Meanwhile story
"Meanwhile" is the series finale of the American animated television series Futurama. It serves as the 26th episode of the seventh season, and the 140th episode of the series overall. The episode was written by Ken Keeler and directed by Peter Avanzino. It premiered on Comedy Central in the United States on September 4, 2013, along with a talk show special called Futurama Live that was aired prior to and following the episode. Directed by: Peter Avanzino. Story by: Ken Keeler.
10 total · 5 major · 5 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| romantic love | major | Fry and Leela got married and lived out there lives together while everyone else was frozen in time. |
| time freeze | major | Time froze for Fry and Leela when they broke the Professor's time travel device. |
| time loop | major | The Professor invented a button with which you could create time loops at will. |
| time travel | major | The Professor invented a device that allowed the user to go back ten seconds in time at the push of a button. |
| what if I repeated a portion of my life over again | major | Apparently 10 second loops are ample time to get rich in various ways. The Professor stole from Zoidberg while Fry and Bender stole diamonds. |
| colonization of the Moon | minor | Fry, Leela, and Bender went to an amusement park on the Moon. |
| husband and wife | minor | Fry and Leela got married and lived out there lives together while everyone else was frozen in time. |
| nostalgia | minor | Fry had nostalgia on the Moon. |
| old-age love | minor | Old Fry and old Leela. |
| vampire | minor | The vampire waiter Yanos poured wine for Fry and Leela at the Vampire State Building restaurant. |