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Futurama is a highly acclaimed television series created Matt Groening and David Cohen and launched in 1999. It features robots, so is often referenced in some way in Transformers fiction.
Easter egg moments
Universe
- One of the robots at Spaceport CSSB-16 in "The Wreckers: Finale Part 1" is modeled after Bender.
TransTech
- In "Bee in the City", Bumblebee utters the line "My manwich!", a reference to his voice actor's Futurama character Dwight Conrad.
- Among the substances Stungun accuses Jackpot of being hooked on in "Gone Too Far" was Old Fortran, an alcoholic beverage made for robots.
Transformers Animated
- Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac has several references to Futurama. Clone number 3370318 and Clone number 2716057 are named after the serial numbers of the robots Bender and Flexo. Also in the book is Bikini Party Summer, a fictional movie from the episode "That's Lobstertainment!".
- In Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II, the planet Nintenduu LXIV is named after the planet Nintendu 64 in Fry's segment of the episode "Anthology of Interest II".
Wings of Honor
- Abacus was designed with the Preacher-Bot in mind.
- Kup mentions the "dreaded Omacronians of Persei Eight" in reference to the planet Omicron Persei 8.
Transformers referenced in Futurama
- In the episode "[[Wikipedia:Proposition Infinity|Proposition Infinity]", a robot at a pride parade mentions that he is a 'pre-op transformer', a likely lampooning of transgender people in real life.
