The year 2999 is a year in which the first Futurama episode is set. It is a common year starting on Tuesday.
Events
December
- Philip J. Fry is unfrozen.
- Philip J. Fry, Turanga Leela and Bender Bending Rodríguez join Planet Express.
- Fry from 3007 freezes himself for another 7.95 years. He had attempted to steal his own 20th century money in the year 2000 and ended up falling into the cryogenics tube, getting refrozen behind himself for another 1,000 years. He sets the tube's timer to unfreeze him again in the year 3007, so he returns after he traveled back in time to the year 2000.
- "Heads in jars" were made and displays old famous people. (Example: Elvis Presley, George Washington, etc.) Where in the series does it suggest that this technology was invented in December 2999?