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Now that theFuturamaseason 12 episode titles have been released, there’s a specific installment that I’m especially looking forward to, despite a similar effort from the season before falling flat for me.Futuramaseason 12’s release datehas been announced to be July 29. However,Hulu is releasing the run weekly. As such, I’ll have a little while longer to wait before I get to see the episode I’m so excited about.
TheFuturamaseason 11 endingbrought about many questions that I’m sure Hulu will answer when the show returns in July. While I look forward to these answers being provided, I’m more focused on what I’m sure will be a standalone and very fun episode inFuturamaseason 12. Whilethe Matt Groening animated show doesn’t particularly have a set formula, it does have certain episodes that can sometimes be sorted into specific categories. The installment I’m eagerly anticipating inFuturamaseason 12 is very much shaping up to be one of those episodes.
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Futurama’s Upcoming Squid Game Parody Can Redeem The Show’s Failed Dune Spoof
“Quids Game” could be the parody I’ve been waiting for
Futuramaseason 11, episode 4,“Parasites Regained,” openly spoofs the sci-fi epic,Dune.Unfortunately, I found the parody to be incredibly lacking, with very few of the jokes managing to land and the references to its source material not offering much in the way of entertainment.Futuramahas parodied plenty of other propertiesin the past, but its take onDuneranks somewhere near the very bottom of my list. Thankfully,Futuramaseason 14, episode 2, “Quids Game” suggests the show is getting ready to redeem itself by taking on Netflix’s South Korean battle royale story.
“Quids Game” is a hilariously lazy anagram ofSquid Game, so the episode title makes it much easier to predict the potential parody than “Parasites Regained” did.
“Quids Game” is a hilariously lazy anagram ofSquid Game, so the episode title makes it much easier to predict the potential parody than “Parasites Regained” did. This is perhaps because the biggest pull for “Parasites Regained” was that it was a sequel toFuturamaseason 3, episode 4, “Parasites Lost.” So,Futuramaseason 12 seems to be taking a much more direct approachto making its parodic intentions known to the viewers going in.
“Quid” is British slang for “Pound,” which is the national currency of the United Kingdom. So, “Quids Game” could also be poking fun at British culture as well asSquid Game.
Squid Game Offers Futurama Far Better Parody Opportunites Than Dune Did
Ironically,Squid Gameprovides a bigger narrative sandbox forFuturamathanDuneoffered. Granted, “Parasites Regained” mainly usedDuneas a vehicle to continue “Parasites Lost,” but it doesn’t change the fact that I found aFuturamaepisode set in a litter tray an unsurprisingly unrewarding experience.FuturamaparodyingSquid Gamebrings a smile to my face before I’ve even seen a single frame of the episode. The Netflix show’s premise will allow theFuturamawriters to think up a whole host of crazy games for the characters to compete in, which is a very exciting prospect.
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Futurama is an animated science fiction series that follows Philip J. Fry, a pizza delivery boy from late-20th-century New York City. He is accidentally cryogenically frozen for a thousand years and becomes an employee at Planet Express, a delivery service in the retro-futuristic 31st century.
