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 determination of Futurama's audience.

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ALIENESE

Appearances

Episodes

• Opening Credits
• 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
• 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

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.