Talk:Philip J. Fry/Archive 1

Possible color → taste/smell synesthesia?
Didn't this used to be mentioned in this article? For instance, in Roswell That Ends Well, he mentions "What smells like blue?" and in The Why of Fry, "Did everything just taste purple for a second?" Wikifried 01:08, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Mother
Since Fry was never married to his grandmother, I don't think it's appropriate to say that his mother is also his daughter-in-law. Furthermore, is it ever established whether his grandmother in "Roswell that Ends Well" is paternal or maternal? -Dave


 * Well, he yells something like "Hang in there, Dad!" at Enos' testicles, so I'd say paternal. BryanEkers 01:38, 13 July 2006 (UTC)


 * I removed the daughter-in-law bit, since he was never married to his grandmother —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 131.111.200.200 (talk) 18:44, 1 April 2007 (UTC).
 * The daughter-in-law connection actually comes from her being married to Fry's son. Course I'm not convinced that all the strange interconnections of Fry's family really need to be listed so I don't mind it being removed. Stardust8212 18:52, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Fry's mothers maiden name is proven to be Gleissner by the scammers in Bender's Big Score. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.19.219.7 (talk) 00:50, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Popplers Proceeds
The section on the amount of money Fry theoretically could hold from Fishy Joe's sale of 198 billion Popplers seems off. It states that he makes fifty cents per dozen, with Bender, but isn't Leela part of that original partnership? It just seems like this particular "Achievement" is speculation, and non-canon to begin with, and if it's additionally based on a flawed supposition, I question its necessity. - Ben
 * No Original Research. If it's not specifically mentioned in the show or another canon source, it doesn't belong.  The calculation is based on the implied outcome of the deal, but the episode never actually mentioned Fry getting that money.  I'm deleting it. -24.13.55.149 01:52, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

More on the name...
Does anyone know what the 'J' stands for? Is it a homage to Homer J Simpson?

Thanks, Trialex 00:04, 30 November 2005 (UTC)


 * It was revealed in a Simpson's episode that Homer's middle name was Jay. I don't know. Matt Groening likes to add "homages" in his shows. --66.218.28.46 03:06, 12 July 2006 (UTC)


 * It's a referrence to Bullwinkle J. Moose, Matt Groening has given most of his characters the middle initial 'J'. It isn't explained what the 'J' stands for. There are sources out there.124.243.140.51 13:02, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Spelling of Philip
His first name has only one L, though the two-L misspelling is fairly common; see. --MIRV 17:15, 6 Jan 2004 (UTC)
 * I thought it was a double-L, same as Phil Hartman - I'm sure it's mentioned on one of the DVD commentaries that they specifically checked the double/single L thing. Although now I look at it, the Phil Hartman article spells it both ways as well... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.6.196.134 (talk • contribs)
 * I believe within the series it is spelled both ways, though Philip is more accepted. In Space Pilot 3000, on the screen of the computer Leela is working with at the Cryo(ge)nics lab it says Phillip, but I believe in other places it is spelled Philip. -- Will Mak  050389  18:09, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Re:
I will change it.--LordVin1 18:07, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Name Mistake
Oh, by the way. The name was put as "Pannuci's Pizzas", when in fact the name is "Pannuchi's PIZZA", just like in a sentence, you'd use Pizza as plural. E.g - "Come buy our fantastic pizza!". -- Cherry

Adding More information
Adding more in depth information about this wonderful "caddilac of men", this "brave audonis", hehe :) -- Cherry
 * I added it, 2nd lot to come tommorow! My arms ache >.>

Stop it, please
Whoever said Shasta isnt mentioned, DOESNT KNOW FUTURAMA!!!!

"Alright, it's friday night, i've got my 2 litre bottle of shasta (WHICH HE SHOWS) and my ALL-RUSH mix tape"

Do you think he's going to have a 1 litre 1 week, then another another week? Obviously if he says "it's like any other friday night" then it's a routine. PLEASE ask or justify here before removing info!

PLEASE post on the discussion before you remove it, it gets REALLY annoying.

Grammar
I'll be editing some of the grammar in the article--mainly adding missing commas and the like. ~Shippy Mandy

=I edited the grammar, and I also clarified a few things. I did add a few small things, but I'm certain that they are correct. --Shippy Mandy 04:48, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Bender's words
I recall that Bender said "Of all my friends, you're the only one.", in stead of "Out of all my friends, you're the first." as in the article. Could somebody confirm this?

In the second paragraph it is mentioned that Billy West joked that he fell in love with Katey Segal while recording Futurama. But in the Amason Women in the Mood commentery he says that he fell in love with Lauren Tom, who plays Amy.


 * Well, in the commentary for "Leela's Homeworld", around the time Leela's parents are first shown on the episode, Billy West did (jokingly) mention falling in love with Katey Segal. A.l.dang 07:45, 7 January 2007 (UTC)


 * In I, Roommate, Bender does say the latter phrase. Totema1 02:54, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Re: Bender's words
Bender does say "Of all my friends, you're the first", instead of the previously suggested line, but thanks for making me verify it DannyB!! 17:55, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Disambiguation?
Should this page not be a disambiguation page between the Philip J. Fry of Earth and the Philip J. Fry of Hovering Squid World 97A? Av 05:30, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Futurama Comics are they Canon?
Are the events depicted in the comics considered Canon? I think they are, so would it be alright to add information from the comics about Fry here? (See discussion in main topic) Nic tan33 11:09, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Relatives
Very, very minor point. He's his own grandfather, so surely he's also his own grandson too? And possibly also his own great-great-grandfather, great-great-grandson, and so on ad infinitum. Admittedly the latter point's a bit silly, but I reckon listing him as his own grandson at least might be a little more accurate. Phil Smith 02:03, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

I don't think this is controversial, but...
Fry's brother is named Yancy. Billy West voiced the title character in Nickelodeon's cartoon, "Doug." In the show, Doug's middle name was Yancy. I wanted to add this connection to the trivia section, but since there was a warning against content changes, I thought I'd post it here first. I'll add it to the article if no one disputes it (not that I see a reason for it to be disputed) within a few days.
 * Just as a side note, the Fantastic Four's Ben Grimm was raised on rough-and-tumble "Yancy Street" in Brooklyn, NY. Since the Frys were also raised there and I'm guessing that Matt Groening was familiar with the comics, it could be the reason for the name.

Section Ordering
Just a quick thought: wouldn't it make more sense to have the love life section after the relationship section as a romantic relationship is a specific type of relationship? Just thought that might flow better, lemme know what you think. Stardust8212 15:10, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
 * It's been a month with no objections so I went ahead and changed it. Stardust8212 14:47, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Cleanup
I think this article needs cleanup. It also needs to be made more encyclopedia-like (I spotted the word 'shit', which isn't too official, I think.

addition
Briefly had super speed powers after drinking $300 worth of coffee in a short time frame.

I also think the episode where him and Leela rubbed on a special paste that gave superpowers in humans should be considered. I can't recall the exact episode, but they both acquired super-speed, super-strenght and kinetic-impact proff skin and hair. The instructions mentioned the ability to control sea-creatures but this was not the case with Fry.

cheers

--85.186.135.114 20:14, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
 * The episode is when they become the New Justice Team. It's called Less Than Hero.

Paternal vs. Maternal
I think we can assume that Fry is his mother's father, not his father's, as his mother is the one with red hair. This page really needs to be cleaned up. Now, it says no content editing. Does that include grammar and all of that? Also, I strongly agree with the anonymous post on the sentence regarding Fry's age. It isn't a very clear sentence and it doesn't really seem to have any real importance to the character past being an interesting bit of trivia. One more thing. I also agree that the Love Life section would be more appropriate if moved beneath the Relationships section. Diewelt 14:05, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
 * In the episode "Roswell That Ends Well" Fry yells at Enis' crotch "Everythings going to be alright dad!" which is more substantial evidence and less original research than hair color. I think red hair is a recessive trait anyway. Stardust8212 04:18, 14 January 2007 (UTC)


 * There's that, plus the obvious reason he must be his father's father. If Enos Fry was supposed to be his mother's father, then Fry's last name wouldn't be Fry, and neither would Yancy's. So Fry must have been his father's father, otherwise his last name wouldn't have been inherited. Plus, Yancy Sr.'s last name is Fry, and I can't see him as the type to take his wife's last name.
 * SpokeyDokey (talk) 02:23, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Trivia section
''==Trivia==
 * He was briefly made sterile because of the F-Ray (see Professor Farnsworth Inventions). This, however, was reversed either (or the F-Ray merely killed all of his present sperm) before or during "Parasites Lost" which is evident both in that episode, when Dr. Zoidberg was seen riding one of his sperm cells, and in "Roswell That Ends Well" two seasons later, implied by his ability to impregnate his grandmother.
 * According to Futurama Comics #17, Fry evolved from a fish.
 * Billy West, voice-over of Fry, was born April 16th 1952, the same month and day "The Deep South" came on air.
 * Fry is one of the many Matt Groening character to have a middle inital of J, most notably Homer J. Simpson, apparently in homage to Bullwinkle J. Moose.''

I've removed this entire trivia section as per Avoid trivia sections in articles. All this information either does not belong here, or could be put elsewhere in the article. Feel free to take bits of this and put it in the article, or delete it. Either way, please comment and state your reasoning, or at least report having done so, and then delete the information used/deleted from this talk page. -- Digital Watches! 05:02, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Name redirect
I'm editing the article so that "Fry the Solid" redirects to here. There should be no problems, so enjoy the redirection! Totema1 06:01, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Erm, this sounds stupid, but how is this done? :D Totema1 06:17, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Add the following to the page you want to redirect here

#REDIRECT Philip_J._Fry

Injuries
Hasn't Fry lost his hands twice? The first time a t-rex bit them off.

He has, yes. :-)

He casually mentions before the scene changes "I can't wait to get home and try them out"

Wouldn't the incident involving the F-Ray (Fry and the Slurm Factory), destroying his sperm be considered an injury worth noting? He should at least get a Darwin award for it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.95.240.232 (talk) 18:54, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Irish?
I can't remember any references to Fry having Irish blood (ie being an Irish-American) in the series. I could have simply forgotten a reference though.

The title "Luck of the Fry-rish" doesn't count as that is just an episode title with a pun in it. Just because "Fry-rish" is based on "Irish" doesn't make Fry Irish.

Injuries and Phillip J. Fry I
First of all, I added a lot to injuries but I'm not quite sure about the first one of "The Deep South." Would you count that as an injury? Also, I haven't seen most of the fourth season so can somebody fill in any other injuries, please. Anyway, I was the person that added the "I" to Phillip J. Fry. I'm wondering whether we should change the directing so that Phillip J. Fry I also directs there or even better move Phillip J. Fry to Phillip J. Fry I? There IS a Phillip J. Fry II.

Go Futurama! 09:53, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I think (but I'm not sure) that the general policy is to put the article at the most commonly used name such as Doctor Zoidberg rather than Doctor John Zoidberg. I think the best course of action is to direct Philip J. Fry I to this article, in case anyone would look under that name. Stardust8212 15:58, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Done Go Futurama! Sp3000 01:09, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

First Line
The first line is incorrect. it has been changed

Achievements
This probably shouldn't be there, i feel most of it can be integrated into the article. Kingpomba 15:14, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Why has this been redirected?
Why has the article been redirected from "Philip J Fry" (which is the character's NAME!) to "Fry (Futurama)"? I believe it should be moved back, Most other TV characters have an entry unde their full name - for example we have "Marty McFly" rather than "Marty (Back to the Future)".


 * I agree, it should be "Philip J. Fry", I think the (Futurama) makes it look worse. Does anyone know if there was a discussion on this? -- Will Mak  050389  00:47, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
 * There was no discussion. Someone decided to move all the futurama characters based off of something from the Mediation Cabal: Mediation_Cabal/Cases/2006-12-21_Street_Fighter_character_articles
 * That was what they quoted in the edit summary though I'm not sure that what applies for Street Fighter always applies for every other set of fictional characters. Stardust8212 00:57, 29 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Move it back to "Philip J Fry". There is no dispute over the character's name like with the Street Fighter characters, most fans know what Fry's first name is, thus it should be moved back. Same with the other characters (except possibly Bender, who has been given 2 names). HillValleyTelegraph (talk)

I've moved it back, since that seemed to be the opinion. HillValleyTelegraph (talk)

Tables for Achievements and Injuries
I put these two things into chronological tables to hopefully make it look more neat and organized. I just transferred all the information that was already there. Some may not be appropriate for that section, but I didn't want to remove it without discussion. So yeah. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Chickenmonkey (talk • contribs) 23:55, 31 January 2007 (UTC).

tuff
no mention of how ballsy fry is. zoidberg cut off his arm in a fight, which fry then uses to beat the living hell out of zoidberg.I am Paranoid 03:54, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Fictional veteran?
Fry, Leela, and Bender are fictional veterans, right? I am getting this information from episode 3.02 War is the H-Word. Siyavash 23:36, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I suppose so. Cherries Jubilee 03:21, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Appearance
Is an appearance section warranted? I was just listening to the audio commentary of the first episode, and they discuss how Fry's hair was designed so that it would stand stand out in a silhouette and how his clothes are based off of James Dean's outfit in Rebel Without a Cause. There's probably some other part that they could be added in, though. Raistlin11325 18:32, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
 * It would be great if you could add info on the character design/developement especially if you could legitimately source it from the audio commentary. Currently the article is much too in-universe. More emphasis needs to be on the character as it is in our universe, not a summary of everything that happened to him in the show. Do it! Stardust8212 23:19, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

ex-wife
It states Leela is Fry's ex-wife in the future. That's not true. In Time Keeps on Slippin, he marries Leela, then divorces one leap-in-time later. When the episode ends, they are in the present. They have not traveled back in time and erased history. How did "future" come up?Dkkicks 03:09, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree, it's definitely not the future though part of me wants to say that within the timeline of the show it might be misleading to some to list her as ex-wife in the infobox. Especially since it is never mentioned again outside that episode. Popular opinion may be aginst me on that point though. Perhaps "during time-slip" would be a better qualifier with a link to the episode. Stardust8212 12:41, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

time
how longs fry been in the future? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.144.137.244 (talk • contribs)
 * The general opinion seems to be 4 seasons=4 years. Stardust8212 03:32, 8 June 2007 (UTC)


 * It seems to me that time in the Futurama universe progresses basically parallel to our timeline, give or take a month or two, except 1,000 years in the future. For instance, the show started in 2,999 when it was first aired in 1,999. Each season after that things have progressed one year in Futurama. As of now (Nov. 2007) it is either Dec. 3007 or Jan. 3008. I forget if they ever actually made it past New Year's at the end of the movie. So they're about a month off right now, but I think the producers originally weren't expecting the movie to come out until closer to Christmas time. Anyway, as of right now it's been 8 years since he came to to the future.

SpokeyDokey (talk) 02:33, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Mental retardation?
Is Fry's diagnosis of retardation really accurate? As far as I can see, Fry is capable of fluent speech and is capable of living by himself; traits that I've never found in a retard. Cat&#39;s Tuxedo 02:32, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree. I took him out of the catagory, I think its just a matter of certain people not knowing what the word exaggeration means. I say unless its specifically verbally said, they should be kept out of the catagory. I mean come on...Fry's dense but he's not a retard. Thats just shallow. --76.166.144.112 20:00, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

Would you like to ask Billy West a question?
I am interviewing Billy West, voice of Philip J. Fry, Professor Hubert Farnsworth, Dr. Zoidberg and Zapp Brannigan, next Thursday, November 15. If you have questions for West, leave them on my talk page. -- David  Shankbone  22:45, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

age problem
by the end of the movie Benders Big Score, we will learn that he had gone through a second time freeze into the future. Making him technically an extra 1000+ older then his previous 1029, or 2036.95 so i added that to his age box —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.78.231.176 (talk) 07:29, 24 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Actually it would make him technically about 2041.35. He spent 1,007.95 extra years frozen, but time has also passed in the future (as indicated by the Professor when he says that 2 years have passed at the very beginning of the movie). Fry was 25 when he was frozen. At the end of Bender's Big Score, he's 33, having spent 8 years in the future (Leela even says it's been exactly 8 years since they met at the end of the movie). Chronologically he's around 2041, but if you actually work out the math (including the months between him turning 25 and him getting frozen in the first place) it comes out to 2,041.35. You can check my math up in the age section.
 * SpokeyDokey (talk) 02:44, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

I think there is some confusion between Fry and the Fry of the alternate future (which is dicey without giving away spoilers). In Bender's Big Score, the alternate future Fry ages normally until the time travel events in 3007/3008 (he is now 33), travels back to the 21st century and lives for 12 years (45 years old), unfreezes again in 3002 and lives another 6 years until the so-called present rolls around again (53 years old). However, I think this mostly arises from the infobox not being specific enough - I propose that it state Fry's chronological age as of Bender's Big Score (33), with a note regarding his birthdate - counting years frozen and/or temporal duplicates seems unproductive. Opinions? Irregulargalaxies (talk) 04:26, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Until Bender's Big Score, which I haven't yet seen, it was pretty simple... Fry was physically 25 when frozen/unfrozen and I think that really this is all that is now necessary to include in the info box. After all, none of us seems to be madly rushing around updating any other character's ages do we? After virtually 20 production seasons of The Simpsons, Bart is still 10 years old... but how many Xmases have we seen him live through? Let's keep it simple for all those who may read the article(s) and just state the facts as they were at the beginning of the Futurama series; otherwise we will all be striving to update every tiny numerical detail as each and every film/set of episodes is released. I will change the info box for Fry to make it more simple and straightforward (and thereby hopefully avoiding any arguments as to what may or may not be Fry's "current" age).AirdishStraus (talk) 12:05, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

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Nephew vs. Gandson
In the infobox, it's listed that the Professor is Fry's distant future nephew/Distant Grandson. I've never heard of the Professor being anything besides his distant nephew, so I'm changing it back unless anyone has information I don't know about.

Nmoo 22:57, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Nevermind. I'm an idiot. Since Fry's his own grandfather, he's also Yancy's grandfather. Thus the Professor is his grandson too.

Nmoo 23:05, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Fry's family status
Is it only me that think it's super relevant to mention on the page Fry is divorced thus being single and (seemingly) looking ? (ref. Time keeps on Slipping)

Written by 8 year olds?
I'm requesting permission to make some changes to this article, some of the stuff doesn't belong in an encyclopedia. For example: Heart of gold? Use it once if you will, but it is used two time's and becomes redundant and meaningless. —Preceding unsigned comment added by God N (talk • contribs) 20:42, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

Named after Stephen J Fry?
While the name origin makes sense, any chance it could have derived from British comedic actor Stephen J Fry (A Bit of Fry and Laurie, Jeeves and Wooster)? It could be a coincidence, but Groening could be a fan, who knows. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lazarusongrave (talk • contribs) 10:20, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Nah, I'm sure it was directly to Hartman. R.I.P. man. R.I.P. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Voltrondefenderof theuniverse (talk • contribs) 01:22, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Fry's Nephew
This page is missing a reference to his nephew, Phillip J. Fry, in his list of relatives. Phillip's father is Fry's brother, Yancy. This is the subject of an entire episode, and really needs to be included. The episode this is revealed in is called "The Luck of the Fryrish." I added his nephew to the reference list, but I'm pretty new to this. I would appreciate it if someone could add this episode to the references. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.119.115.216 (talk) 11:11, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

Fry's age
In the stat block, it currently says that cronologicly, Fry is 26. This is incorrect as he was present for all 1025 years of his life, there was no time travel. I feel there should be a more acruate way to list this. I changed it once and it was reverted. I am hesitant to try to change it again. ZPS102 02:37, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I reverted it because I felt the change you made was actually more confusing. The key point that needs to be made is that while he is chronologically 1025 he is physically only 26 as he did not age while he was in the cryonic freeze. Not mentioning that he still appears as a 26 year old, and acts as such, would be more confusing than helpful. Just my opinion, I guess if everyone disgrees with me then that's cool too. Stardust8212 02:52, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Here is the section I am talking about:
 * Technically, if Fry was still living today (2006), he would be aged 32; in the year 3000, he would be 1026 with a biological age of 26 due to cryonics. He is voiced by Billy West. 

Wouldn't it be reasonable to only discuss Fry's age at the time the show takes place and not his age if the show had never happened? It just seems unnecessary.
 * Unlike The Simpsons, time passes approximately like normal in the show (or it did for the first three seasons). So it's silly to claim that we know his "actual" age. Depending on the episode you are watching, he is 25, 26, 27 or maybe even 28 - not counting flashbacks. By the time the new season airs, he may well have turned 30. So I would suggest putting 25, which is confirmed on screen as his *biological* age at the time of the pilot episode. -- SamSim 17:26, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Toward the end of Bender's Big Score, it is shown to be New Year's 3007/3008, meaning 8 years had passed since Fry arrived in the Future (New Year's 2999/3000). He was 25 when he was frozen, so this would mean he's physically 33 at this point. Counting all the time he spent frozen, he would be 2,0041 (he spends another 1,007.95 years frozen during the movie). If you want to get really technical about it, he'd be around 2,041.4 at the end of the movie. So the age should say "physically 33, chronologically 2,041, technically about 2041.35", instead of "physically 29, chronologically 1,029, technically 2036.95". Somehow they're including the 1,007.95 years he spend frozen during the movie, but forgetting about the time that has passed since the last season ended and the time between his birthday on Aug. 9, 1999 and when he was frozen on Dec. 31, 1999. I know I'm being a nerd about it, but if you want to start showing his age down to decimal points then it should at least be close. So here goes.

Based on an average year (365.2425 days), it's about 0.4 years between Aug. 9 and Dec. 31 (It's actually 0.39425861 but I rounded up). So he started at 25.4 and was frozen for 1,000 years. That's 1,025.4. Then lived in the future for 8 years all together. Then he was frozen for another 1,007.95 years all together. So, he spent 2,007.95 years frozen, lived for 25.4 years in the past, and so far has lived for 8 years in the future. Which adds up to 2041.35. So I'm going to go ahead and change the age section to what I listed earlier. I might be forgetting to consider something, so maybe I'm slightly off, but it's a lot closer than what's listed right now. SpokeyDokey (talk) 02:13, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

I might not be correct, even though Amy and Leela only mentioned it, what about the incident at the Fountain Of Aging? If they both considered themselves "younger" wouldn't Fry count as well? Even though the process make just make them a week younger or whatever, I think a specific age wouldn't work. The Phantomnaut (talk) 06:55, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
 * That was a joke and shouldn't be taken as canon. The idea was that was why Amy winked after she agreed with Leela. Women always claim they are younger than they really are and this was a good excuse for the two of them to do so. I personally think it would be best to state his age at the begining of the series rather than constantly trying to keep up with whatever silly plot devices happen in the mean time. Stardust8212 13:52, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Well I can agree with that. I think this should also apply to the other characters. 24.23.57.81 (talk) 00:44, 3 January 2008 (UTC)


 * '''Ok, Fry Fell into the tube RIGHT after midnight and emerged from it on December 31, 2999, OK?????

I hope I Cleared SOMETHING up...''' -64.231.201.7 (talk) 22:40, 16 May 2009 (UTC)--

Fry's exit from the freezing tube
I changed the text about the day he emerged from the freezing tube from "First day of 3000" to the last day of 2999, which is the correct date. Later I also changed the part about him emerging in 3000, to December 31, 2999. These are both the correct dates, as opposed to the incorrect one in the first case, and an approximation in the second. Meton magis (talk) 07:48, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Grandfather, Enos?
Fry is his own grandfather. Of course, he has two grandfathers, but I see no evidence that Enos is the other one. In fact, I see no evidence that Fry is related to Enos in any way, so why is Enos listed as a relative? And what does it mean when it says "originally Fry himself" in the Enos entry in Fry's relative list? That is unclear and should be reworded by someone who knows what it should say. -- Lilwik 14:15, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I think the general idea is to imply that in Fry's family tree Enos would be listed as the grandfather however only the characters that are aware of the time jump know that Fry is really the grandfather...or something. Personally I think the whole infobox has gotten too detailed in that respect and should be a bit more brief. I might try to fix it later if nobody else does. Stardust8212 16:01, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

More than likely whatsherface lied about the father of her child. She can't very well tell her family that she slept with some random stranger immediately after her fiance died. 19:41, 23 September 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.53.82.182 (talk)


 * Also possible is the parallel universe creation theory of time travel, where in the original universe Enos was Fry's grandfather, but in the second universe which is followed after this episode, Fry is his own grandfather. In this case, both Fry and Enos are Fry's grandfather, but this would mean a break in continuity with Nibbler's explanation of Fry's immunity to the brains' attack. Marimvibe (talk) 07:34, 6 January 2008 (UTC)


 * The parallel universe creation theory of time travel is shown not to apply to the time travel that occurs in "Roswell That Ends Well." All the characters were already aware of the 1947 Roswell incident before they went back in time and caused it, therefore no parallel universe was created.  Vid the Kid (t/c) Does this font make me look fat? 16:07, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Lars Fillmore
This section is very detailed for a one-off that isnt really the focus of this artical. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 148.223.137.51 (talk) 10:24, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

The problem is that Lars Fillmore had a life of his own apart from Fry's. Anything less and it may miss an important piece of this parallel character's life. In my opinion, keeping this section detailed may be better than creating a separate article. He existed for 4 episodes/1 movie. --173.162.83.225 (talk) 16:28, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

Removed information
The extensive plot details and the chunks of original research in this article are not suitable for this site, so they have been removed and replaced with a format like the one now found in Bender (Futurama). Plot information cannot be that detailed in an encyclopedic article, as it needs to focus on the real world side of things. Fry's main role and character should be summed up in maybe three to five paragraphs. I've left some basic information, so that can be started. That information should be directly sourced by something, preferably information from the creators rather than the episodes. The rest of the information should focus on the real world aspect. If you happen to value the old style of information, finding a good wiki on Wikia would be a good goal. Wikia wikis are not bound by the rules on this site. TTN (talk) 20:34, 11 June 2008 (UTC)


 * There's the Infosphere. They don't seem to mind excessive details.  Vid the Kid (t/c) Does this font make me look fat? 16:11, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

How many greats?
In this article and that of Professor Farnsworth, Farnsworth is described as "Fry's great(x30)nephew." I am uncertain where this comes from. There is indeed a point in the pilot where Leela rattles off the list of "greats" in describing Farnsworth's kinship, but there is a cut in the middle indicating an indeterminate time lapse. So if this is the source for the number of "greats," we're missing some. Rifter0x0000 (talk) 16:26, 8 August 2010 (UTC)