Futurama

Futurama is an American animated television series created by Matt Groening (creator of The Simpsons) and David X. Cohen (also a writer for The Simpsons). The series is set in New New York City in the 31st century. more...

It was produced by The Curiosity Company for the Fox Network, on which it aired from March 28, 1999 to August 10, 2003.

The series begins with Philip J. Fry, a New York City slacker and pizza delivery guy, who is cryogenically frozen on New Year's Eve, 1999. He is defrosted one thousand years later on New Year's Eve, 2999, and finds himself in New New York City. Fry thinks he has a chance at a new life, only to get himself permanently assigned a career as a delivery boy. Fry's attempt to escape from his now-mandatory job assignment results in him ending up at Planet Express, a small intergalactic package delivery company run by his distantly descended nephew, Professor Hubert Farnsworth, where he is hired on, interestingly enough, as a delivery boy. The series covers the adventures of Fry and his colleagues as they travel around the universe making deliveries on behalf of Planet Express.

The futuristic time frame allowed the show's writers to be creative with their humor by introducing ideas and events from pulp science fiction of the mid 20th century into the series.

Characters and plot

Futurama centers around seven main characters who work for Planet Express, as well as several secondary characters.

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