Futurama Futurama is an animated show that ran on the Fox network from 1999 to 2003 and ran on Comedy Central from 2010 to 2013 . Created by , also the creator of " The Simpsons " , the show parodied the gamut of the science fiction genre but held a special affection for " Star Trek " . " Star Trek " sound effects were often used in the show . Aside from the regular " Star Trek " actors who appeared as themselves , who appeared below , two other " Star Trek " guest performers provided voices on " Futurama " , Sarah Silverman and Bumper Robinson . Frank Welker also provides the voice of the character Nibbler ( both animal sounds and spoken dialgoue ) . David X . Cohen , the co - creator of " Futurama " , commented that his favorite " Star Trek " episode was : " " I ' ll go for a slightly off - the - beaten track answer with a " " episode . . . ' Whispers ' , featuring Miles O ' Brien , in a rather " Futurama " - esque storyline . " " Futurama writer Jeff Westbrook commented , " " Ken Keeler and I once wrote a " Deep Space Nine " script we sent in that was entirely a joke script in which two stand up comedians come to Deep Space Nine with their insult comedy act and insult every alien in the audience and therefore start a global war on Bajor . " " Episodes ( 1999 to 2003 ) . " Space Pilot 3000 " . This episode parallels with the events of " The Neutral Zone " wherein three characters from the twentieth century are cryogenically frozen and reanimated in the future . The opening spoofs the opening sequence from the original series , and Leonard Nimoy ' s head ( in a jar ) later makes an appearance , voiced by himself . The doors slide open in a manner very similar to " Star Trek " , as noted by Fry , and the ship uses sound effects identical to those in TOS as Fry attempts to fly it . A Flight to Remember . The Titanic ' s bartender touches his hand to his left breast to initiate communication with ship ' s security . " Brannigan Begin Again " . While trying to explain what DOOP ( The Democratic Order of Planets ) is to Fry , the Professor states it is like the United Nations , which still leaves Fry confused . Hermes then explains that it is " like the Federation , from your " Star Trek " program " , which Fry perfectly understands . " Why Must I be a Crustacean in Love ? " . After assaulting several people at a gymnasium , Zoidberg returns to his home planet to find a woman with whom to mate . During the mating season , the males will sometimes fight to the death for the opportunity to mate with a specific female . The episode parallels the TOS episode Amok Time , and Zoidberg ' s condition is similar to Vulcan Pon farr . During Zoidberg ' s fight with Fry , the organist plays the fight - scene music from TOS , which is the national anthem for Zoidberg ' s home planet . " The Lesser of Two Evils " . Bender meets Flexo , another bending robot . Flexo looks just like Bender except that Flexo has a beard . When a valuable package is lost , Leela assumes that Flexo stole it because of " the beard and all . " Raging Bender . Hermes is assimilated by a brain slug . He exhibits many of the mental characteristics of being assimilated by the Borg including the drive to assimilate other beings . Fortunately , assimilation can be easily reversed by removing the brain slug from his head . Fry is assimilated , too ; however , his slug dies because he cannot generate sufficient brain activity . The slugs could also be a reference to the brain parasites from Operation - - Annihilate ! " A Clone of my Own " . The only living former " Planet Express " crew - member appears at the Professor ' s birthday party . He looks like Christopher Pike from and and rolls up to the lectern in a robotic wheelchair . He tells one very funny joke : " beep . " " Anthology of Interest I " . This episode features the voice talents of Nichelle Nichols , appearing as herself , wearing a TOS / TAS - era Starfleet uniform . " The Birdbot of Ice - Catraz " . This episode has parallels to episode . In the " Star Trek " episode , Data loses his memory while attempting to retrieve a probe crashed on a remote planet . After wandering into a pre - industrial community , he integrates into it . When the " Enterprise " arrives to search for him , the crew discovers that he had been " killed " by a resident . After Data is reactivated , he returns to his normal self but retains no memory of his time among the native population . In the " Futurama " episode , Bender is severally damaged due to blunt force trauma to his cranial unit . When he reboots , he starts behaving like a penguin and integrates into a small community of other penguins . After Leela inadvertently shoots him in the head , he reboots again and returns to his normal self . " Roswell That Ends Well " . The end of the episode , when Bender loses his head in the past , only to have it recovered in the next scene 1 , 000 years later , is a parody of the same thing happening to Data in . Both may also be a reference to Marvin , the Paranoid Android , who suffers a similar fate in Douglas Adams ' novel " The Restaurant at the End of the Universe " . Also note the table top in the diner : it has a Federation insignia that you can see when Fry flips it up , nearly castrating his grandfather , Enos . It is also notable that the method of time travel is visually similar to that in . " The Day the Earth Stood Stupid " . There is a scene where Hermes Conrad notices a " systematic progression planet by planet " of destruction through the galaxy . This mirrors a scene in where James T . Kirk notices the same linear progression of mass insanity in their galaxy . " That ' s Lobstertainment ! " . During the Emmy Awards , one of the categories awarded included the " Best Product Placement . " Of the three placement nominations , the first was entitled " Star Trek : The Pepsi Generation , " showing a still image of Spock holding a can of . Bendin ' in the Wind . Fisherman ' s Wharf has been renamed Fisherman ' s Worf . " Anthology of Interest II " . Dr . Zoidberg scans the extremely fat Human Bender with a tricorder used in TOS , it beeps with the same sound as the communicators used by the crew in . " Where No Fan Has Gone Before " . " Futurama " parodies of " Star Trek " are epitomized in the episode " Where No Fan Has Gone Before " , a title which parodies . The episode featured the voice talents of all of the original cast , with the exceptions of DeForest Kelley , who had passed away , and James Doohan , who refused to be a part of the show . Perhaps as a result of this , the of the episode became " We Got Everyone But Scotty . " DeForest Kelley was portrayed as a character in the episode , but did not speak . Doohan did not appear , as he had been replaced by " Welshie " for the " Star Trek Musical " , since Doohan could not yodel ( this was simultaneously a gag based on the " fake Jan " who replaced an unwilling Eve Plumb in " The Brady Bunch Variety Hour " in 1977 ) . The antagonist of the story was Melllvar , a cloud creature that was animated using a similar effect as the Companion ( " see photo " ) , and Trelane ' s parents from Squire of Gothos . The episode also featured a brief voice appearance by Jonathan Frakes . In the DVD audio commentary , David A . Goodman , the writer of the episode , notes his pride in having included a large number of references to the original series , particularly those items which he claims " the people on the internet " had not found on their own . In particular he noted that in " Shatner ' s Log " , a play on the legendary captain ' s log , the line " " The impossible has happened " " is the same line given in the opening log in the episode . It was partly through Goodman ' s work on this episode that he was approached for a position on " Enterprise " . " Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love ? " . The entire episode is a parody of , with the doctor , Zoidberg returning to his home planet to mate . There he battles Fry in an arena . Additionally , the national anthem of Decapod 10 is the background music that played during the fight between Spock and Kirk . " Kif Gets Knocked Up A Notch " . Amy goes to visit Kif on the " Nimbus " . Kif , frustrated with his long distance relationship with Amy , takes her to the " holo - shed " , stating , " it can simulate anything you desire , and nothing can hurt you , except when it malfunctions and the holograms become real , " to which Amy replies , " well , that probably won ' t happen this time . " After showing her several possible homes they could move into together , the holo - shed malfunctions and creates real versions of Atilla the Hun , Jack the Ripper , Professor James Moriarty , " evil " Abraham Lincoln , and an evil pony named Spirit . When Kif and Amy report that " the holo - shed ' s on the fritz again , the characters turned real ! " Zapp replied , " Damn . The last time that happened , I got slapped with three paternity suits . " The crew is later treated in the " Sickbay and Horta Burn Ward " by Dr . " Veins " McGee . A deleted scene includes a line by Veins where he exclaims : " Dammit Zapp , I ' m a doctor , not a miracle worker ! " . " Hang with Walter Koenig " is on Amy ' s to do calendar . His name was misspelled . The final stage of Kif ' s pregnancy is called " the quickening " which is also the final stage of the Teplan blight . " The 30 % Iron Chef " . Bender rides the Wrath - of - Conrail train company . A reference to . A Taste of Freedom . After desercrating Earth ' s flag , Zoidberg runs from an angry mob and runs pass several planet embassies , one of which is the Klingon embassy , though the design of the embassy looks more like a Barbie dollhouse . " Teenage Mutant Leela ' s Hurdles " . At the beginning of this episode Professor Farnsworth uses the Planet Express ship ' s headlights / phasers and accidentally destroys Deep Space 9 . In the audio commentary , the production staff comment that this does not mean they disliked and add they thought it was one of the best " Star Trek " series , " especially when Worf got there " . Later in the episode , Leela reads the titles of stories from the book " A Child ' s Garden of Space Stories " . One of these stories is " Charlotte ' s Tholian Web " , a reference to the classic TOS episode . " The Sting " . Fry ' s funeral resembles Spock ' s funeral from and it also resembles Janeway ' s funeral from the VOY episode , . It even has the same pod shot in space . " Three Hundred Big Boys " . Kiff is incarcerated at Commander Riker ' s Island . Films . " Bender ' s Big Score " . In the final battle at the end of the film Hermes ' head is attached directly to the ships main computer to fight in a similar way to Data ' s attachment in disaster " The Beast with a Billion Backs " . Yivo " assimilates " Earth ' s non - robotic population by implanting tentacles into backs of their necks . While those unaffected by Yivo fear being assimilated ; however , those under Yivo ' s control come to " love the tentacle . " Just before Yivo succeeds in assimilating the last Human , Leela reveals that Yivo ' s tentacles are actually gentricles . The reveal so disgusts the Earthlings that Yivo agrees to withdraw into its dimension . However , the Earth agrees to go out on a date with Yivo . Before and after their date with Yivo , the leaders of various interstellar governments discussed Yivo around a conference table . The table had a three - screen apparatus similar to the conference table aboard the original Enterprise . " Bender ' s Game " . In , George Takei ' s head and Scott Bakula ' s head participate in a demolition derby , both are flying one - man ships stylized after " Star Trek " inspired designs : Takei is flying a ship of the , while Bakula is flying a ship of . During the derby , Takei pulls his ship up alongside Bakula ' s ship and slams the latter ship into the wall , yelling , " way to kill the franchise , Bakula . " Takei then slams into Bakula once more , causing the destruction of Bakula ' s ship , moments before his own ship is also destroyed in a fiery inferno . " Into the Wild Green Yonder " . In the opening to , an explosion creates a disturbance similar to the Genesis wave which affects a planet . The Planet Express ship flies by the " Botany Bay " hotel when the crew is arriving at Mars Vegas . Later , while trying to save a leech , Leela mentions that " leeches may not cuddly like Pandas or Tribble s " The " Dark - Ones " very closely resemble the creatures from Ceti Alpha V which Khan Noonien Singh uses to control Pavel Chekov in . While surveying the Milky Way Galaxy for life , Bender acts as the ship ' s Science Officer looking through a sensor much like the one on board the USS Enterprise . Episodes ( 2010 to 2013 ) . In - A - Gadda - Da - Leela . The V - Giny space probe is destroying obscene planets on its way to Earth . The probe is the fusion of the V - Chip and USAF Flying Destiny probes ; " V - Giny " is a portmanteau of the two antecedent craft . See Nomad and V ' Ger . " Janeway ' s Guide " is a reference book that lists various spacecraft ; V - Giny is not listed . Proposition Infinity . A robot police officer uses the Vulcan nerve pinch on a convict and says , " Spock you out ! " George Takei ' s head moderates a debate over the legality of robosexual marriage . The debate over robosexual marriage parallels the real - world debate over in the United States that was inflamed when the Massachusetts Supreme Court legalized same - sex marriage in 2004 . Takei is openly gay and a gay rights supporter . Two of the supporters of robosexual marriage are Cheron native s who are in a relationship despite their opposing skin colors . Decision 3012 . In alternative reality , President Richard Nixon ' s Head orders the construction of a fence along the Southern boarder of the Solar System to control . The ships constructing the fence have the same design as the Tholian ships in the classic TOS episode . Zapp Dingbat . George Takei makes a cameo appearance . 31st Century Fox . Patrick Stewart provides the voice for the Master of the Hunt .