Fry, after delivering a package under the scorching heat, quenches his thirst with a bottle of cool blue liquid. Mar 18, 2020 the futurama episode the why of fry reveals who the other is, but doesnt explain why shes so important, raising a question that has been bugging futurama fans for years and years and years. It originally aired on the fox network in the united states on april 6, 2003. Futurama s 3 e 19 roswell that ends well recap tv tropes. A wellknown example is the futurama episode roswell that ends well, where fry unwittingly becomes his own grandfather by the direct expedient of doing, as he later puts it, the nasty in the pasty. Meanwhile, zoidberg gets captured by president truman, and experimented on, but its okay because zoidberg gets all the food he wants, so hes happy. Jurassic bark is the seventh episode in the fourth season of the american animated television series futurama. The futurama episode the why of fry reveals who the other is, but. With time running out, the professor decides that secrecy is no longer viable and the crew storms roswell air base by force to get the microwave dish, throwing the entire complex into disarray. Fry, also, has to go back in time and become his own grandfather. Yet in season 3 we find out that fry impregnates his own grandmother. In the fourthseason opener, a supernova explosion sends the planet express ship back in time to 1947 roswell, n.
The following is a list of episodes for the 1999 animated scifi sitcom, futurama, created by matt groening who brought you the simpsons and life in hell, centered on a loser pizza delivery boy named philip j. Due to his paranoia about enos getting killed or neutered, fry drives him out to the desert to stay safe. In which episode does fry become his own grandfather. Often, fry is faced with differences in the future, which he then relates to things in his time. They land at roswell, new mexico, where a shattered bender is mistaken for ufo debris, zoidberg is taken in for an alien autopsy, and fry accidentally kills his grandfather, enis, in a nuclear explosion. While trying to save him, however, fry accidentally brings about enos death when he takes him to a house which turns out to be in the middle of a nuclear testing range. The bots and the bees a big piece of garbage roswell that ends well. After delivering an enormous sandstone to osiris 4, fry, leela and bender are forced to work as slaves assisting the construction of the great pharaoh hamenthoteps tomb. Meanwhile, fry is getting increasingly worried about his. You ought to marry her and father some children right away. The episode was fry and leela centric and it just felt like something was missing by not having more of. Fry literally fathered his own father in this episode, after accidentally killing his grandfather.
Yancy was apparently raised to believe his father was enos fry he is the husband of mrs. The crew is sent back to the year 1947 when fry puts metal in the ships microwave while the rest of the crew is watching a supernova explosion. This episode won the 2002 emmy for outstanding animated program for programming less than one hour, winning the show its first emmy. Frys time travel means that yancy, srs paternal grandmother is mrs. It originally aired on the fox network in the united states on december 9, 2001. Meanwhile is the series finale of the american animated television series futurama. The next morning leela wakes up fry at mildreds and assures fry that mildred, who has morphed into her older self, is indeed his grandmother thus making fry his own grandfather. The next morning, the professor tells fry that he just became his own grandfather. The first is that each time h goes through the loop, his dna changes. After fry puts metal in the microwave during a supernova, the planet express crew is catapulted back to 1947, where bender is mistaken for a spaceship, zoidberg is studied in area 51, and fry becomes his own grandfather. Realizing that they have traveled backward in time, leela and the professor attempt to find a microwave with no luck. The entire season is included within the volume three dvd box set, which was released on march 9, 2004 the complete 22 episodes of the season have been released on a box set called futurama. When fry pushes his grandfather out of the way of a moving truck, the.
There is no mention of fry being sterile in roswell that ends well. Bender is even with him when he kills his grandfather. Should be noted is that fry was always his own grandfather, its a causal loop. Roswell that ends well season 4, episode 1 one of the best qualities of futurama, and good sci. Meanwhile fry goes on the base to find zoidberg and to visit his grandfather enos, despite the professor warning him about changing history. Futurama roswell that ends well tv episode 2001 imdb. The biggest question futurama left unanswered looper. Fry is his own grandfather, greatgreat grandfather, greatgreatgreatgreat grandfather and. As the crew rockets its way back to earth, the professor contacts a bureaucrat and announces that slurm comes from a colossal worm heinie.
Mar 08, 2012 this feature is not available right now. And not only did fry become his own grandfather, he made his father his own grandfather as well. We established a few scenes ago that fry is sterile. Aug 05, 2014 the sad ending you all love, in english who woulda thought after watching this i need to go call my brother and punch a wall or 2.
Meanwhile, the microwave needed to return to the future has been destroyed and. He is voiced by billy west using a version of his own voice as he sounded when he was 25. Bender is accidentally shot out of the ships torpedo tube and becomes lost in space. Futurama since fry is his own grandfather, wouldnt he. Feb 24, 2011 this is a clip from when the universe comes to an end in the episode of futurama called the late phillip j. In that case, first loop, he is 25% a, b, and 50% c maternal and paternal grandparents, a being paternal grandfather, b being paternal grandmother, c mother. In roswell that ends well, the planet express crew is sent back in time to 1947. May 22, 2018 fry befriends someone from his own time period in a support group for those cryogenically frozen.
What happens to fry and leela after the timebending events of the finale, meanwhile. Fry is a dimwitted man from the 20th century who gets frozen for 1,000 years, thawing out on new years eve 2999. The third season of futurama began airing in 2001 and concluded after 22 episodes in 2002. While out on a mission in their own time, fry happens to pop some popcorn in the ships microwave while the are passing a supernova. He is a slacker delivery boy from the 20th century who becomes cryogenically frozen and reawakens in the 30th century to become a delivery boy there. The plot revolves around fry, who finds a fossilized version of his dog seymour from before he was frozen. He was the last in a long line of yancy frys, going back centuries. After a string of bad luck, fry remembers back to when he was growing up in new york and his older brother, yancy, was stealing his good ideas until the discovery of a rare sevenleaf clover that reversed frys luck. Fry, born august 14, 1974 commonly known simply by his surname fry, is a fictional character and the protagonist of the animated sitcom futurama. But fry s father is named yancy like his father before him and his before him all the way back to minute man yancy who fought commies during the american revolution.
When the bureaucrat threatens to outlaw the nowinsidious drink, fry, fearing his supply of slurm will evaporate, states that his grandfather is just making up stories. Private enos fry was a united states army private as of 1947. Philip i then encounters his grandfather, enos fry, who is stationed at the base. A joke about fry becoming his own grandfather is a reference to the events of roswell that ends well. Meanwhile, fry accidentally kills his paternal grandfather enos fry. The episode opens in the mid1970s, where a young yancy fry is jealous of his newborn brother philip, and copies him in anything he can. July 20, 1949 august 20, 2020 is the son of mildred fry and through a time warp, son of his own son, philip j. Why roswell that ends well is the best episode of futurama. Futuramas final episode makes me a fry and leela shipper at last. Lets see how well you know the series most memorable episodes with this quiz. Not only is he his own grandfather, but he slept with his grandma. Roswell that ends well is the first episode in the 4th broadcast season of futurama.
The rest of the group finds him, and insist that mildred is indeed frys grandmother. It premiered on comedy central in the united states on september 4, 20, along with futurama live, a special preshow and aftershow for the. Futurama tv listings, tv schedule and episode guide tv guide. Roswell that ends well is the 19th episode in the third season of the american animated television series futurama. Since she was never married to either enos, philip, or as far as we know any other member of the fry family, and her maiden name is not mentioned, it is only for nomenclature purposes that she is called mildred fry in the wiki. So youre a fan of the longrunning animated scifi comedy series futurama. Choosing the best episode of futurama is incredibly difficult even the worst. The episode was written by ken keeler and directed by peter avanzino. Fry is getting fed up with his bad luck in a horse rally. In this episode, it is revealed that frys cryogenic freezing and arrival in the 31st century was not an accident, but a calculated plot.
It fixes something that has bothered me from the beginning of the show, and shows us the beauty of true love. The why of fry is the tenth episode in the fourth season of the american animated television series futurama. The combined explosions of a supernova and fry putting metal in the microwave hurtle the planet express crew back in time to 1947. Yeah, folks say that, but do you ever get the feelin youre only going with girls cause youre supposed to. Frys grandfather until frys time travel and interference led to his death. Fry s time travel means that yancy, srs paternal grandmother is mrs. The professor insists otherwise and states that fry has become his own grandfather. It was first released in region 2 on june 2, 2003, with releases in other regions.
This is the first episode of futurama to feature time travel, a subject the shows creators did not want to broach too earlyoften due to the confusing direction that such stories can lead in. It first aired on the fox network in the united states on november 17, 2002. Fry abuses his newfound power, even appointing bender second in command, until the aliens retaliate and the real battle for power begins. Fry is his own grandfather, greatgreat grandfather, greatgreatgreatgreat grandfather and so on. His grandfather dying is what convinced fry to sleep with his grandmother, thinking she couldnt be his grandmother as he still exists. In fry and the slurm factory, the later episode is acknowledged by i think david x cohen.
Due to his head but not his body spending over 1,000 years buried underground, following this episode his heads age is 1,055 years older than his body. Fry realizes to his horror that he is now his own grandfather. Yancy was apparently raised to believe his father was enos fry. Meanwhile, it is discovered that frys grandfather, enos, is actually. Roswell that ends well the infosphere, the futurama wiki. The plot centers on an accidental time travel event that results in the main characters participating in the roswell ufo incident in 1947 the episode was written by j. The day the earth stood stupid is the seventh episode in season three of futurama. Before realizing this fact, fry had slept with her, and he became his own grandfather. The title of this episode is a play on the title of the 1951 science fiction film, the day the earth stood still. It serves as the 26th episode of the seventh season, and the 140th episode of the series overall.
So, if fry is his own grandpa, is he his futurama reddit. Meanwhile, fry meets his grandfather enos and begins fearing that he will cease to exist if his grandfather is killed. So hell have the defect that results in no delta brain wave. That way you cant accidentally change history, or do something disgusting like sleep with your own grandmother. Futuramas final episode makes me a fry and leela shipper. Mildred fry was the fiance to enos fry, and the mother of yancy fry, sr. Meanwhile fry goes on the base to find zoidberg and to visit his grandfather. Fry was a native to the 20th century who was cryogenically frozen seconds into the year 2000, having fallen in just as 1999 ended. Sep 04, 20 although this has happened several times before, futurama is coming to an end with its series finale episode that airs tonight, entitled meanwhile. While many of futuramas episodes are silly and just plain funny, this is one. His character is largely an attempt by the shows creators to make the connection between the 20th century and the 31st century much easier for the viewers. Roswell that ends well is the 19th episode in the third season of the american animated. In the episode the why of fry, leelas seemingly oblivious pet nibbler. Surprisingly, this actually became a major plot point in some later episodes.
He was the older paternal grandson of mildred fry and through a time warp philip j. Cohen also talked about that the new season would discuss frys origins, maybe what we know now can be rendered moot. A flashback shows fry discovering a sevenleaf clover, which grants him extraordinary luck and allows him to beat his brother in any contest, from basketball to. Shortly afterwards, fry impregnated his grandmother, thereby becoming his own grandfather. Tones murder on the planet express stench and stenchability meanwhile. It originally aired on the fox network in the united states on february 18, 2001. But frys father is named yancy like his father before him and his before him all the way back to minute man yancy who fought commies during the american revolution. Fry soon finds out he drank the planets royal leader and is named the new emperor. Fry from the year 1999 who gets frozen for years at a cryogenics lab and awakens to a futuristic spin on new york city, where he befriends a drunken, viceridden robot named. Fry born august 14, 1974, commonly known simply by his surname fry, is the main protagonist of the animated sitcom futurama.
See, because fry is his own grandfather as revealed in the. Fun for the whole family except grandma and grandpa. This was the only futurama episode from the original run to win an emmy. Which futurama episode was the first to win an emmy award.
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