Futurama has noted the rising academic bar. From Season 1, Episode 11, &quot;Mars University&quot;:<p>Fry: Good old Coney Island College! Go, Whitefish!<p>Leela: Don&#x27;t take this the wrong way, Fry, but you don&#x27;t seem like the educated type.<p>Fry: Oh, yeah? [He takes a piece of paper out of his pocket with &quot;Notice of Failure to Graduate&quot; written on it. The CICC logo is a Ferris wheel.] Read it and weep. I&#x27;m a certified college dropout.<p>Leela: Please! Everyone knows 20th century colleges were basically expensive daycare centres.<p>Farnsworth: That&#x27;s true. By current academic standards, you&#x27;re merely a high school dropout.<p>Fry: What? That&#x27;s not fair. I deserve the same respect any other college dropout gets. By God, I&#x27;m gonna enroll here at Mars University and drop out all over again!<p>Leela: You won&#x27;t last two weeks.<p>Fry: Aww, thanks for believing in me.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;theinfosphere.org&#x2F;Transcript:Mars_University" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;theinfosphere.org&#x2F;Transcript:Mars_University</a>