How many episodes are sort of based on a true story

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Episodes like a head in the polls with Nixon saying I'm not a crook do all futurama episodes have some truth

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This is the wrong section, but in the commentary of 30% Iron Chef they say the whole free dinner that turned out to not be free really happened.

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The ending of Jurassic Bark is apparently based on a true story.

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"A Flight to Remember" is technically based on a real event.

Also, "Xmas Story":

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Pfft, lol.

I'm not sure about entire episodes, but there are certainly a number of RL references throughout.

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Yes, it's all going to happen.

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"Three-Hundred Big Boys" was loosely inspired by an actual tax-rebate that was given out roughly around when it was made, I belive.

"Proposition Infinity" was based on the ridiculousness surrounding Proposition Eight.

"Roswell that Ends Well" was, obviously, based on the Roswell incident.

"Jurassic Bark"'s ending, as already pointed out, was inspired by multiple stories of dogs waiting at their owners' graves until their dying day.

"Attack of the Killer App" was, obviously, based on the real life iPhone craze.

"A Clockwork Origin" was inspired by the real-life debate over teaching evolution in American schools.

And "Decision 3012" was a thinly veiled allegory for a number of things that have happened to Obama in recent years.

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"The Series Has Landed" was tightly related with the Monsento Corporation.

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Well, there's a segment in Anthology of Interest II ripped off of The Wizard of Oz

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Well, there's a segment in Anthology of Interest II ripped off of The Wizard of Oz

Which is not a true story as far as I know, so...

Unless "true" is referring to its quality, like "Don't mess with those inferior plots, here's a real story!"

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Wait, you're saying I can't be transported to a magical land via a tornado? This is news to me!

I'm sure that there's a lot of life experience that gets written into minor events of an episode but I'm hard pressed to come up with any episodes not already listed where the main plot was based on real life, much as I wish that Less than Hero were true. Miracle Cream would make my life so much easier.

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If the wheelers are real, I'm gonna go ahead and end my life right now.

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"The Mutants are revolting" is based on the civil rights movement (with Mr. Astor offering his seat to Leela's great-grandmother a direct twist on the Rosa Parks bus incident).