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==Into the Wild Green Yonder description==
i finally finished it! ] 19:45, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
Plot still says "N/A". Although the film has not been aired as separate episodes, we know the plot and where it will be split (i.e. every 22 minutes or thereabouts - the 'cliffhangers' should be obvious). Anybody want to fill in the plot?
: Hehe, good job, it's looking great! :-) Maybe there should be some mention about how the episodes relate to the TV airings. I prefer the actual production order, but it could maybe be useful to cross-reference things for some. -- ] 10:42, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
:: We need to update the Episode pages a bit. Mainly the Season 1 episodes have the same Writer and Director for each episode. Please, if you have the time and know the person that wrote or directed the episode, update the page accordingly. -]


== Episode Infobox == == Season 8 episode redirects ==


; Part 1
I created a ] for the infoboxes on the episode pages. I used it for the ] page. The "Opening Subtitle" and "Opening Cartoon" parts of the infobox don't show on the infobox on the Space Pilot page. Could somebody try to work out the kinks in it and respond here? Also, on the subject of infoboxes, I also made a ] infobox, like the ones seen with The Simpsons. I'll make the Season 2, 3, and 4 versions of that infobox later. -]
# {{-r|The Impossible Stream}}
:I just fixed it up a bit to now show the "opening" parts, and also to attach the season box properly. -- ] 11:00, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
# {{-r|Children of a Lesser Bog}}
# {{-r|How the West Was 1010001}}
# {{-r|Parasites Regained}}
# {{-r|Related to Items You've Viewed}}
# {{-r|I Know What You Did Next Xmas}}
# {{-r|Rage Against the Vaccine}}
# {{-r|Zapp Gets Cancelled}}
# {{-r|The Prince and the Product}}
# {{-r|All the Way Down (Futurama)}}
; Part 2
# {{-r|The One Amigo}}
# {{-r|Quids Game}}
# {{-r|The Temp (Futurama)}}
# {{-r|Beauty and the Bug}}
# {{-r|One Is Silicon And The Other Gold}}
# {{-r|Attack of the Clothes}}
# {{-r|Planet Espresso}}
# {{-r|Cuteness Overlord}}
# {{-r|The Futurama Mystery Liberry}}
# {{-r|Otherwise (Futurama)}}
-- ]<sub>&nbsp;]</sub> 02:42, 20 April 2023 (UTC)


:@], why aren’t Part 2 episodes’ names on the article? ] (]) 19:21, 4 August 2023 (UTC)
== Series versus Season ==
::@] They are at ]. -- ]<sub>&nbsp;]</sub> 20:27, 4 August 2023 (UTC)

Should we use "Series" or "Season", as in "Series 3" or "Season 3"? Personally, I say we should use Season as it is an American show. Also, we say "Season" on this page. -]

:Yeah season is to be used as this is an american show series is used for english shows as those are the appropiate regional terms. ] 14:13, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

== Depth of Details and order ==
Just read ] comment. I'd not say that more depth is necessary. For a quick overview this list is just perfect. If you want more information, I would suggest putting a link to ] or the other seasons respectively.
Also, concerning the seperation, I would suggest to arrange it according to the real air dates. IMHO, the production codes are not the measure. Wouldn't the air dates determine the order on the DVDs as well? Just some thoughts.--] 00:13, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

:The DVDs are by production code, which is the reason there are 4 volumes to the DVD releases (corresponding to the 4 production seasons) and not 5 (corresponding to the airdate seasons). In addition Fox aired an episode with Cubert in it ''before'' the episode in which Cubert is introduced, so viewers would have no idea why a new character just shows up for no reason if they watched the series in air date order. ] 00:21, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

== Episode List Out Of Order ==

Could Anyone Resort All Of The Futurama Episodes by date beacause it is out of order. --] 16:51, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
:The episodes in the list are sorted by production order, not date. This paragraph from the article explains more: "''This list is in production order, primarily because this is the order used on the DVDs and it avoids a plot inconsistency of the broadcast order in which Cubert appears before he has been released from his cloning tank.''" --] 04:26, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
:This only aims to confuse people, why even have the season episode #'s "as seen on (FOX) TV". FOX diced up the show, and I don't see where their numbering system would be beneficial in an encyclopedic manner. Especially if the archive (DVD) numbers them as the creators intended. I think the original order Futurama was aired is historically irrellevent, would anyone object to removing that column?
:Thinking on it some more, if it's become a means to reference the episodes theres good reason to keep it. It adds a sufficient amount of confusion though and should be changed to be more clear. Maybe put it in parenthesis underneath the production #? ] 21:47, 8 April 2007 (UTC)Mr. K

== Episode "The Deep South" linked incorrectly. ==

When you click on the link to the Deep South it links to a different article about the "South" as opposed to the actual episode synopsis. I tried to change it but alas i do not know how.

: Just noting that someone else did fix this at some point. ] 03:16, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
::Sorry, yeah, I fixed it. I pretty much hardwired everything that linked to ] to point to the episode instead. I probably could have just changed the redirect but I wasn't sure that was appropriate. If anyone wants to link to that episode in the future they'll need to do the same. ] 03:39, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

== Screenshots as fair use ==

In order to resolve the long standing debate over fair use of screenshots on ], I am now trying to resolve the issue under the belief that the issue is an opinionated matter and not a matter of policy. ]. I ask that people share their comments, but please try to keep the conversation in this section focused.

One thing that works against us is that the conversation tries to defend too many points at once. Try not to respond to comments about other aspects of the debate, and just take this one step at a time. Basically, respond if you think this is an opinionated matter regarding policy point 8 of ] or not.

I believe if we can break through on the issue of point 8, the rest will fall into place. -- ] 08:16, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

== season 5 ==

Blank Season 5 looks stupid...

:*I agree, anyone one else think the grid should be deleted until we at least have some more info? (such as titles and expected airdates) -- ] 16:12, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

:*Yes, it should be removed. It's a tease!!!--] 19:36, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

:*They have been aired now. http://www.gotfuturama.com/Information/EpisodeGuide/Season5/ --] 11:47, 5 November 2006 (UTC) /martbhell
:*That seems to be a list made of season 3+4, I'd say delete season 5 part. --] 21:30, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

== Season 3 DVD set ==

Has anyone translated the message written in Alien Language that appears just after the copyright warnings?--] 23:58, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
: from Futurama. +] <sup>(])</sup> 04:53, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

== Order ==

I seriously think these should be ordered by the broadcasting order, that is the order in which it was aired in, and that's the order most familiar to fans. The production order is more of the behind-the-scenes type thing, and they list the episodes by original air-date in many other lists-of-eps, like the ]. +] <sup>(])</sup> 09:43, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

:: Good point, but the production codes for The Simpsons episodes do not necessarily indicate the air-date order (they only indicate when the episode was produced, within its season). The production codes for Futurama episodes signify the original intended broadcast order (which is the order they should be viewed in, otherwise plot holes can open). - ] 21:21, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

:::Yeah, leaving it as-is is probably wisest. +] <sup>(])</sup> 04:53, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

:::Leave it in production order!!! The air dates mean absolutely nothing now since they will never again be aired in the exact sequence they originally were. The ordering now conforms to the DVDs which makes it easy to reference. ] 01:19, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

== Wikiquote box ==

If you are going to add a wikiquote box to an episode page, please place it under the episode infobox. If you don't, there is a big empty space on the page. Thanks!--] 21:47, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

== TOC ==

Why is there no TOC on the article page? Wouldn't it make navigating the page easier? Just wondering. ] 10:44, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

== S02E18 is Mother's day or The Problem with Popplers? ==

In wikipedia it is Mother's day but try "S02E18 futurama" in google and all results are Popplers : <small>—The preceding ] comment was added by ] (]) 11:07, 28 January 2007 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->

== Season five episodes from Bender's Big Score? ==

I noticed the table claims the first four episoes of the new season will be atken from the upcoming movie however I recently heard on ] that the movies ''would not'' be sliced and diced into episodes. The article linked in the edit summary does not seem to indicate one way or another about the movies being used as episodes (perhaps I missed something) so I am wondering where this info came from. It would be really great to add a ] for that. Thanks for any info. ] 15:20, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

new link

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/news/comments/?entryid=397361

]


Matt Groening:
"I was frustrated when it got cancelled, but Fox, 20th Television is the one who came back and said, 'Would you like to do a DVD movie?'" Groening recalled. We said, 'Let's do two' and they said, 'Well, why not three?' and we said, 'Well, why not four?' and they said, 'Okay, four' and then that's it."

After this, Comedy Central won a bid to air the films as new "Futurama" episodes. "We're writing them as movies and then we're going to chop them up, reconfigure them, write new material and try to make them work as separate episodes. Chopped up is an indelicate way of putting it but we are doing them as movies and then we are reconfiguring them and writing new material and narration and this that and the other so that they'll stand on their own as episodes."
] 18:03, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
:Thanks, that link makes it much clearer. ] 18:13, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

== Mislabeled ==

There are technically 5 seasons out. They are spread on only 4 DVD sets. These episodes from the 5th season are mislabeled in wikipedia as part of the fourth season. These have been divided by where they are by DVD rather than season. ] 03:51, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

:maybe you dont see the big note at the top of the page....

::"This list is in production order, primarily because this is the order used on the DVDs and it helps avoid plot inconsistencies.

::Futurama was originally created as four seasons however it was broadcast as five seasons in the original airing.

::The production code is the code used by FOX to indicate the production order of the episodes, and is in the format #ACV##. The first number represents the production season. ACV is FOX's series code for Futurama. The second number is the episode's number.

::The TV broadcast code indicates the broadcast order. It is in the format S0#E##, where S0# indicates the broadcasting season of which there were 5, and E## indicates the episode's number."

:yeah.... ]

== THIS IS ALL WRONG!!! ==

THERE ARE FIVE SEASONS!!!!!!!!! NOT FOUR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
im telling you that there are five seasons, if you look at the time when they are aired, the dates are out of chronological order!!!!! I looove futurama, but this is all mess-ed up!!!!! sum1 correct it!!!!!! <small>—The preceding ] comment was added by ] (]) 04:33, 4 March 2007 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->

== Movie "production codes" ==

I see no reason to list the movies with the production codes of "XACV01" and "XACV02." Even though that would make them consistent with the list of episodes, there is no official production code for them... is there? --] 09:56, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

== ] ==

Because there has been, and continues to be, a fair amount of confusion over the ordering of the episodes, I have created ]. The new list is '''not''' meant to supersede this list, but to supplement it. It gives the full perspective on the differences between the intended order the producers wished, and the mangled order FOX bestowed us. And it answers why the current list is out of chronological order, displaying that mis-order that, for better or worse, is what most folks are familiar with. --] - '']'' - ] 08:01, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

== Watch out for the redirecting machine ==

You might want to look into a discussion at ]. ] is going to be redirecting all of the episode pages to the episode list. If you don't want your hard work ELIMINATED, be sure to leave your comments there. —] <sup>]</sup> 22:08, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
:I rather dislike being lumped into that discussion and if those pages are redirected here I'd say there would be a good number of people reverting those edits. The articles for ''Futurama'' are not abandoned as he seems to be claiming the other articles are and WikiProject Futurama is making a conscious effort to improve them, however the sorry state of many of the other Futurama related articles leaves us with quite a bit of work on our hands. If his argument is that no one is trying to get them to GA status he is quite incorrect as I, at least, am trying to figure out what we need to do to meet those standards. I'm not going to get wrapped up in the Village Pump discussion, looks like too much of a mess for me, but I appreciate you going into battle on our behalf. Best of luck and thanks for the heads up. ] 00:39, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

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Q: Original run: Four seasons or five seasons?

Futurama was produced as and originally intended to be broadcast as four seasons. Due to erratic scheduling, the Fox Broadcasting Company held several episodes back and ultimately broadcast the series as five seasons. Four Futurama box sets, one for each season, were released with all episodes in production order. There are several reasons why Misplaced Pages has chosen to use the original four-season production ordering for Misplaced Pages's Futurama articles:
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Into the Wild Green Yonder description

Plot still says "N/A". Although the film has not been aired as separate episodes, we know the plot and where it will be split (i.e. every 22 minutes or thereabouts - the 'cliffhangers' should be obvious). Anybody want to fill in the plot?

Season 8 episode redirects

Part 1
  1. The Impossible Stream
  2. Children of a Lesser Bog
  3. How the West Was 1010001
  4. Parasites Regained
  5. Related to Items You've Viewed
  6. I Know What You Did Next Xmas
  7. Rage Against the Vaccine
  8. Zapp Gets Cancelled
  9. The Prince and the Product
  10. All the Way Down (Futurama)
Part 2
  1. The One Amigo
  2. Quids Game
  3. The Temp (Futurama)
  4. Beauty and the Bug
  5. One Is Silicon And The Other Gold
  6. Attack of the Clothes
  7. Planet Espresso
  8. Cuteness Overlord
  9. The Futurama Mystery Liberry
  10. Otherwise (Futurama)

-- Alex_21 TALK 02:42, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

@Alex 21, why aren’t Part 2 episodes’ names on the article? RodRabelo7 (talk) 19:21, 4 August 2023 (UTC)
@RodRabelo7 They are at Futurama (season 8). -- Alex_21 TALK 20:27, 4 August 2023 (UTC)
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