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image by António Martins, 12 Sep 2003
On the
J. Patrick Fischer, 25 Jan 2003
Since it is just a regular US flag with an image of
Earth (Americas showing) instead of the stars, I suppose it fits within the
historical / satyrical setting of the series.
António Martins, 12 Sep 2003
A simplified version of this flag (plain disc, less stripes) showa in the
episode “The
Tip of the Zoidberg”, in use as a tank flag, along with the
MomCorp flag (see
screenshot).
Aleksandar Nemet and António Martins, 23 Nov 2011
image by António Martins
and Eugene Ipavec, 02 Mar 2005
This flag appears at the back of the Earth Legislature chamber in the
episode “When Aliens Attack”. The vertical-hoist equivalent of the regular
Earth flag, presumably.
Eugene Ipavec, 2 Mar 2005
image by Eugene Ipavec, 06 Jul 2005
In the episode “The Cryonic Woman”, Fry and Bender borrow the
spaceship for a joyride, inadvertently dragging along the entire Planet Express
building, to which they are unknowingly moored by an unbreakable diamond
tether. A brief sight gag has the building smashing a hole in the Great Wall of
China, instantly causing nomadic warriors on horseback to flood through. The
flag they carry is that of Mongolia, except with altered
colors — gold/yellow/gold instead of red/blue/red, and the soyonbo
in red insted of yellow.
Eugene Ipavec, 06 Jul 2005
image by António Martins, 19 Nov 2011
In the episode
“All
the Presidents’ Heads”, the Futurama crew travels several
times through time, but once they finally come back, it is shown that Bender
changed Gadsden flag in the past to his version
Aleksandar Nemet, 01 Oct 2011
It shows the rattlesnake replaced with the likeness of Bender the robot,
likwise in an aggressive stance, and the legend changed to read «Bite
my fhiny metal aff» — this is supposed to read «Bite
my shiny metal ass», with letters "f" standing for the correct sharp "s":
"ſ" (the propper spelling for the last word was "aſs", however).
Please note that after distorting the flag shape (~3:4) the robot likeness
looks more deformed than in
the
original, for faulty perspective due to the intentionally
“rough” drawing style of Futurama.
António Martins, 19 Nov 2011
At the torchlighting ceremony of the 3004 Olympic (the “Bend Her”
episode), two very small flags waved by audience members are visible: One is
the flag of Belgium; the other seems to be the flag of
Chile.
T. Mike and Marc Pasquin, 17 Feb 2005
On the same scene as the modified Gadsden flag
another historical U.S. flag, the “betsy
Ross” design of the national flag, also modified to have the canton taking
up only 6 stripes, not 7, although that’s probably negligence, not one
more of Bender’s mischeif in the fictional altered present/future.
António Martins, 19 Nov 2011
by Eugene Ipavec, 25 Feb 2005
The flag of Cyberia is seen in the “Bend Her” episode, flown at
the 3004 Olympics: Light blue field with centered darker blue diamond. Inside
the diamond is a device consisting of a grey (or maybe silver) vertical 4
fingered robot fist clenching a yellow lightning bolt.
(screengrab).
T. Mike, 17 Feb 2005
image by Eugene Ipavec
A thin vertical purple swallowtail can be seen behind the Decapodian ruler
when he presides over Fry & Zoidberg’s fight to the death (Episode:
“Why Must I Be a Crustacean In Love?”, “fight to the
death” scene)
(screengrab
from www.gotfuturama.com).
T. Mike, 17 Feb 2005
image by Eugene Ipavec, 26 Feb 2005
At the spaceport (Episode: “Why Must I Be a Crustacean In Love?”,
“spaceport” scene), a pink field with the lower fourth in blue in a wave
motif, the waves cresting from left to right.
T. Mike, 17 Feb 2005
It appears above the welcome booth at the Decapodia spaceport. I think
this might be a festival flag for the Mating Frenzy.
Eugene Ipavec, 26 Feb 2005
image by Eugene Ipavec, 26 Feb 2005
This flag can be seen in the ambassador’s office (Episode: “A
Taste of Freedom”, “Embassy” scene).It is a rather
festive design with twin narrow purple stripes on a violet background.
Eugene Ipavec, 26 Feb 2005
There’s also a different, furled flag in “A Taste of
Freedom” (Episode: “A Taste of Freedom”, “Mobile
Oppression Palace” scene;
screengrab).
T. Mike, 17 Feb 2005
This flag can be seen flying from the top of the Mobile Oppression Palace.
It is likely the flag of the Decapodian occupation government of Earth
— looks like an attempt to combine Nazi and
Soviet symbols, with a white disk on a dark red field
bearing a hammer in the grasp of a Decapodian claw.
Eugene Ipavec, 26 Feb 2005
image by Eugene Ipavec, 28 Feb 2005
A 3004 Olympics participant. Apparently an independent state by then. A
field of vertical green and dark blue stripes — four and five,
respectively — overlaid with the device of a yellow-eyed, bright-red
devil’s head in profile, facing left.It appears in the episode
“Bend Her”.
Eugene Ipavec, 28 Feb 2005
by Eugene Ipavec, 25 Feb 2005
The episode “A taste of freedom” shows The Globetrotters’ Homeworld
flag (see
Screengrab).
T. Mike, 17 Feb 2005
The Globetrotter Homeworld — The Harlem Globetrotters are a
contemporary U.S. trick-basketball team. In Futurama they have their own
planet, from whence they occasionally emerge to challenge hapless Earthlings
to pick-up games. The flag appears on embassy row in “The Taste of
Freedom”. It’s actually a rather nice design, based on the
Stars-and-Stripes motif of Globetrotter uniforms.
Eugene Ipavec, 25 Feb 2005
image by Eugene Ipavec, 24 Feb 2005
The episode “A taste of freedom” shows a “Klingon” flag
(Screengrab).
T. Mike, 17 Feb 2005
For those who may be unaware, the Klingons (from the TV show
Star Trek) are an empire of uber-violent
warriors who live for nothing but valor on the battlefield and honor in death.
The humor inherent in giving them a purple-daisy-on-pink flag (to say nothing
of making the Klingon Embassy look like a Barbie Dream House) should now
become evident.
Eugene Ipavec, 18 Feb 2005
image by Eugene Ipavec, 28 Feb 2005
The flag of the Nation of Joe is seen in the “Bend Her” episode,
flown at the 3004 Olympics: Red field with Joe’s head on it.
(screengrab
from www.Gotfuturama.com).
T. Mike, 17 Feb 2005
image by Eugene Ipavec, 24 Feb 2005
I believe their flag is grey, based on the episode “Taste of Freedom”.
The color of the embassy was grey, and the flag matched the embassy color,
grey.
Zachary Harden, 04 Nov 2004
From a symbolic stanpoint, grey would indeed make it neutral in a “black
or white” context.
Marc Pasquin, 04 Nov 2004
The flag is completely beige
(Screengrab).
T. Mike, 17 Feb 2005
The planet was first seen in the episode “Brannigan Begin Again”.
(Capital: Neutropolis; Motto: “Live Free Or Don’t”).
The flag can be seen in the president’s office, as well as on embassy
row in “The Taste of Freedom”.
Eugene Ipavec, 24 Feb 2005
The Omicronians appear to have some kind of banner (vexilloid?) in the
“Spanish Fry” episode
(Screengrab).
T. Mike, 17 Feb 2005
image by Eugene Ipavec, 2 Mar 2005
DOOP stands for Democratic Order of Planets. The interstellar government of
the year 3000 in the comedy series Futurama, and an amusing satire of Star
Trek’s Federation. The flag is in the UN style, with DOOP centered in
lowercase in a deliberately retro-70s font. Though the field is a darker blue,
and those look like olive branches, not laurel. The whirly-atoms symbol over
which ’DOOP’ is superimposed bears a striking resemblance to that
of the U.N.’s International Atomic Energy
Agency, by the way.
Eugene Ipavec, 2 Nov 2004
This flag is first seen in the “Brannigan, Begin Again”
episode: When Brannigan is court-martialed, he makes Kif wave this flag behind
him to add drama to his farewell speech.
(Here’s
a link to someone else’s screen shot.)
T. Mike, 17 Feb 2005
A few notes on this flag: first off the UN branches I believe are olive as
well. (I don’t believe that it was ever stated what the branches are on
the DOOP flag, but olive is a good assumption.) Secondly, the font on the flag
I think should be a bit “heavier”, maybe bold?
David Kendall, 24 Feb 2005
Really? Peasant that I am I merely assumed they were laurel. They looked
somehow laurel-y. I have no idea what the DOOP branches are supposed to be.
They look like they need to be watered though.
Eugene Ipavec , 24 Feb 2005
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image by Eugene Ipavec, 2 Mar 2005
It first appears in the episode “Brannigan Begin Again”,
as does the flag. Simply the ’DOOP’ symbol in an oval blue shield.
The only difference from the flag is that the small spheres in the elliptical
orbits in the center of the symbol are a) larger and b) golden.
Eugene Ipavec , 2 Mar 2005
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image by Eugene Ipavec, 2 Mar 2005
There’s a DOOP spacecraft roundel too. It shows up fairly often
— every episode that features the Nimbus. A simplified, unicolored
version of the logo.
Eugene Ipavec , 2 Mar 2005
This is most probably a flag of the MomCorp owned by the Mom, although
there is already one flag of MomCorp
presented. Here is a
screenshot
with visible flag together with Earth flag
More about this
episode “The Tip of the Zoidberg” and the
Mom,
fictional character from Futurama read on Wikipedia.
Aleksandar Nemet, 16 Oct 2011
image by Eugene Ipavec, 06 Jul 2005
The company flag of Mom’s Friendly Robot Company — a division
of the megaconglomerate Momcorp, and the manufacturer of one of the
series’ cast members, Bender the debauched robot, appears in the episode
“Mother’s Day”. A screengrab can be seen
here.
Eugene Ipavec, 13 Feb 2006
image by Eugene Ipavec, 28 Feb 2005
In the episode “Bend Her”, the Olympic
Comitee’s flag at the 3004 Olympics has an extra two rings, for a
total of seven.
Eugene Ipavec, 18 Feb 2005
Probably as a joke, but also getting around
very strict IOC restrictions on
non-olympic use of the official symbol.
David Kendall, 18 Feb 2005
image by Eugene Ipavec, 27 Mar 2005
The Space Pirates, who have a part in the opening scenes of episode
“Godfellas”. Points of interest include a three-eyed skull,
odd curved-pennant shape and the choice of maroon instead of black, presumably
for enhanced visibility in space.
Eugene Ipavec, 27 Mar 2005
image by Eugene Ipavec, 02 Mar 2005
An UFE national flag that appears at the 3004 Olympics. Included for the
sake of completeness. Looks like Djibouti, but the
details are wrong.
Eugene Ipavec, 02 Mar 2005
image by Eugene Ipavec, 25 Feb 2005
The flag of the nasally endowed — and rather sensitive about it
— aliens that invade Earth in one of the Futurama comic books.
Eugene Ipavec, 25 Feb 2005
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