Futurama
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[edit] Introduction
Futurama is a television show that runs on the Adult Swim on Cartoon Network. This show was created by Matt Groening, creator of the Simpsons. Futurama follows a young loser named Fry from the year 2000 who was accidentally frozen for a millenia. When he wakes up in the year 3000 he gets a job at a spaceship delivery service and makes friends with a boozing robot and a one-eyed alien woman.
Currently, Futurama runs at 9:30PM and 10:00PM (CST) Sunday through Thursday on the Cartoon Network.
[edit] The Show
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[edit] Terminology
Below is a list of terms and their definitions that are used in this fan community.
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[edit] Timeline
Below is a partial timeline of events that took place in this fan community.
[edit] 1999
- On March 28, 1999, Futurama debuted on television in the United States and Canada. [1]
- On August 15, 1999, Futurama debuted on television in Argentina and Mexico. [2]
- On August 21, 1999, Futurama debuted on television in the United Kingdom and Estonia. [3]
- On September 26, 1999, Futurama debuted on television in New Zealand. [4]
- On December 2, 1999, Futurama debuted on television in Australia. [5]
[edit] 2000
- On January 6, 2000, Futurama debuted on television in Italy. [6]
- On March 5, 2000, Futurama debuted on television in Finland. [7]
- On March 7, 2000, Futurama debuted on television in Denmark. [8]
- On March 11, 2000, Futurama debuted on television in France. [9]
- On April 13, 2000, Futurama debuted on television in Sweden. [10]
- On May 27, 2000, Futurama debuted on television in Spain. [11]
- On July 2, 2000, Jungle Storm: Part One* by Silver Phoenix became the first Futurama story published on FanFiction.Net. [12]
- On August 20, 2000, Futurama debuted on television in Japan. [13]
- On September 4, 2000, Futurama debuted on television in Germany. [14]
[edit] 2001
- On November 17, 2001, Futurama debuted on television in Hungary. [15]
[edit] 2002
- On February 11, 2002, the LiveJournal community futurama was created. [16]
[edit] 2003
- On January 18, 2003, Timeless by KujasGirl1 became the first German language story published on FanFiction.Net. [17]
- On September 10, 2003, the Russian language LiveJournal community ru_futurama was created. [18]
[edit] 2004
- On September 25, 2004, the LiveJournal community futurama_icons was created. [19]
- On November 15, 2005, the LiveJournal community futurama_quotes was created. [20]
[edit] 2005
- On February 28, 2005, the MySpace group benderisgreat was created. [21]
- On March 7, 2005, the MySpace group futerama was created. [22]
- On April 8, 2005, the MySpace group futuramaforyourmama was created. [23]
- On May 5, 2005, the MySpace group futuramacrew was created. [24]
- On July 16, 2005, the Futurama wiki was created by TPIMaster on Wikia. [25]
- On August 10, 2005, the MySpace group MoReFuTuRaMa was created. [26]
- On August 23, 2005, the MySpace group futuramaFTW was created. [27]
- On August 25, 2005, the MySpace group savefurama was created. [28]
- On August 28, 2005, the LiveJournal community talkfuturama was created. [29]
- On December 18, 2005, the FanFiction.Net forum Futurama the forum was created. [30]
- On December 28, 2005, the Spanish language Futurama wiki was created by Er-Makina on Wikia. [31]
[edit] 2006
- On January 11, 2006, the FanFiction.Net forum Futurama Stories was created. [32]
- On March 21, 2006, the FanFiction.Net forum Futurama Rocks! was created. [33]
- On July 27, 2006, the FanFiction.Net forum Purple and orange was created. [34]
- On August 22, 2006, the FanFiction.Net forum Futurama roleplaying was created. [35]
[edit] 2007
- On April 30, 2007, MerFry by Sofi-Simpson became the first Spanish language Futurama story published on FanFiction.Net. [36]
- On June 29, 2007, the FanFiction.Net forum RPG was created. [37]
[edit] Kerfluffles
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[edit] Influential Fanworks
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[edit] Fandom Members
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[edit] Fandom Size
As of December 30, 2007, there are 271 stories on FanFiction.Net. [38]
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[edit] See also
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