10 Futurama Episodes Probably Made Out Of Spite

10. A Clockwork Origin (S6E9)

This episode was taking a stab at creationists and was clearly inspired by a highly controversial campaign that had been going on at the time. The campaign was run by Kirk Cameron and consisted of him inserting creationist ideals into pamphlets about evolution and handing them out on university campuses in America.

In the episode, robot scientist Dr Widnar is supposed to represent Darwin and the Flying Spaghetti Monster references the emergence of Pastafarianism. Pastafarianism is a satirical movement that promotes the teaching of religion in a more light-hearted manner in schools and was quite popular at the time. After getting into an argument with protestors, Farnsworth flees with Planet Express to another planet and begins a new life force.

The episode concludes with the message that anyone could be right about anything, we simply don't know. If anything, viewers are left more educated about certain beliefs and matters in the world. But just like any Futurama episode, there is plenty of mockery going on so you cant help but feel that they’re being a tad spiteful.