Futurama didn't achieve the longevity or cultural staying power of creator Matt Groening's The Simpsonsbut fans of the animated sci-fi comedy know that it's packed with gust-busting laughs, inventive storylines, and cultural insights to rival the latter's golden years.

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One under-sung quality of the show was the occasional, and often hilarious, musical number. Let's take a look at the very best of these musical moments.

10 "My Broken Friend" ("Bendin' In The Wind")

futurama bender performing

After Bender is rendered non-operable by a mishap with a giant can-opener, he becomes a folk-singer alongside Beck's preserved head (played by the man himself in a guest role). The pair uses their performances to raise money for robots in a similarly broken state as Bender. The episode's final song, "My Broken Friend," is a duet and an ode to those robots. Unfortunately, by that point, Bender has recovered, and him breaking into a dance onstage provokes riotous reactions from the crowd.

9 "New Justice Team" Theme ("Less Than A Hero")

"New Justice Team" Theme ("Less Than A Hero") futurama

This one isn't sung by the characters themselves, but the non-diegetic "New Justice Team theme" is memorable all the same. In this episode, "Less Than A Hero," Fry & Leela acquire superpowers (super-speed and enhanced strength, respectively) from "Miracle Cream" given to them by Zoidberg. Together, the two form a superhero team with Bender (using his innate robot abilities); the three become "Captain Yesterday," "Superking," and "Cloberella," respectively.

The team receives a theme sequence in the middle of the episode; the scene effectively parodies superhero cartoon openings by repeating the team name as a mantra and simply yet catchily describing their powers, all over images of them doing super-heroic things like racing across rooftops and saving cats from trees.

8 "In The Year 252525" ("The Late Philip J. Fry")

"In The Year 252525" ("The Late Philip J. Fry") futurama

In The Year 252525 is another non-diegetic song, yet even more catchy than the last one. In "The Late Philip J. Fry," an accident when testing Professor Farnsworth's forward-only-time machine leaves the Professor, Fry, and Bender trapped in 10000 AD. With no other options, they begin traveling further and further ahead in time, hoping to reach an era where a backward-traveling time machine has been invented.

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Parodying "In The Year 2525" by Zager & Evans, this song plays over a montage of the era visited by the time-traveling trio, describing the settings themselves (such as a world ruled by giraffes) and the continual non-success of the group.

7 "I May As Well Jump" ("Bender’s Big Score")

"I May As Well Jump" ("Bender’s Big Score") futurama

In the first of Futurama's four DTV movies, "Bender's Big Score," a trio of Alien scammers begin swindling the Planet Express Crew. The crew is left homeless, forced out onto the streets on Christmas night, and so they break into song to lament their current woes. Except for Leela, that is, who's head over heels for her new boyfriend Lars Fillmore (as Fry notes, "Lars makes me puke, I bet she'd love me too if I was a bald-headed kook!"). Still, the song's percussive rhythm and morbid lyrics add surprising humor to what should be a grim moment.

6 "This Trinity’s Going To War" ("Bender’s Big Score")

"This Trinity’s Going To War" ("Bender’s Big Score") futurama

Later in "Bender's Big Score," the scammers swindle President Richard Nixon's head and claim Earth itself. To retake the planet, humanity enlists the aid of three Holiday figures: Robot Santa Claus (John DiMaggio), Kwanzaabot (Coolio), and the Chanukah Zombie (Mark Hamill). As Santa's enslaved elves get to work building weapons and singing backup, the trinity each take a turn as lead in this catchy, hip-hop themed tune full of holiday puns and violence alike ("Chestnuts roasting, I'm gonna open fire!").

5 "The Grunka Lunka Song" ("Fry & The Slurm Factory")

"The Grunka Lunka Song" ("Fry & The Slurm Factory") futurama

As can be gathered from the title, "Fry & the Slurm Factory" parodies Charlie/Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory. In place of the "Oompa Loompas" are the "Grunka Lunkas," who musically attempt to dissuade the Planet Express Crew into inquiring about the recipe for Slurm ("Grunka Lunka Dunkety Doo, we've got a friendly warning for you. Grunka Lunka dunkety dasis, the secret of Slurm's on a need-to-know basis!").

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However, the Grunka Lunka's efforts are less than appreciated by both their manager Glurmo ("I don't pay you to sing! You just used up today's bathroom break") and Bender (who interrupts the Grunka Lunkas two attempts at beginning a song).

4 "March Of The Non-Union Elves" ("A Tale Of Two Santas")

"March Of The Non-Union Elves" ("A Tale Of Two Santas") futurama

In the series' second Christmas episode, "A Tale Of Two Santas," Fry, Leela, and Bender trap Robot Santa in ice then, at Fry's inspiration, decide to put up Bender up as a replacement, more traditional Santa. To complete the task, they put Santa's elves to work building toys rather than weapons. Many Futurama songs employ stylistic contrast, and this one is the best example of it; the cheery instrumentals played under the lyrics and images heaping repeated misfortune upon the elves makes for some excellent black comedy (when the elves complain they can't keep, Bender replies, "Do you want the kids to think that Santa's just a crummy empty-handed jerk?! Then shut your yaps and back to work!").

3 "Welcome To Robot Hell" ("Hell Is Other Robots")

Robot in Hell in Futurama

This is the first song Futurama did, and still probably the catchiest. Season 1 episode "Hell Is Other Robots" sees Bender briefly convert to the Robotology religion. Fry and Leela, annoyed by his new sanctimonious self, encourage him to indulge in sin. Soon after, he's dragged off to Robot Hell and given a surprisingly upbeat musical tour of its many levels. Dan Castellaneta, voicing the Robot Devil, impressively keeps up with the song’s ever-escalating pace, though John DiMaggio, Billy West, and especially Katey Sagel get time to shine as well.

2 "The Bureaucrat Song" ("How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back")

"The Bureaucrat Song" ("How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back") futurama

"How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back" sees the titular character, Planet Express' resident bureaucrat, put on a forced vacation by his superior Morgan Proctor. When Proctor sends Bender's personality component to the non-navigable Central Bureaucracy, however, Hermes returns at the eleventh hour, helping recover Bender's memory while singing about his passion for regulations and filing.

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Phil LaMarr carries the song easily, even if the funniest part of the song is probably when the other characters get a shot (Zoidberg: "They said I probably shouldn't be a surgeon." Farnsworth: "They pooh-poohed my electric frankfurters." Leela: "They said I probably shouldn't fly with just one eye." Bender: [mechanical voice] "I am Bender. Please insert girder"). There's also the surprisingly earnest refrain: “When push comes to shove, you gotta do what you love, even if it’s not a good idea.”

1 "I Want My Hands Back" ("The Devil’s Hands Are Idle Playthings")

"I Want My Hands Back" ("The Devil’s Hands Are Idle Playthings") futurama

The denouement of Futurama's original run, "I Want My Hands Back" brought the series to a worthy, operatic close (even if it turned out to only be a premature conclusion). In this episode, "The Devil’s Hands Are Idle Playthings," Fry goes to the Robot Devil to obtain a more coordinated set of hands so that he can play the Holophonor and impress Leela. By chance, Fry wins the Robot Devil's own hands. The synthetic Satan isn't about to roll over, however, so he orchestrates circumstances in which Leela must marry him if Fry doesn't return his hands.

This is the song that gives the biggest part to Katey Sagal (Leela), the strongest singer in the cast, when Leela laments her Faustian bargain. However, the show makes sure everyone gets a moment in the lead, leading to hilarious moments (Prof. Farnsworth: "I can't believe the Devil is so unforgiving!" Zoidberg: "I can't believe everybody's just ad-libbing!"). Deliciously melodramatic, if "I Want My Hands Back" had been the note Futurama went out on, what a final note it would've been.

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