# I just watched the very last episode of Futurama **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 10, 2003, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-the-very-last-episode-of-futurama/194222 "2003-08-10T17:20:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-the-very-last-episode-of-futurama/194222/81 "2003-08-14T04:44:22Z")
The “Nibbler in the first episode” easter egg makes me wonder what other things are hidden in more recent episodes, never to be expanded on… Alas, alack, for Futurama. ---
**Author:** ![Dreaming\_of\_Maria\_Callas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f14d63/32.png) [@Dreaming\_of\_Maria\_Callas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dreaming_of_Maria_Callas)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-the-very-last-episode-of-futurama/194222/82 "2003-08-14T10:51:18Z")
Before the show premiered, I remember ads saying that a language and script were invented for the show, and dared people to decipher them. Was there any success in that? UnuMondo ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-the-very-last-episode-of-futurama/194222/83 "2003-08-14T10:56:34Z")
The issue I have, as well as several episodes contain an invented script of 26 characters, each standing in for one letter of the alphabet. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-the-very-last-episode-of-futurama/194222/84 "2003-08-14T11:15:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Marley23 \* > \*\*The name of the Opera House. Might be “Municipal House of Opera.” \*\* My guess: “Metropolitan House of Opera”–implying that in the future IHOP will buy the Met. Damn, that was a good show. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-the-very-last-episode-of-futurama/194222/85 "2003-08-14T11:25:14Z")
[Here ya go](http://people.cornell.edu/pages/bpr6/futurama-e002.html) ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-the-very-last-episode-of-futurama/194222/86 "2003-08-14T12:50:21Z")
IMO, the writers for _Futurama_ were writing for themselves and people like themselves–science fiction fans, computer and math geeks, and intelligent people who can grasp both text and subtext, a subset that obviously excludes Fox executives. Despite its being a “cartoon show on Fox,” the quality of writing on _Futurama_ was far more sophisticated and clever than the writing on _The Simpsons_, where the scripts contain broader, less esoteric jokes. Would **The Simpsons** show a movie theatre called the Aleph[sub]0[/sub] plex? And never has _The Simpsons_ reached me emotionally as _Futurama_ has in the episodes with the brother, the dog, and the holophoner. ---
**Author:** ![flyershistory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71e660/32.png) [@flyershistory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flyershistory)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-the-very-last-episode-of-futurama/194222/87 "2003-08-14T16:52:43Z")
I ran the Alien Language through a crpytogram utitilty … it came up with “BEGOT MAKES LANDING”. Since the show title is “The Series Has Landed” the last two words make sense … the first one is probably a proper name ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-the-very-last-episode-of-futurama/194222/88 "2003-08-14T19:56:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gobear \* > \*\*IMO, the writers for _Futurama_ were writing for themselves and people like themselves–science fiction fans, computer and math geeks, and intelligent people who can grasp both text and subtext, a subset that obviously excludes Fox executives. > \*\* Fer Example Morbo is a larger version of the evil aliens from Invasion Of The Saucer Men. When Leela takes Nibbler to the vet, mixed in among the menagerie is a Rust Monster. This creature is not only straight out of Dungeons&Dragons, it’s straight out of the classic 1980’s Monster Manual. Apparently the writers agree with me that the illustration in the Monstrous Manual is too insectoid. Dolemite! ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-the-very-last-episode-of-futurama/194222/89 "2003-08-14T20:08:47Z")
> [@](#): > > IMO, the writers for Futurama were writing for themselves and people like themselves–science fiction fans, computer and math geeks, and intelligent people who can grasp both text and subtext, a subset that obviously excludes Fox executives. And sometimes it excludes even its own fans. From [gotfuturama.com](http://www.gotfuturama.com/Multimedia/EpisodeSounds/3ACV18/) page for “Anthology of Interest 2”: (A great site BTW): Brain-guy: “All your base are belong to us!” Orange-guy: “?ereh dnoura stnap emos teg yug a nac erehW” Brain-guy? Orange-guy? OK, I can understand not recognizing the bad guy from “Beserk!” - but Robotron 2084? Q\*Bert!!! Talk about feeling old… ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-the-very-last-episode-of-futurama/194222/90 "2003-08-14T20:21:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dr. Rieux \* > \*\*My guess: > “Metropolitan House of Opera”–implying that in the future IHOP will buy the Met. \*\* Indeed it was. Those words appeared under it. I believe the alien writing in the link provided reads “Tasty human burgers.” Yum! ---
**Author:** ![MrSarcasticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@MrSarcasticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSarcasticus)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-the-very-last-episode-of-futurama/194222/91 "2003-08-14T22:51:18Z")
Is this the untimely end of HypnoToad? Strange that they’d release a FUTURAMA game on Xbox and Playstation 2 to pretty much coincide with the end of its run: [http://www.futuramathegame.co.uk/](http://www.futuramathegame.co.uk/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-the-very-last-episode-of-futurama/194222.md?page=4)