“Ah, Xmas. Another pointless day where I accomplish nothing,” says Bender Bending Rodriguez (John DiMaggio) in Futurama season 2’s “Xmas Story.” Do you want to aspire to this level of casual lethargy this holiday season? Then you should invent a time machine and get your shopping done yesterday. But we’ve got the next best thing: suitable gifts for every Futurama fan on your “to buy” list. And don’t forget to pick up the goose, for gooseburgers!
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Cover image from The Night Before Xmas: A Futurama Christmas Story (see below).
The Night Before Xmas
The Night Before Xmas: A Futurama Christmas Story is a 48-page hardcover holiday storybook featuring the PlanEx crew. Published in September 2023, this fresh festive fable promises to lampoon classic holiday stories. According to the publisher’s description, these include Die Hard and (naturally) Bob Ross’ Happy Little Night Before Xmas.
You can order the book here.
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Futurama 2024 Wall Calendar
The march of time is relentless and unforgiving. Fortunately, you don’t need a fancy atomic chronometer to tell you that. A simple paper and cardboard wall calendar will suffice. Enter the Futurama 2024 wall calendar! The publisher’s website promises this 12-month calendar includes your favorite scenes from “the show’s seven season run.” Puzzle over this new method of measuring the series while manifesting the inclusion of Futuama season 11 in the Futurama 2025 wall calendar.
You can order the calendar here.
Futurama Toysk Plushies
Sure, it’s great to watch several consecutive seasons of a television show using your great-great-great (etc) nephew’s binge-o-lounger. But what if you had a cute plush companion to hold during those “very special episodes”? Enter the Futurama Toysk plushies! Available in three versions: fan-favorites Bender and Nibbler, and also Zoidberg is there. Which of the first two will you choose for your beloved?
Here’s where to find the Bender, Nibbler and Zoidberg plushies on the Toysk website.
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The Good Ship Planet Express Ship
Ah, yes: the good ship Planet Express Ship. Designed and constructed by Hubert J. Farnsworth (using various lengths of wire), no Futurama fan’s desk would be complete without the presence of a tiny version of their favorite delivery vehicle. Originally included in a LootCrate, this toy ship attaches to the included display base using a magnet. Note that this model could easily be smashed with a hammer, so be sure and hide the keys to your real PlanEx ship accordingly.
You can get ahold of the PlanEx Ship model here.
Futurama DVD Set
Do you have an obsessive Futurama fan in your life who has only enjoyed the series via streaming? Sure, having digital access to every episode of the show is appropriately futuristic. However, the now-inaccurately named Futurama: The Complete Series boxset has something streaming doesn’t. That thing is informative and entertaining commentary tracks for each and every single Futurama episode included in the set. This is on top of hours upon hours of other bonus features. These even include “the lost episode,” an episode’s worth of cast-voiced cutscenes from the 2003 Futurama video game.
Here’s where you can get the Futurama: The Complete Series box set.
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Hulu Gift Card
Perhaps you know a Futurama fan who hasn’t had the chance to stream the excellent Futurama season 11 yet? Help them dodge spoilers for the season with a Hulu gift card! Remember, if enough people stream the show, we might get that movie teased in “The Impossible Stream” in addition to Futurama seasons 12 through 14. Force your friends to watch today!
Here’s a link to buy a Hulu Gift Card from Target.
Socks & T-Shirts
No one wants to get socks for a holiday gift? Well, maybe they haven’t seen these socks! This pair of Farnsworth socks even includes his beloved catchphrase from “A Clockwork Origin”: “I don’t want to live on this planet anymore.” And for the Bender devoteé in your life, a “Pending for a Bending” t-shirt lets everyone at the party know to avoid said individual until they’ve collapsed from doing too many kegstands.
Check out the Farnsworth socks here, the Bender t-shirt here, and search for “Futurama” on the Hot Topic website to find additional sartorial selections.
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The Crossover Crisis
Did you know there’s a crossover between The Simpsons and Futurama that actually follows the internal logic of the latter show? Look no further than The Simpsons Futurama Crossover Crisis from Bongo Comics. This outstanding four-issue comic crossover has been collected by Abrams Books in a handsome edition. Just how handsome? We’re talking variant cover gallery, sturdy cardboard slipcover including cut-out window, replica of The Simpsons Comics #1 included handsome here, people! If you haven’t read this comic yet, then congratulations! You’ve found your Xmas gift to yourself.
Pick up The Simpsons Futurama Crossover Crisis here.
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