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Fry, as he is called, was a New York pizza delivery boy on December 31, 1999. It was on that New Year's Eve that he stumbled into a cryogenic capsule while on delivery and frozen there, remained until December 31, 2999. Needless to say, upon reawakening, he found himself in a world very different than the one he left at the turn of the 21st century--a fact that is the source of much dramatic irony during the show, especially the earlier episodes in which Fry is featured more heavily.
After situating himself in the 31st century, Fry gains the friendship of a cyclops Turanga Leela, or Leela, and a bending robot named Bender. Together, they find Fry's next of kin, the ancient Professor Hubert Farnsworth, who agrees to employ each of them in his delivery service, Planet Express.
Another great source of humor derives from Fry's unique lack of intelligence and unabashedly pathetic lifestyle. He lives like a pig with his best friend, Bender, rarely thinks more than five minutes into the future, and frequently injures himself.
According to the episode " My Three Suns", he is twenty-five years old.
Even though Fry is far from the paragon of male figure, form, or virtue in any century, he does manage to accrue some romantic experiences. At one point, he reunites with his girlfriend from the 20th century, and also experiences a one episode pairing with Amy Wong, the intern at Planet Express (see " Put Your Head on My Shoulder"). At one point he also dates a robot version of Lucy Liu (despite the protests of the other characters), but the relationship does not last long and at the request of the real Lucy Liu, Fry deactivates the robot, just as the real Liu is falling in love with Bender (see " I Dated a RobotThis is a list of episodes of Futurama episodes in broadcast order, from broadcast season 3. The Honking Production code: 2ACV18 First aired: 2000- 11-05 Written by: Ken Keeler Directed by: Susie Dietter Title probably from The Howling series of werewolf").
Fish-out-of-water Fry often tries to recapture his past. He came into a large sum of money through a millennium of interest accrued in a bank account and furnished an apartment in a style befitting his twentieth-century era. He discovered the preserved corpse of his dog Seymour in " Jurassic BarkThis is a list of episodes of Futurama episodes in broadcast order, from broadcast season 5. Crimes of the Hot Production code: 4ACV08 First aired: 2002- 11-10 Title probably from Beth Henley's play Crimes of the Heart Celebrity voice credit Al Gore himse", and was all set to bring him back to life with the Professor's help--until he realized the dog lived twelve years after his disappearance. Deciding Seymour had lived a full life without him, Fry abandoned the project. In a flashback we see Seymour, like UlyssesThe name Ulysses can mean: The Roman equivalent of Odysseus A novel by James Joyce: Ulysses (novel) A 1967 movie based on the novel, Ulysses (movie) A solar probe: Ulysses (spacecraft) A poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson A anime television program produced by' dog, waited all those years for his master to come home, never leaving that spot or giving up hope, until old age took him. Fans agree this is the series' most touching episode.
Throughout the series, Fry maintains an interest in Leela, which eventually builds to a frequently rejected love, especially in later episodes. Also, Amy continues to act as an object of corporal interest to Fry and the other (human) male characters, but they never get together again.
In the " Roswell That Ends WellThis is a list of episodes of Futurama episodes in broadcast order, from broadcast season 4. Roswell That Ends Well Production code: 3ACV19 First aired: 2001- 12-09 Title from Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well and the Roswell UFO incident This episo" Episode Fry returns to 1947Events January January 1 British mines nationalized January 1 Nigeria gains limited autonomy January 1 The Canadian Citizenship Act went into effect January 3 Proceedings of the United States Congress are televised for the first time. January 10 United Na and becomes his own grandfather (he "did the nasty in the past-y"). Because of this he has a genetic anomaly that causes him to lack the delta brainwave. This helps him save the universe from a malicious race of disembodied brains, dubbed the "Brainspawn" (see " The Day the Earth Stood StupidThis is a list of episodes of Futurama episodes in broadcast order, from broadcast season 3. The Honking Production code: 2ACV18 First aired: 2000- 11-05 Written by: Ken Keeler Directed by: Susie Dietter Title probably from The Howling series of werewolf"). So in some way he may even be the most important person in the universeAlternate uses: See Universe (disambiguation In the first half of the 20th century, the word universe was used to mean the whole spacetime continuum in which we exist, together with all the energy and matter within it. Attempts to understand the universe!
It is later revealed that Fry is to be the deciding factor in the galactic conflict between the Niblonians and the evil Brainspawn. As is revealed, the Niblonians are responsible for Fry being frozen, because he would be needed to defeat the Brainspawn in the 31st century, but he would have naturally died long before that. Traveling through time, Fry was present at the time of his past self's freezing, but Nibbler gave Fry the choice this time, and for Leela's sake, Fry froze himself. In return, Nibbler helped Fry get together with Leela by giving him a flower, which Fry then gave to Leela after she had a bad date. (see " The Why of FryThis is a list of episodes of Futurama episodes in broadcast order, from broadcast season 5. Crimes of the Hot Production code: 4ACV08 First aired: 2002- 11-10 Title probably from Beth Henley's play Crimes of the Heart Celebrity voice credit Al Gore himse")
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