Most Futurama fans know that Nibbler’s shadow can be seen in Space Pilot 3000, the show’s first episode. It appears just before Fry falls into the cryogenic chamber. The reason why was revealed in the season 5 episode The Why of Fry. One question remained: was the shadow visible the FIRST time Space Pilot 3000 aired, suggesting that Futurama’s creators had Nibbler’s role planned from the beginning? Or was it added later on for re-airings and other releases? This question has been debated for decades. Both sides have reasonable arguments and adamant supporters, but actual evidence was elusive…until now. Welcome to the Nibbler’s Shadow Saga.
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idea doesnt validate my pre conceived ideas, must be fake
Holy f*ck balls…. that gave me gooseflesh….. that is CRAZY!!! 😮
I just thought randomly about nibbler today and now i get this video randomly recommended
I always knew that Nibbler shot first!
15:08 threw me off. I have earbuds in and thought my dog barked.
Regarding the re-dubbed line, it would most likely be just as easy or easier to fix the lip sync than to remove a shadow. The original lip sync being present in the final episode is evidence that the animation itself was not altered in a situation where edits were being made, and circumstantial evidence that the shadow was not altered.
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I'm shocked—I remember watching it as a kid on Fox when it first aired. I never would have thought Nibbler appeared in the very first episode! Maybe I assumed it happened later, like during the continuation when Futurama moved to Adult Swim or Comedy Central.
Wow, I'm stunned. 100% thought it wasn't going to be there. I started Futurama just a few years ago and when I heard the rumors, I wholeheartedly just decided that it was added in later. Which is why this video is clearly fake. There's no way this evidence is legitimate considering the absurdity of it conflicting with my preconceived notions. Let this be a lessons to all you fakers out there that you can't pull one over on us! /s
Great job on putting this internet debate to rest and I extend the sentiment to the writers of Futurama for having such a robust show with incredible foresight. Thank you!
the layer on the tape is probably mold, and that's normal by now I think :/
Some moldy tapes have visible spots or colorization on the edge of the film-rolls, easily seen thru the plastic it can give a indication of the picture quality 🙂
Take that Nibbler deniers. Go back to your flat earth theories
You Da Man!
That is surprising. I always figured they added it later. But, apparently not. I think they added the eyeball though later (from what I can see in this video). But, very cool.
This is one of the most important pieces of content I’ve ever seen
Well, that's good enough for me
And all those fools were so confident lol
And that sir is why we need the home recording movement and physical media, as well as private used rights.
@14:42 Your LuhCuhDuh TuV is HuD compatible, perfect for DuVuDuhs.
Lol the guy from Four Lions who did the whole "rubber dinghy rapids bro" line used to have a couple shows called Fonejacker and Facejacker, they were prank shows, in the first one it was prank phone calls and one of them was him calling up a TV shop and asking about their LCD TV's, you might get a kick out of that!
23:50
Time saved
Honestly, I really doubted this being the case but I guess it's cooler that they did actually plan it all along. There's still a not completely zero chance that this is bs, if YOU were faking it… but my god the amount of effort to do that would be ridiculous. And for what payoff? If my grandparents hadn't closed their video store like ~15 years ago I think? I'd probably be able to at least find the s1 screener and compare, but I doubt they got a pre-release pilot episode promotional screener. They basically only got movies and some video games, and then of course when entire seasons of a show were released, primarily on DVD and Blu-Ray. (Though I think some were on VHS? Honestly, idr that far back)
If I could get my hands on what I knew for certain was a promo screener, I'd take the minimal effort of verifying it myself, just to double confirm this (or call you out if you really did fake it, but that seems insane lol), but I can't do I'll just choose to believe I was wrong. As rare as it is. I mean, I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken… So… >.>
Simpsons predicted the future…..Futurama calling JFK jr 👀👀👀👀
The answer is yes. How did you milk a 30 minute video out of this?
This video is blowing up! Good on you, love your videos. Definitely one of my favourite hidden gem channels
Dude get to the point, first 12 minutes and it isn't even good background noise, this doesnt need to be 30 minutes long, sorry for being negative
It's not Nibbler. It's Bender. Has no one suggested this?
video starts at 23:50
Making this comment 2 days after the video came out, can verify and confirm the note at 23:46.
24:14 Missed opportunity for a Leonardo DiCaprio pointing at the tv meme
Am I remembering a different episode, or does Nibbler's eye stalk also appear in the garbage can as Fry looks over at the desk with pods behind it?
For years I've been waiting on Film Theory to do a theory on the logistics of and analyzing how one can be their own grandfather with a Futurama theory.
Thanks for answering the question I had 15 years ago and forgot about