Futurama has always had a lot of fun riffs on classic sci-fi tropes. It's taken silly approaches to typically dramatic concepts like the robot apocalypse and space travel. But there was one trope the show spent years trying to avoid utilizing -- and the latest episode is just the latest example of Futurama's willingness to change its internal rules.
Source:https://www.cbr.com/futurama-broken-its-foundational-rules-many-times/