All the plot hijinks—deep-space missions, get-rich-quick schemes, professional and personal rivalries, interdimensional adventures, etc.—are made more resonant by the ways they draw on Futurama ’s ...

When the animated comedy “Futurama” debuted in 1999, it peered a full 1,000 years into the future, following 20th-century pizza delivery guy Philip J. Fry (Billy West) on his accidental trip to the ...