25 facts about Futurama (9 photos)

Out of the 7th season of the famous cartoon series all Futurama.
We invite you to read the little-known facts about a very famous cartoon.

1. The original voice of Fry - voice actor Billy West, who voiced more than half of the famous cartoon characters in the past 20 years.



2. Matt Groening claims that Futurama idea came to him while listening to the song «Robot Blues» by The Incredible String Band.



3. The word "Futurama" comes from the name of the exhibition in 1939, which will suit the company General Motors.

4. The alien language was changed twice during the show of the series, as Fans deciphered code



5. In one episode, the formula shows, a decision which allows the heroes to return to the body. Interestingly, this formula is real, but is still a mystery.

6. Prototype Fry - James Dean in the movie "Rebel Without a Cause»



7. Planet Express ship is modeled to resemble the profile of Lila looks



8. Fry is named in honor of Philip Phil Hartman, who unfortunately died before the show.

9. Bender is named in honor of John Bender in The Breakfast Club

10. Professor Farnsworth is named after Philo Farnsworth - the inventor of television.



11. Full name Lila - Turanga Leela, and named it in honor of the symphony in 1948 Olivier Messiaen's "Symphony Turangalîla."

12. Bender's first words after he was produced at the plant were "Bite my shiny metal ass & quot ;.



13. Voice Zapp Brannigan borrowed from Phil Hartman from The Simpsons.

14. Popular in the US network, the phrase "Why not Zoidberg" never say the show.

15. Frank Welker, the actor who voiced Critters (Nibbler), it sounded the same tone as the Megatron of m / f «Transformers»



16. The device on his arm Lila called «Wristlojackimator».

17. Fry Dog - Seymour none other than Hachiko, who waited for his master for 10 years.



18. It was filmed episode, which is composed entirely of hypnosis by gipnozhaby. All 22 minutes you watch gipnozhabu and the voiceover says, "You go to sleep and wake up not remembering anything and feel relaxed and refreshed."

19. The robot cop who says «aww yeah» called «officer URL».

20. According to the creators of Futurama in the future parasites, similar to modern rats are owls.

21. Stephen Hawking voiced himself in The Simpsons and Futurama, but not the voice itself in Giffin.

22. Kirsten Gore, daughter of Al Gore, wrote scripts for several series Futurama

23. Al Gore is a big fan of Futurama, and appears several times in the movie.

24. In order to show the logo "30 Century FOX» Matt Groening had to buy a license for it, but the broadcaster FOX expressed great protest, but could not help it.

25. And finally, here's a favorite song Fry «Walking On Sunshine»