History VideoGame / Futurama

* SdrawkcabName: Adoy is [[Franchise/StarWars Yoda]] spelled backwards.

* NoSuchThingAsSpaceJesus: After Leela defeats her Boss, the Sun God, he says, "You found me out... I'm not really a god... I'm just an ordinary...eternal, omniscient, superintelligent being."

'''Professor:''' Yes! You're a playable character.

* ShoutOut: Zoidberg's brief gameplay role was a ''Franchise/CrashBandicoot'' reference.

-->'''Leela''': So what was death like Fry?\\

The cutscenes from the game were later edited together into an DVD bonus feature on the ''Futurama'' movie ''[[Recap/FuturamaM2TheBeastWithABillionBacks The Beast With a Billion Backs]]'', entitled "The Lost Adventure".

* AdaptationalVillainy: The sewer mutants in Fry's early levels.
* {{Bookends}}: [[spoiler:"Good news everyone! I've sold Planet Express to Mom!"]]
* BrickJoke: [[spoiler:The sombrero.]]

* DeathCourse: A few levels approach this, but especially the Sun Temple.
* DemBones: The skeleton robots in Sun City.
* DownTheDrain: Fry's second level, travelling underground to get to the pawn shop because the streets are filled with hover-bot death troopers.

* FinalBoss: [[spoiler:The robot Destructor, previously seen in the episode "Raging Bender".]]

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Because of the StableTimeLoop, and the resurrection machine's destruction, there's no way to save Fry, Bender and Leela.]]

* {{Mayincatec}}: Sun City is designed this way.
* MediumAwareness: Several of these jokes, mainly involving characters becoming playable.

* NotMeThisTime: Bender at the start of the game, when they see the damaged Planet Express ship.

* QuirkyMinibossSquad: Walt, Larry and Ignar in Bender's levels.
* SdrawkcabName: Adoy.
* ShootTheShaggyDog: [[spoiler:The reanimator gets destroyed, the crew get crushed by Destructor, and despite their warnings, Professor Fanrsworth is talked into selling the company anyway with the offer of a sombrero. Return to the opening scene.]]

* SpinAttack: Bender's combat style.

* ThirdPersonShooter: Fry's levels.

* VideoGameLives: Justified in-universe by the Reanimator:

* WouldntHitAGirl: [[spoiler:The Professor, which doesn't stop him punching Mom in the hip.]]

* StockJokes: David X. Cohen loves the robots destroying themselves over accidental terminology, he reused those gags during the Comedy Central era.

* ThemeTune: The remix of the classic ''Futurama'' theme was reused for ''Recap/FuturamaM1BendersBigScore Bender's Big Score'' when Hermes took over the fleet weaponry.

The cutscenes from the game were later edited together into an DVD bonus feature on the ''Futurama'' movie "The Beast With a Billion Backs", entitled "The Lost Adventure".

* RecycledJoke: David X. Cohen loves the robots destroying themselves over accidental terminology, he reused those gags during the Comedy Central era.

* ThemeTune: The remix of the classic ''Futurama'' theme was reused for ''WesternAnimation/BendersBigScore'' when Hermes took over the fleet weaponry.

'''Fry''': Well, first everything went dark, then this bright light appeared, and it said, "Game over".

-->'''Leela:''' So what was death like Fry?\\
'''Fry:''' Well, first everything went dark, then this bright light appeared, and it said, "GAME OVER".\\
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'''Bender:''' So now I can die and come back to life like Fry? ''(excited)'' Does that mean?\\

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Because of the StableTimeLoop, and the resurrection machine's destruction, there's no way to say Fry, Bender and Leela.]]

* StableTimeLoop: [[spoiler:The crew travel back in time to just before the Professor sold the company, swapping their damaged ship for the older one unnoticed (thus explaining why it was damaged at the start of the game).]]

'''Professor''': About a week ago, and I've been trying to kill you to test it ever since.
* WackyWaysideTribe: Leela's levels involving the Sun Temple, which ends with the crew earning enough dark matter to get to Bogad, but otherwise has nothing to do with Mom's plan.
* WouldntHitAGirl: [[spoiler:The Professor, which doesn't stop him kicking Mom in the hip.]]

* CoincidentaltBroadcast: Lampshaded during the opening cutscene:

-->'''Farnsworth: Did I do something funny?\\

''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}: The Game'' is a 3d PlatformGame[=/=]ThirdPersonShooter created by Unique Development Studios, for UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 and UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}}, released in August 2003.

The story, written by J. Stewart Burns of the TV series, opens with Professor Farnsworth informing the Planet Express crew that, due to his poor business plan and their incompetence, he's had to sell the company to Mom. This immediately backfires when Mom, now owning 51% of Earth, is declared its supreme ruler, and promptly enslaves humanity. Now the crew must escape into space to find a way to undo the Professor's mistake.

!!''Futurama: The Game'' contains examples of

* ConvenientBroadcast: Lampshaded during the opening cutscene:

* EasingYouIntoTheAdventure: Fry's first level consists of him walking around the Planet Express office to find ship parts. his only weapon being a hammer.