Alienese

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 smugness of Futurama's audience.

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.

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Alienese and its translation

Trivia

• The letter O slightly resembles the Storm logo from Wizard101.

Appearances

Episodes

• Opening Credits
• Space Pilot 3000
• The Series Has Landed
• My Three Suns
• Fry and 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
• Spanish Fry
• Lethal Inspection
• The Late Philip J. Fry

Movies

• Bender's Big Score
• The Beast with a Billion Backs
• Bender's Game
• Into the Wild Green Yonder

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

The 18th episode of the 23rd season of The Simpsons contained a simple AL1 message during "Stranded", a parody of the television program Lost. Located on a rock face, the message translates to "Watch Futurama Thursdays at 10", a reference to the new date and time that the program occupies on Comedy Central.