Futuramaseason 12 just added a massive twist to the show’s universe, andit is the biggest change in the history of the Hulu revival.Futurama’s world is pretty wacky, with the show making many throwaway gags and jokes actual canon parts of the universe. Hulu’sFuturamarevival has continued this trend, and whileFuturamaseason 11and 12 have already made a few changes, season 12, episode 7 contains the show’s biggest yet.
Futuramaseason 12, episode 7, “Planet Espresso"sees Hermes take the Planet Express crew to Jamaica, with the company helping Hermes breathe new life into a coffee farm that he has inherited from his deceased father. During this process, Hermes and Farnsworth discover an ancient alien spaceship buried beneath the farm, with them deciding to investigate.They soon learn that the ship is from the planet Thermos, with the alien species' connection to coffee changing the entireFuturamacanon.
All Of Earth’s Biggest Developments Are Thanks To Alien Coffee In Futurama Season 12
They Used The Coffee To Evolve Civilizations
As it turns out, all of Earth’s biggest developments are thanks to alien coffee in theFuturamauniverse. Upon drinking the alien coffee, Hermes and Farnsworth are able to communicate with the dead aliens. The Thermians explain that they found coffee that allows civilization to evolve to its maximum potential,with the species traveling throughout the cosmos and sharing this gift with other planets. They eventually got to Earth and spread coffee throughout several key points in history, but the ship crashed before humans could reach their final stage of evolution.
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Futuramaseason 12, episode 7 opens with a2001: A Space Odysseyparody, showing a tribe of hominins who find a giant thermos of coffee, allowing them to evolve into humans. During the sequence where Hermes and Farnsworth are talking to the Thermians, the aliens explain that their coffee is behind several of Earth’s biggest developments, such as the building of the Pyramids, the creation of the steam engine, and more, as well as historical events like the Boston Tea Party.
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This coffee storyline means thatFuturama’s world could have been very different if the plan of the Thermians had succeeded, putting the show in a whole new light. If the alien ship hadn’t crashed in Jamaica, then humanity and civilization would have evolved even further, leading to an entirely different timeline.
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This is huge news for the world ofFuturama, as it explains so many mysteries about the planet’s past. However,Hermes, Farnsworth, and Hermes' fatherare seemingly the only ones who know about this revelation, meaning that their control of the coffee may hold the key to the future of theFuturamauniverse.
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Futurama is an animated science fiction series that follows Philip J. Fry, a pizza delivery boy from late-20th-century New York City. He is accidentally cryogenically frozen for a thousand years and becomes an employee at Planet Express, a delivery service in the retro-futuristic 31st century.
