At the beginning of every Futurama episode (and at some times during the episode), a "secret" ultra-nifty code can be seen. Often times, it's called The Futurama "Alien Language."
Signs on restaurants can be decoded to produce "Tasty Human Burgers" and other B-movie-esque captions. Also, other billboards contain anti-human propagandha and whatnot.
Currently, most of the code is mapped out as follows:
- A: Upright pitchfork-looking object.
- B: A greater-than symbol (>) with a dot over the far right side.
- C: (Undetermined)
- D: A square with out-stretching arrows sprouting from each corner.
- E: A diamond with poles on the top and bottom.
- F: (Undetermined)
- G: A symbol reminscent of an upright pole that a less-than symbol (<) has cleaved towards the top.
- H: A flowery looking 'f'.
- I: Graph a trig function in polar mode. A typical spiral-like pattern.
- J: (Undetermined)
- K: Similar to the G symbol, but with a crushed <.
- L: Looks like the Command key on a Mac, but missing the bottom loops.
- M: Looks like a skewered olive (as you might see in a martini {shaken, not stirred}).
- N: A rounded oblong rectangle with dots on the far left/right.
- O: A lower-case 't' with a spiral on top.
- P: looks like:
L_)
with a dot in the middle.
- Q: (Undetermined)
- R: A square with an isosceles triangle poking through the bottom.
- S: Looks like the aliens in the first wave of "Space Invaders"- or rather an upright radish-like shape with antenae on top/bottom.
- T: Looks like a faaaaar away view of the Eiffel Tower.
- U: An upward squiggle mark.
- V: Everyone's first Etch-a-Sketch rendering (or a soon-to-end game of Worms), a square that turns inward before finishing and then up. (Okay, I'll admit that's vague, just view it here: http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Network/8310/lang-v.gif)
- W: An inverted pyramid with a rod poking out and up of the top left corner (as well as one jutting out of same corner to the left ending in a <.)
- X: (Undetermined)
- Y: A sideways triple-u. (ie: a 'w' with an extra u).
- Z: (Undetermined)
- 0: (Undetermined)
- 1: (Undetermined)
- 2: (Undetermined)
- 3: A large carrot (^).
- 4: (Undetermined)
- 5: (Undetermined)
- 6: (:
- 7: Write (using symbols) square root of dot on a piece of paper, rotate it 90 degrees (π/2 radians) and underline it.
- 8: (Undetermined)
- 9: (Undetermined)
Graphics available at
http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Network/8310/code.htm