The following is an episode list for the FOX animated television series Futurama. The series began on March 28, 1999 and ended on August 10, 2003. However, four direct-to-DVD movies have been released and being aired as 16 individual episodes on Comedy Central, the first having aired on March 23, 2008. All four original production seasons are available on DVD. The DVD sets were entitled "Season #" in the Region 2 and Region 4 releases; however they were renamed to "Volume #" for Region 1. The Complete Collection DVD set was released on October 25, 2004 in Region 2, and on March 22, 2005 in Region 1.
Futurama was originally created as four seasons; however, FOX originally broadcast it out of the intended order as five seasons. This list is in production order, primarily because this is the order used on the DVDs, as intended by the artists, and it helps avoid plot inconsistencies. A list in broadcast order can be viewed at the Infosphere. The production code is the code used by FOX to indicate the production order of the episodes, and is in the format #ACV##. The first number represents the production season. ACV is FOX's series code for Futurama. The second number is the episode's number. The TV broadcast code indicates the broadcast order. It is in the format S0#E##, where S0# indicates the broadcasting season of which there were 5, and E## indicates the episode's number.
Futurama's episode ratings in the United States are TV-PG for suggestive dialogue (D), offensive language (L), sexual content (S), and/or graphic violence (V) in its earlier episodes on FOX and on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim airings. The later episodes on FOX are rated TV-14 for suggestive dialogue (D), offensive language (L), sexual content (S), and/or graphic violence (V). The Comedy Central reruns are also rated TV-14, but don't include any of the sub-ratings. In the UK, Futurama episodes have been rated PG (parental guidance suggested when viewing) or 12 (not recommended viewing for anyone under 12 years of age), depending on the episode's content. The only episode not rated PG or 12 is "Leela's Homeworld," which is rated U (recommended for all ages).
Season five aired on Comedy Central from March 23, 2008 to August 30, 2009. It consisted of the four straight-to-DVD films divided into sixteen individual episodes. Each four-episode set aired after the release of the accompanying film. In addition to airing the new season, Comedy Central has taken over syndication of the previous episodes.[1] A sixth season, consisting of 26 episodes, will be aired on Comedy Central beginning Summer 2010.
Contents |
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | DVD release date | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 4 | |||||
| 1 | 13 | 1999
Fox |
March 25, 2003 | January 28, 2002 | November 27, 2002 | ||
| 2 | 19 | 1999 – 2000
Fox |
August 12, 2003 | November 11, 2002 | May 13, 2003 | ||
| 3 | 22 | 2001 – 2002
Fox |
March 9, 2004 | June 2, 2003 | September 24, 2003 | ||
| 4 | 18 | 2002 – 2003
Fox |
August 24, 2004 | November 24, 2003 | November 24, 2003 | ||
| 5 | 16 | 2008 – 2009
Comedy Central |
See under movies (a) through (d) | ||||
| Movie (a) | 4
Bender's Big Score |
2008
Comedy Central |
November 27, 2007 | March 31, 2008 | March 5, 2008 | ||
| Movie (b) | 4
The Beast with a Billion Backs |
2008
Comedy Central |
June 24, 2008 | June 30, 2008 | August 6, 2008 | ||
| Movie (c) | 4
Bender's Game |
2009
Comedy Central |
November 4, 2008 | November 3, 2008 | December 10, 2008 | ||
| Movie (d) | 4
Into the Wild Green Yonder |
2009
Comedy Central |
February 24, 2009 | February 23, 2009 | March 4, 2009 | ||
| 6 | 26 | 2010 – 2011
Comedy Central |
TBA | TBA | TBA | ||
Episodes
- Note all episodes are ordered by production order as they appear on the DVDs.
Season 1: 1999
Further information: Futurama (season 1)
| # | Total | Title | Writer(s) | Director(s) | Original airdate | Prod code | TV order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Space Pilot 3000" | D.X. Cohen, M. Groening | R. Moore, G. Vanzo | March 28, 1999 | 1ACV01 | S01E01 |
| 2 | 2 | "The Series Has Landed" | Ken Keeler | Peter Avanzino | April 4, 1999 | 1ACV02 | S01E02 |
| 3 | 3 | "I, Roommate" | Eric Horsted | Bret Haaland | April 6, 1999 | 1ACV03 | S01E03 |
| 4 | 4 | "Love's Labours Lost in Space" | Brian Kelley | Brian Sheesley | April 13, 1999 | 1ACV04 | S01E04 |
| 5 | 5 | "Fear of a Bot Planet" | H. Lombard, E. Gore | P. Avanzino, C. Baeza | April 20, 1999 | 1ACV05 | S01E05 |
| 6 | 6 | "A Fishful of Dollars" | Patric M. Verrone | R. Hughart, G. Vanzo | April 27, 1999 | 1ACV06 | S01E06 |
| 7 | 7 | "My Three Suns" | J. Stewart Burns | J. Lynch, K. O'Brien | May 4, 1999 | 1ACV07 | S01E07 |
| 8 | 8 | "A Big Piece of Garbage" | Lewis Morton | Susie Dietter | May 11, 1999 | 1ACV08 | S01E08 |
| 9 | 9 | "Hell Is Other Robots" | Eric Kaplan | Rich Moore | May 18, 1999 | 1ACV09 | S01E09 |
| 10 | 10 | "A Flight to Remember" | Eric Horsted | Peter Avanzino | September 26, 1999 | 1ACV10 | S02E01 |
| 11 | 11 | "Mars University" | J. Stewart Burns | Bret Haaland | October 3, 1999 | 1ACV11 | S02E02 |
| 12 | 12 | "When Aliens Attack" | Ken Keeler | Brian Sheesley | November 7, 1999 | 1ACV12 | S02E03 |
| 13 | 13 | "Fry and the Slurm Factory" | Lewis Morton | Ron Hughart | November 14, 1999 | 1ACV13 | S02E04 |
Season 2: 1999-2000
Further information: Futurama (season 2)
Season 3: 2001-2002
Further information: Futurama (season 3)
Season 4: 2002-2003
| # | Total | Title | Writer | Director | Original airdate | Prod code | TV order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 55 | "Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch" | Bill Odenkirk | Wes Archer | January 12, 2003 | 4ACV01 | S05E05 |
| Amy's relationship with Kif leads to pregnancy... Kif being the pregnant one. But Amy fears that she won't be able to handle the burdens of motherhood, much to Kif's dismay. | |||||||
| 2 | 56 | "Leela's Homeworld" | Kristin Gore | Mark Ervin | February 17, 2002 | 4ACV02 | S04E05 |
| When Bender disposes nuclear waste in the sewers, the angry mutants drag him, Fry, and Leela down to the depths to be mutated. As they attempt to escape, Leela makes an incredible discovery about her true heritage, finally meeting her parents for the first time. | |||||||
| 3 | 57 | "Love and Rocket" | Dan Vebber | Brian Sheesley | February 10, 2002 | 4ACV03 | S04E04 |
| Bender falls deeply in love with the Planet Express ship autopilot's female voice setting. Meanwhile, Fry searches for the perfect candy heart to properly convey his feelings for Leela. | |||||||
| 4 | 58 | "Less Than Hero" | Ron Weiner | Susie Dietter | March 2, 2003 | 4ACV04 | S05E06 |
| Dr. Zoidberg's mysterious miracle cream gives Fry and Leela superpowers. Teaming up with Bender, they form the New Justice Team, under the respective alter egos of Captain Yesterday, Clobberella, and Super King. But Leela's new duties as a superheroine put a strain on her relationship with her parents. | |||||||
| 5 | 59 | "A Taste of Freedom" | Eric Horsted | James Purdum | December 22, 2002 | 4ACV05 | S05E04 |
| When Zoidberg publicly devours an Earth flag, he is sentenced to death for his anarchic behavior. Before the sentence can be carried out, the Decapodians come to Zoidberg's aid by invading Earth, teaching the populace the true meaning of freedom. | |||||||
| 6 | 60 | "Bender Should Not Be Allowed on TV" | Lewis Morton | Ron Hughart | August 3, 2003 | 4ACV06 | S05E15 |
| "All My Circuits" holds an audition to replace the part of Calculon's son, and Bender lands the part. Soon, Bender's uninhibited behavior proves to be a bad influence on children, and an outraged Bender leads a protest group to get himself banned from the airwaves. | |||||||
| 7 | 61 | "Jurassic Bark" | Eric Kaplan | Swinton O. Scott III | November 17, 2002 | 4ACV07 | S05E02 |
| Fry discovers his dog Seymour is being exhibited in a museum as a fossil, and takes it to Professor Farnsworth's lab to be revived. However, Bender is displeased with the lack of attention he has been receiving and becomes increasingly jealous of Seymour's fossil. | |||||||
| 8 | 62 | "Crimes of the Hot" | Aaron Ehasz | Peter Avanzino | November 10, 2002 | 4ACV08 | S05E01 |
| The rapid increase in global warming is traced to a ventilation flaw that Professor Farnsworth failed to correct in his first robot prototype. As a result, all robots are ordered to be destroyed, but Bender refuses to go without a fight. | |||||||
| 9 | 63 | "Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles" | Jeff Westbrook | Bret Haaland | March 30, 2003 | 4ACV09 | S05E07 |
| The crew's attempts to de-age Professor Farnsworth result in everyone returning to their more youthful stages. While Farnsworth seeks out a way to re-age the crew, the newly-teenaged Leela takes the opportunity to experience the parental childhood she never had. | |||||||
| 10 | 64 | "The Why of Fry" | David X. Cohen | Wes Archer | April 6, 2003 | 4ACV10 | S05E08 |
| Still unable to impress Leela, Fry sadly suspects that he has no importance in life - until Nibbler takes him on a mission to prevent the brains from destroying the universe. In the process, Fry learns what really happened when he was cryogenically frozen on December 31, 1999. | |||||||
| 11 | 65 | "Where No Fan Has Gone Before" | David A. Goodman | Pat Shinagawa | April 21, 2002 | 4ACV11 | S04E12 |
| Fry leads the crew on a quest across the galaxy to regain the forbidden 79 episodes of "Star Trek: The Original Series", where they encounter the original cast of the show - as well as their captor, an obsessive energy being named Melllvar. | |||||||
| 12 | 66 | "The Sting" | Patric M. Verrone | Brian Sheesley | June 1, 2003 | 4ACV12 | S05E09 |
| A mission to collect honey from deadly space bees apparently leads to Fry's sting-induced death. Leela is wracked with remorse, until Fry visits her in her dreams. As Leela's hallucinations intensify, she begins to suspect that she might be going crazy. | |||||||
| 13 | 67 | "Bend Her" | Michael Rowe | James Purdum | July 20, 2003 | 4ACV13 | S05E13 |
| In order to compete in the Fembot's division of the 3004 Olympics, Bender is surgically rebuilt to become a woman. Her trashy behavior catches the eye of Calculon, with whom she develops a strong and confusing celebrity relationship. | |||||||
| 14 | 68 | "Obsoletely Fabulous" | Dan Vebber | Dwayne Carey-Hill | July 27, 2003 | 4ACV14 | S05E14 |
| Bender is incompatible with Professor Farnsworth's new Robot 1-X, but rather than get an upgrade, Bender escapes to a desert island to start his life anew. There, he meets several other outdated robots and receives a downgrade, then leads his new comrades in a rebellion against technology. | |||||||
| 15 | 69 | "The Farnsworth Parabox" | Bill Odenkirk | Ron Hughart | June 8, 2003 | 4ACV15 | S05E10 |
| Professor Farnsworth forbids the crew to look inside a mysterious box. Leela can't resist taking a peek, discovering the box to be a gateway to a parallel universe. | |||||||
| 16 | 70 | "Three Hundred Big Boys" | Eric Kaplan | Swinton O. Scott III | June 15, 2003 | 4ACV16 | S05E11 |
| A $300 refund for all taxpayers results in a series of interconnected stories, following the Planet Express crew's endeavors to spend their money. | |||||||
| 17 | 71 | "Spanish Fry" | Ron Weiner | Peter Avanzino | July 13, 2003 | 4ACV17 | S05E12 |
| Fry is abducted by aliens, who harvest his nose as an aphrodisiac. The crew traces Fry's missing nose to Lrrr, leader of the Omicronians, who decides that Fry's "lower horn" would be a much better aphrodisiac to jump start his stagnant marriage with Ndnd. | |||||||
| 18 | 72 | "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings" | Ken Keeler | Bret Haaland | August 10, 2003 | 4ACV18 | S05E16 |
| Desperate to learn how to play the holophonor in order to impress Leela, Fry swaps hands with the Robot Devil. He goes on to become a skilled holophonor player, winning Leela's heart and penning an opera about her life story, but the Robot Devil still has a trick or two up his sleeve. | |||||||
Season 5: 2008-2009
| # | Total | Title | Writer(s) | Director | Original airdate | Prod code | TV order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 73 | "Bender's Big Score Part 1" | K. Keeler, D.X. Cohen | D. Carey-Hill | March 23, 2008 | 5ACV01 | S06E01 |
| As Fry learns he has a tattoo of Bender on his buttocks that has universal consequences, nudist alien scammers take over Planet Express and brainwash Bender via a virus to do their bidding. Meanwhile, Leela meets the man of her dreams and Hermes (literally) loses his head during a game of limbo. | |||||||
| 2 | 74 | "Bender's Big Score Part 2" | K. Keeler, D.X. Cohen | D. Carey-Hill | March 23, 2008 | 5ACV02 | S06E02 |
| Using the power of time travel tattooed on Fry's buttocks, the scammers hatch a plan to steal history's most valuable riches. Fry escapes back to the 20th century while Bender is dispatched back in time to kill him. Meanwhile, Leela grows ever closer to her new boyfriend and Hermes gets a new body. | |||||||
| 3 | 75 | "Bender's Big Score Part 3" | K. Keeler, D.X. Cohen | D. Carey-Hill | March 23, 2008 | 5ACV03 | S06E03 |
| Though the scammers release Bender from their control and the tattoo on Fry's buttocks is destroyed, more and more people find themselves being scammed onto the streets. Meanwhile, Leela is getting married to her new boyfriend, and Fry discovers what his life could have been like in the 21st century. | |||||||
| 4 | 76 | "Bender's Big Score Part 4" | K. Keeler, D.X. Cohen | D. Carey-Hill | March 23, 2008 | 5ACV04 | S06E04 |
| After Leela's heart (and Hermes' body) are broken at her wedding, the scammers ultimately banish Earth's inhabitants to the corners of the solar system, leading to an intergalactic battle to reclaim Earth. And as the shocking truth of Leela's fiancé is revealed, Bender becomes an unlikely hero. | |||||||
| 5 | 77 | "The Beast with a Billion Backs Part 1" | E. Kaplan, D.X. Cohen | P. Avanzino | October 19, 2008 | 5ACV05 | S06E05 |
| When a mysterious tear appears in the universe, Professor Farnsworth mounts an expedition to explore whatever lies on the other side. Meanwhile, as Kif and Amy take their relationship to the next level, Fry discovers his new girlfriend may be spreading her love even further than he can handle. | |||||||
| 6 | 78 | "The Beast with a Billion Backs Part 2" | E. Kaplan, D.X. Cohen | P. Avanzino | October 19, 2008 | 5ACV06 | S06E06 |
| After the Professor's expedition ends with disaster, a military action is proposed, though it strikes a devastating blow that hits too close to Amy's heart when it costs Kif his life. Meanwhile, Fry decides to live in the universe on the other side of the tear as Bender joins the secret robot society of his dreams. | |||||||
| 7 | 79 | "The Beast with a Billion Backs Part 3" | E. Kaplan, D.X. Cohen | P. Avanzino | October 19, 2008 | 5ACV07 | S06E07 |
| Fry has fallen in love with a colossal tentacled monster from beyond the tear, which begins spreading its influence (and its tentacles) everywhere. Meanwhile, Amy deals with Kif's death, Bender builds his human-hating reputation in his new club, and Leela reveals a shocking truth about the monster. | |||||||
| 8 | 80 | "The Beast with a Billion Backs Part 4" | E. Kaplan, D.X. Cohen | P. Avanzino | October 19, 2008 | 5ACV08 | S06E08 |
| The tentacled monster asks everyone in the universe out on a date, eventually leading Earth's population to evacuate the planet so they can live on its body. Meanwhile, the monster brings Kif back to life, and Bender, left in charge of the abandoned robots on Earth, takes drastic measures to bring everyone back. | |||||||
| 9 | 81 | "Bender's Game Part 1" | E. Horsted, D.X. Cohen | D. Carey-Hill | April 26, 2009 | 5ACV09 | S06E09 |
| Leela's anger gets the better of her when she wastes precious gas and enters the Space Demolition Derby. In fact, it has gotten the better of her so many times that Farnsworth and Hermes decide to do something about it. Meanwhile, Bender becomes too obsessed with playing Dungeons and Dragons. | |||||||
| 10 | 82 | "Bender's Game Part 2" | E. Horsted, D.X. Cohen | D. Carey-Hill | April 26, 2009 | 5ACV10 | S06E10 |
| Farnsworth reveals why he's so angry about the dark matter shortage crisis. Bender is not progressing at the insane asylum. Fry, Leela, and Farnsworth infiltrate Mom's Alaskan headquarters. | |||||||
| 11 | 83 | "Bender's Game Part 3" | M. Rowe, E. Kaplan, E. Horsted, D.X. Cohen | D. Carey-Hill | April 26, 2009 | 5ACV11 | S06E11 |
| Fry, Leela and Farnsworth discover the shocking truth behind the dark matter shortage, and suddenly find themselves in the magical world of Cornwood where the knights strangely look like robots and the wizard's headquarters look strangely like outhouses. | |||||||
| 12 | 84 | "Bender's Game Part 4" | P. Verrone, E. Horsted, D.X. Cohen | D. Carey-Hill | April 26, 2009 | 5ACV12 | S06E12 |
| Frydo becomes obsessed with the Die of Power and flees the Fellowship. Leegola joins the centaurs and becomes a pacifist, and Gynecaladriel, Greyfarn, and Titanius are besieged at Wipe Castle. | |||||||
| 13 | 85 | "Into the Wild Green Yonder Part 1" | K. Keeler, D.X. Cohen | P. Avanzino | August 30, 2009 | 5ACV13 | S06E13 |
| The Planet Express crew visits Amy's parents, Leo and Inez, who are destroying the "old" Mars Vegas and constructing a more extravagant one. A group of eco-feminists, led by Frida Waterfall, protesting the destruction of the environment, leads to an accident wherein a piece of Frida's jewelry lodges inside Fry's brain granting him telepathy. The destruction upsets Leela, but Leo asserts that he has received environmental clearance — from a bribed Professor Farnsworth. Unconvinced, Leela saves a Martian muck leech, the last of its species, from the site. | |||||||
| 14 | 86 | "Into the Wild Green Yonder Part 2" | K. Keeler | P. Avanzino | August 30, 2009 | 5ACV14 | S06E14 |
| Hutch introduces Fry to the "Legion of Mad Fellows", a secret society of other tin foil hat wearing telepaths led by the No. 9 man. Fry learns that the violet dwarf is the only surviving egg of the Encyclopods, a now-extinct species which evolved to preserve the DNA of all endangered life forms and recreate extinct species. | |||||||
| 15 | 87 | "Into the Wild Green Yonder Part 3" | K. Keeler | P. Avanzino | August 30, 2009 | 5ACV15 | S06E15 |
| Leo enlists Zapp Brannigan and Kif Kroker to capture the eco-feminists and Fry infiltrates Leo's empire as a security guard. Fry later runs into Frida and has her take a discreet message of support to Leela, but an unseen Dark One later murders Frida. Farnsworth, Zoidberg and Hermes are captured by the eco-feminists (now joined by Amy, LaBarbara Conrad and others), who commandeer the Planet Express ship. Fry and Leela arrange a rendezvous which is ambushed by the eavesdropping Zapp in the Nimbus. The eco-feminists are captured and sent to prison. | |||||||
| 16 | 88 | "Into the Wild Green Yonder Part 4" | K. Keeler, D.X. Cohen | P. Avanzino | August 30, 2009 | 5ACV16 | S06E16 |
| The crew of the Planet Express ship and the Eco-feminists escape. Fry and Leela profess their love for each other as the Nimbus chases the Planet Express ship toward a wormhole which the Professor warns could take them trillions of light years away with no way of knowing if they could ever return. Everyone unanimously agrees to go for it. Fry and Leela kiss as the ship enters the wormhole in a flash of blue lights similar to the show's opening sequence. | |||||||
Season 6: 2010-2011
On June 9, 2009, Fox announced that up to 26 new episodes will be produced for Comedy Central. The first will be titled "Rebirth".[2]
Specials
The Futurama video game was released the same month as the airing of the 72nd episode in August 2003. It contains a half hour of cut scenes that were meant to serve as "the 73rd episode of the original series," according to David X. Cohen. The scenes tell of how the Planet Express crew prevent Mom from using Earth to take over the universe.[3] Renamed Futurama: The Lost Adventure, the episode appeared as a bonus on The Beast with a Billion Backs.
DVD movies
(also known as season 5 of the series)
| # | Title | Producers | Production codes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Bender's Big Score" | L. Supercinski, C. Katz | 5ACV01, 5ACV02, 5ACV03, 5ACV04 |
| Planet Express and Bender are taken over by devious nudist alien scammers, who discover the secret of time travel mysteriously tattooed on Fry's buttocks. They send Bender back in time to steal ancient riches which they use to buy Earth, leading into a space battle to reclaim ownership of Earth. | |||
| 2 | "The Beast with a Billion Backs" | L. Supercinski, C. Katz | 5ACV05, 5ACV06, 5ACV07, 5ACV08 |
| A horrific, planet-sized, tentacled alien from another universe comes through a rift in the universe and, with unusually romantic intentions, falls in love with everyone in the universe. During the relationship with the monster, Earth's population moves onto its body, leaving Earth to the robots. | |||
| 3 | "Bender's Game" | L. Supercinski, C. Katz | 5ACV09, 5ACV10, 5ACV11, 5ACV12 |
| Bender's imagination runs wild during a game of Dungeons & Dragons while the rest of the crew is out searching for answers about Mom's mysterious dark matter mine. Strange events follow, mysteriously sending them into a fantastical, non-futuristic land of dragons and sorcery created by Bender's imagination. | |||
| 4 | "Into the Wild Green Yonder" | L. Supercinski, C. Katz | 5ACV13, 5ACV14, 5ACV15, 5ACV16 |
| Ancient forces of darkness reveal themselves to wage an epic battle everywhere forever where everything (and much more) is at stake. With Bender and Leela battling love and law alike, the fate of the universe rests in Fry's hands, even though it could mark the end of Planet Express as they know it. | |||
References
- ^ Vo, Alex (July 30, 2007). Comic-Con Premieres New Futurama Footage; Plus, We Interview Futurama's Rich Moore. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved on August 1, 2007
- ^ "FUTURAMA" RETURNS TO PRODUCTION WITH AN INITIAL ORDER OF 26 NEW EPISODES TO PREMIERE MID 2010
- ^ Baker, Chris. "Videogames & Futurama, Part 4: The Lost Episode is on a PS2 Disc" 20 December 2007.
External links
- List of Futurama episodes by production order at The Infosphere.
- List of Futurama episodes by broadcast order at The Infosphere.
- List of Futurama episodes by broadcast order at the Internet Movie Database.
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