Alienese, the alien written language seen throughout the show, was created as an in-joke to see how fast fans could decipher it.
The first language, a simple substitution cipher, was solved almost instantly.
The second language is much more complicated, but was solved thanks to the determination of Futurama's audience.
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Appearances
Episodes
- "Opening Sequence"
- "Space Pilot 3000"
- "The Series Has Landed"
- "My Three Suns"
- "Fry & the Slurm Factory"
- "Xmas Story"
- "The Lesser of Two Evils"
- "A Bicyclops Built for Two"
- "A Clone of My Own"
- "Bender Gets Made"
- "Anthology of Interest I"
- "War Is the H-Word"
- "Parasites Lost"
- "The Luck of the Fryrish"
- "The Day the Earth Stood Stupid"
- "The Cyber House Rules"
- "Bendin' in the Wind"
- "I Dated a Robot"
- "Anthology of Interest II"
- "The 30% Iron Chef"
- "Leela's Homeworld"
- "Less Than Hero"
- "A Taste of Freedom"
- "Crimes of the Hot"
- "The Why of Fry" although it isn't really show alienese, but it shows other symbols on the pillars in the temple on Nibbler's home planet.
- "Spanish Fry"
- "Lethal Inspection"
- "The Late Philip J. Fry"
- "The Six Million Dollar Mon"
Movies
Comics
- "The Owner of Mars Attacks!"
- "DOOP The Right Thing!"
- "Who's Dying to Be a Gazillionaire?"
- "New Year's Rockin' Evil"
- "The Bender You Say"
- "The Time Bender Trilogy: Part 1"
- "The Read Menace!"
Other Media
Alienese has made one cameo on The Simpsons. In "Beware My Cheating Bart", Homer gets hooked on a parody of Lost. In a brief scene allowing the viewer to see the screen, alienese is shown on a Boulder with the actors of the parody staring at it. The text is, in English, "Watch Futurama Thursdays at 10."
The indie roguelite game Enter the Gungeon features a character that talks in Alienese (messages, reddit post).
External links
- Alienese Decoder WebApp - A webapp to translate to and from Alienese.
- Alienese Decoder Android App - An android app to translate to and from Alienese.