Talk:Leela (Futurama)

Family name

It was revealed in Bender's Game (on her parents mail box) that Turanga is her family name, not her first name. I've been reading the article but I'm not sure how I'd go about adding that to the article in a professional manner. ^---SilentRAGE! 04:54, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Just in case the present wording is unclear to anyone, Turanga is her family (first) name, Leela is her given (last) name, as mentioned in the original episodes.129.137.154.193 (talk) 23:33, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

That doesn't make sense. Every other character uses the Western style of family name being synonymous with surname and given name being synonymous with first name. Therequiembellishere (talk) 18:58, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

Well, mutant society -is- very different. Just saying. Lots42 (talk) 04:02, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

The show never refers to Leela as "Leela Turanga," whereas the name "Turanga Leela" is used multiple times. I am changing the article to reflect the correct name order according to the series. noktulo (talk) 16:16, 14 March 2016 (UTC)

I thought her name was Leela Turanga... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.132.234.184 (talk) 17:43, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Talons

Unless I am severely missing something (or my search button is broken) the article does not mention Leela's arm talons. Lots42 (talk) 12:21, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

Given that they were mentioned once and Futurama runs to many throwaway gags, I wouldn't worry about them. Wyvern (talk) 16:29, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

I disagree, I feel they are very relevant. Lots42 (talk) 23:02, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

She has talons ??? --Dylan (talk) 16:01, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

Elbow talons were mentioned in one of the later Santa Claus episodes; supposedly she normally keeps them filed down. However, it was a quick joke and never came up again. Mentioning her recurring boil (which wasn't seen until the sixth season and actually was a plot point) might make sense, the talons...not so much. Wyvern (talk) 15:56, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

Marriage

Is that mention of a marriage with Fry meant to be the one with Lars/Fry in Into the Wild Green Yonder? If I recall correctly, that was canceled before they were declared married, so Fry is not her "ex-husband" at all (let alone Lars was not even the regular Fry, but a temporal clone). 93.33.0.32 (talk) 12:25, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

Well, Fry and Leela did get married in an earlier episode, the one with time-skips and the Harlem Globetrotters. Unfortunately a time-skip erased her memories of the marriage, reverting her to her 'pre-feelings'. Lots42 (talk) 12:54, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

Noteable

I think it's noteable that in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Duh-Vinci_Code Leela agreed to go off in a dark corner for 'The Mile Under Club' (i.e. sex) with Fry but Farnsworth put a stop to all that. (Awww). Lots42 (talk) 12:59, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

Significance of the name

Lila (same pronunciation) means purple in German, and I always thought that was the origin of her name. Since the current section on the significance needs citation, I was wondering if anybody knows of a source that can corroborate one way or another. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.218.143.104 (talk) 17:05, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Is this important?

I think it's important that she was the first female to play major league Blernsball. She's also noted as the worst major league Blernsball player in history. Im not sure where I could find references for this though. --Dylan (talk) 16:12, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

I think in terms of Futurama, it'd be important if it was in more then one episode. Like how Amy's parents are kid-hungry psychopaths. Lots42 (talk) 12:51, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

I agree with Lots42, for a fictional biography it is one of many minor details that would make the article excessively long and trivia filled if they were all included. If it were in multiple episodes or discussed from an out-of-universe perspective in a reliable source (something like "Leela's short stint playing Blernsball demonstrates her characters unique...") then it might be notable enough to include. As it currently stands I don't see a good reason to include it. Stardust8212 13:07, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

There is a section entitled 'Fictional Character Biography' this seems like the perfect place for this information. Dylan (talk) 03:02, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

The fictional character biography needs to just hit the main points of her character, including every small detail like this will make it much too long allowing the in-universe part of the article to overwhelm the out-of-universe portion. Stardust8212 12:42, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

These to me are very important facts to include in a biography. They're more than just "small detail[s]". Dylan (talk) 01:50, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

Such details are not relevant to the reasons why Leela is notable in the real world. Even within Futurama, her being the first female blernsball player has never been referenced in an episode subsequent to "A Leela of Her Own". This is because Futurama is primarily a surreal satirical farce that emphasizes humor over maintaining a consistent continuity over its fictional universe (as opposed to say, Star Trek or Harry Potter). It's why the writers didn't care that the recent episode "Lethal Inspection" directly contradicted Bender's attempt to commit suicide in the pilot, or the scene in which he was first depicted being born as an "adult" robot in a previous episode, or showed him as a computer disc when reverting to pre-infancy in "Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles".

Whenever writing about fiction, we are required to focus on the things for which the fiction is noteworthy, and summarize the most salient information about the familiar distinctions fictional characters. Mentioning that Peter Parker loves his aunt is salient. Mentioning that he once met Jay Leno in one of his comics is not. In this case, Leela's being the first female at that sport is not salient.

For more details on this, please see WP:Fiction as a cultural artifact and WP:INUNIVERSE. Nightscream (talk) 06:20, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

Doctor Who reference?

Hey I always figured Leela was named after the companion of the Doctor who pretty much acted the same way? She came from a "savage" tribe and was a big fighter. She also carried a gun much like Futurama's Leela does in her infobox here. Is this not the case? felinoel (talk) 06:04, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

Leela is not savage, nor does she come from a savage tribe, and she is almost never seen with a gun in any of the episodes or movies. The article already indicates the derivation of her name in the Character creation section. Nightscream (talk) 19:15, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

Well the Doctor Who Leela wasn't that savage, I only mentioned it because the Doctor was always calling her that and I figured it would make her more recognizable? felinoel (talk) 22:44, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

I appreciate you're trying to improve the article, so kudos. But any comparison of that sort needs to be supported by a secondary source. If we add it because it's our personal interpretation, it would violate WP:NOR. Nightscream (talk) 23:10, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

Reading the page 4 years after the above exchange, I find this text under the "Conception" section: "According to Neil Gaiman, Leela was named after the Doctor Who character of the same name." The referenced source contains this and only this on the matter: "…Leela springs to mind, the old Tom Baker Companion after whom the character on Futurama was named,".

Lets bear in mind that Niel Gaiman has zip all to do with Futurama, excepting being a fan. As far as we know he doesn't have any particular insight into Leela's conception/influences. He is just casually expressing a personal opinion in passing while talking about something else. This strongly stretches the definition of a reliable 2ndry source.

To make matters worse, the source article is The Mary Sue. Not exactly a publication well known for lack of bias/agenda.

So, to sum it all up, we have a relatively unimportant minor detail poorly supported by an off-hand quote printed by a publication with well-known bias issues from someone who is not in context a reliable authority on the topic. This is not quality encyclopedic material. It would be better to delete the assertion about Leela's name entirely until when/if a more solid reference can be found. Which I am now going to do.

And to be clear, my personal opinion is that the Doc Who reference sounds reasonable, but that isn't the point. The point is responsible scholorship, which is not at all evidenced with the current assertion and how it is sourced. 74.132.180.61 (talk) 07:03, 15 August 2015 (UTC)

Romance with Fry

Leela's sexual relationship with Fry is very much duplicated in this article. Lots42 (talk) 02:38, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Species

People before 4th Season say about Leela being an alien because it is so obvious that aliens don't have noses. Also, she is not large enough for a cyclops. It turns out she's a human mutant barely spliced from anything. And how is Turanga her family name. What would they say to her parents if saying Mr. and Mrs. 58.110.247.14 (talk) 11:44, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

Has anyone noticed that in season 1 episode 5 where the crew goes to the robot world and bender becomes a leader, leela (along with fry) is accused of being human multiple times, where her only defense is "one eye, not human"

Seems like the robots knew she was human way before she does in season 4. Hoggwash (talk) 07:52, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

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Leela's husband

Should Fry be listed as Leela's husband? Except for a joke in the episode Time Keeps On Slipping, they were only married in the episode Meanwhile, and that was undone at the end with no memory of the event.

So technically they aren't married and never were. 98.97.32.165 (talk) 03:56, 18 June 2023 (UTC)

This seems to be a major issue for a few people. Given that it seems to be the subject of a number of article edit wars it's probably best to come to some agreement.

There's not much hard-and-fast source material, but the Futurama wiki does list them as married (in all fairness, a few times) but is that enough to include in this article? Or is the continued "undoing" enough to make it "not-married"? It seems that they were married as of the latest episode...? CMacMillan (talk) 15:24, 25 August 2023 (UTC)