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Debate Score:84
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Which is better: Futurama or Family Guy

A pretty simple issue.  I'm always interested to see how people argue their points on this question.  So let's go.  Which is better, and why?

Futurama

Side Score: 48
VS.

Family Guy

Side Score: 36
9 points

I'll start by saying Family Guy is great comedy. I love it. But, I don't love it nearly as much as I love Futurama.

For me, Futurama wins this contest because it is intelligent comedy. Family Guy is clever, but not necessarily intelligent. You don't have to be smart to get the jokes on Family Guy. Futurama is like an exclusive club, whereas Family Guy is just a big bar. Does this make me an elitist? Yes. But I'm honest about it.

Furthermore, Futurama tackles real emotion, which Family Guy avoids at all costs. For example, Jurassic Bark, the episode of Futurama wherein Fry works to bring his dog back to life, always makes me cry.

In addition, Family Guy is a very formulaic show, Futurama seeks out interesting storylines that it pursues consistently. What I mean by this is that Futurama doesn't need to cut out to memories or dreams in order to place their jokes, which seems to be the main placement of jokes for Family Guy.

Finally, Futurama has a consistence that you will find in very few other tv shows. While they are not perfect, they are pretty darn close. What I mean by this is that characters/stories do not change over the course of episodes. In the episode where Fry "falls" into the cryogenic chamber, you can see Nibbler's shadow on the ground from where he actually pushed Fry in, even though we don't find this out until much later in the series. This kind of planning and consistency is delightful.

In conclusion, while Family Guy in no way sucks, they cannot expect to compare to Futurama.

Side: Futurama
4 points

Bull Pies! Futurama is so much better!

It's an intelligent show I'll give you that, but the show does not necessarily cater to " Intellectual snobs". You can find jokes in most episodes that any complete moron can find funny. For anyone who thinks Futurama is "boring" probably isn't all that intelligent themselves, because the show is not that hard to get.

Moreover, I personally think it is all about taste. If you like idiot humor, Watch Family Guy, if you want something more mind-stimulating, watch Futurama.

Side: Futurama
ShiroSama97(77) Disputed
3 points

LittleSpoon(4)

Family guy is NOT idiot humor. They put alot of thought out jokes that are hilarious! I watch both (as do alot of people), so ur kinda hurting your own position. Well, if you want mind-stimulating humor instead of hilarious humor that will make you pee yourself, then yes. you are an intellectual snob.

Side: Family Guy
1 point

As Fry would put it: Well, I love family guy, but it turns out I wasn't IN love with it

Side: Futurama
4 points

When Futurama first came out, I largely ignored it. "Cartoons with a story? Outrageous!" When Family Guy came out, on the other hand, I couldn't get enough of it. When Peter puts "the club" on Chris because a lifeguard mistook him for a van parked on the diving board, it was comedic gold. So then I got Futurama Vol. 1 on DVD and quickly became hooked. While Peter Griffin was involved in his fifth overly drawn out fight with a large chicken and doing his 1,000th flashback to something completely nonsensical/unrelated, the characters in Futurama were going through an entire story, with jokes along the way that aren't funny to everyone, but don't have to take the low road to get a giggle out of the troglodyte crowd. To liken it to beer, Family Guy is Budweiser, while Futurama is your favorite microbrew. Perhaps Budweiser will appeal to more people, but the microbrew is ultimately a better made, higher quality product.

Side: Futurama
2 points

Futurama is by far the funnier show Family Guy was funny in its first two seasons but slowed to a halt after that some of the jokes are terrible relying on insulting celebrities and what was with that business of laughing for three solid minutes? this happened a good few times besides Futurama is wittier.

Side: Futurama
2 points

First of all Futurama has a more intelligent base humor. Family Guy however is just dumb. Futurama has more of a story line to follow and makes references to other episodes which makes it a billion times more funny.

Side: Futurama
2 points

don't really have any thing to say about the show except that it is better the family guy

Side: Futurama
2 points

Futurama comes up with more of their own jokes I've seen family guy rip off tons of other jokes.

Side: Futurama
1 point

Futurama is superior by far. The humor is much more intelligent and also just funnier them family guy. Family guy just consist of random situations and words mixed together. Here i have a perfect joke for family guy to put in one of there shows. Hey remember that time i went fishing and caught neal armstrong and we started dancing like chinese womem boy that was awkward. Hey remember that time when saint louis beat the cardinals and tony danza fell from the sky. Man that was hilarious

Side: Futurama
1 point

iv'e seen ever episode of both that has aired currently. Fry plays a more engaging idiot character. Zoidberg out plays Meg at being the punching bag every time. Farnsworth's genius is played out better then stewie's. Bender succeeds in being brain's character without his annoying preachy qualities and being far funnier in the process. I'll take the well thought- out glory of Farnsworth's one way time machine over the 5th fight between peter and the chicken.

Side: Futurama
1 point

Back in the day, I would have said Family Guy, but I just don't get as many belly-laughs out of it as I used to. Besides, Leela's my dream cyclops and Bender's like the Uncle I should be grateful I never had.

Side: Futurama
1 point

I like Family Guy, I really do, but Futurama just has so much more to offer. Like other people said, it really is the funnier and just overall better of the two shows.

Side: Futurama
1 point

Futurama is just so much smarter in it's jokes, characters and story lines. Family Guy relies on slapstick humour and more flashbacks than I can count, overall it's just a dumbed-down version of The Simpsons and of much lower quality. Futurama has also never seen a drop in quality, it has been consistently hilarious throughout it's run but Family Guy on the other hand just gets worse every year until the only joke in the later episodes is the show itself.

Side: Futurama
1 point

Futurama, but if you asked me 10 years ago, I would have said Family Guy, but now that I'm older I find myself still laughing at Futurama while Family Guy disgusts me quite often.

Side: Futurama
0 points

If the question were: "which show has funnier isolated bits of shock humor?" then Family Guy would get the nod. Under every other possible category, Futurama wins. Futurama is smart, cohesive, quality story-telling with great humor built into the foundation. Family guy is a rambling, drunken mess with a few fart jokes or racial epithets thrown in here and there. Don't get me wrong, both are funny. But Futurama is clearly the better show.

Side: Futurama
-1 points

Neither.

Too horribly strange television shows. The commercials are disturbing.

Side: Neither
DaWolfman(3324) Disputed
2 points

The commercials are disturbing.

That is disturbingly irrelevant to the debate question.

Side: Family Guy
TERMINATOR(6780) Disputed
1 point

Is it?

If I dare not watch the commercials, why would I watch the television episodes?

Side: Futurama
ShiroSama97(77) Disputed
2 points

TERMINATOR(6604)

1) you have no business in this conversation

2) you have no humor (or the cheesy kind)

3) adult swim got a lot of complaints (since alot of children watch adult swim) so they changed the commercials. YAY no perverted commercials!!!

Side: Family Guy
2 points

I can't watch Futurama. It's just boring. But if I catch Family Guy and I have the time, I'll watch it. Even if I've seen it before. And that is the real test for me. Unless a movie is really good... then I can't watch it more than once.

Movies I've seen more than 10 times: Singin' In the Rain, Finding Nemo, Say Anything, Jurassic Park.

Side: Family Guy
2 points

Family Guy is much better because it has a better writer and a better cast of animated characters. Plus I'm watching Futurama right now and its not funny.

Side: Family Guy
1 point

Having watched all episodes of Futurama (including the movies), as well most episodes of Family Guy (including movies) I have to put Family guy on top here. Now I will say that I like Futurama, and will admit the humor is more intellectual. While I enjoy that, the reason I watch these kinds of shows is to laugh. I will admit I am not big on fart humor, in fact I normally prefer the intellectual humor akin to Futurama, I just dont think it delivers as frequently as it's uber-fans like to claim. My judge of these shows then go right to the laugh meter.

While I will chuckle at least once or twice an episode for Futurama I will laugh out loud, and hard, a few times during Family Guy. Not because of its low brow humor (though they have some really funny moments with that), but the references to pop culture are great. Movies and actors you havent seen in years, or your favorite moves (Star Wars, etc) end up making an appearance, or even becoming episodes. Making fun of Hollywood and 80's stars that still think they are important somehow is great comic fodder.

The fact is simply I laugh harder and more often at Family Guy than I do at Futurama. For plot and story, I will give Futurama the nod. But these are comedies... they should be funny. If I wanted a great, compelling story I would be watching a drama, not a cartoon.

Side: Family Guy
1 point

I can get bored of Futurama, I never get bored of Family Guy.

Peter "Oh well now that I don't work here anymore ...you want to know what really grinds my gears? You America, fuck you!"

Side: Family Guy
1 point

Futurama is funny, but family guy puts waaay more thought into their show!!! the characters are lovable (except Meg lol), and they have so many more jokes that relate to our world.

Side: Family Guy
gcruz27 Disputed
1 point

You got to be kidding me... If you actually watched futurama, you would not make that comment about lovable characters. I have watched both shows since they came out and no way family guy has more lovable characters than futurama. Family guy has these stupid jokes that make us laugh the first time around but that's it. Futurama has proven to make people cry because you feel for the characters. When does anyone really care if something bad happens to one of the characters on family guy. FG doesn't have that ability

Side: Futurama

Family Guy has far-fetched stories and Peter Griffin just cracks me up.

Side: Family Guy
1 point

Futurama is fun but Family Guy is far more outrageous. ....................................

Side: Family Guy
0 points

While Futurama may be intelligent and may have better animation, Family Guy is a show that should not be compared to neither The Simpsons nor Futurama (kind of like you said haha). But, I believe the viewer's choice definitely goes to Family Guy because of all of the petitioning and DVD sales during it's cancellation. They realized that Family Guy would get better than the brilliance it already was...But Family Guy and Futurama are two very different shows. Seth MacFarlene, in my opinion, is THE greatest comedic writer of all time...a genius. Also, he's the richest person in Hollywood, and he OWNS Fox on Sunday nights. In conclusion, if Futurama was on Comedy Central, and Family Guy was on Cartoon Network, I would definitely choose Family Guy :)

Side: Futurama
bazzaboy45 Disputed
2 points

Seth MacFarlene doesn't write the show it has writers for that, he may add content but the vast majority comes from the writers. He is not the richest person in Holywood. His net worth is 100 million while Matt Groaning (Creator of Futurama and the Simpsons) is 500 million. You say he owns the Fox Sunday line up but he lacks originality all 3 of his shows are all a take on a family and he only runs 3 of the 5 shows on the Sunday line up. When Matt did the Simpsons (his take on the American family) he then decided to do a take in something else not repeat it 3 times. Also family guy's humor can be stupid and unfunny. There are some funny parts and iI quite like the show but it's writing is no where near Futuama. Watch "Cartoon Wars" the episode by South Park which explains the stupidness of family guy.

Side: Futurama
0 points

First, I'm not sure popularity actually answers the question of which is better. But, if you're right that Family Guy is more popular because DVD sales resulted in the comeback, then you'll be glad to know that Futurama is coming back because of DVD sales as well. In this case, Futurama producers created four DVD's after the fourth season was over. These were available for rent before they were broadcast on Comedy Central. The response to these has resulted in Comedy Central signing on for 26 new episodes (spread out as two 13-episode seasons). So, Family Guy is not the only show to come back from the dead.

As for Seth MacFarlane being THE greatest comedic writer of all time, I would certainly have to disagree. Not only for the reasons mentioned in my first post (see left column), but also for his other shows, American Dad and The Cleveland Show. The Simpsons may have an off season here and there, but American Dad and The Cleveland Show have been off since they came on air.

In conclusion, Family Guy is certainly a show that appeals to the larger populus (hence the reason Futurama is for intellectual snobs). But this does not make it the better show. For me, what makes Futurama great is the consistently clever plots, character development, and the scifi format, which allows for a lot more imaginative possibilities than Quahog, RI.

Side: Futurama
0 points

Furama is boring, not funny, and kind of creepy. Family Guy is just SO FUNNY!!!! oh my goodness. yes they do play the stupid factor kind of gets over played but SO FUNNY!!!

Side: Family Guy
-1 points

Yes, family guy is random, but dont you want a variety of different plots with the same characters than a boring futurama where they drag the same plot over and over?

Side: Family Guy
jigstheman(2) Clarified
3 points

dragging the same plot over and over? how many times have we had 10 minutes of chicken fight and seemingly endless Conway twitty? Futurama delivers a new plot every episode, an engaging and well thought out plot.

Side: Futurama