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The Opening Credits always appear at the beginning of a Futurama episode.

1 Synopsis
2 Alienese
3 Billboards
4 Pipe-line sightings
5 Variations
6 Characters
7 Appearances

Synopsis Edit

The opening credits begin with the Futurama logo and a caption that is different every time. The Planet Express ship flies through the logo into New New York. There, the camera goes past Transport Tubes, billboards and other parts of the city showing Hover Cars and buildings. The camera then stops at a big screen showing a real-life video clip, usually a cartoon. It then shows the producers names, Matt Groening and David X. Cohen. The Planet Express Ship crashes into it. The music is a remix of French composer Pierre Henry's Psyché Rock, by Christopher Tyng.

Alienese Edit

The two Alienese signs read "3D Rulez" and "tasty human burgers".

Billboards Edit

There are billboards throughout the sequence. Some are:

Bachelor Chow
Mom's Old Fashioned Robot Oil
DEF-CON Owl Traps
Slurm
Mass Hypnosis Hour
Flesh-o-poid Dating Service
Girls, Girls, Aliens
Robot Wash
Sexator

Pipe-line sightingsEdit

Entire Main Cast
Man with hook for hand with headphones on
Man reading paper headlined "MOON PIE FIGHT IN MARS BAR"
Lady with pink hair

Variations Edit

There have been some variations to this. These are:

In Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television, John DiMaggio and Billy West beat box throughout, with Zoidberg saying his name.
In Bender's Big Score, there were Planet Express crew introductions and title cards.
In The Beast With A Billion Backs, instead of crashing into the screen, the ship turns into a Steamboat Willie parody.
In Bender's Game, instead of crashing into the screen, the ship turns into a Yellow Submarine parody.
In Into the Wild Green Yonder, the opening credits take place in Mars Vegas to a tune sung by Seth McFarlane.
In Spanish Fry beat boxing with singing by Bender.

In season six on Comedy Central the title credits are shortened in length removing the cartoon shown on the screen that the ship crashes into (or out of in The Beast with a Billion Backs and Bender's Game). The only episodes to have the full opening sequence so far are Rebirth and That Darn Katz!.