Current Events > So if the simpsons takes place in the same universe as Futurama, how come we

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Never see Kang and Kodos alien species at Futuramas Doop Headquarters?

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Weren't they in the background of one episode somewhere?

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How does humanity go from being yellow-skinned to pink-skinned, even in the past?

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But, are they in the same universe as Life in Hell?

Solar_Crimson posted...

How does humanity go from being yellow-skinned to pink-skinned, even in the past?

Everyone got cured of their jaundice in the future

They were inspired by Moe to develop board-with-a-nail-in-it technology, and wiped themselves out.

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Bender's also been in the Simpsons basement since season 26

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The professor explains that the last time aliens came, they forced the smartest humans to mate continuously, so that could have caused the skin change
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Financial panther

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saspa posted...

The professor explains that the last time aliens came, they forced the smartest humans to mate continuously, so that could have caused the skin change

Except the first episode (and a few episodes here and there throughout the series) takes place in 1999, and nobody is yellow in those episodes.

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buddhamonster posted...

Except the first episode (and a few episodes here and there throughout the series) takes place in 1999, and nobody is yellow in those episodes.

Duff poisoning is largely localized to Springfield and other Springfields.

The correct answer, of course, is "the writers didn't care enough to think about it."

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What if that one lobster that homer kept as a pet was actually zoidberg's ancestor?
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Machete posted...

What if that one lobster that homer kept as a pet was actually zoidberg's ancestor?

It was. I can confirm.

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Why is "the simpsons takes place in the same universe as Futurama" just taken at face value here?

Since when has this been a thing?

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ROBANN_88 posted...

Why is "the simpsons takes place in the same universe as Futurama" just taken at face value here?

Since when has this been a thing?

Since bender started hanging out in their basement

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ROBANN_88 posted...

Why is "the simpsons takes place in the same universe as Futurama" just taken at face value here?

Since when has this been a thing?

probably since the crossover episode

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Medussa posted...

probably since the crossover episode

There was a crossover episode?

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ROBANN_88 posted...

There was a crossover episode?

26x06 -- Simpsorama

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ROBANN_88 posted...

There was a crossover episode?

Yes

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But in the Futurama episode about the giant ball of trash, didn't Bender find a Bart Simpson doll? How did child Bart Simpson get famous enough to have a doll of him in the future?

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They also did two comic crossovers.
But the big question you are all avoiding is...



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He got famous from



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jumi posted...

But in the Futurama episode about the giant ball of trash, didn't Bender find a Bart Simpson doll? How did child Bart Simpson get famous enough to have a doll of him in the future?

he was the "i didn't do it" boy. that had to be worth at least a little bit of merchandising. could also just be the medical mystery of him being 10 years old for 40 years turning him into a bit of a legend sometime over the 1000 years in between.

wow... how did i get 'nath'd on that reference? well done, friend.

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Medussa posted...

he was the "i didn't do it" boy. that had to be worth at least a little bit of merchandising. could also just be the medical mystery of him being 10 years old for 40 years turning him into a bit of a legend sometime over the 1000 years in between.

wow... how did i get 'nath'd on that reference?

Floating timeline.
Homer and Marge are now born after when Bart was born in the first season.

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YugiNoob posted...

He got famous from

This. In fact at the end of the ep you can see Marge putting a doll and other merchandise in a keepsake box to remind her of when he was the whole worlds special little guy

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The only thing about the doll in futurama is that it says eat my shorts not I didnt do it. Maybe Bart recorded an extra catch phrase for Krusty. Lol

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I don't think the characters in the Simpsons are actually yellow, that's just our perspective.

It's like in anime when a character yells at someone their head grows massive to emphasize their anger. It doesn't mean literally their heads grew 25 feet tall for 14 seconds. It's representative.

They're openly refered too as being white and black characters look black.

Don't forget, the Critic shares a universe with The Simpsons and Jay Sherman turned yellow when he appeared in it but isn't in The Critic.

Tons of real life figures like George Bush Sr and R.E.M turn up as yellow-

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UnfairRepresent posted...

I don't think the characters in the Simpsons are actually yellow, that's just our perspective.

It's like in anime when a character yells at someone their head grows massive to emphasize their anger. It doesn't mean literally their heads grew 25 feet tall for 14 seconds. It's representative.

They're openly refered too as being white and black characters look black.

Don't forget, the Critic shares a universe with The Simpsons and Jay Sherman turned yellow when he appeared in it but isn't in The Critic.

Tons of real life figures like George Bush Sr and R.E.M turn up as yellow-

This means The Simpsons, Futurama, The Critic, Family Guy, American Dad, and The Cleveland Show all exist in the same universe.

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Although oddly enough the Griffins weren't yellow when they visited Springfield, and I think Peter mentioned that everyone looked like they had jaundice, so they were yellow in his eyes. But technically that crossover was a Family Guy episode...

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jumi posted...

This means The Simpsons, Futurama, The Critic, Family Guy, American Dad, and The Cleveland Show all exist in the same universe.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Westphall#Tommy_Westphall_Universe_Hypothesis

Most of TV is all the imagination of a mentally ill boy looking in a snowglobe.

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UnfairRepresent posted...

I don't think the characters in the Simpsons are actually yellow, that's just our perspective.

i mean if you wanna do this dumb shit, there are several episodes where they straight-up refer to themselves as yellow, commenting on how weird they'd look to not have overbites, yellow skin, and four-fingered hands

jumi posted...

This means The Simpsons, Futurama, The Critic, Family Guy, American Dad, and The Cleveland Show all exist in the same universe.

Every FOX animated show is in the same universe--they've had several crossovers showing this, even KOH and Bob's are all in it.

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UnfairRepresent posted...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Westphall#Tommy_Westphall_Universe_Hypothesis

Most of TV is all the imagination of a mentally ill boy looking in a snowglobe.

I wasn't alive to watch the show at the time but that would've really pissed me off...like "it was all a dream" pissed me off at the end of Super Mario Bros 3 (or was it 2?)

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indica posted...

I wasn't alive to watch the show at the time but that would've really pissed me off...like "it was all a dream" pissed me off at the end of Super Mario Bros 3 (or was it 2?)

2.
Both the manual and the intro says that it is one.

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DJquackquack posted...

The only thing about the doll in futurama is that it says eat my shorts not I didnt do it. Maybe Bart recorded an extra catch phrase for Krusty. Lol

a wizard did it

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Now this is the hard hitting discussion I visit ce for. Seriously I enjoyed this deep dive into Simpsons lore.

Foppe posted...

2.
Both the manual and the intro says that it is one.

Ah, then I can't blame it. I don't read manuals and I guess I missed the beginning...

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Remember that episode when Bart writes his name in wet cement, and his imagination tells him that people from the future will be so amazed by him, and not his sister Lisa that they know nothing about, so they will use their technology to make him appear there so they can make him a king?
That future world had Futurama vibes.

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indica posted...

I wasn't alive to watch the show at the time but that would've really pissed me off...like "it was all a dream" pissed me off at the end of Super Mario Bros 3 (or was it 2?)

If it helps, fans of the show like to cope by pretending the "Actually it was a dream, this is the real world." part was the dream.

For some reason... The guy dreamed about having mental difficulties and blue collar parents.

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Foppe posted...

2.
Both the manual and the intro says that it is one.

I feel like it's different here because it's more like it's an alternate dimension.

Foppe posted...

Remember that episode when Bart writes his name in wet cement, and his imagination tells him that people from the future will be so amazed by him, and not his sister Lisa that they know nothing about, so they will use their technology to make him appear there so they can make him a king?
That future world had Futurama vibes.

Theres a bunch of futurama style stuff in old simpsons. In the Bart gets famous episode, we see the head of Kitty Carlisle which is the first ever head in a jar gag.



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_Stuff_ posted...

I feel like it's different here because it's more like it's an alternate dimension.

I think that every season of Simpsons takes place in different dimensions.
And the Halloween episodes shows us how unlucky some of these dimensions are.

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Foppe posted...

I think that every season of Simpsons takes place in different dimensions.
And the Halloween episodes shows us how unlucky some of these dimensions are.

That makes sense because a lot of episodes contradict each other. Like Bart passes 4th grade with Ms. Krabappel as his teacher, yet is still in 4th grade after she dies.

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