Fiction that involves a man traveling into the future frequently touches on the idea of accrued wealth. Futurama got around this by having its accidental time traveler be a world-class screwup. Fry did manage to fall into a fortune, but it's one the writers of the series seemed to forget.
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While creator Matt Groening is best known for another little animated series he started working on in the '80s, many fans would argue that Futurama is his true magnum opus. Here are some of the darkest Futurama fan theories that you'll never be able to unlearn.
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Family Guy is a show with unique characters and plenty of behind-the-scenes stories. So turn off Road House, postpone that fight with a giant chicken, and let's discover the untold truth of Family Guy.
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In the interest of exercising our inner Comic Book Guy, it's worth taking a look back at the series and examining some of the problematic moments that everyone — except the most nit-picky of Simpsons fans — were willing to overlook.
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The world of animations just wouldn’t be the same without Tom and Jerry. And today, we're taking a look at some little-known details about their long, wild history. From their award-winning achievements to their strange feature film, here's the untold truth of Tom and Jerry.
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Steven Universe features a whole host of characters with crazy superpowers, but who’s the strongest Gem of the bunch? From heroes with psychic abilities to villains with magic weapons, here are the most powerful Gems in Steven Universe.
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It turns out Rick Sanchez may actually be the smartest man in the universe. Rick's entire career as a scientist has been an ethically unbound journey to the planet amorality — so which of Rick's horrifying inventions, exactly, utilize actual science? The world must know.
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Steven Universe is a dizzying feat of storytelling. At once a coming-of-age tale, an intergalactic fantasy, a family drama, and a genuinely hilarious all-ages delight, it makes balancing all those plates look positively easy.
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For all that Steven Universe pleases fans young and old alike, there are more than a few scenes, references, and jokes buried within its pastel landscape, noticed solely by the adults in the audience. We're here to explore all those moments, from the deepest cuts to the geekiest jokes.
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Rick and Morty's Season 4 episode "Claw and Hoarder: Special Ricktim's Morty" features a talking cat who leads Jerry on a spring break adventure in south Florida. Viewers hoping for a pat explanation were left in the lurch after Rick's adamant denial of any involvement; was he telling the truth?
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After being canceled and brought back more than once, Futurama finally wrapped up for good in 2013. But the love for this show hasn't faded, and its influence can still be seen today. Here's how a cartoon that the creators had to fight just to keep on air actually ended up changing TV.
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We're not sure what was going on at Cartoon Network's Standards and Practices department, but either someone was incredibly permissive or incredibly gullible, because The Powerpuff Girls' writers managed to slip an unbelievable amount of stuff into the show that's highly inappropriate for children.
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There are few evil characters who delight in their villainy more than Charles Montgomery Burns. And today, we’re looking at the worst things that Mr. Burns has ever done in the history of The Simpsons.
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Bob's Burgers can be extremely subtle with its shout-outs and a little esoteric with regards to where it pays homage. Here are some times when Bob's Burgers buried allusions so deep that even the most sharp-eyed and culturally attuned viewer likely missed the references.
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For three seasons and counting on the Adult Swim animated series Rick and Morty, viewers have been treated to a seemingly endless parade of the most bizarre settings imaginable. We decided to try to answer the question: what's the single most disturbing dimension we've ever seen on Rick and Morty?
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After its run in the ‘90s, Beavis and Butt-Head returned in 2011, but the show was a pretty big failure. So what exactly happened? Well, today, we’re going to find out why the Beavis and Butt-Head revival series failed.
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Beavis and Butthead wasn't meant for kids and teens but they probably watched the show anyway, because it was hilarious. If yesterday's kids did watch, they should check out the series as adults today so they can catch all the things they missed the first time around.
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Much like The Simpsons, the general consensus is that the earlier seasons of Futurama are the strongest, but they weren't perfect. The writers and animators made plenty of mistakes over the years, from jarring continuity errors to blatant contradictions. Let's take a look.
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Here, now, presented in Hypno-Vision, is the Futurama timeline, served up in one easily digestible serving like so much nutritious Slurm. So hang on as we dive into a loopy story that plays with past, present, and future.
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It can't be easy being the smartest man in the universe. Just ask Rick Sanchez, the dimension-hopping mad scientist at the center of the hit Adult Swim animated series Rick and Morty. We decided to do a little digging to find out: what is the most useless thing Rick has ever created?
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We've cataloged all the visual gags, nods to previous continuity, pop culture references, and clues to ongoing mysteries that we could find in Steven Universe: The Movie, and we're here to run down each and every one for you.
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How did Disenchantment make its way to Netflix? How many Easter eggs are hidden throughout the show? And how did the cast wind up providing voices for these crazy character? Well, let's go back long ago and far away for this heroic journey into the untold truth of Disenchantment.
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Kyle, Stan, Cartman, and Kenny are always in the middle of whatever weirdness is going down in South Park. But repeatedly suffering gruesome deaths is still the trait most commonly associated with Kenny, a fact which got us thinking: what is the most tragic way Kenny has ever met his end?
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Here's a look at some beloved old cartoons that could really benefit from the reboot treatment.
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When you're the smartest man in the universe, creating a paradigm-shifting new technology takes about as much thought as brushing your teeth. We took a deep dive into Rick and Morty history to attempt to answer the burning question: what's the most awesome thing that Rick has ever invented?
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Futurama may have sprang from the mind of Simpsons creator Matt Groening, but when it debuted in 1999, it developed an identity far removed from its famous sibling. Throughout its run, Futurama brought the waterworks early and often — but what is the most heart-breaking moment in its history?
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If creator Matt Groening had gotten his way, The Simpsons would have received a proper spin-off or two. The Simpsons offshoot that came the closest to fruition: a live-action — that's right, live-action — series centered on Herschel Krustofsky, AKA Krusty the Clown.
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