Summary
TheFuturamarevival on Hulu has brought back many of the show’s most iconic antagonists, but a recent season 12 episode missed the perfect opportunity to bring back a villain from 24 years ago.Futuramaseason 12 has seen tons of Easter eggsand callbacks to the original seasons, bringing back fond memories ofFuturama’s earliest episodes. However,Futuramaseason 12, episode 3 just missed out on an opportunity so obvious that it is shocking.
Futuramaseason 12, episode 4, “Beauty and the Bug"sees Bender get involved in another strange hobby: buggalo fighting. Similarly to bullfighting on Earth, buggalo fighting is a time-honored tradition on Mars in the world ofFuturama, with massive crowds showing up to watch the sport. In the episode,Bender takes up the identity of a matadorand decides to step into the ring, although it is surprising that his perfect rival didn’t return for this episode.
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Futurama Season 12’s Matador Episode Didn’t Bring Back The Show’s Matador Villain
But It Would Have Made So Much Sense
SinceFuturamaseason 12, episode 4is all about matadors, it is incredibly surprising that the episode didn’t bring back the show’s matador villain.Futuramaseason 2, episode 8, “Raging Bender” introduces several new robot villains, all of whom compete in a robot fighting circuit. One of these robots is named Foreigner, with him being a matador-themed robotic wrestler.
Since this character’s entire identity is based around bullfighting,it is strange that he didn’t at least have a cameo inFuturama’s first true bullfighting episode. This is made even more shocking due to the fact that “Beauty and the Bug” is about Bender rising up in the world of buggalo fighting, while Foreigner’s debut episode was about Bender rising up in the world of professional wrestling.
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Why Futurama Would Have To Update Foreigner To Bring Him Back
But It Has Already Done This For Other Characters
IfFuturamaever did want to bring back Foreigner, they would undoubtedly need to update the character.The robot’s stereotypical Spanish aesthetic and name could be seen as problematic,with the show most likely wanting to update the character who was introduced in the year 2000.
This wouldn’t be a problem, however, asHulu’sFuturamarevival has already updated several charactersto be less problematic for the modern day. This has even included recasting characters who were voiced by actors of different races, something that has become controversial in the years sinceFuturamawent off the air. This trend proves thatFuturamaseason 12 should have had no problem updating this matador villain for the revival, making it a strange decision that he was left behind.
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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.
