Thanks to Pastafarian Ricardo for spotting this FSM sighting in the opening credits of the Futurama movie Beyond the Wild Green Yonder. Here’s a video:
Sorry, the video is no longer available. Fox says we infringed their copyright.
This is to notify you that we have removed or disabled access to the following material as a result of a third-party notification by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation claiming that this material is infringing: FSM sighting on Futurama: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0zNc0ufNuc
Retarded. Suck it, Fox.
Anyway…
Some of us suspected there were Pastafarians at the Futurama camp after the release of Beast with a Billion Backs. Pastafarian Piscu makes the argument better than I can:
God is noodly
Heaven
Bender, the PirateWarning – Spoilers:
First, consider this: the most popular character in Futurama is surely Bender. So, it is reasonable to state that, if the writers and creators of Futurama want to express some of their beliefs, they will clearly do it via the robot itself.
About Bender, we already know that he is a great beer drinker and uses to indulge himself with “hookerbots”, which are the robotic version of strippers. These are obviosly references to our Paradise, its beer volcano and strippers factory.
But in The Beast with a Billion Backs, Bender’s faith is made much more clear. In fact, near the end of the movie, we see him dressed like a pirate and leading a ship of pirate robots (screen cap attached)! This is undoubtedly the ultimate evidence of the fatc that even the Futurama people are part of our Church!
But there’s even more! The reason of Bender’s pirating is an attack to a planet-sized being from another universe, named Yivo, who has taken with him all of the people from our universe, making them fall in love with him. And the shape of Yivo is what is more surprising (screen cap attached). In fact, Yivo looks a lot like the FSM, but there are some differences: he is tentacled too, but has only ONE central meatball and ONE eye. So, he is probably a represantation of a fake god, who pretends to be His Noodleness but actually isn’t! Furthermore, when we see the “heaven” that stands on Yivo’s surface (screen cap attached), we can notice that it is very similar to the “classical” heaven, the one which people usually believe in.
So, what we are able to conclude is that Bender, who is a pirate (hence, a FSM follower) engages in a battle against a fake FSM (Yivo) to rescue humanity (he actually states, while fighting the monster, “I’m rescuing you!”) from that false paradise, and he finally succedes in his mission. This is an obvious metaphor of the struggle the FSM Church has to carry on to bring people to the true faith. Of course, we don’t intend to move war on any other religion, but the whole story is just representive of the great effort we have to put in our mission.
What do you guys think?
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Wow! I have seen this movie many times and I have never seen that before! Now I have to watch it again. Thanks! =]
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Epic Win!
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BRILLIANT!
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I love people that obsess over movies or pay attention to things I usually just overlook thank god you were here otherwise I’d of never seen the FSM
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Yeah I noticed the fsm in the opening credits earlier but didn’t have the time to post it here, I’m glad someone else realized it and had the time to put it up
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Epic.
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Well it is common knowledge that Pirates are cool or should it be Pyrates a bit like William Blake’s Tygers, he may of not been able to spell Tiger but he wrote some cool stuff, – “For should a fool continue in his folly he shall become wise” – just quote that on all the hate mail and they should go away. Still Matt Goring is certainly a follower of the Noodly one I mean many people who send hate mail would aspire to be Homer and just remember that as Homer said “The Human Wang is a thing of beauty” indeed it is the mans noodly appendage in memory of the FSM, still he should of made it more useful like it can open beer bottles or something like that the last chicken in the shop appearance had to be for comic reasons.
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I feel like I’ve seen this image once before years ago, but this movie just came out didn’t it? Wow His Noodlyness lurks in the brains of many!
R’Amen!
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amasing!
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Aaah rat people D:
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It’s really cool that Groening is a Pastafarian. It didn’t occur to me that Yivo was a reference to the FSM, so I’ve watched them again. [I've also just noticed that the Professor prayed to Atheismo once. I think in "Bender's Game" in one of the scenes where the dogs have make-up on.] I also think that the last movie was called “INTO the Wild Green Yonder” (not “Beyond”).
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You all is douchebags
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Me and some of my freinds relized that meatwad is holy yesterday. d
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This is definitely something that I had not considered but does seem to fall pretty well into place.
Futurama also has various other relgious statements, including the Amalgamated Church where all the religions in the world are taught by the same specialist groups of priest-like figures. That figure himself admits that praying would be a pointless effort.
In the episode “Godfellas” there is a god figure who speaks in binary and operates by way of gravity, but later learns English from hearing Bender speak it, and then flings Bender towards Earth with a very noodly looking appendage.
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I guess I’m going to have to see the movie now. I’m not really much of a TV person but this looks good enough for me. Now if we can find the FSM on the Simpson’s.
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That is FANTASTIC! I can’t stand how Fox is behaving like whiny brats, but this new shed light on the FSM and Bender is truly remarkable! I ca’t believe I didn’t put 2+2 in my head, but I was drinking, lol.
Bender is awesome! RAMEN to Bender!
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WOW, you think that FOX wouldn’t be upset that you infringed upon the video in which they infringed upon the rights of the church to display it’s logo. Then again FOX does give Bill O’Reilly a venue in which he can be heard, which is pretty close to what I would consider an evil act. I’m glad we are not a power-hungry corporation or anything.
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the video has been removed from youtube …
d*mn copyright
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I think Piscu’s argument is unassailable. Also that FOX is trying to create an artificial controversy in order to reap the benefit of publicity for itself, by denying His True Noodliness’ followers access to His Pastafarious Glory. Lighten up, O’Reilly-mongers!
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Very nice investigation work!!!
I think im gonna be a futurama fan after all!
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Is it possible that FSM’ism is (or has become) a secret cult, possibly with ominous ties to the history of Christianity and the Catholic church, like that Tom Hanks movie with the scary albino?
Also, the “x” in David X Cohen looks kinda like the FSM, if you don’t think about it too hard… Or maybe cross-bones, a pirate reference… Either way, it’s unmistakable proof of His noodlie omnipotence (or is it omniscience).
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Is it possible that Fox is so obnoxious and idiotic? The FSM church should take legal action against them for the missuse of our noodly lord. I know that one day, an army of pirates will storm and burn Fox HQ’s.
Till then, let’s sue them!!
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Absolutely magnificent. People may laugh at us and our noodle obsessions BUT LET THEM. We know what we want to believe in in life and we’re not afraid to share it with everyone.
NOODLES BE WITH YOU.
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Go back and watch Wild Green Yonder again. Theres a scene where someone is making shadow puppets on the wall. At one point he is talking about evolution and makes a shape that could be the FSM. Thats what made me come here and find this post lol.
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Тема эта старая конечно же, но прочитал с удовольствием :)
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