Tag: Kif
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Futurama Season 11 Smuggles Some Its Best Satire Yet Inside A Stilted Critique Of Cancel Culture
Of all the rude, crass, self-absorbed, ridiculous, inappropriate criminals on “Futurama” — that is to say, most of the characters on the show — none is more worthy of censure than Captain Zapp Brannigan (Billy West). Zapp works for Doop, an organization similar to the Federation from “Star Trek,” but far more trigger-happy and willing to…
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Futurama Season 11 Brings Back The Angry Dome, One Of The Show’s Best Random Gags
Episode 2 of “Futurama” season 11, “Children of a Lesser Bog,” was a sequel to an episode from back in season 5, “Kif Gets Knocked Up A Notch.” Amy Wong (Lauren Tom) and Kif Kroker (Maurice Lamarche) had children, but Kif’s species (the Amphibiosians) live as tadpoles in a swamp for 20 years before maturing.…
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Futurama Season 11 Offers A Rarity: A Hermes-Centric Episode
Although those early seasons of “Futurama” were probably its strongest overall, one of the show’s flaws was the way that minor characters didn’t receive enough focus. The first two seasons were very much the Fry, Bender, and Leela show; Professor Farnsworth got plenty of attention too, but the other members of the crew were frequently…
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Two Fan-Favorite Futurama Characters Came Close To Getting Their Own Spin-Off
“Futurama” is a show that has had several different lives throughout its existence, which now extends for close to 25 years. One thing the beloved animated series has never had though? A spin-off. But it wasn’t for a lack of discussing such a thing, and it turns out a spin-off series came close to happening…
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Bender Is Back in the Third Revival of ‘Futurama’ — Watch the Trailer
“Futurama” is coming back in the very near future.Season 11 of the beloved Emmy-winning adult animated series debuts on Hulu after 10 years off the air. “Futurama” premiered in 1999 and was later canceled in 2003. The show later returned in four TV movies from 2008 to 2009, which were split into episodes and count…