Turanga Leela (often referred to simply as Leela) (born A.D. 2980) is the primary female character in the animated television series Futurama. She is voiced by Katey Sagal. On the show, Leela is a cyclops who captains the Planet Express ship. She is the primary love interest of the series' protagonist, Fry. Leela always wears a computerized armband on her wrist. Futurama is an Emmy Award-winning animated sitcom created by Matt Groening (creator of The Simpsons) and David X. Cohen for the Fox network, and will resume airing in 2008 on Comedy Central. ... Download high resolution version (485x637, 27 KB)Turanga Leela. ... The idea of a mutant is a common trope in comic books and science fiction. ... Trinomial name Homo sapiens sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 Humans, or human beings, are bipedal primates belonging to the mammalian species Homo sapiens (Latin: wise man or knowing man) in the family Hominidae (the great apes). ... Adjectives: Terrestrial, Terran, Telluric, Tellurian, Earthly Atmosphere Surface pressure: 101. ... Captain is a nautical term, an organizational title, and a rank in various uniformed organizations. ... Futurama is an Emmy Award-winning animated sitcom created by Matt Groening (creator of The Simpsons) and David X. Cohen for the Fox network, and will resume airing in 2008 on Comedy Central. ... Futuramas recurring human characters: Spoiler warning: // (Voiced by Tom Kenny) - Onetime owner of the Ultimate Robot Fighting league, and later owner of the New New York Mets. ... Futuramas recurring human characters: Spoiler warning: // (Voiced by Tom Kenny) - Onetime owner of the Ultimate Robot Fighting league, and later owner of the New New York Mets. ... This article or section on a Television-related subject may need to be cleaned up and rewritten because it describes a work of fiction in a primarily in-universe style. ... Space Pilot 3000 is the first episode of Futuramas first season. ... Katey Sagal (born Catherine Louise Sagal on January 19, 1954)[1] is a Golden Globe nominated American actress, singer, and writer, known for her roles in Futurama, 8 Simple Rules, and Married. ... Futurama is an animated United States cartoon series (March 28, 1999-2003) created by Matt Groening (who also created The Simpsons). ... Katey Sagal (born Catherine Louise Sagal on January 19, 1954)[1] is a Golden Globe nominated American actress, singer, and writer, known for her roles in Futurama, 8 Simple Rules, and Married. ... Polyphemus the Cyclops. ... This article or section on a Television-related subject may need to be cleaned up and rewritten because it describes a work of fiction in a primarily in-universe style. ...

The writers of Futurama often add minor details as coincidental references, and Leela is no exception. When she worked for the cryogenics lab, she was Officer 1BDI ("one beady eye"). Also, she lives in Apartment 1I ("one eye"). Cryogenics is a branch of physics (or engineering) that studies the production of very low temperatures (below –150 °C, –238 °F or 123 K) and the behavior of materials at those temperatures. ...

Name origin

"Leela" is considered her given name. "Turanga" is her surname, so she addresses a letter to her parents "Turanga Morris and Munda". Look up Appendix:Most popular given names by country in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

"Lila" means purple in Spanish, Swedish, Hungarian, Finnish, German, and some Slavic languages, suggesting her name may be inspired by her hair color. Leela is also the name of one of Doctor Who's companions, a brave female alien — producer Matt Groening is a known fan.^{[citation needed]}  Countries where a West Slavic language is the national language  Countries where an East Slavic language is the national language  Countries where a South Slavic language is the national language The Slavic languages (also called Slavonic languages), a group of closely related languages of the Slavic peoples and a subgroup... Leela is a fictional character played by Louise Jameson in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Doctor Who is a long-running British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC, (and a 1996 television movie). ... Matthew Abram Groening (born February 15, 1954[2] in Portland, Oregon;[3] his family name is pronounced ) is an Emmy Award-winning American cartoonist and the creator of The Simpsons,[4] Futurama and the weekly comic strip Life in Hell. ...

Her surname, introduced in later episodes^{[citation needed]} is a pun on Olivier Messiaen's most famous orchestral work, the Turangalîla Symphony.^[1] Messiaen stated that the title of the piece derived from two Sanskrit words, turanga and lîla, together meaning something like "love song and hymn of joy, time, movement, rhythm, life, and death." Olivier Messiaen It has been suggested that List of students of Olivier Messiaen be merged into this article or section. ... The Turangalîla-Symphonie is a large-scale piece of orchestral music by Olivier Messiaen. ... The Sanskrit language ( , for short ) is an old Indo-Aryan language from the Indian Subcontinent, the classical literary language of the Hindus of India[1], a liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, and one of the 23 official languages of India. ...

Biography

Baby Leela on the door step of Cookieville Minimum Security Orphanarium

Leela was born into the society of subterranean mutants who live in the sewers beneath New New York. Since her mutation was relatively minor, just her eye, (she was described by the doctor as "the least mutated mutant ever"), her parents, who first appeared in a quick shot in "I Second That Emotion", deposited her on the steps of the Cookieville Minimum Security Orphanarium in order to spare her the degrading life of a mutant. Leela's mother (calling on her education in Exolinguistics, which, surprisingly for the series, could be an actual term in the future,) attached a note to Leela's blankets in an alien-like script, which from translated alienese, reads "Your parents love you very much". Leela's mother stated that if her degree in the subject was worth "diddly-poop" it would convince the head of the orphanarium that Leela was an alien, as opposed to a mutated human. Her parents closely monitored her youth, periodically intervening to protect her from falling down stairs, leaving birthday presents for her, etc. Leela finally discovers that she and her parents are mutants in the episode "Leela's Homeworld". Image File history File links Futurama_ep56. ... Image File history File links Futurama_ep56. ... I Second That Emotion is a 1967 hit single by The Miracles for the Tamla (Motown) label. ... Futurama is an Emmy Award-winning animated sitcom created by Matt Groening (creator of The Simpsons) and David X. Cohen for the Fox network, and will resume airing in 2008 on Comedy Central. ... Leelas Homeworld is the second episode of Futuramas fourth season. ...

As a child, Leela often had to endure childish bullying from other orphans, mainly because of her being a cyclops, as well as for her dental braces. As a teenager, still feeling the torment of being a cyclops, Leela trained in Arcturan Kung-Fu, succeeding despite the misogyny of her teacher, Master Phnog. She developed a lasting crush on a fellow orphanarium inmate, Adlai Atkins. They would later meet as adults, after he had become a successful cosmetic surgeon. Bullying is the tormenting of others through verbal harassment, physical assault, or other more subtle methods of coercion such as manipulation. ... Braces Dental braces (also known as orthodontic braces) are a device used in orthodontics to correct alignment of teeth and their position with regard to bite. ... Many works of fiction such as movies and books have characters that practise martial arts. ... Misogyny (GA , RP ) is hatred or strong prejudice against women. ... Plastic surgery is a general term for operative manual and instrumental treatment which is performed for functional or aesthetic reasons. ...

As an adult, Leela could be seen as a very attractive, vixen-like woman, except that she has only one eye, the apparent reason for her lack of relationship experience. Leela's first mentioned job was a Career-Chip Officer, through which she meets Fry. After Fry convinces her to break from the bonds of her job, Leela becomes a Space Captain at Planet Express, piloting the aptly named Planet Express Ship. She is physically very strong. Futurama is an animated United States cartoon series (March 28, 1999-2003) created by Matt Groening (who also created The Simpsons). ... The Planet Express Ship is a fictional spaceship in the animated series Futurama. ...

Due to having a single eye, she lacks stereoscopic vision and therefore has problems with depth perception. In spite of this she seems to have no difficulty in flying the Planet Express ship (other than colliding with billboards on a weekly basis in the show's opening sequence). This can also be seen in the episode "A Bicyclops Built for Two". When the man who was imitating a cyclops told the story about their fictional species, members of the species are looking down a telescope and one says 'how far away is it?' (referring to the missile heading to their planet). Then the cyclops staring down the telescope says 'a million billion mile' and then seconds later the missile hits. Stereopsis (from stereo meaning solidity, and opsis meaning vision or sight) is the process in visual perception leading to perception of stereoscopic depth. ... Depth perception is the visual ability to perceive the world in three dimensions. ...

Although never given a definite name, Leela's armband is apparently omni-functional, as she repeatedly describes it as "this thing I wear on my wrist". It apparently has a tracker called a "wrist-lojackamator". In the Episode "The Luck of the Fryish", whilst searching through Old New York, Leela states "If we get bored looking, I've got Tetris on this thing". It is capable of speech (It speaks twice) and has a female voice. The Luck of the Fryrish is the 4th episode in season 3 of Futurama. ... Tetris (Russian: ) is a falling-blocks puzzle video game, released on a large spectrum of platforms. ...

Leela is also known to have a very nosy personality.

Leela had an odd-looking pet named Nibbler, which she found on the planet Vergon 6, in the episode "Love's Labors Lost in Space". Nibbler is a fictional character from the animated television series Futurama. ... Vergon 6 is a planet featured in the Futurama series of cartoons. ... Loves Labors Lost in Space is the 4th episode in Season 1 of Futurama. ...

In the episode "Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch" Leela holds Kif's ungloved hand and transfers her DNA to him. This results in him becoming pregnant with her children. However since Amy inspired the original feelings of love, she is known as the Smizmar. Kif Gets Knocked Up A Notch is the first episode in season four of Futurama. ... ...

Love life

Sean

Leela periodically referenced this never-seen ex-boyfriend (it's unclear when exactly they dated or for how long), describing him as uneducated, unambitious, pasty, and hunched, but finding his musical ability on the saxophone attractive ("The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings"). He apparently cheated on her and, in "Love and Rocket", Leela unconvincingly insisted that their breakup was mutual, implying that he dumped her. The Devil’s Hands are Idle Playthings is the 18th and final episode in season four of the TV series Futurama. ... Love and Rocket is the third episode of Futuramas fourth season. ...

William Shatner

In "Where No Fan Has Gone Before", Leela and William Shatner had a brief make-out session on the planet Omega 3 after fighting under the whim of an evil cloud of gas that was keeping the Star Trek actors hostage. It wasn't taken any further, nor was mentioned again. This could be seen as a possible homage to a notable Star Trek scene in which Captain Kirk and Lieutenant Uhura shared the first interracial kiss in television history. Where No Fan Has Gone Before is the eleventh episode of the fourth season of the animated series Futurama. ... William Shatner (born on March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor who gained fame for his starring role as Captain James Tiberius Kirk of the USS Enterprise in the television show Star Trek from 1966 to 1969 and in seven of the subsequent movies. ... The current Star Trek franchise logo Star Trek is an American science fiction entertainment series. ... Captain James T. Kirk James Tiberius Kirk, a fictional character in the Star Trek television series, was the captain of the starship Enterprise (NCC-1701 and NCC-1701-A). ... Lieutenant Uhura is a character from the fictional Star Trek universe and was played by Nichelle Nichols on Star Trek: The Original Series and the first six Star Trek movies. ... An interracial couple is a romantic couple or marriage in which the partners are of differing races. ...

Doug

Doug was only seen in "Love's Labors Lost in Space" at the very beginning having dinner with Leela in a fancy restaurant. It was not revealed whether or not he and Leela had been going out for some time or if they had just the one dinner date. Leela liked him at first because he did not care that she was a cyclops. However, after he slurped up an after-dinner mint with his very long lizard-like tongue, Leela immediately disliked him. This is perhaps a clue that the dinner date was their first encounter together. Loves Labors Lost in Space is the 4th episode in Season 1 of Futurama. ... Polyphemus the Cyclops. ...

Dean Vernon

In the episode "Mars University" it is revealed at the end (in a style parodying the ending of Animal House) that Leela wound up going out on a date with the dean of Mars University. Afterwards, he never called her back. Mars University is episode eleven of season one of Futurama. ... The Deltas in front of their house Movie poster of Animal House National Lampoons Animal House (also called Animal House) is a 1978 comedy film in which a misfit group of Delta fraternity boys takes on the system at their college. ...

Zapp Brannigan

When Leela found herself on the Nimbus, she met celebrated space captain Zapp Brannigan. Initially somewhat attracted to him, Leela quickly discovered that he was actually a "pompous dimwit" when he arrested her and her crew for technical violation of "Brannigan's law". The Nimbus: DP-1729 is a spaceship in the fictional series Futurama. ... General Major Webelo Zapp Brannigan is a fictional character in the television series Futurama. ...

Zapp then summoned her to his overly lush quarters, which he called his "lovenasium", where he attempted to seduce her. Leela was completely unimpressed; however, when her forthright rebuff reduced him to tears, Leela slept with him (see pity sex). Upon awakening to find herself in Zapp's bed, Leela was mortified. Zapp, however, was delighted at his "romantic conquest" and gloated mercilessly, serene in his delusional self-image (in the episode Brannigan Begin Again he confessed that Leela was "The only woman who ever loved me physically"). This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Brannigan Begin Again is episode 2 in season 2 of Futurama. ... It has been suggested that Duration of sexual intercourse be merged into this article or section. ...

Throughout the series, Zapp bragged about his night with Leela and tried to entice her into dates and romantic encounters. Leela remained unswayingly disdainful of him and avoided him whenever possible.

Bender also harasses Leela about her relationship with Zapp, and is often rebuked for it.

Alcazar

In the episode A Bicyclops Built for Two, Leela had a brief relationship with (and indeed almost married) a shapeshifter named Alcazar who had posed as another cyclops and claimed to be the last other member of her 'alien species'. After seducing her, with her motivated in large part by a desire to preserve the cyclops race, his behavior became loutish and the relationship became a parody of the TV series Married... with Children, in which Katey Sagal starred as Peggy Bundy. Leela is even drawn with an outfit typical of Peggy's and addresses Alcazar as "Aaaallll", as Peggy had addressed her TV husband, Al Bundy. A Bicyclops Built for Two is episode nine in season two of Futurama. ... Shapeshifter was a program wich would allow you to edit and make your own themes for the mac computers but this is now out of date ... Married… with Children was a long-running American sitcom about a dysfunctional family living in Chicago. ... Married. ... Al Bundys classic couch pose. ...

Fry had been suspicious of Alcazar all along and interrupted Alcazar's and Leela's wedding ceremony by revealing Alcazar's master plan - to find and marry five lonely alien females to be his wives and tend to his five palaces. Fry brought the other four brides to the wedding, and they and Leela assaulted Alcazar until he revealed his true insect-like form. After he explained everything, Leela asked him why he didn't change form in the one place that counts. Penis size is of great concern to many men. ...

The name "Alcazar" is a pun on the word "Alcázar", the name of the Royal Castle in Seville. The false history of the cyclops race given by Alcazar, including a brilliant scientist who placed his infant child in a rocket ship sent to Earth while his home planet was being destroyed, is a parody of the origin of Superman. King Pedros Palace in the Alcázar from the Patio de la Monteria The Alcázar of Seville (Spanish Reales Alcázares de Sevilla or Royal Alcázars of Seville) is a royal palace in Seville, Spain. ... NO8DO (I was not abandoned) Location Coordinates : ( ) Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Sevilla (Spanish) Spanish name Sevilla Founded 8th-9th century BC Postal code 41001-41080 Website http://www. ... Superman is a comic book superhero , originally created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian artist Joe Shuster and published by DC Comics. ...

Adlai Atkins

When recollecting on her crush on him from childhood, Leela meets and dates Adlai, who is portrayed to be a normal man. As a cosmetic surgeon, he offers and performs an operation to give her a normal appearance with a second eye, although the second eye would be cosmetic and nonfunctional. Leela willingly dates Adlai simply to appear 'normal' and also because he would be the only respectable decent man that she has had the chance to date.

After wanting to adopt a 3-eared orphan from Bender, she discovers that Adlai is too interested in making everything "normal," seemingly unable to accept things the way they truly are, so Leela forces him to undo the surgery and make her a cyclops again ("The Cyber House Rules"). The Cyber House Rules is the ninth episode in season three of Futurama. ...

Chaz

Leela dated the Mayor's Aide after he wooed her by demonstrating his power. However, after a chance encounter with children from her old orphanarium, Leela realized that Chaz was far too interested in the power of his position. She decided to prematurely end the date by shoving his badge in his mouth after he denied the orphans the use of an ice rink ("The Why Of Fry"). The Why of Fry is the tenth episode in the fourth season of Futurama. ...

Philip J. Fry

Though she and Fry had several intimate moments throughout the series, and he was constantly trying to convince her to date him, they never ultimately hooked up, though they came close several times and have kissed. In addition:

• In the episode "Anthology of Interest I," the What-If Machine invented by Professor Hubert Farnsworth reveals that they would have had sex (she turned the lights off, Fry says "I really like it") if Leela were more impulsive.
• In the episode "Time Keeps on Slippin'", they are briefly married. Further, after rejecting Fry's amateurish advances, she confesses to Dr. Zoidberg, "Fry is very sweet, but he's so immature. I love his boyish charm, but I hate his childishness".
• When they travelled to a parallel universe in the episode "The Farnsworth Parabox," it was revealed that the parallel Fry and Leela were married. Furthermore, the real Fry and Leela would have also been married had Leela accepted a previous date with Fry.
• In the episode "Parasites Lost," Fry, benefiting from increased intellect thanks to a super-intelligent worm infestation, is able to properly tell Leela that he loves her and she appears to reciprocate. Unfortunately, Fry, concerned that Leela loves him more for what the worms did than for his true self, subsequently rids himself of the parasites and goes back to being his usual self with Leela, who promptly gives him the cold shoulder.
• During the cruise on the Titanic in the episode "A Flight To Remember," Fry poses as Leela's fiance, in order to save her from Zapp Brannigan's advances. However, he also posed as Amy Wong's boyfriend as well, a fact which causes Leela to become jealous. Fry lets her know that their fake relationship means much more to him than than the one between him and Amy.
• In the episode "The Sting," Leela experiences a series of lucid dreams after Fry 'dies'. At first they seem to only indicate her feelings of guilt, since Fry 'died' saving Leela's life. In the very last one, before she awakes, Fry tells her to never give up through a picture of him on her bedside table and then admits that, though he never told her before, he loves her. The end of the episode reveals that Leela had in fact been in a coma for the majority of the episode's events and was dreaming; in real life, a healthy Fry had been speaking to her by her bedside for a solid two weeks.
• In "Insane in the Mainframe" Leela tried to "remind Fry of his humanity only the way a woman can" by kissing him. However the plan failed.
• They are seen together at the end of "Love and Rocket" before being joined by Zoidberg.
• Fry buys a gift (a pet parrot) for Leela (which later escapes and is destroyed by Robot Santa) in "Xmas Story". They also almost kiss when they find themselves under the mistletoe when being chased by Robot Santa.
• Teenage Fry visits Teenage Leela and spends time with her in "Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles."
• Fry admits in "The Why of Fry" that Leela is the only valuable thing to him. Nibbler later gives Fry a flower to give to Leela. When he walks back in to the Planet Express headquarters, Leela and Bender had just finished removing the head of Chaz from a photo of Chaz and Leela. As Leela holds up the newly altered photo, Fry walks into the room, his head replacing Chaz's in the photo from Leela's perspective. Fry then gives Leela the flower and she kisses him. When the credits of the show roll, Fry is heard shouting an enthusiastic "Yes!".
• At the end of "The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings," after Fry's opera is ultimately a failure, Leela still remains to see it end after being touched by Fry's intentions in making the opera for her. He finishes by playing his holophoner and generating a rudimentary hologram of Fry and Leela walking off, hand in hand.
• In issue #21 of Futurama comics Leela and Fry nearly kiss because Fry thinks his last day may be spent stuck with Zapp but then are interrupted by aliens.

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