Futurama

:For the exhibit/ride, see Futurama (New York World's Fair).

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Futurama is an animated American cartoon series created by Matt Groening (creator of The Simpsons) and David X. Cohen (also a writer for The Simpsons). Set in "New New York City" in the year 3000, it was introduced on the Fox Network and received airplay between March 28, 1999 and August 10, 2003. Futurama now appears in syndication on the Cartoon Network and the TBS Superstation in the US, Sky One and Channel 4 in the United Kingdom, Teletoon/Télétoon in Canada, Fox 8 in Australia, C4 in New Zealand, Fox España in Spain, Pro7 in Germany, Italia 1 in Italy, Canal Fox in Latin America, One TV in the Middle East, TV400 in Sweden, SF2 in Switzerland and Azteca 7 in Mexico.

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The series begins with Philip J. Fry, a New York City slacker who is cryogenically frozen by accident on New Year's Eve, 1999. He is defrosted one thousand years later on December 31 2999 and finds himself in New New York City. Fry's attempt to escape from his now-mandatory job assignment as a delivery boy ends when he is hired on at Planet Express, a small intergalactic package delivery company run by his distantly descended nephew. The series covers the adventures of Fry and his colleagues as they travel around the universe making deliveries on behalf of Planet Express.

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Slacker - Cryogenically frozen - New Year's Eve - 1999 - December 31 - 2999 - Package delivery

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The futuristic time frame allowed the show's writers to be creative with their humour by introducing ideas and events from pulp science fiction of the mid 20th century into the series. As such, the show is as much a testament to the creativity of the writers as it is a story of Fry and his colleagues.

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