History YMMV / Futurama

** After it was revealed that [[spoiler: Igner was Farnsworth's son]], that gave the show potential for story ideas after it was UnCanceled. However, after the reveal, [[spoiler: Igner]] stayed a side character and it was never brought up again.

* FanPreferredCutContent: The episode "[[Recap/FuturamaS6E16LawAndOracle Law and Oracle]]" is a ''Film/MinorityReport'' spoof that isn't particularly hated or loved by the fandom. The original concept for the episode is more interesting to several fans, as it would have focused on Fry and Leela's KidFromTheFuture. This was presumably cut to avoid giving a definitive answer to Fry and Leela's relationship, but Fry and Leela having kids is a common enough FandomSpecificPlot for fans to wish it happened in canon.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: In the mid 2000s, there were passionate child fans of the show who were in the 7-12 range. Even though it may look like a cool animated sitcom about outer space (and is overall much tamer compared to shows such as, say, ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''), at times it can be [[DarkerAndEdgier darker, edgier]], and racier than Matt Groening's other animated sitcom, ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. This didn't stop the Arabic kids station Spacetoon from airing a heavily {{Bowdlerized}} dub of the first two seasons. All the more baffling is that Spacetoon did have a separate channel and later block for animation aimed at teens and young adults called Space Power, meaning it could have gone there with less edits.

* SpiritualSuccessor:

** While [[ShowWithinAShow The Scary Door]] is mainly a parody of '[[Series/TheTwilightZone1959 The Twilight Zone]]'', it can also seem like an animated equivalent of ''ComicBook/ThargsFutureShocks'', given that both consist of short sci-fi stories with [[MandatoryTwistEnding mandatory twist endings]].

** While [[ShowWithinAShow The Scary Door]] is mainly a parody of Series/TheTwilightZone, it can also seem like an animated equivalent of ''ComicBook/ThargsFutureShocks'', given that both consist of short sci-fi stories with [[MandatoryTwistEnding mandatory twist endings]].

** Bender mispronounces "Guacamole" in "Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television" while trying to do a Spanish accent. This could be interpreted as Bender really not know how to pronounce Guacamole or he was pronouncing it the way he thought it would be pronounced with a Spanish accent.

** "Jurrassic Bark" is either loved for being a heartwrenching TearJerker or hated for the exact same reason.

** The Hulu episodes split the base even further. Some fans like the new episodes because it's more Futurama, while others claim it Flanderizes the characters beyond any recognition, by having social commentary and jokes that were dated the moment they came out, and relying way too much on referencing preexisting episodes instead of making something original.

** The Hulu episodes split the base even further. Some fans like the new episodes because it's more Futurama, while others claim it Flanderizes the characters beyond any recognition, by having social commentary and jokes that was dated the moment they came out, and relying way too much on referencing preexisting episodes instead of making something original.

** When he throws the Countess de la Roca's necklace away, is his greedy nature because it was fake, or an example of ItsAllJunk?

* SpiritualSuccessor: Its down-to-earth and humorous portrayal of complex scientific concepts, and its depiction of such things as "the big bang" and "the heat death of the universe" makes it one for Creator/ItaloCalvino's Literature/{{Cosmicomics}}, this is especially true of the episode "[[Recap/FuturamaS7E13Naturama Naturama]]".

* IKnewIt: When the 2023 revival was announced to premiere in 2023, many fans wondered if this would mean the return of Kif and Amy's children born in 2003's "Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch," in which Kif says the children will sprout legs and crawl onto land in twenty years. When the revival's episode titles were leaked, these fans paid special notice to the title "Children of a Lesser Bog," as the use of "children" and "bog" could refer to the fact the tadpoles will emerge from a bog, indicating a SequelEpisode about Kif and Amy raising the children at last. This all turned out to be correct.

* SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames: ''Game of Drones'', a puzzle game based on the show, has excellent animation and catchy music. It's also at a good difficulty level - it's not so hard that it's frustrating, but it's not so easy that it's boring. Unfortunately it is [[{{Vaporware}} no longer available to purchase]].

* BetterOnDVD: The original run was broadcast out of order and at erratic intervals (to the point that there are actually five broadcast seasons made up of four production seasons). The [=DVD=]s thankfully allow you to watch the series as it was originally intended.[[labelnote:*]]iTunes, Disney + (Which streams the show outside of the US) and Hulu all use the broadcast order, though.[[/labelnote]]

* SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames: ''Game of Drones'', a puzzle game based on the show, has excellent animation and catchy music. It's also at a good difficulty level - it's not so hard that it's frustrating, but it's not so easy that it's boring.

* TaintedByThePreview: When the titles of the Hulu revival were first leaked, some were concerned that the Hulu revival would repeat the Comedy Central era's practice of blatant topicality, with the titles indicating that there will be episodes on streaming services [[labelnote:Explanation]]"The Impossible Stream"[[/labelnote]], algorithms [[labelnote:Explanation]]"Related To Items You've Viewed"[[/labelnote]], cancel culture[[labelnote:Explanation]]"Zapp Gets Cancelled"[[/labelnote]], and COVID-19 [[labelnote:Explanation]]"Rage Against The Vaccine"[[/labelnote]]. The trailer and further press releases confirmed some of these points, but the reaction to seeing clips from the actual show was more positive.

* SpiritualSuccessor: While [[ShowWithinAShow The Scary Door]] is mainly a parody of Series/TheTwilightZone, it can also seem like an animated equivalent of ''ComicBook/ThargsFutureShocks'', given that both consist of short sci-fi stories with [[MandatoryTwistEnding mandatory twist endings]].

* SpiritualAdaptation: Its down-to-earth and humorous portrayal of complex scientific concepts, and its depiction of such things as "the big bang" and "the heat death of the universe" makes it one for Creator/ItaloCalvino's Literature/{{Cosmicomics}}, this is especially true of the episode "[[Recap/FuturamaS7E13Naturama Naturama]]".

** Despite how narcissistic he is, Zapp is shown to be one of the few people not disgusted by Leela's eye, seemed to be okay with dating a very masculine cross-dresser (though he seemed to be unaware) in "Put Your Head On My Shoulders", and pursued a relationship with Leela's mother. Is Zapp not as shallow as he seems? Or is he just so desperate that he'll sleep with AnythingThatMoves?