Honorable mention al Gore's daughter writes for the show
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Fry's jacket was modeled after the likeness of Jim Stark
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Billy West(who does the voice for Fry) is also the voice actor of several other animated characters such as the Honey Cheerios Bee and Nickelodeon's Doug
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The title Futurama comes from a 1939 General Motors World's Fair exhibt about “the world of tomorrow.”
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The Ship is supposed to be modeled after Leela
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Zapp Brannigan was originally supposed to be voiced by Troy McClure/ Lionel Hutz voice actor Phil Hartman but had to be recasted due to his death
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In light of Hartman's death, Groening named him Phillip Fry as a tribut to the deceased actor
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Bender was named after Judd Nelson's character from the Breakfast Club
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Professor Farnsworth is named for Philo Farnsworth, inventor of the television.