Alienese

Alienese, the alien written language seen throughout the show, was created as an in-joke to see how fast fans could decipher it.

The first language, a simple substitution cipher, was solved almost instantly.

The second language is much more complicated, but was solved thanks to the determination (and random fixation on random and unnecessary things) of Futurama's wonderful audience.

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Appearances[]

Episodes[]

• "Opening Sequence"
• "Space Pilot 3000"
• "The Series Has Landed"
• "My Three Suns"
• "Fry & the Slurm Factory"
• "Xmas Story"
• "The Lesser of Two Evils"
• "A Bicyclops Built for Two"
• "A Clone of My Own"
• "Bender Gets Made"
• "Anthology of Interest I"
• "War Is the H-Word"
• "Parasites Lost"
• "The Luck of the Fryrish"
• "The Day the Earth Stood Stupid"
• "The Cyber House Rules"
• "Bendin' in the Wind"
• "I Dated a Robot"
• "Anthology of Interest II"
• "The 30% Iron Chef"
• "Leela's Homeworld"
• "Less Than Hero"
• "A Taste of Freedom"
• "Crimes of the Hot"
• "The Why of Fry" although it isn't really show alienese, but it shows other symbols on the pillars in the temple on Nibbler's home planet.
• "Spanish Fry"
• "Lethal Inspection"
• "The Late Philip J. Fry"
• "The Six Million Dollar Mon"

Movies[]

• "Bender's Big Score"
• "The Beast with a Billion Backs"
• "Bender's Game"
• "Into the Wild Green Yonder"

Comics[]

• "The Owner of Mars Attacks!"
• "DOOP The Right Thing!"
• "Who's Dying to Be a Gazillionaire?"
• "New Year's Rockin' Evil"
• "The Bender You Say"
• "The Time Bender Trilogy: Part 1"
• "The Read Menace!"

Other Media[]

Alienese has made one cameo on The Simpsons. In "Beware My Cheating Bart", Homer gets hooked on a parody of Lost. In a brief scene allowing the viewer to see the screen, alienese is shown on a Boulder with the actors of the parody staring at it. The text is, in English, "Watch Futurama Thursdays at 10."

The indie roguelite game Enter the Gungeon features a character that talks in Alienese (messages, reddit post).

External links[]

• Alienese Decoder WebApp - A webapp to translate to and from Alienese.
• Alienese Decoder Android App - An android app to translate to and from Alienese.