Simpson in Futurama referernce

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In episode 1ACV03 'I,Roommate', When Fry and Bender were looking for a flat they came across to one which is similar to an opening of the Simpsons. Have a look for your self: http://www.gotfuturama.com/cgi-bin/imageview.cgi?/Multimedia/FrameGrabs/1ACV03/Grabs/pic00174.jpg     

[#1 :]

Isn't that from some classical painting?

[#2 :]

Yes, it's based on M.C. Escher's "Relativity":

 http://www.worldofescher.com/gallery/A35L.html

[#3 :]

The Escher painting was used in The Simpsons as well.

Mystery solved.

-cs

[#4 :]

Yes, it's a famous painting.

And a wierd one at that...

[#5 :]

But it does look cool.

[#6 :]

(pushes everyone down the stairs) Fall endlessly through this painting!

[#7 :]

Yes it is very cool. It's one of MC Escher's most famous drawings. There's another art reference at the very begining of the same episode. Bender bending the alarm clock over the corner of the table is a parody of Salvador Dali's The Persistence of Memory painting, the one with all the melting clocks hanging on tree branches.

[#8 :]

Add the cover image of the 2004 calendar for Escher homages.

I think it's Escher.

-cs

[#9 :]

Yes it is, it's based on "Hand met spiegelende bol" meaning hand with reflecting globe, incase anybody cares.

[#10 :]

 http://www.geocities.com/aliens_unlimited/2nd_section-SimpRama.html

Wheee! I'm being useful! I'm having a wonderful time! From my defuct, seldom referenced site! Yeehaw.

[#11 :]

Nice site.


On the site they mention how Bender is seen, but is that Leela we can see aswell?

[#12 :]

Oh, I'm talking about the video game picture on the site by the way.

[#13 :]

Yes, yes it is in fact. I never bothered to change that.

[#14 :]

A bit off topic here, but I was watching Star Trek Voyager (yes, I'm a geek) on Hallmark Taiwan last night, and during one of the commercials I spotted a 3d Bender at the bottom of the screen.

I'm not sure what the ad was for, but I'm gonna watch for it again tonight.

[#15 :]

if this has been brought up before i apologise but is there a coincidence between the robot cop URL and the lighthouse called EARL (i know its different spelling but the writers dont like to be obvious) from the episode (el viaje misterioso de nuestro jomer) where homer eats the insanity peppers

[#16 :]

I like that strange painting.
Makes me feel like my room is totally ordered.

[#17 :]

i like the simps seen in the opening of fry and the slurm factory

[#18 :]

Ther's another simpson reference in "A Big Pice Of Garbage" When they landed on the Garbage ball, and Bender takes a Bart doll, and drag it and it says "Eat my shorts" And Bender eats it and says "mmm shorts" just like Homer Simpson would say.. right?

[#19 :]

Yeah, I'm not sure if this counts. But Fry frequently says d'oh!

[#20 :]

There are many Simpsons refrences.  In the episode with the ball of garbage headed towards the Earth, Fry and Leela go on it bla bla bla (you guys know it)... you see a pile of Bart dolls and I think Fry pulls the cord on one of them.  There's more, Just not off the top of my head.

[#21 :]

Maybe my mind was spinning to fast on this one, but when I saw this scene, I couldn't help but thinking, "Hey, that looks just like the garden of the Simpson's House..."

[#22 :]

na the simpsons don't have a pirate in their backyard...... ok I just posted this so I could be a Bender Bot

[#23 :]

...actually that painting was in a Life in Hell comic too.

[#24 :]

Something that I do notice is that they are useing a charcoal BBQ 1000 years in the future when they are out of date even today.

[#25 :]

 

Originally posted by newhook_1:
Something that I do notice is that they are useing a charcoal BBQ 1000 years in the future when they are out of date even today.

Really? I must have missed a meeting!   

[#26 :]

 

Originally posted by newhook_1:
Something that I do notice is that they are useing a charcoal BBQ 1000 years in the future when they are out of date even today.

When did Hank Hill become a PEELer?

I prefer charcoal barbeques, as you get the make whichever party guest shows up unreasonably early empty the ashes and clean the grill.

Besides, if you raise the speed of light, propane won't burn anymore.*

* Actually, neither will charcoal. For that matter, the solar system, the human body, etc. wouldn't work either. But it's my nit, so I'm using it for my argument.

[#27 :]

well I was just going by the logic that a propaine bbq is eaiser to light. But remember it is also more dangerious, "With great power comes great responsabilty"

[#28 :]

Well, newHankHill_1, you can peddle your propane and propane accessories all you like, but 1000 years in the future, we'll all be using charcoal grills. And pirates will do all the cooking.

"The future's so bright, I gotta wear an eyepatch and squint through the other eye."

[#29 :]

Is it just me or is that Homer on one of Bender's medals...

From "My three suns"

[#30 :]

Oooooohhh yeeeeaaaaah, so it is 

[#31 :]

I just finished watching the 1st season (I was bored) and I noticed, that compared to the other seasons, this one was almost loaded with Simpsons references...

[#32 :]

Yeah, another not mentioned here are the Bart and Homer dolls hanging as game prizes during Fry's flashback to his days in Coney Island College.

"Go Whitefish!"

[#33 :]

 

Originally posted by Gocad:
Maybe my mind was spinning to fast on this one, but when I saw this scene, I couldn't help but thinking, "Hey, that looks just like the garden of the Simpson's House..."

You know, I did think that.  But when I checked against episodes on the Simpsons DVDs (Especially Tree House of Horrors I), and it isn't.  But I'm glad I'm not thet only one to think so.

[#34 :]

I cant remember for the life of me what episode it is, but doesnt one ep have Blinky the three eyed fish from the Simpsons in it?

[#35 :]

 

Originally posted by Heavenly Stench:
I cant remember for the life of me what episode it is, but doesnt one ep have Blinky the three eyed fish from the Simpsons in it?

Yup, in 'Space Pilot 3000' when Fry is using the NNY tube transportation system for the first time.

[#36 :]

Of course, 742 Evergreen Terrace doesn't have sliding doors, anyway! 

Anyway, there's one I hope you doesn't know, from the Simpsons episode, Missionary Impossible. It's at the ending, when Betty White talking about viewers saving Fox, you can see Bender on the group waiting for the phone to ring!!!

[#37 :]

ooh ooh ooh  do u have a screen shot?

[#38 :]

When Fry came out of the tube instead of bart

[#39 :]

ive been puzzled by this for ages!!! i know that the simpsons was made by the same person as futerama. but why dont futerama characters show up on the simpsons??? they always show up on futerama