The famous animated series “Futurama” was created by masters of their craft – the people who gave the world the “Simpsons”. These are not just cartoons, because both children and adults watch them with pleasure, and everyone finds something in them for himself. Children get an interesting and often instructive spectacle, and adults see more complex things disguised as a cartoon. In addition, “Futurama” is not only an interesting plot, but also detailed characters.
In 1939, the United States hosted the exhibition “Futurama”, dedicated to the wonders of the future. Probably, the authors borrowed the title for the animated series from here. In the first few episodes, you can see that Dr. Zoidberg has teeth. In subsequent episodes they are not. Many scenes in “Futurama” were first drawn by hand, and then converted to three-dimensional images on a computer. The weight of the robot Bender is 238 kilograms. The most frequently used word is “chump”, which can be translated as “fool”.
The alien language in Futurama was originally a cipher. It was changed twice, because the ciphers were solved by fans. The prototype of Fry was the main character of the film “Hero without an Ideal”. Professor Farnsworth got his last name after the man who invented television. Turanga Lila also received a name in honor of the work of the composer Messiaen, written in 1948 and called “The Symphony of Turangalil”. Fry’s dog, who stubbornly waited for him until his death, was inspired by the image of the famous Japanese dog Hachiko.
The famous scientist and great physicist Stephen Hawking himself voiced himself in Futurama. The authors of “Futurama” borrowed some sounds for their animated series from the Star Trek television series. In one of the series, the robot Bender changed the sex. True, not for long. According to the history of Futurama, in the middle of the 23rd century, aliens destroyed earthly civilization, and the second Middle Ages began on the planet.
In almost all series there are jokes based on mathematics, physics and other sciences. True, only experts in these areas understand them. A total of 7 seasons of the animated series and four full-length films were filmed. Continuation, alas, is not planned … but sorry. Futurama received 17 different awards and 20 nominations for awards. The duration of the animated series covers a time period of 13 (according to other sources – 14) years.
