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“ | Hey... what smells like blue? | ” |
–Philip J. Fry in Roswell that Ends Well |
“ | Wow! A superpowers drug you can just rub onto your skin? You'd think it would be something you'd have to freebase. | ” |
–Philip J. Fry in Less Than Hero |
“ | This is just like that drug trip I saw in that movie when I was on that drug trip. | ” |
–Philip J. Fry in The Farnsworth Parabox |
“ | Yaaaah! | ” |
–Philip J. Fry's catchphrase |
“ | Why am I sticky and naked? Did I miss something fun? | ” |
–Philip J. Fry in The Sting |
“ | No I'm... doesn't! | ” |
–Philip J. Fry in The Route of All Evil |
Philip J. Fry (born August 14, 1974 - January 1, 2000; thawed on December 31, 2999), commonly known simply by his surname Fry, is the main protagonist of the animated sitcom Futurama. Fry was a native to the 20th century who was cryogenically frozen seconds into the year 2000, having fallen in just as 1999 ended. He was revived in 2999 and subsequently became a Delivery boy for the Planet Express Company.
Appearance[]
Fry has fair skin and orange hair with two spikes at the front. His usual attire consists of a red dress shirt over a white t-shirt, blue jeans, and black sneakers with gray soles and white laces. He's also got a small gut, noticeable through his clothes.
Personality[]
Fry is generally very lazy at work, spending most of his time in the office sitting on the couch: watching TV and drinking Slurm. This laziness has caused him to miss at least one delivery mission. He is often immature, which causes him to get into tight spots, usually forcing Leela to save him. He more often than not is also incredibly stupid, leading to many gags and shenanigans, usually with about as stupid as Bender. Despite this, he is a good, sensitive, and sentimental man who loves his friends and will usually go to any lengths to save them.
Abilities[]
Fry is "special", as he is immune to all psychic forms of attack, such as from Brain Slugs as well as the Brainspawn. Usually, this is passed off as a 'Fry is stupid' joke, but it is actually because he lacks the Delta Brainwave. This is because he is his own grandfather, meaning his very existence is a space-time anomaly.
If this was a genetic defect, Yancy Fry, Sr., Yancy Fry, Jr., Philip J. Fry II, Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth, Cubert J. Farnsworth, and Igner (and many unnamed others) should have inherited this immunity, but it was caused because Fry is his own grandfather and with the exception of Yancy Sr. are not directly their own ancestors: they are Fry's double-ancestors. This means that while they are all anomalies, their existence is not additionally cyclical like Fry's.
Since "The Late Philip J. Fry", Fry is now even more of an anomaly than before: initially, his existence in the universe was cyclical, but now he is also living in a universe he was not even born into. It is unknown how this may manifest in the future, but this means that as a time-traveling out-of-universe observer, he should theoretically no longer be subject to alterations in the current universe's Time Stream because of further time travel.
Since they traveled with him in The Late Philip J. Fry, Bender and Professor Farnsworth are also out-of-universe observers.
As seen in "The Robot Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings" Fry is shown to be exceptionally gifted musically, able to compose breathtaking pieces of music on the Holophonor that were considered great enough to be shown in high class opera houses and would leave audiences in tears. While his hands lack the dexterity needed to play the Holophonor correctly, Fry was still able to come up with said pieces of music on his own and only needed proper hands to perform them. The Robot Devil himself even stated that Fry's main problem was that he had "Stupid Fingers" rather than him lacking any sense of musical talent.
Fry is a very skilled video game player, and is able to easily adapt to the higher technology video games utilize in the year 3000, such as when he plays the virtual reality laser tag game in "A Bicyclops Built For Two".
Fry also seems to have an uncanny high pain threshold and resilience to physical trauma, which Bender finds hilarious as Fry's resistance to pain and injury is exploited by Bender for humor.
Biography[]
Life in the 20th century[]
- "Here's to another lousy millennium."
- ―Philip J. Fry in Space Pilot 3000
Philip J. Fry was born on August 14, 1974[1] in Brooklyn, New York to Yancy Fry, Sr. and his mother, Sherri Fry (née Gleisner). These surnames imply English, Irish, and German ancestry. He was named Philip after the phillips-head screwdriver.
When he was young, he dreamed of being an astronaut, but due to motion sickness and the fact nobody liked spending a week with him, his dream was never fulfilled. He would often play basketball with his older brother Yancy Fry, Jr. He also partook in breakdancing competitions, in which he won at least one contest because of his lucky clover.[2] When he was in high school, he drank nearly a hundred cans of cola per week, which resulted in three heart attacks.[3] He also loved playing video games as he played them every day except the day that his eyes bled. It was even mentioned that he could never destroy the last ship and his brother did it for him.[4] He attended and subsequently dropped out of Coney Island Community College, which in the standards of 31st Century education, made him the equivalent of a high school dropout.[5]
Before being frozen, Fry worked as a delivery boy at Panucci's Pizza in Manhattan. During this time, he delivered pizza to Fox Network and subsequently spilled beer on the control console, knocking Fox off the air.[6] He also discovered his pet dog, Seymour Asses when someone prank called the pizzeria as Seymour Asses. Seymour and Fry would become very close and would often sing/bark “Walking on Sunshine” together.[7]
On December 31st, 1999, Fry was sent out to deliver a pizza to an I.C. Weiner, an alias that Nibbler made up, at Applied Cryogenics located in Times Square. En route, he discovered his girlfriend Michelle Jenkins was cheating on him. When Fry discovered that the pizza delivery was a result of a prank phone call, his mood worsened. When New Year's arrived at midnight, he toasted to “another lousy millennium,” only for him to lose his balance on his chair and fall backward into an open Cryogenic tube and was frozen for 1000 years.[8]
Originally, Nibbler caused Fry to lose his balance by blowing on his chair. However, while trying to defeat the Brainspawn, Fry was trapped in the Infosphere with the Brainspawn due to his Scooty-Puff, Jr. falling apart and he traveled back in time to December 31, 1999, to confront Nibbler. Nibbler made Fry realize that if there was one thing in the future worth saving, it was Leela, thus Fry blew on the chair himself, causing his past self to fall into the cryogenic tube.[9] While the police offered to search for Fry, his parents decided it would be a waste of taxpayer money.[7]
In Bender's Big Score, Fry traveled back in time to the year 1999 twice and created two copies of himself. The first copy had accidentally fallen into the same cryogenic tube he was frozen in and the second copy remained in the year 2000. It was revealed that this Fry had stayed in the 21st century for twelve years, as he readjusted to life in the past and remained close with his family. However, he still yearned for Leela and found a way to cope after he got a job at an aquarium. He bonded with a Narwhal, Leela, until she was released back into the wild. He then embarked on a three-year journey across the sea to find her but when he did, he found out she had a mate and decided to release her to let her be happy. Duplicate Philip would return to New York where he was spotted by Bender. After the duplicate was attacked by Bender, he found out that his characteristics (mainly his hair and voice) were different, so the duplicate Fry realized he himself was Lars Fillmore and returned to the future to be with Leela. He, unfortunately, was killed when the Bender duplicate exploded on December 31, 3007. The current and only remaining copy of Fry at this point was unfrozen from his chamber in the 31st century after being frozen for the second time, chronologically aging his preserved body yet another 1000 years.
Life in the 31st century[]
- "My God... it's the future! My parents, my coworkers, my girlfriend. I'll never see any of them again! Yahoo!"
- ―Philip J. Fry in Space Pilot 3000
Fry awoke on December 31, 2999. After a few minutes, he realized that he was in the future and was subsequently greeted by Terry, who exclaimed: “Welcome to the World of Tomorrow!”. Fry then met Leela, who informed him that he would be assigned the career of a delivery boy and that he has one living relative, his great, great, great ... great-nephew, Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth.
Before Leela was able to implant the delivery boy career chip into Fry's hand, however, he ran away and met a Robot named Bender. Fry then mistook a suicide booth for a phone booth, which he and Bender narrowly escaped death (to Bender's somewhat disappointment). Eventually, Fry found Professor Farnsworth and became a delivery boy for the Planet Express Delivery Company.
Fry had wanted a robot as a best friend since he was six years old, so when he defrosted in the 31st century, he was excited to meet Bender. When they first met, he thought Bender was some "Cheesy New Year's Costume". Bender was his first friend in the 31st century - [8] they became close friends and eventually, after the crew kicked Fry out of the Planet Express building, they lived together in Robot Arms Apts.[10]
His career at Planet Express has been nothing short of eventful: During his employment, Fry has rediscovered the original Moon landing site,[11] discovered he was rich and then subsequently got scammed out of it by Mom and her sons,[12] became Emperor of the Planet Tri-Sol after drinking their current emperor at the time (but later got chased off the throne),[13] saved Earth from a Giant Garbage Ball by re-introducing the concept of making trash to 31st-century society,[14] enrolled and dropped out of Mars University,[5] discovered the secret ingredient of Slurm with his coworkers,[3] prevented Leela from marrying Alcazar (an alien posing as the only other remaining member of the Cyclops race),[15] aided in the discovery of the Lost City of Atlanta,[16] became infested by worms that made him intelligent, physically fit, as well as able to play the holophonor,[17] saved Earth and then the universe from the Brainspawn due to him lacking the delta brainwave,[9] saved the Planet Express crew from Roberto whilst believing he was a robot,[18] gotten married to and subsequently divorced from Leela,[19] became his own grandfather (the reason he lacks a delta brainwave),[20] helped in discovering Leela's parents, Turanga Munda and Turanga Morris, as well as the fact that Leela is a mutant (and not an alien as previously believed),[21] became a superhero,[22] discovered his old dog fossilized at a natural history museum exhibit of a twentieth-century pizzeria,[7] and written and performed an opera by playing a holophonor while he possessed the Robot Devil's hands.[23]
Becoming His Own Grandfather[]
- "For example, if you killed your grandfather, you'd cease to exist!"
- ―Hubert J. Farnsworth
- "But existing is basically all I do!"
- ―Philip J. Fry
The Planet Express crew had gone to observe a supernova up close. While the crew prepared for the event, Fry went to make popcorn. He ignores the warning label on the aluminum popcorn pan saying not to cook in a microwave, which he does. The microwave emitted radiation that collided with the wave from the supernova, causing the Planet Express crew to travel back in time to 1947.
After Bender breaks apart, Zoidberg was captured by the U.S. military while picking up pieces of Bender's torso. Fry and Bender's head attempt to infiltrate Roswell, with the former disguised as a soldier. He runs into his grandfather, Enos, engaged to Mildred. Acting on Hubert's warning, Fry did his best to make sure that his grandfather was not killed—otherwise, he, in turn, would've ceased to exist. However, he became paranoid in his attempts to protect Enos, eventually locking him in a house in the middle of nowhere—a house that was, unbeknownst to Fry—within range of a nuclear testing ground. Needless to say, Enos was killed in the resulting explosion, but for some reason, Fry was still existing.
He then returned to comfort his soon-to-be grandmother, who began to make sexual advances on him, which made him uncomfortable. He then reasoned with himself that because he still exists, Mildred couldn't be his grandmother and had sex with her. The next day, Professor Farnsworth, Leela, and Bender knocked on the window, informing Fry that because of his actions, Mildred was his grandmother and he himself became his own grandfather: Fry realized what he had done and freaked out. Because of the paradox, the Planet Express crew decided that they should get back to their own time, regardless of what it would do to change history. They stormed Roswell, rescuing Zoidberg during an autopsy, Bender's reconstructed body and stealing a microwave satellite dish to return to the future.
It was later explained by the Nibblonians that as a result of Fry becoming his own grandfather, a genetic abnormality caused him to lack the delta brainwave, rendering him immune to the Brainspawn and telepathy in general.
Rebirth[]
Between Into The Wild Green Yonder and Rebirth, Fry died and Leela replaced him with a look-alike robot. Then, it short-circuited, putting her into a coma. Fry came back to life after his hair and some skin that was left in the machine rebirthed him. Fry also killed his alternate-universe self after traveling so far forward in a time machine that he arrived in a new universe that was 10 feet lower than the previous universe, crushing the alternate-universe Bender, Fry and the Professor.
Age[]
Fry was biologically 25 at the start of the series but is chronologically 1,025 or 1,026 in the year 3000. In Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles, he is now around 29 before an accident occurs and he is regressed to the age of 14 but after he is re-aged to adult it is presumed, he is his original age, though it is speculated he is less than 30 since the Professor didn't use the age detector on them.
By the time of Bender's Big Score, Fry is biologically 33 years old and chronologically 1033 but after traveling back in time and freezing himself again for another 1007.95 years he is about 2040.[24] By the time of Into the Wild Green Yonder, Fry is 35 years old and chronologically around 2042 years old, seeing as "Into the Wild Green Yonder" takes place in 3009.
In "The Late Philip J. Fry" Fry used the Forwards Time Machine to travel through time, seeing the creation of the universe twice with Bender and Professor Farnsworth. However, the Forwards Time Machine does not technically travel in time, but allows time to pass its occupants by, so this did not officially age any of the three.
Because of these trips through time, Fry is the second oldest member of the crew after Bender.
Relationships[]
Michelle Jenkins[]
- "Michelle, I don't regret this, but I both rue and lament it."
- ―Philip J. Fry in The Cryonic Woman
Fry has had several relationships throughout the years. Before being frozen for 1000 years, he was dating Michelle Jenkins. However, he discovered that she was cheating on him on New Year's Eve while delivering a pizza to Applied Cryogenics ordered by Nibbler under the name “I.C. Weiner”.[8] It is implied that they were also living together, as she told him that she put his stuff on the sidewalk just after dumping him.
While working at Applied Cryogenics (due to Leela mixing up their old career chips), he discovers Michelle frozen in one of the cryogenic tubes. Once she is unfrozen, they briefly rekindle their relationship, but after Fry realizes how bossy she really is, he decides to leave her.
Later in the episode, Fry somehow still believes they are still dating, but Michelle later leaves him for Pauly Shore.[25]
Umbriel[]
- "Why couldn't she be the other type of mermaid, with the fish part on top and the lady part on the bottom?"
- ―Philip J. Fry in The Deep South
When the Planet Express ship was dragged to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, Fry had a short relationship with a mermaid named Umbriel.
Fry had planned to stay underneath the waves with his new-found love, but cut the relationship off after discovering that he was unable to have conventional sex with her because of their incompatible anatomies and that procreation with a mermaid would have meant she laid eggs and Fry would have been expected to fertilize them outside of her body by ejaculating his own sperm onto them, a concept he found highly unerotic.[16]
Morgan Proctor[]
- "I'm surrounded by neat freaks every day. There's nothing kinkier to me than a filthy slop-jock like you!"
- ―Morgan to Fry in How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back
While Hermes was on forced paid leave, Fry had a secret affair with his temporary replacement, Morgan Proctor, due to her fetish for messy men. She informed Fry that no one could know about them and she'd deny any mention of it, which was not a surprise to him because it was like every other girl he dated.
Fry and Morgan's affair ended when Bender caught them in the act but its implied they had sex again in his office after Fry angrily caused a mess and Morgan pounced him and they kissed.[26]
Several Amazonian Women[]
- "I never thought I would die this way, but I kinda always hoped."
- ―Fry about his execution by "snu snu" with Amazonians Amazon Women in the Mood
Fry went to save Leela and the others from the Amazonians but was captured. As he was a man on their planet, he was a prisoner and because of his unintentional bad comments, he was tried along with Kif Kroker and Zapp Brannigan. All three men were sentenced to be "snu-snued" (sexed) to death. Along with Zapp, Fry was both terrified and delighted by this near-death experience. He even declared to his friends that he had always hoped to die like this. At one point, he asked for a break and to settle for simply cuddling but was ignored and dragged off. He was released from the "torture" and left with a broken pelvis, while being happy from the experience.
Fry encountered them again in Fry Am the Egg Man where Thog flirted with him rather aggressively, Fry was "scaroused" (scared and aroused) by her.
21st Century Woman[]
- "You're from the 20th century? That's incredible! I'm from the 21st century."
- ―21st Century Woman
- "No way! We've got so much in common."
- ―Fry and 21st Century Woman in Love's Labours Lost in Space
Fry met her at The Hip Joint and the two bonded over being frozen for centuries. However, because of their different eras, Fry was unaware of some the things, she experienced (like robotic takeover) but he was still able to impress her. They dated briefly, with Fry telling Bender he was having company at the apartment.
Liubot[]
- "My personality is mathematically derived from my movies, proportionally weighted by box office receipts."
- ―Liubot to Fry in I Dated A Robot
In order to fulfill his fantasy of dating a celebrity, Fry downloads a copy of Lucy Liu onto a blank robot, creating a Lucy Liu robot and enters a robosexual relationship with her, despite his coworkers' objections. Leela, Bender, and Zoidberg found out that the website Fry had used to download the Lucy Liubot, Nappster, was actually kidnapping heads and using their images to create robots like Lucy Liu.
Fry was eventually convinced by the real Lucy Liu's head to blank his Lucy Liubot by telling him that downloading her image was stealing. After Fry blanked the robot, he attempted to get to know the real Lucy Liu, but was not able to when Bender told him that he and Lucy Liu were supposedly "in love".[27]
Mildred Fry[]
- "How about these cookies, sugar?"
- ―Mildred coming onto her grandson Roswell that Ends Well
Fry was sent back in time to 1947 where he met his grandfather and his grandmother Mildred. He was initially attracted to her but quickly backed down after learning who she was. After Fry accidentally killed his own grandfather, or who he thought was his grandfather, by locking him in a cabin located on an atomic bomb test site that was subsequently blown to pieces during one such test. He consoled his grief-stricken would-be grandmother, who soon came onto him leading to the two of them having sexual relations on the couch and soon the bedroom.
Due to these happenings, Fry realized that now he is the father of his own father and has become his own grandfather which left him screaming uncontrollably after processing this knowledge. However, as the crew returned to the future, Mildred was left alone to raise Fry's father, Yancy Sr.
As strange as it may sound, when Nibbler mentioned the affair; Fry seems to be very proud of doing "the nasty in the past-y".
However, other times he has a different reaction as when the professor mentions the benefits the Forwards Time Machine has to offer such as stopping oneself from sleeping with his own grandmother and Fry stating that he wouldn't do that again.
Colleen O'Hallahan[]
- "Sorry I've been taking up so much of Fry's time. He's just so interesting. Have you seen how much cotton candy he can eat?"
- ―Colleen O'Hallahan in The Beast with a Billion Backs
Fry first met Colleen when they were viewing the space-time distortion on the Jumbotron. They immediately fell in love and had end of the world sex. Eventually, Fry decided to move in with her, but discovered that she had four other boyfriends. He tried to cope with it, but when she started dating a sixth man, Fry couldn't take it anymore and broke up with her. He later sees her as a police officer, beating up Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth and Ogden Wernstrom for speaking out against President Nixon.
When Fry was declared pope of the "loving the tentacle" religion, he found Colleen and reconciled with her and her four other boyfriends.
She went out with three of Yivo's tentacles and had a great time. Soon, Yivo proposed marriage to all living beings and they move into his universe. However, due to Fry giving Bender electro matter, everyone except Colleen is banished from Yivo, heartbroken. Yivo said that Colleen is the only one of the quadrillion of every other being who truly understands him. Colleen thanks Fry for introducing them and is taken back with Yivo to his universe, right before the Anomaly vanishes forever.
Amy Wong[]
- "I'm doing my job—there's Amy. I spend a few hours selecting a candy from the machine—there's Amy. I wake up the morning after sleeping with Amy—there's Amy!"
- ―Fry in Put Your Head on My Shoulders
Fry and Amy had a fake relationship in order to prevent her parents from setting her up with a random guy and he admitted to Leela that he has zero interest in Amy.[28] After their car runs out of gas on Mercury, Fry and Amy have a roll in the hay. When Amy made the slightest move to turn their casual fling into something more serious, Fry gets sick of her. He decided to end it under the ill-conceived assumption that she was smothering him. Amy was never Fry's love interest, he never truly loved her.
After telling her this on their way for a picnic with Zoidberg tagging along, the car crashed, making Fry being the only one hurt and having Zoidberg attach his head to Amy's shoulder, even after their break-up. Later in the episode, Fry was able to get his own body back.[29]
Fry and Amy are still acquaintances though Amy secretly implied Fry didn't satisfy her. However, this changed when she comes under the effects of the pheromones of butterflies on Kif's planet and they had sex.
Turanga Leela[]
- Main article: Fry and Leela's Relationship
Fry's true love has always remained Leela, despite the fact that she repeatedly rejects him by making up excuses. He is able to express his love and affection for her in many ways, helping her to grow to love him, leading to two marriages. The first resulted in a divorce, which Fry did not know why it had happened due to time jumps.[30] (They also technically almost married in "Bender's Big Score" because Lars was a time paradox duplicate of Fry.) The second was annulled when the Time Button was repaired and the Professor returned the three of them to a point before he invented it.[31]
Friends[]
Bender Bending Rodríguez[]
Fry and Bender are loyal best friends despite Bender's misanthropy to humans. Fry first met Bender in the Pilot, he was amazed to see an actual robot though was skeptical it was a costume and Bender shut him up. The two were nearly killed in the suicide booth but survived and got acquainted. Fry helped Bender see life in a different light, even revealing that he always wanted a robot as friend since he was a kid. Their new friendship led them to get a permanent job at Planet Express. Fry and Bender would shortly after befriending, move in to live with each other in Robot Arms Apartments as roommates. It is thanks to Fry that Bender decided not to end his life.
Though Bender can be rough, tough and playful with Fry and sometimes lets him down, Bender does deep down care about Fry and is willing to do anything in his capabilities to make sure Fry is safe and happy. Whilst Fry is a kind, supportive and forgiving companion. Fry and Hermes are the only humans, Bender has sworn not to kill.
John A. Zoidberg[]
Along with the Professor, Fry is usually the only co-worker that treats Zoidberg decently and openly call him a friend and vice-versa. However, he admits that he finds Zoidberg's habits weird and disgusting.
In "Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love?", Fry helps Zoidberg with love and nearly succeeds in getting him his high school crush: Edna but she soon fell for Fry, to his dismay and Zoidberg challenged him to a death battle. Although Fry stopped the fight and called Zoidberg a friend, this did not stop the latter for cutting off his arm and Fry promptly struck him repeatedly and swore to kill him in revenge. However, the fight was broken up when Edna ran off with another Decapodian and died later. Zoidberg later apologized for his acts and thanked Fry for teaching him about love and reattached his arm, though mishaps led to him mutilating him.
During "Put Your Head on My Shoulders", Zoidberg saved Fry's life by attaching his head to Amy's body.
In "Love and Rocket", Zoidberg joins Fry and Leela on the building veranda while they the watch the mystical radiation. Initially, they were annoyed by him ruining the moment. However, they allowed him to stay.
In "A Taste of Freedom", Fry joined Zoidberg in dancing at the announcement of the holiday. He was later concerned about Zoidberg after he came under scrutiny for eating the flag and asked him if he was okay.
At Fry's memorial in "Bender's Big Score", when Leela stated they would all miss Fry, John spoke highly of Fry andstates that "He was the only one of you who never struck me.
Lord Nibbler[]
- "The poop eradication is but one aspect of your importance."
- ―Nibbler to Fry in The Why of Fry
Nibbler took Fry to the planet Eternium to show him to his servants Fiona, Ken, and the other Nibblonians. After Fry and the Nibblonians have dinner, the Nibblonians take Fry to the Infosphere in order to destroy the Brain Spawn. After the Infosphere is destroyed, Nibbler takes Fry back to Earth and offers Fry a flower as a surprise for Leela. It is presumed that he is now Fry's pet. (The Why of Fry)
Kif Kroker[]
Kif is Fry's second best friend after Bender. Besides the incident on Spheron 1 in War is the H-Word, the two of them still remain on good terms. Fry is the only person that Kif is not timid towards as they both have many things in common like their undying love for their girlfriends and having noble intentions. Unlike Bender, Kif treats Fry better as a friend and doesn't take him for granted. They like hanging out together; especially when they take their girlfriends out on a double date.
Family Tree[]
Mr. Gleisner──┬──Mrs. Gleisner ┌────────────┬──Mildred │ │ │ Mrs. Fry───────────┬────────────Yancy Fry, Sr. Fry's cousin │ │ ┌────────┴───────────────────────────────┐ (?)┬David Farnsworth │ │ │ │ Philip J. Fry - Turanga Leela - Jrrr │ Yancy Fry, Jr. │ │ │ └───────────┘ Philip J. Fry II──┬──Njörd(?) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └───────┬───────┘ Ned Farnsworth────┬────Velma Farnsworth │ ┌───┴───┐ Ogden Wernstrom────┬────Mom─────────┬─────────Hubert J. Farnsworth Floyd Farnsworth │ │ │ │ │ │ ┌───┴───┐ Igner Cubert J. Farnsworth │ │ Walt Larry?
Trivia[]
- Ironically, future Minneapolis Minnesota Mayor Jacob Frey, who gained international media attention in the wake of the 2020 George Floyd protests, would bear Fry's middle initial in his first name and, despite having a different surname spelling which includes an "e," the same surname pronunciation. Minneapolis is also where Futurama creator Matt Groening's Simpsons co-producer James L. Brooks previously based The Mary Tyler Moore Show between 1970 and 1977. Despite not being directly affiliated with Futurama, Brooks has worked with Groening since The Simpsons debuted as shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show in 1987.
- Philip J. Fry is supposedly named after Phil Hartman, who died before Futurama was picked up by FOX; he was the original voice for Zapp Brannigan. Matt Groening, however, later claimed he was named after his father Homer Philip Groening. However, in another strange twist which may be connected with Groening's Simpsons co-producer James L. Brooks, southern and western Minneapolis suburbs would later elect a U.S. Congressman named Dean Phillips when Jacob Frey was serving as Mayor of Minneapolis. Phillips and Frey's surnames, as well as the initial for the Minneapolis Mayor's first name, establish the words Philip J. Fry when the extra "l", "s" and "e" are removed from their last names. Even without the extra letters, the surnames of the Minneapolis-area politicians is also pronounced similar to those in Fry's full name.
- Philip J. Fry was originally going to be voiced by Charlie Schlatter.
- Due to having become his own grandfather, Fry possesses no delta brain wave, making him immune to psychic attack and making his mind unreadable.
- Despite being the least mature of the Planet Express Crew, he is the second oldest member chronologically after Bender.
- Following his birth, Fry's mother appeared to care more for the New York Mets, who she was listening to on a small HAM radio while in labor, and the morphine she was on than her newborn son and even went against tradition by letting her husband pick his name, which even gave the Mets a series sweep. At the time, the Mets and Dodgers were also serious rivals, hence a major reason for why Fry's mother would care greatly for a Mets game while giving birth.
- Fry was born during this baseball game between the New York Mets and the Los Angeles Dodgers, on August 14, 1974. However, the script states his birthday is actually August 9, 1974 (oddly, this is the date Richard M. Nixon resigned as President of the United States). Ironically enough, 1974 was the year Homer and Marge from Matt's other series the Simpsons met. Also, one of the episodes took place in 1947, which is 1974, only with the 4 and 7 swapped. Despite this, no such Mets game occurred that day which matched the description of the game which Sherri Fry described as "the happiest day of my life." This game was clearly one which featured then Mets catcher Jerry Grote being hit by a game winning walk-off pitch, which even gave the Mets a series sweep.
- Probably sterilized by the F-Ray, speculation leads that when he was infested by worms he was unsterilized. Later on, he time traveled and impregnated his grandmother, confirming his ability to have children.
- Fry may have a form of synesthesia, a neurological disorder wherein the sufferer mixes up sensory input. This can be seen in The Why of Fry ("Did everything just taste purple for a second?") as well as Roswell that Ends Well ("Hey, what smells like blue?"). The form is more likely to be the rare lexical form, where different phenomenon may cause 'color, smell, sound, or taste sensations' like the quotes above.
- Fry states he cannot swim on at least two occasions: Fry & the Slurm Factory and The Sting.
- Fry's middle initial is the same as several of Matt Groening's other creations, Abraham J. Simpson, Homer J. Simpson, Bartholomew J. Simpson. Fry's middle name is never revealed.
- In Bender's Big Score, a New York City telephone directory from the time Fry lived there lists a Philip Joshua Fry alongside a few other P. Frys. Bender tracks Fry down using one of the listings shown, but it is not shown which one he used.
- It has also been alleged that Fry's middle initial J. stands for Jay and that, like Homer Simpson before him, this name is a tribute to Rocky and Bullwinkle creator Jay Ward. Despite this allegation, it has never been specified what Fry's middle name is. Jay was previously revealed to be Homer Simpson's middle name in the 1998 Simpson episode D'oh-in' in the Wind.
- Fry is a similar to Arthur Dent, a character from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
- He has no problem interacting with robots or aliens.
- His time paradox duplicate Lars Fillmore may have worked at a casino in Bender's Big Score.
- He was almost snu-snu'd to death by the Amazonians and suffered a broken pelvis but was ultimately pleased with his experience.
- He's one of only two characters to have had sex with both Amy and Leela (the other being Zapp Brannigan).
- He's one of only three characters to have appeared in every single episode of the series (the other two being Bender and Leela).
- Usually, the first to refer to someone as dead, though he has no medical experience.
- He is notable for being the only person besides Professor Farnsworth, Mom, First Planet Express Crew, Robot Santa Claus, and Marianne to treat Zoidberg decently.
- It is also stated in Bender's Big Score that Fry is "the only one who never struck Zoidberg."
- Fry's shown to suffer from heart problems despite his young (physical) age:
- In "Fry and the Slurm Factory," it's revealed that he suffered from at least three attacks as a teenager (he claimed to Leela that he used to drink at least a hundred cans of cola each week when he was in high school).
- In "Ghost in the Machines," Fry suffers a heart attack after being scared (almost) to death by Bender (who was a ghost at the time).
- At the beginning of "Fry Am the Egg Man," he comes to a heart attack after he, Bender and Leela have some fast food, but eats some medicinal-Pez and immediately feels better.
- It would seem Fry's favorite song is "Walking on Sunshine", which he normally sings out of tune.
- Fry, along with Zoidberg and Leela, are commonly referred to by their surnames.
- His story about him getting unfrozen years later is similar to Captain America's origin story in Marvel Comics.
- Fry is missing his right kidney. This is seen in Insane in the Mainframe when Fry is given an x-ray upon admission to the asylum. Despite that, he is known to have it stolen by Bender for the Professor, before it was eaten by Leela, who mistook it for Hermes' lunch.
- Fry's implied (but not confirmed) to be bisexual:
- Numerous episodes have shown Fry expressing an interest and has even experiemented with men.
- Fry and Bender's friendship is (at least for comedic purposes) sometimes treated as they're a couple rather than just friends.
- However, aside from (mostly) innuendo, it's obvious that Fry's romantic/sexual interest is centered around women.
- Despite constant remarks about his lack of intelligence, Fry shows genius level ability in a number of fields, notably the creative arts, not only with talent and enthusiasm, but with great resourcefulness and creative thinking, for example preparing a romantic dinner for two with restaurant quality food and beautiful lighting with things he found around the office. Notably, Fry's out of the box thinking and simple solutions have saved the day multiple times.
- Fry has at least five other living relatives in the future besides his Professor Farnsworth (who's his distant nephew/grandson):
- Igner, Farnsworth's son through Mom.
- Cubert J. Farnsworth, the Professor's clone/son.
- Floyd Farnsworth, the Professor's younger brother (whom Fry has never met in person).
- Professor Farnsworth's parents, Ned and Velma (who treat Fry like he's their grandson).
- Some men in Fry's family are shown as dumb, if not dumber, than Fry himself, such as Enos being oblivious to danger and acting very ignorant, while Igner might be intellectually disabled. Whether this has anything to do with Fry becoming his own grandfather or not is unknown.
- The Fry Family has produced many important figures through history, the first of which being Philip J. Fry II, who was the first man on Mars, who was inspired to do so in honor of his uncle, so if Fry were to not have been frozen, the lineage of the Fry family would've turned out very differently.[2]
- Fry's sexual relations with his grandmother created a paradox where his lineage could potentially be untraceable on his grandfather's (himself) side.[20]
- Fry's stated to have ADHD in "The Futurama Holiday Spectacular." However, since that's an Anthology of Interest-style episode, this might not be true.
- While Farnsworth is also his grandson, their relationship is most commonly known and referred to as uncle-nephew.
- Fry's e-mail address is "panucci.asst@panuccis.com".[32]
- He had 3 heart attacks in high school after eating so much coca-cola[3]
Deaths[]
- In The Sting, Fry was killed by one of the Space Bees that Leela accidentally brought to the Planet Express ship. Once Leela got into the space coffin and after the sheets of the crew say "You Killed Fry!!", Fry was resurrected from his death at the end of the episode where he has two plasters, one on his tummy and one on his back which protects him from dying and Fry met Leela again.
- In Rebirth, Fry died. Due to him getting killed by the destruction of the Planet Express Ship and the Nimbus, with some of Fry's skin falling into the Rebirth machine, rebirthing him and effectively resurrecting him from his second death at the end of the episode.
- In The Late Philip J. Fry, he, Bender, and Farnsworth from two universe cycles later were crushed by the time machine. The respective past characters in the machine got out and replaced the deceased characters.
- In The Futurama Holiday Spectacular, Fry died twice along with (nearly) everyone else in the Christmas and Hanukkah specials, from the earth set on fire and being crushed underground respectively. In the Kwanzaa special, he and the crew didn't die on camera but it was implied that their bodies were used to fuel the wax candles.
- In Fun on a Bun, Bender froze Fry while making mammoth sausages. Technically he didn't die, but he was frozen in a sheet of ice and then unfrozen, meeting the Neanderthals. At the end of the episode, Fry kisses Leela, regains his old memories, and the lump on his head shrinks, effectively returning everything to normal.
- Fry died multiple times in Meanwhile from jumping off the Vampire State Building and continuously reset every ten seconds by Leela. He was eventually thrown out of the loop by Bender's airbag.
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References[]
- ↑ Futurama Timeline at Everything2
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Luck of the Fryish
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Fry & the Slurm Factory
- ↑ Anthology of Interest II
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Mars University
- ↑ When Aliens Attack
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Jurassic Bark
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Space Pilot 3000
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 The Why of Fry
- ↑ I, Roommate
- ↑ The Series Has Landed
- ↑ A Fishful of Dollars
- ↑ My Three Suns
- ↑ A Big Piece of Garbage
- ↑ A Bicyclops Built for Two
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 The Deep South
- ↑ Parasites Lost
- ↑ Insane in the Mainframe
- ↑ Time Keeps on Slippin'
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 Roswell that Ends Well
- ↑ Leela's Homeworld
- ↑ Less than Hero
- ↑ The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ The Cryonic Woman
- ↑ How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back
- ↑ I Dated a Robot
- ↑ A Flight to Remember
- ↑ Put Your Head on My Shoulder
- ↑ Time Keeps on Slippin'
- ↑ Meanwhile
- ↑ The Impossible Stream
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Amy Wong • Bender Bending Rodríguez • Hermes Conrad • Hubert J. Farnsworth • John A. Zoidberg • Philip J. Fry • Turanga Leela |