Futurama: Season 5
Fox (2002)
Animation, Comedy, Science Fiction
In Collection
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Seen ItYes
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IMDB   8.7
281 mins USA / English
Blu-ray Disc  Region 1   NR (Not Rated)
Billy West Philip J. Fry
Katey Sagal Turanga Leela
John Di Maggio Bender
Tress MacNeille Linda
Maurice LaMarche Morbo
Phil LaMarr Hermes Conrad
Lauren Tom Amy Wong
David Herman Additional Voices
Director
Peter Avanzino
Wesley Archer
Producer Matt Groening
Jason Grode
Writer Matt Groening
David X. Cohen


Futurama, set in the next millennium, follows the exploits of Fry, a pizza delivery boy who was cryogenically frozen by accident for 1,000 years; Leela, a female cyclops; Bender, an immoral robot, and others as they work for an intergalactic delivery service owned by Fry's great, great, great... nephew, Professor Hubert Farnsworth.
Episodes
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    11/10/2002  1.  Crimes of the Hot
The rapid increase in global warming is traced to a ventilation flaw that Professor Farnsworth failed to correct in his first robot prototype. As a result, all robots are ordered to be destroyed, but Bender refuses to go without a fight.
Director:  Peter Avanzino  Writer:  Aaron Ehasz 
Guest starring:  Al Gore
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    11/17/2002  2.  Jurassic Bark
Fry discovers his dog Seymour is being exhibited in a museum as a fossil, and takes it to Professor Farnsworth's lab to be revived. However, Bender is displeased with the lack of attention he has been receiving and becomes increasingly jealous of Seymour's fossil.
Director:  Swinton O. Scott III  Writer:  Eric Kaplan 
Guest starring:  Tom Kenny
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    12/8/2002  3.  The Route of All Evil
Farnsworth's clone Cubert teams up with Hermes' son Dwight to launch a newspaper delivery business. Farnsworth and Hermes scoff at the kids' efforts - until the delivery boys accumulate enough capital to buy out Planet Express. Meanwhile, Fry and Leela use Bender to brew their own homemade beer.
Director:  Brian Sheesley  Writer:  Dan Vebber 
Guest starring:  Dawnn Lewis, Bumper Robinson
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    12/22/2002  4.  A Taste of Freedom
When Zoidberg publicly devours an Earth flag, he is sentenced to death for his anarchic behavior. Before the sentence can be carried out, the Decapodians come to Zoidberg's aid by invading Earth, teaching the populace the true meaning of freedom.
Director:  James Purdum  Writer:  Eric Horsted 
Guest starring:  Phil Hendrie
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    1/12/2003  5.  Kif Gets Knocked Up A Notch
Amy's romance with Kif takes a twist when he gets pregnant. As Amy questions her commitment Kif, he must return to his ancient, mysterious homeworld to give birth in the same muddy swamp where he was born.
Director:  Wesley Archer  Writer:  Bill Odenkirk 
Guest starring:  Kiff es ligeramente fecundado
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    3/2/2003  6.  Less Than Hero
Dr. Zoidberg's mysterious miracle cream gives Fry and Leela superpowers. Teaming up with Bender, they form the New Justice Team, under the respective alter egos of Captain Yesterday, Clobberella, and Super King. But Leela's new duties as a superheroine put a strain on her relationship with her parents.
Director:  Susan Deitter  Writer:  Ron Weiner 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    3/30/2003  7.  Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles
The crew's attempts to de-age Professor Farnsworth result in everyone returning to their more youthful stages. While Farnsworth seeks out a way to re-age the crew, the newly-teenaged Leela takes the opportunity to experience the parental childhood she never had.
Director:  Bret Haaland  Writer:  Jeff Westbrook 
Guest starring:  Dawnn LewisMaurice LaMarche
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    4/6/2003  8.  The Why of Fry
Still unable to impress Leela, Fry sadly suspects that he has no importance in life - until Nibbler takes him on a mission to prevent the brains from destroying the universe. In the process, Fry learns what really happened when he was cryogenically frozen on December 31, 1999.
Director:  Wesley Archer  Writer:  David X. Cohen 
Guest starring:  Bob Odenkirk, Nicole St. John
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    6/1/2003  9.  The Sting
A mission to collect honey from deadly space bees apparently leads to Fry's sting-induced death. Leela is wracked with remorse, until Fry visits her in her dreams. As Leela's hallucinations intensify, she begins to suspect that she might be going crazy.
Director:  Brian Sheesley  Writer:  Patric M. Verrone 
Guest starring:  Dawnn Lewis
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    6/8/2003  10.  The Farnsworth Parabox
Professor Farnsworth forbids the crew to look inside a mysterious box. Leela can't resist taking a peek, discovering the box to be a gateway to a parallel universe.
Director:  Ron Hughart  Writer:  Bill Odenkirk 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    6/15/2003  11.  Three Hundred Big Boys
A $300 refund for all taxpayers results in a series of interconnected stories, following the Planet Express crew's endeavors to spend their money.
Director:  Swinton O. Scott III  Writer:  Eric Kaplan 
Guest starring:  Roseanne
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    7/13/2003  12.  Spanish Fry
Fry is abducted by aliens, who harvest his nose as an aphrodisiac. The crew traces Fry's missing nose to Lrrr, leader of the Omicronians, who decides that Fry's "lower horn" would be a much better aphrodisiac to jump start his stagnant marriage with Ndnd.
Director:  Peter Avanzino  Writer:  Ron Weiner 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    7/20/2003  13.  Bend Her
In order to compete in the Fembot's division of the 3004 Olympics, Bender is surgically rebuilt to become a woman. Her trashy behavior catches the eye of Calculon, with whom she develops a strong and confusing celebrity relationship.
Director:  James Purdum  Writer:  Mike Rowe 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    7/27/2003  14.  Obsoletely Fabulous
Bender is incompatible with Professor Farnsworth's new Robot 1-X, but rather than get an upgrade, Bender escapes to a desert island to start his life anew. There, he meets several other outdated robots and receives a downgrade, then leads his new comrades in a rebellion against technology.
Director:  Swayne Caray-Hill  Writer:  Dan Vebber 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    8/3/2003  15.  Bender Should Not Be Allowed On TV
"All My Circuits" holds an audition to replace the part of Calculon's son, and Bender lands the part. Soon, Bender's uninhibited behavior proves to be a bad influence on children, and an outraged Bender leads a protest group to get himself banned from the airwaves.
Director:  Ron Hughart  Writer:  Lewis Morton 
Guest starring:  Bumper Robinson
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    8/10/2003  16.  The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings
Desperate to learn how to play the holophonor in order to impress Leela, Fry swaps hands with the Robot Devil. He goes on to become a skilled holophonor player, winning Leela's heart and penning an opera about her life story, but the Robot Devil still has a trick or two up his sleeve.
Director:  Rich Moore  Writer:  Ken Keeler 
Guest starring:  Dan Castellaneta, David X. Cohen
Edition Details
Edition Blu-ray
Series Futurama
Distributor Fox
Release Date 12/21/2010
Screen Ratio Widescreen (1.78:1)
Audio Tracks DTS-HD High Resolution Audio [English]
No. of Disks/Tapes 2