Follows
"Futurama" (1999)
Followed by
Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs (2008) (V)
Futurama: Bender's Game (2008) (V)
Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder (2009) (V)
References
Citizen Kane (1941)
- the famous Rosebud sled appears among the valuable objects.
The Wolf Man (1941)
- "Wolf Man's torso"
"The Jetsons" (1962)
- At several points, the spaceships use the audio from the Jetsons' flying cars.
Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966)
- Torgo
"Sabrina and the Groovie Goolies" (1970)
- Hermes wishes he had a body like any of the Groovie Goolies.
The Godfather (1972)
- Poster saying: "A life in film: That horse's head from The Godfather"
Shaft's Big Score! (1972)
- Title reference
Star Wars (1977)
- Solid gold Death Stars, jewish Tie Fighter (piloted by the Chanukah Zombie who was voiced by Star Wars leading man Mark Hamill) ; R2-D2 appears among the pile of valuable objects.
"Battlestar Galactica" (1978)
- "Cylon war memorial / makeout point" during Leela and Lars' love scene
Solitaire (1981) (VG)
- mentioned in dialogue
The Terminator (1984)
- Bender looks up all Fry J. Philip's in the phonebook, just like the terminator did with Sarah Conner's name.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
- Bender is seen wearing sunglasses and says "Hasta la vista, meatbag" before firing a gun, in reference to the catchphrase for this film.
Cool Runnings (1993)
- Barbados Slim says 'cruel runnings' to Hermes, a play on the title.
"Emeril Live" (1997)
- Elzar the cook says "Bam" as he makes food
The Fifth Element (1997)
- The narwhal whale is named 'Leeloo'.
"South Park" (1997)
- Cartman's head in a jar in the head museum
"Family Guy" (1999)
- When Fry moves into the apartment in Pannuci's, there is a New Year's calendar featuring Peter and Stewie.
"Futurama: Space Pilot 3000 (#1.1)" (1999)
- The events of this episode are seen from another point of view.
"Futurama: Hell Is Other Robots (#1.9)" (1999)
- The Robot Devil's band from this episode play at Leela and Lar's wedding.
"Futurama: Fry and the Slurm Factory (#2.4)" (1999)
- Fry's exclamation "Whippee wham wham wuzzle!" is Slurm Makenzie's from this episode.
"Futurama: A Bicyclops Built for Two (#2.13)" (2000)
- Characters from this episode can be seen at the wedding.
"Futurama: The Luck of the Fryrish (#3.10)" (2001)
- A scene shows Fry playing basketball with his brother with his 7 leaf clover once he goes back to the present, which is a reference to the events of this episode.
"Futurama: Time Keeps on Slipping (#3.14)" (2001)
- The Harlem Globetrotter aliens from this episode make an appearance.
Atanarjuat (2001)
- The name of one of the inuit crew on Fry's Arctic expedition
"Futurama: Roswell That Ends Well (#4.1)" (2001)
- The professor is reminded of the time he went back in time to Roswell after he claims time travel is impossible.
"Futurama: A Tale of Two Santas (#4.2)" (2001)
- We return to Robot Santa's base on Neptune and the elves sing another song. Ontop of that Kwanza Bot and Chanuka Zombie make appearances.
"Futurama: Godfellas (#4.8)" (2002)
- The God space entity makes a cameo.
"Futurama: A Leela of Her Own (#4.10)" (2002)
- Jackie Anderson can be seen in the background in one scene.
"Futurama: Jurassic Bark (#5.2)" (2002)
- We see Seymore being preserved in dolomite.
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
- LeBarbara calls Hermes her little "Love pirate of the carribean"
"Futurama: Bend Her (#5.13)" (2003)
- Barbados Slim returns.
"Pimp My Ride" (2004)
- The rapping robot in Santa's workshops raps for someone to 'pimp my sled', a reference to the Mtv show.
An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
- Al Gore's head's line: "Finally, I get to save the world with deadly lasers instead of deadly slide shows."
Referenced in
Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs (2008) (V)
- The Nude Beach Planet is revisited and Dr. Cahill is briefly seen going to heaven.
Futurama: Bender's Game (2008) (V)
- Fry mentions Nibbler forgetting to blank everyone's memory after he revealed he could talk in this film. Additionally, a bottle of Torgo's Executive Powder can be seen in Fry and Bender's kitchen.
Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder (2009) (V)
- A naked alien, Kwanza-bot and the Hannuka Zombie appear in the crowd at the end.
Features
"Futurama: Space Pilot 3000 (#1.1)" (1999)
- Footage used in the opening sequence and used when Fry goes back in time to the events of this episode
Spoofs
Metropolis (1927)
- The city's "travel tubes" are seen in the opening credits transporting several main characters.
"The Road Runner Show" (1966)
- Leela and Lars falling off the cliff spoofs Wile E. Coyote falling off cliffs in the show.
The Terminator (1984)
- Bender is dispatched to the past to "terminate" Fry and goes so far as to wear sunglasses.
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