One of these segments even utilizes a slight animation shift thatonly improves on a rock solid parody.
Here’s whyFuturama’s take on a classic comic works so well.
The short goes so far as to directly mimic the art style of Tintin creator, Belgian cartoonist Herge.
The outlandish adventures of bothTintinstories andFuturamaepisodes allow for clever globe-trotting adventure.
This is especially true as the plot brings the Planet Express Crew across the world.
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.
