| Turanga Leela | |
|---|---|
| Futurama character | |
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| First appearance | "Space Pilot 3000" (1999) |
| Created by | Matt Groening David X. Cohen |
| Designed by | Matt Groening |
| Voiced by | Katey Sagal |
| In-universe information | |
| Full name | Turanga Leela |
| Alias | Leeman Cloberella One Eye The Cyclopes |
| Species | Mutant |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | Captain of the Planet Express Ship Cryogenics councilor (formerly) Superhero (formerly) |
| Family | Turanga Morris (father) Turanga Munda (mother) |
| Significant other | Philip J. Fry (fiancé) |
| Children | Axl Kroker (biological son) Mandy Kroker (biological daughter) Newt Kroker (biological son) |
| Relatives | Munda's mother (grandmother) |
| Pets | Nibbler |
| Born | July 29, 2975 New New York City, New New York, Earth |
Turanga Leela is a fictional character from the animated television series Futurama. Leela is spaceship captain, pilot, and head of all aviation services on board the Planet Express Ship. Throughout the series, she has an on-again, off-again relationship with Philip J. Fry, the central character in the series. The character, voiced by Katey Sagal, is named after the Turangalîla-Symphonie by Olivier Messiaen. She is one of the few characters in the cast to routinely display competence and the ability to command, and routinely saves the rest of the cast from disaster. However, she suffers extreme self-doubt because she has only one eye and grew up as a bullied orphan. She first believes herself an alien, but later finds out she is the least-mutated sewer mutant in the history of 31st-century Earth. Her family (particularly her parents' accent and "outcast" status) parodies aspects of pollution and undesirability associated with industrial New Jersey when compared with New York City.