Futurama Season 12 Confirms The Revival Is Continuing The Best Character Change From Season 11

Summary "The One Amigo" sets the tone for Futurama season 12's serialized storytelling path, focusing on Amy's kids and their impact on the world.

The return of Amy's children highlights a shift towards more continuity and long-term storytelling in the beloved animated series.

While past new character relationships were ignored, season 12 maintains Amy's arc as a mother, adding depth to the Futurama universe.

Futurama season 12, episode 1 is a great start to the new batch of episodes, as it confirms that the Hulu revival is continuing the best character change from season 11. After years of being canceled, Futurama finally made its grand return with season 11, with Hulu having picked up the beloved adult animated series for a revival. Although the Futurama revival continues many of the hallmarks of the series that fans love, it also made some major changes, with Futurama season 12 confirming that it will continue the show's best season 11 alteration.

Futurama season 12's "The One Amigo" features the first adventure that the Planet Express crew has gone on in season 12, with the gang attempting to steal a batch of NFTs from a museum while Bender heads to Mexico in order to meet his family. Most of the Planet Express crew is focused on the heist mission, and while main characters Fry, Leela, and Farnsworth are obviously involved in the episode, Amy Wong also plays a big role. Amy's character went through a lot of development in Futurama season 11, and season 12 proves that it will continue this story.

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Amy Wong's Kids From Season 11 Play A Major Role In Futurama Season 12, Episode 1

They Are In Most Of Amy's Scenes

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Amy and Kif were in a relationship for many years throughout Futurama, but season 11 made a major change to their status quo by introducing their children. Futurama set up Amy and Kif's kids back in season 4 over 20 years ago, and they were properly reintroduced as fully formed characters in the season 11 episode "Children of a Lesser Bog." Amy and Kif's three children, Axl, Mandy, and Newt, remained recurring characters throughout season 11, but many fans wondered if they would disappear like several other additions to the Futurama cast.

Kif and Amy's children had to remain in a swamp for 20 years before returning home.

However, Axl, Mandy, and Newt are still around in Futurama season 12, proving that the show is going to continue Amy's arc as a mother. While Kif is absent, presumably working with Zapp on a DOOP mission, almost every scene that Amy is in features her three children. Axl, Mandy, and Newt even play a major role in the episode, filling the Planet Express crew in on how NFTs work. It's nice to see that Amy's three children are around to say, with the show maintaining continuity with this season 1 storyline.

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Futurama Has Often Ignored New Character Relationships & Family Changes In The Past

Such As Bender's Kids

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Adding in new characters who are related to the main cast of Futurama is a recurring pattern throughout the show, but the series has often ignored these changes to the status quo. For example, twice major Futurama storylines have centered around Farnsworth having sons, with those being Cubert and Igner. However, these characters rarely play roles in Futurama episodes anymore, and even when they do, their connections to Farnsworth are hardly ever addressed.

This Futurama family tree problem is even apparent in season 12, episode 1. "The One Amigo" is all about Bender attempting to learn more about his family, but this episode didn't even reference Bender's family members from previous episodes. Bender has had two children and has a twin brother named Flexo, with none of these three characters even getting a nod in the season 12 premiere. So, it is good news that Amy's kids are still so prevalent in season 12, saving them from the same fate these aforementioned characters suffered.

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The Return Of Amy's Kids Suggests Futurama's Revival Will Stick To More Serialized Storytelling

Which Is A Good Path Forward For Futurama

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Bringing Amy's kids back for Futurama season 12 is a good thing, as it suggests that Futurama's revival will stick to more serialized storytelling. The return of this trio implies that other storylines that previously would have been episodic will now have an impact on the broader Futurama world, with more and more details acting as series-shifting events rather than simple one-off gags or storylines.

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Futurama's switch to serialized storytelling is undoubtedly influenced by the modern era of streaming, something that was just taking its first steps when Futurama was canceled previously. Now that viewers are less reliant on random episodes airing as reruns, Futurama doesn't have to worry about its audience getting confused by not watching the show in order. So, additions like Amy's kids can be put into the show more naturally, allowing for a more dynamic Futurama world going forward.