Warning: This article contains MAJOR SPOILERS for Futurama season 11, episode 10.
Futurama season 11, episode 10 includes the subtitle “Veni, sedi, vidi” on the title card, leaving viewers to wonder about the meaning behind the Latin phrase. The adult cartoon, Futurama, follows Philip J. Fry and his buddies Professor Farnsworth, Bender, and Leela as they navigate the misadventures of the 31st century. Despite its popularity, the series faced two cancellations over its run, only to be picked up for a 2023 revival by Hulu. Futurama‘s eleventh season officially wrapped up on September 24, providing a compelling storyline for viewers to ruminate over until Futurama season 12’s release date.
In the Futurama season 11 finale, Professor Farnsworth creates a simulated universe that looks and feels exactly the same way as the Pizza Planet crew’s world. The group watches the fictional versions of themselves make their own simulation. Their simulated characters then question whether they are, in fact, existing in a simulation. Futurama’s finale subtitle, “Veni, sedi, vidi,” connects to this storyline, creating a meta-joke.
“Veni, Sedi, Vidi” Translates To “I Came, I Sat, I Saw”
The title card for Futurama, season 11, episode 10, “All the Way Down,” includes the subtitle “Veni, sedi, vidi,” a Latin phrase that translates to, “I came, I sat, I saw.” This is a play on the classic phrase, “Veni, vidi, vici,” which means, “I came, I saw, I conquered.” Julius Caesar said the original phrase after defeating an army in Asia Minor. This interpretation of the phrase works because the simulated Planet Express characters cause the explosion of a magnestar, crashing the simulated universe and seemingly killing off Bender in Futurama season 11’s wildest twist. Though Bender dies, they go out in a way that encapsulates “Veni, vidi, vici.”
Futurama Season 11 Finale’s Title Card Refers To Viewers At Home
Though the original phrase works with the Futurama season 11 finale’s plot, the altered version used as the subtitle — “Veni, sedi, vidi” — refers to the viewers watching the Futurama episode. The audience came to their screens and opened up the show on Hulu because that’s the only way to watch the new episode. Most of them sat down somewhere to get comfortable while watching Futurama. Then, they saw the characters go through the ups and downs of the episode’s plot.
Additionally, Futurama‘s season 11 finale subtitle, “Veni, sedi, vidi,” creates a meta joke that ties into the simulation plot. The viewers of the episode come, sit, and see in order to watch simulated characters in the show who come, sit, and see to watch other simulations. The chain continues in perpetuity, changing the perception of the original Futurama. Because the simulations within Futurama are correct about their fictional status, the joke affirms the idea that the world of Futurama is just a simulation, and in turn, that the human world is too. This pushes viewers to feel the same existential dread that Bender and the others experience.
