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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 and its translation

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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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