Line #164 FanficRecs/Futurama


1	Proof that [[SturgeonsLaw the remaining 10% is worth getting frozen until the year 3000 for]] here:
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3	These are recommendations made by Tropers for ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' {{Fan Fic}}s, all of which have been signed. After a few samples, you will be able to judge whether you might be interested in the 'fic, based on who recommended it. ''No-name recommendations will be '''zapped'''.''
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5	->'''Zapp:''' If you know what I mean. ...I mean sex. With me.
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7	Nobody would back up the rec. Discussion of the recommendation is welcome on the discussion page. As such discussion is important, do remember to add the discussion page to the watchlist, if need be.
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11	[[folder:Authors and Websites]]
12	''[[http://web.archive.org/web/20101121102444/http://www.futurama-madhouse.net/fanfic/indexj.shtml#jberges JBERGES]]''
13	* Recommended by {{Tropers/Nerdorama}}
14	* In my youth (three years ago), I was a fan of the oeuvre of [[http://web.archive.org/web/20101121102444/http://www.futurama-madhouse.net/fanfic/indexj.shtml#jberges JBERGES]] for funny, OriginalFlavor one-shots.
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16	''[[http://web.archive.org/web/20101121102444/http://www.futurama-madhouse.net/fanfic/indexc.shtml#coldangel Coldangel_1]]''
17	* Recommended by {{Tropers/SonicPanther}}
18	* Coldangel's stories are ''long'', but are as epic as ''Futurama'' fanfics come while still keeping everyone perfectly in character. Be forewarned, he ''really'' likes violence. And Fry/Leela.
19	** They're also on Fanfiction.net as [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1181183/coldangel-omega coldangel omega]].
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21	''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/3555136/The-Sophisticated-Shut-In The Sophisticated Shut In]]''
22	* Recommended by: [=ThisIsRidiculous=]
23	* Synopsis: They write truly excellent Fry/Leela stories
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26	[[folder:General Fics]]
27	''Stories focused on the family and the friendly relationships of the cast. Plot-focused stories or light day-in-the-life stories. Pretty much anything that isn't focused on romance.''
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29	[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5582221/1/ Break Away]] by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/2176869/Benderine Benderine]]
30	* Recommended by: Hyphae
31	* Status: Complete
32	* Synopsis: It's been one year since Bender died but as long as Fry doesn't move on, he'll keep on seeing Bender wherever he goes.
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34	''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4287114/1/Rush_Moon Rush moon]]'' by JustNibblin
35	* Recommended by {{Tropers/Moberemk}} {{Tropers/Odafangirl}}
36	* ''Status'': Dead (last updated April 2017)
37	* Synopsis: Fry wakes up in a dumpster only to find it's one year later, and the life he knew is gone. He'd got to Leela for help...if she wasn't so dead-set on blasting him right off the planet for reasons he doesn't know.
38	* Comments: Easily one of the best Futurama fanfics out there, and one of the better fanfics I've gotten the chance to read period.
39	[=[[reviews:rushmoon]]=]
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41	''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4015462/1/ Disillusionment]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1100110/soylentOrange soylentOrange]]
42	* Recommended by {{Tropers/Moberemk}}
43	* ''Status'': Complete
44	* Synopsis: What if, at the end of "The Cryonic Woman", Fry actually did lose his job?
45	* Comments: It starts out as a basic what-if scenario that happens to take a deep look at Fry's character. And then things get weird... Better than it sounds, with good characters and an interesting yet highly convoluted plot.
46	[=[[reviews:disillusionment]]=]
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48	''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4132060/1/Prison_of_Glass Prison of Glass]]'' by The Light of the Shadows
49	* Recommended by Pretzel Victim
50	* ''Status'': Complete
51	* ''Synopsis'': ''"Before you contradict an old man, my fair friend, you should endeavor to understand him."'' It has, after all, been one thousand years.
52	* ''Comments'': A look at Fry, in a rare (or perhaps just [[HiddenDepths never]] [[StepfordSmiler shown?]]) moment of soul crushing loneliness and misery, feeling a thousand years old and seeing the vast, empty expanse of time that separates him from the both the world he belongs to that is gone forever, and the world he is trapped in but can never be a part of. The title refers to a Grimm's Brothers fairy tale.
53	[=[[reviews:prisonofglass]]=]
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55	''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4305620/1/I_Trust_You I Trust You]]'' by Desdemona Kakalose
56	* Recommended by Pretzel Victim
57	* ''Status'': Complete
58	* ''Synopsis'': One too many rejections, Fry. You don't need her. Trust me, Bender knows. Just trust me...Never argue.
59	* ''Comments'': Unbelievably terrifying and one of most horrific things this troper has ever read. The dialogue cruelly beckons the reader along, manipulating them into the same blindness as Fry. Can't elaborate without spoiling, but I hate this story, and love it because it made me hate it so much. Bender fans will have their hearts shattered.
60	[=[[reviews:itrustyou]]=]
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62	''[[http://www.gotfuturama.com/Interactive/FanFiction/Kryten/Moron_candidate.dhtml The Frychurian Candidate]]'' by Kryten
63	* Recommended by {{Cybertoy0}}
64	* ''Status'': Complete
65	* ''Synopsis:'' A simple trip to the dentist's office goes awry when Fry becomes the pawn of a dastardly plot.
66	* ''Comments:'' Funny as hell, and very true to the show.
67	[=[[reviews:thefrychuriancandidate]]=]
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69	''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11268554/1/one-new-message One New Message]]'' by broken halleluiah
70	* Recommended by: [=ThisIsRidiculous=]
71	* ''Status'': Complete
72	* ''Synopsis:'' She told him never to call when he was drunk
73	[=[[reviews:onenewmessage]]=]
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75	''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4560300/1/Green-Storm-Rising Green Storm Rising]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1100110/soylentOrange soylentOrange]]
76	* Recommended by: Tropers/{{fruitstripegum}}
77	* ''Status'': Complete
78	* ''Synopsis:'' An accident in deep space causes the Planet Express Crew to shift randomly back and forth between two time lines, and to set off a war between the mutants and the surface-dwellers.
79	[=[[reviews:greenstormrising]]=]
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81	''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9926831/1/Mother-s-Love Mother's Love]]'' by The Arthurian Prat's Folly
82	* Recommended by: Tropers/{{fruitstripegum}}, [=ThisIsRidiculous=]
83	* ''Status'': Complete
84	* ''Synopsis:'' Even though she'd never been either good nor particularly motivated to outwardly show her love, Mrs. Fry truly did love her sons. And she grieved as any mother would when Phillip was lost to time.
85	[=[[reviews:amotherslove]]=]
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87	''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4483884/1/Their-Happy-Endings Their Happy Endings]]'' by MissMune
88	* Recommended by: Tropers/{{fruitstripegum}}
89	* ''Status'': Complete
90	* ''Synopsis:'' Oneshot, Bender-centric. When viewed from the sidelines, happy endings aren't always so happy.
91	[=[[reviews:theirhappyendings]]=]
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93	''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2798298/1/Leaking Leaking]]'' by Goggled Monkey
94	* Recommended by: Tropers/{{fruitstripegum}}
95	* ''Status'': Complete
96	* ''Synopsis:'' Fry's cut his knee and Bender takes a few minutes to think about it. Friendshippy and slightly fluffy but mostly weird. He is a robot after all.
97	[=[[reviews:leaking]]=]
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99	''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11213813/1/Never-Stop-Dreaming Never Stop Dreaming]]'' by skiesofice
100	* Recommended by: Tropers/{{fruitstripegum}}
101	* ''Status'': Complete
102	* ''Synopsis:'' Just one more fanfic to add to the library of The Sting episodes, no major spoilers if you haven't seen it.
103	[=[[reviews:neverstopdreaming]]=]
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105	''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6281707/1/Waking-Me Waking Me]]'' by soulful-sin
106	* Recommended by: Tropers/{{fruitstripegum}}
107	* ''Status'': Complete
108	* ''Synopsis:'' Set during The Sting, this is Fry's side of Leela's coma.
109	[=[[reviews:wakingme]]=]
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111	''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4166051/1/A-Moment-of-Vulnerability A Moment of Vulnerability]]'' by uniquechic
112	* Recommended by: Tropers/{{fruitstripegum}}
113	* ''Status'': Complete
114	* ''Synopsis:'' Leela feels especially isolated one night after another bad date and winds up making a late night call to get sympathy out of a friend. Oneshot.
115	[=[[reviews:amomentofvulnerability]]=]
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117	[[https://m.fanfiction.net/s/10096008/1/he-ain-t-heavy-he-s-my-meatbag he ain't heavy (he's my meatbag)]] by broken halleluiah
118	* Recommended by: [=ThisIsRidiculous=]
119	* Status: Complete
120	* Synopsis: In the non-hallucinogenic, waking world of "The Sting", Bender takes the helm of the Planet Express ship and struggles to cope with the mortality of meatbags. Even if said "coping" involves stealing an internal organ or two.
121	[=[[reviews:heaintheavyhesmymeatbag]]=]
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123	[[https://m.fanfiction.net/s/7717555/1/ Walking a Fine Line]] by [[https://m.fanfiction.net/u/3555136/ The Sophisticated Shut In]]
124	* Recommended by: [=ThisIsRidiculous=]
125	* Status: In-Progress
126	* Synopsis: AU. Leela is happily married to Lars, but struggling with feelings for Fry she thought were long-buried. Something is very wrong, and if she can't put it right, she might end up destroying more than just her marriage.
127	* ''Comments'': Manages to be true to the show while giving us some suitably dark and emotionally engaging moments, such as the truth about how the surface world treats mutants in the sewers.
128	[=[[reviews:walkingafineline]]=]
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130	[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/8888788 Puzzle Pieces]] by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/Missy/pseuds/Missy Missy]]
131	* Recommended by: [=ThisIsRidiculous=]
132	* Status: Complete
133	* Synopsis: Only Fry would lose his own child in his own back yard. To be fair, he was distracted by his kid's awesome blernsball pitch...
134	[=[[reviews:puzzlepieces]]=]
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136	[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/8889247 Kiffy McKifFace]]
137	by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/redstapler/pseuds/redstapler redstapler]]
138	* Recommended by: [=ThisIsRidiculous=]
139	* Status: Complete
140	* Synopsis: Amy sends her love to Kif in the best way she knows how: Popularity.
141	[=[[reviews:kiffymckifface]]=]
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143	''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/19386553 Relaxation]]'' by Missy
144	* Recommended by Tropers/{{fruitstripegum}}
145	* ''Status'': Complete
146	* ''Synopsis'': Zapp and Kif end up piloting a singles' cruise. It goes as as well as it always does when Zapp helms a ship.
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148	''[[https://m.fanfiction.net/s/13304076/1/ Sixteen Days]]'' by [=ViridianVenus=]
149	* Recommended by Tropers/{{lakeswirl}}
150	* ''Status'': Complete
151	* ''Synopsis'': A The Sting fanfiction in two acts: sixteen days of Fry at Leela’s bedside, and sixteen days of Leela recovering. Contains a canon-appropriate amount of Fry/Leela shipping.
152	* ''Comments'': This is the absolute best take on The Sting I’ve ever read. Everyone is perfectly in character, the emotions are well-written, and it’s not hard to envision it playing out in canon. I pulled an all-nighter to read all 83k words of this and every minute was worth it.
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154	[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/45310252/chapters/113997178 Love Can Surprise You at Any Time in Your Life]] by essence_of_annoying and spacehoney
155	* Recommended by MagnusForce
156	* ''Status'': Ongoing
157	* ''Synopsis'': Lars is dead. Fry is alive. The time travel paradox has been resolved. Except Leela is pregnant, and the father of her child is the man who was never meant to exist in the first place.
158	[[/folder]]
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160	[[folder:Shipping Fics]]
161	''Stories focused on the romantic relationships between the cast.''
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163	''[[http://web.archive.org/web/20101121102444/http://www.futurama-madhouse.net/fanfic/shipolata1.shtml How to Write a Shippy Futurama Fanfic]]''
164	* Recommended by {{Tropers/Nerdorama}}
165	* ''Status'': Complete
166	* ''Synopsis'': ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin
167	* ''Comments'': Writers from all fandoms ''need'' to read this!
168	** {{Tropers/PurplePeopleEater}}: Seconding this. This is absolutely hilarious because it is completely spot on! Can apply to almost any fandom too.
169	[=[[reviews:howtowriteashippyfuturamafic]]=]
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171	''[[http://www.gotfuturama.com/Interactive/FanFiction/Lennie_Asserholt/No_More_Secrets_1.dhtml No More]] [[http://www.gotfuturama.com/Interactive/FanFiction/Lennie_Asserholt/No_More_Secrets_2.dhtml Secrets]]'' by Lennie Asserholt
172	* Recommended by {{Tropers/Immblueversion}}
173	* ''Status'': Complete
174	* ''Synopsis'': Fry and Leela accidentally swallow pills that links their minds together.
175	* ''Comments'': A romantic Fry/Leela shipping story to the core, but without forgetting the humor and charm of the series. It's chock full of references to the series, while some scenes end up being replicated word-for-word, but that proves little to deride from this amazing piece of work. Everyone is written perfectly in character, especially with Fry playfully toying around with Leela's head before he actually takes things seriously and uses their newly established mental link to [[spoiler:reveal to Leela his perspective of events from "Parasites Lost" and "Time Keeps On Slippin'", two episodes in which Leela painfully rejected him for things that were meant to show just how much Fry loves her]].
176	[=[[reviews:nomoresecrets]]=]
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178	''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5639018/1/A-Tale-of-Two-Suitors A Tale of Two Suitors]]'' by Dejana Talis
179	* Recommended by Tropers/{{fruitstripegum}}
180	* ''Status'': Complete
181	* ''Synopsis'': Set a few months after "Into the Wild Green Yonder." Fry decides to propose to Leela, but when his best-laid plans go astray and Zapp Brannigan stumbles back into their lives, he'll be lucky enough to get another moment alone with her.
182	[=[[reviews:ataleoftwosuitors]]=]
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184	''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5045943/1/Leela-Lets-Her-Hair-Down Leela Lets Her Hair Down]]'' by BTL
185	* Recommended by Tropers/{{fruitstripegum}}
186	* ''Status'': Complete
187	* ''Synopsis'': Looking back, Leela reflects how a slight change in hairstyle ended up changing a lot more than she thought it would.
188	[=[[reviews:leelaletsherhairdown]]=]
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190	''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12154768/1/One-Difference One Difference]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/6299056/WishStarAllie# WishStarAllie]]
191	* Recommended by @/NaruHinaFan
192	* ''Status'': Dormant; last updated March 2018
193	* ''Synopsis'': So what if Fry decide to adopt that little girl (not an OC) from the Orphanarium. How can one little girl change everything for him. Fry grows up and create better future for them. Featuring Uncle Bender, Fry dog Seymour comes back, and lastly Amy x Fry pairing.
194	* ''Comments'': A slow-going romantic Amy/Phillip shipping story. Phillip is absolutely doting on his [[HappilyAdopted adopted daughter.]] She is an adorable little girl who adores her father. Heartwarming and HilarityEnsues when she meets [[IWantGrandkids Amy's parents]] and they immediately leap to the conclusion that the girl is Amy's daughter with Phillip.
195	* ''Warning'': There is a lot of Leela bashing, author admits he is tired of how she treated Fry.
196	[=[[reviews:onedifference]]=]
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198	''Fanfic/BlameItOnTheBrain'' by coldangel omega
199	* Recommended by Creator/MarcusSLazarus
200	* ''Status'': Complete
201	* ''Synopsis'': Years have passed since Fry defeated the evil Brainspawn, and his forgotten heroism remains a blank page in history. However, the Universe will soon face a new menace. Old enemies are astir. And Fry, the Mighty One, must step forward one last time...
202	* ''Comments'': A follow-up to the storyline of Fry's confrontations with the Brainspawn, as well as a very engaging Fry/Leela romance, as Leela learns the truth about Nibbler and Fry's role in saving the world just in time for a new devastating confrontation with the returned Brainspawn, that can only end with either the destruction of the universe or the potential loss of Fry himself.
203	* Read it [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3700718/1/Blame-it-on-the-Brain here]]
204	[=[[reviews:blameitonthebrain]]=]
205	[[/folder]]
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207	[[folder:Crossovers]]
208	''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4035938/1/Avatar_Benders_Tale Avatar: Bender's Tale]]'' by MetropolisKid
209	* Recommended by @/TheRichSheik
210	* ''Status'': Complete
211	* ''Fandoms'': ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}'', ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''
212	* ''Synopsis'': A crossover fic. Bender crash lands in the world of Avatar and joins the Gaang. Warning for CrackFic tendencies and Drunk!Katara/Zuko pairing.
213	[=[[reviews:benderstale]]=]
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215	''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6192539/1/Programs_of_a_Lesser_God Programs of a Lesser God]]'' by Pump Maeson (''Manga/DeathNote'' {{Crossover}})
216	* Recommended by feral
217	* ''Status'': Complete
218	* Synopsis: [[OhCrap Bender finds a]] Manga/DeathNote.
219	* Comments: This is great! It's very in character and has a lot of potential.
220	[=[[reviews:programsofalessergod]]=]
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222	''[[FanFic/Hottie3TheBestFanFicInTheWorld Hottie 4: Even Better Sequel]]'' by Chris Jackson
223	* Recommended by chrishouserez
224	* ''Status'': Complete
225	* Synopsis: Hottie 4: Even Better Sequel is a MilestoneCelebration that not only commemorates the 5th anniversary of Literature/{{Hottie}}, the anniversaries of many works of fiction including Futurama, celebrating its 15th anniversary.
226	[=[[reviews:hottie4evenbettersequel]]=]
227	[[/folder]]

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