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Vampire State Building

The upper portion of the Vampire State Building in 3013.

The Vampire State Building is the tallest building in New New York City in the Futurama series. It has 240 floors plus a clock on the top.

History[]

In 3013, Philip J. Fry rented the roof garden on top of the building, because he wanted the moment in which Turanga Leela would agree to marry him to be special. He asked her to be there at six thirty. However, as his watch was fast, he thought that she was not coming, so he jumped off. In actuality, though, she was on time, having arrived five minutes earlier. The two returned there many years later, after Fry accidentally froze the universe, and drank the champagne that a janitor — János — had poured when Fry rented the garden. They were then joined by the Hubert J. Farnsworth.

Fry jumps off the roof of the Vampire State Building. While falling, Fry realizes he can use the time button to transport him back 10 seconds in the past, which he hopes will save him. Hem activating the time button for the first time when he is about 15 feet above the pavement. He is transported 10 seconds into the past and appears just beneath one of the statutes below the top.

Trivia[]

  • In the episode, Fry jumps at 9.08 minutes and activates the button at 9.38 minutes. It's hard to compare the time in the episodes with real time, but in this scene we could assume that both are equal. This means Fry would be falling for about 25 seconds after he hit the statue. When factoring in terminal velocity and air resistance, this would make the height of the Vampire State Building a lot more reasonable compared with its number of floors.
  • This means that in about 10 seconds he would fall from the top to the bottom of the tower. When we calculate the speed of a free-fall on earth, this means the tower is about 1,700–1,800 feet high from the bottom to the platform. Since air resistance and terminal velocity were ignored, the fall would actually be even shorter. In this case the tallest building in New New York would be about the same height as the current tallest building in Old New York, the 'One World Trade Center' measuring 1,776 feet. However, when comparing the number of floors in both buildings (240 to 104), it seems unrealistic that both buildings would be equally tall.
  • The height of the building isn't mentioned in the series, however, it can be estimated. Comparing the building to existing skyscrapers, we could assume each floor takes on average 10–11 feet, which would mean the entire building measured about 2,640 feet, not including the top.

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