Talk:The Why of Fry

Nibblers Shadow

 * It is finally explained why Nibbler's shadow was seen in the very first episode, "Space Pilot 3000", and why Fry's shadow was seen with Nibbler's in "Jurassic Bark".

I belive this shadow was added to the "Space Pilot 3000" episode when Futurama was released on DVD, when it was originaly aired there was no shadow. I'm not sure it was added to the "Jurassic Bark" episode though due to the fact that it's in the same series.


 * It is explained in the commentaries that secrets were hidden in the first episode intentionally, leaving fun things for "Freeze-Framers" to find. Nibbler's shadow was indeed there in the first airing of the show. Buddy13 03:34, 16 July 2006 (UTC)


 * I was actually watching SP3000 last night, and Nibblers shadow is there (as everyone knows) but there is definitly no other shadow visible.

Quantum Interphase Bomb
As the subtitles on the DVD's are frequently incorrect, I propose changing "quantum interface bomb" to what the audio actually sounds like: "Quantum interphase bomb". Buddy13 03:34, 16 July 2006 (UTC)


 * How do you know you aren't just mis-hearing the audio? I've always heard it as Interface, not Interphase. Maybe invest in better audio equipment? ;)

"Time Travel Confusions" section
I've removed the "Time Travel Confusions" section from the article; its content was: == Time Travel Confusions == The way this episode plays out. Shows how and why Fry came to the future. In actual fact, Because Nibbler was the main reason he came to the future it should have been impossible to stop it. If he stopped it, He wouldn't have been in the future to come back to stop himself. Effectively placing him in a temporal paradox, As experienced by the main character in the film The Time Machine. However, He experienced "Time Slippage", Because Nibbler bargained with him so that Fry could still go to the future.

After he made himself fall in the Cryogenic Tube. He was still present due to the fact he would still be sent to that time to stop Nibbler because he had enough time to speak with the Brain and find out why he was there. He effectively fixed that by starting to tell Nibbler that "...Scooty Puff Jr sucks" and started to disappear. In theory though he shouldn't have been able to say that. As he would be altering the future as to why he came to the past, A Time Slippage would have in theory prevented this...

Another thing is, We shouldn't have "Just" seen Nibbler's Shadow in Space Pilot 3000, We should have also seen Fry's, As he is the actual reason why he was in the Future. Similar to when he became his own grandfather in Roswell That Ends Well. It's rather poorly written (lots of sentence fragments), and lots of speculation about what should or should not have happened, without any sources or references to scientific theories about why or why not. Granted, this is an animated show, and we shouldn't expect everything to be exactly conformant to our physical theories, but if we're going to say that something "should" or "should not" happen, we should also explain why that is, or we shouldn't say it at all. —LrdChaos (talk) 13:29, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Changing History
In Roswell That Ends Well, Fry doesn't change history, that's what he was supposed to do so he "didn't not do it." However, in this episode history is changed. Any suggestions?

Go Futurama! Sp3000 00:20, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Cultural reference?
There being two Philip J. Frys in the galaxy at one point could, maybe, possibly, be a reference to The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. At one point the immortal alien who comes to insult him says there is a second Arthur Dent on another planet. The connection is a bit weak (and I obviously need to read the book again to remember the details) but does anyone else see this connection as possible? Stardust8212 13:52, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Philip J. Fry (the second one)
In the episode where Fry remembers about his older brother Yansee (sorry if I spelled that name wrong) Yansee named his son Philip J. Fry. wouldn't this cause the brain to have asked about which Philip J. Fry of earth he was? 67.117.30.32 06:22, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
 * No, the night Fry is frozen Yancy's son Philip J. Fry II has not been born yet and could not be the second Fry alive at that time. Hope that helps! Stardust8212 12:59, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Episode number?
The episode is actually Episode 8 of Season 5. This comes from the IMDB page for the episode. It can also be verified by checking the Netflix recordings of the show, where the episode is listed as Episode 8 of Season 5. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Liongold (talk • contribs) 19:20, 10 March 2015 (UTC)

I changed the wiki page to be the 8th episode of the 4th season for "The Why of Fry", and it was undone? Is this wrong? I know it's the 10th episode of the 4th season, or 8th of the broadcast season, but yeah.. I'm new to editing wikis. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.241.40.42 (talk) 16:28, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
 * If I did, then that was a mistake on my part, because it is 4ACV10. My apologies, I guess I had become fed up with other people editing other episode numbers to the broadcast number, and assumed bad faith on accident. :(  I took the liberty of reverting my own edit. --Svippong 17:40, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
 * The current listed episode number is wrong, also the statement that it directly succeeds the episode "Where no fan has gone before" is untrue Garbage1010 (talk) 21:56, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
 * It's correct per List of Futurama episodes. DonIago (talk) 03:18, 29 December 2023 (UTC)