Futurama is an animated gem. It mixes science fiction, humor and satire in a future full of surprises. Follow Fry, a pizza delivery guy from 20th century, who wakes up 1,000 years later. New New York City is his new playground. Meet Bender, the charming robot and Leela, the tough one-eyed captain. There’s also Professor Farnsworth, the mad scientist. With sharp writing and clever jokes, this show explores human nature in a techy world. Futurama is a must-see for anyone who loves laughs and sci-fi.

Meet the characters from Futurama

Leela

Leela is the one-eyed captain who somehow manages chaos like it’s her job — because, well, it is. Tough, no-nonsense, and ridiculously competent, she keeps the Planet Express crew from falling apart while secretly enjoying bossing everyone around. She’s a skilled fighter but also actually soft about small animals and abandoned robots (don’t tell her I said that). Every so often she trips over something or loses her keys — which is weird, because she never, ever seems to lose her cool.

Bender

Bender is loud, selfish, and performs criminal-level sass with impeccable timing; also, he’s probably the reason half the show exists. He’ll steal your wallet, drink your booze, and then cry about loneliness in the shower — in that order — and somehow you still love him. A welding robot with a heart that’s technically made of metal (and maybe tiny screws of emotion), he oscillates between pure villain and begrudgingly loyal pal. He’s all about “Bite my shiny metal…” you know the rest — but he also collects spoons and has a weird soft spot for karaoke.

Fry

Fry is the lovable goof whose heart is bigger than his brain — in the best way possible. He’s the 20th-century pizza delivery guy thrust into the future, eternally earnest, awkward, and shockingly brave when it matters (like, hero-of-the-moment level). He forgets obvious stuff constantly and yet somehow stumbles into being the emotional center of the crew; nostalgia powers a lot of his weird decisions. Also, he is surprisingly persistent about saving the day, even if he thinks “strategy” means throwing something and hoping it hits.

Amy

Amy is bubbly, fashion-forward, and oddly pragmatic — a rich intern who can also weld and party until dawn. She’s sweet and chatty, totally into cute clothes and gossip, but also quietly competent with engineering stuff and way better at math than she’d let on (or maybe she brags about calculus and then googles it, who knows). Romantic, flirty, and loyal to her friends, she oscillates between ditzy and deadpan in a heartbeat. She has a soft spot for animals (and stuffed animals), collects postcards, and once gave very specific wedding advice that was somehow both ridiculous and kind of profound.

Zoidberg

Zoidberg is the tragicomic doctor who is simultaneously incompetent and oddly endearing — the patron saint of medical misunderstandings. He’s broke, misunderstood, smells funny (mostly that, yes), but he is enthusiastic about everything medical-ish in a way that never quits, and that energy is somehow contagious. He wants to be loved, respected, and given lobster—wait, he is a lobster—okay, confusing, but also that’s the whole charm. He makes terrible diagnoses, eats weird stuff, and will cheerfully sing at your funeral if you asked him to; slightly alarming, always hilarious.

Farnsworth

Professor Farnsworth is the delightfully senile genius who invents miracles and minor catastrophes before breakfast. Brilliant, crotchety, and prone to shouting “Good news, everyone!” before proposing something ethically dubious, he embodies the “mad scientist” stereotype with extra decrepitude. He’s created wonders and cursed the world in equal measure, and his memory seems to be on a sliding scale — brilliant one minute, inexplicably confused the next. He’ll deliver a life-changing invention and then forget where he put it, but somehow the chaos is part of his charm (and the crew’s daily routine).