History Futurama / TropesOToS

** The numerous ShoutOut diseases that Zoidberg causes Fry to go through in "The Tip of the Zoidberg." For reference, Fry starts out with "[[TheSimpsons Simpson's]] jaundice", then progresses to ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} syndrome, to [[Series/TheMuppetShow Muppet]] Gangrene, and, finally, an unnamed [[WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs Smurfs]] disease, exhibiting characteristics of the main characters of each respective series.

* ParallelPornTitles: When the death satellite is on course for Earth, Bender mentions two TV shows that might make Earth a target, ''[[TheSimpsons The Pimpsons]]'' and ''Assarama''.

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: In the commentary for ''I, Roommate'', Matt Groening points out that unlike on ''TheSimpsons'', the female characters in this show are used for slapstick.

* SphereEyes: A majority of characters, as with Matt Groening's other series, ''TheSimpsons''.

'''Zoidberg:''' You do and I'll ''[[[SoundEffectBleep beep]]]''ing gut you like a fish!
** Also another earlier in the episode, when he says "My name's Zoidberg. JOHN ''[[[SoundEffectBleep beep]]''ING ''ZOIDBERG!!''

'''Leela:''' ''(sitting in a device that resembles Captain Pike's wheelchair)'' Go ''[[SoundEffectBleep [beep]]]'' yourself.

** The professor is in his 170's, Zoidberg had already passed all his larval stages 80 years ago, which means he's centuries of age, and Nibbler is over a millennium of age.

** Double subverted on more than one occasion. In one episode, aliens cause untold devastation, and Fry comments that "[[GenreSavvy At the end of the episode]], [[StatusQuoIsGod everything is back to normal]]"... only to have the last shot be of all the devastation... which is [[SnapBack promptly back to normal]] the next. Another one: Fry is fired from his job (for ruining Dr. Farnsworth's... everything), but Farnsworth was willing to forgive him because he couldn't even remember why he fired him. Then Bender reminds him exactly why, and Farnsworth tells him to get lost. He's back to working the next episode.

'''URL:''' He took an early retirement.

* RobbingTheDead: In "Luck Of The Fryrish", the cast goes to a graveyard intending to steal a seven leaf clover that belonged to Fry's nephew from his grave.

* RudeHeroNiceSidekick: While more of an AntiHero, space captain Zapp Branigan is a {{Jerkass}}, while his co-pilot, the alien Kif Kroker, is a sensitive guy.

* ScreamingAtSquick: Leela has pity sex with Zapp, and it takes a minute to sink in, and then she screams.

* SecretRelationship: When Hermes is temporarily replaced by bureaucrat Morgan Proctor, she becomes infatuated with Fry because she is kinky for dirty slobs. However, she wants to keep it secret from everyone and will deny their affair if Fry tries to reveal it.

** In "Love and Rocket", when Bender and the Planet Express ship visit a zoo, they come across tapirs with their young. [[RealMenWearPink Bender even calls himself a cuddly baby tapir after saying he is a lone wolf and a solitary eagle.]]

** "Bender's Big Score" has a narwhal named Leelu. She is portrayed as having a tusk which is a rare occasion for female narwhals, and she is even described as a "rare toothed female narwhal".

* SequentialSymptomSyndrome: After trying to hide it for several decades, Prof. Hubert Farnsworth finally confesses to his employees in "The Tip of the Zoidberg" that he long ago contracted an illness known as Tritonian Hypermalaria. Amy reveals that she recognizes the disease as "the one that causes fever, insanity, spasms, coma and death", with Farnsworth acting out each symptom as it's said (save for death, which instead a {{Beat}} followed by "Yes, you moron!")

** "A Biclops Built For Two": Happens between Leela and Alcazar after he tells her the history about their heritage.

* SexySaxMan: Leela dated a saxophone player named Sean for an unknown period of time before the series began. He wasn't sexy in terms of appearance with Leela mentioning that while he was pasty and hunch with no ambition, he would move her by playing naked on her couch. He would make an appearance on screen in "Fry and Leela's big fling" where he was revealed to also be a complete Jerkass and cheapskate who told his future wife that Leela was a crazy girl he dumped.
* SexyStewardess: In the episode "Neutopia", Leela, Amy and [=LaBarbarba=] become this when the Planet Express ship is changed into a commercial airline.

* ShootTheTelevision: Lrr does this when the season finale of [[ShowWithinAShow "Single Female Lawyer"]] is knocked off the air and replaced with several cartoon shows.

* TheSingularity: Mentioned and ''seen'' in "Overclockwise". Bender starts upgrading himself, and before anyone knows it, he's hop-scotched his way up to the level of PhysicalGod. [[ResetButton Of course]], Mom [[StatusQuoisGod sets him back to factory specs]]. But, he manages to write down Fry and Leela's future before-hand.

* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: ''Futurama'' on a whole is down the middle. Several known species of animal are extinct, New York City has been destroyed and rebuilt several times, crack is readily available in vending machines, the universe is threatened on a regular basis, the nation's military is commanded by a incompetent, womanizing ManChild who is more than willing to sacrifice his own men for unnecessary reasons, and is more than willing to start a war with a species just because he hates them; hell exists, and it is in New Jersey; racism exists [[FantasticRacism in one form or another]], human meat is implied to be legal to eat, and the world's leading manufacturer of robots, starship fuel, and electronics is an evil, abusive, amoral person. But there are episodes that show that some of the worst offenders (namely Bender) have a human side to them, that no love goes unrequited, even the most pathetic slob can make a difference, and that humanity can band together and make changes in their world, i.e. [[spoiler: allowing mutants, who had been treated like vermin and subjected to shoddy conditions over the course of the series to finally be able to walk on the surface as equals, legalize robosexual marriage, and come to an equally satisfying consensus on controversial topics like the theory of evolution.]]

* SmellPhone: The Smellescope, a telescope that can allow the user to smell odors from far away places.

* SolarPoweredMagnifyingGlass: Prof. Wernstrom's plan to stop global warming is a giant mirror that reflects excess light away from the Earth. Then a small piece of space debris knocks it askew, and a beam of concentrated light slices through the city.

'''Head Protestor:''' "No, I did not."

** To WesternAnimation/TheJetsons to which it has given a few ShoutOut (namely Amazon Woman in the Mood's opening night-club is done in the same retro-future aesthetic). The Jetsons expressed the 60s view of the future, and projected the nuclear family and "man in the gray flannel suit" into the far future. Futurama on the other hand is a 90s view that is informed by both the utopian views of the future formed early in the 20th century and the more cynical and jaded, dystopian vision of the 70s-90s and early 2000s. Indeed, the line "Here's to another lousy millennium" that originated from ''Futurama'' was a typical expression of 90s disillusionment that the future would be as fun and awesome as everyone expected.

---> '''Fry:''' It was just a matter of knowing the secret of all television. At the end of the episode, everything's always right back to normal (*as New New York crumbles and burns*).

* StealingFromTheHotel: Bender steals from Calculon's dressing room (which looks like a hotel) in the episode "Bender should not be allowed on TV".

** This moment from "The Luck of the Fryish":

--->'''Calculon:''' I've been processing this for quite sometime, Monique, will you marry me? \\

* StinkyFlower: Zigzagged. Zoidberg meets a flower girl who can't smell, and [[InterspeciesRomance the two fall in love]]. Eventually, Zoidberg uses his doctor expertise to grant her the ability to smell, all while accepting that she will hate him for how bad he smells. To his surprise, she instead develops a hate for flowers and believes he smells just fine.

* PoesLaw: Some will be surprised to learn that "I Dated a Robot" has an [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil anti-piracy moral]], not a [[SpoofAesop parody of anti-piracy morals]]. This confusion can be attributed to the [[FantasticAesop fantastic devices (copies of Lucy Liu) used to give the message]], [[{{Anvilicious}} heavy handedness]] and the fact that show isn't one to play morals straight.

* SilenceYouFool: The robot elders.

--->'''Bender:''' I'll just cut that--
--->'''Zoidberg:''' You do and I'll ''[[[SoundEffectBleep beep]]]''ing gut you like a fish!

--> '''Fry:''' It was just a matter of knowing the secret of all television. At the end of the episode, everything's always right back to normal (*as New New York crumbles and burns*).

-->'''Zoidberg:''' Marianne?\\

'''Zoidberg:''' You do and I'll ''[[[SoundEffectBleep beep]]]''ing gut you like a fish!

-->'''Farnsworth:''' Miss [=McNeal=], I'm afraid I must decline your offer of marriage. For, you see, I'm dying. Cough, then fall over dead.
''(proceeds to do stand around and smiles at camera)''

* TheSecretOfLongPorkPies: In "Fun on a Bun", everyone thinks Fry has been ground up into sausage. [[spoiler:He wasn't.]]

* TheReptilians: The Space Pope.

* RudeHeroNiceSidekick: While more of an AntiHero, space captain Zapp Branigan is a {{Jerkass}}, while his co-pilot, the alien Kif Kroker, is a SensitiveGuy.

** The numerous ShoutOut diseases that Zoidberg causes Fry to go through in "The Tip of the Zoidberg." For reference, Fry starts out with "[[TheSimpsons Simpson's]] jaundice", then progresses to ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} syndrome, to [[Series/TheMuppetShow Muppet]] Gangrene, and, finally, an unnamed [[TheSmurfs Smurfs]] disease, exhibiting characteristics of the main characters of each respective series.

* PublicExposure: Bordering on DeliberateValuesDissonance; the nudity is TV-safe, but is very frequent.

* PunnyName: In "Attack of the Killer App", it is revealed that [[spoiler: Leela]] has a singing boil named [[Susan]].

'''George H. W. Bush's head and George W. Bush's heads:''' [[BigNo No!]]

* PunyEarthlings: Zigzagged. Earth is a laughably ass-backwards and corrupt third-rate galactic power that picks fights with weaker planets but cowers before those stronger than it. On the other hand, it seems to command considerable cultural and economic influence around the universe, and even the [[SuperiorSpecies ridiculously advanced and ancient]] [[spoiler:Nibblonians]] are forced to concede that HumansAreSpecial at least in one respect: [[spoiler:we invented the pizza bagel]].

* PunnyName: In "Attack of the Killer App", it is revealed that [[spoiler: Leela]] has a singing boil named Susan.

--->'''Zapp:''' Was as it good for you as it was for the human race?
'''"Leela":''' Oh, Zappy, let's [[UnusualEuphemism save another species right now!]]

--> '''Zapp''': Was as it good for you as it was for the human race?
--> '''"Leela"''': Oh, Zappy, let's [[UnusualEuphemism save another species right now!]]
--> '''Zapp''': Snore! (passed out)

--> '''Zapp''': Two beeps? Double yes!

--> '''Hermes''': Didn't we used to be a delivery company?

--->'''Amy:''' Well I guess it's time to indulge in some end of the world debauchery. Who's up for an orgy?

-->'''Leela:''' They're [[[ScaryDogmaticAliens the Omicronians]]] back!
-->'''Bender:''' We're Doooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo- [[[{{Beat}} stops to inhale]]] -oooooooooooooooooooooooooomed!

-->'''Fry:''' Can I use your bathroom?
-->'''Bender:''' My what-room?
-->'''Fry:''' Bathroom!
-->'''Bender:''' The bath-what?
-->'''Fry:''' Bathroom!
-->'''Bender:''' The what-what? ''(goes back to sleep)''
-->'''Fry:''' Never mind.

-->'''Leela''': Who would've thought hell would really exist... and that it would be in New Jersey!
-->'''Fry''': Actually...

-->'''Hermes''': Didn't we used to be a Delivery Company?

--> '''Farnsworth:''' Tomorrow you'll be making a delivery to Ebola 9 -- the Virus Planet!

--> '''Fry:'''They take you out for a drink, but when the check comes, their wallet's always in their other pants - which they borrowed from me!

-->'''Fry:''' "I'm scareroused..."

--->'''Bender''': "I'll just cut that--"
--->'''Zoidberg''': "You do and I'll [[SoundEffectBleep *beep*ing]] gut you like a fish!"
** Also another earlier in the episode, when he says "My name's Zoidberg. JOHN [[SoundEffectBleep *beep*ING]] ''ZOIDBERG!!''

'''Leela:''' ''(sitting in a device that resembles Captain Pike's wheelchair)'' Go [[SoundEffectBleep *beep*]] yourself.

--> '''Farnsworth''': Miss [=McNeal=], I'm afraid I must decline your offer of marriage. For, you see, I'm dying. Cough, then fall over dead.
-->''(Proceeds to do absolutely nothing.)''

--> '''URL''': (morosely) He was just a few days away from retirement.
--> '''Fry''': What happened?
--> '''URL''': He took an early retirement.

--> '''Brain''': The big brain am winning again! I am the greetest! Now I am leaving Earth... for no raisin!

--> '''Zapp''': [[BoldlyComing I did make it with a hot alien babe]], and in the end, is that not what man has dreamt of since first he looked up at the stars? (beat) Kif, I'm asking you a question!

---> '''Bender''': If that stuff wasn't real, how can I be sure anything is real? Is it not possible, nay, probable, that my entire existence is nothing but a figment of my or someone else's imagination?
---> '''Technician''': No, get out.

---> '''Farnsworth''': I know the anomaly is scary, but as scientists, is it not our sworn duty to seek out knowledge, even if it means risking our very lives?
---> '''Stephen Hawking''': No.

---> '''Fry''': Since when is the Internet about robbing people of their privacy?
---> '''Bender''': August 6, 1991.

---> '''Zapp''': Tell me, Kiff. What is the most degrading position in this unit?
---> '''Kiff''': ''(more to himself)'' [[DeadpanSnarker Being your assistant, sir.]]
---> '''Zapp''': [[SarcasmBlind No, being YOUR assistant.]]

-->All right, but I don't want anyone thinking we're robosexuals, so if anyone asks, you're my debugger.

--->'''Bender''': Well, ok. But I don't want people thinking we're {{robosexual}}s. So if anyone asks, you're my debugger.

--> '''Amy:''' So while they're towing us, want to do it?
--> '''Fry:''' Yeah! ''*they start making out, then duck out of view*''

-->'''Leela:''' There. It was hard work, but it beats posing in demeaning, skimpy modelling outfits.
-->'''Professor Farnsworth:''' Ladies, here are your demeaning, skimpy stewardess outfits.

-->'''Bender:''' "Wait. You mean people would pay good money for romance? Hmm. I think I have a scheme so deviously clever that I --"
--> ''[Gavel strikes block]''
-->'''Judge:''' "$500 and time served."

-->'''Fry''': I may not know much about horses, but I know a ''lot'' about doing anything for one dollar.
-->(Fry struggles to reach for the dollar, leaning over the telephone pole)
-->(Fry climbs back down the pole, climbing back up with a metal rake)
-->'''Fry''': If you think bad luck can defeat me, than you don't know my name is Phillip J.-- (As the rake makes contact with the wire, Fry is electrocuted, and survives, with a trail of smoke billowing off of him)

-->'''Calculon:''' I've been processing this for quite sometime, Monique, will you marry me? \\

* ReadingIsCoolAesop: Sort of. In "The Day The Earth Stood Stupid" Fry's reading caused the Brainspawn unbearable pain, because thought is harmful to them.